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Idris Valley - Markel Williams
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My MCs as Text Posts Pt. 3
Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 4
Rip Idris Valley you would have loved Chappel Roan
Rip Percival Valley you would have loved Taylor Swift
Rip Ambrose Varyn you would have loved Conan Gray
Rip Odysseus Carrow you would have loved Paris Paloma
Rip Everett Varyn you would have loved Olivia Rodrigo
Rip Cyrus Venzak you would have loved Florence + the Machine
Poppy: Hey Ambrose, where's Sebastian?
Ambrose: What, do you think I have a tracking spell on him or something?
Poppy: ....well do you?
Ambrose: Yeah hold on
Ambrose's Style
Starts putting hair in bun instead of braid during winter
Doesn't wear robes and cloaks normally but always wear a robe to class
Only has the prefect/default uniform and robe
Other than duelling gloves, owns one pair of gloves Sebastian made him
Owns one scarf provided by the school
Wears Legendary Armor without cape for Ancient Magic/Keeper related quests
Wears Herodiana's Ensemble for combat quests ie Poachers
Wears Ashwinder Outfit (in green) for exploring
Wears Slate Jumper Attire casually
The Wand Chooses The Wizard
Word Count: 2k
Ambrose Varyn & Everett Varyn, Ambrose Varyn/Sebastian Sallow
Summary: It's the week before Ambrose's 6th year at Hogwarts and, as it turns out, his little brother Everett's first year. Normally Diagon Alley is an exciting place to visit but for two children on their own and visiting for the first time during the busiest time of year, well. Things can get a bit confusing.
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There was very little Ambrose had enjoyed about his journey to Hogwarts the previous year. But he had a feeling that he should be glad he skipped on visiting Diagon Alley. The place seemed lively and warm and like it should be quite fun, if only you weren't two children sentenced to navigate it on your own your first time being there.
"Ambrose!" Cas exclaimed and Ambrose felt a sharp pain in his ankle.
"Ow! Did you just kick me?" Ambrose complained.
"Yes, I did, because you've been too busy worrying to actually walk," Cas said.
"Alright, alright, you grindylow, let's go," Ambrose rolled his eyes.
He double checked his wand was still in his very rushed bun then set off down the alley. He made sure to hold onto Cas with one hand, so as to not lose the much much shorter boy in the late summer crowd. It seemed every Hogwarts student and their mothers were in Diagon Alley that day. To be fair, Ambrose and Cas were doing their shopping rather late too. Term started in a week after all, but it took Ambrose this long to arrange for his parents to actually get them to Diagon Alley. He just hoped that certain…legal matter had been settled.
They got to Gringotts and thankfully they were escorted right back to Professor Fig's vault. Well, not quite thankfully. While he was of course thankful to his mentor for leaving him the money in his vault, he much preferred having the man alive and well. Still, he got the money he thought he'd need for his and Cas's supplies and left the rest in Fig's vault. Or, he supposed it was his vault now.
Now to figure out where the hell he was going. Gringotts was damn easy to find but he didn't even know what shops he was looking for, much less where they were.
"Okay I do know there's an Ollivander's somewhere around here," Ambrose said but he was pretty much thinking aloud. "So let's start with your wand and see what other stores we spot looking for it, alright?"
"FUCK YEAH!"
"Oh I am going to regret this," Ambrose chuckled.
The pair trotted off down the street, more wandering than anything. han anything. The leather pouch full of coins felt like it was burning a hole in his pocket, right along with the two supply lists. At least he only had to buy books for himself, though he did need some new quills. Cas needed a uniform, his books, a wand, cauldron, telescope, scales, parchment, quills…it was fine. Ambrose could pull this off. God the Wizarding World was hard enough to get used to when he only had to worry about himself. He missed his field guide.
“Oh finally,” Ambrose sighed in relief. “Ollivander’s.”
Ambrose steered them into the shop and rang the bell. He heard a noise from above and looked up to see Anton Ollivander leaning precariously over the balcony railing towards one of the shelves.
“I’ll be down in just one mome-” Mr Ollivander began. But a wand box fell from the shelf and hit the ground, opening the box and setting off the wand which of course fired some sort of magic right at the balcony railing turning it into something that looked suspiciously like chalk. It crumbled beneath Mr. Ollivander’s weight and Ambrose barely saw the chalk crack before he whipped out his wand.
“Wingardium Leviosa!” Ambrose cried, catching the wandmaker in mid air. He carefully lowered Mr. Ollivander to the ground. Then he switched gears, casting reparo on the railing and following it up with a quick alteration spell, turning it back into wood.
"That was terribly embarassing, wasn't it?" Mr. Ollivander laughed. "Grovend Ollivander, now at your service."
Mr. Ollivander's gaze drifted to Ambrose's wand as he stuck it back in his bun.
"How strange," Mr. Ollivander hummed. "I don't seem to remember your wand. Or you."
"I got it at the Ollivanders in Hogsmeade," Ambrose said. "I started Hogwarts as a 5th and couldn't get to Diagon Alley because my, my professor was helping me catch up. Then on the way to Hogwarts there was an incident with a dragon...it's a long story. It's uh, Aspen wood and a Phoenix feather."
"My my, that is quite the powerful wand," Mr. Ollivander nodded. "You must be a force to be reckoned with. However if you already have one, I assume the wand you are here to find is for this young man?"
"Yes sir," Everett said. He was already grinning ear to ear and Ambrose could tell he'd be shaking his hands if they weren't clenched into fists.
"Then let us begin our search!" Mr. Ollivander clapped.
He moved to the shelves and shelves stuffed to the brim with wand boxes, Everett right on his heels. Ollivander hummed as he scanned the boxes. There were multiple times we're he reached for one only to shake his head at the last second. After at least a full minute he finally pulled a box off the shelf and offered it to Everett.
"Pine wood and unicorn hair," Ollivander said. "Let's try this, shall we?"
Everett took the wand and glanced at Ambrose.
"Flick it," Ambrose chuckled.
Everett flicked the wand and the entire thing erupted in angry red flames. Everett shrieked and dropped it. Ambrose immediately rushed to his side, grabbing his hands to inspect them for burns. Thankfully he found nothing. A sigh of relief left him and he quickly kissed Everett's forehead, more for his own reassurance honestly.
"Aquamenti!" Ollivander exclaimed, putting out the wand with a gush of water. Somehow the thing remained completely unscorched. He picked it up by the tip with two fingers like he was worried it would ignite again. No more flames showed up so he put it back in the box and put it on a shelf as far from Everett as he could.
"Not that one," Ollivander told them, like that wasn't obvious. He knew it wasn't the old man's fault but Ambrose still felt the urge to smack him upside the head with a wand box.
Ollivander checked the shelves again, this time grabbing a box and just handing the whole thing to Everett.
"Try that one," Ollivander said. "Larch wood and phoenix feather, quite versatile."
Ambrose also took a step to the side just to be safe.
"And this one won't set on fire?" Everett checked.
"The chances of it doing so are miniscule I assure you," Ollivander claimed. "Even if it is an I'll match, the likelihood of two wands having the same negative reaction are infinitesimal."
Everett went to flick the wand but before he could even bring it down, the thing shot out of his hand towards the ceiling before falling back down.
"At least nothing is on fire?" Ambrose offered.
"Shush," Everett waved him off. He carefully put the wand in the box and handed the box back to Ollivander.
In return Ollivander handed him a third box. Just like the last two this one (Willow and dragon heartstring) rejected him. Everett was starting to look more and more rejected as they went through another two wands, meaning he'd tried five wands with horrible reactions each time.
"Is it possible for a wizard to have no wand match?" Everett wondered, barely hiding the light quiver in his voice.
"It's never happened before," Ollivander replied. "Yet we are running out...oh!"
Ollivander rushed to the back and came back with a wand that didn't even have a box. It was a bit paler than Ambrose's wand, but not quite white. It had rings leading up to the hand, which turned into a crooked swirl of light and dark brown.
"This is a Dogwood wand with an...experimental core," Ollivander told them. "I've long believed there were other possibilities for cores beyond the three wandmakers have become comfortable with. I was experimenting with this one. I only just finished it this morning. It's core is made from the ash of an ashwinder."
Everett stepped forward with an almost glazed look in his eyes. He took the wand with a severance and care Ambrose had never seen before. This time when he swished it a beautiful stream of lights explodes from the tip, dancing around the shop in every color Ambrose could imagine, and even some he couldn't.
"The perfect match," Ollivander was grinning like a kid on Christmas, which was a rather odd look on such an aged man. "Take it, on me. Consider it thanks for proving my theory correct."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Ollivander," Ambrose said.
"I'll put it to good use," Everett promised. He was practically vibrating in pure joy, bouncing on his toes and vigorously shaking the hand that wasn't clutching his wand.
"Come on little firefly," Ambrose laughed, wrapping his arm around Everett's shoulders to steer him out of the shop before his excitement lit something else on fire. "I take it you like it?"
"It's a magic fucking wand Ambrose!" Everett giggled. "Yes I like it! And I used it! Because I'm a freaking wizard!"
"Yeah you are," Ambrose ruffled Everett's hair only to get shrieked at. "What do you think, books next?"
"Ambrose?"
Ambrose stopped mid step, immediately searching the crowds for that oh so welcome and oh so familiar voice. Within moments Sebastian appeared in front of them and Ambrose didn't hesitated to drag him into his arms. Just having Sebastian close melted all the tension from his system. All his worries about the crowds, the money, and his parents just faded away. It was the first time he'd felt a feeling of home since the term ended.
"Merlin I've missed you," Sebastian murmured into Ambrose's shoulder. "Have you been okay? It hasn't been too bad, has it?"
"I told you I'd send you an owl if it was," Ambrose reminded him, still not surfacing from Sebastian's hair.
"I also know your definition of bad is much lower than it should be," Sebastian pointed out. Ambrose finally pulled back to cup Sebastian's face in his hands, tilting it back and forth to look him over. As hard as he'd tried, he hadn't been able to find a way for Sebastian to stay with him over the summer. "I'm fine, Rose."
"Quiet you," Ambrose shushed him. Eventually he was satisfied and let his hands drop to Sebastian's shoulders as Sebastians arms were still around his waist.
"Like I said, I'm fine," Sebastian swore. "I've been working and staying at the Leaky Cauldron to have a roof over my head. Got just enough extra money for my supplies this year."
"Okay good, I'm glad!"
"Hi there!" Everett chirped from behind him.
"Fuck," Ambrose muttered and stepped to the side, but Sebastian still kept an arm around his waist. "This is Everett."
"Your brother?" Sebastian's eyebrows shot up and almost disappeared into his bangs.
"Yeah, him," Ambrose nodded. "Ev, this is my boyfriend-"
"Ominis or Sebastian?" Everett cut him off, eyes now narrowed. Was he threatening? How was he threatening?
"Sebastian," Sebastian answered with a chuckle.
Everett's eyes narrowed further and before Ambrose realized what he was doing, the hem of Sebastian's robes was engulfed in flame.
"Ow!" Sebastian cried as he threw his robes onto the ground to escape the flames.
"Everett!" Ambrose scolded. But Everett just stood there glaring at Sebastian with his arms crossed, four feet and nine inches of 11 year old rage.
"Don't call my brother ignorant," Everett warned.
"Trust me I have apologized for that at length," Sebastian swore. "Multiple times."
Everett glanced at Ambrose who nodded, and suddenly Everett was his normal lighthearted self, holding his hand out for Sebastian to shake.
"Nice to meet you then," Everett grinned. Sebastian hesitantly shook his hand. "You know Diagon Alley?"
"Pretty well, if I say so myself," Sebastian said.
"Good because Ambrose is lost," Everet informed him.
"I am not lost," Ambrose protested. "I just...haven't found everything yet."
"We only have my wand."
"Don't make me hold on to it until next week."
"You suck."
Ambrose sighed, trying to ignore Sebastian snickering next to him.
"Fine, I guess some help would be appreciated," Ambrose admitted.
"Time for a proper Diagon Alley welcome," Sebastian teased. Ambrose rolled his eyes, despite the smile on his face. "This term is going to be fun."
I've succumbed to further propaganda and made a vampire OC in Ambrose's universe and is Everett's best friend and future love story
Shout out to the fourth Slytherin student who spends his 6th year pretending he doesn't know Ambrose, Ominis, and Sebastian sleep cuddled up every night
I FORGOT AMBROSE'S MIDDLE NAME IS ORPHEUS IM BITING THE BARS OF MY ENCLOSURE
Tempted to make Odysseus an OC in the Varyn universe, like an AU where since his family doesn't have Ancient Magic he's just a legilimens and a Squib, in order to add some more conflict to the Ominis side of things because I don't want all the conflict to be with Sebastian and Ominis is just a side character in their stories
i wanna do little fluff oneshots as warm ups, so pick a prompt and a ship (perceth, and i'll add it to my list of ideas. send as many as you want!
Saying "I love you" without saying "I love you" — some ways your otp can silently express affection
Forehead kisses, and smiling through the kiss
Resting their forehead on the other’s after a kiss
Tucking strands of loose hair behind their ears, with a thumb caressing their cheek
Interlacing their fingers with the other’s when they least expect it
Sleepy back hugs when the other person is busy whipping up breakfast in the kitchen, catching them by surprise
Just doing their own things in the same space; being so comfortable around the other even in their pyjamas
Holding both their hands while holding their gaze gently, just before leaning in for a kiss
Switching positions with the other when walking down a busy sidewalk because your feel the need to keep the other safe
Being playfully clingy in the mornings when one has an off day and the other has to rush to work
Getting them something from the store when they only mentioned it in passing
When one is overseas for a work trip and everything they see reminds them of the other person (bonus: whenever it happens, they take a picture and drop the other person a text.)
Squeezing their hand reassuringly and holding their hand throughout an intense social situation (eg. a large school reunion which the more introverted person is dreading)
Kissing away their tears
^ and letting the other cry on their shoulder even when their t-shirt gets soaked from their tears
Meeting them where they are, mentally and emotionally; never forcing them to do anything they aren’t comfortable with
Wholeheartedly supporting their dreams, and putting that into action by making concrete plans for it to happen
Dropping the other person an encouraging text before an important interview/event
Surprising the other with flowers just because; no occasion and no reason needed
Picking the other person up from work when it’s getting late, and walking them right to their doorstep after
Good morning and goodnight texts
Making the other person a Spotify playlist with songs that remind them of their relationship and growth
Remembering the littlest of things — activities they like and dislike, favourite brands of stationery, go-to ice cream flavour, choice of popcorn
Writing little notes on post-its and leaving them in random pages of their textbook, so that they will get a little endorphin boost when studying
HL MCs in Other Houses
Ambrose Varyn - Slytherin -> Hufflepuff
Ambrose ended up in Slytherin mainly because of his stubbornness and independence. No matter what it is, if he feels he needs to he will put aside his morals without a second thought. He will always do whatever it takes to get what he wants. That trumped the other massive piece of him, the main reason he'd throw his morals away: his loyalty. Outside of his resourcefulness his loyalty is a core part of himself and what fuels most of his actions. The entire plot is spawned because of Ambrose's loyalty to and trust in Fig.
Percival Valley - Ravenclaw -> Gryffindor
Now Percival ended up in Ravenclaw almost before the hat got on his head, but it's not all he has. Percival wants absolutely nothing to do with Ancient Magic and goblins and poachers. In fact he's terrified of all of the above. But every time he squares his shoulders and does it anyway. That screams bravery to me.
Idris Valley - Gryffindor -> Slytherin
I can't say toooo much about Idris without massive spoilers for A Mourning Warning but they were a six minute hat stall between Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. For this they ended up in Slytherin the same reason Ambrose did, their willingness to do anything, ANYTHING, it takes if they feel they need to. Everyone else be damned.
Odysseus Carrow - Hufflepuff -> Ravenclaw
Odysseus was put in Hufflepuff because literally everything he does is out of loyalty to his family, and what he did was work his ass off at any magic that didn't require actual magic. That made him a potions and herbologt master before he was even fifteen. That takes some damn cleverness
5, 18, and 40 for Sebronis (I think)
Sebronis - Ambrose x Sebastian x Ominis
All three of them get pretty bad nightmares, all of different things. Sebastian gets them the most often but Ambrose gets widest variety of nightmares and Ominis gets the worst nightmares
All three of them are cat people but Sebastian and Ambrose are both. They actually have a cay named Cassieopeia, Cassie for short. This is her :)
Ironically, Ambrose is the most chill parent. He already basically raised Everett and that kid set things on fire when he threw a tantrum, he can handle their daughter.
Ominis is the most responsible, he is always on top of it and ready for anything
Sebastian is stressed pretty much 24/7 because he knows EXACTLY what the three of them were like as kids and he's just hoping they did not pass any of it on
its not from the list but if your characters were tvshows what non-canon ships do you think their fandom would ship
Okay I love this question SO much and got way too into it.
Before I start, most of my characters are bi, pan, etc, but Ambrose is gay so while there would probably still be some ships with female characters I will not mention them
Ambrose Varyn
The main two characters I can think of that might be shipped with Ambrose are Garreth and NPC Odysseus
When Garreth asked Ambrose to get the feathers and Billywigs my man did NOT hesitate. It was because he's secretly a bastard and needed some light mischief, but I could definitely see that sparking some shippers
NPC Odysseus, which is a version of Odysseus that's a squib and doesn't go to Hogwarts and is there to flesh out Ominis' storyline
He gets to talk to Ambrose and they have some scenes together that could DEFINITELY result in shippers, from fluff to angst to hurt/comfort
Percival Valley
There would definitely be ships with both of the Sallow twins
After Percival takes Anne's curse the two spend a lot of time together, not to mention Percival sacrificed his health for her after meeting her once
Sebastian throws himself into finding a cure which, now that the cursed person isn't Anne, could very much be seen as romantic
Percy and Amit have a very sweet dynamic and a lot of things in common, so that could be a ship
The other one I can think of is Samantha Dale, a girl who Percival becomes bond with very quickly because he literally has no other friends at the time, and Garreth even had a mini arc where he's jealous of her
Idris Valley.l
Sebastian. Sebastian. Sebastian.
I cannot express to you the ship wars that would be waged over Idris x Amit and Idris x Sebastian. They're completely ride or die, spending so much time opening up to each other and just bonding in general
Another big one would be Leander Prewett. Idris has a rivals-to-friends arc with Leander already but we all know how much fandom loves a good rivals-to-lovers
I guess I could see Garreth, they have a very playful and fun dynamic but I feel like this ship would mainly be a side pairing in Percival/Amit fics
Odysseus Carrow
I don't have anything fully figured out for Ody so there's so many possibilities
Enemies to lovers with Leander, opposites attract with Poppy, growing together with Natty, there's so much
But no matter which one ended up "canon" the other popular ship would be Ominis
They're platonic soulmates but they're an arranged marriage couple, childhood friends, and are so close they have a telepathic link
The potential is there
Oooo thank you for the tag! This will be fun >:)
Percival Valley
Percival's worst fear is Ancient Magic, specifically the consequences of it and what it might do them. So for him it looks like Idris' dead body in the middle of one of those circles of Ancient Magic. When he casts Riddikulus the boggart turns into a some sort of muggle magic trick, like a deck of cards or a dove or a top hat with a rabbit in it.
Idris Valley
Idris has the most complicated boggart. It isn't just a simple thing. The whole room goes dark. They're standing in Hogsmeade which was razed to the ground and is infested with shadows, Hogwarts in the distance falling apart, and Idris' wand broken at their feet. When they manage to cast riddikulus it turns into a little diorama or doll house type of thing in front of them instead of a real thing.
Ambrose Varyn
Ambrose is a particularly hard gut punch. Him. At first it just seems like him, in the legendary armor and such. Until you notice the manacles on his wrist and collar around his neck, made with the same ancient magic infused goblin metal Ranrok uses to control things like dragons and trolls. When he casts the spell at it, it turns into his little brother sticking is tongue out and pretending to be Ambrose
Odysseus Carrow
His father's corpse, rotted and broken, telling Odysseus how disappointed he was and how much he regrets dying for him, demanding to know why Odysseus didnt help him or even tell anyone he could see what was happening. He casts riddikulus and it turns into just a hand puppet with a little hat on it and a comical angry face
Everyone and their mother has already done this, i dont know if there's anyone left for me to tag lmao
A N O T H E R M C Q U E S T I O N:
Good morning, Class!
Professor Lupin is here and he has a Question for you beloved MCs! The Professor wants to now your biggest fear.... No quills needed, just your wands and imagination.
So, time to face the fear....Attention Class...
1. Show us what's your Boggart Form!
but don't be afraid, if the boggart shows you - and us - your worst nightmare.
2. Just use Riddikulus and make it look something funny!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clear Instruction: Reblog this or write a comment, where you talk about your MCs Fear/Boggart form and especially how it would look after MC uses Riddikulus. Have fun.