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Youd think theyd be together, wouldnt you. Harry looked up at the staff table. There seemed to be rather more empty seats there than usual. Hagrid, of course, was still fighting his way across the lake with the first years; Professor McGonagall was presumably supervising the drying of the entrance hall floor, but there was another empty chair too, and Harry couldnt think who else was missing. Wheres the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. said Hermione, who was also looking up at the teachers. They had never yet had a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who had lasted more than three terms. Harrys favorite by far had been Professor Lupin, who had resigned last year. He looked up and down the staff table. There was definitely no new face there. Maybe they couldnt get anyone. said Hermione, looking anxious. Harry scanned the table more carefully. Tiny little Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was sitting on a large pile of cushions beside Professor Sprout, the Herbology teacher, whose hat was askew over her flyaway gray hair. She was talking to Professor Sinistra of the Astronomy department. On Professor Sinistras other side was the sallow-faced, hook-nosed, greasyhaired Potions master, Snape - Harrys least favorite person at Hogwarts. Harrys loathing of Snape was matched only by Snapes hatred of him, a hatred which had, if possible, intensified last year, when Harry had helped Sirius escape right under Snapes overlarge nose - Snape and Sirius had been enemies since their own school days. On Snapes other side was an empty seat, which Harry guessed was Professor McGonagalls. Next to it, and in the very center of the table, sat Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster, his sweeping silver hair and beard shining in the candlelight, his magnificent deep green robes embroidered with many stars and moons. The tips of Dumbledores long, thin fingers were together and he was resting his chin upon them, staring up at the ceiling through his half-moon spectacles as though lost in thought. Harry glanced up at the ceiling too. It was enchanted to look like the sky outside, and he had never seen it look this stormy. Black and purple clouds were swirling across it, and as another thunderclap sounded outside, a fork of lightning flashed across it. Oh hurry up, Ron moaned, beside Harry, I could eat a hippogriff. The words were no sooner out of his mouth than the doors of the Great Hall opened and silence fell. Professor McGonagall was leading a long line of first years up to the top of the Hall. If Harry, Ron, and Hermione were wet, it Apex car launcher nothing to how these first years looked. They appeared to have swum across the lake rather than sailed. All of them were shivering with a combination of cold and nerves as they filed along the staff table and came to a halt in a line facing the rest can you use keyboard and mouse on for the school - all of them except the smallest of the lot, a boy with mousy hair, who was wrapped in what Harry recognized as Hagrids moleskin overcoat. The coat was so big for him that it looked as though he were draped in a furry black circus tent. His small face protruded from over the collar, looking almost painfully excited. When he had lined up with his terrified-looking peers, he caught Colin Creeveys eye, gave a double thumbsup, and mouthed, I fell in the lake. He looked positively delighted about it. Professor McGonagall now placed a four-legged stool on the ground before the first years and, on top of it, an extremely old, dirty, patched wizards hat. The first years stared at it. So did everyone else. For a moment, there was silence. Then a long tear near the brim opened wide like a mouth, and the hat broke into song: A thousand years or more ago, When I was newly sewn, There lived four wizards of renown, Whose names are still well known: Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor, Fair Ravenclaw, from glen, Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad, Shrewd Slytherin, from fen. They shared a wish, a hope, a dream, They hatched a daring plan To educate young sorcerers Thus Hogwarts School began. Now each of these four founders Formed their own House, for each Did value different virtues In the ones they had to teach. By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition. While still alive they did divide Their favorites from the throng, Yet how to pick the worthy ones When they were dead and gone. Twas Gryffindor who found the way, He whipped me off his head The founders put some brains in me So I could choose instead. Now slip me snug about your ears, Ive never yet been wrong, Ill have a look inside your mind And tell where you belong. The Great Hall rang with applause as the Sorting Hat finished. Thats not the song it sang when it Sorted us, said Harry, clapping along with everyone else. Sings a different one every year, said Ron. Its got to be a pretty boring life, hasnt it, being a hat. I suppose it spends all year making up the next one. Professor McGonagall was now unrolling a large scroll of parchment. When I call out your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool, she told the first years. When the hat announces your House, you will go and sit at the appropriate table. Ackerley, Stewart. A boy walked forward, visibly trembling from head to foot, picked up the Sorting Hat, put it on, and sat down on the stool. RAVENCLAW. shouted the hat. Stewart Ackerley took off the hat and hurried into a seat at the Ravenclaw table, where everyone was applauding him. Harry caught a glimpse of Cho, the Ravenclaw Seeker, cheering Stewart Ackerley as he sat down. For a fleeting second, Harry had a strange desire to join the Ravenclaw table too. Baddock, Malcolm. SLYTHERIN. The table on the other side of the hall erupted with cheers; Harry could see Malfoy clapping as Baddock joined the Slytherins. Harry wondered whether Baddock knew that Slytherin House had turned out more Dark witches and wizards than any other. Fred and George hissed Malcolm Baddock as he sat down. Branstone, Eleanor. HUFFLEPUFF. Cauldwell, Owen. HUFFLEPUFF. Creevey, Dennis. Tiny Dennis Creevey staggered forward, tripping over Hagrids moleskin, just as Hagrid himself sidled into the Hall through a door think, pubg game videos to download simply the teachers table. About twice as tall as a normal man, and at least three times as broad, Hagrid, with his long, wild, tangled black hair and beard, looked slightly alarming - a misleading impression, for Harry, Ron, and Hermione knew Hagrid to possess a very kind nature. He winked at them as he sat down at the end of the staff table and watched Dennis Creevey putting on the Sorting Hat. The rip at the brim opened wide - GRYFFINDOR. the hat shouted. Hagrid clapped along with the Gryffindors as Dennis Creevey, beaming widely, took off the hat, placed it back on the stool, and hurried over to join his brother. Colin, I fell in. he said shrilly, throwing himself into an empty seat. It was brilliant. And something in the water grabbed me and pushed me back in the boat. Cool. said Colin, just as excitedly. It was probably the giant squid, Dennis. 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We dont want to break our winning streak, do we. Gryffindor had won the Inter-House Championship for the last three years in a row. Pritchard, Graham. SLYTHERIN. Quirke, Orla. RAVENCLAW. And finally, with Whitby, Kevin!(HUFFLEPUFF!), the Sorting ended. Professor McGonagall picked up the hat and the stool and carried them away. About time, said Ron, seizing his knife and fork and looking click to see more at his golden plate. Professor Dumbledore had gotten to his feet. He was smiling around at the students, his arms opened wide in welcome. I have only two words to say to you, he told them, his deep voice echoing around the Hall. Tuck in. Hear, hear. said Harry and Ron loudly as the empty dishes filled magically before their eyes. Nearly Headless Nick watched mournfully as Harry, Ron, and Hermione loaded their own plates. Aaah, ats beer, said Ron, with his mouth full of mashed potato. Youre lucky theres a feast at all tonight, you know, said Nearly Headless Nick. There was trouble in the kitchens earlier. Why. Wha appened. said Harry, through a sizable chunk of steak. Peeves, of course, said Nearly Headless Nick, shaking his head, which wobbled dangerously. He pulled his ruff a little higher up on his neck. The usual argument, you Apex car launcher. He wanted to attend the feast - well, its quite out of the question, you know what hes like, utterly uncivilized, cant see a plate of food without throwing it. We held a ghosts council - the Fat Friar was all for giving him the chance - but most wisely, in my opinion, the Bloody Baron put his foot down. The Bloody Baron was the Slytherin ghost, a gaunt and silent specter covered in silver bloodstains. He was the only person at Hogwarts who could really control Peeves. Yeah, we thought Peeves seemed hacked off about something, said Ron darkly. So what did he do in the kitchens. Oh the usual, said Nearly Headless Nick, shrugging. Wreaked havoc and mayhem. Pots and pans everywhere. 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Another clap of thunder shook the windows, and the stormy ceiling flashed, illuminating the golden plates as the remains and pubg games download install laptop are the first course vanished and were replaced, instantly, with puddings. Treacle tart, Hermione. said Ron, deliberately wafting its smell toward her. Spotted dick, look. Chocolate gateau. But Hermione gave him a look so reminiscent of Professor McGonagall that he gave up. When the puddings too had been demolished, and the last crumbs had faded off the plates, leaving them sparkling clean, Albus Dumbledore got to his feet again. The buzz of chatter filling the Hall ceased almost at once, so that only the howling wind and pounding rain could be heard. said Dumbledore, smiling around at them all. Now that we are all fed and watered, (Hmph. said Hermione) I must once more ask for your attention, while I give out a few notices. Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to tell you that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has this year been extended to include Screaming Yo-yos, Fanged Frisbees, and Ever-Bashing Boomerangs. The full list comprises some four hundred and thirty-seven items, I believe, and can be viewed in Mr. Filchs office, if anybody would like to check it. The corners of Dumbledores mouth twitched. He continued, As ever, I would like to remind you all that the forest on the grounds is out-of-bounds to students, as is the village of Hogsmeade to all below third year. It is also my painful duty to inform you that the Inter-House Quidditch Cup will not take place this year. What. Harry gasped. He looked around at Fred and George, his fellow members of the Quidditch team. They were mouthing soundlessly at Dumbledore, apparently too appalled to speak. 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