Tara Granger-Weasley

Tara Granger-Weasley, born on December 17th 2031 to Rose Granger-Weasley, is a Ravenclaw witch known for leading her side of the Dark War to victory. She is the first grandchild of the famed Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, through their daughter Rose. Tara is her mother's oldest daughter, with one younger half-sister, Lucinda Malfoy, and her eventual stepbrother Henri Malfoy. Tara marries Ming Jiang, the American pen pal of her best friend Regina.

## Biography

### Hogwarts Years

#### 1st Year (2043-2044)

\*SPOILERS FOR Regina Potter Book 1\*

Tara started at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as a first year in 2043. On the train there, Tara is alone in a compartment reading a book, when her second cousin Regina comes and sits by her. Eventually, Tara finally looks up from her book and makes decent conversation for the first time in a while, and discovers Regina really is a fun person to be around, and the two become best friends. Tara is immediately sorted into Ravenclaw, and Regina is almost sorted into Gryffindor until the sorting hat makes a last minute desicion to put Regina in Ravenclaw based on her desire to be with Tara. Over time, Regina and Tara befriend the at first rather unpleasant Henri Malfoy. While he makes a wonderful best friend for them both, the girls suspect something is wrong with him, as he has a white streak in his hair that is continually turning gray, and his eyes occasionally flash green and black in moments of rage. He also suspiciously carries a book that appears to be written by "The Dark Lady". One day, their worst suspicions come true as a dangerous curse strikes Regina and hospitalizes her. While in the hospital wing, Regina has a dream/vision of the past showing Henri's mother in a fit of rage, possessed by the same green and black, sending a Cruciatus curse that hits the head of 5-year-old Henri. After Regina's recovery, the fact that Henri was the one who cursed Regina is confirmed, as they find him in the Ravenclaw common room, attempting to curse himself out of regret. He reveals the truth to the girls that his mother returns from Azkaban that Christmas, and he planned to kill her as revenge for her actions when he was young. Regina and Tara are horrified, but they cannot change his mind. After Henri gets taken to Azkaban himself after his plot against his mother is found out, Regina and Tara form a plan. They discover that Henri does not truly want to kill his mother, but some enchanted ink in the book he was carrying corrupted him and surely was what caused his mother to violent as well. With evidence he was innocent, the girls were ready to go on a quest over winter break to break Henri out of Azkaban. Taking Louise, Dorothy, and Danielle with them, they journey across the sea to the dementor riddled-island. Along the way, Tara has a horrifying moment where she becomes fully possessed, and they find out she may have been too exposed to the enchanted ink in her investigation. The call this possessed version of her "Dark Tara". Upon reaching Azkaban, the group break Henri out, but face the true Dark Lady who was also imprisoned there: the author behind the cursed book, and the most powerful witch in the world to date. She posesses Henri and Tara to become Dark Henri and Dark Tara, and the group battles, saving their friends but releasing The Dark Lady in the process. This battle would come to be known as the first battle of The Dark War: **The Battle of Azkaban**. The group return home for Christmas, and Regina's mother is horrified to hear about the Dark Lady, and she and her sister Jordan reveal the true story of Noturiana: The Dark Lady. Her real name is Natalie Jones, the twin sister of Jordan, and was very powerful witch with a thirst for power and knowledge. Amy had a gift for Divination at the time, and accidentally emitted a prophecy revealing Natalie would be taken down by someone of her own blood, and after Regina was born on the exact same birthday as Jordan and Natalie, Natalie believed the prophecy was referring to Regina. Out of fear of being killed, Natalie has a panic attack and her powers explode a muggle town. She is sent to Azkaban after her act of terrorism, but Amy has no idea as to how she has been affecting the outside world from there. Amy worries the world is in grave danger now that Noturiana is free. Tara is determined to help her targeted best friend, no matter what it takes. After recovering from her exhaustion after being Dark Tutra in St. Mungo's Hospital, the second half of the school year goes on without incident, although everyone is in a constant state of fear.

During the preparations for breaking out Henri, Tara observes Regina becoming very stressed out and notices she's been forgetting to write to her pen pal in America, Ming Jiang. Wanting to help out her friend, she starts writing to Ming posing as Regina. It works for a couple of weeks, but after Christmas break, Ming reveals in one of her letters that she knows it isn't Regina writing her letters anymore. She asks who it is behind the pen and Tara admits to trying to help her friend. At this point, Regina is able to write to Ming more regularly, but wanting to stay in contact with Ming, Tara begins writing her letters as well.