Mai Yamamoto

Backstory

I used to live in Fukuyama, Japan but when I got my Hogwarts letter, my family decided to move to London. With english as my first language, it would be too complicated to try to understand some of the harder vocabulary in a Japanese wizarding school. But that's not important. I wasn't at all surprised when I got my letter because I had been doing strange things since I was born. I used to blame it on my imagination but by the time I turned nine, I was smart enough to figure out that it wasn't my creativity making those pictures move. It was magic. I was 100% sure I was a witch when I made it snow inside my house in the middle of July. I'm muggle born and the only witch in my family. My dads side has been all muggle but I think it's safe to say my great grandma was a witch. I asked her to do my hair once and she snapped her fingers and suddenly my hair was in a gorgeous braided updo. There were many other times she undeniably used magic but I won't bore you with the stories. Moving on to Hogwarts. I was able to get the needed supplies for classes. I think getting my wand was the best part. I must've gone through a hundred wands when I finally found the perfect one. Black walnut wood, phoenix feather core, 13", hard flexibility. When I got to Hogwarts, I was sorted into Hufflepuff. It took a while for the sorting hat to choose. It considered putting me in Ravenclaw but went with Hufflepuff because of my fear of heights. I would hate Ravenclaws dormitory in the towers.