Ratings/Warnings - None,
for this chapter, I don't think. A touch heavy on the OC front; I couldn't thinkup Hugo at all!
Disclaimer - Pfft. As if.
Author's Notes - Thanks to HermioneRose and emuroo for the reviews! This is Hugo's chapter. I wanted sort of to do Scorpius, but forced myself to do a character I was less interested in.
(20 Things You Didn't Know About - Hugo Weasley)
1) He disliked his sister. She was older, smarter, braver and more popular than he could ever be. But he knew she could be a complete bitch; it earn't her enemies as well as admirers. Hugo had always felt in her shadow at home and at school, but slowly came to realise that perhaps it was better to be that way. He grew to realise that populrity wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
2) He discovered a knack for Quidditch during his Fifth Year after an accident involving the breaking of quite a large window in the Great Hall. Instead of being expelle, he found himself as Beater for the Hufflepuff team, and together with Andrew Phelps helped to win the Quidditch cupfor Hufflepuff for the first time in years. He noticed the affection he got from his dad and his Uncle Harry increased that summer.
3) Sneaking into Hogsmeade with Fred Weasley was one his other favourite past times. Great memories from his first ever time in Zonko's to stealing a bottle of Firewhiskey from the kitchens and drinking it on a snowy hillside were prominent in his memory, even if the latter had landed him in some trouble.
4) People has stopped calling him Hugo almost as soon as he arrived at Hogwart's. Secretly he liked Hugh better, but always lied and told his mum he loved as name. Being named after your Muggle uncle is a bit weird when you've never met the bloke.
5) Zosia Haesth was the nicest girl he had ever met. Well, the nicest girl he wasn't at least partially related to, which was saying something.
6) The same Zosia Haesth took him all seven years to get; five to actually pluck up the courage to talk to her.Hugh loved her, even if Rose hated her. She was the only girl in the school who beat Rose's O.W.L and N.E.W.T grades.
7) He found good friends in Lily Potter and Lisith Morgan. He had never really got on with Lily before, but Quidditch and a dislike for their elder siblings brought them together. Liss was the friendliest Slytherin Hugo could have ever hoped to meet, and after the initial wariness they became firm friends.
8) Shame his dad didn't think the same thing. It was when he invited her over to Godric's Hollow for Christmas that he noticed quite how much Ron hated Slytherin's and all they stood for. Thankfully he seemed to have made an exception for Liss, whom happened to share quite a lot of interests with his dad. He knows his mum Hermione was incredibly happy to see her husband getting on with someone from Slytherin.
9) Though on the surface they had less to talk about than she did with Rose, he knew his mother shared a deep understanding with him. There were many things in life that he knew she understood, and genuinely cared about with him.
10) His best and favourite subject was Charms, which he seemed to be quite naturally good at, despite having accidently levitated Lily in their First Year.
11) Though they were two years above him, he did get on with Scorpius Malfoy and Albus. Al was always there when he needed help with anything from work to relationships ("just snog her, Hugh; it's not going to kill you"). Personally he reflects on the five years they were at school together and can't believe how oblivious he was to it all. He reckoned that Scorpius and Rose were going to get together, and could hardly contain his joy when Al kissed Scorpius. He had meant it to be a dare when Rose had pissed him off one evening, but quite to everyone's shock they held it quite a bit longer than neccesary. Hugo was forever greatful to Uncle George for creating that mistletoe; it was great for tricking people with.
12) The summer of before their his Fith year was the best ever. While his father took them for three weeks in Egypt, his mother chose to spend the rest of the holiday in Paris. It was a most wonderful six weeks, even without his friends.
13) He felt eternally indebt to his Uncle Harry, after receiving a the newest Firebolt, straight off the shelf of Quidditch Supplies. He still has it; it won him the Quidditch Cup three times in a row.
14) Upon finishing Hogwarts, he was both sad and joyous. Happy to get out into the world, but upset to leave such a major part of his life behind. He always felt a yearning to return to teach, but ended up with a job as the Minister for Magic, one Kingsley Shacklebolt's assitant.
15) Being Shacklbolt's assitant was neither as boring or difficult as he might have expected, though he felt he might have sustained one too many injuries from those interdepartmental notes.
15) He had married Zosia Haesth within two years of leaving, something his grandmother Molly had been overjoyed to see. He was the first of them to get married. They had their wedding and reception in the garden of the Burrow, it's ramshackle glory the background to all the Wizarding photo's. They had moved into a small flat in London, provided by the Ministry owing to the fact they both held jobs there. It overlooked a tiny park, and lay near enough to Grimmauld Place to allow them to visit occasioanlly and dust it out before the bi-annual family gatherings.
16) Teddy and Victoire's wedding was a year later, at the Burrow again. Hugo was extremely proud to be sitting in the crowd cradling a week old baby girl in his arms.
17) They moved out of the flat when their second daughter was born, opting to move out into the countryside, into a small Wizarding community on the Welsh border. Both him and Zosia felt it much nicer to bring their children up in the countryside. There they brought their two daughters, Megan and Zoe, up, attending the local school without any major magical incidence.
18) Hugo was offered a place teaching Charms at Hogwart's when the present Charm's Professor simply disappeared one day after a "quick dip in the Lake". He instantly took it up; the two girls were at Hogwarts, and he assumed they could always just relocate to Hogsmeade.
19) The proudest day of his life was seeing little Zoe Weasley marry Alex Wood, yet another marriage situated outside the Burrow residence where his parents now lived.
20) To this day he holds the position of Charms Professor, inspiring a nation of young Witches and Wizards.
Author's Notes - God that was bollocks. Next time I'll either do Victoire or Scorpius; way more interesting to make up and mess about with. Reviews always appreciated!