Audrey Weasley

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Pons Novus	mrsweezy	Amanda Peet

Basic Stats

Full Name: Audrey Henrietta Weasley (née Doge)
Nickname(s): "Mrs Weezy" to the kids at the daycare
Gender: Female
Age: 52
Date of Birth: July 6, 1976
Zodiac: Cancer
Sexuality: Straight
Relationship Status: Married to Percy Weasley (Jun 17, 2000)
Bloodline: Halfblood
Hometown: Tinworth, Cornwall, England
Current Residence: Arundel, West Sussex, England
House & Year: Hufflepuff 1994
Occupation: Owner & Director: Sunshine Daycare
Wand: 11 in, fir, unicorn tail hair
Pet: None

Family

Father: Richard Oliver Doge (wizard; b. November 9, 1947; d. August 5, 1997)
Mother: Lucy Maria Doge (née Hayes; witch; b. March 31, 1948; d. November 6, 1979)

Husband: Percy Ignatius Weasley (Gryffindor 1994; b. August 22, 1976)
Daughter: Molly Weasley (Slytherin 2024; b. October 16, 2005)
Daughter: Lucy Weasley ([house] 2024; b. October 16, 2005)

History

3 Significant Moments in Childhood

Lucy's death: Audrey was three years old when her mother died. The war was in full swing by late 1979, and although Lucy was a muggleborn, her death wasn't strictly because of her parentage: she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time: she was shopping in Diagon Alley when there was an altercation, and she was caught in the cross-fire. Audrey was too young to understand the war that was raging in the wizarding world at the time, and also too young to understand why her mommy was never coming home. She kept asking after her mother, and her father and grandparents had to work hard to explain to Audrey in terms she could understand where her mommy went, and why she wasn't coming back. It was still several years before Audrey truly grasped that her mother really wasn't ever coming back from Heaven.
First display of magic: When Audrey was four, she was visiting her maternal grandparents for the day while her father was at work, and saw a picture of her mother on a shelf too high for her to reach. But then suddenly, there the picture was: right in her hands, like it had zoomed off the shelf to her. Her grandparents recognised this as the sort of "odd behaviour" they had seen in Lucy when she was that age, though now they knew it was magic. This was the beginning of the time where Audrey's visits to her Hayes grandparents began to decrease in frequency.
Hogwarts letter and Diagon Alley: Getting her Hogwarts letter was one of the most exciting days of Audrey's life. Of course, she'd known for years at this point that she'd be going to Hogwarts like her parents had, but holding the letter and booklist in her hands just made it so real! Despite having been to Diagon Alley with her father and paternal grandparents many times, it was different when she was going there to buy her school supplies. Even though nothing in the Alley was new to her, she would have been content to spend all day in the various shops, choosing just the right EVERYTHING. Her father kept her on track, though, and she left with only what was required for her first year.

3 Significant Moments During School

Sorting: When Audrey's turn came to sit on the stool in front of the school to have the hat choose her house, she wasn't sure what she wanted: her father was a Gryffindor, her mother a Hufflepuff. Her father had always told her that she would do well in either of those houses, or in Ravenclaw. All he said of Slytherin was that she would want to be careful of that house, that they would judge her for her mother's bloodline, so Audrey went in with a slight prejudice against Slytherin. When the hat was placed on her head, it debated briefly over Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, saying that it saw plenty of both houses in her. Ultimately, it placed her in Hufflepuff, and Audrey felt like, even though she hadn't known where she wanted to go, this was exactly what she had wanted. It was an additional connection to her mother that she hadn't realised she needed: living in the same space her mother had occupied at her age.
Prefect: Along with Audrey's booklist for her fifth year came an unexpected surprise: a prefect's badge! But it was a delightful surprise, and Audrey was thrilled that her professors thought she was responsible enough for this privilege. She was determined to be a great prefect. It was on the train, in the compartment for prefects, that she first really met Percy Weasley: they'd had classes together over the past four years, but they'd never really run in the same circles. Honestly, she found him a bit pompous, but at least he was taking his duties seriously, too (and at least he made it so she wasn't the most serious one in the compartment!). Her first year as Prefect, Audrey may have been a bit on the strict side, but once she started getting the hang of being in a position of authority, she loosened up quite a bit.
The heir of Slytherin: Her sixth year was a scary one, with everyone whispering about the Heir of Slytherin, and Slytherin's monster, and how muggleborns were in danger. Although Audrey was a halfblood, the fact that her mother was a muggleborn still filled Audrey with worry, that the monster wouldn't quibble over details. But she also had her duties as prefect to worry about, and there were younger students in her house who were muggleborns, and they were plenty worried, so they needed her to be calm and level-headed about it all. This was the first time that Audrey really had experience putting her own fears and worries aside to care for others' fears and worries, instead. And that felt oddly wonderful and nurturing … even freeing.

3 Significant Moments Since School

Living a muggle life: The war hadn't really started when Audrey finished school at Hogwarts, so that didn't really influence her decision to spend a few years in the muggle world. Instead, it was the desire for higher education in the field of early childhood development and education, and the muggle world was much more advanced than the wizarding world in providing for higher education. With the assistance of the Ministry, she got the necessary credentials to attend Birmingham City University. Unrest started hitting the wizarding world while she was still a student, and she heard about the death of Albus Dumbledore shortly before she graduated from BCU. But it was the job she'd had while in school combined with her father's death later that summer that urged her to remain in the muggle world for the duration of the war. She had taken muggle studies at Hogwarts, and could recall enough about her maternal grandparents' lifestyle to pass, reasonably well, as a muggle. She had a few slip-ups here and there in language, and in not understanding (at least at first) modern muggle technology, but nothing that really drew the attention of the muggles around her. She definitely did miss doing magic with any sort of frequency, however.
Richard's death: Audrey's father sent her an owl, informing her of the fall of the Ministry at the beginning of August (warning her to keep her head down), and that was the last she heard from him. Mere days later, noble Richard Doge stood up against the change in Ministry regime and was killed for it. Her father's death devastated Audrey even more than her mother's had, because she was older now, and understood the context of her father's death. At the age of 21, Audrey had been orphaned. She still had her grandparents, of course, but her parents were just … gone. Audrey had already been planning to stay away from the wizarding world for at least a while longer, but Richard's death clinched it. She threw herself into her work at the childcare center and severed any remaining contact she had with the wizarding world.
Opening Sunshine Daycare: Perhaps it was an impulsive decision, but when the war ended, Audrey wanted nothing more than to reconnect with the wizarding world, to be around those who had lost their loved ones as she had. She also felt that, with having worked in childcare for the past few years and having her degree in it, she could open up her own childcare center for the wizarding world. Returning to the wizarding world went well-enough, but starting her own business was another thing entirely. Audrey was just a bit too ambitious, and running your own business comes with a steep learning curve. There were times when she wasn't sure how on earth she'd make ends meet, but she was too determined to not let her dream fail. Now, nearly 30 years after the doors to Sunshine Daycare first opened, the business is running (relatively) smoothly, and Audrey is glad that she never gave up on her dream.

3 Significant Moments With Percy

(Re-)Meeting: Although they had known each other in school, at least through their positions in the student authority, once they were out of school, their paths didn't cross again until the summer after the war. Audrey went to the Ministry to get a business license to open her own daycare center, and ran into Percy (literally) in the atrium after her meeting. He was on his way out to lunch, and Audrey asked if she could join him, to catch up. After that lunch, there was a real date a few days later for dinner, then several more followed in quick succession. It wasn't long before they were serious.
Meeting his family: One of the biggest hurdles of any relationship is meeting your partner's family. It was especially nerve-wracking for Audrey to meet Percy's family because it happened to be when the whole family was gathering at Percy's parents' house for Christmas that year. Audrey was a nervous wreck up until she met Molly Weasley, who welcomed her with open arms. Audrey was amazed by Percy's family and (from some of his family, at least) felt accepted into their fold almost instantly.
True confessions: Audrey had sensed some underlying tension between Percy and some of his siblings when she met his family at Christmas, so a few days later (she didn't want to bring something up on Christmas, that was just rude), she asked him about it. Percy was open and honest about why things were tense with his family: how he had turned his back on them during the war, and not everyone was quick to forgive him for it. While Audrey couldn't understand turning your back on your family, she appreciated his honesty, and promised to try to help him mend ties with his family.

3 Significant Moments in Parenting

Surprise! It's twins! Audrey was thrilled to find out that they were expecting their first baby, but when they found out that it was their first babies, she was both surprised and nervous. She hadn't expected to have two children all at once! The last month of her pregnancy was horrendous: she was as big as a boat, waddled everywhere, and had to try not to snap at every well-meaning passerby who commented "wow, you look ready to pop!" but the reward of her two adorable little girls at the end of it all helped make it bearable.
Bye bye, baby: When the twins were two, Audrey once again got pregnant, but before she and Percy had a chance to spread the news to his family and their friends, Audrey suffered a miscarriage. Although she had not been very far along in her pregnancy (10 weeks), she was still absolutely devastated by it. The only things that helped hold her together were Percy's support, and the fact that she still had two little girls to take care of: she had to soldier on through the pain and heartache. Even more devastating was learning from her healer that she wouldn't be able to have more children at all, that the twins were essentially miracles.
The train to Hogwarts: Although she had known it was coming, the arrival of the twins' Hogwarts owls when they were eleven made Audrey realise that they weren't her little babies anymore … she was going to have to let them go off to school, only to see them on holidays for the next seven years. It might have been easier on her if she was only sending one child off and could keep the other home, or if there were more children at home to ease the transition, but even with her job, Audrey felt at loose ends after she and Percy put the girls on the train for the first time. She got better over the years, but it still panged her heart every time she waved goodbye to the twins as the train took off.

Personality

3 Positive Traits

Polite: One could blame Audrey's father for this particular trait: he pounded it into her head quite firmly when she was growing up. Her vocabulary is full of "Please" and "Thank you," "Sir" and "Ma'am," "Pardon me." She holds the door open for people, doesn't talk with her mouth full, doesn't interrupt (unless it's life-or-death important), helps little old ladies (and gentlemen) cross the street. And the thing is, she really genuinely means everything she does. It's not just simply something she does by rote, it's something that she actually enjoys and feels that there simply isn't enough of in the world these days. This is why she has worked so hard to pass it along to her daughters, as well.
Tenacious: Some might call it stubbornness, but Audrey prefers to think of herself as tenacious, instead. It just sounds better. She won't give up easily on something once she's set her mind to it. She refused to give up on her dream with Sunshine Daycare, and she refuses to give up on helping Percy fully mend ties with his siblings. Once Audrey sets her mind to something, it's for the best to simply get out of her way, or she might run you down.
Forthright: Audrey tends to be straightforward and honest, without beating around the bush to say what she's trying to say. She doesn't like lies, regardless of their flavour (white lies, big lies, lies of ommission, whatever). She tries to be as honest as she can be, though that's not to say she'll tell you that you look like a fat cow in that dress (she won't lie and say you look great, but she'll gently suggest that you try something else instead). She doesn't necessarily force everyone else to be as forthright as she is, but she appreciates those who are, and has worked hard to drill it into her daughters' skulls (of course, all children lie to their parents sometimes, she expected that, but they got in far less trouble if they told the truth than if they lied and were later found out), and she just generally tends to mistrust people who have shown a habit of frequent lies.

3 Negative Traits

Neurotic: Audrey has neurotic tendencies. These especially show up when her mother-in-law is coming over. Molly Weasley is, in Audrey's mind, the absolute epitome of what a mother and wife should be, so she feels like she has to have her house absolutely perfect when her in-laws are coming over. But her neuroses don't just show up around Molly Weasley. She will sometimes just be overcome with a need to clean the house. Like, really scrub everything down. She doesn't like not-knowing where her husband or girls are (yes, she was a bit of a hoverer when they were little).
Shy: It's a little bit weird, really (and Audrey acknowledges this): around children, Audrey is open and personable. She could make friends with a three-year-old in mere minutes. But with her peers, Audrey has a tendency to be shy. Once she gets to know people, she's more open and outgoing, but it takes quite a while for her to get to that point, and she will usually be initially so shy as to come across as icy or standoffish. It sort of ties back into being neurotic: she's painfully nervous about how other people perceive her, and whether new people that she's meeting will judge her for something she says or does. She's uncomfortable at group gatherings if she doesn't know the majority of the people there (so that first Weasley Family Christmas Dinner was absolutely nerve-wracking for her on just about every level possible), and will often hug the wall until someone she does know drags her out to be social.
Cowardly: There is a very good reason why Audrey wasn't sorted into Gryffindor: she lacks the balls-to-the-wall, everything-on-the-table courage that is considered to be Gryffindorian. She stayed in the muggle world during the war because she didn't want to be close to any of the fighting (she even considered flat-out leaving the country, but couldn't leave her job). She won't instigate a confrontation. Pretty much the only time that she stands her ground and gets defensive is if her children (or the children under her care at Sunshine Daycare) are being threatened. She slept with a night-light in her bedroom until she was ten. She hates going outside after dark. She absolutely will not investigate that strange noise, or kill a spider in the bathroom. She used to be ashamed of her cowardliness, but it kept her alive during the war, so there's that, at least.

Boggart: Death Eaters … even all these years after the second war, having lost both of her parents to them, she's still terrified of them, and of losing even more family to them.
Mirror of Erised: She'd be locked in an embrace with her mother.
What is your character's outlook on life? Live each day to the fullest extent you can. Forget procrastination (unless you're procrastinating on washing those dishes to spend time with your family), because you never know when everything might change.