MACMILLAN, ERNEST

[ERNIE MACMILLAN]

lost and insecure
YOU FOUND ME, YOU FOUND ME

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_name: ernest alistair macmillan
_nickname: ernie
_gender: male
_age: seventeen
_birthday: june 8
_sexuality: heterosexual
_bloodstatus: pure
_house: hufflepuff
_wand: unicorn hair, chestnut, eleven and a quarter inches

lying on the floor
SURROUNDED, SURROUNDED

_general appearance: The first thing many people think when they see Ernie is cute. He still hasn't completely lost all the stoutness, which makes him look a bit childish. The big, blue eyes don't pierce people's souls, but only add to his adorableness. The lines of his face and body are becoming more angular with age, and Ernie wishes they would hurry up already. The strongest feature on his face is his jaw. Ernie's angular jaw caps off his square face and toothy grin. When it comes to his hair, he likes to keep it short. His sandy blonde hair sticks up in places, but he can't be bothered to care much about it. In terms of overall body, Ernie's a decent, average height and still growing. His weight is average, and healthy as well. Ernie doesn't have huge bulging muscles like some of the more athletic blokes, but he does have some muscle. It's just more lean and less obtrusive. In terms of clothes, Ernie is either in his uniform or pyjamas. Robes are practically mandatory now, and he's made sure not to be seen out of them for fear of punishment.
_play-by: hunter parrish

why'd you have to wait
WHERE WERE YOU, WHERE WERE YOU

_likes:

• writing
  
• organization
  
• hannah abbott as more than a friend
  
• sugar quills
  
• chocolate frog cards

_dislikes:

• astronomy class
  
• prejudice
  
• cheaters
  
• snape
  
• his name

_fears:

• you-know-who
  
• being forgotten

_goals:

• become a journalist for the prophet

_general personailty:
nonjudgemental
Ernie is not one to judge people based on blood, appearance, or anything of that sort. Muggleborn, halfblood, pureblood; it doesn't matter. The more the merrier in his opinion, though he has had to keep quiet recently. One of his best friends, Justin Finch-Fletchley, is a muggleborn, and Ernie welcomed him warmly to the wizarding world on their first train ride together. Really, what matters is personality and whether he can get along with people.
accountable
If Ernie makes a mistake, he'll readily admit to it. He'll never let anyone take the fall for something he did because it's his, and he's responsible for it. He'll readily say sorry if he's been proven wrong the first chance he can get, especially if he slandered someone in the process. In his second year, Ernie truly believed Potter was the heir of Slytherin, but when he was proven wrong, Ernie publicly apologised for his incorrect theory.
hard working
Typical to Hufflepuffs, Ernie always gives it his all. He's always trying to pitch in here and there in the DA, so that he feels like he's pulling his weight, especially recently now that it's become so much more important. Ernie has taken it upon himself to record everything that's happened for the future as well as drum up some support with the rest of them. The horrors of the Carrows and Snape, the new Hogwarts, and the efforts of the DA to oppose them. All of it has been recorded by Ernie's careful hand.
presumptious
The main reason Ernie apologises so much is because he jumps to conclusions easily. Without a second thought, he'll believe in theories that only make sense in the heat of the moment, or he'll fill in the gaps of a story with his own imagination. Most of the time, it's competely wrong. In his fourth year, Ernie, upset that Hufflepuff was being upstaged again, believed the popular theory that Harry entered himself in the tournament for attention. He just wanted to believe the world was black and white. Harry was wrong, Cedric was right, and he could justify his hate.
materialistic
Ernie always wants to have the best things. The nicest, newest black robes make him happy on the first day of term. Eagle feather quills make him feel important and prepared to class. When he was younger, his father dictated what he owned, and his thriftiness left a mark on young Ernie. Robes were mended twice, and books and cauldrons were second-hand. Really, Ernie just wanted new things, so when he came into his inheritance, he was wasteful with his gold to supply himself with new, shiny things.

just a little late
YOU FOUND ME, YOU FOUND ME

_boggart: himself, alone, dishevelled, and depressed
_patronus: boar
_dementor: when he went to diagon alley as a child
_mirror of erised: himself with quills in his hands sitting at a tidy desk with pictures of his friends and family and articles he wrote lining the walls.

in the end
EVERYONE ENDS UP ALONE

_mother: isla, forty-eight, homemaker
_father: duncan, fifty, arithmancer
_siblings: ester, twenty-three, ministry employee in the accidental magic reversal squad
_other: n/a
_history: Ernest Macmillan was born in the Highlands, a bit outside Inverness to be exact, as a bit of a surprise. After six years of only having their daughter, they hadn't been planning another child, but he came nonetheless. Ernie's father was a scholarly man, who devoted his life to furthering the study of arithmancy. He was quite good with numbers and especially good with money and the saving of it. Ernie's mother was a good mum. She stayed at home with the kids and dealt with all their childish troubles. Ernie's sister, Esti, was much older than him, a bit too old for them to get along smoothly. They annoyed each other at times, but overall, they got along, especially once she went off to Hogwarts.

Ernie's childhood was isolated and lonely. The rugged geography was perfect for hiding a wizarding family, but not great for a child. His only playmate was his sister, which only added to their antagonistic, early relationship. Simply, they spent too much time together. Only his father got to leave their home on a daily basis to study his numbers. The first time he left Inverness was when he was five. Ernie and his parents were accompanying his sister on her school shopping trip. In Ernie's eyes, it was a disaster. Although his sister got everything she needed, he saw how nice the outside world was. They had nice, new things, and he envied everyone. Everything caught his eyes, and desire consumed him. As if that wasn't enough, some people seemed to look down on him and his dirty, patched robes like he was trash, and he felt like trash. So, he went home, mopy and dreading the day he had to leave home before he finally moved on, but the feeling stayed with him.

Just before Hogwarts, Ernie was filled with nerves and excitement. He'd heard wonderful stories of his sister's adventures in the magical school and was dying for his own, but the memory of Diagon Alley haunted him. To compensate, he decided to highlight everything that made him better and more impressive than the others, which gave him the illusion of being quite pompous. On the train ride, he managed to calm down a bit when he met some other nervous first years. Justin Finch-Fletchley was the first boy he met and warmly welcomed him into his compartment. Next came Hannah Abbott, a bit flustered and blushing, just looking for some friends. The three of them were fast friends and absorbed Susan Bones after all being sorted into Hufflepuff to form a quartet.

Ernie's school life went well. He had friends and stuck by them. In classes, he was a strong student, who obsessed over grades. In particular, he was a good potions student, though it only earned a sneer without any comments. Ernie always earned high marks on his essays for his good writing skills. Socially, he had his differences with some. At times, he jumped to incorrect conclusions which got on people's nerves, but overall, he knew the right path. He joined the DA in his fifth year and the resurgence this year, making himself the unofficial secretary, so he could record everything. At this point, though, Ernie's just trying to stay alive.

losing her
THE ONLY ONE WHO'S EVER KNOWN

ohi, my name's asha. look, i've been walking on this world for seventeen years, and i'm pretty talented for someone who's been in this game for only two years. to prove that to you, here is a sample of my lovely work:

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