I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER
Victoire Gabrielle Weasley
May 2, 2000
1. Writing was her escape
She found peace in it. Wherever you found Victoire, you found a notebook. She wrote everything and anything: Diary entries, stories she made up, notes about things she liked, to-do lists, even quotes from someone she talked to that day. "Everything is inspiration", she'd say. It came as no surprise when Victoire began publishing books. Her stories were loved in both the wizarding and muggle worlds. Not to mention, she soon became a favorite at the Daily Prophet, causing Rita Skeeter to be demoted to a columnist.
2. She's been in love with Teddy since 1st year
It was her first weekend at Hogwarts. The past week was magical, no pun intended. The people were so amazing and nice, she hadn't left Khloe Moon's side since the sorting! That is, until Sunday. When Victoire missed the weekly Weasley brunch.
It's not like she's never missed a brunch before. She's spent weeks in France with the Delacours and has been stuck at home, sick in bed. But it just occurred to her that she would be missing every brunch until June. So, to avoid being seen, she ran to the haunted bathroom and broke down crying.
And then Teddy found her. That was the first time in her memory that they had a real conversation, one without Victoire being lost in her imagination or Teddy jumping right into whatever crazy thing he thought of next. And Teddy—loud, obnoxious Teddy—listened. She pined for him for two and a half more years until she was lucky enough to land on him during a game of spin the bottle.
3. Victoire preferred her French cousins.
She did love her Weasley cousins, really, but Archie and Colette Beaudreau were just too cute. It may have something to do with being ten/thirteen years older than them, but their childish antics are Victoire's favorite thing to witness. Whereas with the Weasleys, she finds some of them just a bit too immature.
4. She always knew she wasn't a Gryffindor
She was never very brave. Always afraid to stand too close to the edge of the cliff, to hold the jellyfish; she nearly peed her pants whenever one of her relatives would tell a war story (Her mum and Uncle Harry were in the Triwizard tournament, really?). She couldn't imagine living during that time period.
No, Victoire always seemed to know that she'd be a Ravenclaw. She was smart and always had her nose it some sort of book—be it notebook or story, like a stereotypical ravenclaw. The sorting hat took literally two seconds, only saying "Oh, you're easy" before shouting "RAVENCLAW" to the entire Great Hall. Solving the Common Room door question was easily her favorite part of the day.
5. She only had nine toes.
Victoire was born with ten. She doesn't quite remember what happened to make her loose her right pinky toe. According to her mother, when she was four, Fleur left Victoire downstairs in the same room as her wand when the blonde quarter-veela had to rush upstairs to tend to infant Dominique. By the time the 27 year old came back downstairs, Victoire was bawling with the rosewood wand in her hand, her foot covered in blood, and the toe nowhere to be seen. They never did find it.
6. Victoire didn't love the beach
All of her cousins loved going to the beach whenever they visited, and she could never understand why. It was just sand, which got annoyingly hot and irritated her feet; the waves knocking sharp shells into her legs. Maybe it was because she's lived there her entire life, but the beach just didn't seem special to her. She preferred hiking in the woods.
7. Despite her pureblood background, she preferred muggle music
Aunt Audrey introduced it to her. She loved, loved, loved One Direction. Her father rolled his eyes at her whenever she would have a one-person dance party in her room, but there was something about those five boys that she adored. Her other favorite singer—Taylor Swift. How did she always seem to sing about how Victoire was feeling? It was like Taylor read her diary!
8. Victoire always dreamed about being a ballerina
When she was younger, she almost wanted to be a squib so she could apply to the Royal Ballet School. Of course, that didn't happen. But she still took ballet classes up until she went to Hogwarts. She even forced her parents to take her to see The Nutcracker. It was no shock when her first popular book was about—you guessed it—a ballerina.
9. Drunk Victoire was the life of the party
When firewhisky was around and Victoire was invited, you could expect a good time. From always starting a game of alcoholic-butterbeer pong, to her "amazing" party dancing, her Uncle George would say she was "was just like ol' Uncle Bilius". Rita Skeeter had a field day after Victoire attended the ministry ball.
10. She interned at Flourish and Blotts
It was her favorite summer, after her 6th year, just when she was of age. Surrounded by all the leather-bound worlds, waiting to be opened and discovered. People watching while eating lunch at the Leaky Cauldron; creating stories in her mind about what they were saying and why they were there. It almost made her not want to go back to Hogwarts. Almost.
