Xiomara Torres | First Year | Ravenclaw

P R E - H O G W A R T S | H I S T O R Y

Character Backstory: On the night of 5th November 2012, Martina Torres gave birth to an adorably chubby girl that she named Xiomara Marisol Torres. Martina moved to Enniskillen, a town in Northern Ireland, when she found out she was pregnant to live with her parents so they could help her raise the newborn. This also gave Martina the chance to look after her parents, who were getting older.

Xiomara never knew her father and he probably did not even know of her existence. From what she had put together over the years, he was an Englishman whom her mother had met but it seemed to be a short fling, rather than a relationship. Martina was always angry when she asked about him, so it was hard to figure out what stories were true and which weren’t. Once she said he was a pureblood wizard who left because she was a squib and he was afraid their child would be but Xiomara was pretty sure from the other stories that her father did not even know of her existence. In truth, Xiomara would have liked to meet him but she was not driven by that desire, figuring that her mother would never reveal a name or what he looked like.

Besides, she also had to contend with her mother’s boyfriend at the time. She never actually met them from what she knew but she would occasionally hear her mother complaining to her abuela about a guy and it sounded like someone she had been dating. They never really seemed to stick around but it was also not something her mother spoke to her about so, for all she knew, her mother had a loyal partner for the past eight years.

She was really close to her family in general though and she did not hold any resentment towards her mother about her father or potential boyfriends. The young girl grew up in a mostly muggle lifestyle despite being a halfblood, because of her abuela (grandmother) who was a muggle and mother who was a squib. Her abuelo (grandfather) was a half-blood wizard though, so she knew of magic. She did not actually get her first instance of magic until rather late, and her family suspected that she too would be a squib as such. Xiomara attended a local muggle primary school, where she took part in as many extracurricular activities as she possibly could because she loved trying new things. It was likely also a distraction from the fact that she could not do magic, even though she knew of its existence. She wanted to find what she was good at in the muggle world, as she thought that would end up her whole life.

Xiomara probably spent the most time with her abuela. They would spend time getting up to mischief whilst Martina was at work. Her abuela taught her a little bit of Spanish, helped her fall in love with photography and taking pictures and taught her to cook. In truth, her Spanish was of a fairly basic level and she was, by no means, fluent but she would try to speak to her grandparents in Spanish. She also could not cook but she did often try to help out, even though she was probably more of a hindrance than help! It probably helped that she was partly named after her abuela - Marisol Torres (née Diaz) - and Marisol Senior always called her ‘Marisol’ instead of Xiomara, and she would always respond with “It’s Xiomara, abuela!” in a fake exasperation with a fake roll of her eyes. In truth, she was just playing around and she did love it when her abuela called her Marisol because she loved that she was named after such a sweet woman.

The day she got her letter to Hogwarts was a day full of excitement for her. Xiomara immediately started to bother her abuelo with questions, trying to drag them to the stores to get school supplies and learn everything she possibly could beforehand. He would always chuckle and say she’ll be fine and everything she needed to know will happen in due time but would regal her with a few stories of his school life or adventures. As she learned about the world a little, she decided that she wanted to become the Minister of Magic. It just sounded cool! Now that she knew she could do magic, she figured she might as well aim high! Of course, she had absolutely no idea what the minister actually did or what being in the ministry entailed but her abuelo said it would involve hard work.

First Instance of Magic: Xiomara’s first instance of magic came very shortly before her eleventh birthday. She had given up hope of becoming a witch, in truth. This was fine with her. It was not great as she thought it would be very cool to have magical powers - like a superhero. However, she had grown up in a mostly muggle household, so she supposed her life would just continue as it was.

Her mother wanted to throw her a big eleventh birthday party, though - perhaps with the hope of trying to keep her daughter optimistic, or maybe to distract her if she did not receive her Hogwarts acceptance letter. She had bought Xiomara a very large, poofy blue-coloured dress. The ten-year-old tried on the dress, as her mother had requested, to make sure it fit. Xiomara hated dresses but she wore it for her mother. As she was staring at the mirror, she could not help but feel that something felt off. Like something was missing but she could not figure out what. Maybe some bracelets or maybe needed to braid her hair? She had no idea. As she was staring at her appearance, trying to change it to look nicer, her hair suddenly changed into a bright blue colour.

Xiomara’s jaw dropped open, her eyes widened and she stared at herself for a few moments before just blinking. Over and over. It stayed blue. Immediately, she grabbed the ruffles of her skirt, trying to lift it as she dashed into the living room where she knew her mother and grandparents were chatting. She just stood there, allowing them to say something. It took a moment of shock but her mum started to squeal in excitement, hugging her and starting to play with her hair. Xiomara just stood there, trying to process what was happening. It took her minutes to accept the news - a huge grin flooding her face as she tightly squeezed her mother and asked “This means I can go to Hogwarts, right?”. As promised, on her eleventh birthday, she received her Hogwarts acceptance letter.

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Statistics and Abilities

Stamina: 7
Evasion: 7
Strength: 4
Wisdom: 5
ArcPower: 1
Accuracy: 6

Metamorphmagus

First Year Ability: Minor Appearance Shift/Skilled Transfigurer

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