Seamus Finnigan
I stood next to Dean, the lad I'd sat next to on the train. He was nice, and I'd decided to fill him in on what I knew about the magical world. Granted it wasn't much, because I'd only found out when I'd got my letter. Me mam had wanted to keep it from me, because me dad was a muggle. That meant he couldn't do magic so we found out at the same time. Me dad was pretty shocked but it was all ok, he accepted it. It turned out that me cousin Fergus was also a wizard! Dean however didn't have any magical parents, he was a muggleborn, or I think that's what you call it!
I told him all about Quidditch and then we discussed football for a while, he supported West Ham. I wasn't that interested in it but it was a nice conversation. I'd grown up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was really nice because me dad and I used to go out to the countryside and play catch. I missed those days. But I was standing in the Great Hall now which was magnificent. And Harry Potter was here! At Hogwarts, in my year.! I had expected him to be a bit more than a scrawny little kid, but he had defeated Voldemort so I was not complaining.
"Finnigan, Seamus." Professor McGonagall read out. That was me. I looked at Dean and whispered "Good luck," before making my way to the front.
I sat on the small stool that fit me perfectly. I'd always been quite small. I liked being small because it meant I could sneak around but sometimes I'd like to be a bit taller. The hat was placed on my hat and it nearly covered the whole of my forehead. "Very brave I see." It said into my ear.
"WHAT? You can see into me brain, that's so weird!" I thought. Me mam never told me anything about this!
"Yes, but we're concentrating on what house to put you in. You're brave and loyal." It said.
"What house am I going in then?" I thought.
"GRYFFINDOR!" it yelled. There was a massive round of applause from the Gryffindor table as I went to sit down. I was first to get into Gryffindor so I just sat next to two red haired boys who were messing about. My mam said something about being in Gryffindor so I hoped she'd be happy. I looked over at Dean who was nervously standing and smiled at him, waiting for him to be sorted. I hoped he'd be in Gryffindor too…