 Runs With Vampires
Robert filed to the front of the hall with the other first years. He was only ever-so-slightly nervous, the Sorting Hat he knew what it would do, it was people that made him nervous. People you could never predict what they were going to do next.
It was a long wait, he would have cursed having a last name that starts with W, if he were not so used to waiting. Queues for school books, queues for portkeys to get to school, queues for the London Eye, Robert had been there, done that. If he wasn't pre-occupied with people watching at the various house tables, he might have been bored.
Finally, his name was called:
"Robert Winchester"
Robert strode forward and took his place on the stool and set the Sorting Hat atop his head. It seemed like it was on his head for an age, delving into his deepest subconscious, but in real time it was a matter of seconds before the hat proclaimed to the hall
"Slytherin!"
Relieved that his family tradition of being in Slytherin house was not going to be broken by him, Robert stood up and headed to the Slytherin table, smiling. Mother will be pleased he thought to himself, although I would have loved to see her face if they'd put me in Ravenclaw instead.
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