No one spoke on the way. At the end of the path was a lake, and then they would take a boat to Hogwarts.
The boat sailed to the other end of the lake, bypassing the low trees growing in the lake, and dots of lights appeared in front of us.
On the high hillside across the lake stood a towering castle with spires everywhere and windows twinkling under the starry sky.
They took a boat along a dark tunnel that seemed to go under the castle, and finally arrived at a place like an underground dock, and then climbed up a ground of gravel and pebbles.
Then they climbed the stone steps and the first-year students gathered in front of a huge oak door.
Yin Li saw Harry standing in front of her, still with his messy short hair.
Professor McGonagall took the new students from Hagrid and led them up the stairs, finally stopping at an empty room.
After Professor McGonagall said a few words, she asked the freshmen to wait for the sorting to begin.
"Hi, Harry." Yin Li stepped forward and greeted him.
"Hi, Upala, I didn't even see you."
Harry was just nervous about the sorting test that was about to begin, but the appearance of Upala made him forget his nervousness.
"I was just walking behind." Yin Li smiled and looked at Ron beside him. "Is this your new friend?"
"Ah, yes, that's Ron Weasley."
Yin Li nodded to Ron, "Hello, I'm Upala Cavendish."
Ron nodded hurriedly, "Hello, hello."
Suddenly a bunch of ghosts appeared in the room, scaring everyone.
Professor McGonagall happened to say at this time that the sorting had begun.
The freshmen lined up and headed to the hall, with Yin Li standing in front of Harry.
The ceiling was covered with stars. There were four long tables of different colors in the hall. Students from other grades were already sitting around the long tables. The four tables were placed with glittering golden plates and high-footed wine glasses, and candles were hanging above the long tables.
There is also a long table on the table at the top of the restaurant, which is the seat for the teachers.
Everyone stood in the hall, and Yin Li looked at the pointed wizard hat in the middle of the hall.
A crack appeared in the middle of it and it began to sing.
Professor McGonagall began to call people forward one by one according to the list for sorting. "Hannah Abbott!"
Yin Li was called over soon, and when he picked up the Sorting Hat, he couldn't help but give it a clean up.
He put the Sorting Hat on his head.
The Sorting Hat complained, "Oh, how rude."
Yin Li apologized, "I'm sorry, but you're really dirty."
"Well, exquisite silent and wandless spells, and a thirst for knowledge, then."
The Sorting Hat yelled, "Ravenclaw!"
The Ravenclaw table saw that they had welcomed another new student and immediately applauded to welcome him. Yin Li saw that William Green was also applauding.
He smiled at Harry and sat down at the Ravenclaw table. William Green left a seat empty for Yin Li to sit next to him.
Harry saw Yin leave for Ravenclaw and smiled to himself. He thought that he wanted to go to Ravenclaw too.
But when the freshmen were called one by one, and then left the stage after the sorting, there were fewer and fewer people left, and he was not called yet.
Harry started to get nervous again. When he was called, he walked up to the Sorting Hat with his hands and feet together. When he put on the Sorting Hat, his mind could only think rigidly about not going to Slytherin.
Finally, with the Sorting Hat shouting "Gryffindor!" and the Gryffindor table cheering, Harry walked towards the Gryffindor table.
After the sorting, Dumbledore stood up and welcomed the new students with a smile on his face.
He said something incomprehensible, "Welcome everyone to Hogwarts to start the new school year! Before the banquet begins, I want to say a few words. They are: Idiots! Crybabies! Scum! Twist! Thank you everyone!"
As he finished speaking, food appeared on the empty plates on the long table: roast potatoes, potato chips, roast chicken, steak, pumpkin juice, Yorkshire pudding...
There were countless kinds of food on the table, but it still couldn't satisfy Yin Li.
He ate some of it selectively, as British food was really not to his taste.
After dinner, Dumbledore stood up again. "First years, please note: the woods on campus are strictly prohibited. Also, Mr. Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to remind everyone not to perform magic in the corridors during class breaks. The Quidditch player vetting process will take place in the second week of this term. Anyone interested in joining the house team should contact Madam Hooch. Finally, I must tell everyone that anyone who wishes to avoid an accident or a painful death should not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor."
It was still the same few sentences in the plot, Yin Li thought indifferently.
Quidditch is a game unique to the wizarding world. Each side consists of seven players, three of whom are called Chasers.
Chasers pass the Quaffle around and try to get it to pass through a ring, which scores points. Each time the Quaffle passes through a ring, it scores ten points.
Each side has another player called a goalkeeper.
Bludgers fly around, trying to knock players off their brooms, so each side has two Beaters, whose job is to protect their players from being hit by the Bludgers and to hit the Bludgers at the opposing players.
The last person is the seeker. The seeker's job is to catch the Golden Snitch. Catching the Golden Snitch can get an extra 150 points. Only when the Golden Snitch is caught will the Quidditch game end.
Then everyone sang the school song. The mixture of various tunes was really disgusting and difficult to listen to.
Afterwards, Yin Li followed the group to the Ravenclaw dormitory.
Prefect Robert Hilliard led the group westward, up the stairs, one after another.
Various portraits were hung on both sides of the stairs. Some of the people in the portraits were looking at the freshmen curiously, while others were visiting and chatting with each other.
Pearly white, translucent ghosts occasionally crossed the stairs, floating up or down.
The walls are hung with tapestries of various colors.
Yin Li followed everyone to the top of a long and winding staircase, where the class leader stopped.
In front of him was an enchanted bronze door knocker in the shape of a crow.
"The Ravenclaw common room has no handles. Everyone is welcome, as long as you can get past the knocker," he said.
He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
The door knocker chimed, "Which came first, the fire or the phoenix?"
The prefect replied, "It's a cycle, there's no beginning."
The door opened, and the Ravenclaw common room appeared before everyone. It was all blue at first glance.
The Ravenclaw common room was a large, round room with elegant arched windows and hung with blue and bronze silks.
The ceiling is a dome decorated with stars, and the dark blue carpet below is also decorated with stars.
The room contained a table, chairs, and bookshelves. In a niche opposite the door was a white marble bust of Rowena Ravenclaw, with a door next to the statue.
The class leader opened the door and led everyone into the dormitory. Then, after passing through a corridor, the class leader guided the girls through a door to their dormitory, and then led the boys through another door.
Yin Li found his room. Fortunately, he had a single room.
His luggage had been delivered to the room. Yin Li thought he should clean the room first. He waved his wand and cleaned everywhere. He was too tired today, so he decided to do it this way for now and clean it carefully tomorrow.
After cleaning every corner of the bathroom and bedroom, Yin Li took some clothes and prepared to take a comfortable bath.
He dipped his feet into the hot water, then immersed his entire body in the water. He sighed contentedly, then took out his ears and tail to clean them.
When he came out, Augustus was knocking on the window outside. Yin Li opened the window and let him in.
Then he sat at his desk and prepared to write a letter to his parents.
Dear Mom and Dad,
Today is my first day at Hogwarts. I met two interesting friends on the train to Hogwarts...
After Yin Li finished writing the letter, she stuffed it into an envelope, stamped it with the Cavendish family wax seal, and then tied the letter to Augustus's leg. "Thank you for your hard work."
After Augustus flew away, Yin Li lay down in the warm quilt and fell asleep holding his furry tail.
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The next day, when Yin Li went downstairs, he found William Green reading a book in the Ravenclaw common room.
He put away the book when he saw Yin Li coming down, and said, "Let's go to the auditorium together."
Yin Li guessed that William was waiting here because he was afraid that he would get lost, so he smiled and said to William, "Thank you, William, you are so thoughtful."
"You are welcome."
When the two arrived at the Great Hall, there weren't many people there. Oliver was already there. When he saw them coming, he took the food in his hand and sat down at the long table of Ravenclaw.
"Good morning, William, Upala."
Yin Li responded with a smile, "Good morning, Oliver."
William said, "You're still so energetic, Oliver."
Oliver: "I'll take that as a compliment."
Yin Li took a sandwich and started eating, then drank a glass of milk.
Harry and Ron arrived at the hall just as Yin Li was about to leave.
The two of them were eating steak early in the morning, with Yin Li standing behind Harry.
"Good morning, Harry. Eating too much greasy food for breakfast is not good for your stomach. I think a sandwich would be better, maybe with a glass of milk. After all, you can try something like steak for lunch, right?"
Harry was startled by him, and was a little surprised when he found that it was Yin Li who greeted him, "Oh, good morning, Yupala."
Yin Li smiled at his hurried look and said, "Goodbye, I have to go to class."
After Yin Li left, Ron looked at his back and complained, "He's not your mother, isn't he meddling too much?"
"No, Ron is just concerned about me. You see, he didn't even remind you." Harry put down the meat in his hand and prepared to follow Yin Li's advice to eat a sandwich and drink a glass of milk.
"Oh, okay." Ron shrugged helplessly at Harry's silly smile and continued eating the meat in his hand.
Yin Li’s first class in the morning was Potions class with Hufflepuff. The Potions classroom was in the basement of the castle.
The Potions classroom was indeed a bit gloomy, and the taxidermy animals placed along the walls made it even more eerie.
The course was taught by the Head of Slytherin, Professor Severus Snape. He had greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin, and gave people the same feeling as the Black Lake, gloomy and cold.
After he finished calling the roll, he said in a voice almost whispering, "You are here to learn the precise science and strict craft of potion making."
But everyone heard every word he said. Like Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape also had the power of intimidation that could effortlessly keep the classroom in order.
"Since there are no foolish waving of wands here, many of you will not believe that this is magic. I don't expect you to truly appreciate the beauty of the simmering cauldron with white smoke and bursts of fragrance. You will not truly understand the magical power of the liquid flowing into people's veins, making people's hearts and minds excited and confused. I can teach you how to improve your reputation, brew glory, and even prevent death - but there must be one thing, that is, you are not the kind of fools I often meet."
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