It has been said that, time to time, one may hear a second, murmured voice accompanying that of the Sorting Hat's. This... voice, when it has been recognized, has varied. The hat would not deny that the voice had been there, but it would not confirm, to the outsiders, that anything other than the norm had happened at all.
But, even so, it was rare to hear the voice—voice—say anything more than a simple, "no, that won't do", or "it's not yet time!" That is, of course, until the Boy Who Lived -whenever is it not?- came along. Some would say that it was a ploy, that it was impossible, of course there hadn't been a second voice there, you silly boy!
This time, however, even the Sorting Hat would not deny its existence.
