✨Mia Xu✨

Full Name:

Mia Xu


History/Background Story:

Mia was born on a sunny day in April to Rosaline Xu (neé Li) and Maximus Xu. I was the only child and heir to the noble family of the Xu’s - an ancient family that originated from the Zhang dynasty in China. It had been decades, perhaps centuries since one of her ancestors decided to immigrate to England. Since she was a pureblood, her family’s manor had always been filled to the brim with magic round every corner. There were also an awful lot of house elves. Unlike many other pureblood families, the Xu’s actually treated them well. Not exactly like humans, they were still treated as servants but they were not required to punish themselves if they made a mistake, abused in any way, verbally or physically, so they were obviously very loyal and all too happy to do the bidding of her or her parents. Despite this, she was still taught to take good care of herself and learn how to do certain things around the house. This sometimes caused strange sights and sounds. Because of this, her house always had protective, shielding and disguising wards around the manor and grounds as well as the fact that is was unplottable. Mia was educated well by a tutor her father had employed since she was three years old. She was fluent in English(obviously), French and Latin; the main three languages taught by aristocratic pureblood families by the age of seven and was highly educated in her family history, mathematics and social etiquette as well as basic herbology to recognise poisonous plants, basic spells for everyday use and a little astronomy. There were not many families that lived near a place where so many muggles resided so she never had any magical friends growing up. She had a few muggle friends but always had to keep making excuses as to why they couldn’t come to her house. She wasn’t allowed to play with them regularly should her magic be revealed to any of them. When she did eventually get her letter from Hogwarts in late July, Mia was not particularly surprised. She had, in fact, been expecting this day for a few weeks now. Her mother had told her the letter would be coming in sometime in July so she had been agitated for weeks while trying to appear unbothered on the outside. Because I didn’t socialise often, I was naturally shy and secluded with my life so whenever someone tried to talk to her on the Hogwarts Express, she would just stare at them for a while and go back whatever she had been doing, be it reading, drawing or simply staring out the window thinking. Same went for when she got to school, no conversing, no interaction, perhaps a request for classroom directions here or there, no more.
First Instance of Magic:

She was only 8 when her magic decided to show itself. She had been feeling a little empty inside and decided to go out onto her balcony and look at the stars. She was sitting on the railing when a rustle in the gardens startled her and fell down from the ledge she had been perched on. Terrified, she screamed, screwed her eyes shut and prepared for the worst when she stopped in midair. Opening her eyes, she realised that she had stopped just before she hit the ground and she fell the last few centimetres, landing with not a single scratch on her body.