Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 25 Arriving at Hogwarts
Just when the little wizards were keeping each other warm and stood there confused, not knowing what to do.

Not far away, a flickering light approached them from the darkness not far away.

Then a lamp was seen swinging over the students' heads, and a familiar voice shouted, "First Years! First Years this way! Harry, this way, how are you?"

In the sea of ​​thousands of people, Harry brought Ron and John closer to Hagrid.

The first time Harry hugged the kind giant, Hagrid also patted Harry's back with his big hand, smiling on his bearded face.

Naturally, Hagrid also noticed John standing on the side, and first greeted John.

Then, as if remembering something, Hagrid bent down and approached John, and at the same time lowered his voice, speaking in a voice that was still very loud for others.

"John, I heard what you did in the car. You did it beautifully. You taught three prep food... Slytherin!"

"I also heard that someone was scared to pee by you? It's amazing, but you have to be careful, it seems that the one you scared to pee has something to do with Professor Snape, he is the dean of Slytherin."

John looked helplessly at Hagrid who was blinking at him, smiled and said nothing.

Hagrid didn't even notice that his words had been heard by others, and stood up as if nothing had happened.

In fact, except for the angry faces of Malfoy and others, the other little wizards, like Harry and the others, suppressed their laughter and tried not to laugh out loud.

In this joyful atmosphere, Hagrid shouted loudly: "Come on, come with me, are there any first-years? Watch out for your feet, okay! First-years, come with me!"

Then everyone followed Hagrid, slipping and stumbling, as if walking down a steep and narrow path.

It was dark on both sides of the path, and Harry thought that there should be dense woods on both sides.

No one spoke, except for an occasional sniff or two from the boy who had lost the toad.

That is, in this silence, John clearly felt that there was movement from the person behind him. This guy had just approached him when Hagrid was talking, but John wanted to see what the person behind him was going to do, so temporarily Pretend not to find out.

Sure enough, something was stuffed into his palm in the next second, and then the people behind him quickly backed away from him, as if they were afraid that they would be attacked by John in the next second.

He raised his hand to look at the palm of his hand, and found that it was a piece of paper. When he opened it, there was a line clearly written on it.
"Blood for Hate"

The hatred of the person who wrote it could be seen, and John knew who the person who wrote this jargon was, and he didn't even bother to take this kind of innocuous threat to heart.

A surge of magic in the palm of his hand turned the note into fly ash and scattered it in the wind, feeling like John was early mass for someone.

"Cut this corner and you're about to see Hogwarts for the first time," Hagrid called back.

Then there was a loud "Oh!!!"

At the end of the narrow path, a black lake suddenly opened up. On the high hillside on the other side of the lake stood a majestic castle with many spiers and windows shining under the starry sky.

"No more than four in each boat!" exclaimed Hagrid, pointing to a fleet of small boats moored to the shore.
"All aboard?" Hagrid called, taking the boat all by himself. "Well then . . . go!"

Immediately a fleet of small boats sailed across the glass-flat surface of the lake.

Everyone was silent, staring at the huge castle soaring into the sky.

As they approached the cliff on which the castle stood, it seemed to tower over them.

John also looked up at the castle under the night, with excitement in his eyes. At the same time, he also noticed that there was a slight connection between the castle and himself.

This connection does not affect the little wizard, but it is a protection, protecting Hogwarts students from fatal injuries to some extent.

It seems that this is why the newly admitted young wizards have to go through the process of discovering Hogwarts by the four founders.

"Heads down!" Hagrid yelled as the first boats approached the cliff.

But John didn't bow his head. After the boat passed by, the others realized that there was no need to bow their heads, or that only Hagrid's size needed to bow their heads.

The boat carried them through the ivy curtain covering the front of the cliff, and came to the secret open entrance. They walked along a dark tunnel and seemed to come to the underground of the castle, and finally arrived at a place similar to an underground pier, and then climbed up again. A ground of gravel and small pebbles.

"Hey, look! Is this your toad?" Hagrid said as the students disembarked, as they checked the empty ship.

"Thanks Merlin!"

Neville let out a cry, patted his head with some annoyance, then stretched out his arms to take Raffle from Hagrid's hand with joy, and hugged him tightly in his arms.

Then they climbed a tunnel in the rock by the light of Hagrid's lantern, and at last they came to a flat, wet meadow in the shadow of the castle.

They climbed a flight of stone steps and gathered in front of a huge oaken door.

"Is everything here? Look, is your toad still there?"

Hearing Hagrid's inquiry, Neville lifted Raffle in his arms to Hagrid to see, and Hagrid nodded.

Then he turned around and raised his huge fist, knocking on the oak door three times vigorously.

Accompanied by the dull knock on the door, and the little wizard's expectant eyes, the door slowly opened.

Two figures fell into everyone's eyes, one was a tall black-haired witch in an emerald green robe.

The other one was covered in black, with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin. He looked very mean and mean.

When they saw the witch, the little wizards fell silent.

Then when they saw the wizard, almost all the little wizards were silent, and some little witches even trembled.

Of course, this does not include John, who is staring at the wizard at this moment, because when he saw the wizard for the first time, John noticed that the other was staring at Harry standing beside him.

And when the other party noticed this and looked at John, from the empty eyes he looked at John, he could see trouble, thinking and... nostalgia?
John thought he saw it wrong, but later he was sure that he saw the nostalgia, which was a little strange. Could it be that Snape knew himself?Or know your own mother?

"Freshman, Professor McGonagall," Hagrid said to McGonagall with some respect, and at the same time cast a cryptic glance at Snape who was standing beside McGonagall.

But for a giant, any gesture, even the smallest, was noticeable, and naturally Snape noticed Hagrid's little gesture.

But he didn't say much, just glanced at it, and then looked at John again.

"Thank you, Hagrid, leave it to me and Snape when we get here." McGonagall naturally saw Hagrid's small movements, but she didn't care, or she had more important things to deal with now.

Mag looked at the little wizard below, and immediately recognized the outstanding John.

After all, he was a head taller than everyone else, plus the red hair that seemed to be burning under the firelight, and the faint blue dragon eyes, it was too conspicuous.

"Mr. John Williams, please come here!" McGonagall looked directly at John and shouted
John didn't say much, and walked straight forward. The little wizards in front of him subconsciously dodged to the sides, revealing a path leading directly to the two professors.

Harry, Ron, Neville, and Homer, who had investigated the truth, all looked at John's back with some concern. They were all worried that John would be fired because of the incident on the train.

But some people were very happy to see this scene, seeing Malfoy and his two little followers laughed out loud, which made Harry stare at Malfoy involuntarily, and hated this guy even more in his heart.

"Hello! Dear Professor McGonagall, Master of Transformation" John bowed his head slightly, "Also, hello! Dear Professor Snape, Master of Potions"

Hearing John's name, Professor McGonagall subconsciously ticked the corner of her mouth, but soon she realized something was wrong, and looked at John with a straight face again.

But in fact, she had a very good impression of John, not only because of his politeness, but also because even in the face of such a life experience, John did not choose to degenerate himself and resent others, but still had love in his heart and maintained a self-reliant life manner.

In particular, he has learned the spells that can only be cast in senior grades before entering school, and he may even have mastered silent spellcasting. These are not things that anyone can easily do. All of these show that he is a hardworking and talented man. Talented wizard.

This also makes McGonagall's love of talents ready to move,

But just when Professor McGonagall was about to speak, Snape's recognizable voice and tone sounded

"Mr. Williams, put away your useless compliments, although you do have a certain talent for performing some magic that no one in your age can master"

"But that doesn't mean you can act like a troll, unleashing your violence that has no place to rest!"

"You attacked your future classmates with a spell on the train, and even made one lose...lost their dignity. I don't think you would mind deducting fifty points from your college after sorting and shutting down the school for a month. Lock it up?"

McGonagall pursed her mouth when she heard Snape's words. This deal was decided by them together, but she was still a little conflicted in her heart. She really wanted John to enter Gryffindor, but thought that if the other party came in, she would have to deduct [-] points, and some are not tasteful.

"I accept the school's decision, and of course I will make up for my mistakes." John said neither humble nor humble
McGonagall nodded, and Snape, who was rarely seen, also nodded, and at the same time did not further spit venom on John.

However, this matter is not entirely John's responsibility, so after Professor McGonagall asked John to return to the team, he called the three of Malfoy over, deducted ten points from each of them, and also had a week of confinement

Professor McGonagall turned and opened the door wide.

In Harry's eyes, the foyer behind the door was big enough to move the entire Dursleys' house into, like Gringotts, with its stone walls surrounded by flaming torches and its ceiling almost invisible.

On the front is a luxurious marble staircase leading directly to the upper floor.

Just when the little wizards were following McGonagall and Snape, Harry and the others surrounded John who had returned to the team and thanked him for not being expelled.

After hearing the punishment, Ron said eagerly: "It's not fair, why you have to be punished, it's obviously their problem!"

"Because John was the first to do it, and they didn't fight back, so he will be punished." Hermione frowned and said, "But this is indeed a bit unfair, obviously they caused the trouble first."

Neville, Harry, and Ron all nodded in agreement.

John smiled and comforted them. He didn't care about such a punishment, but it was confinement and college points, neither of which was difficult for him.

Soon they were led by Professor McGonagall to a small empty room at the other end of the hall.

Everyone rushed in, rubbing shoulders and huddling together, staring nervously at everything around them.

(End of this chapter)