PAULINA ABIGAIL HOLIDAY

>> VITALS

FULL NAME Paulina Abigail Holiday
NICKNAMES Polly
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 2070
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles, USA
PLACE OF RESIDENCE Osaka, Japan
BLOOD STATUS Half and half
HOGWARTS HOUSE Hufflepuff
HOGWARTS YEAR Seventh
WAND TYPE 11'' pine, unicorn hair
CLASS OF 2088

>> EDUCATION

EDUCATION TO DATE Attended Beauxbatons Academy of Magic from First Year until Sixth Year
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English, Japanese, and French

>> APPEARANCE

HAIR COLOUR Light brown
EYE COLOUR Grey
HEIGHT 5'8
MODEL Saoirse Ronan

>> PERSONALITY

LIKES Friendly people; quiet time; reading; going for walks; Herbology; gardening; friends and family; music; personal space
DISLIKES Bullies; people who make her feel uncomfortable; being put in the spotlight; clowns; loud noises; cats; Arithmancy
STRENGTHS Herbology; being there for others when they need support; can be very driven; tries to see the best in people; loyalty
WEAKNESSES Shyness; Ancient Runes; bad memory; sometimes suffers from a lack of motivation; can be hard on herself
BEST FRIEND Lucille Barret (attends Beauxbatons)

>> BACKGROUND

GRANDPARENTS Marlena Moore (née Malfoy) and Julius Moore (maternal), Chloe Holiday (née Whitten) and Sean Holiday (paternal)
PARENTS Mirra Harrison and Joshua Holiday
SIBLINGS Taylor Carroll (née Holiday), Nikolas Holiday, Adeline Romalotti (née Holiday), and Louis Holiday
OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS Markus Harrison, Phillip Harrison, Carla Harrison, Lucius Harrison, and Jossette Harrison (half-siblings)
PETS Screech owl named Nessarose
FORMER PETS Husky named Biscuit

FAMILY HISTORY

Paulina's family is not perfect by any means, though she still loves them. She is the last of five children that her parents had before they split up. Now her mother is married, and Paulina has five half-siblings; she is used to having a big family so this does not bother her at all. The last time she saw her older sister, Adeline was when Paulina was about seven years old. Because of her young age she did not really understand why her sister had left. She basically forgot what Adeline looked like though she could never forget her sister otherwise. A few months ago they spotted each other in Hogsmeade and had an awkward conversation. It was here that she met Adeline's daughter so now she knows that she is an aunt.

FIRST YEAR - SIXTH YEAR // PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (OR HOGWARTS HISTORY)

Paulina attended Beauxbatons Academy of Magic from the age of 11 to the age of 16. Living in Japan, she would be far from home during each term, though it was something that she got used to. Holidays were always something that she looked forward to because it meant that she could go home and spend time in Osaka with her loved ones.

School was enjoyable for Paulina, and she felt that Beauxbatons was a beautiful place to be. She had heard a little about Hogwarts, but felt that there was no way it could ever compare to Beauxbatons. It really was the best place on earth in her opinion; even when times started to get rough for her later on in her educational career, she still loved her school.

Some other students started bullying her during Fifth Year. On top of the fact that she could be so shy, Paulina didn't care about the way she dressed, and that was plain weird in the view of a lot of the other girls at Beauxbatons. Paulina loved escaping those troubles through gardening and studying Herbology. She had discovered that nurturing plants was something that she was naturally good at. Taking care of nature made her feel at peace and as if she was helping to make the world a more beautiful place.

When she got tired of the bullying, Paulina wanted out of Beauxbatons despite her love of the castle. Hogwarts seemed like the best choice for her as she did not want to transfer over to Durmstrang.

SEVENTH YEAR // PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Incredibly shy, Paulina was not looking forward to attending a new school and even tried to get out of it at least once. She felt that maybe she had made a mistake in leaving after all, but she ended up sticking through with her plan and she is now happy though she misses her best friend a lot (they keep in contact through letters). Since attending Hogwarts she has made some good friends, most notably Benjamin Atreyu, Aditya Rehman, and Hadleigh Lynch.

Her best classes have been Herbology and Transfiguration - the latter coming as rather a surprise to her. It is through the help of her favourite Professors (Myers and York) that she has improved her knowledge in these subjects. They have helped her out a lot and she is very grateful for them and will miss them a lot when she leaves. Professor York has also helped Paulina in practicing in order to become an animagi. She has a lot of work to do, but she is confident that she will get there if she keeps trying. Another Professor who has really helped her is Dakest. Not only is he a very good teacher, but through the Duelling Club she has learned skills to help improve her dueling capabilities. Though the matches stress her out a fair bit she has tried her best to have fun and has been improving with each opponent she has gone up against.

>> EXTRA

[*] Post colour – PURPLE HEART/#69359C
[*] Relationship Status – As single as a pringle
[*] Boggart – Clowns
[*] Patronus - Unknown
[*] Amortentia - Amaryllis; oranges; freshly baked bread; cinnamon; soil; rain
[*] Allergies - Cats

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