Full Name: Maya Barnes

House: Gryffindor

Age: 11 years old

Wand: 35.8 centimeters, willow wood and troll tail hair.

School Year: First

Species: Human

Nationality: Canadian

History/Background Story:

Both my parents are muggles and I am an only child. We discovered I was a witch at the age of 10 when strange unexplainable things started happening. It made so much more sense when my letter from Hogwarts, a school for witches and wizards, arrived.

Before that I was going to a muggle school, first in Canada and last in England. I was born on May 3 in Thunder Bay, Ontario and lived there for the first 6 years of my life.

Until we had to move to Evenly, England. We had moved there because my father’s grandmother had become ill. My father had been very close with her and wanted to do everything he could to help her. His parents, my grandparents, who live in Birmingham, had also stopped by to help along with my uncle and aunt who live in the United States. After about a year she had passed and gave us the home. We’ve been living there ever since.

I’ve been going to Hogwarts for a few days now but every day is an adventure and I can’t wait to see what more there is to come.