Disclaimer- I had the idea in September of 2000, to do something I'd never seen before... I thought" Why not take an ordinary wizarding girl, place in Harry's world, and see what it was like for a first year who wasn't in Gryffindor, but had to be exposed to the same things that the Gryffindors of 1990 had to be exposed to. Ruby, her sister, and her father are the only things I own, except maybe Star Gazer 9000s. Joanne Kathleen Rowling owns the rest, Harry, Diagon Alley, etcetera, etcetera. I am not making money, and the WB should not disturb me. I no bother them, they no bother me. FINI.
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RUBELLA LAGREGLO LAPIZ lived with her 21 year old sister. She knew her mother was dead and her father was almost always overseas with the Ministry of Magic (who paid him quite well as a foriegn correspondent). Of course her sister, she thought, was the coolest person she knew. Ruby always knew she was a witch, having grown up playing with her sister's wand and hearing about celebrities like Harry Potter every now and then, and living in fear of Sirius Black and You-Know-Who (Voldemort).
Her sister came running in the door. I bet she's passed her Apparation test, thought Ruby. Why else would she be that excited?
"Ruby! Guess what!" Jumelle cried, I passed my test!"
"Congragulations! I knew you would," said Ruby after remembering how her sister had apparated to fifteen miles away from her intended area during her first test. She had wanted to pass her apparation test since Ruby could remember because she disliked Muggle transportation(which Ruby thought quite ingenious) and always got queasy even thinking about a broomstick (Ruby owned a Star Gazer 9000 and liked to soar around the trees that surrounded their large cottage that rested on a hill above a Muggle village in Wales).
She barely remembered her beautiful mother who was once a gifted witch . Until Ruby, her father, and her sister came home from a local school quidditch match - a rare treat for them and their hard working father- and saw the Death Eater's mark above their house in which they'd left their mother while they'd been eagerly anticipating the up-coming quidditch match.
Of course they were grievously saddened, they'd all loved Rowenica, but they knew that there was nothing to do, everyone was afraid of Voldemort's gang, the Death Eaters.
Turning to face her sister she asked,"How many times is it again you took that test, twenty?"
"No, only five times, Rube," replied Jumelle in a snide tone."I'd like to see you pass it the first time."
Jumelle who usually was very nice, could be prodded to be sarcastic or even cruel. No wonder she had loved being in Slytherin.
" Shouldn't we be heading towards Diagon Alley," said Jumelle, "Or were you not accepted?"
"Very funny, how are we going? Floo powder or the underground? Or will we send off by owl? Oh, speaking of owls, may I get one this year? I'd hate to have a toad, and a cat, well, they are nice, but I'd prefer an owl on the whole. So please? I'll tell Father." Ruby added this last threat as an extra incentive.
"Oh, well, I guess.That is if you don't smart off to me." Jumelle really was nice, see.
"Kay Jumey."
"I thought I told you not to call me Jumey, I suppose it slipped my mind."(Jumelle Langly Lapiz was once reknown at Hogwarts,
as being very absent-minded at times. Many people including Charlie Weasley had teased her about it. And her first year, a seventh year that was friends with the Head boy and Girl and was now a prisoner in Azkaban had told her that even a little dwarf like she was bigger than her memory.) Ruby knew Jumelle had told her to lay off of her old primary school nickname exactly 63 times(Ruby loved to keep count of unimportant things as she had little else to do.)"I suppose you would want to be in Ravenclaw or-dare I say it- Hufflepuff?"
Ruby ran to her sister and jumped on her back yelling things like "why would I want to be in Hufflepuff!" or "Jume you're mean!"and all the while pounding on her head.
"Take is easy little sis. No one from the Lapiz(not De Le Livre which was her mother's sur-name(of the book)) family has ever been in Hufflepuff, and none of us ever will. We are not that patient." Every 'first year'(similar to kindergarteners in Muggle schools) was taken and had the school's 'Sorting Hat' placed upon their head. The 'Sorting Hat' like almost everything else in the wizard world was magic. It listened to the wearers thoughts and placed them into a 'house' according to their personality. The four 'Houses' were Hufflepuff (for the hard working, named after Helga Hufflepuff),Ravenclaw (for the wise, named after Rowena Ravenclaw), Slytherin (for the ambitious, named after Salazar Slytherin), and Gryffindor (for the brave and courageous, named after Godric Gryffindor). Each House was named after the four founders. Gryffindor was Ruby's favorite, or was it Ravenclaw?
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RUBELLA LAGREGLO LAPIZ lived with her 21 year old sister. She knew her mother was dead and her father was almost always overseas with the Ministry of Magic (who paid him quite well as a foriegn correspondent). Of course her sister, she thought, was the coolest person she knew. Ruby always knew she was a witch, having grown up playing with her sister's wand and hearing about celebrities like Harry Potter every now and then, and living in fear of Sirius Black and You-Know-Who (Voldemort).
Her sister came running in the door. I bet she's passed her Apparation test, thought Ruby. Why else would she be that excited?
"Ruby! Guess what!" Jumelle cried, I passed my test!"
"Congragulations! I knew you would," said Ruby after remembering how her sister had apparated to fifteen miles away from her intended area during her first test. She had wanted to pass her apparation test since Ruby could remember because she disliked Muggle transportation(which Ruby thought quite ingenious) and always got queasy even thinking about a broomstick (Ruby owned a Star Gazer 9000 and liked to soar around the trees that surrounded their large cottage that rested on a hill above a Muggle village in Wales).
She barely remembered her beautiful mother who was once a gifted witch . Until Ruby, her father, and her sister came home from a local school quidditch match - a rare treat for them and their hard working father- and saw the Death Eater's mark above their house in which they'd left their mother while they'd been eagerly anticipating the up-coming quidditch match.
Of course they were grievously saddened, they'd all loved Rowenica, but they knew that there was nothing to do, everyone was afraid of Voldemort's gang, the Death Eaters.
Turning to face her sister she asked,"How many times is it again you took that test, twenty?"
"No, only five times, Rube," replied Jumelle in a snide tone."I'd like to see you pass it the first time."
Jumelle who usually was very nice, could be prodded to be sarcastic or even cruel. No wonder she had loved being in Slytherin.
" Shouldn't we be heading towards Diagon Alley," said Jumelle, "Or were you not accepted?"
"Very funny, how are we going? Floo powder or the underground? Or will we send off by owl? Oh, speaking of owls, may I get one this year? I'd hate to have a toad, and a cat, well, they are nice, but I'd prefer an owl on the whole. So please? I'll tell Father." Ruby added this last threat as an extra incentive.
"Oh, well, I guess.That is if you don't smart off to me." Jumelle really was nice, see.
"Kay Jumey."
"I thought I told you not to call me Jumey, I suppose it slipped my mind."(Jumelle Langly Lapiz was once reknown at Hogwarts,
as being very absent-minded at times. Many people including Charlie Weasley had teased her about it. And her first year, a seventh year that was friends with the Head boy and Girl and was now a prisoner in Azkaban had told her that even a little dwarf like she was bigger than her memory.) Ruby knew Jumelle had told her to lay off of her old primary school nickname exactly 63 times(Ruby loved to keep count of unimportant things as she had little else to do.)"I suppose you would want to be in Ravenclaw or-dare I say it- Hufflepuff?"
Ruby ran to her sister and jumped on her back yelling things like "why would I want to be in Hufflepuff!" or "Jume you're mean!"and all the while pounding on her head.
"Take is easy little sis. No one from the Lapiz(not De Le Livre which was her mother's sur-name(of the book)) family has ever been in Hufflepuff, and none of us ever will. We are not that patient." Every 'first year'(similar to kindergarteners in Muggle schools) was taken and had the school's 'Sorting Hat' placed upon their head. The 'Sorting Hat' like almost everything else in the wizard world was magic. It listened to the wearers thoughts and placed them into a 'house' according to their personality. The four 'Houses' were Hufflepuff (for the hard working, named after Helga Hufflepuff),Ravenclaw (for the wise, named after Rowena Ravenclaw), Slytherin (for the ambitious, named after Salazar Slytherin), and Gryffindor (for the brave and courageous, named after Godric Gryffindor). Each House was named after the four founders. Gryffindor was Ruby's favorite, or was it Ravenclaw?