Ninja in Harry Potter - Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Sorting!
Ryan quickly looked down again as Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years.
On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard’s hat.
This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty.
Ryan suddenly remembered that this hat might able to read his memory. If that is possible, wouldn’t it be huge problem.
Ryan looked around, and found that everyone is looking at them.
‘In this situation, I can’t even back off. Let’s see what happens… Hope system protects atleast my past life memory.’
‘Otherwise Dumbledore gonna learn everything about me transversing from another world… even the power of my golden finger.’
For a few seconds, there was complete silence.
Then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth — and the hat began to sing:
“Oh, you may not think I’m pretty,
But don’t judge on what you see,
I’ll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I’m the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There’s nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can’t see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you’ve a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You’ll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don’t be afraid!
And don’t get in a flap!
You’re in safe hands (though I have none)
For I’m a Thinking Cap!”
The whole hall burst into applause as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again.
“Do we have to wear such a dirty hat?” Draco looked towards hat in disgust.
“Yeah! It looks like we need to take bath after wearing it.” Ryan completely agree with Draco’s word.
In the movies, you can’t see how dirty this hat is. But it was not washed for more than 1000 years.
You can imagine how dirty this hat became.
Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.
“When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted.” She said. “Abbott, Hannah!”
A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down.
A moments pause — “HUFFLEPUFF!” Hat shouted.
The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table.
“Black, Ryan!”
Prof. McGonagall called Ryan’s name.
Ryan took a deep breath, and walked forward.
Professor McGonagall picked the hat, and Ryan sit on the table.
Professor McGonagall put the hat on Ryan’s head.
“Hmm~ It’s hard~ It’s hard~ It’s very difficult~” The wide brim of the hat blocked his sight, and a voice as delicate as a mosquito sounded in Ryan’s ears.
“Your heart is very complicated. You are very egotistical, but it seems that you are really talented. Yes, you are very talented, hardworking, courageous and determined, but it seems that you need some catalyst. Let me think about it carefully.”
It can be seen that the Sorting Hat is very hesitant. Perhaps because each of the Ryan has all of the qualities required in each house, it is difficult for the Sorting Hat to make a final judgment.
“How about this, I’ll help you decide, don’t go to Gryffindor, don’t go to Slytherin, don’t go to Hufflepuff, you can help me decide the rest.” Such thoughts emerged in Ryan’s brain.
“Ravenclaw? Are you sure? Yes, I can feel that you really want to go to Ravenclaw, but is Ravenclaw really suitable for you? I’m afraid not necessarily.”
“What do you mean?” Ryan keenly sensed that something might be wrong.
“You like reading very much, and you also show a very greedy desire for knowledge. You are independent and don’t care about other people’s attitudes. These are the qualities that Ravenclaw praises.
But behind these advantages, you don’t really like knowledge, you crave power, right? You want revenge, and also want to find your father.”
Wait a minute, this script is wrong. I want to go to Ravenclaw.
Is this hat only reading the memory of previous Ryan?
That guy really wants to know what happened to his father. And also take revenge for his mother murder.
But current Ryan definitely don’t have such thoughts.
“Yes, shrewdness. This is a quality that Slytherin appreciates. Don’t think about Ravenclaw. Going there is just burying your talent. I feel it. You have your own bottom line, but I can feel it too. To achieve your goals, you won’t mind using some low hand means.”
No, you know all this?
“Of course, I can certainly realize that this is the mission I have been given to plan the main path of life for each student. But don’t worry, I won’t tell the principal. He has no right to know the thoughts of any student.”
“Okay, I think I have decided where you should go. I can guarantee that you will achieve your own glory there.
Finally, I will give you a piece of advice. When necessary, please look into your own heart and see if your bottom line will continue to collapse due to the wavering of beliefs. A real Slytherin will do whatever it takes, but even he will a bottom line. ”
“Wait a minute, I have something more to say.”
“There’s nothing more to say, Slytherin!”
…
“How long has he been sitting there?”
“I don’t know, but I’d guess about ten minutes.”
In the quiet auditorium, many students gradually began to whisper. They were whispering to each other, and even the professors on the teacher’s bench looked at Ryan with surprise from time to time.
“Merlin, he took longer than the girl just now.”
“Who says it isn’t? I’ve never seen the Sorting Hat take so long to make a decision.”
“Do you think it’s possible for him to become a hater?” Several professors at the teacher’s seat were also whispering to each other.
“I think it’s very possible.”
“I’m afraid not. Hat embarrassment has not appeared for many years. The last time it appeared was almost forty-five years ago.”
“Slytherin!” After a few minutes of silence, the Sorting Hat shouted throughout the Great Hall.
And this made the auditorium erupt with loud noises for the first time tonight. Except for the Slytherin students who clapped their hands and applauded, all the students from the other three houses were talking with the people around them.
And this time, they didn’t realize they had to control their volume.
“Merlin! He will actually be sorted into Slytherin?”
“There, I heard that there are many dark wizards coming out of that academy?”
“You have only been in school for two years and you don’t know many things, but what I want to tell you is that Slytherin is the most unpopular house in the whole school.”
“No way!”
…
“Mr. Black, do you have any questions?” Professor McGonagall’s reminder brought Ryan back to his senses.
He has been sitting on the barstool for a long time.
Ever since the Sorting Hat shouted out Slytherin, Ryan’s got a notification in his mind.
Ting!
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Ryan never thought he would get gift pack for entering into Slytherin.
“Mr. Black?” Looking at the indifferent Ryan, Professor McGonagall reminded him again.
“Sorry, Professor McGonagall. I really didn’t expect that I would be sorted into Slytherin.”
While the applause and discussion had not completely subsided, Ryan quickly stood up, returned the Sorting Hat to Professor McGonagall, and then walked towards the long table on the far left in the auditorium.
There is the long Slytherin table, easily identifiable by the intertwined green and silver ribbons.
It’s that he don’t mind being in Slytherin. But problem is that Slytherin and Gryffindor are most unusual house in Hogwarts.
And Ryan doesn’t want to get involved in defeating Gryffindor quest.
But if entering into this House has extra gift pack, he don’t mind entering into it.
With this thought in mind, Ryan came to the Slytherin long table. A senior sister stood up, shook hands with Ryan again, and gestured with her eyes to Ryan to sit in the empty seat opposite her.
“I am Gemma Farley, the prefect of Slytherin.” The witch’s voice was very magnetic, and in layman’s terms, very seductive.
Judging from her appearance alone, she is a mature and stable female prefect. She has black hair that was combed into a ponytail by a witch, which makes her look very capable.
She has a pair of green eyes, which match perfectly with the green background prefect badge she wears on her chest.
“Congratulations, Ryan, you just became a new hater.”
“Excuse me, what is a hater?”