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"Hmmm... Not a bad mind, no not at all.... Not brave enough to be a Gryffindor or pure enough to be a Slytherin, but you would be an excellent Ravenclaw or even a Hufflepuff. Hmmm... Better be... RAVENCLAW!"

Austin Drake Worthington (b. May 25) is a student in Ravenclaw at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Family Lineage

 * "Will it make a differance, me being Muggle-born?"
 * "Nah, no diff'rance. Some o' th' best are."
 * -Austin Worthington to Rubeus Hagrid

When Austin was first introduced to the Wizarding world, it was believed that he was a Muggle-born, but was later revealed that he was a direct descendant of one of the Squib sons of Thaddeus Thurkell, who is his earliest known magical ancestor. Because he has traceable magical ancestry, some would consider him a Half-Blood, but pureblood fanatics consider him Muggle-Born, because his Squib ancestors were disowned by Wizarding society, and he himself says that he is a "Mudblood and proud."

Early Life
Austin was born on May 25 to Muggle parents, in a mainly Muggle town. He was exceptionally bright in his Muggle schooling, and in his youth he often experienced strange things that he could not explain, unaware of his magical talent.

You're a Wizard, Austin
In 2007 Austin turned 11, which is the same day that he discovered the exceptional reality about his identity. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had invited Austin in. The week of his birthday, Rubeus Hagrid was sent by Hogwarts and explained to he and his parents that there were witches and wizards in hiding all over the world. Hagrid gave him a small, homemade birthday cake and took Austin to Diagon Alley and, using a fund set up by the school to help Austin's poor Muggle family, they bought supplies at the shops. Austin also brought along his rather old cat.

Dragon Heartstring Wand
Austin's wand is 12 inches long and is made of holly. Its core is made of dragon heartstring. It was crafted by Ollivander.

First Year
For his first year, Austin arrived at Hogwarts from the Hogwarts Express and he was very happy when the Sorting Hat put him in Ravenclaw.

At his first Potions lesson under Horace Slughorn, he was deemed excellent at the subject when he brew, quite by accident, the Love Potion Amortentia, which to him smells like freshly mown grass, cinnamon, and roses. From that day, Austin has been a member of the Slug Club.

Other subjects at which he had notable skill included Charms, Transfiguration, History of Magic, and, by extent, Herbology. Indeed, Professor Sprout took a liking of the boy and invited him and several gifted others on a Magizoology trip through the Forbidden Forest. When he first entered the treeline of the forest, he saw a large clump of soil that looked like it had been churned up. When he asked Professor Sprout about this she said that it was where centaurs had marched to the rescue during the Battle of Hogwarts almost a decade ago. Interested, Austin examined the dirt closer, and saw a small, shiny object half buried. Pulling it out, he saw it was a golden ring, inset with a small, black stone. He put it into his pocket and, after examing several Bowtruckles with the rest of the students, he walked back to the castle and hid the ring in his chest in Ravenclaw Tower.

Several weeks later, Austin took a History of Magic extra credit essay on Dark Wizards. Sitting in his dormitory, reading Magick Moste Evile, Austin remembered the ring and got it out of the chest and held it in his palm. Studying about Grindelwald and Voldemort, he boredly flipped the ring in his hand, and is shocked when the ghosts of the two evil sorcerers appeared in front of him.

Needing to banish the spirits, Austin immediately ran to the Headmistress's office and showed it to McGonagall, who consulted the portrait of Albus Dumbledore for help. Dumbledore told the two about the Resurrection Stone, and said that the only way to destroy the spirits of Voldemort and Grindelwald is to completely destroy the ring, but that such powerful peices of magic could not be destroyed except by whom they were made. With that, McGonagall flipped the ring thrice, and brought the spirit of Cadmus Peverell, who, rather than Death, Dumbledore believed to have created the ring. However, Cadmus repeated the Beedle the Bard story, assuring them Death created the thing himself. As they contemplated how to get out of the predicament, one wall of the office exploded, and the two evil wizards began to attack them, McGonagall pushed Austin out of the office, and he went into hiding, living in the dungeons with Professor Slughorn for weeks, as the teachers held off Voldemort and Grindelwald.

Finally, McGonagall sent him a talking Patronus, explaining that the spirits could be destroyed by love. Not knowing what to do, Slughorn told him to brew Amortentia, which Austin did, bottling it to use against the ghosts. Austin approached the two wizards, and splashed them with the liquid love, which weakened them considerably. The two villains dueled him, but Austin's experience in Charms helped him survive longer than most, only to be hit by a Killing Curse directed by the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Artemius Vercryusse, who confessed to have been searching the Forbideen Forest for the Resurrection Stone ring for decades after hearing Harry Potter dropped it before facing Voldemort nearly a decade before.

Meanwhile, Austin was in limbo between life and death briefly. While in a dead state, he was confronted by the embodiement of Death, whom he gave the Stone. Death destroyed the ring, having been wanting to get it back because he regretted ever making it, and, as a reward, Death sent Austin back to his life. Austin awoke and was attacked once more by Professor Vercryusse, but this time the evil professor was attacked by several other teachers and carted off to Azkaban. Although Austin was offered the option of not having to take the end-of-term tests due to circumstance, he took them willingly before going home at the end of the year.

Second Year
Austin's started out badly when Headmistress McGonagall's office was vandalised, and Aurors were called in. The recently elected head of the Department, Harry Potter was brought in, and soon became Austin's idol. After being introduced through Professor Slughorn, Harry soon found out that Austin was much like his friend Hermione Weasley, head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and introduced the two. Hermione gave him advice on career choices, and after discovering his aptitude for Potions and hearing of his defeat of Voldemort's ghost the year before, she suggested becoming a Potions expert at the Department of Mysteries.

Using her Ministry contacts, Hermione got Austin a stint as the apprentice to the Unspeakable Potions brewer, Ogg McKinnon, a job he could fulfill on weekends off from school. Around the same time, the culprit behind the office burnings was caught attempting to attack Austin while he slept. It was none other than Artemius Vercryusse, the same teacher who killed Austin the year before. Vercryusse had escaped from Azkaban, saying it was "easy as Pumpkin Pasties now that they stopped using dementors."

While Vercryusse was being interrogated, Austin asked Harry why the man kept trying to kill him, and Harry said vaguely that since he was persuing a career as an Unspeakable, he'd know soon enough. During Austin's first lesson under Ogg, the man refused to tell him anything about why Austin had been the victim of attempted murder, but after several lessons, the Unspeakable loosened up and told Austin of a prophecy, concerning a boy born on the 25 of May to Muggle parents, who would be the one that would bring about the end of the Wizarding world.

Terrified, Austin locked himself in his dorm after returning to Hogwarts and, stricken, refuses to eat for days, until slipped a Calming Draught by Madam Pomfrey and being taken to St Mungo's for bad mental health after being terrified by the fact he would destroy his world. While in the ward, Austin befriended fellow patient Elvira Thorton, a rather brainy witch who he had a bit of a crush on.

Elvira, a pureblood, had heard of the prophecy concerning him, and was willing to help him prevent it. After they were both released from the hospital and returned to Hogwarts, Austin was pleased to learn that Elvira was a fellow Ravenclaw, albeit one he had never properly met. When he arrived back at the castle, Austin was interviewed by Rita Skeeter about being the eventual destroyer of the Wizarding world. Seeing that he needed an escape, Harry Potter told the boy about the Room of Requirement, which Austin consented to use as his secret place from then on.

Sadly, Skeeter, in her beatle Animagus form discovered where he was going, and followed him there. However, Austin was shocked when a secret compartment swung open when she came near, and he discovered that a hidden tunnel behind it lead to the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade. He befriended the bartender, Aberforth Dumbledore, and indeed became quite popular among the citizens of the purely wizard village. Shortly before returning home at the end of the year, Austin and Elvira read in the Daily Prophet about a group calling themselves the Neo-Death Eaters being formed.