Brighton Harper - Ravenclaw - First Year

Full Name: Brighton James Raphael Harper
House: Ravenclaw
Age: 11
School Year: 1st
Species: Human
History/Background Story: Brighton James Raphael Harper was born in London, England and is the only son of Hogwarts graduate James Harper and Beauxbatons graduate Francine Harper (née Bellecourt). After his birth, Brighton and his family moved to Aberfeldy, Scotland, an all wizarding community where Brighton grew up learning about magic from his pureblood family.

Brighton and his family lived in a small cottage on the outskirts of Aberfeldy. His father worked as a high ranking Ministry Auror who was stationed to monitor the region from dark witches and wizards. His mother owned a wizarding bookshop where Brighton would spend a lot of time meeting other fellow wizards and witches. Each year, Brighton and his family would travel to Paris, France to spend the summer and winter holidays with his mother’s side of the family. During the fall and spring, while both of his parents were hard at work with their careers, Brighton was tutored by their family friend, Michaela Nuvelle, a Hogwarts graduate that attended the same year as his father’s.

When Brighton received his Hogwarts letter, his family was very proud of him. On his father’s side, Brighton’s ancestors were either from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. There has not been a single Slytherin or Ravenclaw in the establishment of the Harper House. However, all that changed when Brighton stepped into the Great Hall, had the Sorting Hat placed on his head, and was the first in his family to be sorted into Ravenclaw. While his father would have enjoyed having another Gryffindor in the family, he was still proud of Brighton. His mother, of course, was thrilled to hear of his sorting into Ravenclaw.

Physical Description: Brighton is well-known for his red hair and snow white skin. He is a petite boy and stands at about 4'9". He has striking emerald green eyes as well.

Mental Description: Brighton is a very active boy. He enjoys spending time outside in the rolling green hills of his hometown and riding through the streets on his bicycle. When he is outside, he likes to explore and journals interesting things around his house such as the different flowers that grow in his parents' garden. When it comes to rainy days, he likes to sit inside and read by the fireplace. He is a very smart boy as well and is pretty quick to learn new things. However, he is a complete klutz. He also has a short temper when things don't go his way.

First Instance of Magic: Just weeks after turning seven years old, Brighton went to help his mother at her bookshop to restock some shelves. Francine had just received a shipment of books that Brighton was looking forward to helping his mother. Brighton had enjoyed working at his mother's bookshop so when she had asked for him to assist with stocking the bookshelves, he was excited. Upon entering the store, his mother cleared a table for them to start stacking books. Brighton was responsible for placing the books upon the table and sorting them based on the title. Each book would have its own pile to inventory. Brighton was given the first few books, three to be exact of all different titles. When he would start the pile, he turned to get the next few copies but when he went back to the table, he noticed that the three books that Brighton had just placed had vanished! He blinked for a moment and wasn't sure what happened. He dropped the second set of books that were in his hands and when he turned to tell his mother and show him, the three original copies on the table reappeared on the table! Brighton rubbed his eyes, unable to believe what had happened.