Title: Inside Their Heads
Summary: Drabbley set of spec pieces on some of the Sorting Hat
conversations we didn't hear. Inspired by Torny's "The Right Thing,"
which lays out a possible script for what the Sorting Hat said to Percy.
Rating: K
Disclaimer: All the characters and the world they live in belong
to JK Rowling. She didn't tell us this part of the story, so I'm
taking a stab at it.
Granger, Hermione
"My heavens, there certainly are brains in this one!"
You're bewitched to hear my thoughts? Or do you just reproduce a mind-screening charm?
"Intelligence and spark and curiosity. Yes, you would fit right in with the Ravenclaws."
No, a simple charm couldn't draw conclusions. . . it must be much more complex than that.
"Very clever, yes, Ravenclaw would suit you."
I - I wouldn't mind that.
"Wouldn't mind? Not excited about learning for learning's sake then? Well, you've got the cleverness a Slytherin would need to rise to success..."
Slytherin?
"You're hesitant about Slytherin? Yes, I suppose you would rather prove your worth rather than scheming towards it."
I can prove my worth! I've read loads already - I must know nearly as much as the wizard-born students by now.
"You value knowledge indeed. Many young witches like you have flourished in Ravenclaw's intellectual atmosphere. So Ravenclaw it is, unless..."
Unless what?
"Unless what you truly value is a challenge. Not the knowledge itself, but the path toward it."
I do like challenges, I suppose.
"Yes, there is drive in you, and the courage of your convictions. You would do well in Ravenclaw, but I think it had better be -"
GRYFFINDOR