Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 4 The Sorting Hat

The crowd was quiet, as if they were waiting for something.Then came a few words.

"Harry Potter had a fight with the Malfoy son"

"what?"

"It seems like some guy insulted Harry's friend"

"Is his family Slytherin? I didn't see the shrewdness of Slytherin, but I saw the recklessness of Gryffindor."

Suddenly, the students around him began to talk. Winters stood on tiptoes and looked forward. He saw a red-haired boy chatting with a boy with messy black hair. For a moment, Winters seemed to see a pair of green eyes.

"Did you see Harry Potter?" Slyer asked.

"Right in front, chatting with a red-haired boy." Winters reluctantly looked at it.

"Red hair?" Aurora asked doubtfully

"I remember there is a family whose symbol is red hair... By the way, it's the Weislai family." Slaer suddenly remembered.

At this time, a witch wearing dark green robes came out, and the surrounding mutterings disappeared instantly.

"After we complete the sorting ceremony, we will hold an opening dinner, and then Principal Dumbledore will preach some precautions. Okay, everyone, come in."

Winters entered the auditorium excited and uneasy.As soon as he entered the auditorium, like everyone else, he was instantly stunned by the sight in front of him. Countless candles with orange flames were floating above their heads, and the ceiling was dotted with stars. "This is the magic ceiling, it's part of the school history," said a girl with tousled brown hair.

"Look, first-year students." Suddenly many ghosts came out.

"Welcome to Hogwarts. I have been staying in this castle for hundreds of years. There is something new every day."A fat ghost saw the nervous first-year students and began to comfort them.

"Everyone be quiet, let's start the sorting ceremony." I don't know when, but the ghosts also disappeared.The teacher's table, which was originally empty, was filled with people. A wizard with a long white beard and half-moon eyes stood in the middle.Winters knew immediately that the wizard standing in the center was Dumbledore.

"Everyone, please be quiet. We are about to start sorting. In order to appease your stomachs as soon as possible, I hope the sooner the better." Dumbledore said. "Minerva, I think we can begin," Dumbledore said to Professor McGonagall after the students gradually quieted down.

Minerva walked up to the front desk and put a patched old hat on a stool, and then said, "These four houses existed when Hogwarts was built, and each house has a glorious history. I called Come up with your name and put on the Sorting Hat," McGonagall said.

"Lant Lakelin" A boy with standing hair stumbled up and ran up. As soon as he picked up the hat, the Sorting Hat immediately shouted "Hufflepuff"

"Ron Weasley", the boy with fiery red hair had just picked up the Sorting Hat but had not yet put it on, "Gryffindor".

Only then did Winters realize that there were three red-haired boys at the Gryffindor table, all of whom should be Ron Weasley's brothers.

"Hermione Granger", a girl with messy brown hair walked up. This time the Sorting Hat did not make a decision immediately. After a while: "Gryffindor".

"Draco Malfoy"

"Slytherin"

. . . . .Due to nervousness, Winters couldn't hear anyone behind him, and there were fewer and fewer people.

"Elena Krall" Mag just finished speaking when a burst of whispers suddenly broke out:

"The little daughter of the Krall family?"

"how is this possible"

"Oh my god, the look on her face..."

Irina Kral put the sorting hat on her head, but the hat did not move.Maybe 10 minutes passed.

"Slytherin" shouted the Sorting Hat.

"Awesome" cheers erupted from the Slytherin table.

"Aurora Eisen" Aurora walked over.

The Sorting Hat just touched her head: "Gryffindor."

"Slyer Water"

"Hufflepuff," the Sorting Hat said after a few minutes of silence.

"Harry Potter" Professor McGonagall almost shouted to drown out Hufflepuff's cheers.

Suddenly everyone was quiet again, and then all kinds of words started to sound again

"Harry Potter?"

"let me see". . . . . .

"Gryffindor" shouted the Sorting Hat.Winters saw Harry Potter seeming to be saying something. Harry felt relieved after the Sorting Hat called out Gryffindor.Gryffindor made the loudest noise.

What Winters heard most was, "We've got Potter, we've got Potter."

"Winters Renault"

Mag had no choice but to raise his voice many times.

"The son of Mr. and Mrs. Renault"

"I saw him on the train"

Winters couldn't hear a word clearly. He was too nervous. He walked over in a panic and put the magic hat on his head.

"Hmm... It's amazing... Indeed... Extraordinary talent... Ah... Confused... Let me think about it... Thirst for knowledge and... Power...of course, of course...the power to protect others...

The Sorting Hat whispered over Winters' head, indeed into his head.And Winters was repeating:

Hufflepuff, I'm going to Hufflepuff

"What? Hufflepuff?" the voice in his head was surprised.

No, no, no, I see your desire for power in your head.The first thing to pursue power is courage. After all, magic often represents the unknown, and the unknown represents fear. . . . .Let me think about it." Winters listened anxiously to the whispers of the magic hat.

"Then...it's settled." The branch team decided to pay attention.A moment later:

"Gryffindor" shouted the Sorting Hat.

The Gryffindor table erupted in cheers again.After Dumbledore signaled everyone to be quiet, he knocked on his glass.

Then the originally bare plate was covered with various delicacies, including steak, pork chops, baked potatoes, lamb chops, grilled sausages, grilled fish, and pumpkin pie. . . .The cup was filled with cold mixed juice. After Winters saw the food, he suddenly found that his stomach was growling.Then the ghosts also appeared.He looked at them with jealousy as they feasted.

He found himself diagonally opposite the boy-who-lived, Harry Potter.

"Hi, Harry, I'm Winters Renault," Winters greeted.

"Hi Winters," Harry responded.

"Next to you..."

"He's Ron Weasley, and those are his brothers over there".At this time, Ron's mouth was full of food. Winters couldn't say anything when he saw this. He just raised his cup and gestured to Ron.

"Welcome to Gryffindor" Ron said vaguely.

Aurora was chatting with Hermione Granger, and she was very engaged in the conversation. Everyone was chatting about all kinds of interesting things they heard.

"My uncle thought I was a squib until one day I fell off the balcony and flew several kilometers away by myself before they confirmed that I was a wizard. I have never seen my grandma so happy." A man with a round face said, The fat boy lowered his head and said.

His name seemed to be Neville, and Winters vaguely heard McGonagall calling his name. "My parents are both Muggles." Hermione Granger was a little worried about the lessons she would face in the future.

"My parents are too, but don't worry, as long as we study hard, we won't be bad." Aurora seemed to be comforting Hermione, but actually she was comforting herself.

"Is that your sister?" Ron said

"Yeah, he doesn't look good...",

"Wait until I remember...forget it...it's all over." Ron suddenly felt embarrassed.

At this time, the various delicacies were replaced by desserts and fruits, and the topic turned to courses.Winters could only pretend that he heard nothing.What he fears most now is talking about courses. He thinks that he is a blank slate.

He found that there was another person who was worried about the course like him, a boy with a round face and a slightly fat body, who was always frowning.

"Neville?" Winters tried to say hello.

"Oh, hello..." Neville raised his head as if he had just woken up from a dream. "Welcome to Gryffindor," Neville said shakily.

When everyone finished eating, the desserts disappeared.

"It seems that you have all eaten and drank enough. Before you start to feel sleepy, I want to say a few things. First of all, junior students cannot go to the restricted book area without special permission issued by the dean. Second, no one is allowed. Go to the Forbidden Forest unless you have my permission. Third, you are not allowed to appear in the corridor after 10:[-] pm, otherwise you will lose points. Fourth, no one can go to the fourth floor corridor of the West Tower. If you don’t want to be seriously injured . Then let us end this banquet with singing."

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts..." Under Dumbledore's command, George and Fred finished singing the song in tune.

"Music always makes people so intoxicated. Idiots, snivels, scum, screws. Your dormitory is waiting for you."

Everyone left their seats one after another. "I said, Dumbledore is indeed a little abnormal," Ron concluded.

They were led by the prefect to their respective dormitories. "The first class will start at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. You should go to bed early today," Percy said.

"Get up early tomorrow and ask more senior students to help them get lost. There will be various magazines in the common room and corridors if you want to read them, but most of them are from 2 weeks ago."

"Dragons" Percy said in front of a portrait.

"That portrait is of the Fat Lady. You need to say the correct password to open it. The password changes once a week. When I change it, I will post the new password on the bulletin board. Then, good night."

Percy left after settling in the new students one after another.This is a room with a domed roof, with four beds filling the four corners. The moonlight shines in, making it very quiet.

"Good night, everyone." Winters was already yawning non-stop. He endured the fight between his eyelids and put on his pajamas. He might have eaten too much and fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

But he had a strange dream. He stood under the night sky, and then saw wisps of golden flames falling around him.

Then bursts of fairy music sounded, and then he found himself standing on a big golden bird. The big bird was emitting golden light and was covered in flames. He was standing in the middle of the flames.Then the big bird covered in golden flames turned into the sun.Then he suddenly woke up, and while he was falling asleep, he never had this dream again.

(End of this chapter)