Lapis Rivers

* Adult
* Teen
* Infant

**Lapis Sierra Hunter** (née **Rivers**) (b.15 September, 1992) is an English pure-blood witch; the eldest daughter of Erica and Yasuko Rivers (née Rivera), the older sister of Moana and Matthew, wife of Zuko Hunter, and the mother of Maria, Kallik, and Calypso Hunter. Lapis attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 2003 to 2010. She was Sorted into Hufflepuff House and was a member of the Slug Club. In her seventh year she was made Head Girl and began dating Zuko Hunter in her fifth year.

In looks, she is the spitting image of her mother, but has her father's brave personality. She isn't afraid to stand up for her friends, no matter who they are, and seems to be closer to those in Slytherin House. After graduating from Hogwarts, Lapis married Zuko Hunter and gave birth to three children: Maria Ursa, Kallik Sokka, Calypso Yasuko Hunter.

## Early life (1992-2003)

**Yasuko Rivers**: "*Lapis, do you know who those to girls are?*"
**Lapis**: "*No, Mama.*"
**Yasuko Rivers**: "*That's your Auntie Aurora and your Auntie Nathara*"
**Lapis**: "*Auntie?*"
— Lapis meets Aurora and Nathara, age 4

Lapis Sierra Rivers was born to Erica and Yasuko Rivers (née Rivera) sometime during the autumn of 1993, two years after her parents graduated from Hogwarts. Her first interaction with Aurora Pikeman and Nathara Prince-Slytheirn was a month after her birth during a Hogsmeade weekend. The month-old baby was immediately taken with the two girls, and almost started crying when she had to leave.

Every Hogsmeade weekend was spent with Aurora, Nathara, and her parents, and soon, Erica and Yasuko asked Aurora and Nathara to be her babysitters. Her childhood was full of new experiences and along with bursts of accidental magic,

At the age of eleven, Lapis bought her wand from Ollivanders in Diagon Alley.

### Hogwarts years (2003–2010)

At the age of eleven, Lapis started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was Sorted into Hufflepuff house.

## Later life

**Lapis**: "*Maria Ursa Hunter, you are not cursed. Your father and I don't care what you may think, you are still our child and we love you.*"
**Maria Hunter**: "*But, Mommy....*"
**Lapis**: "*No, buts, my little warrior. You are still you.*"
— Lapis and Maria before she leaves for Hogwarts

After graduating from Hogwarts in 2010, Lapis married Zuko and gave birth to a daughter after a year of marriage; Maria Ursa Hunter was born in the summer of 2011, during the Summer Solstice. In the year following Maria's birth, Lapis had two more children: Kallik and Calypso. Lapis, Zuko, Maria, Calypso, and Kallik were an extremely happy family that was fueled by love and loyalty. The couple taught their children that it was important to be honest, thoughtful of others, loyal, brave, and smart.

## Physical appearance

**Kiara Prince-Slytherin**: "*Lapis is so beautiful!*"
**Rose Granger-Weasley**: "*Really?*"
**James Potter II**: "*Are we wrong?*"    — Kiara, Rose, and James commenting on Lapis's looks
Lapis was an extremely attractive and beautiful woman with thick, dark brown hair that fell below her shoulders, and bright blue eyes eyes. All of the students and the professors actually agree that she was the most beautiful girl in school, but was not arrogant or vain about it. She usually wore her hair down or in a top knot adorned with a flame headpiece, and, according to Kiara, Rose, and James, nearly the entire school was developing a crush on her. Some of the professors even commented that she was the spitting image of her mother, Yasuko.

## Personality and traits

Lapis was known for being a vivacious, talented, brave, and popular student. She was a responsible student and leader to be Head Girl in her final year at Hogwarts. Filius Flitwick noted that Lapis was witty, intelligent and charming.

Lapis was a woman of sound moral principles and would stand by them no matter what it cost her. On more than one occasion, she called out Azula Hunter and her friends for their bullying of her crush, Zuko Hunter.
Though she had a sharp tongue and had no problems in standing up to others when she was in a temper, Lapis was still the type of person who would give others a second chance when they had proven themselves worthy of it. The most notable instance of this was when she agreed to date Zuko, despite his insistence that she deserved someone better than him.
She displayed a large amount of love, courage, intelligence, and loyalty that put most of her schoolmates to shame.

## Magical abilities and skills

Lapis was a truly powerful and accomplished witch before she even started school, because in a bout of accidental magic while Aurora and Nathara were babysitting her, in their third year, she conjured a corporeal wolf patronus, emphasizing her loyalty and desire to protect others.

* **Love**: Lapis displayed a tremendous amount of love throughout her life. One of her most celebrated displays of this was confessing her love for Zuko by telling him "*You are innocent of the crimes committed by others. The only actions you are responsible for are your own. I don't care about how you look or act; all I care about is the fact that you love me enough to think I deserve better.*"
* **Duelling** Along with her husband Zuko, Lapis was able to escape her bullies, which showcased her remarkable talent in martial magic.
* **Potions**: According to Severus, Lapis was an excellent potioneer who impressed even him. She had an *"instinctual understanding"* of the subject.
* **Charms**: Lapis excelled in charm-work - her wand was described as being *"nice for Charms work".* She was able to animate teapots to make *"[them] sing"* and effectively conjure a corporeal wolf Patronus by just thinking of her happiest memory, which is an incredibly advanced piece of protective magic.
* **Transfiguration**: Lapis was revealed to have been proficient in transfiguration. When home from Hogwarts for the holidays, she *"turned teacups into rats".* She also transfigured a snowdrop petal into a fish, which Minerva described as "*beautiful magic, wondrous to behold*".
* **Control of Underage Magic**: Before attending Hogwarts, Lapis already had a level of control over her magic - once she literally flew into the air after jumping off a swing and subsequently slowed her descent to lightly land on the ground. She also went on to manipulate a flower to open and close its petals like *"some bizarre, many-lipped oyster"*.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Rivers Family

Lapis had a happy home life and a close relationship with her parents and younger brother and sister. Lapis had a close relationship with her little brother and sister, whom she often played with. They were almost never separated and did everything together.

Along with her younger siblings, Lapis was close with her parents, Yasuko and Erica. Before Matthew and Moana joined their family, Lapis and her parents were joined at the hip. Neither of them were really apart, until the Battle of Hogwarts. On that day, Lapis was left in the care of her maternal grandparents.

In the five years following the war, Lapis gained a younger brother and a younger sister. However, Lapis left for Hogwarts when her brother was a year old.

#### Zuko Hunter

Lapis's relationship with Zuko Hunter was initially a tentative one. They first met on the Hogwarts Express just before the start of their first year at Hogwarts, at which time Lapis was gaining popularity while Zuko was fading into the background.

By his fifth year, Zuko started to have romantic feelings for Lapis and would try to get her attention, but due to their popularity statuses, it was near impossible. Lapis was popular and well-liked by everyone, while almost nobody liked Zuko; and most hung out with him out of pity.

By her fifth year, Lapis eventually began going out with Zuko and grew to fall in love with him as well. The two had similar positions in Hogwarts as Head Girl and Head Boy. Shortly after their graduation, Lapis got married. They eventually had a child, Maria Ursa Hunter. Her Patronus took the shape of a wolf, while her husband's was a wolf as well.