History FanFic / WeasleyGirl

* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil-Detecting Cat]]: Crookshanks, as in canon. He likes all the Weasleys, but takes an instant dislike to the Malfoys.
* FantasticRacism: As with canon, wizards towards Muggles - but it gets taken up a level. After the gritty details of Harry's mistreatment at the hands of his Muggle relatives comes to light, the Wizarding World - thanks to a xenophobic sensationalized article by Rita Skeeter - starts letting out some rather severe anti-Muggle sentiment. Heck, an unnamed wizard accosts Hermione's parents just because they happen to ''be there'' and has the gall to blame them for Harry's circumstances, even patronizing Hermione when she tries to defend them. Ronnie, and all the Weasleys for that matter, are understandably peeved by this attitude.

** In Chapter 14 of ''Secrets of the past'', Ronnie-via-the-narrative comments that "That was so cool!" seems to be turning into Colin's new catchphrase, after he's said it twice in the same chapter.

* BlessedWithSuck: After Quirrell's first somewhat ham-fisted attempt at killing Harry, trying to arrange an "accident" with potentially lethal potions, both Harry, Ronnie, Hermione and Neville end up [[spoiler:completely immune to all potions and elixirs -- both harmful ones and beneficial ones. The same thing happens to Quirrell/Voldemort, when it's revealed Snape has managed to recreate the mixture of potions that caused the immunity and managed to give it to Quirrell/Voldemort -- meaning that neither unicorn blood nor the Elixir of Life will work on them.]]

** Colin Creevey in ''Secrets of the Past'' gets a larger role than he had in canon. The same fic also features Crookshanks as a semi-major character. Fawkes too is notably more involved in the story than he was in canon, partly because he, like, most animals takes a particular liking to Ronnie.

** Colin Creevey in ''Secrets of the Past'' gets a larger role than he had in canon. The same fic also features Crookshanks as a semi-major character. Fawkes too is notably more involved in the story than he was in canon, partly because he like most animals takes a particular liking to Ronnie.
** ''Secrets of the Past'' also introduces Luna much earlier than in canon; she's a semi-major character in the story and plays a vital part in the plot. By the end of the story she seems to have become an unofficial auxiliary member of Potter's Gang.

* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Colin Creevey, "to whom sarcasm was just a seven-letter word".

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: As you might expect from a girl with five older brothers, Ronnie is pretty tomboyish; she's brash, physical, Quidditch-obsessed, temperamental and occasionally insensitive DeadpanSnarker who ''really'' [[LadySwearsALot likes to swear]], much like her canon male counterpart. However, she's also [[CuddleBug rather cuddly]] and is almost always the one initializing hugs between Potter's Gang, [[FriendToAllLivingThings she coos and fawns over animals]] (who adore her in return), she wears [[PinkIsFeminine pink]] pajamas (which are said to clash horribly with her hair) and judging by her vision in the Mirror of Erised, she wouldn't mind being prettier, and if Fred and George are to be believed, she also used to hold tea parties for her dolls when she was younger. At one point, she claims she wishes she was a boy — though it's more because she's tired of Percy, Fred and George being overprotective than of any actual dislike of traditionally girly things, and she changes her mind when she realizes that boys her age (at least Harry and Neville) are awkward about hugging and showing affection in public.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: As you might expect from a girl with five older brothers, Ronnie is pretty tomboyish; she's brash, physical, Quidditch-obsessed, temperamental and occasionally insensitive DeadpanSnarker with ''quite'' [[LadySwearsALot the potty mouth]], much like her canon male counterpart. However, she's also [[CuddleBug rather cuddly]] and is almost always the one initializing hugs between Potter's Gang, [[FriendToAllLivingThings she coos and fawns over animals]], she wears [[PinkIsFeminine pink]] pajamas (which clash horribly with her hair) and judging by her vision in the Mirror of Erised, she wouldn't mind being prettier, and if Fred and George are to be believed, she also used to hold tea parties for her dolls when she was younger. At one point, she claims she wishes she was a boy — though it's more because she's tired of Percy, Fred and George being overprotective than of any actual dislike of traditionally girly things, and she changes her mind when she realizes that boys her age (at least Harry and Neville) are awkward about hugging and showing affection in public.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: As you might expect from a girl with five older brothers, Ronnie is pretty tomboyish; she's brash, physical, Quidditch-obsessed, temperamental and ''really'' [[LadySwearsALot likes to swear]], much like her canon male counterpart. However, she's also [[CuddleBug rather cuddly]] and is almost always the one initializing hugs between Potter's Gang, [[FriendToAllLivingThings she coos and fawns over animals]], she wears [[PinkIsFeminine pink]] pajamas (which clash horribly with her hair) and judging by her vision in the Mirror of Erised, she wouldn't mind being prettier, and if Fred and George are to be believed, she also used to hold tea parties for her dolls when she was younger. At one point, she claims she wishes she was a boy — though it's more because she's tired of Percy, Fred and George being overprotective than of any actual dislike of traditionally girly things, and she changes her mind when she realizes that boys her age (at least Harry and Neville) are awkward about hugging and showing affection in public.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: As you might expect from a girl with five older brothers, Ronnie is pretty tomboyish; She's brash, physical, Quidditch-obsessed and temperamental. However, she's also rather cuddly and is almost always the one initializing hugs between Potter's Gang, she coos and fawns over animals, she wears pink pajamas (which clash horribly with her hair) and judging by her vision in the Mirror of Erised, she wouldn't mind being prettier. At one point, she claims she wishes she was a boy -- though it's more because she's tired of Percy, Fred and George being overprotective than of any actual dislike of traditionally girly things, and she changes her mind when she realizes that boys her age (at least Harry and Neville) are awkward about hugging and showing affection in public.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Hermione is appalled by [[SadistTeacher Snape's nasty behavior towards the Gryffindors]] in the first Potions lesson and writes a letter of complaint, reasoning that his behavior would get in the way of learning. It seems like it doesn't help and actually makes Snape more hostile towards Harry, Ronnie, Neville, and Hermione.
*** [[spoiler:Turns out that Snape DID get in trouble and was lectured by Dumbledore about his behavior. When Harry expressed surprise at this, Snape sarcastically responded that that kind of information isn't for students, even Harry to know.]]
** Snape's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Harry is cut short by Hagrid, who [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse calls Snape out for bringing up his childhood]] and tells him to grow up. Horrible upbringings shouldn't be a reason for bullying others, and considering the audience at the time ([[AbusiveParents Harry]] and [[ICouldaBeenAContender Hagrid]]), Snape wasn't just being immature with his rant, but also self-centered.
** Rita Skeeter's xenophobic article brings up negative opinions of Muggles up to eleven, especially since it detailed Harry, a known celebrity. Even Muggleborns unconnected to the Dursleys suffer from FantasticRacism.

** As it turns out, [[spoiler: Crookshanks tells Ronnie that "Crookshanks" is just a nickname, and his real name is actually "Meow". Because that was what his mother called him.]]

At the time of writing, the second story in the trilogy has been finished, and is titled ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9932798/1/Weasley-Girl-Secrets-of-the-Past Weasley Girl: Secrets of the Past]].''

The third story, which is being planned, will be called ''Weasley Girl: War of the Prophecy.''

* AccidentalMisnaming: A variant in ''Secrets of the Past.'' Ronnie, after having learned about Franchise/SherlockHolmes from Colin and Hermione, misremembers the name and at one point when satisfied with herself for having figured something out, likens herself to "that Muggle girl, Shirley Holes!" Since she is talking to Dobby at the time, he ends up calling her "Miss Shirley Holes."

-->'''Fred:''' Aw; look, they wuv each other.\\

* BigBreastPride: It's only mentioned in passing, but according to Ronnie, Lavender has "driven all her dorm-mates insane with her silly pride over being the first girl in their year who needed a bra."

** [[spoiler: Neville, almost accidentally, saves Harry and Ronnie from their first encounter with Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, riding a herd of invisible Thestrals.]]
** [[spoiler: Harry, Ronnie and Hermione show up just in time to save Neville from the cave troll at Halloween. Played with, as they end up unintentionally dragging him, and themselves, into far worse trouble.]]

* BrickJoke: In chapter nine of ''Secrets of the Past'', Lockhart jokes that his most closely guarded secret is whether or not he's a natural blond. In chapter thirteen, when asked if she thinks there's anything strange about Lockhart, Luna's first response is "I don't think that's his natural hair colour."
* TheBusCameBack: After leaving Hogwarts at the end of ''Weasley Girl'', [[spoiler: Snape]] makes a surprise return in the first epilogue of ''Secrets Of The Past,'' hinting that he'll come back in a larger role again in ''War of the Prophecy.''
* CanonImmigrant: If you can call it "canon." In ''Hermione Granger's Guide To Gender-Flip Fanfiction'', Ron tells Harry and Hermione of his male-to-female [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} transgender]] cousin, Jaqueline "Jack" Weasley. In ''Secrets of the Past,'' Ronnie and Ginny briefly mention a "cousin Jackie," which the author's notes confirm to be the same character, brought into the ''Weasley Girl'' universe.

** In chapter fourteen of ''Secrets of the past'', Ronnie-via-the-narrative comments that "That was so cool!" seems to be turning into Colin's new catchphrase, after he's said it twice in the same chapter.

* CharacterTics: Ronnie turns pink when she's embarrassed or uncomfortable about something. This happens roughly [[OncePerEpisode once a chapter.]]

** The Lovegoods, of course. Xenophilius and Luna make their first appearance in ''Secrets of the Past'' at King's Cross, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Xenophilius pulling the trolley instead of pushing it because it's "terrible bad luck to push things around on a Wednesday," Luna riding the trolley and singing the Hogwarts school song instead of saying hello, and both of them wearing incredibly loud purple clothes.]] Eleven-year-old Luna may, if that's even possible, be slightly weirder than the fourteen-year-old version we're first introduced to in canon.
** Colin has traces of this, mixed with ConstantlyCurious. Meaning that he asks some of the weirder questions and comes up with some of the more outrageous theories.
* CombatPragmatist: Mad-Eye Moody encourages students to be this, to use what skills or items they have at hands, and not be afraid of fighting dirty, especially if their lives depend on it. [[spoiler: Harry and Hermione use this approach when Quirrell/Voldemort attacks during Christmas dinner and they, lacking any actual combat spells, employ ''Wingardium Leviosa'' in order to hurl the turkeys, potatoes and drinking goblets at their adversary. Voldemort calls it a "glorified food fight," but it ''does'' slow him down enough for Dumbledore to come to the rescue.]]

-->'''Ronnie:''' Why can't you two think with your ''brains'' instead of with your ''pus—''\\

-->"If you love Muggles so much, why don't you just go and f—"

'''Ronnie:''' What are you going to do, hide behind Crabbe and Goyle and try to sneer us to death?
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-->'''George:''' One day, you'll look back on this and realize that your time with us was the happiest time of your life.\\
'''Ronnie:''' Only if the rest of my life consists of being tortured by vicious hags.
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-->'''Dumbledore:''' [[ThePowerOfLove Love is a very powerful force.]] It goes beyond any magic, and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood far beyond Voldemort's comprehension.]] You see, Voldemort loves and trusts no-one but himself. If he had known the true meaning of love, of sacrifice, he would not have been the Dark Lord he is.\\
'''Ronnie:''' Great, just great. So the next time we meet a Dark Lord we should just start ''snogging.''\\
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* DemotedToExtra: Having been PutOnABus at the end of the first story, Snape is almost entirely absent from ''Secrets of the Past.'' He only shows up for a brief cameo towards the end.

** In ''Secrets of the Past,'' Ronnie has moved up to Protagonist status, with Harry now playing the Deuteragonist: While this story is told from Ronnie's point of view and she is more important to the plot overall, Harry still plays a central role and of course gets more in-universe attention from friends and foes alike.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Fawkes is hit by a Killing Curse, but thanks to being a phoenix it just triggers his rebirth. Harry, not knowing this details about phoenixes thinks Fawkes has died.]]
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Colin Creevey, "to whom sarcasm was just a seven-letter word."

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Ronnie ''really'' doesn't like her middle name and doesn't want anyone to know what it is. [[spoiler: It's Muriel.]]

'''Hagrid:''' Cuttin' yeh some slack here, cause yer still sick, an' yeh've bin with You-Know-Who, an workin' against 'im, mighty brave o' yeh an' all that, yer a true hero, but ''[[SuddenlyShouting GROW UP]]!'' Yeh had a rotten life? Well, guess what, other people had rotten lives too, an' they don't go around sneerin' at everyone! ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext NOW SHUT UP AN' EAT YER RUDDY EGGS!]]''

* ForWantOfANail: Starts as early as the ''Hogwarts Express'', in Chapter One - Ronnie actually takes up the twins on their offer to see Lee Jordan's pet spider, which led not only to Hermione being befriended much sooner than canon, but also Neville joining the main group - and, in turn, Harry did not get the Chocolate Frog with Dumbledore's card that tipped him off to Nicholas Flamel's name. The AN at the end of the 1st Chapter indicates that Ronnie being a girl with five older brothers rather than the youngest of six boys is a ''massive'' nail - Fred just couldn't bring himself to turn his sister's teddy bear into a spider despite her breaking his toy broomstick, and as such she never developed arachnophobia like her male counterpart. This is just one of the changes that ''isn't'' related to the personality traits she differs from Ron in.
** The author is especially good about keeping all the changes from being for the better, too -- on the one hand, Neville actually joins the group and has friends sooner than canon as a result, and Harry [[spoiler: no longer has to live with the Dursleys]]; on the other, Potter's Gang [[spoiler: cannot use Potions - good or bad - on themselves thanks to their immunity]], plus they end up [[spoiler:enduring some Unforgivable Curses - Neville takes a ''Cruciatus'', and Ronnie still has nightmares about the Imperius]], and on top of that the latter benefit comes with a [[FantasticRacism massive]] [[FromBadToWorse downside]].
** Luna Lovegood [[spoiler:ends up in Hufflepuff instead of Ravenclaw or even Gryffindor]] - because some events in her past were slightly different, including Ronnie replacing Ron, and possibly her... bizarre first meeting with [[{{Jerkass}} Draco Malfoy]].
** Thanks to different circumstances surrounding Riddle's diary, there are fewer Petrification incidents, and the victims are different. The only one who gets Petrified in this story who was also Petrified in canon is [[spoiler:Nearly Headless Nick, who is Petrified along with all the other ghosts except for Moaning Myrtle and Professor Binns. The other two victims are Lavender Brown and Gilderoy Lockhart.]]

%%* FluffyTamer: Ronnie and Charlie.

** In ''Secrets of the Past,'' the Gang grows a little with the addition of Ginny and Colin, meaning that now it consists of three boys and three girls. Though towards the end of it, Luna seems to take on a sort of SixthRanger role, meaning that the girls outnumber the boys.

* GroinAttack: Ronnie repeatedly threatens to do this, particularly to Malfoy. During Mad-Eye Moody's Defense lesson she mentions it as an alternate way to deal with Dark wizards. [[spoiler: In ''Secrets of the Past'', it's revealed that she's never actually done it to anyone -- though in that story she does get to do it for the first time ever, her victim being Vernon Dursley. She does it again later on to a creepy wizard in Knockturn Alley.]]
* GrumpyBear: Hermione, to the rest of Potter's Gang. It's a mild case, but she is by far the one most frequently annoyed by the other members' shenanigans, she says "that's not funny!" so often it's become her in-series CatchPhrase, and she tends to play spoilsport when the others get carried away with something.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Towards the climax of ''Weasley Girl,'' Fawkes shows up to stop Quirrel from dragging off an Imperiused Ronnie, as well as return Harry's Invisibility Cloak to him, but gets hit by a Killing Curse. Luckily, since he's a phoenix, it doesn't stick, though it does put him out of commission for the rest of the fight.]]

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Ronnie tries this tactic with Lucius Malfoy about [[spoiler:Riddle's diary]], but it doesn't quite work since he immediately provides fairly plausible reasons for why he "jumped to conclusions."

** "Potter's Gang" for Harry, Ronnie, Neville and Hermione. Coined by Snape, who meant it as an insult, [[AppropriatedAppellation but it caught on with the Hogwarts students (and the narration) who kept it.]]
** The TerribleTrio of Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle get a much-less-used collective nickname, "The Trolls." Tends to be used mostly by Ronnie.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Professor Binns has a moment like this in ''Secrets of the Past'' when [[spoiler:all the other ghosts apart from him and Moaning Myrtle have been Petrified. His only reaction is to complain how selfish they all were to be Petrified without considering that he might need to consult any of them for his history lessopns.]]

* KidDetective: Ronnie (and to a lesser extent Harry and the rest of Potter's Gang) ''tries'' to be this in ''Secrets of the Past,'' though while some of her deductions are spot-on, just as often she's completely wrong.

* MindControlEyes: Mad-Eye Moody mentions "glazed, milky eyes" as one of the symptoms of a poorly- or hastily-cast Imperius curse. [[spoiler: When Ronnie is placed under the Imperius by Quirrell, her eyes are described as glazed and blankly staring.]]
* MistakenForGay: A rather spectacular jump to the wrong conclusions in ''Secrets of the Past'' leads Ronnie to think that [[spoiler: Gilderoy Lockhart and Wormtail]] are gay lovers. Later on, she speculates whether James Potter and Sirius Black were lovers, causing Harry to ask why she's so obsessed with gay people.
-->""I'm not obsessed! Occasionally wondering if someone might be gay is not obsessed!"
** [[spoiler: Of course, the same fic does heavily hint (and WordOfGod confirms) that Ronnie is in fact gay herself, and just hasn't realized this yet... so this might have something to do with it.]]
* MotorMouth: Colin can talk anyone's ear off if civen the chance. The second epilogue to ''Secrets of the Past'' reveals that his brother Dennis is even worse.

** When Potter's Gang learn about Animagi, they spend a few moments speculating what animals they might turn into. Ginny insists that she'd be a horse, but doesn't give any reasons why she thinks so. This is in fact a reference to the movies where her Patronus takes the form of a horse.

* ObliviousToLove: Downplayed - Harry isn't aware of Ginny's crush on him at first, but once Ronnie mentions it at Christmas he knows it's there... but given his aversion to fame and special treatment, he's baffled by how badly it affects her when he's in proximity (or ''praising her''). For her part, Ronnie's relatively patient with him despite her temper, but she's completely exasperated by her little sister's HeroWorshipper traits and hopes that she'll eventually start talking to Harry more normally.
* OffTheRails: TheStationsOfTheCanon are ''spectacularly'' averted in this fic, as ForWantOfANail above indicates.
* OneDoseFitsAll: Discussed and averted.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When ''Neville Longbottom'' gets angry and begins delivering TheReasonYouSuck speeches, you ''know'' someone's stepped over the line.

** Nobody except [[CloudCuckooLander Luna]] calls Ronnie "Veronica."
** As it turns out, [[spoiler: Crookshanks tells Ronnie that "Crookshanks" is just a nickname, and his real name is actually "Meow." Because that was what his mother called him.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: Harry and Ronnie have shades of this - in the first fic it is noted that while Harry's glad to have a close male friend in Neville ([[TruthInTelevision as boys of his age tend to do]]), he feels closest to Ronnie despite their differences. Given that she still shares many traits with Ron (like his sense of humor), which are what drew them together so closely, this is unsurprising. The narrative (and the author) has yet to indicate that anything [[{{Shipping}} deeper]] will develop from this, mostly because romance isn't the story's focus.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: In full force. [[spoiler: After leaving Quirrell's body, the ghostly Voldemort tries a last, desperate attack on Harry, but fails because Ronnie, Hermione and Neville shield their friend. In ''Secrets of the Past'' Harry specifically mentions ThePowerOfFriendship to the resurrected Tom Ridle, who not surprisingly completely rejects the idea.]]

** Ronnie swears a bit, though in the first story (which is from Harry's POV and has notably milder language), she doesn't use any stronger words than "arse." At least until very late in the story, when she lets loose a spectacular F-bomb just after [[spoiler: Harry manages to snap her out of the Imperius curse Quirrell put her under: ''"I'LL KILL THAT FUCKING BASTARD!"'']]
** A Presicion "B-strike" comes from Moaning Myrtle to Ginny in ''Secrets of the Past'', when Ginny tries faking sympathy in order to get information about the Petrifications.[[spoiler: ''"YOU MANIPULATIVE LITTLE BITCH!'' Trying to trick me, are you? Pour on the fake sympathy, and fool stupid Myrtle into doing anything you want! ''IS THAT IT?!"'']]

** After a disastrous first Potions lesson, Hermione writes a "The Reason Snape Sucks" letter to Dumbledore. Which, at first, doesn't seem to accomplish anything apart from escalating Snape's hatred for Potter's Gang. [[spoiler: Turns out he really got into trouble with the other teachers over the letter.]]
** [[spoiler: Dumbledore delivers one to Voldemort when they confront one another, calling into question the latter's ham-fisted methods and pointing out that he used to be more subtle.]]
** After [[spoiler: he reveals that he's leaving Hogwarts]], Snape delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Harry, in which he chides Harry's tendency to jump to conclusions and thinking he knows more than he actually does.

* RejectedApology: [[spoiler: When Harry learns that Snape has been working against Voldemort the entire time and that his actions may have saved the lives of Potter's Gang, he feels bad for thinking so ill of the man and seeks to apologize. Snape refuses to believe the apology is sincere and launches into the above-mentioned TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.]]

** [[spoiler: Snape resigns from Hogwarts after having blown his cover with Voldemort, citing that he can "no longer be of use to Dumbledore." WordOfGod is that we haven't seen the last of him in the story, though.]]

* SirSwearsALot: Ronnie. According to WordOfGod, one reason why ''Secrets of the Past'' is rated T rather than the K+ of the first story is that much of it is from Ronnie's POV, and "the girl likes to swear."

** Ronnie/Neville has been getting a few hints since Year 1, with Neville showing the makings of a crush on the girl who tries to help him learn to fly. On Ronnie's end, Neville is "suddenly a calming presence" in Chapter 6 of SOTP, when she's panicking over [[spoiler:Riddle's diary going missing.]]

** [[LesYay Ronnie/Hermione]] are very affectionate towards each others, in no small part due to the boys not being big on PDA. Ronnie grabs Hermione and starts spinning/dancing with her in sheer exhilaration after they hear that [[spoiler:Snape has resigned]].

-->'''Dean:''' I need more Muggle-born friends.

** It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference (in ''Secrets of the Past,'' chapter four) but apparently Hermione's father used to play [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons "some dungeon-centered game"]] when he was younger, which gave him a couple of misconceptions about magic.

** As mentioned above, in ''Secrets of the Past,'' Hermione and Colin mention Franchise/SherlockHolmes to the rest of Potter's Gang, and Ronnie later [[AccidentalMisnaming misremembers the name as "Shirley Holes."]]
** In ''Secrets of the Past,'' Ronnie at one point comes over a book entitled ''[[Literature/SoulMusic SILENT SPELLS — Learn Non-Verbal Magic in Three Easy Lessons and Eighteen Hard Lessons.'']]
** Crookshanks, when Ronnie uses the Animal Talk charm to understand what he says, turns out to have a pronounced London accent closely modeled on that of [[Literature/OliverTwist the Artful Dodger]]. More precisely, WordOfGod claims that his dialogue is heavily inspired by Luke O'Loughlin's portrayal of the character, from the TV series ''Series/EscapeOfTheArtfulDodger''. Crookshanks even calls Ronnie "Princess" the way the Dodger does with Hannah in that series.

** In ''Secrets Of The Past,'' Potter's Gang discover ''Animaloqui'', the Animal Talk Charm, which allows you to communicate with any animal of your choice. The AnimalTalk trope is subverted and complicated in that for as long s you're under the Charm, you can ''only'' speak the language of that particular animal and even lose the ability to talk to fellow humans.

* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Ronnie. For all her tomboyish qualitites, nobody (including Ronnie herself) initially suspected that she was gay. Then she noticed just how pretty Luna looked when she smiled...]]

** In ''Secrets of the Past'', Cormac [=McLaggen=] says it about [[spoiler: Tom Riddle's diary.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome

*** [[spoiler: Turns out that Snape DID get in trouble and was lectured by Dumbledore about his behavior. When Harry expressed surprise at this, Snape sarcastically responded that that kind of information isn't for students, even Harry to know.]]

** Rita Skeeter's xenophobic article brings up negative opinions of Muggles UpToEleven, especially since it detailed Harry, a known celebrity. Even Muggleborns unconnected to the Dursleys suffer from FantasticRacism.

* TongueTied: Ginny, when Harry gives her any amount of attention, is unable to say anything but ''"Squeak!"'' She's got over it by the end of ''Secrets of the Past,'' and is even able to give Harry a hug without squeaking.

-->'''Hermione:''' Where do you keep your ''brains,'' Veronica Weasley? Because wherever they are, they're obviously not in your ''head!''
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-->'''Ronnie:''' How can someone be so ''smart'' and so ''stupid'' at the same time?

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Hinted at in ''Secrets of the Past,'' when Ronnie overhears Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel talking:

-->'''Neville:'''But that's just ''plants,'' that's ''easy''. It's not like it's anything import--\\

* OneDoseFitsAll: Discussed and averted. Ginny, who is the youngest and smallest person present, is the one hardest affected by the sleeping potion the Hogwarts Christmas dinner was spiked with. Even when everyone else has been revived, Ginny remains half-asleep and drowsy for quite some time. [[SuddenlySober Until she realizes that she kissed Harry in her sleepy stupor.]]

* RealityEnsues
** Hermione is appalled by [[SadistTeacher Snape's nasty behavior towards the Gryffindors]] in the first Potions lesson and writes a letter of complaint, reasoning that his behavior would get in the way of learning. It seems like it doesn't help and actually makes Snape more hostile towards Harry, Ronnie, Neville, and Hermione.
*** [[spoiler: Turns out that Snape DID get in trouble and was lectured by Dumbledore about his behavior. When Harry expressed surprise at this, Snape sarcastically responded that that kind of information isn't for students, even Harry to know.]]
** While Harry, Ronnie, Hermione, and Neville had some potions tested on them to see if they would have any effect, Madam Pomfrey refused to continue as certain potions had horrible reactions if mixed with others.
** Snape's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Harry is cut short by Hagrid, who [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse calls Snape out for bringing up his childhood]] and tells him to grow up. Horrible upbringings shouldn't be a reason for bullying others, and considering the audience at the time ([[AbusiveParents Harry]] and [[ICouldaBeenAContender Hagrid]]), Snape wasn't just being immature with his rant, but also self-centered.
** Rita Skeeter's xenophobic article brings up negative opinions of Muggles UpToEleven, especially since it detailed Harry, a known celebrity. Even Muggleborns unconnected to the Dursleys suffer from FantasticRacism.

* ActionGirl: Ronnie, of course, though Ginny has her moments as well. Hermione, as in canon, is the BadassBookworm type.

* CrushBlush: Ginny displays it a couple of times.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The original Potter's Gang:
** Harry is Choleric.
** Ronnie is Sanguine.
** Neville is Phlegmatic.
** And Hermione is Melancholic.
* FluffyTamer: Ronnie and Charlie.

'''Hermione:''' Don't you ''dare'' say it's not important! When [[spoiler:Lavender]] is revived from her Petrification thanks to Mandrakes, you can ask her how ''important'' she thinks plants are!

** Thanks to different circumstances surrounding Riddle's diary, there are fewer Petrification incidents, and the victims are different. The only one who gets Petrified in this story who was also Petrified in canon is [[spoiler:Nearly Headless Nick, who is Petrified along with all the other ghosts except for Moaning Myrtle. The other two victims are Lavender Brown and Gilderoy Lockhart.]]

'''Ronnie:''' Great, just great. So the next time we meet a Dark Lord we should just start ''snogging.''
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-->'''Dudley:''' What are you doing here? We don't like freaks in this house!\\
'''Ronnie:''' Self-loathers, are you?
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-->'''Molly:''' You take good care of yourself now. Mind your brothers, look after your sister, and ''please'', don't go rushing off into trouble this year.\\

** Ronnie in the first ''Weasley Girl'' story, with Harry as the {{Protagonist}}. Just as in canon, the story is told from Harry's point of view, and the plot largely centers around him -- but Ronnie is by far the most important supporting character; she get more attention and dialogue than any other non-Harry character; she kicks off a number of plot threads and her skills with animals is vital to the story.

** In ''Secrets of the Past,'' Ronnie at one point comes over a book entitled ''[[Discworld/SoulMusic SILENT SPELLS — Learn Non-Verbal Magic in Three Easy Lessons and Eighteen Hard Lessons.'']]

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Snape is a terrible teacher who plays favourite and bullies students he doesn't like, but he did [[spoiler:risk his life to resist Voldemort, is forced to reveal himself as Dumbledore's spy in the process, and almost dies for his efforts.]] However, when Harry tried to thank him for this, and even apologise for his (justified) dislike against the Potions professor, Snape accused him for lying and continues to be a surly grump who refuses to let go of his bitterness.

At the time of writing, the second story in the trilogy ihas just been finished, and is titled ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9932798/1/Weasley-Girl-Secrets-of-the-Past Weasley Girl: Secrets of the Past]].''

** ''Secrets of the Past'' also introduces Luna much earlier than in canon; she's a semi-major character in the story and plays a vital part in the plot. By the end of the story she seems to have become an unofficial auxilliary member of Potter's Gang.

* AscendedExtra: Colin Creevey in ''Secrets of the Past'' gets a larger role than he had in canon. The same fic also features Crookshanks as a semi-major character. Fawkes too is notably more involved in the story than he was in canon, partly because he like most animals takes a particular liking to Ronnie.

* FiveManBand: Potter's Gang, once it's expanded from it's original four-member roster in ''Secrets of the Past'', takes on this dynamic:
** TheLeader: Harry.
** TheLancer: Ronnie.
** TheSmartGuy: Hermione.
** TheBigGuy: Ginny.
** TheChick: Neville.
** TagalongKid: Colin.
** SixthRanger: Luna.