Lydia Hickories|Ravenclaw

I'm the only child of my parents Carter Hickories and Katerina Hickories née Moore but my father has quite a few siblings, both blood related and those he claims as siblings. I was born in Tullamore, Ireland but grew up in Birr, Ireland as it's where my Dad has called home for a majority of his life. My mum is English and currently she lives in Lavenham, England which means I don't see her all that often. She and my dad got divorced when I was real little but I honestly don't remember them ever living together and being happy about it. I stay with my mum over the summer and do the holidays with her on odd numbered years but sometimes she insists I just stay with Dad so she doesn't have to bother with travel.
I went to Mercy Primary School until about Fourth Class cause my birthday is rather late in the year. I'm always a year older than everyone else in my grade but that didn't stop me from making friends! I've got tons of muggle friends back home and I always make sure to write and send out letters to them on Wednesdays. I write to my dad on Fridays, that way he has the whole weekend to read them and respond. I tried writing to my mum once but she said the owl coming to her flat freaked the neighbours out and she got a talking to from her landlord so I always have to send her letters through the post which is so slow and boring.

I suppose I was just a bit over seven years old when I did my first instance of accidental magick. Sure I've got loads of cousins on both sides of the family but they hardly ever come to visit Birr unless Dad rings them. It was a lot harder for me to make friends when I was little so I spent a lot of my time playing by myself. I absolutely loved to play make believe as a kid, coming up with all sorts of intricate storylines. Dad always said I could be a best selling author if I wanted to!
It was during one of these playtimes, with Dad quietly working in his office, that the incident happened. I'd just been casually dancing with Sir Pudding Cup, my favorite brown teddy bear, and before I realized it I'd begun to float! Of course...I technically didn't notice until Dad came in and started making a shout about it. Fell right onto my bottom I did out of shock.