Character Bio: Hugo
Title: Hugo
Rating: G
Genre: General
A/N: Many thanks to my beta shina_laris !
My sister is an obnoxious brat. Mummy would put me in time out in the corner if she heard that, but it is only the truth. Rose is always bragging about things. It irritates me! Today she burst in the door shrieking that she can read better than all of her classmates.
I wouldn’t have cared that she said that. Sure, she was bragging, but I don’t really care if she makes herself look like an obnoxious buffoon. It was that she followed up her announcement by making fun of me that really annoyed me. She turned to me and said, “You know, Hugo, you need to learn your letters. Then you will be as good a student as I am when you start school. It’s cool to be the best student in class.”
That has to be one of the meanest things she has ever said to me. I am trying so super hard to learn my letters, but I just can’t do it. I can recite my alphabet forwards and backwards. I can count all the way to one hundred. I just can’t read or write any letters or numbers.
It’s so frustrating. Mummy and Daddy show me my letters all of the time, but I just can’t figure out which one is which. All of them look different. Mummy will show me two letters that look different, but she says they are the same letter. It’s so easy to mix them up too, because the few I do recognize look like others that I don’t know. I hate b’s and d’s and p’s and q’s. They look so alike!
It’s not fair. I walked and talked before Rose did. I’m better at putting puzzles together than she is. My room is always cleaner than her room is and I get in trouble less often than she does. By the time Rose was my age she already knew how to read and write almost all of her letters, so she thinks I’m dumb.
I hate this. I feel so stupid. Mummy says it is okay that I don’t know any letters because I’m only four and I have plenty of time to learn them. She says I’m the smartest four-year-old she knows. I don’t believe her. I still want to be smarter.
Mummy is the smartest witch ever, or at least that is what Daddy says. I think it’s true though, because she is the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and you can’t be stupid and be a Ministry Head. Plus, when she took her NEWTS, she had the highest scores in half a decade. Daddy isn’t exactly stupid either. Mummy says he’s a few ingredients short of a proper potion, but he still manages to beat everyone he challenges at chess. He’s also Assistant to the Head of the Aurors, who is Uncle Harry, and he helps Uncle George with his joke shop stuff sometimes.
I’m the only stupid one I guess. It’s hard to deal with sometimes. When you are surrounded by smart people and you are the only one who can’t do things, it makes you feel really bad. I hate having to ask for help, because I feel like I should be able to figure things out on my own.
I just want to be smart. I know, deep down, that I’m not stupid. I just don’t get this reading thing. It’s the first thing I have not been able to do. I learn how to do everything else pretty easily. I just can’t figure out things that have to do with sight. Sometimes my shapes confuse me. I just don’t have ability to recognise numbers or letters. I don’t understand why I’m having such a hard time with this. None of the other kids I know are having any problems. Lily knows a bunch of her letters already, and I usually do everything before she does.
My whole world isn't learning and being the best though. I spend time playing outdoors and I like to colour. I read picture books and I watch the television. I spend time at Grandma Molly's house and we cook cookies and pies and things. Grandpa Arthur and I sit together and he tells me stories about when he was little. Lily and I play dress up and pretend to be King and Queen or Muggles. Gran and Gramps let me come over to their Muggle house sometimes and I play with the Muggle toys they bought me, like video games and race cars. I have a lot of fun playing games with people.
I just wish I was as smart as the rest of my family. I love learning and I hate being stumped by something. I'll read someday; until then I guess I'll just do my best to learn my letters.
Other Bios: Teddy - Victoire - Fred - Dominique - Molly - Lucy - Roxanne - James - Albus Severus - Scorpius - Rose - Louis - Lily
Rating: G
Genre: General
A/N: Many thanks to my beta shina_laris !
My sister is an obnoxious brat. Mummy would put me in time out in the corner if she heard that, but it is only the truth. Rose is always bragging about things. It irritates me! Today she burst in the door shrieking that she can read better than all of her classmates.
I wouldn’t have cared that she said that. Sure, she was bragging, but I don’t really care if she makes herself look like an obnoxious buffoon. It was that she followed up her announcement by making fun of me that really annoyed me. She turned to me and said, “You know, Hugo, you need to learn your letters. Then you will be as good a student as I am when you start school. It’s cool to be the best student in class.”
That has to be one of the meanest things she has ever said to me. I am trying so super hard to learn my letters, but I just can’t do it. I can recite my alphabet forwards and backwards. I can count all the way to one hundred. I just can’t read or write any letters or numbers.
It’s so frustrating. Mummy and Daddy show me my letters all of the time, but I just can’t figure out which one is which. All of them look different. Mummy will show me two letters that look different, but she says they are the same letter. It’s so easy to mix them up too, because the few I do recognize look like others that I don’t know. I hate b’s and d’s and p’s and q’s. They look so alike!
It’s not fair. I walked and talked before Rose did. I’m better at putting puzzles together than she is. My room is always cleaner than her room is and I get in trouble less often than she does. By the time Rose was my age she already knew how to read and write almost all of her letters, so she thinks I’m dumb.
I hate this. I feel so stupid. Mummy says it is okay that I don’t know any letters because I’m only four and I have plenty of time to learn them. She says I’m the smartest four-year-old she knows. I don’t believe her. I still want to be smarter.
Mummy is the smartest witch ever, or at least that is what Daddy says. I think it’s true though, because she is the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and you can’t be stupid and be a Ministry Head. Plus, when she took her NEWTS, she had the highest scores in half a decade. Daddy isn’t exactly stupid either. Mummy says he’s a few ingredients short of a proper potion, but he still manages to beat everyone he challenges at chess. He’s also Assistant to the Head of the Aurors, who is Uncle Harry, and he helps Uncle George with his joke shop stuff sometimes.
I’m the only stupid one I guess. It’s hard to deal with sometimes. When you are surrounded by smart people and you are the only one who can’t do things, it makes you feel really bad. I hate having to ask for help, because I feel like I should be able to figure things out on my own.
I just want to be smart. I know, deep down, that I’m not stupid. I just don’t get this reading thing. It’s the first thing I have not been able to do. I learn how to do everything else pretty easily. I just can’t figure out things that have to do with sight. Sometimes my shapes confuse me. I just don’t have ability to recognise numbers or letters. I don’t understand why I’m having such a hard time with this. None of the other kids I know are having any problems. Lily knows a bunch of her letters already, and I usually do everything before she does.
My whole world isn't learning and being the best though. I spend time playing outdoors and I like to colour. I read picture books and I watch the television. I spend time at Grandma Molly's house and we cook cookies and pies and things. Grandpa Arthur and I sit together and he tells me stories about when he was little. Lily and I play dress up and pretend to be King and Queen or Muggles. Gran and Gramps let me come over to their Muggle house sometimes and I play with the Muggle toys they bought me, like video games and race cars. I have a lot of fun playing games with people.
I just wish I was as smart as the rest of my family. I love learning and I hate being stumped by something. I'll read someday; until then I guess I'll just do my best to learn my letters.
Other Bios: Teddy - Victoire - Fred - Dominique - Molly - Lucy - Roxanne - James - Albus Severus - Scorpius - Rose - Louis - Lily