I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER. OKAY NOW TO THE STORY…

To you, I might just look a hat,

But if you look beyond all that,

You will see I have a mind,

I can tell you of your kind,

Are you a smart, keen Ravenclaw?

The type that always strives for more,

Or is your blood completely pure?

Ambitions high, I reassure,

Then Slytherins the house for you,

That's where very well, I think you'll do,

Unless you're that of eager wit,

From brave Gryffindor, you'll benefit,

But maybe you just don't suit,

The houses that I've mentioned,

Perhaps you're loyal, kind and fair,

Maybe you're smart and full of care,

If this sounds more like you,

Hufflepuff is welcoming too,

I judge you not on where you're from,

I understand that that is wrong,

So place me upon your head,

I'll tell you where you're fit to tread,

I read your thoughts, I see your tale,

I'll place you right, I'll place you well,

So step right up, don't be afraid,

I'm the smartest hat ever made,

Sit right down, we'll have a chat,

For I am the sorting hat.

The crowd applauded the hat and Professor McGonnogal began to read names to the youngest wizards, beckoning them to the sorting hat's stool.

"I'll be a Gryffindor, I hope," grinned James Potter as he waited in the sorting line.

"I'll be in Slytherin, no doubt," replied Sirius Black.

"I don't think you will, you know."

"Yeah, I will, I've got to be."

"You want to be?"

"No way, but all of my family have been."

"That means nothing. My Grandmother and my Grandad were in Ravenclaw, but my Mum was in Gryffindor."

"I hope you're right…"

"Potter, James!" Professor McGonnogall cried.

"Good Luck, Sirius," James whispered as he started jogging coolly up to the stool and the sorting hat.

"Well, you've got the brains and I hear you've descendants from Ravenclaw…But Ravenclaw really isn't for you, I don't think. Mmmmm, best be GRYFFINDOR!"

James wasn't expecting the hat to consider Ravenclaw. He was not a Ravenclaw. But at least he was in Gryffindor. That's where he wanted to be; with the brave of heart. Now he just had to wait for Sirius to be sorted…