Remus John Lupin

"Lupin John*, Remus!"

An unhealthily tall and skinny eleven year old in very patched and shabby robes, with no colour in his cheeks but lots of light in his eyes, stumbled up the Great Hall. He tripped over his too-large boots, and the Slytherins—in particular, noticed the hat, the Malfoy boy—laughed unkindly. Color immediately came to the boy's cheeks—a bright, fiery red. Slughorn looked sternly at them, and they silenced, thought laughs still peeled through the Hall, more than the Black boy got..

With one peek into the boys thoughts, that Hat was immediately alarmed.

You're a WEREWOLF?!?!!?!

Hello to you too..

Oh my goodness..you're—you're a WEREWOLF!

Nice to know...

Er, tonight's not full—

Oh, shut up. I feel bad enough already, what with that Malfoy boy teasing me practically the whole way here, and that Black girl, Bellatrix is it?, and Dumbledore and the staff having to bend the rules so far down they've practically been broken in two...

I see...um... on with the Sorting, I guess. You seem extraordinarily keen not to break rules, Mr. Lupin, which seems to give you qualities of Hufflepuff.

Oh?

And you also seem brave, to face Hogwarts despite your—your disability..Good Lord, have you already found friends?

Kind of..I met these crazy two boys, I think John..no, James, James Potter and Sirius Something..he wouldn't tell me his last name, for some reason..I wonder why? On the train. They rescued me from the Black girl.. They seem friendly enough, I s'pose... But it won't last.

Oh?

Yeah, I mean, I'm a werewolf. I can't risk friendship. I plan to focus on studies this year, see..

A devoted studier, and extremely smart. Yes, yes, Ravenclaw would suit a boy like you..

Oh?
And..you don't seem to very cunning, exactly—oh, no offense intended, it's almost a compliment.

Almost?

Well, I'm trying to say, you're not exactly working for Slytherin, you're too..um..

Nice?

Well, not to say Slytherins aren't nice, but I guess you could put it that way.. so you could easily go into Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Gryffindor.. hmm.. any preferences?
None, sorry. I dunno, I didn't know I was actually coming to Hogwarts until a week before today, so I haven't really thought much about it.

Do you know what? I honestly admire you, I really truly do. You just learned you came to Hogwarts, I see that it was extremely rushed. You're bearing an incredible secret, and are looking ahead to the rest of the year nonetheless. Overbearing the rest of your wonderful, I'm sure, qualities, is bravery.

Do you mean..with Sirius.. and James..

"GRYFFINDOR!"

*I've always been oddly obsessed with calling Remus by his middle name as well.. I of all people have NO IDEA why. Perhaps it should be the other way round? John Lupin, Remus? Correct me if I'm wrong.

I've noticed that for some reason, the Sorting Hat's character seems to resemble my guidance counselor's one.. :S Sorry for the delay, I think this chapter is pretty decent. I know I should credit someone for this, but see, quite a lot of people recommended Remus. If you did, this chapter is so for you :).