The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 11 Ida and the Sorting Hat
Fred gave the inattentive Ada a gentle push. "Your turn, Ada."

Ada came back to her senses, walked forward and sat on the stool, with the dirty sorting hat on her head, the hat was too big, covering most of Ada's sight.Professor McGonagall looked at Ada, she hoped that Ada could be assigned to her own college.Even Dumbledore was paying attention to Ada's sorting results.

"Well, there are some troubles..." A small voice sounded in Ada's ear.The Sorting Hat turned to Gryffindor with Ida's head, "There is a lot of courage in my heart, and the courage and boldness are very suitable for Gryffindor. This seems to be a good choice!"

Ada hadn't said anything yet, but the Sorting Hat turned her head to Ravenclaw's long table, "Smart and talented, you are eager to explore the world and master more knowledge, and you seem to be very suitable for Ravenclaw. labor."

Then there is the direction of Hufflepuff, "Here is also good, Hufflepuff is very inclusive, here you will meet a lot of partners, and they will tolerate your characteristics."

Is it time for Slytherin?Ada thought to herself.

"That's right, the next Slytherin!" Naturally turning to the direction of Slytherin, Ida has given up resistance, "Contempt dogma, not satisfied with the status quo, and use whatever means to achieve the goal, well, here Slytherin It will help you go to glory..."

"How? Have you considered it?" said the Sorting Hat.

"It's okay, I don't really care about this." Ada replied.In fact, Ada really doesn't care which college to go to. In her opinion, which college to go to is not a study, and it can be worse than an orphanage?

"How about Slytherin? Where you will meet some like-minded people, they will go to glory with you, forge glory, and satisfy all your ambitions..." The Sorting Hat bewitched Ada in a low voice.

Ada's head was still facing the direction of the Slytherin table under the control of the Sorting Hat. The Sorting Hat seemed to want her to take this Amway.Ada thought silently in her heart: Slytherin is just Slytherin, but it's just that my background is a little embarrassing, I hope there will be no conflicts with everyone!

"Then Slytherin...the choice is yours, isn't it?" Ada responded softly.

"Oh, is that so...then I'll announce it!" The Sorting Hat said with great interest, "Gryffindor!"

The Sorting Hat took Ada's head and suddenly turned to the Gryffindor long table on the other side. This was so sudden that it almost twisted Ada's neck!
There were applause and cheers from the Gryffindor table.Ada put down the sorting hat and walked towards the long table while rubbing her neck.

Compared with Slytherin, Gryffindor is obviously a better choice in Ida's heart, and it should be easier to get along with the little lions.

"Well, it really is best to put it in Gryffindor, Dumbledore, I have helped you a lot." Ada didn't hear the whisper of the Sorting Hat, and even Professor McGonagall couldn't hear it clearly.

Ada walked to the long table in Gryffindor, and the seniors and sisters were welcoming her to join.Angelina Johnson waved to Ada, and Ada also walked towards her.After sitting down next to Angelina, he said hello to Alia Spinnet.

After Ada, Fred and George were also assigned to Gryffindor. Percy was introducing his twin brother to the people around him, while Charlie stood up and said to the twins, "Do it!" Well, Fred, George, that's how it should be!"

The twins were the last two students, and with them being sorted into Gryffindor, the sorting ceremony was officially over.

Albus Dumbledore stood up.He looked at the students with a smile on his face, and stretched out his arms to them. Nothing seemed to make him happier than seeing the students gathered together.

"Welcome!" he said. "Welcome to Hogwarts to start a new school year! First of all, I am delighted to welcome a new teacher to our teaching staff this term. Welcome Professor Benedict Foley, who Gladly agrees to fill the vacancy in Defense Against the Dark Arts."

There was sparse applause in the auditorium. It wasn't that everyone didn't welcome the well-dressed welfare professor, but that he delayed everyone's dinner.

The applause that was not very good soon calmed down, and Dumbledore continued: "Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words. That is: "Enjoy the food to the fullest!" "

Straightforward, straight to the point, Dumbledore's words were concise.The applause and cheers didn't stop until Dumbledore sat down for a while. Compared with just now, it was a world apart.

Food suddenly appeared on the empty plate on the table, which was very rich. It had been a long time since Ida had such a rich meal, and she still hadn't had a meal looking up at the stars.

The Weasley brothers beside him had already started feasting, and Ada, who was hungry, also started feasting. There was no sign of loss of appetite in Madam Mary's mouth.

The ghost of Gryffindor was chatting with the new students, some called him Sir Poppington, others called him Nearly Headless Nick.Seeing that some freshmen didn't understand what it means to be almost headless, Sir Popington kindly showed his head with only a little skin still attached to the body, what a miserable word!
None of this has anything to do with Ada, though, and Ada has been eating.The way she eats is not rude, on the contrary, she is pretty. The knife and the fork are constantly coordinated, like a mature assembly line. She chews very fast, so she eats a lot.

After everyone was full, the food was replaced with dessert, and everyone finally had time to chat.The twins were telling jokes that made Alia and Angelina laugh.

Finally, the dessert disappeared, Dumbledore stood up again, and the auditorium returned to silence.

"Everyone is full, and I want to say a few more words to you. At the beginning of the semester, I would like to remind you of some things to pay attention to."

"Attention first-year freshmen, no students are allowed to enter the forest area on the school grounds. Some of our old classmates should also remember this well."

Dumbledore paused slightly, "Besides, Mr. Filch, the administrator, also wants me to remind everyone not to cast magic in the corridor between classes. The review of Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester .Anyone who is interested in participating in the college representative team, please contact Ms. Huo Qi."

"Now, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together!" said Dumbledore enthusiastically.However, the expressions of the other professors were not very good, their faces were very stiff, and they did not buy the headmaster's account.

Dumbledore waved his wand lightly, and a long golden ribbon flew out of the wand, twisting and coiling lines of words high above the dining table like a snake.

"Each one chooses his own tune," said Dumbledore. "Get ready, sing!"

Then all the teachers and students sang loudly:

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
Please teach us knowledge,
Whether we are bald old people
Or a child with a broken knee,
Our minds can accept

some fun stuff.

Because now our brains are empty, full of air,

dead flies and trifles,

teach us some valuable knowledge,

Give us back what we have forgotten,

You just do your best and leave the rest to us,
We will study hard until it turns into dung.

Everyone's singing was scattered and chaotic. Ada chose to sing the school song to the rhythm of "Steel Torrent", which made her blood boil.

The twin brothers chose "Funeral March". The slow melody made everyone finish singing, and the Weasley brothers hadn't finished yet.Dumbledore conducted the last bars for them with his wand, and when they were done, he gave the loudest applause.

Ada clapped, but always felt that the sound of the suona was missing, and this "Funeral March" would not have that flavor.

"Music," he said, wiping his eyes, "is more glamorous than anything we've done here! It's bedtime. Go back to your dorms, everyone."

As soon as the words fell, the students in the auditorium stood up and prepared to leave, and the auditorium became noisy.

The Gryffindor freshmen followed Charlie Weasley through the noisy crowd out of the Great Hall and up the marble stairs.It was a corridor full of portraits, twice through doors hidden behind sliding panels and hanging valances, a few more stairs and a final corridor before Charlie and they stopped.At the end of the corridor hung a portrait of a very rich woman in pink.

Ada has been silently noting the way from the auditorium restaurant to the common room.

"Password?" asked the woman in the portrait.

"Lionheart," said Charlie.

The portrait, which received the correct reply, moved staggeringly forward, revealing a circular opening in the wall.Through the opening, Ada finally came to the Gryffindor common room, a cozy circular room filled with squishy armchairs, and a fire burning in the fireplace looked warm.

Under Charlie's guidance, Ada, Angelina, and Alia entered a door, and the three were assigned to the same dormitory, which was quite a coincidence.There were five four-poster beds in the dormitory, hung with crimson velvet curtains, which were much more comfortable than Ada's hard board bed in the orphanage just by looking at it.

Although there are five beds, only the three of them actually live there.This is also very good, fewer people means less trouble.

The boxes had already been delivered, and Angelina and Alia, who were exhausted, didn't say anything more. They each put on their pajamas and fell asleep.

After changing her pajamas, Ada lay on the soft bed, feeling very comfortable.She was also very tired, running all the way from London to Scotland, how could she not be tired, but for some reason Ada didn't feel sleepy.

Ada turned sideways just enough to look out through the tower window.Ada just stared at the small piece of sky in a daze, and after an unknown amount of time, Ada finally fell into a deep sleep on the soft bed.

　The station short gave a recommendation for this week. Although I don't know what the situation is, I am still very grateful.A friend also left a message in the comment area today, and I am also very grateful, so I will add another chapter tonight.

　　


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