Ivy Zariņe

Ivy Zariņe
Ravenclaw Fifth Year

Ivy Ravenclaw Graduate -“Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition.” "Oh, Hi! I'm Ivy Zariņe. I'm sorry I don't remember your name — it's just that I remember faces better than I do names, but you look familiar still."

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Ivy Zuzko Zariņe

Hair Blonde Eyes Blue Height 1.53 meters / '5"0 1/3rd Skin Pale/Fair Age 15 Birthday October 17 Accent Latvian (Faintly Danish) Home Edinburgh, Scotland Species Human, Witch Wand Sycamore, 10 Inches, Unicorn Hair Blood Half-Blood Patronus Comb Jellyfish Boggart Her family and past friends, as Inferi, surrounding her. Family Peteris Zariņš, Father. Daina Zariņe, Mother. Leto Zariņš, Half-Brother. Lance Zariņš, Half-Brother. House Ravenclaw

History

Ivy was born on the 17^th of October in Ventspils, Latvia. Being her mother's first child, and the only girl, she was given special attention. Her father was less involved, more often than not, looking at her with sad eyes, the corners of his mouth drooping, and didn't spend quite as much time with her older brother, Leto (despite the fact that he acts much younger) as much as he did Lance.

Naturally, she was curious, and one day, after muggle Pirmsskolas, she asked her why. Why does dad always frowns when he hears 'Ivy', or why he likes Lance better. "No, no. He loves Leto just as much, it's just..." Her mom stopped and started from the beginning. She said that way before she was born, he was married so someone else, someone who looked very similar to Leto, with brown hair and eyes. She also told her that they had planned to name their first girl Ivy, like her, but they didn't have the chance to. Again, "Why?" "Well, when you're newly married, it can be stressful. It's also hard to take care of two children, especially children like your brothers!"

Her father's depression wore off, but that didn't change the fact that Ivy hated silence, which was what they used to bathe in around him. "When I was seven, and and my brothers were ten, he taught us how to ride brooms. I think he was trying to make it up to us. To Leto, actually. It went on like that for a while. Tēvs teaching him all sorts of wizarding things, but not ever saying 'Es esmu Atvaino' or 'Sorry' aloud. I don't think Leto's forgiven him yet, either, verbally or non-verbally."

"I remember, at the station all the way in the UK, Kings Cross, I think it was. I was eight, and they were all going off to Hogwarts without me. Mammu and Tēvs talking about buying a house closer to Hogwarts. Kids running straight through walls and jumping out the other side. Some of them, you could see, thought it wouldn't work, that it was all a joke, with a grimace already painted on their faces, which was replaced so quickly by a grin. Because I couldn't go, I worked on my accent, trying to make it sound more English. Of course, I can never pronounce a 'T' at the end of a word. It always sounds too much like a 'D' — and 'P's sound like 'B's."

"But I guess I was just too excited to try out my new and improved accent, or something. I just couldn't keep my mouth shut. I mean, it's not like I told everyone why I wasn't going to be coming back to Latvia often. It would've been cruel to just disapear off the face of the earth. So I told my closest (and being completely honest, only) friends; Evelīna and Kaspars. I guess I'll just call them Eva and Jasper, since that's basically the english equilavlent, since that's what I'm praticing writing in at request of my mother; 'Pat ja jūs varat izmantot burvju nenozīmē, ka jūs varat nolaidība jūsu regulārus pētījumus. Uzrakstiet kaut ko - angļu valodā.' 'Even though you can use magic doesn't mean you can neglect your regular studies. Write something out - in English.' I explained why and where I was going, showed them the letter, and told them not to breathe a word of it. Eva wasn't too happy, and I honestly think Jasper didn't care all that much. It leaked, and even though everyone dismissed it as a stupid story and insisted instead that I moved to America (because being a loud mouth I would fit right in there), it was almost as embarrassing as needing the Obliviators to walk in and fix it, which, thank goodness, didn't happen."

"I think Lance asked if the sorting hat could put me in his house, that way he could look after me, because I had always thought I'd be put in Hufflepuff just like that. No complaints here, though. Except for the riddles. I've always hated riddles,"

"So, right after my second year, my parents decided to get a house they can't afford to a place I doubt they even like, just to be 'closer to us.' Now I live in Scotland, around the outskirts of Edinburgh. It's nice, I guess, to not have to be stuck on a plane, then a train, to a hotel, to train again, and that they are closer, but... They aren't doing me any favors. Not really. Not that it matters." 

"In third year some drama went down. Not worth going into. Just noteworthy. Here's hoping fourth is a little better."

Personality

In truth, Ivy despises silences or lulls in conversation, and so she is considered a chatter-box, motor-mouth, etc. often spitting out whatever comes to mind. While she may speak without too much thought, she does have inhibitions and avoids being rude whenever possible. She also has a severe case of staircase wit because of this— when someone insults her, her comebacks never suffice. Though she is very talkative and somewhat clingy when she finds someone willing to call her 'friend', she doesn't dislike being alone as most would assume.

She is extremely intuitive, finding it very simple to pick apart someone's facial expression, whether or not they're lying and such, although she never knows what to do with the information once she has it. Instead, she is easily influenced by the feeling in the air. Learning, particularly about animals and history, fascinates her, although she prefers hands on experience as opposed to a book.

Appearance

Her hair, very much like her father's and mother's, is a light blonde at the bottom and more of an ash at the roots, accompanied by indecisive eyes and a long nose. One side of her head is flat because she always slept on the same side when she was a young child. Her wardrobe mainly consists of jeans and shirts with simple patterns (ie. greek meander, argyle, etc.) claiming her house.

Pet

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"I should've gotten an Owl, because they can send letters and all, but I saw Ink in Magical Menagerie and I had to have him! He was too cute, and he looked awfully lonely there. How can you expect me to just leave that little fur ball behind? I'm trying to train him how to carry letters to other people in Hogwarts, but so far I haven't gotten anywhere with him — He's pretty stubborn."

"I have to use the school owls to send letters to Mammu, and maybe it's a good thing that I decided to get a cat instead. The school owls like to nip my fingers."

Spell List

First Year

• Expelliarmus
• Bluebell Flames
• Protego
• Cistem Aperio
• Hover Charm
• Lumos/Nox
• Petrificus Totalus
• Incedio
• Pack

Second Year

• Flipendo
• Glacius
• Aguamenti
• Obscuro
• Pluma Pondus
• Scougify
• Reparo

Admin Approved

• Metallum

Trivia

• Her Myers-Briggs personality type is ENFJ, though her preference to Extraversion is mild.
• Her Amortentia is "Ooo! Pears! And... burning leaves?"
• She used to play the trumpet but after two years she gave up on it.
• Her family has a Yorkshire Terrier named named Mozzarella, due to her love for mozzarella sticks, but they call her 'Moz' for short.
• Ivy: eye-VEE
  Zariņe: SAR-ohn

Gallery

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Ivy in her first year.

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Ivy in her second year.