Sorting Hat

Yea, this is what I thought the Sorting Hat said to a few of the characters when he- er it?- sorted them. It's kind of short. Shame on me. Excuse me if you think it's odd; I just think like that.

This was written for a HPFC challenge. And I am proud to say that! :D

Tom Riddle Jr.

Hello there, young wizard.

Hello, I suppose. What are you?

I am the Sorting Hat, dear boy.

Ah, yes. Professor Dumbledore told me about you. I honestly thought he was lying when he said a hat put us in our houses.

Dumbledore is a wise man; he would not lie.

Yes, but this is all so sudden, so surreal.

Now, back to business. What house should I put you in?

What kind of magic do we learn here?

Very curious, are you? Perhaps you would fare well in Ravenclaw…

Will we learn to become stringer? I already know some magic.

Ah, you do? Would you care to enlighten me?

I can make people hurt if their mean to me and I can make animals do things without training them. Especially snakes.

Ah, I heard Dumbledore saying something about a boy like you.

So, do they teach us how to do those even better here?

Hm, snakes you say?

Yes, I can tell them to scare the ones that are mean to me.

Ah, then perhaps not Ravenclaw…

I want to become a great wizard when I grow up. What house would that be?

Very ambitious little boy. I know exactly where to put you.

Pray tell.

"SLYTHERIN!"

Albus Dumbledore

Hello there, Hat.

Good day.

Are you going to sort me?

Indeed, dear boy.

Okay. I want to be in the same house as my friend Minerva.

I have yet to sort her.

Okay, then. Will we be put in the same house?

I see you're very loyal. Perhaps Hufflepuff, or Gryffindor.

Thank you!

And you have a great potential as a Ravenclaw. Very intelligent.

Yes, I've been told that. But will I be in the same house as Minerva?

Very brave and to the point, eh?

I suppose so.

Hm, let me see...

Are you going to put me in Ravenclaw?

Well, maybe. You don't really strike me as Ravenclaw, though. Very smart, but also very courageous.

Minerva said she might be in Ravenclaw, though.

You are very brave and loyal. You will do well in...

Wait!

"GRYFFINDOR!"

I hope Minerva gets in this house, too.

Lily Evans (Potter)

Hello Mr. Hat.

Good day, ma'am.

So, what do you do?

Curious little girl, are you?

Yes. So what do you do?

Very brave are you? Not afraid to speak your mind, I see.

Yup.

Well-

I remember now! You are going to sort me, right?

Yes. You are also very perceptive. Perhaps Ravenclaw...

I really want to be with my friend Sev. He's in Slytherin.

Severus, perhaps?

Yea, that's him. We're best friends!

I see you are also very loyal.

And not with that Potter. He's rather rude. I already told him to bugger off, but he won't leave me alone!

That was very brave of you.

Thank you. So, can you please sort me? I haven't all day.

I will put you in Hufflepuff if you complain too much.

No! I refuse to be put in there! Sev said that that house doesn't get along with his!

Speaking your mind with no hesitation. That is a sign of bravery and recklessness, as well.

Sev says I do that quite often.

Well then, you would do well in... "GRYFFINDOR!"

Wait, Potter's in that house! Oh, bugger.

Louis Weasley

'Ello, Hat.

Ah, another Weasley.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, I have sorted quite a few Weasley's in my time.

Wow, you must old, Hat.

Do you want me to put you in Slytherin?

Whatever you need to do, oh wise and very, very old Hat.

You are certainly different from your family.

Is that an insult, Hat?

If you wish it to be.

... Touché.

Quick witted, I see. That is a trait of either a Ravenclaw or a Slytherin.

Yes, yes, I'm this and I'm that. Are you going to sort me? The truth won't kill me.

Blunt and impatient, are you?

Go on. I haven't all day.

Well, you are quite brave and loyal like any Gryffindor, but that house does not seem for you.

Then what'cha gonna do about it, Hat?

Hufflepuff seems too mild for you.

I don't want to be in Hufflepuff! That house is for softies! ...like my dear little cousin, Albus. Hehe.

Not very Gryffindor loyal of you to say that.

It is kind of true. He's nice, but... Well, you'll know when you meet him, hat. Scared of the sorting because he thinks Slytherins are evil. Tsk.

I will meet him in due time.

Put him in Slytherin, will you? I'd love to see the look on his face.

Ah, quite Slytherin of you.

Just sort me, will ya, Mr. Old Hat?

Ah yes. Hmm, when I think about it, Ravenclaw just does not fit.

And that leaves just one option.

Your powers of perception amaze me, Weasley.

I just hope dad doesn't disown me. Uncle Ron might... But I can always bribe him out of it.

Yes, you would fit perfectly into "SLYTHERIN!"

And the whole hall grows silent. I knew it.

Yeah, I think I might have messed all of these up. My first HPFC challenge... I'd like your feedback nonetheless! :D