Nate Harris and His Hat of Names

After opening the door, Jon saw a guy he knew from school - Nate Harris. He was a fairly average teen, nothing really special about him. Honestly, Jon didn't think he even had one conversation with the guy. So why was he here at Jon's house? "It looks like you're next," he said, holding out an upside-down top-hat. Inside were a bunch of small slips of paper. Jon had no idea what this was all about, but he ended up reaching into the hat and grabbing one of the slips of paper anyway. Opening the slip, he saw a person's name. Nate was about to turn around and head back down to the sidewalk, but Jon stopped him. "Wait, what is this? What's this for?" Nate looked at him oddly. "You don't know?" Seeing that Jon was clueless, he began to explain ...