Disclaimer: The Harry Potter characters don't belong to me, I am not making any money off this or anything like that, this is just for fun.

Author Note: Please don't read this if you don't like Original Characters! People have been telling me I write badly because I write about Original Characters. I *like* Original Characters. I read other peoples stories about Original Characters, so some people do like them because *I'm* somebody. This has an Original Character, okay?

If you like Original Characters, I hope you like this.

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

By: Darcy Devereaux

Bambi Ravenwing sat in the back of History of Magic class, bored out of her mind. This was her least favorite class, even though she did very well in it. Professor Binns just went on and on and on. And everything he said was in the textbook, so why did he have to teach it?

Sighing, Bambi scribbled a quick note to pass to Hermione Granger when she saw the other girl in the hall. The two girls had become very good friends this year, since Bambi was Head Girl and Hermione was a prefect. It had been really close though, and Bambi had almost lost the position to Cho Chang. But it had turned out that Bambi's marks were higher, and so she was Head Girl this year.

As she sat, bored in class, her mind was going ahead to the weekend. She would get to go into Hogsmeade with everyone else, but she'd get to see her mother. Her mother was Madame Rosemerta, down at the Three Broomsticks. Bambi loved her mother very much, and was very glad she got to see her a lot even when she was in school.

Bambi didn't know who her father was. Her mother wouldn't even tell her his name, just that he had died a very long time ago. And that Bambi looked just like him. Well, that didn't tell her very much. Except that he had had black hair and hazel eyes, and very pale skin. Because that was what Bambi looked like.

She had once gone looking for a picture of her father, but she'd never found one. There was no trace of her father *anywhere*. Bambi couldn't help but wonder who he was. Had he been smart, like Bambi was? Had he been talented? She knew he'd been killed in the first war against Voldemort. Maybe he had been an auror. That was so tragic and romantic!

Well, there was no good to worrying about it now. The class was over and Bambi headed into the hallways. She caught Hermione, and passed her the note. Hermione just smiled at her, probably figurin out what the note was about.

Bambi Ravenwing was madly in love with Ron Weasley. She had always thought Hermione liked him, but she had started going out with Harry Potter a few months ago so Bambi had told her how much she liked Ron. Hermione had promised to help set them up together. Hermione said she couldn't see why Ron wouldn't like Bambi, since Bambi was so pretty and smart and nice.

Soon it was time for dinner. Bambi saw Ron and Harry as she went to the Great Hall, and she smiled at Ron and he smiled back. She wondered if Hermione had talked to him yet. Bambi couldn't tell. Even though she was one of the prettiest girls in school, she'd never had a boyfriend. She was too shy and nervous, and she could never tell if a boy liked her or not.

Dinner was boring. She talked to some of her friends, and studied. She was always studying. She had to study, to keep up her grades. She wanted t be an auror when she graduated, even though Voldemort had already been defeated over the summer by Harry Potter. Harry was so brave, really. And they were lucky the war was over and the evil Lord Voldemort was gone. But there were still a lot of Death Eaters out there, and they needed to be brought to justice. Bambi wanted to help. Maybe one of them had killed her father.

Dinner was over. Bambi was on her way out when Ron came over and stopped her. He wanted to talk to her.

"Can I talk to you?" He asked her.

"Sure!" Bambi said nervously.

"Would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?"

"Oh yes!" Bambi exclaimed. Ron was asking her out, this was wonderful!

"Great. I'll see you then." Ron then left to go back with Harry and Hermione. Bambi was eso happy. She was going on a date with Ron Weasley! He was just as brave as Harry, and he had helped defeating the evil dark wizard.

She couldn't wait until that weekend!

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When the weekend came, Bambi was ready. She pulled her long, jet black hair into a sleek bun, and left just a few whisps around her face. She put on some makeup-her mother had taught her how-and a very pretty necklace that her mother had given her. It was gold with a pretty stone. She went down to meet Ron.

"You look really pretty, Bambi!" Ron exclaimed when he saw her.

"Thank you." Bambi said, blushing. Ron thought she was pretty. They walked down to Hogsmeade, and Ron held her hand while they walked. It was very romantic.

"You're mom's not going to mind is she?" Ron asked suddeny, as they were walking along the main street of Hogsmeade to the Three Broomsticks.

"Oh no! She likes you!" Bambi assured him.

"Oh good."

They went to the Three Broomsticks, and Bambi's mother smiled at them. She was happy that Bambi was going out with the boy that she liked. They sat together at a table and held hands and got free butterbeers. It was very nice.

"I really like you, Bambi." Ron told her, holding her hand gently.

"I really like you, too." Bambi said, They both blushed, and then Ron leaned over and kissed her very gently. It was her first kiss, but it was wonderful. Ron was a very good kisser.

"You seem sad." Ron said.

"I know." Bambi sighed. She was going to graduate soon. She was going to off into the world and become an auror, and she still didn't know who her father was. That *did* make her sad. She wished she knew why her mother wouldn't tell her. "I just wish I knew who my dad was."

"You mean you don't know?" Ron sounded shocked.

"It's strange, I know." Bambi agreed. "My mom won't tell me anything about him. Just that he was killed in the first war. And that I look just like him."

"What about pictures?"

"There aren't any." Bambi sighed again. "It's like he didn't exist. Like I came out of nowhere."

"Maybe you were adopted!" Ron suggested.

"No. I look too much like my mother to be adopted. I hope my father wasn't a Death Eater or something like that!" The thought had never occurred to Bambi before but it did now. That would be awful! What if her father wasn't even dead, but he was in Azkaban or still out there somewhere? Wat if her mother had just told her he was dead!

"That wouldn't matter." Ron said. "Just because your father was evil, wouldn't mean you were."

"I know." But it would still be horrible.

"Maybe we can find out!" Ron exclaimed.

"How?" Bambi asked.

"We just have to look really hard. And ask people that knew your mom when she was young! Maybe they'll know about a boyfriend or something."

"Maybe!" This was exciting. Maybe she and Ron would be able to find out who her father was! And then she would know, and she would have a link to her past. Maybe she even had relatives! Another set of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins!

"Come on!" Ron said, standing up and pulling Bambi up with him. "We can start now!"

"Yes!" Bambi exclaimed as she stood up too. She believed in Ron. He'd be able to help her, and they would find out who her father was and why her mother never told her.

And then she would be happy!

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Wait and see how they find out, and how Bambi reacts to finding out who her dad is! Review please, I will love you forever!