Samantha Salwis ~ Third year ~ Ravenclaw

Backstory:
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Born on the 21st of July 2009 at 23:17 in Amsterdam to Samuel and Joanne Salwis as their second daughter, Samantha grew up in a village in the Netherlands with her parents and older sister Anne far away from anything magical. After living in Norfolk, UK, for the first 13 years of her life, Samantha's mother and grandparents moved to the Netherlands where she met Samantha's dad at a common friend's birthday party. Samuel, Samantha's father, had lived in the Netherlands for his whole life, and 5 years after meeting Joanne they married. While Joanne's parents moved back to the UK, Samantha's mother stayed in the Netherlands with her husband and got her first child in 2005. Samantha's sister, Anne, was born four years before her younger sibling and loved to dress Samantha when she was younger. The two sisters are pretty close even though there was a big age gap between the two, but there was also a little jealousy between them. Being beautiful since the day she was born, Anne got a lot of attention, which made Samantha jealous and sometimes insecure.

Growing up Samantha always had been an easy child, she performed well in school and had lots of friends including two close friends, Amber and Lexi. Sam always loved the weekly bike rides she had with her dad, with whom she has a great bond. The brunette isn't as close with her mom as with her father, because she has the feeling her mom wants her to be more like her sister. Despite that, she loves her mom a lot and wouldn't want to live without her.

Due to financial problems, Samantha's family had they sometimes struggled to get by, so when her father got offered a better-paid job in England the family moved there, much to the annoyance of their youngest daughter. Samantha hadn't wanted to move, she already had a life in the Netherlands and didn't want to leave it behind. At first, Samantha didn't want to make any friends, hoping they would move back to the Netherlands, but after 3 months she stopped holding onto her old life to make friends at her new school. Samantha was very likable and had tons of new friends, but Samantha never made such good friends at her new school as she had been with Amber and Lexi. Samantha, Amber, and Lexi called almost every day and kept in touch using the internet.

Wand: 26,7 cm cherry wood and phoenix feather
Patronus: (not applicable until 6th year)
Species: human

First magic:
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One of the first time Samantha's magical ability showed she was 7 years old. Being on vacation with her grandparents in the UK, Samantha went swimming with her older sister in the ocean. Their parents were still on the beach and they would join their daughters later. After playing in the water for a while the two siblings got into a fight and Anne stormed out of the water. Not wanting to talk to her parents or sister, angry little Samantha stayed in the water. When she looked at the water, she saw a little fish and she decided to follow the little animal who swimming alone in the big ocean, just like her. Not paying attention to her surroundings Samantha saw further away from the beach. Just when she wanted to swim back the tide pulled her back and before Samantha could realize what was happening she was pulled undertow. Panicking, she tried to hold her breath and get to the surface, but the current was too strong. Samantha had to breathe, but she couldn't. All there was around her was water. Just before she could not hold her breath any longer a bubble of air formed around her head. The bubble gave Samantha enough air to last until she was saved by a man that was swimming. The man was much stronger than Samantha and brought her back to her parents and sister. Nobody realized that Samantha had used magic to be able to breathe underwater, her muggle parents were just happy to see their child again.

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Samantha has bright blue eyes, just like her father's, and brown slightly wavy hair, which reaches just over her shoulders. With 1.46 she is smaller than the average kids of her age and together with her chubby cheeks and roundish face, it makes her look younger than she is. Her face is an open book and you can always see how she feels just by looking at it, which makes her a horrible lair. Samantha had no fashion taste and just wears whatever she can find that was clean and comfortable.
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