A/N: Thanks to paulaa90 and APlumTwilight for your character suggestions! I'm debating between writing about Sirius Black or Charlie Weasley next. Please comment with your preference!
10 Moments - Lavender Brown:
"Happy birthday!" chorus her beaming parents.
Ten year old Lavender cradles her new pet in her arms.
"I'll call you Binky Bunny," she says, kissing the rabbit on the nose.
Lavender loves DADA because she loves being prepared.
She doesn't want to be vulnerable in any situation.
(Or so she tells people. Really, it's 'cause Professor Lockhart is sooo handsome.)
Parvati's voice comes out of the dark. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," says Lavender promptly.
Parvati thinks hard. "I dare you to...date Ron Weasley until the end of the term."
They all think she's crazy to laugh at the terror,
But she can either laugh hysterically or be scared spitless.
She's reckless Gryffindor. She'll let the monsters see her smile.
Lavender doesn't recognize the girl she sees in the mirror.
Scars replace laugh lines, sadness replaces flirting smiles.
She mourns for who she was then, and who she is now.
Why am I alive? It's a question that haunts Lavender after the battle.
I should be gone, dead. Why me?
Since she has been spared, she'll make their deaths count.
Lavender's never appreciated being pretty until after the war,
When the guys avert their eyes instead of whistling at her.
She's a war heroine, it shouldn't matter - but it hurts.
Seamus doesn't flinch when he sees what she hides under high collars and long sleeves.
"That's nothing, love - I've got worse."
The ring is lovely, but she treasures this more.
Lavender decides on a strapless gown displaying her web of scars.
She's not living ruin, but Lavender Brown.
She will celebrate herself, scars and all, when she weds her beloved.
The newest Finnegan arrives in early May, with ten fingers, ten toes, and Seamus's curls.
Seven years have passed since the war.
They name him Kieran - blood red - for remembrance.