HP in the name of Slytherin

The roof of the castle hall looks like a starry sky, with no end in sight. There are many candles suspended in the air, swaying like stars, and the whole world looks beautiful and dreamy.

In front of the hall is a row of tables and chairs, which should be the professors of the college. The four rows of tables and chairs below correspond to the four colleges. The students' wizard robes have the badges of their respective colleges.

Professor McGonagall led everyone to the front. Catherine walked slowly and quickly, and she quickly separated from Lily and others. The little girl seemed to have made new friends, a boy with glasses and a black-haired boy, who were following They were talking about something.

Snape was protecting her, and Bubbaji was afraid of Catherine, so the two children also walked away.

Before the ceremony began, there was a speech by Professor Dumbledore as the principal. Catherine was distracted to listen to a regular welcome speech without much focus. Her eyes were attracted by a worn pointed hat in front of her.

At this time, it was unclear whether it was brown, black or gray. The wizard's hat was really worn out and had a few patches on it. It was placed in the most central and conspicuous position on such an occasion, making it difficult not to notice.

What's even more strange is that after Catherine looked at it for a while, it suddenly straightened up and its folds formed eyes and mouth, looking around as if looking for something.

Catherine stood in the middle and back section, close to the student table, and heard the Gryffindor students below whispering, "Why doesn't the Sorting Hat sing this time?"

"I'm still waiting for the little wizards to cover their ears."

"Come on, it's okay not to sing."

It also sounds like it can make a sound.

Headmaster Dumbledore's speech ended as Catherine looked at the hat and surroundings.

Seeing that the Sorting Hat really had no intention of singing, Professor McGonagall took out the scroll and started reading the list.

It turns out that the branching relies on this hat!

Professor McGonagall said that when you put it on, the hat will call out the house the little wizards should go to. This was indeed the case. The first little wizard was called up. Just a few seconds after he put on his hat, the hat suddenly shouted out his academy.

It was Hufflepuff, and the seniors at the corresponding table immediately cheered and applauded.

The next little wizard was Gryffindor, who was even more enthusiastic, as if he had gotten some treasure.

The more reserved ones are Ravenclaw and Slytherin. The former can applaud and have happy facial expressions, but cannot cheer loudly, while the latter sits there reservedly and claps with a fixed force. Very reserved.

Catherine noticed that the child Lily had just met, named James Potter, was sorted into Gryffindor.

He didn't sit down immediately when he got to his seat. He waved in the direction of Lily openly, and it was unclear whether he was greeting Lily or his friend with curly black hair.

"Sirius Black," Professor McGonagall called.

Oh, it turns out that the boy with half-length black curly hair is called Sirius Black.

He sat on the chair, and the Sorting Hat gave him longer than all the young wizards in the past. Catherine noticed that in addition to James Potter, who looked nervous, there was also a man and a woman in Slytherin House who were frowning at him, as if they were worried. .

The man and woman were pretty good-looking, one had light blond hair and the other had blond hair. The man was handsome and the woman was beautiful, both had aristocratic pale skin.

"Gryffindor!" the Sorting Hat finally shouted.

"Yeah!" Potter raised his hands and cheered.

The blonde girl on the Slytherin side slammed her hand on the table and screamed in shock: "No!"

"Quiet!" Professor McGonagall glanced at the two of them sternly.

Potter covered his mouth and winked at Blake, who was walking over. The blonde girl took several deep breaths, and was finally pulled several times by the boy next to her before she sat down again.

Catherine couldn't see the expression on Blake who had his back turned to her. He looked at the blonde girl and finally turned around and walked towards his friend.

The blonde girl's eyes widened in disbelief, as if she was about to cry.

Catherine has read many books about the wizarding world during this time, and when it comes to the surname Black, she has an impression that it is an old name, and all the members are from the Slytherin family.

Now that this tradition has been broken, Catherine is not sure what it means specifically. Judging from the appearance of the blond girl, the problem may be serious?

Sirius Black himself took a few deep breaths and his expression returned to normal.

Catherine did not continue to pay attention to them because Professor McGonagall had just called Lily's name.

Catherine liked this little girl very much. If possible, she would like Lily to enter Slytherin.

It's a pity that there are almost no Muggle wizards in Slytherin, and the very few are all from the time when the environment in the wizarding world and Hogwarts was relaxed, and the current environment is obviously not the same.

Looking at Lily, she doesn't look like a Slytherin in the traditional sense, but more like a Gryffindor.

Catherine looked away after thinking this. They were all students at Hogwarts anyway.

Sure enough, the Sorting Hat quickly shouted: "Gryffindor!"

Lily's face turned red with joy, and she turned around and said silently "Come on" to Snape and Catherine who were still left.

Catherine nodded, Snape's face was not very good, he pursed his lips and watched her go to the Gryffindor table.

The look in his eyes was so profound and complicated that it was difficult to summarize the feelings in simple words.

Unfortunately, Lily didn't see it. Potter and Black sat on the left and right sides, leaving the middle seat to the girl, and the three of them happily huddled together.

"Severus Snape."

Snape's Sorting didn't take long. He frowned the whole time and clutched the hem of his clothes tightly, looking very uncomfortable.

The Sorting Hat shouted: "Slytherin!"

This surprised Catherine. Snape had given her the impression that he didn't like Slytherin very much.

Catherine didn't think much about it for long because she quickly saw how the Slytherin students were acting.

The students who had just been sorted into Slytherin still applauded collectively. When it was Snape's turn, the applause there became sparse to the naked eye.

Not only did many people not applaud, they also stared at him with appraising eyes, as if they wanted to analyze him from beginning to end.

"Which one is Snape?"

"I've never heard of it, it sounds like a mixed race..."

"Tsk."

After the analysis, his brows furrowed even more tightly, and he looked away, even taking another look was unnecessary.

Snape seemed oblivious to this and found an empty seat and sat down silently. He didn't care that the freshman next to him moved away after he sat down, leaving an awkward vacuum for him.

An ordinary child might be at a loss for such an obvious silent resistance, but Snape was not. He sat there, very steady and silent.

Lily looked at him worriedly, but he looked into the distance.

Catherine touched Helbo's head in her pocket, and when she looked away, she found that Dumbledore was also looking at the Slytherin table on the stage.

Then they make eye contact.

Dumbledore nodded slightly at her, his expression calm.

Catherine's heart was not at peace.

"Catherine..." Professor McGonagall's voice paused for a moment, "Slytherin."

hum-

It is no exaggeration to say that the auditorium fell into a new round of whispers because of her name.

"Slytherin?"

"Her last name is Slytherin?"

"Quiet--"

"Then she and Voldemort..."

"Quiet!"

"Voldemort's last name is not Slytherin either."

"Why haven't you heard of it at all?"

"Wait, her name..."

Professor McGonagall's patience was about to reach its limit, and Catherine saw her hand tightening on the Sorting Hat.

ding ding-

Dumbledore tapped the wine glass, not making much movement, but the sound spread through the entire auditorium, finally attracting the attention of the young wizards.

"This year, Hogwarts is fortunate to welcome a special little wizard," Dumbledore said. "I believe some students who are familiar with the wizarding world and the history of Hogwarts have discovered that Miss Slytherin's name looks familiar."

He didn't seem to be using magic, as if he could be heard clearly by just his voice.

Catherine looked at him, and he looked at Catherine.

Then he said: "She is Miss Catherine Apep Slytherin, the youngest daughter of His Excellency Salazar Slytherin who disappeared during time travel as recorded in the book!"

After he finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding. Catherine withdrew her gaze, slowly took her hands out of her pockets, gently lifted her robe and rushed to the stage to perform a standard aristocratic salute.

Then he turned around and waved to his classmates equally gracefully amidst the applause and discussion.

My father said don't follow the crowd.

Catherine was now sure that she wouldn't.

She will not be coerced by any circumstances and will only do what she thinks is right.