Chapter 919: The Sorting Hat's Warning

Looking in the direction she pointed, everyone's eyes first fell on Professor Dumbledore.

Dumbledore sat in the gold high-backed chair right in the middle of the long staff table, in his dark purple robes studded with silver stars and a matching hat, he tilted his head towards the man sitting next to him. Woman, she was talking into his ear.

The actions of the two seem to be very close, people who don't know think how good the relationship between the two of them is.

To be honest, this woman looked like someone's old unmarried aunt.

She was short and stout, with a short, taupe fist and a big ugly pink bow, very similar to the fluffy pink cardigan she wore over her robes. match.

At this time, she turned her face slightly, raised her goblet to drink for a day, and glanced in their direction.

Then everyone saw a pale, toad-like face and a pair of eyes with drooping eyelids and bulging eyeballs.

"My God, it's her!" Harry recognized instantly, shocked.

"Dolores Umbridge!" Ivan added, not surprising at all.

Although many changes had taken place, she still came to Hogwarts as scheduled, and she didn't know what tricks she would make.

In Ivan's view, Umbridge is much more difficult to deal with than Fudge, and he is very capable of making things happen.

"Look at her dress, what a beautiful cardigan!" Ron smirked.

"I think it's kind of scary, she doesn't fit in this dress." Colin agreed.

"It does look familiar..." Hermione followed up, thoughtfully, "Who is she?"

"It's that woman named Umbridge!" Harry said, "She participated in the interrogation of Ivan and me, and she worked for Fudge!"

"Oh!" Hermione nodded suddenly, "what is she doing here?"

"She came here as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts." Ivan said, "Fudge arranged for her to come, you should understand?"

Hermione nodded worriedly, this is not good news, and Harry, Ron and Colin looked at them curiously.

"Understand what?" Ron asked, "This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class is going to be terrible? Don't worry, I'm prepared for it. In fact, I never expected this class... "

"Lupine, Sirius, and Mad-Eye are all good!" Harry said. "I hope nothing happens to this woman."

If it was another week, he would certainly not think so, nor would he worry about Umbridge.

Although Hermione wanted to explain to them what Umbridge's arrival meant and let them know the seriousness of the matter, at this moment, Professor Graplan came in from the side door and sat in the seat that should have belonged to him. Hagrid's seat.

That said, the first-years must have made it across the lake to the castle.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, the door to the hall opened.

A long line of first-years, who seemed to be in shock, was led into the auditorium by Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall was holding a stool with an ancient wizard's hat on it.

The hat was patch upon patch, with a wide slit at the frayed brim, and the hum of conversation in the auditorium gradually died down.

First-year students line up at the staff desks, facing students from other grades.

Professor McGonagall carefully placed the stool in front of them, then stepped back.

The faces of the first-year freshmen glowed pale under the candlelight, and a little boy in the middle of the line seemed to be trembling.

The freshmen were anxious, waiting for the Sorting Hat to decide their whereabouts, and even decide their future fate.

Aiwen always thought that the characteristics of the four Hogwarts colleges are too distinct. When the freshmen first entered school, they were divided into four different groups, and they kept telling the stories of the four founders and the qualities they liked. Listen to them.

The courage of Gryffindors, the ingenuity of Ravenclaws, the love and loyalty of Hufflepuffs, and the strength and power of Slytherins.

These qualities subconsciously influence the students of the four colleges and leave a deep imprint on them.

Clearly, the Hogwarts sorting system has a considerable impact on students.

Even though thousands of years have passed, everyone still inherits the will of the four founders, but is it really good to do so?

The sorting ceremony has always been a highlight of the opening ceremony of the new semester. The teachers and students of the whole school waited with bated breath.

In the blink of an eye, the slit by the brim of the hat opened like a mouth, and the Sorting Hat sang loudly: I was a new hat long ago, before Hogwarts was built, and the four founders of Noble House , thinking they would never part ways.

They are united by the same goal, and their wishes are so consistent: to build the best magic school in the world, and let their knowledge be passed on and continued.

"We will build a school together and teach together!" The four friends were very determined, but they never dreamed that one day they would be separated from each other.

What friends in this world can be better than Slytherin and Gryffindor?

Unless you count another pair of best friends, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

How can such a good thing go wrong? How could such a friendship be written off?

Alas, I have witnessed this sad story firsthand, so I can recount it here.

Slytherin said, "The students we teach must be of the purest blood."

Ravenclaw said, "The pupils we teach must be intellectually superior."

Gryffindor said, "The students we teach. Must be heroic and fearless."

Hufflepuff said, "I'm going to teach a lot of people and treat them all the same."

The first time these differences came to light, a small quarrel arose.

Each of the four founders owns an academy and only recruits the teenagers they want.

The wizards recruited by Slytherin were just like himself, pure blood and scheming.

Only the sharpest minds of the younger generation can listen to the teachings of Ravenclaw.

Anyone who is daring and adventurous is accepted into the academy by the brave Gryffindor.

The rest were accepted by the kind Hufflepuff, who imparted all her skills to them without reservation.

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.

Now they turn against 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, former good friends turned against each other.

Finally, one morning, the aged Slytherin suddenly ran away.

Although the strife had been settled by then, he left us discouraged.

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

Now that the Sorting Hat is in front of you, you all know why it happened: I sorted you into each house because my duties cannot be changed. But this year I'm going to say a few more days, please listen carefully to my new song, and though I'm destined to divide you, I'm afraid it's not the right thing to do.

Although I have to fulfill my duty to divide each year's freshmen into four, I fear that such a division will lead to the collapse I dread.

Oh, know the danger, read the omens, the lessons of history warn us, our Hogwarts is in danger, and enemies outside the school are watching.

We must be united internally, otherwise everything will fall apart from within.

I've told you bluntly, I've sounded the alarm for you, now let's start sorting... 8 more exciting novels, welcome to visit our reading institute