hotmtlnovel 144. School starts (please subscribe!)
144. School starts (please subscribe!)
The last day of August.
Everyone changed into Hogwarts robes in advance and rushed to Hogsmeade Station before dark.
As night fell, a train with thick smoke on its head slowly stopped at the platform.
As soon as the door opened, students in Hogwarts robes poured out.
The gamekeeper held up the lamp and shouted loudly for the first-year students to gather at his place.
The three Hermione bid farewell to Dunn and the others, and joined the other freshmen to approach the gamekeeper.
Students of other ages followed the flow of people across the platform to the outside of the station.
More than a hundred horse-drawn carriages waited quietly for them.
Someone shouted in French:
"The students of Beauxbatons, come to the front!"
Fleur, Gabriel, and Maxim all walked towards that direction, and Dunn also saw the little fat Louie in the crowd.
Moody managed to squeeze through the crowd and ran over to join Dunn and Hagrid, but was forced to separate when he got into the carriage.
Hagrid grew taller and taller, and when he got into the carriage, it could only accommodate the next student.
Moody could only choose to ride in a carriage with Hagrid.
Dunn, Ella and Angelica get into another wagon.
As he got into the car, Dunn glanced at Thestral, who was pulling the 973 carriage.
This creature has no flesh at all, the black fur clings tightly to the skeleton, and every bone is clearly visible.
Their heads are very similar to dragons, their all-white eyes have no pupils, and they stare intently, making people suspect that they have no vision at all, but rely on other things to identify directions.
Bulging between the shoulder bones is a pair of large, black, tough wings that look like a big bat.
Just as Dunn got into the carriage, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.
"Can you see them?
Looking back, I found that it was Abu.
The other party smiled politely at Dunn.
"There are no more seats for the other carriages, I want to ask if you have any more here?
"certainly."
Dunn stepped aside and let Abu get in first.
Abu got into the car only to realize that he should not be in this car.
On the seats on both sides, Ella was sitting on one side, and Angelica was sitting on the other side.
Obviously, this is a "multiple choice" question for Dunn.
Seeing Abu, Ella and Angelica were stunned for a while, then Ella stood up and took the initiative to sit beside Ann (cgdb) Kirika.
Abu thanked him and met the two women.
Dunn got into the car, closed the door, and sat next to Abu.
"Aren't the Malfoys on the Hogwarts board? I thought you'd go straight to the castle like last year.
"You didn't see Sirius just now, I saw him looking at you.""
Dunn shrugged nonchalantly.
"Probably he has forgotten what he suffered last year, who knows?"
Abu looked serious.
"This year is even more special, with the Ministry of Magic requiring all Hogwarts students to take the Hogwarts Express to the school, and for this they have sent a team of Aurors to the train."
"and then?
Dunn looked at Abu, and he believed that was definitely not what the other party really wanted to say.
"The recent situation of the Black family is not right. You know that although the main battle faction has the upper hand, there are still many voices that are in harmony, and the Black family is said to be inclined towards the latter.
Dunn was not surprised by the news.
He knew that Abu was reminding himself to be careful of the Black family.
But based on that alone, Dunn thinks it's unlikely that Sirius will play tricks against him in school.
If Sirius were so stupid, Dunn would have kept him out of school last year.
The future decline of the Black family is obviously on the wrong side in this war.
Just as the two were talking, the carriage had already moved.
The long carriage passed through the gates with winged boar sculptures on both sides, drove along the spacious driveway, and arrived in front of the gate of Hogwarts Castle in a short time.
The people who got in and out of the carriage ahead had entered the castle, and when Dunn got out, he saw Moody and Hagrid standing on the steps, waving in this direction.
Follow the flow of people up the steps and meet Moody and Hagrid.
Entering the high entrance hall, the students of the four colleges began to be automatically separated.
Abu, Ella, and Angelica all returned to their respective houses, while Dunn, Moody and Hagrid followed the new prefect of Gryffindor into the Great Hall.
The auditorium is still as splendid as it is. This year, it has been specially decorated to welcome the teachers and students of Beauxbatons. At the same time, the layout has also undergone some changes.
The long tables of the four colleges have not changed, and there is another long table in the middle, which is obviously prepared for the students of Beauxbatons.
The faculty seats have also become two rows on the left and right.
To the left sat the Hogwarts professor, Headmaster Dumbledore sat next to Slughorn, a seat away, and Dunn saw Newt Scamander and his fiancée Tina.
There were also five people on the faculty bench on the right, of which only Nicole Mailer was known to Dunn.
The students of the four colleges all came to sit down at the long table.
Dumbledore rose from his seat, and the hall soon fell silent.
"Okay!" Dumbledore looked at everyone with a smile, "Before starting the freshman sorting ceremony, please allow me to introduce our friends, teachers and students from the Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in France!
In the applause, Beauxbatons students wearing blue silk robes entered the auditorium. There were about a hundred people, including freshmen such as Fleur, Gabriel, Maxim, and Louis.
Dunn took a closer look and noticed something very strange.
He didn't see a single senior among the students at Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
All Beauxbatons students look young, the oldest no older than the fourth grade.
After all the Beauxbatons students were seated, Dumbledore introduced his old friend Nicole Mailer, who was also the new headmaster of Beauxbatons.
This time, the applause in the auditorium was obviously much warmer.
This is of course not only because Beauxbatons' students are also applauding, but more importantly, Nicole Mailer himself is more famous and popular than Beauxbatons, and almost everyone knows that he is the inventor of the Philosopher's Stone.
When the applause ended, Nicole Mailer stood up and said a few words of thanks to the teachers and students of Hogwarts, and then urged Beauxbatons students to study hard in a foreign country, and then returned the dominance of the dinner when they were finished. To Dumbledore.
As soon as Nicole Mailer sat down, the auditorium door opened.
Vice-Principal Dawn Gorshak walked in with a long line of freshmen.