Rose Petal

Backstory

I am a 19-year-old first year. Yes, I know how it sounds. My parents are both pureblood and were in the UK during the first wizarding war. They fought for a few years before running away to Canada with me. I grew up surrounded by muggles and didn't know I was a wizard until I was 16 years old. We just recently moved back to the UK to begin my first year at Hogwarts. My mother is a Hufflepuff, and my father is a Slytherin like I hoped to be. Instead, I was sorted into Ravenclaw and was surprised when the Sorting Hat told me why. I was a hat stall, and it took the hat 15 whole minutes to decide between all the houses. It told me I could be clever and cunning when I needed to be, I was courageous as well, although just around my close friends, and my loyalty was unwavering. I was smart, not in the bookish sense, but in the sense that I took my time to think things through before making decisions. I was shocked by this statement. I was known by all my friends to be very impulsive and moody. "You choose," the hat told me. I paused at this and went through all the options in my head. I couldn't trust myself to always be brave or loyal. I had a fear of letting people down, so Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were out of the picture. I was not smart, at all. I had no motivation in my studies and the thought of classes annoyed me. Slytherin was the best choice I could make, perfect for me. I could live happily amongst them, without a worry of letting anyone down, or what others thought of me. "Slytherin!" I was excited. "Ravenclaw!" the sorting hat said instead. The first Ravenclaw in my entire family. I have a lot of expectations to live up to. I am nervous about joining so late but excited to learn! Merci beaucoup et à très bientôt!!