Term 19 Optional Essay

Ooc: This essay is a chance to write out your character's life story. This is also an opportunity to earn house points.

This essay must be at least 100 words long and it is to be written in first person. Those are the only requirements. Everyone who participates will receive 20 points for their house.

Have fun with this. If you enjoy this activity, we will do it again.

Name: Julie-Pierre Krischstein
House: Feu
Sixth Year
I was born is the city of Potsdam to a duo of seemingly wonderful people. My mother was kind at first sight, sweet with her words and her comforting touch, and my father a stern yet still mostly calm individual. They didn't expect me to come, but they say they love me all the same, so I've believed them.

Ever since I was young, my parents were concerned with how I acted. They said that sometimes I acted too feminine or too childish, even to the point where they asked me if I saw myself as a boy or a girl. I remember saying to them, "Of course I'm a boy! I am who I am, but I'm not any less a boy!" From this, I guess, they knew I was a decently smart one, for they started teaching me some spells early in life.

Of course, a lot of them I forgot. That was due to me getting too happy with using spells. I would use them to do my chores and to fake going to sleep so I could do what I want. I even did a prank on my father once that nearly burnt his arm. I didn't mean for that to happen, it just got out of hand. From that, I wasn't allowed to use magic in the magic too much, only a certain amount of spells a day excluding legitimate studies, until I went to Beauxbatonss.

When I came here, I met some really great people. Sadly I've not been able to talk to one in a good while, and it hurts a little, but I guess it could be for the best. I've met a lot of others here, I'll admit, but the one that means the most is a girl named Autumn Armstrong. For a while, now, I've liked her as a friend, and then more so, and recently we got together. Really, our times together since have been really great, and maybe things can get greater. I don't know what fate will bring, but I hope it will come out right in the end.

Recently I got put in my house's quidditch team, and I'm really happy to say that I helped them win the house cup. It was really fun, but also a little stressful. Everyone really did give a good game, but the oracles seemed to be in my team's favour. Whatever comes comes, and I take it with pride. I only wonder if my team may be able to win this year, too.

Name: Lucie Banken
House: Feu
Year: Seventh

I am the middle child of three and the only girl. Owen is older and Hans is younger. Both of them pests. I was born and lived in Amsterdam. Still do live there during the holidays. The same house all my life.

My father was an engineer and he was often busy. Despite that he still took time out for me and my brothers. We'd go to all sorts of places around Amsterdam. My favourite was one of the local parks where we'd go squirrel hunting. He died when I was nine. After that my maternal grandparents moved in along with my grandfather's horrible little dog so that my mother could go to work without worrying about us.

The day I received my letter inviting me to Beauxbatons was one which I don't really like to remember. It was a little bit like another thing which set me apart from my brothers. As far as they were concerned it was bad enough that I liked to collect dolls. Now I was a witch as well. They always called me freak after that. It was a good day when my younger brother was clearly not a wizard and thus wouldn't follow me to Beauxbatons.

Despite my worry about going away to boarding school and leaving my friends I really didn't have much to worry about. At home I disliked sport simply because my older brother was always making me play. Here I fell in love with the game of Quidditch and even became Captain in my very first year at Beauxbatons. That was a big shock for an eleven year old. Exciting and daunting all at the same time. Even better were the number of wins my team has had. This brings me to my desired job of becoming a Quidditch professional. There is nothing else which I can think of that I'd like to do more. Especially with a mostly poor academic record. And as this is my final year I haven't much hope of changing that.

There really isn't much more to say about my life other than my grandfather's horrid dog finally died this year.

My name is Jonas. I'm twelve at the time I'm writing this. I know, I'm young. But age is stupid.

My real name is Connor, but I hated that name a lot. So I changed it to the name of a person I read about in a book.

I was born in Cheshire, where I still live. In the east side, though. Wilmslow. Or maybe I was born somewhere else. I don't remember being born. I'm pretty sure that no one does, but I've been surprised before. But yep. The United Kingdom. It's not very fun.

My parents are Mum and Dad, but only if we're speaking English. We mostly speak Dutch but um. Ugh! I don't remember their names. I'll ask my brother later. Oh yeah! My brother is Greg and my sister is Angela. They're both older than me. Greg is fifteen and Angela is, like, twenty seven. Something like that. And then my cousin is Autumn and she's sixteen, I think.

I'm not very interesting. I'm the baby in my family. I'm the only non-quidditch player. I'm the shortest (Angela is tallest, but Greg is almost beating her). I play bass guitar. I like playing outside. And I think that's it.

Well, I also have friends and stuff. Kayla and Parker are my best friends. Parker is my roommate, but I don't think I'm better friends with him than with Kayla. Kayla is my brother's best friend too. I think they kiss and stuff, though. And I'm not that kind of friend to Kayla. She also visited us over the summer and we had lots of fun together. We climbed trees and jumped off of stuff together. She'd a lot better at it than I am, but I'm quicker.

I don't have any goals. I'd like to be a rockstar, but my brother says that I need to be more realistic. I guess I could be something else, but I want a cool job.

I have loads of time to decide on boring stuff. I just want to be a kid right now. And that means no dumb essays.