SALAZAR/1ST YEAR/GRYFFINDOR

FULL NAME: Salazar Montecello

HOUSE: Gryffindor

AGE: 11

SCHOOL YEAR: 1ST

SPECIES: Human

HISTORY/BACKGROUND STORY:
I was born in London on the 1st of June on a vast stretch of land to both of my parents, stepfather Dragonis and mother Morgana Montecello. Both of my parents were sorted into Gryffindor when they were at Hogwarts and so I was intrigued growing up as to what it would be like to go to Hogwarts. I grew up without the luxury of buildings, traffic, or even friends. I was unfortunately separated from the rest of the city life as I live in the deep country of London away from the hustle and bustle of the city, which was nice because I would wake up and see the sunrise every morning before I started my day which would give me the chance to think about the new day's ambitions, and would see the sun set before I went to sleep every night reflecting on what ambitions and goals I had accomplished that day. I am an 11-year-old boy with black hair, deep brown eyes, suntanned skin, about 5 ft tall, skinny. I am friendly, outgoing, I love to learn, very energetic, and eager to answer questions about anything. I am also extremely ambitious and determined to get what I want and need, which leads me to be very stubborn, selfish, and sassy at times. I went through a time of depression at age 8 for a year due to my parents' divorce, but now that I have grown to get to know him, I love my stepfather Dragonis, who is very generous, gentle, and kind. My mother Morgana is just the same if not more loving and will give the shirt off her back for me or even for strangers. I am used to a strict curfew: I wake at 6:00 am every morning and go to bed at 10:00 pm every night. I have chores throughout the day and don't go outside to play much, but I don't mind because it keeps my mind alert, mature and ethical. I learn responsibility, honor, loyalty, and respect because of my isolation. Do I have regrets? I regret nothing I have learned thus far in my life as a 10-year-old. It has made me who I am. But I am anxious as to what it is that older kids from the city do. In my spare time, when I could play outside, I liked to braid the strands of my horse’s tail hair. I have a black horse named Drakos, which is my pride and joy. My ambitions in life before Hogwarts were to travel to the other continents and see the world at large.

First Instance of Magic:
I did notice that a few months before I turned eleven, something that I still cannot explain happened to me. It was a dream or even a nightmare but I truly not sure. I remember that I had gone to bed as normal, but in the morning, my blankets jumped off me! I remember that last night when I went to bed, I had a dream that I had journeyed to a far-off land, full of forests and trails that lead to waterfalls. It was a utopia that I had always longed for. I decided to fall asleep under a gigantic tree with large branches that looked like blankets. I laid down and fell asleep. Several hours later I thought I would get up (in the dream) and find some food...Thats when it happened...
According to my Stepdad, the blankets were wrapped around me like a burrito, and when he came in to wake me, they suddenly jumped off me and landed on the floor! At first, I thought it was my Stepdad who had done it to wake me up as he usually did or that I had kicked them off by accident, but when I asked him about it, he said confidently that he had not done it, that I must have thought it in my mind, and that the "magic" happened on its own.