Roommates

"Well, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song." Dumbledore raised his wand and tapped it lightly, a text twisted by a gold ribbon floated in front of everyone.

The members of the Hogwarts Choir also appeared. The prefect next to Albert was one of them. The choir in the front row were all holding big toads.

As Dumbledore waved his magic wand, all the teachers and students began to sing the school song.

Albert also mixed in, his mouth opened and closed as he pretended to be singing.

The song was something that could easily be sung by kids in the second grade but the professors were all a little stiff, they were a little reluctant to sing.

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts..." Next to Albert, the Weasley brothers were singing with the melody of "Funeral March". Their beat couldn't keep up with the others.

"...we will study hard until all turns….." After the song was finished, the two were still singing slowly. Albert suddenly had the urge to cover his face, pretending that he didn't know them.

After the end of the song, Dumbledore asked everyone to go back and rest.

The banquet finally ended. Everyone rushed forward, causing congestion in an instant.

Now, Albert somewhat understood why the newcomers' table was in the front.

"All the newcomers, come with me." It was the prefect who led the way for the newcomers of Gryffindor.

He led everyone through the noisy crowd, walked out of the dining room, and after climbing the stairs, they separated from the freshmen of other houses.

The freshmen walked through the corridors and walked around the castle, instead of walking up the moving stairs.

Many portraits were hanging in the corridor. The characters on them are whispering when the new students passed by and some portraits greet them too.

The prefect led the freshmen through the castle. One could never know where the door for entrance was.

They had a closed wooden door in front but they just passed through a stone gate on the other side. For some doors, you need to hit the exact position for them to open. Some doors are hidden behind curtains or pictures. However, this is not the worst, because there is now a trap staircase, which looks the same as a normal staircase, but when you reach a certain step, you need to step over, or if you step in, your feet will sink.

For newcomers who have just come here, it is simply a disaster.

"Are you all right?" Albert stretched out his hand and asked Jordan.

"Nope." Jordan said irritably, "I was taken aback just now. I don't understand what the school does with so many weird things."

"I think it's funny, right George?"

"I think so too."

"These are the defensive facilities from the past and now they have become a major feature of Hogwarts." Albert explained, "Come on, I don't want to get lost on the first day."

They didn't know how long they had been walking. When Albert started feeling that his legs were getting sore, they finally reached the eighth floor and walked through a long corridor to the end. There was a portrait hanging there. The portrait was of a woman. She was the fat lady, the gatekeeper of the Gryffindor House.

"Password?" she asked.

"Nonsense." After the prefect spoke, the portrait opened like a door revealing a circular hole in the back.

He did not rush in, but turned to the first-years, "You must remember the password, you can enter the lounge only by giving the fat lady the password. The current password is 'nonsense'."

After finishing speaking, the prefect led everyone in through the hole in the wall, which was Gryffindor's common room.

It was an old big room with lots of sofas. In the corner of the room, there was a roaring flame burning in the fireplace, and a lot of wood was placed next to it. Several people were sitting on the sofa and chatting. After the newcomers came in, they looked over here and waved to them.

"You have good luck. Tomorrow is Saturday, which means you don't have to go to class. This is a rare opportunity. I suggest you get familiar with the castle during these two days. The environment of the castle is more complicated than you think. If you don't want to get lost, It's best to find out the location of the classroom as soon as possible." After the prefect said, he pointed to two doorways, "The girls go over there, the boys follow me."

He greeted another female prefect and led the boys to the other door and walked down the narrow spiral staircase. On the way, they encountered many doors. The prefect introduced them to the freshmen's room, bathroom and toilet.

The toilet and the bathroom were shared. Fortunately, the bathroom had cubicles.

As for their rooms, they need to find their rooms, there is a special name tag on the door.

Albert, the twins and Jordan will live in the same room.

The room was not too big, there were four beds with curtains and their luggage was placed beside the bed.

Albert took his suitcase, took out his pyjamas from it with a yawn and put it on.

"In the future, let's get along." Albert greeted the other three with a smile.

"Sure, we will, a lot." The four looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

"Tomorrow, I am going to explore the castle, are you going?" Albert took the camera out of the suitcase and walked back to the door to take a photo of his bedroom.

"Of course. " The twins looked at each other and said in the same way.

"How about you?" The three of them looked at Jordan.

"I will too, let's do it together." Jordan didn't want to be alone.

"Alright, now good night everyone."

Albert lay on the bed, clearly sleepy, but still couldn't sleep. Every time Albert goes to a strange place, he tends to suffer from insomnia.

The other people didn't have the same trouble. They fell asleep deeply after just laying in bed.

Albert turned sideways and opened his task panel. The exploration progress had reached 3%.

He didn't know how much he will have to roam the castle tomorrow. He turned to his skill list, which was quite a few pages.

Most of his magic was level 1 while a few had not yet been learnt.

Looking at the skills that were still at level 0, Albert had the urge to spend some EP to upgrade them to level 1.

Albert took a deep breath and turned off the panel, lest he accidentally spent all his hard-earned EP, which may affect his future decisions.

In a daze, Albert fell asleep. He had a dream of himself in his previous life, he was reading a book. He still remembered that it was his first time reading Harry Potter.

"Are all these dreams?"

'No, this is not a dream. As early as the moment I opened my eyes again after death, I had already confirmed it again and again. This is not a dream.'

'I always feel like the author of a fan-fiction, creating another Harry Potter fan-fiction of his own. It's just that this time, I can't describe the content like I want to.'