HL one shots + asks

Magnolia's Birthday

a/n: mostly written by @SerialDesignation_A  (aka starryslytherin0) with my add ins :)

starring (as seen in the sleepover) : 

dwightschrutes: Calypso

tracey's: New Fifth Year

ethnie's: Inger

starry's: Avania and Cariad

Miss soapy's kidnapped Ashton

My: Johanna

siboom's: Sally

@choccymilky-ao3: Clora

the-ozzie's: Milllie C. 

The Explanation (ravenwind) 

"Magnolia doesn't like to celebrate her birthday. She doesn't even remember how to celebrate her birthday. She no longer knows how to react to this type of event. (She can get angry, really sad, or just get petrified, without any emotion.)

She became this way after the death of her older sister, Dahlia. Her life became very sad, and any manifestation of joy and celebration feels like a form of disrespect to her and her family.

When she moved to India after Hogwarts, she continued not to celebrate her birthday, without parties or cake, only gifts (which were given to her as a "reward"). Despite having this conviction, she misses having a birthday party.

Before this tragedy, her birthday was always one of the biggest celebrations of the year for her.

And they should not be mistaken for those that were big and luxurious parties, full of guests and endless banquets (well, sometimes they were).

Her birthday was celebrated from the first hour of the day to the last, with everyone doing only her wishes and celebrating the little person she was. It was also on that day that she could have her whole family for herself, her parents, her adorable dog Goliath, and her sister (who was the dearest person in the world to her), and in the middle of the afternoon, they always went out to have a picnic in the park, and coincidentally, it was always on a sunny and hot day.

Magnolia and her sister used to swim in the river, she and her mother swayed on the big swing that could only fit two people, and her father always read her her favorite poems because she loved the way her father spoke in Hindi. Everything was always perfect for her, and she was perfect.

But now, she feels like she has to be perfect. And she doesn't smile anymore..." Johanna finished explaining to the squirming boy she had silenced and tied up in the Undercroft.

She leaned up against the pillar and fixed him with a look. "I know you can be brutal, but from what I have heard from Ominis you can also be kind when you want to be. So please try to understand and tap into that today...or I promise that I can be more cruel to you than you ever were to anyone. Don't fuck this up and ruin it for her."

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(starry <3) with my knit ins

The house was utter mayhem. Inger and Garreth were experimenting with potion reactions for cake ingredients. Cariad was yelling at the cake batter, one of the only times the sweet girl yelled. The New Fifth year was hanging decorations and Clora, the organized Ravenclaw, was ticking things off the list and being a general busybody.

"AVANIA!!!!! Is he tied up yet?!" Cariad yelled at her friend.

Avania just laughed and grinned. "Mhm. I think he's ready." She smirked. She'd petrified Ashton Maze and put him in a box. He had a ribbon around his neck like a present and a magnolia between his teeth.