The Missing Weasley: The Triplet

The Letter

Ivy Beatrice was now ten years old, almost eleven. She was still living in the orphanage. After her "hair incident," Ms. Higgins began to hate her even more than the other children. She became Ms. Higgins favorite child to pick on and terrorize.

Ms. Higgins hating her included long periods of time locked in the cupboard. The cupboard was called the cupboard of doom by the other orphans because of the aspects added by Ms. Higgins. The floor of the cupboard is covered in sharp, broken glass. The walls are covered with broken glass as well. The door has nails nailed into the inside. It is the worst punishment at the orphanage. 

Ivy has always spent a lot of time in that cupboard after she was seven and her metamorphmagus abilities were demonstrated. 

All of the other children at the orphanage consider her a freak because of her hair or other magical incidents. She has made some girls hair disappear the day after they had made fun of hers. Ms. Higgins had cut her beautiful hair extremely short, buzzcut length. 

She had caught her whole bed area on fire. She had been punished for that as well. 

One morning, Ivy was locked in the cupboard, barefoot, again. Ms. Higgins fetched her from the closet and told her to clean up. She was told that she had a visitor, her first visitor in almost eleven years. 

She put on her night clothes as they looked much nicer and cleaner than her day clothes. She walked into the formal entrance area of the orphanage. She sat down in a chair across from another empty one. 

A few minutes later a tall man with a long, silver beard sat down in the chair across from her. He looked at her for a minute, waiting for her to introduce herself. She did not look up from her tattered sneakers. From an early age, she had been taught only to speak once she had been spoken to. 

The silver-haired man looked at her and said: "Do you know why I am here"

Ivy said while terrified "I do not know sir"

"My name is Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts," He told her, "now what is your full name young lady, I only know your first and middle name on your letter for some reason"

"My name is Ivy Beatrice, and I do not know my last name" She replied softly.

"Do you know why I am here?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes, you are probably here to take me to the loony bin, where Ms. Higgins told me I belong," she told him.

"Why would she say you belong there, Ivy?" Dumbledore responded.

"Because I can change the color of my hair and eyes based on what I am feeling, and create fire in my hands with no effort," she told him. 

Ahhh, so we have a young metamorphmagus and elemental of fire" The headmaster said, "Alas, I have still not told you what brings me here."

"Why would you come visit me?" Ivy's short hair turning a vibrant yellow in confusion.

"You are a witch Ivy, and you are accepted into your first year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it is a school where you live there year round and learn about and how to use magic" Her hair turned a light blue with the excitement of living away from the orphanage.

"Sir, when can I leave to go to school?" She asked politely, her hair changing colors rapidly.

"The term begins the first of September, but we could place you with a family until then if you do not wish to stay here," Dumbledore told her.

"Yes, staying with a family would be great," she added a little too quickly.

"We will arrange for you to be placed with the Lovegoods, an odd but extremely nice and caring family" He replied. "They even have a daughter about your age".

"Oh, and I have forgotten to give your Hogwarts letter to you, here it is. The Lovegoods will explain everything to you, collect anything you would like to bring with you from her" 

Ivy dashed into the dorm area, her short hair turning many colors on the way up, she grabbed her small blanket with her name embroidered on it out from under her pillow. She dashed back into the entrance area. Looking up at Dumbledore.

"That is all?" He questioned. He received a nod for a response to his question.

"This may feel odd, hold my hand" Ivy did as she was told and they apparated away.