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Full Character Name: Imari Teagan Nichols
Character Birthday & Age: December 26th, 16
City & Country of Birth: Ireland
Pureblood, Halfblood or Muggleborn: Halfblood
House & Year: Slytherin sixth year

Wand: 7 1/2 inches, Aspen and Dragon Heartsting

Physical Description: Imari lucked out. Her father's appearance was less than handsome.  He had been passed down the genes from his father and grandfather, and they weren't the best lookers out there.  No, Imari looked exactly like her mother, save for her eyes, she has her grandmother's eyes, a light greenish-brown color. Her hair, usually worn down except for Potions, is a dark brown color.  Shoulder length and straight is how it's most likely seen, but sometimes she curls it with a well-cast charm.

Like most other students, her main dress while at school is the uniform, but she finds ways to make it her own.  For example, all her plain, white, oxford shirts have a pink and black heart on the front (right over her heart).  She's creative when she wants to be, and it shows in her clothing.  When classes are over for the day, or it's a weekend you can find Imari wearing a pair of flare legged jeans that look like they've been washed one too many times, and a form-fitting long-sleeved shirt.

While her face is free of blemishes, she does find the need for some eye shadow and some colored lip gloss. Her favored color is a medium shade of pink, but her eye shadow depends on her mood. She also wears a dog-tag choker {minus the dog tags} and a ring on her right hand's middle finger.

An average height, Imari comes in right about 5' 6" tall and a slightly skinny build.  She does have awesome leg muscles because she attempts to take a run every morning before breakfast just to keep up the good work she's done over the summer. 

Personality Description: Imari's personality is hard to understand. Most of the time, she's quiet and even-tempered.  Well, that's not entirely true, she can be easily angered. 

She tends to keep to herself and her little group of friends. Most of her friends still believe in the whole Half-Bloods and Muggleborns shouldn't be at Hogwarts, but not Imari, she secretly doesn't care.  Although she's in Slytherin, her aloofness isn't to fit in, it's to keep her cool in the middle of controversy.

Even though Imari can keep her mask in place with little to no effort, it slips around any boy that's remotely attractive.  She learned it from her mother.  Around females it was easy to keep her secrets, but get her alone with a boy and anything they wanted to know would come out of her mouth.  It was like Veritaserum. She hates herself for that.

One trait she gets from her father though, is not getting close to anyone.  She has a hard time trusting people, no matter how long she has known them.  Her friends in Slytherin don't even know everything about her and they've known her since first year. What she is most afraid of is that she'll find a guy that she really likes and she won't be able to trust him because of everything that has happened in her life.


History: Travian Nichols had a good job as a dragon keeper for the Gringotts dragons.  He got to make his own hours, was practically his own boss and made good money, all of this right out of Hogwarts.  He had extremely good marks in Care of Magical Creatures and put those skills to good use. He was heading out of the bank one day, towards the Three Broomsticks for some lunch when he saw her.  She stood out like a sore thumb, a rose among lilies.  She was wearing a bright green tracksuit and was jogging through the less-than-crowded pathway that winded through Diagon Alley.

Her hair was tied back into a ponytail and she was breathing hard.  He only knew that because it was cold outside and he could see her breath. She passed him on the opposite side of the path as he made his way to the little eatery/pub and he winked at her, she smiled, but kept jogging.  He let the beautiful woman escape his mind as he satisfied his hunger and thirst.  Paying Tom for his meal and drink, he left the building just in time to crash into Calysta Lockwood. 

He helped her up and took her inside the establishment to make sure she was okay.  As he sat down across from her at the table after ordering two hot butterbeers, they began to talk.  Travian found out that he had known her at Hogwarts but didn't know it.  She had been a shy, quiet first year when he was a boisterous fourth year with an eye for the ladies.  After their talk, he walked her back to the bookstore and left her there with the words, "Lunch tomorrow?" and walking out and back to the bank without waiting for a reply.

A year later and a lily-covered wedding, Calysta and Travian were joined in wedded bliss.  As they went to the meal after the ceremony Calysta began to feel sick.  Travian looked at her with a worried glance, "You okay love?" he asked her as he pulled her close.  Calysta just nodded and they continued into the banquet hall.  Toasts were given, the meal was eaten, and then came the cake, but something was missing.  The bride had disappeared.  A quick search by the maid of honor found her in the bathroom emptying her stomach of everything she had eaten that day.  Five minutes later they emerged into the banquet hall and the cutting of the cake proceeded.

Little did they know, but Calysta was pregnant with their first child - Abigail Rose.  Soon after Abigail was born, they settled into their life.  They had found a house in a Muggle town because Calysta wanted her daughter to grow up normally as she did.  Abby grew quickly and soon, four years later; Calysta welcomed her second child into the world, a baby girl named Imari. As Abby got older they soon realized that their eldest daughter was a Squib.  Travian was disappointed and all but kicked the 15 year old out of the house.  Calysta was fine with it, after all, Abigail was her first baby, and she could do no wrong. Imari Imari Nichols grew up fast, her father was distant, not wanting to get close to another child that had no magical ability, but it showed up on her sixth birthday when she went to blow out the candles and her little friend Toby decided to blow them out for her. 

Imari let out a shriek as she began to cry and Toby  flew across the room, slamming into the wall.  Calysta went to check on the little boy as Travian picked his little girl up, comforting her and looking at her with proud eyes, neither of them noticing the jealous 10 year old in the background. The feeling of hostility between the sisters rapidly grew, especially when Imari received her Hogwarts letter when she turned eleven. The girls' father was ecstatic (sp?) and began to plan a party.  Abigail, the elder girl at fifteen was insanely jealous and attacked her sister.  To this day, Imari has a scar on her lower abdomen where her sister launched herself at Imari with a knife from the kitchen.

So Imari was sent to Hogwarts.  She was sorted into Slytherin, her father's old house, and loved it immediately.  That is, until she realized that some of the friends she had made in her first year, thought that squibs and muggle-borns (her sister and mother) were abominations and needed to be destroyed.  Imari kept them as friends, but no longer talked about her family.

Classes:

Core Classes No No Defense Against the Dark Arts No No Potions Transfiguration No

Electives No No No No No

How Do You Fit Into Your House?: Imari’s ability to hide all her deep secrets most likely got her the spot in Slytherin, as well as hiding who she really is. Being cold and aloof up front, but kind and tender-hearted when alone or with her ‘real’ friends.

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Sum up your character in one paragraph: Imari has a personality that can switch as easily as turning on a lamp.  She’s cool and collected one moment and releasing her fiery temper the next.  She tries very hard to keep her secrets hidden and her temper in check, but she absolutely hates when people badmouth muggleborns and squibs.