Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 240 Another Two New Professors

September [-]st, at King's Cross Station.

The platform was full of people. Cassandra's parents came back from the United States and came to see her off at the station. Her luggage was so large that the entire trolley was filled.

When Cassandra talked to her parents, she spoke softly, without the usual arrogance at all. Her father held an owl cage in his hand and spoke to her with a serious face. Her mother had almost the same face and eyes as her. , The mother and daughter seemed to be carved out of the same mold.

Madame Zabini did not come, she never shows herself easily.Brace stood gloomily by himself, and Christine was used to his silence.

The Warren sisters were very noisy. The two of them were running around Christine, asking him all kinds of questions.

"Brother Christine, we will all be sorted into Slytherin House, right?" Abigail asked.

Christine thought for a while and replied softly: "Generally speaking, the sorting hat often sorts students who have a family heritage from a certain college into the same college as their ancestors."

Abigail was delighted to hear Christine's explanation, but she quickly came up with a new problem.

"The two senior brothers I met at Lihen Bookstore that day told us that Hogwarts was scary. He said that there was a giant dragon squatting on the highest tower in the school, and a werewolf was hiding in the Forbidden Forest. They were scarier than these. It’s the ghost corpses in the black lake, they will eat the students, is this true?”

"The two senior brothers you met shouldn't be the Weasley twins?" Christine said with a smile, "It is true that there were dragons in the school, but we drove them out in the battle. As for The Ministry of Magic has already cleaned up the corpses soaking in the Black Lake, but I don’t recommend you to swim in the Black Lake in the near future.”

"What about the werewolf?" Abigail asked reluctantly.

"I've never seen that before," Christine replied truthfully.

At this moment, Wen Li raised her hand, with an excited smile on her face, "I heard that the head of Slytherin House is a ghost, and the teacher of History of Magic is a ghost. It's really interesting. Is it true?"

Christine frowned, Professor Snape's expressionless face and Professor Binns' hypnotic and terrifying voice automatically rolled and played in his mind...

"Oh, no..." He shook his head meaningfully, "The corpse teacher and the ghost teacher sound exciting at most, but there is nothing interesting in fact... You will soon find out that the classes of these dead teachers are often More boring than a living teacher..."

Christine's answer did not affect the mood of the two sisters in the slightest. They still believed that they could excavate some thrilling elements from the teacher who had died once. Find joy in history.

Draco's mother also came to the station today to see Draco off.She was a very beautiful witch, with long hair that was half blond and half black, but the black spots under her eyes made her look very gaunt.

Draco noticed Christine's gaze, and he forced a warm smile at Christine, after which his face quickly turned cold, obviously preoccupied.

The students got on the train one after another, and every box was filled with laughter and laughter. The red Hogwarts Express departed on time as usual. It traveled through mountains and rivers and happily drove to the distant Scottish Highlands.

Christine, Cassandra, Sister Warren and Blaise sat in the same box, and Blaise sat on Christine's right. He was still silent, sitting upright on the chair like a wooden man.

Sitting opposite Christine are sisters Cassandra and Warren. Since the Lihen Bookstore incident, sisters Cassandra and Warren have broken the ice.

At this moment, the Warren sisters were shaking their heads, rushing to read a picture book about Quidditch. From time to time, they pushed the picture book to Cassandra and asked her various questions.

And Cassandra's green eyes were always looking at Christine intently, as if she was thinking about something, but Christine suspected that she was not thinking about anything, just looking at him.

Halfway through the journey, the door of the box was opened, and Hermione Granger's upper body leaned in, the prefect badge shining brightly on her chest.

"Slytherin students, hello!" Hermione seemed to be reciting the prepared lines, "The Hogwarts express train is about to arrive, please change your school uniforms in advance, and take care of your pet toad— And other pets, in addition, prohibited black magic items are not allowed to be brought to school, please allow me to check your luggage."

"Hi, Hermione," Christine greeted with a smile, and said in a half-joking tone, "Even checking the Slytherin compartment doesn't require such a fuss."

Hermione blushed, "Christine, I... no... I think... uh... Slytherin's luggage is more likely to contain dark magic items..."

"I promise none of us brought any dark magic items, really."

Saying so, Christine showed Hermione the Ouroboros ring, and the Ouroboros spun around his finger twice, and Hermione's face became redder, even redder than the hair of the Weasleys .

"Sorry," she said awkwardly, "I didn't mean anything against Slytherins - I mean, uh - remember to change your uniform."

"Thank you." Christine said politely.

Hermione hastily exited the box and closed the door again, but not long after, the door was pulled open again, but this time, the person standing outside the door was Draco, who glanced casually before turning his head and said: "There is no abnormality in this box!" After speaking, he withdrew.

Christine was a little surprised that Draco was chosen as a prefect by Professor Dumbledore, and Professor Snape didn't object, maybe they were using this way to encourage Draco to get out of depression.

The train stopped at Hogsmeade village. Except for the freshmen, all the other students went to Hogwarts Castle in a carriage pulled by Thestrals.

Christine saw the solemn expressions of many students. After the bloody decisive battle, I don't know how many people began to see the Thestrals pulling the cart.

Much the same as in previous years, Christine sat at the Slytherin table with others, and Professor McGonagall put the sorting hat on the high stool, waiting for the new batch of students to put it on top of their heads.

The layout of the four college dining tables seems to have changed a bit, the aisle has become narrower, and a slightly smaller long table has been added near the entrance of the auditorium.

Christine looked over the teachers' table, and he recognized Gilderoy Lockhart immediately.

He is dressed in colorful clothes today, the word gorgeous is not enough to describe his clothes, his blond hair is meticulously done, and he has a smile on his face.

Professor Dumbledore was sitting next to him, talking with him with a smile, nodding in approval frequently, but Christine couldn't hear what they were talking about.

Professor Snape's face was displeased, his thin lips curled downwards, and the scars on his face smoothed out a lot, turning into interlaced pale red marks.

It took a long time for the freshmen to enter the auditorium. Hagrid stood out among the freshmen and led them in through the small door behind the teachers' table. A group of students of different ages followed behind the freshman team, but they They don't look like adults.

Professor McGonagall did not make them wait to put on the sorting hat, but led them directly to the smaller dining table to sit down.

Suddenly, the Sorting Hat twisted, and the auditorium became silent. A wide crack opened beside the brim of the hat, like a big mouth, and the Sorting Hat sang——

Long, long ago, wizard kids had to stay at home.

Their power is unguided, and often invites terrible silence.

Finally, four great wizards stepped forward and jointly founded a school belonging to wizards.

They are the brave Godric Gryffindor, the shrewd and capable Salazar Slytherin;
And don't forget the tough and noble Helga Hufflepuff, and the brilliant Rowena Ravenclaw.

They use their own criteria to select students, each with their own most admired qualities.

In this way, the four colleges and their founders maintain a strong and sincere friendship.

During those many happy years, teaching at Hogwarts was pleasant and harmonious.

But then slowly a division emerges, exacerbated by our flaws and fears.

The four colleges are like four stone pillars, which once firmly supported our school.

At this time, they are hostile to each other, disputes continue, and each wants to monopolize the power.

There was a time when the school looked like it was dying.

Countless quarrels, countless fights, old friends turned against each other.

Finally, on a gray morning, the aged Slytherin suddenly ran away.

Although the strife had subsided by then, he departed from us disheartened.

Only three of the four founders remained. From then on, the situation of the four colleges no longer lived in harmony and united as before.

They put their minds in me and let me choose the right students for them.

For thousands of years, I have followed their will, and my duty cannot be changed.

But I can't help but feel guilty because I separated you.

Know the danger, read the signs, and the lessons of history warn us.

We are the same people, why are we divided into four unconnected parts?
Now that friends from the Muggle society have joined us, it is inevitable that different ideas will collide.

Whatever our differences, we are to use our magic for good, not to cast spells on our fellow man.

There will be scum and scum in every college, and there will be heroes in every college.

Don't define groups by individuals, let's start sorting now!
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After the Sorting Hat's new song finished, it became motionless. Instead of applause, there were some whispers in the auditorium.

Everyone knows what the Sorting Hat is calling for: Voldemort has just fallen, the Ministry of Magic has undergone dramatic changes, Slytherin House has become a target of public criticism, parents of many Slytherin students are under investigation, and Hogger comes from the Muggle world. Watts' new life made this contradiction even more complicated.

Whether it's Slytherin's malice toward Muggles, or other houses' stereotypes about Slytherins, both are so harmful that the Sorting Hat fears that Hogwarts will be divided as it was a thousand years ago.

Professor McGonagall took the roster onto the stage, lowered his eyes and read out the name of the first freshman.

"Abercrombie, Euan!"

A flustered boy with big ears walked up. He put on the sorting hat, with his ears stuck to the brim of the hat comically.

"Gryffindor!" shouted the Sorting Hat.

There was a burst of applause from the Gryffindor table, and Euan trotted off the stage.

Gradually, the ranks of freshmen shortened.

After a long time, only a few freshmen were left waiting for the sorting school. Professor McGonagall finally shouted: "Varren, Abigail!"

Abigail was really nervous this time, she ran onto the stage with small steps, and there was a burst of good-natured laughter from the audience.

Her figure was smaller than that of an ordinary 11-year-old freshman. She put on the sorting hat, but the sorting hat didn't open its mouth for a long time. It seemed to be communicating with her. After half a minute, the brim of the sorting hat finally opened.

"Gryffindor!"

Amidst the applause and cheers of the Gryffindor students, Cassandra glanced at Christine in astonishment, and Blaise also showed a rare expression of surprise, but before everyone recovered, Professor McGonagall Then he said, "Varen, Wendy!"

While looking at her sister, Wendy put the hat on her head and put her hands together in front of her chest. She didn't know what she was praying for, but soon after, the Sorting Hat shouted loudly: "Gryffindor!"

The Warren sisters walked towards the Gryffindor table in disbelief, and looked back at Christine and Cassandra from time to time. Hermione Granger took the two sisters over and placed them on the chairs. The long badge shines brightly.

The sorting ceremony was over, and Dumbledore stood up behind the teachers' table.

"Welcome our new students!" He opened his arms, as if embracing the entire auditorium. "Of course, we also want to welcome our distinguished guests—the magic awakeners from Muggle society!"

There was enthusiastic applause in the auditorium, and Christine joined everyone in the less enthusiastic applause, but neither Cassandra nor Blaise moved.

After the applause subsided, Dumbledore continued: "The ages of the magic awakeners are uneven, so it is not suitable to accept the branch school uniformly, and the dormitories of each college are also relatively tight, so this school year, all the magic awakeners will form a temporary group individually. College."

"Next, I want to introduce our personnel changes this semester—"

Before Dumbledore finished speaking, Lockhart stretched out his hands and waved to the audience, and the girls screamed one after another.

"——I am very fortunate to invite Professor Lockhart to be our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. After Professor Peddie, another famous teacher came."

Dumbledore smiled, and Lockhart stood up, bowing pompously in all directions.

"In addition to Professor Lockhart, there is another personnel change this school year-I want to explain to everyone that our magic awakeners cannot learn charms, so they will use the time of the charm class to defend against the dark arts. learning, in order to resist the possible threat to them of dark magic energy."

"So, this semester we'll have two Defense Against the Dark Arts professors, allow me to introduce to you—"

Dumbledore held out a hand, and a haggard man stood up from the end of the teacher's table, smiling gently at everyone. His robe was covered with patches and the cuffs were badly frayed.

"Remus John Lupine!"

(End of this chapter)