He smiles, scampering off to his table, nearly throwing the hat back onto the seat. 

Deputy Headmaster Flitwick calls on a few more names and eventually reaches "MacDougall, Scott!"

He runs to the seat and fidgets as the Hat is placed on his head. 

So. Cool. 

A heart of gold, hmm, and a desire to help and please... But you don't seek glory or adventure, do you?

I want to be a good wizard. And for us to not fight goblins and stuff. Is there a House for that? 

Ah, now this is the question. Your care for people regardless of their origins would do you good in Hufflepuff, but perhaps you could effect meaningful change in Slytherin. There is a seed of ambition here, which could grow and flower in the house of the cunning, and they do so need a bright soul.

Oh, you already have one of those! Do you need two?

Do I? I confess I don't have the ability to remember individuals like that, so I would not know. Your choice, however, should be about where you believe you would shine brightest.

Oh, sorry, not yet, I meant Sadde Woods! He's after me, and he'll be a great Slytherin, he'll fix everything and have all the first years fixing things too.

What's Slytherin like to be in, and Hufflepuff? What are the kids there right now like?

Hufflepuff will give you a good group of friends, and you will always encourage each other to hard work and action. In Slytherin you will find few but true friends, and they will test you and push you to be the best you can be, or fail.

...do I get to choose?

Yes. Your choices are as much a part of you as your personality, and I believe these two would both make different parts of you shine.

Slytherin.

Very well.

"Slytherin!" it calls.

...Sadde blinks. And joins in the applause but is incredibly confused.

Alistair applauds uproariously, but then, he seems to think that's warranted for every student. 

Scott sits down at his new House's table.

One Willow Maxwell's next, and predictably enough she's sent to

"Ravenclaw!"

The line of firsties thins out and empties out, and then one "Woods, Sadde" is called, the last in line. He walks up to the hat and puts it on.

Well, well. What a curious mind. You have ambition, yes, you aspire to great things... But you wish to learn, learn everything there is to learn, understand the world's deepest secrets. And being muggleborn...

Slytherin.

...are you certain? You might not find them as welcoming as -

Yes, that's part of the point. I'm gonna fix everything, starting with them. Put me in Slytherin.

I see. If that is your final choice...

"Slytherin!"