edgar looked at the object in his hands which was now shattered in pieces, then his gaze drifted back back to the person in front of him. scratching the back of his head, he let out a nervous laugh, trying his best to seem as less guilty as possible, but ultimately failing. “well..in my defence, it was already kind of broken.”
❛ well, if the school decides to sue you for damages, i’ll be sure to be at your trial, defending and cheering you on. ❜ teases the younger bones, flicking from the shattered object to her brother with a light, cheery grin. ❛ or, you could just use a mending charm now and have it fixed right away, i doubt anyone would actually notice... i really think you could just about get away with this crime, ed. ❜
it was another quiet night with nothing eventful. no parties to attend, no one to mess around with. amycus was bored. he was wandering around the corridors of the castle with a beer in his hand, looking for something. what exactly, he wasn’t quite sure. suddenly, he saw a dark figure at the end of the hallway. after shortening the distance between himself and the other person, amycus finally recognized them - amelia bones. this is going to be fun, he thought. muggleborns were his favourite targets. not because of blood purity and all that, but because of the outrage of it. not to mention how much he despised her brother, who always completely dismissed amycus’ nasty remarks and attempts to start a quarrel. hopefully, amelia would be more willing to interact. “ah, bloody hell. a prefect! “ amycus exclaimed “ some luck i’ve got. fortunately, you’re going to do me a favour and not take any points from slytherin. isn’t that right, bones? well.. technically not bones, but you get me? “
doing rounds as a sixth year prefect usually went one of two ways... students either ignored you completely and carried on as they were, or heard you out and obliged, only to scurry off to some other dark corner to again, carry on in their fun. the former usually left amelia moaning and groaning, for she just wanted people to listen, to hear her and they never did... though the latter, on the other hand, made the bones daughter laugh, it was a curious thing, how some were willing to continually put themselves in the line of fire just to have their fun, whether it be smoking or boozing, or something more pleasurable... it was strange how they went about it, and it never failed to put a little smile on her face. although she could tell tonight would be different, just from seeing amycus carrow’s face come into view from the other side of the corridor she was wandering down. her steps suddenly felt heavier, more hesitant as she neared him, milly knew full well what he’d done to bertram aubrey, how he and her brother famously butted heads... she also knew what’d happened to lily evans just the other week and she was their head girl! added together, this interaction she walking straight into spelled out only one thing... trouble. ❛ carrow. ❜ she greets quietly, meeting his steely gaze just once before she can no longer bear to look him in the eye. she’d endured a lot of abuse from certain purebloods over the years, but the carrows had to be some of the worst and though she’d never admit it, she truly feared what he might do tonight. ❛ you’re out of bed, drinking, when you shouldn’t be, amycus... rules say i have to dock points. even if i didn’t want to, which i don’t. ❜ amelia feels as though she’s standing her ground, but come the ‘bones’ comment, the largest of her insecurities, she’s surely shaking... stood, toying anxiously with one of her rings all the while staring longingly at the ground, as if it’ll feel her despair and swallow her up, ridding her of the carrow brother and his antics completely. ❛ could you just... leave me alone, carrow? please, i... if i promise not to take points, will you just leave me be? please? ❜
hey demons, it’s ya gurl ally, coming at you with another second character to further the secondary character flurry ! i haven’t got a plots/connections bit for this girly yet but i’ll fix something up a little later on however if anyone would like to plot, chat, or anything in-between, just come and hmu either on here or on discord and we’ll chat the night away ! but besides that, say hello to my second baby girl ... miss amelia, or rather, milly bones !
was that KAYLEE BRYANT walking around the halls of hogwarts? i wish it was them, but it was really just AMELIA ‘MILLY’ BONES, the SEVENTEEN year old SIXTH year student at hogwarts. they come from a MUGGLE family, and people tend to describe them as DRIVEN, BENEVOLENT, DIFFIDENT and SHREWD. they can be seen around hogwarts hanging in the HUFFLEPUFF common room and in THE LIBRARY. i hear they’re planning on JOINING THE ORDER once the war starts and that they’re planning on KEEPING QUIET ABOUT IT. I can’t wait to see how this turns out for them
early life .
amelia, better known as milly, spent the first few years of her life in a foster home in suffolk. she was left on the home’s doorstep after her mother grew pregnant following a one night stand and though her mother desperately wished she could keep her child, she didn’t have the funds or resources to do so and so, gave her up, ultimately wanting her baby girl to have the best possible life she could and knew, in her hearts of hearts, that she couldn’t provide amelia with that.
inexplicable, mysterious and often very magical occurrences followed milly around through her early years, uncontrollable situations that had staff at the foster home asking themselves just what they’d gotten themselves into when they’d accepted amelia in.
it was at six years old when the bones family first visited her and though they’ve always retained that it was her sharp yet tender demeanour that drew them to her, she’s always wondered if the pair of wix with their two elder sons had known she was a witch from the moment they’d met her, and that’s perhaps why they chose to foster her.
the bones family themselves are a pureblood family, with two sons, edgar and susan bones’ future father, though following the births of their sons, the bones’ struggled to conceive another child and mrs bones had long since hoped for a daughter so, the couple sought out to foster.
despite the rising tensions between purebloods, halfbloods and muggleborns, the bones family have always treated amelia as their own, they pay no mind to her muggle beginnings, for she was raised and witch and believe, wholeheartedly, that she should be respected as one, just as their other children are.
her introduction into wizardry came mostly from edgar, who milly believes, took her under his wing in preparation for his own education at hogwarts, and so would spend hours reading to her the rich history of the wizarding world which enchanted amelia completely, she was absolutely taken with the idea of being a witch and belonging to such a world, she was besotted and as she saw each brother begin his own journey at hogwarts, she was beside herself with impatience over when it would be her time to receive the illustrious letter, walk down platform 9 and ¾ to her destiny.
present day .
whilst learning about the wizarding world, edgar had explained the family’s long history with hufflepuff house, so it came as no surprise that the moment the sorting hat was placed upon her head, hufflepuff’s name was called… though amelia swears, to this day, that the hat had muttered something about slytherin just before announcing hufflepuff to be her house.
joining hufflepuff was a great moment of pride for amelia, it was then that she truly begun to feel like a real bones.
amelia, at heart, is a real softie… there’s been so many moments during her time at hogwarts, where she’s felt like the luckiest girl in the world. she knows where she came from, what happened to her and she feels so blessed to have found the bones’, or rather had the bones’ find her, for she wonders what her life would be like now if they hadn’t… would she have gone to hogwarts? would she still have magic in her life? to this day, she doesn’t often think about it, out of fear she might wake up and this would have all been a dream… a very intricate dream. she doesn’t often discuss it either, especially not with her family.
despite her loving relationship with the wizarding world, growing up as a muggleborn witch inside a pureblood family began to cause problems for amelia from very early on in her hogwarts years, there was bullying, name-calling, specifically mudblood and it always seemed a little worse that despite the sympathy gained from them, her family was never truly able to relate to what amelia was going through, it often left her feeling alone, like she was facing it alone and it’s become a real fear of hers as she’s moved through the years at hogwarts.
as a student however, amelia absolutely excels, she loves learning and she’s just… incredibly passionate about the wizarding world, and expanding her knowledge of it. she knew from early on that she wanted to work her way up through the ranks and someday work at the ministry and that’s still 100% what she intends to do, and will get there by doing the very best she can.
personality / misc .
she’s very, very ambitious and driven… once she sets her mind to something, it becomes quite hard to steer her off that path.
however she’s got a very gentle, kind disposition, she wouldn’t hurt a god damn fly… just not physically at least. she’s got a keen eye, and often notices things within others that perhaps they wouldn’t see themselves. she’s also a good listener, so if you need a shoulder to cry on… milly’s your girl !
she is cutthroat in the knowledge sense? like she’s very smart and can think on her feet very well, so if she ever finds herself in a sticky situation, trust that amelia can find a way out of it by adapting and applying both herself and her knowledge.
what makes this all so hard however, is how lacking in confidence she is. she has all these amazing things to say, and teach the world but she simply lacks the confidence go ahead and do them. she feels the weight of pureblood elitists on her shoulders constantly and with whispers of war coming, she genuinely fears for her and her fellow students’ lives, she doesn’t know what will become of herself and with her dreams not that far away… she’s just so ready to push herself and go for it, but needs an extra push of support from those around her to assure herself that’s she got it right, that she’s on the right path and she’s right for all this.
ALSO she’s heard from her brother that he plans to join the order, and she’s very keen on doing the same, though to save her further aggregation for pureblood bullies, she’s keeping quiet about that decision.
tldr: she has a lot of drive, a lot of passion for what she does and where she wants to go but simply lacks the confidence to go forth and pursue it, feeling constantly weighed down by the discrimination against muggleborns and particularly her place as a muggleborn inside of a pureblood family.
she’s super soft-spoken but very sharp tongued
she’d also love to write a child’s book series in the future?? she loves, loves, loves literature
her patronus is a black mare!
she has a barn owl named minerva ….. after athena’s roman equivalent but also a happy coincidence that it’s mcgonagall’s name as well !!!!
she's a member of the apparation, charms, duelling, potions & slug clubs bc she’s a big overachiever
as well as a sixth year hufflepuff prefect !
would love to be a head girl next year probably
abig fan of lily’s, also runs the lily evans fanclub w/ emmeline .. milly’s very fond of everything lily’s done, how far she’s come, even in the face of the discrimination from the purebloods, she’s achieved so much and milly aspires to do just that too
