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Application for Hogwarts School
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Name: Nina Rosalyn McCormick
Birthday: 16th September 1935
Hometown: Barnton, Cheshire
Bloodline: Halfblood
Magical Strength (pick one): Transfiguration
Magical Weakness (pick one): Divination
Year (pick two): Fifth (pls) / fourth year
Biography:
(Hoping it's okay to reference Gryffindor in this!)
Nina's parents met through mutual friends in London in early 1958 (1920). Her mother, Claudine - surname then Roux - was a French pureblood, newly graduated and working in Magical Psychology, while her father, Andrew, a muggleborn, had recently got a job at the Ministry. They hit it off immediately, but their love story was not an easy one; the Roux family, elitists, did not approve of their daughter marrying someone of blood less pure than their own - let alone a 'mudblood'.
Of course, this didn't stop Claudine. She and Andrew were married two summers later, and welcomed their first child, Annabelle, in 1962 (1924). However, with their new family, Claudine lost contact with the rest of hers - the McCormicks have rarely visited the Roux household in France, let alone them come to England - and it wasn't long until Andrew lost his too. His parents, both muggles, were lost to the time warp, who were far more happy about the marriage, were lost to the time warp. Nina has no memory of them; she was little older than one when they disappeared.
Nina's childhood was idyllic, a mixture of a wizarding and muggle upbringing. She spent equal time zipping about on a tiny, slow-moving broom, and practising netball, a muggle sport her father taught her. The youngest of three siblings and the youngest of her cousins, she was - and still is - spoiled by her family.
Her brother and sister, Samuel and Annabelle, are not dissimilar to her in that they are both very loud, and very competitive, which made her household very noisy growing up, and so Nina would have to shout extra loud in order to be heard. This is now habit; she has a tendency to speak very loudly and tries in both Quidditch and her academic work in order to try and get one up over both her siblings. Annabelle did well at school, while Samuel is now a Quidditch player - Nina feels compelled to compete in both areas.
Sorted in to Gryffindor for her - sometimes foolish - bravery, Nina has spent the last four years playing on the Quidditch team, and working hard in Transfiguration, perhaps neglecting the rest of her subjects. It is unlikely her fifth year will be any different!
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Note: This section is optional, and is up to you to complete.
House Request: Gryffindor - her original house!
Personality: Loud, blunt, organised, sweet at heart.
Appearance: [FC: Maia Mitchell]
→ SAMPLE ROLEPLAY.
In response to Sample 1.
Where was Finny? He'd asked her to meet here - Merlin knows for what reason, or why he had chosen here - but she had work to do. OWLs were fast approaching, and her fourth year had ended with some of her most disappointing grades yet. There was no question that she had to get her act together, and that meant there was no time to get embroiled any sort of elaborate prank her friend may have planned.
Yet here she was, listening to the sound of her own footsteps, relatively relaxed in the once intimidating dungeon. The smell of damp wasn't nice, but it had become familiar, and so didn't unsettle her too much. Why didn't the school did something about it? She was sure the swimming pool had something to do with it.
The silence, however, made Nina truly uncomfortable. She was never one for quiet, even comfortable silences, but this lifeless lack of sound was definitely the worst type. It seemed she was the only soul in these dungeons, glancing down at her watch to confirm she hadn't got the time Finny had given her wrong.
"H-h-hello?"
Nina nearly jumped out of her skin. It was a whisper, but bloody hell it echoed.
It seemed she'd been very wrong about being the only person in the dungeons, for a tiny, fair haired girl stood a few metres in front of her. She swore first years got shorter every year; if she hadn't said anything, Nina would have probably continued walking in a straight line, not looking where she was going, and would have ploughed into the little girl.
Given how much she had surprised Nina - and how pathetically scared the tiny blonde looked - she was tempted to snap at her. However, she felt a little protective over the girl, considering the colour of her tie.
"Hello! Is Emma Birch here?"
"Emma Birch," Nina repeated. "I haven't heard that story in years." Emma Birch's death was before she had started at Hogwarts, and she was one of its older students now. "Who's told you about that?"
She'd have thought it below seventh years to go telling tiny firsties about a dead girl so close to the start of term.
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Please list any characters you have on the site (current and previous): Nina McCormick, (Venetia Cadwallader)
How did you find us?: The URL came to me in a dream.
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Dear Miss McCormick,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Term begins 1 September 2017. Currently, students have gathered at Camp Loki (http://hogwarts-school.net/summer), and we encourage you to spend your summer there. Should you choose, you may also visit our Elsewhere (http://hogwarts-school.net/elsewhere) board via the Floo Network to visit or purchase school supplies.
Yours sincerely,
Ella Galanis
Head of Ravenclaw
