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Matilda Barrows
Status:
Pure-blood
Nationality:
French
Residence:
Éze, France
Function:
Witch
Patronus:
Thestral
Wand:
28,8 cm chestnut wood and snallygaster heartstring
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MATILDA BARROWS : 

27 // Papillonlisse

On a Semi-Hiatus

BEFORE BEAUXBATONS, Matilda Barrows was born to a mother and a father in the luscious countryside of Èze, by the coastline of France. She and her family have always been pure-bloods as far as they know, but somewhere down the line there was a half-blood or something, because they were not one of the sacred families. They were still just as proud though. Matilda, knowing this, thought she had the right to be proud, but her views quickly changed once she began to get to know the muggle world around her. She was able to befriend muggles so easily, that her grandparents would even go as far as scolding her for it. That wouldn't stop her though. She frequently ended up breaking her parents' rules, actually. She was an unexpected rebellion, not even at the age of eleven. That's why they were glad to ship her off to Beauxbatons for schooling when she came of age, with her older sisters, Petra and Eileen, and her brother, Mercutio. 

Her and her sisters weren't close at all. So, when they abandoned Matilda on the train to find their own people, she was not surprised. But it wasn't easy for her, either. She must have spent at least half of the trip in the corridors of the train, looking into compartments, trying to find an empty one, or one with few girls in it. She finally came across a sitting area, instead, and piled into an empty booth with her trunk. She did not meet anyone on that train ride. She kept to herself, and her books on Magic Law. She had a dream - a dream to be the Minister of Magic one day. Her papa used to say that it was a long-shot, but she never believed him.

ONCE AT BEAUXBATONS, Matilda was sorted into the house of Papillonlisse. This is the equivalent of Hufflepuff at Beauxbatons, and their house color is purple. Papillonlisse is well known for kindness, artistic ability, maturity, and idealistically. The house is symbolized by a butterfly alighting on a leaf. Students that are sorted into this house are naturally gifted in the arts, they are thoughtful of all others around them as well as kind and gentle. Some students of this house have a tendency to have a fluttery personality and are very social people. Those sorted into this house have a tendency to be quite spur of the moment and unpredictable people. Students selected in this house are prized for their sophistication and surprising maturity at all ages, they prize beauty of the mind and beauty of appearance above many other characteristics and are always striving to improve aesthetic qualities of life. Students of Papillonlisse are often daydreamers, hopeless romantics, those that want to change the world with their idealism and undying love. They often fail to see things for what there are as they are not the most analytic of all people. Those sorted into this house value the humanist approach through to the world, they don't learn to gather knowledge but learn to become a better person. They are introverts focused on their own internal state. Papillonlisse students are often very emotional, bring strong feelings and strong dedication into their work.

IN HER HOUSE, Matilda was able to make friends, and socialize easily. Everyone was quite nice, and their French chatter could be heard well into the late hours of the night, despite prefects yelling at them to quiet down. She would spend endless nights in her purple bed, studying her books that she had to purchase from the wizard shopping district, and woke up in the morning feeling groggy. She never understood the concept of sleep, and often went without it. She didn't know how she got by, but she did. Once she was in third year, Matilda was able to choose elective courses. She was looking for an "Easy-A", and chose Divination. What she didn't expect, though, was to fall completely in love with the subject. She took it year after year, and even stayed after class to get mentoring from her professor. She wouldn't know that her dreams of being the Minister of Magic changed until she was graduated, and was then ready to pick her path in life.

WHEN FACED with the decision of a lifetime, Matilda hovered between being a Divination professor, or to take the Magic Law path of life. Ultimately, her decision was obvious - she chose to be a Divination professor, but trust me when I say that the decision was not easy. She was excited to be employed at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for her first occupation, and still is. She can not wait to teach her first class at Hogwarts this year.

This character can usually be found in her office within her classroom, reading comic books. When not doing that, she is usually seen wandering the corridors with her cat, Jasmine, or in the Great Hall dining. There are times she can be caught with the Deputy Headmaster, Ackerley Blackburn, but those meetings are very rarely outside of their offices, or out of private.

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