100 Wrongs with Being Miss Right:

100 by Senorita for Witches Known

For Tanzeel, because nostalgia takes over me sometimes.
06/ 04/ 2008 :: Realizations.


{ To Do List }

1. Herbology
2. Muggle Studies
3. Transfiguration
4. Ancient Runes
5. Astronomy
6. Divination
7. Care of Magical Creatures
8. Potions
9. Defense Against the Dark Arts
10. Arithmancy
11. History of Magic
12. Charms
13. Quidditch
14. Hogwarts, A History
15. Room
16. Dragonhide gloves
17. Cauldron
18. Whomping Willow
19. Wand
20. Hogsmeade
21. Veela
22. Kneazle
23. Telescope
24. House elf
25. Sorting Hat
26. Quill
27. Owl
28. Timeturner
29. Pensieve
30. Feast
31. Dress robes
32. Common room
33. Classroom
34. Parseltongue
35. Pureblood
36. Muggle
37. Animagus
38. Patronus
39. Duel
40. Spell
41. Thestrals
42. Portraits
43. Headmaster
44. Ford Anglia
45. Torch
46. Dungeon
47. Portkey
48. Leprechaun
49. Yule Ball
50. Boggart
51. Act
52. Bore
53. Chase
54. Dare
55. Egg on
56. Fight
57. Gape
58. Hoot
59. Ignore
60. Joke
61. Kiss
62. Lope
63. Mooch
64. Nap
65. Ooze
66. Pace
67. Quell
68. Roar
69. Slap
70 Team
71. Untie
72. Vex
73. Warn
74. x-tinguish
75. Yodel
76. Zap
77. Cheerful
78. Author's choice
79. Author's Choice
80. Author's Choice
81. Depression
82. Careful
83. Fearful
84. Angry
85. Snappish
86. Daring
87. Plaid
88. Sweet Tooth
89. Past
90. Present
91. Future
92. Chocolate
93. Chicken
94. Allergic
95. Snowball
96. Socks
97. Dictionary
98. Pajamas
99. Newspaper
100. Homework

Pink = Done

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Books and Kisses
Theme # 100: Homework

“Lils, I can’t believe you’re studying. Lils, I can’t believe you’re working. Lils, I can’t believe you’re learning.”

Being Lily Evans is hard, especially if you’re committed to someone as handsome – and obnoxious – as James Potter. It’s not my fault he can get an O in every subject without cramming a single bit of theory. All I know is that I want to study, and he won’t let me.

Does that mean I don’t love how he kisses me? Nope. After all, who cares about a stupid bit of homework?

Tea-Leaves Can NOT Tell the Future
Theme # 6: Divination


I suppose Dean is a good choice, as far as boyfriends and pals are concerned. In fact, a very good choice. He’s tall, he’s great at Quidditch, he’s handsome, he’s well-built: what else does a girl want?

All my friends agree, but disapproval sets in every time Dean meets me after attending a Divination lesson. “Not a good choice, Ginny,” they tell me, shaking their pretty heads. And I have to agree, deep within, even though I don’t say it out loud.

I mean, who wants a boyfriend with a thing for tea-leaves?

Unflattering Compliments – I
Theme # 1: Herbology


Seamus Finnegan and I first met in our first year, and I have enjoyed his company ever since. Even though we are not official together, my twin sister, Parvati, thinks we make a great couple.

Yesterday, we paired up in Herbology class. It might not be labelled as a first date, but it was certainly an eye-opening experience. I have come to realize that, while Seamus definitely has a fashion sense a lot would die for, he is not very good with compliments.

When I accidentally dropped my tray on his toe, he said, “Wow. You’re good at this, girl.”

Unflattering Compliments – II
Theme # 3: Transfiguration


I give up: I can not understand Albus, no matter how hard I try. Only last week, I stormed into his office after midnight, pink carpet slippers – yes, I admit it, they were pink – on my feet, my countenance livid.

“Albus!” I cried. “Dolores goes too far. A new decree in the middle of the night? What in the name of Merlin is this supposed to mean?”

In response, Albus looked up from his three thousand pages thick book on Transfiguration, inspected me over his half-moon spectacles, and said serenely, “I see you have bought new slippers, Minerva. How charming.”

A Scene Unplugged
Theme # 2: Muggle Studies


I cannot understand Arthur Weasley. He says he’s a year older than me, and so he’s wiser but, honestly, why does he even bother with Muggle Studies?

We’ve been dating for quite a while, now. Thought he was the kind of guy I wanted. I’ve been having second thoughts since yesterday, though.

“Molly, come here, will you?”

That was yesterday. My best friend called, and I went. And there was Arthur, experimenting with plugs in the common room. He has a new obsession with them.

I don’t think I want to live in a house with plugs. Lots of them.

Frustrations Unsaid
Theme # 59: Ignore


There are some people it is impossible to ignore. You can not ignore Remus Lupin: After all, he’s a werewolf. I mean, how cool is that?

You can not ignore me, either. I’m a metamorphmagus. I knock over the first thing in sight – you, if it’s you – and I change my hair to violent purple.

I know Remus loves me. But it’s tough, being Mrs. Remus Lupin, sometimes. Especially when he is frustrated but won’t say it.

– Mostly, that happens when Teddy’s hair changes to orange, and our pet cat runs away in fright, scratching him – hard – on the way.

For Owls Will Bite
Theme # 27: Owl


Dating a Weasley is a very exciting prospect. I know what a lot of other people who haven’t done it say: The Weasleys are poor. Funny how some of them – take Ginny, for instance – have a dozen or two of the opposite gender mad for their company, though, no?

And George Weasley is very, very funny.

When I was in my last year at Hogwarts – Quidditch captain Angelina Johnson – I thought the same. But in a different way. I know he’s my Mr. Right, now – even if his new owl bites me, hard, every time it catches sight of me.

Flying High
Theme # 13: Quidditch


Sometimes, I can’t help being super happy that Harry and I are as unlike a pair as Ron and Hermione as possible. We barely fight, we don’t go through long periods of communication-at-standstills. He’s perfect. I’m perfect.

I know, I know: Sometimes, I feel a little conceited about being Ginny Weasley.

– All thanks to boys.

They say I’m pretty. And pretty. And brave. And pretty. Get the gist, right? Besides, I’m a darn good sight at Quidditch. Harry thinks so, anyway. And when he tells me that after a raging, storming day of practice –

How can I not feel proud?

Unhappy Lav-Lav, Tonight
Theme # 98: Pajamas


Ronald Weasley is cute, in a tall, freckled sort of way, no argument about that. Mad sense of humour, too. In a good way, I mean. But, agree with me or not, he has no skill when it comes to buying gifts.

I mean, for Christmas, I bought him the loveliest piece of gold ever. Chain and all, with Won-Won engraved on it. And what does he respond with?

– A silly pair of pajamas, with a note attached to it, reading, “Thanks for making up my day, this Christmas. I hope this makes up yous in exactly the same way.”

Where There’s Myrtle, There’s a Woe
Theme # 11: History of Magic


While I was at Hogwarts – or, rather, while I was alive and at Hogwarts – most people deemed me quite ugly. Moaning, mopping Myrtle with her moaning, mopping ways, they would say whenever I passed.

There was one first year who adored me, though. Very flattering, no? I was in my third year, but I would have still enjoyed it, had he asked me out. And, if truth be told, he did. In a sweet, little voice, too. There was just one problem: He did it in the History of Magic classroom, and I don’t enjoy History of Magic. At all.

Of Morning Owls
Theme # 99: Newspaper


Usually, I enjoy being Molly Weasley. Shouting at the twins, cutting Bill’s hair, getting Ron to study Divination, toning down Ginny and her fiery temper – all of this makes life at the Burrow very interesting. But, yes, I could wish for one, little improvement.

It would be so much easier if Arthur could pick up the morning newspaper!

Mostly, he’s at the office by the time it is delivered. As for weekends – he’s simply too disused to the thought! The post owl seems to realize this, too: It flies around me, nudging, until I detach the thing from its leg.

Chocolate Muffins are NOT Purebloods
Theme # 35: Pureblood


For me, it is very important to be a pureblood. Draco agrees. I adore his blood status and, indeed, we make the loveliest pure-by-blood couple. But a peek in the life of Pansy Parkinson can be tough, at times, and you have my word for it. Putting up with Crabbe and Goyle much of the time when we are not alone, for instance, is highly maddening.

Crabbe likes to eat a lot; Goyle likes to eat even more. Sometimes, it makes me feel that, one of these days, I might start adoring chocolate muffins, too. Oh, the horror!

Arithmancy Parallels: Not Interesting
Theme # 97: Dictionary


“Her-my- ninny?”

“Yes, Viktor?”

“Vot you reading?”

“Runes dictionary.”

“Um… How many pages to go?”

“Three thousand and sixty seven.”

“Oh.”

Yes, I adore Viktor. It’s a strange feeling, knowing one of the most famous people in the wizarding world – yes, can you believe it? – loves you. But, you know, Viktor is startlingly dry when you start talking to him of studies. Oh yes, he takes interest, makes his jokes, nods at just the right time: But I don’t think he enjoys knowing what line thirteen on page seven of my sixth volume of Arithmancy Parallels says.

Poor, poor me.

Better Than Quidditch & Chocolate Warm
Theme # 95: Snowball


Oliver Wood is such a gentleman.

Proof? Last night:

“Oey, Alicia!”

Anyone would know that voice: Oliver. I ran over, half throwing myself into him. He laughed pleasantly, spinning me around. Then I bent down, scooped up a snowball and – thwack: Oliver was grinning down at me throw a cover of snow.

And the best part is, he let it go. I was pretty glad about that, especially since I was freezing. I wasn’t so glad when I had to spend an hour listening to his Quidditch talk, though.

Yes, yes, I know: Quidditch is love. But Oliver? He’s better.

No Chicken on Friday Night, Please
Theme # 93: Chicken


It is always lovely, an evening with Cedric. He has a way with words that makes me feel like the most special girl on earth.

My friends think I am very lucky.

I think so, too. Cedric is an amazing person: Tall, handsome, ruddy. The real Hogwarts champion, too, as some call him. Yes, I have dreams of marrying him, someday someway. There is just his one little fault: He loves chicken. Chicken roasted, chicken fried, chicken everything.

I do not. At all. I guess we’ll work out a solution, one of these days. No chicken on Friday nights, maybe?

Chocolates for the Angry
Theme # 92: Chocolate


Sometimes, I find Lucius highly inconsiderate.

Yes, I’m in a rage. A terrible one. A VERY terrible one. I mean, does he even care about me, Narcissa Black, the so-called love of his life? I don’t think so. He got Andromeda chocolates. Chocolates.

HELLO! I, NOT ANDROMEDA, AM THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE!

He did not get me any, nope. Oh yes, I know what you’ll say. It’s what he says, too: It’s Andromeda’s birthday, not mine. But that is no excuse. If he gets my sister a present, he should get me one, too.

I hate you, Lucius Malfoy.

House Elves and Telescopes
Theme # 23: Telescope


Winky is very fond of Dobby, indeed. Dobby is generally a mighty good house-elf at Hogwarts: he does his share of the work with enthusiasm, cleaning up all of the Gryffindor common room by himself, and making sure the telescopes up at the Astronomy tower are well dusted and sparkling. Often, he agrees to do extra work and help out the other house-elves.

Dobby is not without faults, though. He wears clothes he likes, and does not think it is a disgrace that his old master freed him. He even calls old master Malfoy names! Bad Dobby, very bad Dobby.

Blacks: Always Pure
Theme # 89: Past


I do not believe that blood is important. Neither does Regulus. But, sometimes, I can not help being glad that I am a pureblood. Because, at times, I can not help thinking: What if my blood status was different?

Yes, it is a very scary thought. Being Miss Right for a Black can be very dangerous, at times. The Blacks are a powerful family, with deep roots in cultural pasts and magical histories. They do not tolerate anything less than a pureblood for their children. I wouldn’t be able to live if I couldn’t marry Regulus because of my blood!

What a Jerk
Theme # 88: Sweet Tooth


Michael Corner makes a nice boyfriend. He is not bad looking: In fact, quite good looking, if truth be told. Point number one I – yes, the Ginny Weasley – got together with him. But, all said and done, he is a sour type of guy.

I’ve seen he can never bear a Gryffindor victory – Ever. Every time Gryffindor takes the lead in the house cup, he sulks. Every time Gryffindor wins a Quidditch match, he sulks. Every time a Professor praises a Gryffindor in the class, he sulks.

Oh, and he doesn’t have a sweet tooth. At all.

– What a jerk.

On-the-Spot Duels
Theme # 86: Daring


Fault number one with James Potter: Too daring.

Not that I don’t love this quality of his. Any girl – and that category includes me, Lily Evans future-Potter – would definitely melt if a boy could hex three, fight nine, and disarm six to show how much he cares for her. But when you consider that none of the three or nine or six know why they are being hexed, fought with or disarmed, the event loses its touch, you know.

All I asked him was what he could for me. I wanted a flattering response, not an invented on-the-spot duelling arena!