My name is James Sirius Potter, and I am totally generic.

When I put the sorting hat on my head, it put me straight into Gryffindor. Where else could I have gone? I' half a Weasley, and Weasleys are in Gryffindor. The other half of me is Potter, and Potters are Gryffindors too. In fact, I'm not even sure that the hat thought about it. It just saw who I am, or rather who my parents are, and put me where I should belong.

I'm not sure that I'm particularly brave. I don't think I could do any of the things that my parents did in the war. I'm not a fighter, I prefer to let everyone else be happy and avoid conflicts at all costs. Dad says that's okay, and that Teddy's dad was a lot like me. He said that Remus would never have the nerve to stand up to his friends, and tell them that they were out of line, but he was one of the bravest people dad ever knew.

I don't know what I think about that.

Professor Longbottom said once that it takes far more courage to stand up to your friends than your enemies. I don't understand this. I probably never will.

Dad always says that when I'm older I'll fall in love with a girl with red hair. Because that's what Potter men do. I don't know much about love. Girls…Well, my mum reckons I've had far too many girlfriends. It's not my fault really, I just get bored easily (a fact that my teachers like to remind me of VERY frequently). Mum says it's dad's fault, that by naming me Sirius he was just encouraging me to be like his godfather.

That worries me actually, because mum says that I'm like Sirius, and dad is pretty adamant that I'm like Remus, and I guess I have quite a lot in common with James.

So what if I'm like Peter too?