Oh, yes, you've captured the spirit of the novels quite nicely. It should be interesting to see the reactions -this- Harry generates; he's not stupidly afraid, he's got confidence backed up by ability, and he's had excellent training - all of those are things the British wizarding world aren't used to, especially when turned against the Dark. There are going to be lots of folks having "interesting" reactions; I can see Susan Bones being "very" interested in him for several reasons. I did chuckle through the review with the sorting hat and its reasoning; 'twas probably a good move' Slytherin would never survive him and he likely couldn't take the "...where angels fear to tread" approach of a lot of Gryffindors while clearly not being an "all-study" type like Ravenclaw, so...