Layla Goldsky | Slytherin | First year

CHARACTER PROFILE

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Full Name: Layla Belle Goldsky

Nicknames: n/a

House: Slytherin

Race: Werewolf

Date of birth: 13/09/2011

Zodiac sign: Virgo

Age: 11

Blood status: Pure-blood

Wand: 28,6 cm aspen wood and phoenix feather

School Year: 1st

Patronus: n/a

Species: Human

APPEARANCE

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Layla has silver-blonde hair which is just above waist height. Her eyes are light-blue, framed by long lashes, and she has a smattering of pale freckles across her nose. At 147 cm tall, she is almost exactly the average height for an 11-year-old, with a slim figure.

PERSONALITY

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Layla has a bright, bubbly personality with an honest nature. Although she is smart, often she doesn't use her skills as she's too busy looking for a way to make life funner. Layla is loyal to her friends and family, and would do anything to protect them- from spiders to Dark wizards. She is determined, but not in a bad way. She gets what she wants, by working hard for it. She’s very excited to start Hogwarts and meet other wizards and witches.

LIKES

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Friends
Cats
Dogs
Dumplings
Fantasy novels
Mangoes

DISLIKES

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Pumpkin soup
People who aren't who they say they are
Arachnids

BACKGROUND

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Layla was born into a pure-blood family, but both of her parents believed that being a pure-blood didn't mean you were any more of a wizard than being a muggle-born. Both of her parents worked with the Ministry of Magic as Aurors. After arresting several people, they made their enemies, so always tried their hardest to make sure that no harm would come to their daughter.
Layla always wanted a little sister or brother, but it didn't happen, so her parents bought her a dog. She named him Muggins, and enjoyed caring for him. Because she had no-one else to play with, and her parents were so busy working, she often played with Muggins and her chickens, Prince and Princess, in the large courtyard of their family home. She taught Muggins lots of tricks, and, before leaving for Hogwarts, was trying to teach all her pets to 'sing' together (it didn't go so well).
Since coming to Hogwarts, Layla has enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends. She wants to get a pet when she has enough money- a cat, since she had a dog at home and would like to try something new, or an owl, because the only birds she's owned are chickens, and they can't fly.
Layla is looking forward to spending more time at Hogwarts.

FIRST INSTANCE OF MAGIC

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Layla's first instance of magic occurred a few days after her 7th birthday, in her mother's garden. Her mother was very interested in growing vegetables the Muggle way, and so had planted a veggie garden, but she became very disheartened when nothing came up. Layla was looking out her bedroom window at the garden, thinking how nice it would be if something grew, when suddenly heaps of little seedlings pushed their way out of the soil. She watched as they grew into full-grown plants in a matter of seconds, and in between one blink and another, the plants were loaded with produce. Her mother rushed out of the house, overjoyed to see her garden growing.