Book four, for me was a pinnacle year in the Potter world. It was by far my favorite of the group, and I think the turning point for what made the series from a "children's book" as you called it, into a legacy. Don't get me wrong, there are many key, integral parts in all of the books, but none quite as... oh what's the word I'm looking for... critical? It's basically the pinnacle of what shapes up to be one of the best told stories in my reading history, and the one that begins truly crafting Harry as an individual. While books 1-3 he works on himself a bit, he's still struggling with his own petty issues with the Dursleys, Malfoy, and naturally, his fear of his parents' death/Voldemort. Book four starts shaping Harry into what we'd end up seeing by book 6-7. It is a true masterpiece and a work of art.

When I was sorted, I, too was put in Hufflepuff (did we talk about this before? I'm having terrible déjà vu). I remember hating it (even though J.K. Rowling herself spun it to say the houses that you didn't hear much about would grant the greatest reward) because I didn't think I fit. I was intelligent. I was brave. Hell, I could have even been cunning and manipulative if need be. But as I grew to know myself (just in the past few years or so) I realized the reason I got put into Hufflepuff is because at my core, I am a nurturer. An empath, through and through, and someone who puts others before self no matter how many times I've been walked on.

Sometimes we don't always know ourselves as well as we think we do until we have an eye opening experience that reminds us of why we are the way we are.