Callista

Backstory

I am a young, untaught witch. I have known my entire life what powers I possess and I can't wait to be able to learn what I can do with them here at Hogwarts. Ever since I was a little girl, I have dreamed of going to Hogwarts. My mother (who was a Hufflepuff) and I used to wait for hours on end together for my letter inviting me to this wonderful school. However, when my mother passed away and I had not yet received my letter of acceptance, I was sent to live on a farm far from my old home, with my grandparents who were unaware Muggles, they knew nothing of my magic, and I had to figure out how to control it on my own.

I never met my father, he disappeared a little while before I was born, and ever since I was young I had planned to find him and get some answers. I promised my mother I would. My oldest brother Everette was like a father figure to me, when I was really little, he used to read books to me and sing songs, and tell me stories about daring wizards on deadly quests. He spent all of his time entertaining me, and when his letter came from Hogwarts, both he and I were heart broken. He was the most selfless person I had ever met, and I loved him so much. Zeus and Ismena, or “the Twins,” never really talked to me, and as soon as they got their letters from Hogwarts, they were gone. They never came home to visit and they didn't write us at all. Mother and I often wondered if they were okay.

I used to sit for hours on end in a field near the old, rundown farmhouse which my grandparents called their home, sketching or staring up at the vast expanse of starlit blackness, dreaming about my future in the Wizarding world. I wanted so desperately to become a Hufflepuff, just like my mother. However, when my letter finally came, a pang of fear stabbed like a dagger into my gut. I was scared that I wouldn't like the answers I might find, but when I arrived in the Great Hall, I knew that was where I belonged. Everything was just as I had imagined it, magical. I knew I would find plenty of wonderful things to draw, and they had the most exciting classes! But alas, the fear returned when I was sorted into Gryffindor, I wouldn't be able to make my mother proud. Or so I thought. Nonetheless, now I'm here, and I can study what I love, Astronomy, History... and Art. However, I still have a promise to keep…

So, while taking classes online from a Muggle school to please my grandparents, I am also secretly taking online classes at Hogwarts, with some of my closest friends.