some questions

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 9913

I'll be Glad to help....

1) In SS did the Sorting hat hesitate at all before sorting Hermione?

"Granger Hermione" 

Hermione almost ran to the stool and jammed the hat eagerly on her 
head.
"GRYFFINDOR!" shouted the hat. Ron groaned.
(SS, American ed. page 120. PS, British ed. page 132.)

I think that it took a "regular" amount of time. I mean that it 
wasn't noted as being long such as with Neville, or being quick such 
as with Draco. 

2) In PoA, either Sirius or Lupin (I can't remember which one) uses a 
spell to bind Pettigrew.  What magic word does he use?

I didn't see this, but perhaps I just missed it. To carry Snape they 
used the "Mobilicorpus" spell but I didn't see one used on Peter.  If 
you need a binding spell you could use "Petrificus Totalus" which is 
the spell Hermione uses on Neville on in SS/PS.

Hope that in some way this helps!

Scott