CHAPTER 3 James And The Sorting Hat

James went to Diagon Alley, and he bought all his stuff. Then he went on Platform 9 ¾. While he was on the Hogwarts Express, he met a boy named Mike. James and Mike became best friends. So they entered the Great Hall, and they saw the sorting hat. "I wanna be in Gryffindor," whispered James to Mike. "I wanna be in Slytherin," whispered Mike. "How could you?" asked James. "I'm just kidding," said Mike. "I wanna be in Gryffindor too."

So Professor McGonogal took out her big list of all the students. She started to read it one by one.

"TOMMY PICKLES!" she shouted. A boy named Tommy Pickles walked up to the sorting hat.

"Mm, this is a hard decision," said the sorting hat. "But I'd say.Ravenclaw!" Tommy Pickles walked to the Ravenclaw table. "MIKE FINSTER!" Shouted Professor McGonogal. Mike walked up to the sorting hat and he got sorted into Gryffindor. "JAMES POTTER!" shouted Professor McGonogal James walked up to the sorting hat. It took a while for the sorting hat to answer and finally he said.Slytherin!

James started to feel really dizzy. How could he have gotten sorted into Slytherin?

Suddenly James realized that getting sorted into Slytherin was all his imagination. James got sorted into Gryffindor. James walked over to the Gryffindor table and he was glad that he was not in Slytherin.