A/N: So I decided to take the old version of this down and rewrite it. It was getting hard to come up with new ideas so I've cut down to 100-word drabble (or as close as I can get, which may sometimes be more like 200). I've actually found it a lot more fun to write this way, so I hope you enjoy it! As before, I'll be working through the first-years from Harry's year and then I'll probably take suggestions for other Sortings. Feel free to leave a review if you have a moment - I don't really write drabble so any advice would be really helpful :)

1| Abbott, Hannah

She hates how she blushes when her name is called first. And how she stumbles forward, cutting a path through the others. They lower their eyes, away from her chubby cheeks and the pigtails that bounce around her ears.

If she asked, her mum would always say she looked cute. But the boys at her Muggle school said differently, and they didn't have to be asked.

When the Hat tells her she is brave, she denies it. When it sees that the thing she wants most is to feel true friendship, she fails to hide her shame. And when it places her in Hufflepuff (for her modesty and pure heart), she blushes, stumbles forward, and runs to join her House.

They welcome her with kind eyes, and she quickly forgets the pigtails that bounce around her ears.

[Word Count: 137]