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Blaise The Boy
I don't have a very good name.
Blaise.
It can be a boy's or a girl's name. Mine's a girl's name, because my mum picked it out when she thought I was a girl. A seer told her I'd be a girl, and she believed the seer. Since Blaise was already picked out, she just kept it. She already has a lot of things picked out for me. She still believes in seers.
Zabini.
Because it begins with a Z, I'm always last. First is a wizard, second is a witch, third's a dead elf on the Quidditch Pitch. I think I'd rather be a live elf, at least.
Draco.
Malfoy.
He's proud of his name. I've met him a few times, and I think half his vocabulary is just how own name. It's an average sort of name, hardly something worth repeating. M is in the middle of the alphabet. D is more towards the front, but only A and B are really thought of as the front, anyway. Draco and Malfoy have the same amount of syllables, so you don't think to emphasize either one off the cuff.
Pansy.
Parkinson.
Rather a dull name, but a fitting one all the same, seeing as Pansy is rather dull. A flower, and flowers are supposed to be elegant and delicate and beautiful. But not pansies. Pansies are boring, common flowers. Pretty enough, if they're in the right setting. But nothing next to a rose. Sort of a round, homely sort of a flower. But still a flower. Parkinson is rather plain, too. Sounds a bit like a disease, though.
Harry.
Potter.
I'll admit I've never met him. The thing is, that's the problem with his name. No one knows where he's gone—he isn't missing, but you hardly see much of a wizard before he's eleven. Since I'm only ten, I've really only met people my mother has connections to. Since he doesn't have a mother, it's not surprising no one's met him yet. Thing is, though, even though you haven't met him, and no one else has, you've heard of him. Heard his name. Again and again and again. When you say a name enough, it's not a name anymore. It's a thing. An object. An idea. Harry Potter will never be a name.
Names.
They'd be more accurate if you got them after being around for a while. Famous wizards have additions to their names, like Ignos the Sarcastic, or Harold the Sure. Those names are useful, they let you know about people right away. The only thing people think about me right away from my name is that I'm a girl.
I think if I got to add onto my name without really changing it, a proper change would be Blaise the Boy.
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Author's Note: Thank you so much for reading, I do hope you enjoyed it. I would really appreciate it if you took the time to review, but whatever's your fancy. Thanks in any case-Have a nice day!
3/18/11: I've edited this, because I think the story later goes in a slightly different direction. Same ideas, pretty much, just edited to fit better. I took out Ginny's name and put in Harry's, as someone suggested before in a review (I can't recall who, but know it wasn't my idea to put it in, it was certainly their's).