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Feb 2, 2019 22:38:35 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 22:38:35 GMT -7
The other girl remained silent for another moment after Oona had asked her question. Death was still a strange thing to talk about, so Oona couldn't blame her if she didn't want to say anything more about it. In fact, the girl shook her head at first, and Oona thought that that was going to be the end of it.
"My parents," she answered her. "Not that it mattered. Aurors usually tend to die faster than most of us."
Oona frowned a little. If getting into Auror training was anywhere near as difficult in the United States as it was to get into the Ministry's program, the girl's parents must have been very talented people. Their line of work was more dangerous than that of an average person, maybe, but it must have been awful that they had been killed.
"What else does Gamp’s Law limit me to? No food, no money, no dead people…"
That was mostly it. "And nothing illegal," although Oona hoped that that went without saying. "I'm sorry," Oona told her, "about your parents, though. I know that doesn't make it any easier, but… loads of us here are used to the 'dead people' thing."
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yvonne rae de snaijer
LIFE THIRD YEAR - THERAPIST THE QUEEN'S WANDS AND WOODWORKS PART-TIME CASHIER
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Feb 17, 2019 7:15:38 GMT -7
Post by yvonne rae de snaijer on Feb 17, 2019 7:15:38 GMT -7
Yvonne had always felt the need to remain quiet when being questioned, a habit she had picked up when she discovered her parents deaths. She remembered the event like it had just happened, with the major news lines headlines scattered with similar words and phrases, describing the tragedy that the American Ministry of Magic had faced. But like most things, Yvonne pushed it to the side - seeing no importance in anything anymore. Though deep down within her, the Slytherin wished her comments that brushed aside the importance of her parents hadn't been said.
The corners of her lips twitched a little at the other girl's addition. Yvonne had never craved for anything illegal, she wasn't the type of person to fall off the bandwagon as such. Though, she did wish she were a little older - just a year below her younger sister, so she would have been by Delilah's side. Delilah had an amazing way with words, words that Yvonne could have used for her own benefit, influencing the way she 'bothered' or bullied others. She just didn't like the outcome of it all, with people blaming her twin instead of her.
But when the girl with the blue robes uttered such sympathetic words, Yvonne rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. She had heard things like that almost a billion times. People giving their fake sympathy and concern for herself and her sisters. It became easier to feign a thankful smile as time passed. "It's whatever..." She mumbled, one arm reaching to cup the nape of her neck. Her fingers brushing lightly upon the hair that rested there. "Someone you loved also died too?" She questioned, rather bluntly. The appearance of her lips pressing firmly together returning.
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Feb 21, 2019 11:25:53 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 11:25:53 GMT -7
"It's whatever," the other girl said, shrugging off what had happened, though she then asked if someone she knew had died, too.
"Not my parents," Oona answered, "but there were murders here at Hogwarts a few years ago." It wasn't just the ship and the carriage, which had both blown up after they had departed from Hogwarts—although the fact that the foreign students had been at Hogwarts before that had meant that people associated what had happened with Hogwarts, even if it wasn't entirely accurate. "This girl called Elaine Dupree, she killed some other students—two Muggle-born Ravenclaws and one Muggle-born first-year on the train before she had even been Sorted." It was something that Oona figured everyone knew by that point.
"The one boy who was killed, Ethan," Oona went on, "he was older, a few years above me. He stayed on as a ghost here for a while, and then… I guess he went on to wherever he went." He had been there, and then he wasn't there anymore. Oona had had a conversation with his ghost self once, although that had been it, as far as his time as a ghost went. It had been the first time that she had known someone who had then become a ghost, which had been very interesting to her. On one hand, she didn't really want anyone to die before their time again, but she did feel a bit of disappointment that she wouldn't get any more opportunities to ask Ethan about what it was like. The other ghosts at Hogwarts were older—especially the House ghosts—so their experiences would be different. Besides, had anyone actually managed to get the Bloody Baron to hold a conversation?
In any case, it was odd to explain what had happened at Hogwarts before the Ilvermorny students had arrived. Oona would have liked to think that they had read about it before—or at least done some research into Hogwarts before they'd come—but apparently that wasn't true of all of the new transfers. Such was being a Ravenclaw, Oona supposed. It was one of the reasons why she was so happy to have joined the Society for the Protection of Magical Heritage that Priscilla Rosier had started.
"So most of us here know somebody who has died," Oona stated. It was probably jarring for anyone who wasn't used to hearing it, but death was sort of normal for most of them anymore. "Madam Macmillan came right after the kidnappings happened," she added, mentioning the counselor in case the other girl had forgotten about the fact that they had someone there who was able to help people process everything.
"It's… kind of normal, I guess," Oona shrugged. She probably had reason to be nervous, considering her blood status, but Hogwarts was as secure as it had ever been. "Not that everyone here walks around talking about death all the time, but we're used to it."
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yvonne rae de snaijer
LIFE THIRD YEAR - THERAPIST THE QUEEN'S WANDS AND WOODWORKS PART-TIME CASHIER
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Mar 8, 2019 4:54:42 GMT -7
Post by yvonne rae de snaijer on Mar 8, 2019 4:54:42 GMT -7
So the girl with the blue coloured striped robes simply couldn’t relate. Parents or immediate family wasn’t exactly the same as a few students who Yvonne believed the other girl didn’t know. Until she stated the culprit and even a few names. The fourth year raised a brow in question, second-guessing herself as she listened closer. ”Elaine Dupree?” She repeated. The name didn’t sound familiar, but it was a name the De Snaijer planned to not forget. ”He stayed as a ghost? Can any wizard do that?” She asked, intrigued. If so, why didn’t her own parents return as ghostly figures? To give the twins and their elder sister answers, closure…Something at least.
In the midst of the attacks and the destruction of Ilvermorny, Yvonne alongside her sisters had no clue of it all. Their grieving had taken a toll on them differently, but the middle De Snaijer remembered the times she locked herself in her new room, refusing to come out — listen to news or do anything enjoyable aside from eating and peeing. ”At least we can relate in some area I suppose.” She muttered, ”Though I’m sorry you had to go through something like that.” She added.
”Death? Is normal here?” She responded in question. ”I think being in Ilvermorny would be better off for all of us. Even in its current state.”
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Mar 15, 2019 21:58:44 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 21:58:44 GMT -7
"Elaine Dupree?"
"Of course." Hadn't this girl heard of Elaine? It was strange, thought Oona, that the former Hogwarts student hadn't ever come up in conversation for her before. The Americans had to have known about the Slytherin girl who had admitted to the crimes committed at Hogwarts a few years prior, only to disappear before she could be caught by the Ministry and charged. There were always different theories coming out about what had happened to her since.
As had happened with other magical and Muggle criminals alike, Oona guessed Elaine had probably gone into hiding somewhere. She wasn't much older than they were, relatively speaking, so Oona didn't think that it would take much to capture her once they finally found her. It wasn't as though Elaine could just walk into Gringotts—or really any public place—without having the Ministry called in to have her arrested.
The other girl then questioned if any wizard could come back as a ghost, and Oona hesitated as she answered her. "Well," she began, "in theory, but usually they have some sort of… They haven't moved on from living yet." They had unfinished business in the world of the living, one could say. "As far as I know, Ethan wasn't a ghost at first, or maybe he just wasn't back at Hogwarts. And then he stayed a bit, left again… I'm not a Legilimens, though."
The girl from Ilvermorny said that they could relate in some area, she supposed, and Oona nodded. Compared to the losses that some other people had experienced, hers really weren't too bad. Her life hadn't been changed substantially in the way that some people's lives had, and losing both parents was probably one of the worst possibilities.
On that note, the girl from Ilvermorny expressed that they all probably would be better off at Ilvermorny, even as the school currently was.
Oona couldn't imagine leaving Hogwarts, though she thought that it would be interesting to find out what Ilvermorny was like for herself. Especially because she had cousins who—lo and behold—had ended up being magical, too, and were now attending Hogwarts because of what had happened to Ilvermorny, it intrigued her. That wasn't really saying a whole lot, though; there were a lot of things that the Ravenclaw found very interesting. Anything to do with the magical world, as a Muggle-born, had always been exciting.
"It would be great to visit it," Oona expressed, though she didn't really see anything wrong with Hogwarts. It was still safer than it had been when there had been an actual war going on. Plus, from what she had read, America had its own share of issues. Maybe not at Ilvermorny, but, historically, it was a little rocky with regards to Muggles, Muggle-borns, and a handful of other things—like breeding magical creatures, for instance.
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Mar 31, 2019 5:41:39 GMT -7
Post by yvonne rae de snaijer on Mar 31, 2019 5:41:39 GMT -7
THE NAME ELAINE wasn’t ringing any bells. None at all. Yvonne knew the move to London would be filled with struggle, especially as she had never foot in the United Kingdom…At all. She had heard of the dangers that Hogwarts and even the Ministry faced sometime ago, but brushed off the facts and details especially as she tried to focus on…Her new life with Lila. Lila wasn’t the ideal kind of Grandmother, considering the De Snaijer had no contact with the elder woman as a younger child. What gave her the right to pretend to be kind now? At Oona’s confirmation, Yvonne’s shoulders drew into another shrug. How clueless she felt.
The theory had some form of common sense, the same way those Muggle stories formed their happy endings. The Ghost that Yvonne secretly discovered — Casper — couldn’t move on until he achieved happiness. And once he did, he left the friends he made behind. His happiness caused more sadness over the emotion of joy, something Yvonne thought was stupid. Nodding in understanding, the De Snaijer’s lips pressed thinly together. What if her own parents were potentially looking over the twins and her older sister? Hidden through transparency…It was a concept to possibly believe in, but Yvonne knew she couldn’t trust it.
”It would be great to be there. Living there. Away from here. You know?” Her brow raised at the ending of her statement, the question more rhetorical than serious. The Fourth Year hadn’t even been in Hogwarts for six months, let alone a year, but the undying need to return to the other Wizarding School, a place she didn’t find joy in until her second or third year…It reflected many emotions. Sure, No-Majs and No-Maj-borns were seen…Differently…And demi-humans found joy in some areas with making friends, others…Not so much, Ilvermorny wasn’t all that bad.
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Mar 31, 2019 6:45:00 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 6:45:00 GMT -7
The other girl really seemed to miss Ilvermorny, though Oona supposed that she couldn't blame her for missing it. It probably would have been easier for her to be there, especially when it seemed that she didn't know much about what had happened at Hogwarts in the past few years. "It would be great to be there. Living there. Away from here. You know?"
Oona guessed so, though, again, Hogwarts was all that she had known, as far as magical schools went. "I'm Muggle-born," she admitted to the other girl, "so my parents don't know much about what happens here, really." She had Dublin to go back to when she wasn't in school, not that she ever wanted a break from Hogwarts. Before the summer that had just passed, there hadn't been much that she had been able to do outside of her own city. Her trips to London always had to be for school supplies closer to the start of term; it wasn't practical for her to just go to England whenever she felt like it.
"You could visit people there," Oona suggested to the girl. And Ilvermorny was another boarding school anyway, wasn't it? In theory, at least, couldn't the girl be sent back to Ilvermorny for school—once it was operational, at least—and only have to visit the other side of the "pond" when she couldn't stay at the school itself? It wouldn't be exactly the same as living in America all the time, Oona recognized, but it seemed like a compromise with some promise to it.
It took a moment for it to register with Oona that she didn't actually know the girl from Ilvermorny's name, although they had been conversing with one another for some time. "What's your name, by the way?" she asked.
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yvonne rae de snaijer
LIFE THIRD YEAR - THERAPIST THE QUEEN'S WANDS AND WOODWORKS PART-TIME CASHIER
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Apr 14, 2019 16:33:16 GMT -7
Post by yvonne rae de snaijer on Apr 14, 2019 16:33:16 GMT -7
CONFUSED BY THE term ‘Muggle-Born’, Yvonne’s head cocked to the side in sheer confusion. What on earth was a Muggle-Born. ”Muggle-born?” She repeated, until the girl went on. Was Muggle-Born the Brits way of No-Majs? How strange. ”I know the feeling.” She stated, but more so referenced her parents to when they were actually…Alive. While Yvonne was in Ilvermorny, her experience of her first and second year was kept quiet on her half, while teachers seemed to be rather vague about it to her parents. Lucky for the De Snaijer as well, her emotions in the school didn’t really reflect at home and the big mouth her elder sister seemed to have — tattling whenever Yvonne was in a bad mood in comparison to Yvette was…Shut quiet. Potentially on purpose.
”Not really.” She responded, shutting down the suggestion. Aside from her parents and her elder and younger sister, there was no one else that the De Snaijer could live with and therefore stay in Ilvermorny. Her next source of…Care-taking was an old lady who decided to take residency in London. Lila was a strange woman, someone who Yvonne could never see herself bonding with all too well. Unlike Yvette and her older sister who tended to be kind to strangers, Yvonne didn’t see the need for it…At all.
Confusion overwhelmed the De Snaijer, she hadn’t told the other girl her name? ”I’m…Sorry. I’m Yvonne.” She finally introduced, her brows furrowing together. How had she missed doing that? Maybe she was truly anti-social.
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Apr 14, 2019 23:44:44 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 23:44:44 GMT -7
"Muggle-born?" Once again, the look on the other girl's face was one of confusion. Oona was beginning to wonder if maybe it was her Irish accent that was the source of the American girl's befuddlement, but it seemed as though she hadn't misheard her.
"Not magical-born," Oona explained, searching for the term that she had heard her cousins use. "…'No-Maj-born'?" That sounded right from memory, at least.
"I know the feeling," said the other girl about her parents' not knowing things about her school life. Well, Oona supposed, if they were dead, of course they wouldn't have known anything. They weren't alive or ghosts, as she had learned from their earlier conversation.
As for the suggestion that she could go on to visit people at Ilvermorny, it didn't seem that the girl, for all of her clearly wanting her old school back, wanted to do that. Oona wasn't sure what to tell her, though she waited for an explanation that didn't come.
It took the majority of their conversation, but the girl apologized and gave her name when asked for it. "I'm… Sorry," hadn't exactly sounded like a name—not unless Oona had misheard her this time—but the girl followed it up by saying, "I'm Yvonne."
"Yvonne," Oona repeated. "What year are you in, Yvonne?" she asked, her brow similarly furrowed.
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yvonne rae de snaijer
LIFE THIRD YEAR - THERAPIST THE QUEEN'S WANDS AND WOODWORKS PART-TIME CASHIER
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May 5, 2019 14:43:44 GMT -7
Post by yvonne rae de snaijer on May 5, 2019 14:43:44 GMT -7
A WAVE OF realisation lit up in Yvonne’s facial expression, a form of the ‘Ah’ phrase shown through her pursed lips that soon relaxed into a small smile. The De Snaijer hadn’t meant many ‘Muggle-borns’ in her years of life, especially since the town she lived in surrounded itself with the finest of Purebloods, while the neighbouring streets allowed No-Majs to wander. ”Oh!” She responded in realisation. She felt stupid for five minutes or so. ”What’s it like? Knowing there’s some…Sort of magic in your family line?” Being a Pureblood seemed to be rather rare now that Yvonne settled into Hogwarts, surrounded by Half-bloods, the majority of her time. Not…That it was a bad thing.
”…Fourth.” For a fourteen year old, Yvonne was known for the deep crease in her brow, always moody and ready to snap at anyone who came her given way. The De Snaijer didn’t particularly like Oona but conversation with the blue-robed girl seemed easy enough. Maybe they could become acquaintances. ”I barely settled into Ilvermorny and now I’m here.” She grumbled.
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May 5, 2019 17:13:26 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on May 5, 2019 17:13:26 GMT -7
"Oh!" Understanding, now, what she had meant in using the term "Muggle-born", Yvonne's face lit up. It wasn't an expression of disgust in her supposedly soiled bloodline—something Oona had never cared about when she was no less magical than any other student at Hogwarts—but, rather, it was one of interest. "What's it like?" Yvonne asked her. Oona almost asked for the girl to elaborate on that, but she did so for her. "Knowing there’s some… sort of magic in your family line?"
"Oh," Oona replied, expecting something totally different from Yvonne, "it's great." Really, without a magical person somewhere in her family tree, she wouldn't have been at Hogwarts. She wouldn't have been exposed to so many new ideas and items and people, and—surprise—she had family members who were magical with whom she could share the exciting world that she had had the opportunity to discover.
"Fourth," Yvonne answered her, so a year below her own. Oona, as one of the youngest students in her own year, wasn't bothered by that. "I barely settled into Ilvermorny and now I'm here."
"But you must know my cousins, then?" Oona questioned. "The Hunters?" she asked. Jace, who was technically her cousins' stepbrother, was in her own year, while the girls—who were her blood relatives—were in the fourth and third years.
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yvonne rae de snaijer
LIFE THIRD YEAR - THERAPIST THE QUEEN'S WANDS AND WOODWORKS PART-TIME CASHIER
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May 18, 2019 12:31:17 GMT -7
Post by yvonne rae de snaijer on May 18, 2019 12:31:17 GMT -7
SOON ENOUGH YVONNE KNEW that she would pick up the terms the British wizards used eventually, considering now she was living alongside her grandmother and sisters. Being a pureblood, she never had to worry about a lack of magic amongst her, but found it fairly interesting from the half-bloods and ‘muggle-borns’ around her. At first, when Oona mentioned the family name of someone Yvonne was supposed to know, brows furrowed, closing in together as she thought long and hard about it. Until the answer clicked and a mental light-bulb formed in her mind.
”Jace!” Jace had become a friend to the De Snaijer over time, especially since how kind he had been to the Slytherin in her first years as a Horned Serpent. And aside from Brody, Yvette and her older sister...Jace was the only few of the friends the De Snaijer really had. Though she felt bad as time passed along and how cruel her tone had become to him. ”Isn’t he in your year? And here…In Hogwarts?”
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May 18, 2019 13:15:30 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 13:15:30 GMT -7
"Jace!"
Yvonne's response was one of the more positive reactions that Oona had seen from the American girl since they had run into each other, although that really wasn't saying very much.
"Jace, yeah," Oona confirmed, giggling slightly as she did so. Yvonne knew him; it was clear.
"Isn’t he in your year? And here… In Hogwarts?"
"He is." She had only really begun to know Jace, if she was honest; she'd written letters back and forth with her cousins, but their living all the way out in Alaska meant that it wasn't exactly easy to reach them—especially since neither side had known of the other's magical abilities until the summer and the uncanny coincidence that they would be attending boarding school on the other side of the Atlantic… with little warning. (Oh, and there was that little detail that Oona's parents couldn't have Apparated to America if they'd tried.)
"He's in Gryffindor," Oona added. From Yvonne's hesitation about whether or not Jace was actually at Hogwarts, she got the feeling that they weren't extraordinarily close, either.
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