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APPLICATIONS -- 2010; 001

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Player nickname: Rhi
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Email: malakian_angel@hotmail.com
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Are you at least 15?: Y
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Character: Ginevra Molly Weasley
Fandom: Harry Potter
Character Notes:
History: Ginny Weasley was born on 11th August 1981, the youngest of seven children born to Arthur and Molly and the first girl born into the Weasley family for some generations. Growing up, Ginny learned very quickly how to stand her ground and also became accustomed to the fact that the family didn't have a whole lot of money. And as soon as she was old enough to understand, she was simply desperate to attend Hogwarts - not least because as she got older, she found herself with fewer of her brothers around during term-time.

On September 1st 1992, Ginny finally got her wish and joined her siblings (save for Charlie and Bill) in going to Hogwarts. As with all of her brothers before her, she was sorted into Gryffindor. Her first year was made more difficult than anticipated for two reasons: firstly, that she had begun to develop a crush on her brother Ron's best friend - the one and only Harry Potter - and secondly, she had come into possession of an enchanted diary that turned out to be a vessel for a young Voldemort, then still going by the name Tom Riddle. Through the course of the year, Riddle possessed Ginny several times in order to open the Chamber of Secrets and unleash the basilisk that resided within. Towards the end of the school year, Riddle lured Ginny to the Chamber so that he could sacrifice her and become fully human once more. Fortunately, Harry was able to destroy the diary and Ginny was saved.

Ginny's second year was marginally less eventful, although her experiences the previous year made her more susceptible to the effects of the Dementors. She continued to crush on Harry and was unable to get past her shyness around him until the summer before her third year when, following Hermione's advice, she began to relax around Harry and let more of her true personality show. Her third year also saw her start to turn her attention to other boys, although platonically so at first - she accompanied Neville to the Yule Ball, agreeing to do so before Harry made a move to ask her. Though she was jealous over Harry's interest in Cho Chang, Ginny soon found another boy to capture her interest: Michael Corner. With her new relationship, her confidence around Harry grew - but darker times were on the way.

With Voldemort's return to power and the iron rule of new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Dolores Umbridge, Ginny joined the secret group formed by Harry that was designed to let them learn the defensive magic Umbridge refused to teach them. It was she who came up with the name Dumbledore's Army. Her fourth year also saw Ginny join the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Seeker after Harry, Fred and George were banned. But it wasn't until her father was attacked by Voldemort's pet snake Nagini that Ginny became more involved with the fight. She and Harry bonded over the fact that they had both been possessed by Voldemort and although he tried to dissuade her, she was part of the group that went to the Ministry on what they thought was a rescue mission. The ensuing fight with the Death Eaters saw her break her ankle, but with the help of members of the Order of the Phoenix the group managed to escape. At the end of her fourth year, Ginny dumped Michael - who had been sulking since the Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw Quidditch match - and started dating Dean Thomas.

At the start of Ginny's fifth year, she was inducted into the "Slug Club", a select group chosen by new Potions teacher Horace Slughorn after he witnessed her casting her signature Bat-Bogey Hex at Zacharias Smith. She tried out for a Chaser position on the Quidditch team and easily made the roster. But her relationship with Dean was causing tensions with Ron and the siblings grew frosty toward one another, even more so once Ron started dating Lavender. But when Ron was accidentally poisoned on his birthday things improved between them and Ginny's relationship with Dean was slowly but surely falling apart. In the April of her fifth year, she finally split up with Dean and instead began spending more time with Ron and Harry. This culminated in Ginny and Harry kissing while celebrating Gryffindor's win of the Quidditch Cup. With Ron's grudging consent, the couple dated for a brief time but following a Death Eater attack on Hogwarts during which Dumbledore was killed, Harry broke things off with Ginny as he prepared to take down Voldemort once and for all.

That summer, Ginny remained at home with her mother while her father and brothers assisted in transporting Harry from the Dursleys' home. She returned to Hogwarts, now under the rule of Snape, and revived Dumbledore's Army with the help of Neville and Luna. During the Battle of Hogwarts she was initially forbidden from joining the fight, due to the fact that she was underage, and was sent to wait in the Room of Requirements. However, when it transpired that Harry needed the room to find a Horcrux, Ginny was able to join in with the fight. She was nearly killed by Bellatrix LeStrange but her mother, Molly, stepped in and saved her.

When the war was over, Ginny and Harry were free to pursue their relationship. Ginny went on to be a professional Quidditch player for the Holyhead Harpies for several years, after which she retired to start a family and became senior Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet. She and Harry had three children together: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna.

But all of this is in this Ginny's future, as she is being brought in from the same timeline as the rest of the bb!cast.

Personality: Growing up with six brothers and as the youngest of seven children has left Ginny tough and more than able to stand up to both her friends and enemies. Though she was initially shy and withdrawn around Harry, away from her crush she is a confident, personable girl who has a wicked sense of humour and who does not cry easily. She also, however, has a wicked temper and this can lead her to be quite mean to the people who upset her.

As with her brothers, Ginny is a keen flyer and Quidditch enthusiast. She has been borrowing her brothers' brooms in secret since she was six years old, after her mother forbade her to fly. Indeed, of any of her brothers she takes most after Fred and George, with that same mischievous streak and knack for talking her way out of trouble. She also, as is fitting for a Gryffindor, incredibly brave and gets frustrated when she is treated as incapable just because she is the youngest.

As she gets older, Ginny shakes off her shyness around boys and is among the first of the main cast to start dating. As with everything else, she's not afraid to go after what she wants, though her techniques aren't always successful as her Valentine's Day poem to Harry in her first year clearly demonstrates.

Other: Ginny's Patronus, once she learns to use it, takes the form of a horse. Her "signature spell" is the Bat-Bogey hex, which she eventually becomes incredibly adept with.

Additional Links: HP Lexicon (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/ginny.html), HP Wiki (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ginevra_Weasley)

First Person (entry type): [The text appears handwritten, fairly neat or at least as neat as a nine year old who isn't really trying can be. It looks to have been written quickly and with some pressure behind the quill.]

It's not fair. Ron's going to be going to Hogwarts in September, and then I'll be the only one who doesn't get to go. Or, well. Bill's already left and Charlie's finishing soon but that's different cus they got to go already. Why do I have to stay home just cus I'm the littlest? I'll be ten in August and that's totally old enough to go. It's stupid, that's what it is. [The full stop is rather larger and darker than the rest, as though the quill has been pressed to the same spot for a while]

Ugh, mum's calling. Probably found another list of chores to make us do so we don't get into trouble. I'd better go before Ron calls all the less horrible chores and leaves me with the icky ones.

Third Person: Ginny carefully crept down the stairs, pausing to make sure her mother hadn't heard her. While she sometimes hated that things were so quiet during term-time, she had to admit that it did make it easier for her to sneak around when there were fewer brothers to catch her. She just hoped that Ron hadn't decided to have a flying session of his own - the other downside to most of her brothers being at school, there were fewer brooms for her to borrow.

Keeping as quiet as she could, Ginny stole a glance towards the kitchen where she knew her mother was likely to be. Sure enough, Molly had busied herself keeping the kitchen in some sort of order and Ginny was free to continue making her way to the broom cupboard. Taking care not to bump into anything or otherwise do anything that could alert her mother to the fact that she was even downstairs at all - and with Molly, it didn't take much - Ginny quickly made her way to the cupboard and carefully opened it, grinning as her eyes took in the broom she was after. Technically she wasn't allowed to fly but for the past three years or so she had been teaching herself in secret.

Glancing over her shoulder to make sure neither her mother nor Ron were nearby, Ginny carefully took the broom and headed for the back door. Even still on the ground she enjoyed the feel of the broom in her hands, anticipating the sensation of freedom she always found when she was flying. On the ground she was simply Ginny Weasley, baby of the family and treated as such by her parents and brothers. In the air, however, she was free of their over-protective ways - and until she was old enough to start at Hogwarts, those brief hours spent flying would have to be enough.

Can we have another first person sample, please?

I found Scabbers in my room again. I'm not sure if it's cus Ron's rubbish at looking after him or if it's a rubbish attempt at scaring me. Which, if it is that, he could choose something better than a rat that's lived here about as long as I have. Not that Scabbers could scare anyone, I bet, except maybe Ron. But then he's scared of spiders so scaring him's not that hard.

I'd better go give him back. Even though I could look after him way better. Don't want mum throwing a fit cus I "stole" him. 'sides, it'll be funny to see how Ron messes up once he's at Hogwarts and doesn't have me or Mum to fix it.

We're sorry, but this application has been rejected. We feel that the voice is not accurate to the period in time you're taking Ginny from; while it's true that she would have been more talkative than we saw in the books from Harry's point of view, your samples seem to show a level of self-assurance that she did not develop until later on in canon. We suggest considering carefully how she changed over time, as well as showing various moods in your samples. Please feel free to reapply!

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