Aberforth Dumbledore
I used to hate it when Albus left. I ignored his letters, and wondered why he have to leave? I didn't want to be the man of the house. And he always stayed at Hogwarts for winter so I got really annoyed. But now that I was in the Great Hall, I understood why he didn't want to come back. I had to care for her too. I'd always been her favourite brother. What would happen now though; I could always calm her down when she had one of her moments, that's when she normally performed the accidental magic. At home Mum was constantly fussing over Ariana, no time for Albus and I, it was chaotic. All the things were just flung anywhere and the house was far too small. I had to share a tiny room with Albus, but the castle was huge. The Great Hall was twice as big as our house, there were elaborate decorations, silver platters and a magical ceiling showing the grey overcast that covered the outside skies. I stared around in awe until the small old man called out; "Dumbledore, Aberforth."
I walked up slowly, everyone intently staring at me. I knew that my brother was perfect and that everyone thought I was going to be too. On the train many older pupils had talked to me, saying how amazing Albus was. But I could never be as good as my brother. I wasn't particularly clever, like my brother and I wasn't very hardworking, I had no clue where I'd go. So all I could do was walk up and sit on the stool. The hat was placed on my head then it suddenly spoke in my head. Albus hadn't told me anything like this.
"Another Dumbledore. I know where to put you!" it said.
"No!" I thought, I didn't want to live in the shadow of my brother, being the middle child I never got any attention; at home it was always Ariana and now at school it seemed it was all about Albus! When was it my break?
"You don't want to be in the shadow of your older brother all the time I see." It said, "But I assure you, you can be just as good as your brother, you're smart enough."
"But I'm not loyal; I can't be in Gryffindor. Or Hufflepuff." I thought, now it was between Slytherin and Ravenclaw.
"But you're not ambitious enough to be in Slytherin." Said the hat, "Do you want to be in Ravenclaw, then?"
"So I've got the choice, have I?" I thought; I looked over at all the tables. I made up my mind.
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat called out. I went to sit next to a first year Ravenclaw girl; everyone in the hall applauding politely but the Ravenclaws looked thrilled, cheering loudly. I heard one boy whisper over to another boy, "If he's anything like his brother we're bound to win the house cup." I sighed. Of course, how stupid had I been; I was still going to be in the shadow of my brother…