Chapter 13: Banquet

　　 "Difficult, very difficult!"
　　 A shrill voice sounded in Jon's ear:
　　 "I can see that I am very courageous, my heart is not bad, and my talent is good..."
　　 "I want to go to Hufflepuff!" Jon said silently in his heart
　　 "What?" The shrill voice of the Sorting Hat seemed a little weird.
　　 "I want to go to Hufflepuff!"
　　 "There is no doubt that although you meet all the requirements to become a Hufflepuff student, I don't think it is a good choice..."
　　 "I want to go to Hufflepuff!"
　　 "Have you made up your mind? If you go to Gryffindor, it will undoubtedly lead you to glory..."
　　 "I want to go to Hufflepuff!"
　　 "Don't you have any other ideas?" The Sorting Hat shouted impatiently
　　 "I want to go to Hufflepuff!"
　　 "Will you only repeat this sentence?" The Sorting Hat seemed a little angry.
　　 "I want to go to Hufflepuff!"
　　 When Jon repeated this sentence for the sixth time, the Sorting Hat couldn’t stand it anymore. It wanted the entire restaurant to call out the name:
　　 "Hufflepuff!"
　　 The crowd at the table on the right hand side began to applaud and cheer; the fat monk was also waving to him.
　　 At the table on the far right, Astoria sighed slightly when she heard this sound for some reason.
　　 Jon breathed a sigh of relief. He finally didn't have to go to Gryffindor to accompany the protagonists in fear.
　　 "To be honest, you are the second student who offered to go to Hufflepuff in this century!" The sorting hat's voice sounded in Jon's ear again.
　　 "Oh, who is the first one?"
　　 "Newt Scamander, I hope you can be as good as him!" The sorting hat sent its best wishes: "Mr. Scamander was expelled from Hogwarts in the fifth grade..."
　　 I still want to communicate with the Sorting Hat. Professor McGonagall has already walked over and roughly pulled the hat off his head.
　　 "Luna Lovegood!" Professor McGonagall shouted.
　　 The strange girl who had rowed a boat with Jon before, hurried over.
Jon had already arrived at the table near his right, and a tall boy came over: "Welcome to Hufflepuff, Jon... My Hufflepuff prefect, Gabrielle Truman! "
　　 "Hello, Gabriel!"
　　 "Come on, Jon, sit here!"
　　 A little girl with a ruddy complexion and two golden braids pulled Jon to her previous position.
The 　　 branching ceremony continues.
　　 Luna Lovegood was assigned to Ravenclaw... Steven Lucas, like Jon, became Hufflepuff’s new life...
　　 The applause rang out in the hall again and again, and one after another new members became members of each college.
　　 The last two, Ginny Weasley went to Gryffindor, and Madeleine Yaxley went to Slytherin.
　　 The branching ceremony is over.
Professor McGonagall picked up the sorting hat and was about to put it away... The door of the hall was opened, and Professor Snape and Professor Flitwick returned together; Daphne Greengrass followed the two professors, lowered There seemed to be tears on the head and face.
　　 Professor Snape ordered his students to return to the long table in Slytherin, and he approached Professor McGonagall and whispered a few words.
　　 The expression on Professor McGonagall's face seemed a bit rich at this time. She couldn't even clean up the sorting hat, and hurriedly followed Professor Snape and left the hall.
　　Professor Flitwick walked to the top of the rostrum, whispering something to Professor Dumbledore...
　　 Dumbledore's face changed suddenly, and he quickly left the hall... Not even the classic saying, "Idiot! Cry! Residual! Twist!" did not have time to say.
The principal and the vice-principal were not there. In the end, it was Ravenclaw’s Dean Felius Flivy who stood on Dumbledore’s dinner plate: freshmen were welcomed to the campus and introduced the new defense against the Dark Arts. Professor Guidro Lockhart, and reminded everyone of the ban on entering the forbidden forest and the review time for Quidditch players.
　　……
　　 The dinner has begun!
　　 "Would you like some steak?" The girl with two blond braids enthusiastically recommended to Jon: "The steak at Hogwarts is great!"
　　 "Thank you..." Jon quickly cut off a steak: "By the way, I don't know your name yet!"
　　 "Hannah, Hannah-Abbe...I am a second-year student!"
　　 "My Cao!" Jon solemnly put down the knife and fork, and then shook hands with Hannah: "It's an honor to see you, Hannah, oh no, Miss Abbot!"
Hannah talked about the Hogwarts situation with Jon in a mess... For example, the school is safe, Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard in the world; Hufflepuff’s students are all united, Pomona-S. Professor Prout is very kind to them; and don’t hang out at school at night. Last year, Gryffindor had three bad pens wandering around the school at night, and they were deducted 150 points...
　　 "By the way, do you know Harry Potter?" Hannah suddenly said mysteriously.
　　 "Harry Potter, you mean the boy who survived the catastrophe?" Jon was still very cooperative and made a surprised expression.
"Yeah!" Hannah was very satisfied with Jon's performance and said proudly: "Harry Potter is our class of student. He is at Gryffindor College... My grandfather always wanted me to go. Gryffindor, he graduated from Gryffindor, but the Sorting Hat feels that I don’t have enough courage..."
　　 As he talked, Hannah's tone became a little lost. She began to look at Gryffindor's long table, preparing to find Harry's trail, and then pointed it to Jon.
It’s a pity that Hannah didn’t know that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley should be in Professor McGonagall’s office. There was just a catastrophe... McGonagall, Dumbledore and even Snape had already run away. Wiped their in the past.
"By the way, there may not be one thing beyond Hogwarts..." After searching for a long time and not finding it, Hanna continued: "At the end of last semester, Harry successfully prevented the mysterious man's conspiracy once again; Professor Dumbledore specially added 160 points to Harry and Harry’s friends, and helped Gryffindor win the Academy Cup in Slytherin!"
　　 "Wow..." Jon nodded repeatedly.
　　 It is the first time Jon knows that this legendary Hannah Abbot is actually Harry's little fan.
　　 But he refused to accept the Academy Cup...This kind of trophy set a year in advance, how many points are missing at the end of the semester and how many points Dumbledore makes up, how do you tell others to play?
　　 "By the way, how long has it been since Hufflepuff has won the Academy Cup?" Jon asked curiously.
　　 "This..." Hannah seemed a little embarrassed.
　　 "Seventy-nine years!" A slender, handsome boy turned his head and said solemnly: "The last time Hufflepuff won the Academy Cup was in 1913!"
　　 "Um..." This time is longer than Jon imagined.
　　 At this moment, Jon suddenly had the idea of ​​helping Hufflepuff win an Academy Cup... But this kind of difficulty was even more difficult than the unrealistic idea of ​​tearing Voldemort, and he was quickly forgotten.
　　 "Is that Jon Hart? I remembered your name during the sorting ceremony!" The handsome boy smiled and said, "I'm Cedric, Cedric Diggory!"
"Cedric is the captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team... the only person in this century who has been the captain of the Quidditch team in the fourth grade!" Hannah behind him reminded in a low voice with an admiring expression on his face. His performance has always been the first in the fourth grade."
　　 It seems that Jon was wrong. Hannah is more than just a little fan of the savior Harry.
　　 "Hello, Cedric!" Jon smiled and shook hands with Cedric.
　　 He and Cedric exchanged a few more words, and the dinner is gradually over...Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape are all back!
　　 Dumbledore once again introduced Guidro Lockhart to everyone, and immediately began to direct everyone to sing the school song:
　　 Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
　　 Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
　　 please teach us the knowledge,
　　Whether we are the old people who die or the children who hurt our knees,
　　 Our mind can accept some interesting things,
　　……