Childhood
August 20, 1875	Born a month early and after a difficult labor, a pair of twins arrive. Their mother succumbs to severe blood loss only hours later. With the help of their mother’s sister, their father names the twins Rashmika and Chandrima, respectively.
1880	On one of the family’s then-frequent visits to Samaya’s family in India, Rashmika and her grandmother begin occasionally stealing into the kitchens together to watch the cooks at work. Grandmother knows it isn’t proper, but it was something she had once done with Samaya, and thus she doesn’t mind.
1881	Enter — Charlotte, a far-too-young woman not favored by the twins. Not long after the honeymoon, Charlotte’s makeup begins making strange happenings occur. From hot pink lips to neon green eyelids, no one’s quite able to prove that it’s Rashmika’s first act of magic. Chandrima’s certain, but never says a word. By the year’s end, however, Rashmika accidentally makes a perfume bottle explode in a shop that Charlotte was eyeing.
1882	Charlotte gives birth to a boy, a son, for the Meredeth name, and shortly after, Hansika sits the twins down and explains what Issac’s very existence means for their inheritance. Rashmika wasn’t nearly as unhinged by the news as Chandrima, though she is somewhat disheartened by the news.
Hogwarts
1886 — 1888	Rashmika and Chandrima arrive at Hogwarts together, holding onto one another tightly from the moment they set foot on the train to the moment that, for once, Chandrima was first for something. It’s merely moments before the Sorting Hat declares the eleven-year-old girl for Gryffindor — and immediately after, Rashmika for Slytherin. For the first time in their lives, the twins are separated. Unlike her younger sister, Rashmika thrives in more practical lessons, such as Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions, and finds her weakness in more bookish classes such as Astronomy and History of Magic. She particularly hates English Astronomy.
1888 — 1889	Rashmika despises being forced to add a class to her lessons, but after much deliberation, she settles on something some of her classmates have chosen — Divination. Better than Care of Magical Creatures. Who wants to shovel magical animal dung?
June, 1889	The whole of the Meredeth family takes up residence in Hogsmeade, though keeping their country home. Rashmika does not like this, particularly for the lack of kitchen space, as she still maintains the habit formed by her grandmother of sneaking into the kitchen on occasion.
1889 — 1891	Rashmika’s OWL years pass without much incident.
1891 — 1893	Rashmika decides to continue forth with five classes — the sane maximum, as she doesn’t wish to overwhelm herself and she feels like several of the other classes she was taking are stupid subjects. Her seventh year, however, is primarily dedicated to her future debut. Where Chandrima is nervous, Rashmika is excited. She’s been waiting her whole life to debut, and expects that she will likely marry within a year of her first Season. In addition to the Hogwarts ball, the twins are given a private, joint coming out, to ensure they have an opportunity to shine — in happy yellow, rather than mourning white.