Frankie Clearwater | Ravenclaw | First Year

FULL NAME
Francesca Rose Clearwater

NICKNAME
Frankie (prefers this!)

AGE
Eleven

DATE OF BIRTH
May 3rd, 2014

GENDER
Female

SPECIES
Human/Witch

RESIDENCE
Northamptonshire, England

BLOOD STATUS
Half-blood

WAND
26.6cm flexible cherry wood with a thunderbird tail feather core.

HOUSE
Ravenclaw

YEAR
First Year

PATRONUS
Not acquired yet.

HISTORY
Francesca Rose Clearwater was born in 2014 in England to Mr and Mrs Clearwater. Her mother was a witch who had chosen a quieter life away from the wider wizarding world, while her father was a Muggle-born who understood both worlds well enough to help bridge the gap between them. Together, they raised their daughters in a predominantly Muggle town, keeping magic subtle and largely confined to the privacy of their home.
Known to everyone as Frankie, she grew up in a loving household, though life was not without its small challenges. As the younger sibling, she often found herself clashing with her elder sister - disagreements that ranged from harmless squabbles to full-blown childhood arguments. Despite this, family remained important to Frankie, and these early conflicts helped shape her quiet, observant nature.
Frankie spent much of her childhood immersed in her own thoughts and imagination. She preferred learning and reading to loud play, developing a fascination with history and the stories hidden within it. Although she did not openly express excitement the way other children might, she carried a deep curiosity about the magical world, especially after she became old enough to understand what it meant to be a witch.
From the age of six, Frankie eagerly awaited the day her Hogwarts letter would arrive. She listened closely to the stories her parents told, memorising details about Hogwarts, its houses, and the lives of witches and wizards who came before her. Magic, to Frankie, was not just a skill - it was a connection to a much larger history she longed to be part of.
In 2025, Frankie’s long-awaited Hogwarts letter finally arrived. Though she greeted the moment with her usual quiet composure, those who knew her best could see the excitement shining through. Beginning her education at Hogwarts marked the start of a new chapter in her life - one where she could finally explore magic openly, learn its rules and limits, and discover where she truly belonged within the wizarding world.

FIRST INSTANCE OF MAGIC
Frankie’s first experience with magic happened when she was five years old, in the small English town where the Clearwater family lived. Because her parents were careful to keep magic within the walls of their home, Frankie had never seen anything out of the ordinary beyond bedtime stories and whispered conversations she was often too young to understand.
One afternoon, Frankie was playing in her bedroom with her older sister when an argument broke out over a doll that had quickly become the centre of their attention. What began as a childish back-and-forth - “It’s my turn!” and “No, I had it first!” - escalated into a tug-of-war, each girl gripping one end of the doll as they pulled harder and harder.
Frankie felt a rush of frustration bubble up inside her, hot and overwhelming in the way only a child’s emotions can be. She didn’t mean for anything to happen - she only knew she was upset and didn’t want to lose. In the next instant, the tension in the room seemed to snap. The doll vanished completely, causing her sister to stumble backward and fall as her grip met nothing but air.
For a heartbeat, the room was silent.
Then, just as suddenly, the doll reappeared in Frankie’s hands. She stared down at it, wide-eyed and confused, her anger instantly replaced with shock. She hadn’t moved. She hadn’t thought to do anything at all. Whatever had happened, it had come from somewhere deep inside her - uninvited, unexplained, and entirely accidental.