Winston was nervous about this. He still felt as if this had all been some tremendous mistake, and so when the hat was lowered over his head, he was wondering, even though he had seen everyone else get sorted, if it was suddenly going to be Just a Hat. Aunt Elinor would want him to be brave, though, and maybe so would his dead uncle, so he steeled his shoulders.
I don't - I don't know what that means, Winston thought in a panic, up at the hat. I'm not from here, I don't know the houses. I like blue. And red. Really any color is alright. I don't know.
Luckily, the next question was a little bit easier.
Winston blew a breath out he had not been aware he was holding. Well, I'd tell my friend, Winston thought, It's not my paper, right? So if they're upset, I'd be upset, but if they're not upset - well, that's on them. But I'd have to tell my friend. Right away, obviously.
What the devil is an abraxan? I think Mama told me a stories about kelpies once. Don't they drown people? In lakes? I guess that's neat. Unicorns are girly, and centaurs - I don't know, something about a man-chest is really uncomfortable. So. Kelpie it is.
My uncle was an aurrrror. Winston thought, drawling out the still-unfamiliar word awkwardly even in his mind. And he died. But I still think I'd like to try and be one. He didn't really believe he had the capability, still, maybe he would be bad at magic - but he wanted to try.
Once my sister Anna was sad about math so I tried to cheer her up by complaining about math, which she didn't think was funny, but then my math book appeared in a puddle and we both thought that was pretty funny. So. Make them laugh.
Winston frowned, and thought, I've been told I'm entertaining.
"Which house would you like to be in and why?"
I don't - I don't know what that means, Winston thought in a panic, up at the hat. I'm not from here, I don't know the houses. I like blue. And red. Really any color is alright. I don't know.
Luckily, the next question was a little bit easier.
"You catch a fellow student copying your friend's homework in their absence, how do you deal with this situation?"
Winston blew a breath out he had not been aware he was holding. Well, I'd tell my friend, Winston thought, It's not my paper, right? So if they're upset, I'd be upset, but if they're not upset - well, that's on them. But I'd have to tell my friend. Right away, obviously.
"Centaur, unicorn, kelpie, or abraxan?"
What the devil is an abraxan? I think Mama told me a stories about kelpies once. Don't they drown people? In lakes? I guess that's neat. Unicorns are girly, and centaurs - I don't know, something about a man-chest is really uncomfortable. So. Kelpie it is.
"What would you like to do once you leave Hogwarts?"
My uncle was an aurrrror. Winston thought, drawling out the still-unfamiliar word awkwardly even in his mind. And he died. But I still think I'd like to try and be one. He didn't really believe he had the capability, still, maybe he would be bad at magic - but he wanted to try.
"Your close friend is miserable, what do you do about it?"This was not so bad if he got over the fact that it was a hat.
Once my sister Anna was sad about math so I tried to cheer her up by complaining about math, which she didn't think was funny, but then my math book appeared in a puddle and we both thought that was pretty funny. So. Make them laugh.
"What do you consider to be your best trait?"
Winston frowned, and thought, I've been told I'm entertaining.