A Slytherin Without Ambition
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Iona says Ruuko has ambition: the same ambition, in fact, as hers. Ruuko doesn't get it until she does, and then she's backpedalling right into the pumpkin patch.
Yuzuki and Hitoe find her, convince her she's wrong, sneak her into the Hogwarts kitchens and feed her marshmallows and hot chocolate that can rival her grandmother's. It makes her feel a bit better, and when she goes home for Christmas her grandmother and Ayumu do the rest.
Akira doesn't cause any more trouble. Iona, realising Ruuko doesn't agree with her, is colder than usual in return. The rest of the year passes like that… as far as Ruuko is concerned.