Ronald Bilius Weasley
Harry was in Gryffindor! I couldn't help smirking like mad at that fact. For the boy who had defeated He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named he wasn't very boost full though. It that was me I would be going around and lapping up the attention, he was more reluctant, but I had grown up with six siblings. However much I loved them, I hated having to live up to them and always being in their shadow. I wasn't clever, or funny, or ambitious, or good at Quidditch. Mum even preferred Fred and George. Bill was now in Egypt, curse breaking and he'd been Head Boy! Charlie had been an amazing seeker and he'd been Quidditch Captain! Percy was a prefect this year; he was very clever and sensible, probably on his way to become Head Boy. Fred and George could always make people laugh (except maybe mum) and they still managed to get ok grades without really working hard. Then Ginny was a girl.
She'd always wanted a daughter so I was a big disappointment from the moment I was born. I couldn't help it. I was the one who my brothers ignored, or the target of their prank. Even Ginny got on better with them! Fred and George were always there to prank me, like that time when they turned my teddy into a spider. That still gave me the creeps now! But wait till they heard that I was friends with Harry Potter! I looked over at him and smiled wildly. He smiled at me back. We'd sat together on the train, or I had asked to share a compartment because there were none left. We'd started talking and then he bought all the sweets on the trolley! He was bloody loaded. I just sat there with a corned beef sandwich. Mum knew I hated corned beef! Then Harry had shared the sweets with me! I didn't understand why he was being nice to me, just plain Ron Weasley. Then when that Malfoy git had offered to be friends with him, he had turned the offer down after Malfoy had made a snide comment towards my family and me! I hated people insulting my family for being poor! We were but it made me so angry, dad worked his socks of, mum had to stay at home to look after everything! Dad should have been paid far more than he did!
Being a Weasley I knew I'd be in Gryffindor, but the only problem was that so was the Granger girl. She was so annoying and bossy, thinking she was little miss perfect! She was a nightmare, I didn't want to have anything to do with her, but I was going to have to put up with her now that she was in Gryffindor! "Weasley, Ronald." Called out McGonagall.
I hated the name Ronald. No one called me that except my mum when she was angry, but other than that it was the stupidest name in the world. I walked up and sat down on the stool. McGonagall put the hat on my head and it abruptly spoke, "Ah! Another Weasley, I know just what to do with you…"
"GRYFFINDOR!" it yelled out. I grinned with relief at Harry who looked just as happy as me. I walked over and sat down beside Harry, relishing in the applause and attention that I was being given! People were actually applauding me! Yes they did it for everyone but I had never been given attention like this before…