Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 9 Sorting Ceremony

It was getting dark, the train slowed down, and finally stopped. The passengers ate out of the boxes, shoved and rushed towards the door. Through the window, you could see a dark and small platform. A man mentioned it. With a lamp on the platform, shouting, "First-year freshmen come here! First-year freshmen come here, don't care about your luggage, we will send them to school for you later."

  He didn't say anything funny, but the senior students snickered, and deliberately laughed at his accent. The dog at the lantern man’s feet kept barking at the students.

Pomona, Lily, and Snape rushed forward following the flow of people in the aisle. When she walked out of the car door, the cold wind blowing in her face shivered. She couldn't help but sneezed, causing a beautiful Boy's attention.

   "Oh, damn, you sprayed my nose on my robe." He complained loudly and attracted the attention of many people, and Pomona flushed.

"My name is Apollon Pringle, and I am your housekeeper, and this is Mr. Prutoy." The lantern man pointed to his dog and said to the little wizards. "You will soon become students of Hogwarts. Yes, but I want to remind you that there are many dangerous places in this castle. If you say that you are caught by me, you will be deducted or expelled, but if you are caught by them, you will lose your life. Now I take Go to the castle, pay attention to your feet, don't fall behind!"

   "Sniffing." When the crowd began to move again, the gray-eyed boy yelled at Pomona, and everyone around snickered.

   "You are so rude!" Lily said to the boy, "You are such a mean!"

  Perhaps because Lily is so beautiful, the boy snorted and ignored it. They followed Pringle, stumbling and stumbling all the way down a steep path through a dense forest. After turning a bend, everyone couldn't help but exclaimed, and saw that the end of the path was dark. On the big lake, there is a towering castle on the hillside on the other side of the lake. There are many spires on the castle, and there are orange lights behind each window. The castle and the reflection of the light on the calm and waveless lake look beautiful, growing so big. Mona had never seen such a magnificent building, and couldn't help but exclaim like everyone else.

"Everyone gets on the boat, no more than four people in each boat." Pringle pointed to the row of boats on the shore and said, so Pomona, Lily, Snape, and a boy who didn't know where to fight shared a boat. The boat, but after waiting for the boat, Pomona searched for a long time but couldn't find where the oars were.

After everyone was seated, Pringle took a boat alone, and then all the boats moved on their own. They silently scratched the surface of the lake, crushed the floating light and glimpses on it, and slowly sailed towards the towering clouds. Huge castle.

"Head down!" Pringle shouted as he passed an ivy curtain. Everyone bowed their heads, avoided the rocks hidden behind the vines, and came to a secret entrance. They walked along a dark The tunnel came to the underground of the castle, and finally came to a place similar to an underground pier. At the end of the steps paved with rubble, a witch in an emerald robe stood waiting for them in front of the gate.

  "Disembark, come one by one, don't fall into the water." After landing, Pringle took the lead on the shore, but had no intention of helping.

Snape jumped onto the shore first, and then helped Lily to the shore. Pomona wanted to come by herself, but she didn’t expect the boat to sway so much, and the boy behind her could not stand on his own. She felt like she was about to fall. Went to the lake.

   "Grab my hand." Snape said impatiently, and Pomona grabbed him like a straw.

  His hands were not as cold as she thought, but they didn't feel warm. After Pomona came ashore, he ignored the boy. In the end, Pomona looked at him as pitiful and stretched out her hand.

   "Thank you." The little man said humblely. He had protruding teeth, which looked like some kind of rodent.

"The first-year freshmen are here, Professor McGonagall." After everyone was ashore, Pringle led the freshmen up the stone steps. At this time, Pomona could see more clearly. Honestly, Professor McGonagall If it's not so serious, it's a beauty.

"Thank you Mr. Pringle." Professor McGonagall cleared his throat, and then exclaimed. "Welcome to Hogwarts. I am the Dean of Gryffindor McGonagall. For the next seven years Your main time will be spent in the castle behind me. You must observe the following two disciplines. The Black Forest absolutely prohibits students from entering, and it is forbidden to wander outside the common room after the lights are turned off. Please line up in two rows. After I enter the hall for a while, I will call out whose name I call. Then I will bring you the sorting hat. The sorting hat will tell you which college you belong to. Is there any problem?"

  A black-haired boy raised his hand.

   "Please tell me sir."

   "I heard that a Muggle girl died in the women's bathroom a few years ago, and it was a student of the school who did it, is it true? Professor McGonagall."

  Lily was tight all over her body.

"It's true that someone died, but the murderer was not a student of our school, but some kind of magical creature that sneaked into the school. As I said, the four school builders set a protection curse at Hogwarts, as long as If you don’t leave the dormitory and lounge at night, you don’t have to worry about your safety. Are there any other problems?

  The boy raised his hand again.

   "What is your name?" Professor McGonagall asked.

   "James Potter."

   Snape snorted coldly, seeming to sniff at the name.

"What is your question?"

  "If I am assigned to Slytherin by the Sorting Hat, can I drop out?"

"Everyone, line up in two rows!" Professor McGonagall did not answer his question. After a period of turmoil, the freshmen were finally lined up. Then Professor McGonagall turned around, knocked on the door with his magic wand, and opened the door. After making a heavy noise, they were slowly opened. After passing through a long corridor, they came to the hall. Hundreds of people could be heard behind the closed door.

"We will hold an opening banquet in this hall later. The college is like your home at Hogwarts. You have to study with other students. The names of these four colleges are Gryffindor and Huff. Puff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, each college has its own glory. You will add points to your school if you perform well during your school, and you will deduct points for violations, and you will get the highest score at the end of the year. I will win the Academy Cup. This is the highest honor. I hope you can win honor for the Academy no matter which college you are assigned to. The sorting ceremony will begin in the hall behind me in a few minutes. Whoever I call will take a step forward. I I suggest you organize yourself."

  Immediately a little wizard was uneasy and tidied up his clothes, but some people whispered at this moment.

  "I bet, this is definitely the first time she has been in charge of the team." James Potter said to the boy who said Pomona was a snotty man with a smile on her face.

   "Lily, don't worry, we will all be assigned to Ravenclaw." Snape comforted Lily Evans, and Lily barely smiled at him.

   "Are you all ready?" Professor McGonagall asked. Seeing no one was making a noise, he opened the door of the hall, and then there was a clap of applause from the hall.

It is impossible to describe the magical sight Pomona saw without exhausting words. The ancient stone-walled hall is very spacious. There are four long tables in a column. At the end of each long table, the flags of the four colleges are hung from the ceiling. Dragging it all the way to the ground, it looks extremely luxurious.

Hundreds of candles are suspended in mid-air. On the candles is the vast starry sky. On the front is a marble staircase. There is a long table arranged in rows. All the teachers are sitting behind the long table. The leading position is the one wearing a half moon shape. The old man with glasses, he often appears in the chocolate baby pictures, he is the magician who defeated Grindelwald, Albus Dumbledore.

They followed Professor McGonagall and passed by the long tables on both sides. Pomona unconsciously looked at the long table of Slytherin, only to see Bella Black at a glance. She was staring at it viciously. At the same time, she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to look up.

  The entire Hogwarts has a total of no more than a thousand people, which is the total number of wizards in the entire UK. Soon they stood in front of a high platform with a chair on it, and a dirty, old and ugly hat on the velvet cushion, which looked extremely uncoordinated.

"Now, the two rows are in a row." Professor McGonagall said, and then stopped talking. After another turmoil, the two rows were lined up again. Pomona was behind Snape, and his Lily in front.

  When everyone stood up, the hall became silent again, and then the patched hat actually began to sing.

   "You may think I am not amazing, but you can't judge people by appearance. If you can find a hat smarter than me, I will eat myself."

It had to sing a song in a ridiculous manner, and the students of other colleges showed a bored look. Pomona was also distracted, and urgently she inadvertently glanced at Pete. He waved at her, and then said with his mouth " Come on".

  Hefpaff has the most people. Pomona doesn't worry about herself at all. She is just a little pitiful Severus Snape. He probably won't be able to enter Ravenclaw as usual.

Professor McGonagall took out a piece of parchment, and then began to read the name. The team began to get shorter and shorter. Pomona also knew many people. Among them, the boy who called her snotty was Sirius Black, who was in the branch. When Cap assigned him to Gryffindor, Bella Black drew his wand on the spot. If Slytherin’s Dean, Professor Slughorn, hadn’t stopped her, Pomona had no doubt that she would tell Silis. Unleash a Lavada Sol's life spell.

   "Pomona Martin."

Although    was ranked behind Snape, the initials of Pomona’s surname were in front of Snape and Evans, and she did not expect to score Hefpaff.

  "Where is the fat monk?" After taking her seat, she asked a senior senior.

  "Where is it, next to Dumbledore." The senior said, pointing to a ghost exuding pearl white, "He is trying to persuade the principal to invite Pepy Ghost to join the banquet again."

  Pomona looked at Dumbledore, and she didn't know if it was her illusion. She always felt that they were looking in her direction, but she didn't care too much, because soon Professor McGonagall began to read Lily's name.

  The red-haired girl took a deep breath and quickly sat down on the chair. As soon as Professor McGonagall put the sorting cap on her head, it shouted "Gryffindor!"

  Gryffindor’s long table immediately began to rejoice, in contrast to Snape’s unabashed loss.

   "Severus Snape!"

  Soon Professor McGonagall called his name, the Sorting Hat stayed on his head for a while, and finally shouted "Slytherin!"

  Pomona was almost certain that she heard Snape’s heartbreaking voice. He was not assigned to Ravenclaw, and he was also assigned to Slytherin College, which was hostile to Gryffindor.

  When the last student was assigned to Hefpuff, Professor McGonagall rolled the parchment, and then took the sorting cap away, urgently Dumbledore knocked on the crystal cup and slowly stood up.

Just when Pomona thought he was going to make a long talk, he only said, "Welcome to Hogwarts. Before the banquet, what I want to say is broom, cake, crying nose, thank you everyone." Then he sat down. After that, everyone began to applaud enthusiastically, and then suddenly there was a lot of delicious food on the empty long table, which seemed to mark the beginning of the banquet.

Pomona couldn't help looking at Gryffindor and Slytherin. Lily Evans looked a little nervous, but was still communicating with other people, while Snape was immersed in the food on the plate. No one can see his expression.

  You need your own life, Pomona.

  She thought to herself that she picked up a knife and fork and placed a steak on her plate. It was as good as chewing wax. If the house elf at Hogwarts knew what she was thinking, she would cry.

  (End of this chapter)