Chapter 381 Opening Ceremony

There were rumbles of thunder in the sky from time to time, and raindrops pattered on the windows. Apart from the bad weather, nothing happened during the rest of the journey.

No one caused trouble without opening their eyes, and no dementors ran onto the train. The train arrived at the end of the journey without incident. In the darkness, the Hogwarts Express stopped at Hogsmeade Station.

The rain fell hard and fast, like buckets of cold water pouring down from the sky. There was a huge figure at the other end of the platform. It was Hagrid. He was calling the first-year students in a rough voice.

As usual, the first-year students were ferried across the lake by Hagrid and entered Hogwarts Castle. Crossing the lake in such bad weather, Ada didn't know whether the freshmen could understand the feelings of the Big Four, but Ada knew that the freshmen would definitely be very cold.

After walking through the dark platform, one hundred carriages pulled by Yeqi were waiting for everyone outside the station. Ada and the twins quickly climbed into an empty carriage. After Angelina, Aaliyah and Li Jordan got in, the door slammed shut.

A moment later, with a violent jolt, the long carriage team set off along the path leading to Hogwarts Castle, splashing water all the way.

The strong wind roared outside the carriage, shaking the carriage. Ada was worried along the way, for fear that the carriage would roll over.

Finally, the carriage arrived at the gate of the castle with a creaking sound. Ada rushed out of the carriage like an arrow and rushed into the foyer before being soaked in the rain again.

Warming torches were lit in the foyer, but the students' disaster was not over yet. Peeves was floating in the air and attacking passing students with water balloons.

Ada frowned and waved her wand, hitting back all the water balloons thrown by Peeves.

The short Peeves was chased by water balloons. If he ran a little slower, the water balloons chasing him would burst. In desperation, Peeves could only curse and run away, away from Ada.

"Miss Drizzt, come here!" Professor McGonagall waved to Ada at the door of the auditorium. The deputy principal of Hogwarts spoke calmly and did not lose her temper, but her title made Ada shiver uncontrollably.

"Professor, is something wrong?" Ada asked cautiously.

Professor McGonagall looked at Ada and said, "I want to inform you, Miss Drizzt, that you will be punished with one week of confinement after school starts."

"Wait a minute, professor, what did I do wrong?" Ada asked doubtfully. Although we have a good relationship, we can't punish him without teaching him!

"What did you do wrong? Miss Drizzt has such a big temper. She does whatever she wants and does whatever she wants." Professor McGonagall snorted coldly, "I believe that after the confinement, you will understand where you went wrong. If you don’t understand, then continue to be in solitary confinement.”

Looking at this posture, if Ada can't figure out what she did wrong for the rest of her life, Professor McGonagall is going to give Ada a "life sentence" directly.

Ada decided to change her mind and beg for mercy, forcibly it would definitely not work. She pointed to the badge pinned on her chest and said, "Professor, look here, look here!"

"Well, the badge is very clean," Professor McGonagall said.

Pretending to be confused, she didn't understand Ada's little thoughts, but this time Professor McGonagall was determined to enforce Ada's rules, and these little thoughts had no effect at all.

Ada was a little anxious, she didn't want to be put into solitary confinement right after school started. A few hours ago, Ada was still holding a meeting on the train. Now, as soon as she arrived at school, she was given a solitary confinement. How embarrassing it would be if word got out!

"Professor, I am the president of the female student union. Have you ever seen a female student union president imprisoned?" Ada said, "Can you be noble and let me go? There will be no next time, I promise!"

Seeing Ada acting coquettishly and coquettishly in front of him, Professor McGonagall was not only indifferent, but actually wanted to laugh.

Professor McGonagall did not change her decision. She said: "I have never seen a female student union president imprisoned before. What a coincidence. Today I opened my eyes."

"Professor, Professor, I already know that I was wrong, and it was outside the school!" Ada said anxiously. She already knew why Professor McGonagall was angry.

Professor McGonagall ignored Ada and left directly. She had to pick up the new students from across the lake and preside over the branch, so she was very busy. Before leaving, Professor McGonagall left a few words, she said: "So what if you're outside the school, please reflect on it!"

"We just heard it all." Fred suddenly appeared, gloating.

"The president of the female student union was imprisoned. Are you unprecedented?" George did not comfort Ada. Both brothers were very dissatisfied with Ada becoming the president of the female student union.

Ada shook off George's hand on her shoulder and said listlessly: "Go away, I don't want to talk to you two now."

The auditorium is still as magnificent and magnificent, and it has been specially decorated for the new semester banquet. The four long college tables were gradually filled with chattering students, and the teacher's seat at the top of the auditorium was also filled by professors.

Soon the sorting ceremony began, and Professor McGonagall led a long row of first-year students to the top of the auditorium. The first-year students suffered a lot today. They were cold, nervous, and all of them were shaking.

Professor McGonagall placed a three-legged stool on the ground in front of the new students, and placed the tattered, dirty, and patched Sorting Hat on the stool. There was silence in the Great Hall, and the Sorting Hat sang slowly.

After the Sorting Hat finished singing, there was warm applause in the auditorium. Professor McGonagall also called the name of the first new student, Stuart Ackley. This boy was sorted into Ravenclaw.

The long queue of first-year students gradually dwindled, and everyone's stomachs were already growling with hunger. Finally, the sorting ceremony came to an end with Kevin Whitby being sorted into Hufflepuff.

"It's time." Ron said as he quickly grabbed the knife and fork. As expected of the King of Hogwarts cooks, His Majesty was already ready for battle before the food came out.

Dumbledore was popular for a reason. He stood up with a smile and said only two words: "Eat!"

The battle started in an instant, and the empty plate was suddenly filled with food. Ronald Weasley, the rice king, scooped up a big spoonful of mashed potatoes and stuffed it into his mouth.

Ada on the side was stunned. Ron's mouth was nothing but a mouth. It was simply the mouth of the abyss!

Ghost Nick, who couldn't enjoy the food, was not idle either. He told an interesting story about what happened in the kitchen this morning. Peeves ran into the kitchen and caused trouble, preventing the school's house elves from working properly.

Knowing that there were house elves in Hogwarts, knowing that the food she ate and the cleaning of the castle were all done by house elves, Hermione felt bad.

Hermione looked down at the almost untouched food on her plate. She instantly felt that the steak on the plate was no longer fragrant, then she put her knife and fork on the plate and pushed the plate away. There is no way to eat this meal again!

When the desserts were cleared away, Dumbledore stood up again and mentioned the usual school precautions. No student would care about these Filch requests, but Dumbledore's next words forced everyone to pay attention.

"I would also like to inform you with great regret that the Academy Cup Quidditch Tournament will not be held this year."

The auditorium was shaken instantly, and even Dumbledore couldn't stop everyone's enthusiasm for Quidditch. But Dumbledore soon announced another piece of news, the Triwizard Tournament.

At this moment, there was a deafening thunder, and the door of the auditorium was slammed open. A man with a cane stood at the door. He took off his hood, shook out his long gray hair, and began to walk towards the staff table.

This man's face looked like it was carved out of rotten wood. Every inch of skin on his face seemed to be scarred, with a crooked mouth missing and a piece missing from his nose.

The most frightening thing is that this man has a bright blue magic eye. The eye keeps moving, as if he is looking for something.

"Allow me to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher," Dumbledore broke the silence happily, "Professor Moody."

If scars are a man's medal, then Alastor Moody is a walking medal, and everyone was stunned by his appearance.

No one in the Great Hall applauded except Dumbledore and Hagrid. Moody was indifferent to everyone's indifference. He took out a curved wine bottle from his cloak and took a long drink.

After introducing the new Professor Nianbao, Dumbledore re-introduced the Triwizard Tournament. The auditorium, which had been quiet due to Moody's appearance, was filled with students' comments.

"I want to participate!" Fred Weasley said in a low voice from across the table, "I don't care if Ada signs up or not, I want to participate anyway!"

There are many people like Fred who dream of becoming a warrior. In front of every desk in the academy, there are people staring at Dumbledore feverishly. The highest honor, and a bonus of one thousand gold galleons, who wouldn't want it?

"I know you are all eager to win the Triwizard Trophy for Hogwarts," Dumbledore said. "However, the participating schools and the Ministry of Magic have agreed to set an age limit for this year's contenders. Only those who are over Seventeen years old...that is to say, only students over seventeen years old are allowed to register."

"Bullshit!" the twins yelled rudely, "Bullshit Ministry of Magic, bullshit rules!"

The students in the auditorium became angry. Students who were not over seventeen years old were venting their anger. Although they all knew that doing so would not help, they could not keep it in their hearts.