Ruby Hunt

"*You have somebody dangerous who's living right next to you. I have evidence, proof, I just need your help getting it out, because you're close to — to* it*. Coming from you, it's a lot more credible.*"
—Ruby appeals to Miller and Chester

**Ruby Hunt** is a witch known for her me-versus-the-world attitude. She attended Makutu Kura Institution of Magic in the 2010s.

## About

Crafty and persistent, Ruby likes to feel superior over others. One way she does this is by creating word games that insult her enemies, not realising they're so obscure that only she really cares to puzzle over them. She's also dexterous, capable of rushing at great horizontal speed to get to where she needs to be. Occasionally she'll bump into someone whilst moving about, and she was described by one student as having "the force of a truck".[?]

Ruby is confident about her heritage status and initially flaunts it to anyone of non-magical descent, often with added bragging about her wand's make belying her obvious virtue. She tends to hold very harmful perspectives on different subjects, more-so at the start of each school year, but with time away from her family she becomes less adamant.

## History

### Early Years

Ruby grew up rather conservative by wizard standards, and never really changed much as she aged. She often used her sibling Nicole Finch as a scapegoat and was rewarded for letting others know of bad behaviour. In turn, Nicole teased her about her inability to do magic in her childhood, calling her non-magical. Ruby was so upset by this one day that she magically smashed her glass at the dining table, proving she was a witch.[?]

### Attendance at Makutu Kura

Main Article: 2010 School Year

Ruby privately celebrated her 14th birthday with her family on the 30th of January, a few days early. One of her presents was a beautifully-carved wand, just in time for her to go to school the next day. She loved the wand and was delirious with excitement over having it with her.

Ruby boarded the School Bus from somewhere north of Central Otago. She sat on at least the second floor and would come down to greet every new student if she suspected they were a first-year, before flaunting her wand to them (as most first years did not yet have wands). It's this way that she met her classmates Kris Williams and Landon Sand, the latter of whom she insulted before Kris shot back at her and politely drove her away.

During orientation, Ruby was so busy trying to hold a court that she was unable to pick a dormitory for herself and chose the only empty spot available, with January Hundley. January and Ruby did not get along initially, but they eventually found common interests, both learned about Australia by chatting to Erik Domino and David Winfield, and stuck together in potions class to keep to a routine they'd devised. Ruby instead took umbrage to her building-mate Diana Morris after she openly came out as a lesbian.

For her actual birthday, she received an enchanted object in the mail as an extra gift.

Throughout the year, she quickly became known among her peers for needling them about their status and views, only to shallowly turn them away when hearing something she didn't like. Her sister Nicole came out as transgender during her first term break, resulting in the family having a messy fight. Nicole swore never to speak to them again, and Ruby found herself magically cursed with the inability to say Nicole's former name. The experience, and the feeling of her family having been torn apart, stuck with her for the rest of her schooling.

Main Article: 2011 School Year

During her time at school, Ruby came to realise that her views on heritage status were not tolerated by her peers, and she quieted down about them. When Lucas Flint began attending school in her second year and spouted similar views very vocally, she initially joined him. Later as the year progressed, she tried to convince him that nobody accepted this here and he needed to calm down to fit in, but he refused to listen to her.

Ruby then started to dislike her building-mates Diana and Rochelle Qin, who had taken to hanging pride flags over their windows, appearing not to care about Rochelle's casual explanation of what the lesbian and asexual flags meant. She later attempted to stain their clothes with dye, and in response Rochelle and Diana elected to have a separate magical washing machine placed in their private bathroom.

Towards the end of her second year, she asked Professor Sand about asexuality after class, relating somewhat to his experience and remembering Rochelle's flag. When confronting her parents about it over the break they promptly disregarded it and reinforced what it means to be "normal". Ruby went into her third year having forgotten about asexuality entirely.

### Stepping up her Schemes

Main Article: 2012 School Year

She grew to despise Landon Sand and his associates, and on multiple occasions attempted to ruin his reputation. This began to escalate further when she eavesdropped and discovered he was trans; anticipating something similar to what happened with Nicole, Ruby felt the need to let people know about the danger that Landon posed, and took to asking his dormmates Miller and Chester for help going about this.

In retaliation, Landon became involved in a scheme to ruin her credibility by brewing a potion to obscure her statements. Also opposing her were Chester and Miller, Kris Williams, and even her dorm-mate January. On the day she was supposed to expose Landon to the school, she realised a second too late that her drink had been spiked, and began unwillingly talking about lemons.

She also took to bullying Landon's cousin Lesley by messing with her mental health. When Landon found out, he shoved Ruby down a hill, and she was suddenly stricken with blind panic, flashing back to the initial shove that sparked the duel she witnessed at her family home a few years prior. She was so unsettled that Landon became worried, and she fled before he could express his concern.

At another point in time, Ruby magically altered her appearance to resemble Landon, and attempted to either frame him by planting something in his desk, or steal one of his belongings. She successfully entered his dormitory, but Kris walked in and tried to chat to her, assuming she really was Landon. Feeling rumbled, Ruby excused herself to the bathroom and clambered out the window, in time for Landon to enter the dormitory and Kris to ask who just entered the bathroom.

### Radio Show

After she finished her fifth year at Makutu Kura she opted out of attending career years, instead choosing to start a talk show on wizarding radio frequencies. Other hosts didn't seem to like her: She became outraged in an interview with Arlo Baldwin, and the host of another talk show once declared that it felt like she was up to no good.

She did begin with the intentions of informing other wixen about the dangers she experienced and started out in closed circles, but the opportunity to discuss matters in a mature environment slowly opened her eyes to the real experiences of queer wixen. Her time broadcasting helped her come to terms with her own identity and make amends with her past mistakes.

## Magical Abilities and Skills

**Potions**: Despite her dislike for her teacher Joel, Ruby has an unprecedented affinity for potions. She resents being behind Rochelle Qin in potions classes.

## Other

### Notes

1. ↑ Ruby had already boarded the bus by the time Landon gets on.

### References

1. ↑  "Chapter 1" - *Landon's Story*
2. ↑  "Chapter 2" - **The Gifted School**
3. ↑  "Chapter 3" - *Landon's Story*