Author's Note: For the Conversations with a Hat Challenge. We now move on to the NEXT GENERATION section. Please note, I WILL be doing Fred and George Weasley (as well as Tom Riddle) at some point. Bear with me through the next gen characters. I'm quite fond of some of them...
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"Potter, Albus!"
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Please, please put me in Gryffindor.
'With your entire family? That's quite an impressive batch of cousins—and quite a loyal streak. You don't want to disappoint your father—you would make an excellent Hufflepuff.'
No, I need to be in Gryffindor.
'Wait just one minute, young man—you have the intellectual skill and curiosity to make a magnificent Ravenclaw.'
No, Gryffindor, I insist.
'You insist, eh? Has anyone ever told you that you're very like your father?'
Of course, which is why you should put me in Gryffindor like him.
'I considered him for Slytherin, you know…'
Yes, but he said you took his choice into account. Which is what I'm asking you to do for me.
'Are you sure? You could be great, you know—the potential is there. And there's no House like Slytherin for greatness, remember that. Slytherin would raise you to heights you've never dreamed of—'
And send me crashing down again, like as not. Aren't you listening to me?
'Of course. The thought that an eleven-year-old might not actually know all there is to know about what House he belongs in does just occur to me.'
Put me in Gryffindor or I'll leave; I haven't seen much here worth staying for anyway.
'Ooh, daring. You would really leave, just like that?'
You heard me.
'Well, I suppose it does take a certain amount of courage, being Harry Potter's son, named after two of—what was it?—oh, yes: 'the greatest headmasters Hogwarts has ever seen.' Very well, Mr. Potter—just remember, be careful what you wish for in—
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
"GRYFFINDOR!"
