Ginevra Weasley Audition

[ginny]

Character: Ginevra Weasley
RP Experience: 10+ Years
Have you ever played this canon before?: Yes - it's been a year or two, which means I'm probably a bit rusty. ^^

Roleplay Example:

It had been a week since they had returned from the Christmas holidays to find Luna no longer at Hogwarts. They had convened one Dumbledore’s Army meeting since their return to speak about matters and sadly, not even her or Neville had been able to hide the dismal feelings that seemed to be shared by all within the castle. As more time passed, hopes began to fall steadily. She found it hard to even rouse excitement out of the members of DA – most likely because she found it incredibly hard for herself to get excited about anything anymore.

It seemed like any ounce of information that they gained was quickly countered by rumors or talk of something even more horrific. It was always one step forward and two steps back. She found herself religiously reading the papers, writing owls to her parents, and attempting to stay in the loop. She wasn’t a child anymore, even though her mother urged her to stay out of the mess entirely. How could she sit around and do nothing? Her closest friends were out there trying to save the entire Wizarding World from destruction and chaos. The least she could do was keep DA together. They would be ready when the second war finally emerged. It was the only way she could help them. The only way she could think of to help Harry in this long, hard-fought battle against the darkest wizard of all time was to make sure that they were ready to back him up and fight alongside him when the time came.

She and Neville had been working tirelessly to keep the DA meetings consistent. She’d suffered many detentions since the start of her sixth year at Hogwarts. She accepted her punishments in pride. There was no way they would stop or shut down DA. She wouldn’t allow it. It was the only way that she could help Harry and rest of the Order ultimately win this battle.

As she made her way through the corridors of the castle, her mind was clouded. It was always clouded with hundreds of complex thoughts nowadays. It was getting late, close to curfew. She walked alone, making her way back from the library where she had been doing some research. Standing off the side a ways ahead of her were two boys – Slytherins she saw after inspection – that appeared to be smirking and laughing about something. As she came closer, she overhead a jumble of words about Harry Potter being a coward. “My father said it’s likely he up and fled the country. Knows he doesn’t stand a chance against You-Know-Who.” As soon as the couple saw Ginny, they quieted, but did not avert their gazes. Snape was the Headmaster, after all.

Ginny had always been a bit hot-headed and quick to temper, but lately the smallest of things was able to set her off. There was no way she was letting these two get off spreading such stories. Walking up to them, she gave them quite a bit of her mind. “Harry has not fled the country!” Her voice was quite raised, syllables rising with each word that flew from her mouth. “Tell your father that he should be afraid. Harry is preparing to defeat You-Know-Who. Then you’ll all be sorry!” Ginny finished her thoughts with a bit of a screech, ready to continue her attack on the pathetic younger boys who had merely been spitting out their fathers’ words.

Before she was able to launch into them a second time, she felt herself being pulled away from the boys, off towards the end of the corridor by a familiar set of hands. Neville. Thank goodness. He was keeping her from yet another detention over something silly. He guided her around the corner before he stopped, allowing Ginny to compose herself. Shaking her head, she took a few deep breaths before she let her eyes meet his. “Thank you, Neville.” She paused, looking down at her hands for a moment. “I haven’t the slightest clue what’s gotten into me. I just hate hearing people say things about Harry, Hermione, and Ron.” Shrugging slightly, she continued. “I’m not going to stand by and let people say things that aren’t true. Harry is going to defeat You-Know-Who. You know it as well as I do.” She finished matter-of-factly, waiting for Neville to agree with her. Thankfully, the two of them had each other. They used to have Luna, but since she hadn’t returned, Neville was all she had to keep her slightly sane.

[SORTING HAT !]

Neville knew the frustrations Ginny and he had been going through this year. It seemed like whenever one thing went right, ten more went wrong behind it. And to top it all of, he felt like he had practically no one. Now that Harry, Hermione, and Ron were gone, his only true friends were Ginny and Luna. And while that was hardly a bad thing, it was just hard going through his seventh year with out the three of them. Even if he had always been more of a tag along, by the end of their fifth year the six had become very close. And he missed it. So much. The holidays has just been brought to an end and the ride back on the express had been torture. Without Luna. She hadn't showed up at the school, and as much as he hated to admit it, he was beginning to think the worst. Who couldn't? With her father and the Quibbler, which for as long as he could remember had been rather openly supportive of Harry and his adventures.

The sound of raised voices around the corridor finally managed to pull Neville from his thoughts and he smirked. Ginny. He'd know that voice anywhere. As he came around the corner though, he noted how she was very heatedly defending Harry, Ron, and Hermione. And while he paused for a minute, crossing his arms and smiling approvingly, he knew he had to do something. She couldn't get in trouble again. He'd made a promise with Harry and Ron to do whatever he could to protect Ginny. And he'd do it. As he approached her, he placed his hand on her shoulder and gently guided her away from the Slytherin students, but not before giving them a fair glare, himself. After they were away though, around another corner, he smiled again.

Neville listened, nodding his head understandingly. "Of course, Ginny. I don't blame you. Everyone's wound a little tighter. But we both know Harry won't let everyone down. Never. So don't worry about what they say. They are just a bunch of stupid, oafs who would do whatever mum and da' told them to do." He assured her. He had faith. And he was worried about Luna too. But the school needed them right now. Dumbledore's Army needed them right now.

[ginny]

Ginny could not even fathom what Hogwarts would be like without Neville and some of the other members of Dumbledore’s Army. Their numbers grew fewer and fewer as more students got into trouble and decided it wasn’t worth the risk, but Ginny found herself being fiercely proud of the group that remained. They had grown incredibly close over the past few months. She knew that Harry, Ron, and Hermione would be proud of them, too. Look how far they had come – especially Neville.

Ginny had always had a soft spot for Neville. Always dubbed the clumsy, forgetful one, she had never doubted for a moment that he would turn out to be brilliant and fiercely loyal. He was perhaps one of the greatest friends she had acquired over her years at Hogwarts. If there was anyone that she wanted to proudly fight alongside, besides Harry, her brother, and Hermione, it was Neville. He had come a long way since Harry had initially begun DA. Now that Ginny and Neville practically found themselves in charge of the club in its entirety, Ginny enjoyed watching Neville continue to blossom into quite a charming and talented young man. She could not even begin to state her relief over the fact that he still remained there with her. Without him, she truly would have gone bonkers in that castle under Snape’s rule.

She felt herself steadily relax back to her previous state before the tiny altercation. It had been stupid. She was supposed to set an example. Walk past them, ignore them, and don’t give them the satisfaction of knowing it bothers you. Yet, Ginny was a Weasley and at times she just could not contain her temper. Thankfully Neville had been right around the corner to pull her away before she really got into it. She’d been entirely too close to pulling out her wand and whipping off some hexes. Then she really would have gotten herself into trouble.

Neville’s words reassured her. Of course what they were saying was pure rubbish. She knew it, yet it still bothered her to hear others talk so negatively about Harry. Ginny had absolute faith, however, that Harry was completely sure about what he was doing. “I know.” She smiled softly. It wasn’t easy to smile nowadays, considering they all had little to smile about anymore. However, they all managed and tried their best. “Thank you again, Neville.” She paused before continuing on, her words low. “They weren’t even worth getting worked up over.” She shook her head, knowing that she needed to check her temper so that she didn’t get into battles over nothing again.

Beginning to walk in the direction of the common room, she took a deep breath, steadying herself. She was lucky Neville had caught them and not Snape or another professor that would have quickly turned her over to their wonderful headmaster. “I’m worried about Luna.” She spoke again as they walked, her voice hardly above a whisper. She had found out the hard way that you could never be too certain that no one was listening in on every conversation.

[SORTING HAT !]

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