Cannon Chapter Seven, and parts of Cannon Chapter Eight, since Harry will not actually attend class at first. Harry is sorted to Hufflepuff because the Hat sees that his ambitions are all around finding and creating a family.1 The school is confused, because no one saw him until the Hat yells out Hufflepuff, which is enough to disrupt his invisibility. The experience of so many people looking at him freaks Harry out and he flees the Hall.
This idea is also used by DukeBrymin in A Romance In Reverse Published: 2017-03-20. Last Viewed: 2021-06-15. However, I certainly do not remember having read this story before thinking of this myself.↩︎