[hider=Aella Strand][color=gray][center][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Aella%20Strand&name=Jellyka%20CuttyCupcakes.ttf&size=100&style_color=7B7BE0[/img] [img]http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m929rsiUnW1rvrpyi.gif[/img][/center] [color=7ea7d8]Name:[/color] [indent]Aella Persephone Strand[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Gender:[/color] [indent]Female[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Age:[/color] [indent]16[/indent] [center][img]http://www.andpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/elizabetholsen.gif[/img][/center] [color=7ea7d8]Year:[/color] [indent]6th[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Blood:[/color] [indent]Muggleborn[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]House:[/color] [indent]Good[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Pet:[/color] [indent][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Copper&name=JandaSwirlygirl.ttf&size=30&style_color=9090DB[/img] [img]https://38.media.tumblr.com/f225816d6a716654570ea25a5208c516/tumblr_n1m6qmnrVo1shs94bo1_400.gif[/img][indent]The young female fancy rat, Copper, has just recently become a companion to Aella after her previous rats died of old age. Copper is extremely friendly and enjoys licking people's fingers, especially after they eat. She likes to climb onto shoulders, but she will only climb onto a stranger's shoulder from Aella's shoulder. When Aella is around, Copper tends to brux - a sound rats make by grinding their teeth together: it's a healthy way for a rat to show their affection. Copper likes to cuddle with Aella during the day, often sleeping in a pocket or cuddling against Aella's collarbone.[/indent] [img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Silver&name=JandaSwirlygirl.ttf&size=30&style_color=9090DB[/img] [img]http://31.media.tumblr.com/2a65ef38ef85adaefc8a584d14e7a533/tumblr_mwse8mak8T1s8mgkyo3_400.gif[/img] [indent]Silver, Copper's littermate and closest rat-pal, is more shy and reserved than her fellow rat. She prefers to only be on Aella and usually refuses to go on a stranger's shoulder. She doesn't brux as much as her sister, but instead happens to lick more often. Silver likes to perch on Aella's shoulder and underneath her hair. When Silver sleeps, she unusually enjoys cuddling with a tiny, stuffed teddy bear. When sleeping, she tends to chew a little on the teddy bear.[/indent][/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Electives:[/color] [indent]-Alchemy -Apparition -Care of Magical Creatures[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Clubs:[/color] [indent]-Magical Creatures Club -Astronomy Club[/indent] [center][img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebdklrIOt1qdelmgo1_500.gif[/img][/center] [color=7ea7d8]Boggart:[/color] [indent]A Drunk Man [indent]Ever since her mother's relapse, Aella finds herself terrified of the idea of drunk people and is often uncomfortable around them. But even more so, she is terrified of drunk men due to having watched many true crime shows with men being the perpetrators.[/indent][/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Best Class:[/color] [indent]Astronomy, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Potions[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Worst Class:[/color] [indent]Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Charms, Arithmancy, Flying[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Patronus:[/color] [indent][url=https://33.media.tumblr.com/359edb97424bec8d7a311e13904474b0/tumblr_muj3babf9H1qdsjjbo2_400.gif]Albino Doe[/url][/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Amortentia:[/color] [indent]Crisp, fresh air|the smell of the forest after rain|the warm burn of a far away campfire|flowers|[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Wand:[/color] [indent]Springy, Hemlock wood, Unicorn hair, 13 ½ inches[/indent] [indent][indent]Aella's wand is not too flexible and not too rigid, instead a medium springiness that leads it to be mildly challenging to lean and cast and have a mild power. The Hemlock wood is, just like the flexibility, nothing extraordinary. Instead, the Hemlock wood makes the wand quick to take action and react and does quite well at stirring potions, but ends at there. The Unicorn hair, quite ironically, is good at making supple wands compatible with Charms and Transfiguration - both things happening to fall under Aella's worst classes. The length, while on the longer side, is nothing to talk about either. It is not incredibly short or incredibly long. Just simple and ordinary.[/indent][/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Strengths:[/color] [indent]-Quick at drawing wand -Can learn potions, plants, and creatures easily[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Weaknesses:[/color] [indent]-Is inefficient in spellwork -Does not grasp a spell easily -Spells often don’t work[/indent] [center][img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m929q07lKw1rvrpyi.gif[/img][/center] [color=7ea7d8]Personality:[/color] [indent] For Aella's whole life, she had been on the outside, looking into the window at others. Yes, she was friendly and warm, sympathetic and empathetic, but her awkwardness and inability to communicate well without coming off as weird or annoying usually turned people away. Her strict adherring to the rules and general fear of everything led to others thinking her a bore. So, instead, she dove into her studies, not having surfaced from her education since the second grade of primary school. She became the rock for her friends, a reliable rock that was always there in the corner, but never approached unless needed. She was the paper weight whose only purpose was to hold the papers down. Nevertheless, Aella is loyal, always the shoulder to cry on, and always willing to give advice, though half the time she has no idea what she is talking about; a gentle hand to guide to the light, but remains in the dark. And so, she filled her time with hardwork and perfecting every homework assignment, to the last letter. When alone, Aella was even more of a mess. Every time she looked into a mirror, insecurity stabbed her in the gut; every time she made a decision, she regretted it. She became cynical and pessimistic, believing that humans didn't have the capabilities to care for others, only themselves. As if to prove her point, people walked over her as if she were a welcome mat, but, to their credit, she never stood up for herself. She was submissive, did everything everyone expected her to do, she was easily discouraged by others and completely dependent on her peers to determine her self-worth. She was always tense and timid, expecting the worse to happen. Aella was neurotic and anxious to the max, always going over in her head the worst case scenario - it got so bad sometimes, that she would become sick from her anxiety and throw up. And despite her hidden desire of being idolized by others, she became a conformist and a coward. Even though she was brimming with opinions, she kept her mouth shut and went along with whatever people told her to do. She ran from confrontation and everything else. Aella put effort into blending in with everyone else, becoming a forgetful face. However, there were moments when her clumsy nature would expose her to her peers, set her apart if only momentarily. It is easy to guess that Aella is depressed, often crying when no one is looking and cursing her bad luck. When she discovered she was a witch, Aella turned to superstitions, hoping she could change her luck, but so far the six years have been fruitless.[/indent] [center][img]http://data.whicdn.com/images/55516547/large.gif[/img][/center] [color=7ea7d8]Likes:[/color] [indent]-Southern Sweet Tea -Baked Alaska -Ice cream (favorite flavors: Neapolitan, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Green Tea, Pistachio, Butter Pecan) -Root Beer -Root Beer Float -Animals -Stars -Lapidary -Reading (Favorite Authors: Edgar Allan Poe and Dr. Suess) -Origami -Puzzles/Sudoku[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Dislikes:[/color] [indent]-Alcohol -Tobacco -Breaking Rules -Strong Perfume/Cologne -Risks -Juice -Breakfast Food -Breakfast for lunch/dinner -Food touching other food -Wearing socks without shoes -Her toes touching each other (She has to wear toe socks) -Flat Soda -Spiders[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Fears:[/color] [indent]-Being embarrassed -Failing -Being a disappointment -Being alone -Clowns -Dolls -Ghosts -Needles -Rejection -Roller coasters -Spiders -Buried alive[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Hobbies:[/color] [indent]-Lapidary -Star Gazing -Reading -Origami -Puzzles/Sudoku[/indent] [center][img]http://data.whicdn.com/images/55516431/large.gif[/img][/center] [color=7ea7d8]Biography:[/color] [indent] Aella was born and raised in Palatka, Florida. It was a nobody town that nobody has ever heard of, but Aella liked the smallness of it all. She was the third child to muggle parents [url=http://img2-ak.lst.fm/i/u/arO/de9fd2956ba1454d825d6e16e24cdf2b]John[/url] and [url=http://wallpapersglobe.net/download/8_Elizabeth_Banks-1600x1200.jpg]Karen[/url] and she had two older sisters, [url=http://pe.samondeo.com/images1/ashley-olsen-10.jpg]Clio[/url] and [url=http://cdn23.us3.fansshare.com/photos/willaholland/willa-holland-photoshoot-1754836618.jpg]Thalia[/url] who were six and seven years older than her. While her family was always close, and she was closer to them than anybody else in her life, Aella always felt like she was too different than the family - too young, too immature at the moment. While Clio and Thalia were best friends, Aella sought friendship with rats. She started raising rats from a young age, and by the age of eight, she had six female rats. Around the age of nine, Aella's mother began drinking heavily. Aella didn't really understand much of what was going on since her family neglected to tell her, but it felt as if the family was breaking apart. Aella dove into anime, reading, and rats to escape the whole ordeal. The eldest sister, Thalia, began fighting with her mother - this wasn't so much of a surprise, since the two were too alike to [i]not[/i] fight, but it was starting to escalate. Until one day, Karen kicked Thalia out of the house during the summer. For a month, Thalia was forced to find refuge with her friends, only sixteen years old. During the night, sometimes Thalia would break into the house and chill with her friends in the basement. Clio knew about it, but had steadily grown more distant towards her sister, often times staying at a friend's house when she knew Thalia was coming over. This left Aella alone, knowing that her sister was drinking and smoking down in the basement while her parents slept. Meanwhile, her mother's drinking hadn't been getting any better. Aella had been in her room, reading a Dr. Seuss book, when her mother came in, slurring and stumbling. Aella tried to ignore her, and her father had to drag her mother out of her room and into the hallway; Aella shut the door and locked it. It was only minutes later when she heard shouting and Aella peeked her head out of the door - her mother was rummaging through the pantry which was just down the hall and her father was trying to pull her away. Aella quickly closed the door and huddled on her bed, trying to close the sounds out, when Clio came into the room with a popcorn bowl. But instead of popcorn, there were pill bottles. Clio urged Aella to hide it and, on hands and knees, Aella stuck it underneath her bed and sat up just before her mother came bursting into the door. Aella couldn't make out what her mother was saying anymore, her words were so slurred, but all she could hear was her father on the phone telling someone that his wife had swallowed pills and he needed help. The ambulance came and went, Aella's father and mother with it. Aella tossed and turned until one in the morning until she went downstairs into her sister's room and climbed into bed with her. After that night, Aella's mother went to rehab for a couple of months and came back better. Thalia was allowed back into the house, and harmony was restored. But Aella came out of the ordeal tenser and more reclusive than before. Soon enough, she got her letter to Salem Witches' Institute - baffling her mother and father - and started to attend. There, she didn't have much luck with friends, and after her first year there, Aella had fallen into a depression. When she arrived home for the summer, she was sent to therapy where they realized that she might have clinical anxiety and depression. She was put on pills and then whisked back to school. During her second year, Thalia changed drastically. She had gotten pregnant with her ex-fiance, partied too hard, and had a tobacco addiction. She lacked responsibility, something that Clio possessed, and Aella realized that she had two options: become like Thalia or like Clio. She chose Clio, setting her on the path of a cautious girl who took no risks in life. By the time Aella came back home after her second year, Thalia had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was in the beginning months of her third year at Salem when Thalia had her son, Cal, and given full custody over to her parents. Despite being now in her twenties, Thalia was going in no direction, was living at home with her parents, and could not provide emotionally or financially for her child. The stress put on Aella's mother who desperately tried to get Thalia on track led Karen to a familiar comfort that would solve her problems. Alcohol. And, going into her sixth year, not much has changed - Karen Strand was still an alcoholic, Thalia was still a deadbeat mother, Clio had distanced herself from the family, and John Strand was barely staying in the marriage.[/indent] [color=7ea7d8]Theme Song:[/color] [indent][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dffOEDDUHo4]Dollhouse – Melanie Martinez[/url][/indent] [center][img]https://38.media.tumblr.com/3a505a4ce9cab8ced26b8ceb1cb7af40/tumblr_inline_nsdxg0kYoi1slyj5q_500.gif[/img][/center][/color][/hider] [hider=Aella's Relationships][center][img]http://cdn4.teen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/elizabeth-olsen-photoshoot.gif[/img][/center] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Ariadne%20Tune&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=F0A728[/img][/url] [indent] “I know I suck at all things magical, but I’m pretty sure I’m a beast at legilimency when it comes to Addie. Pretty sure she is, too. One look at each other and we [i]know[/i]. It’s a bit relieving to have someone I can tell everything without worrying about being stepped on. She gets it, I guess, would be the simple way of putting it. She’s my best friend.”[/indent] [indent][indent]Ariadne and Aella became friends through mutual survival. They were always the leftovers in classes and so, through a silent mutual agreement, they became partners. And by the end of second year, they were best friends. They even joined Astronomy club together – sometimes, they just like to lie on the floor of their dorm room and stare at the ceiling stars. And during projects or hanging around in the more public areas, they share laughs over people’s unfortunates. While Aella doesn’t like seeking out friendships much, she knows that Ariadne is a one of a kind best friend. She feels indebted to her sometimes for being there for her so much and she sees Ariadne as her rock. Aella would do anything for Ariadne and harbors a fierce loyalty towards her; she would follow Ariadne to the depths of Hell if she needed to.[/indent][/indent] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Aurelia%20Faulkner&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=FF96FC[/img][/url] [indent] “She’s a conceited rich girl. Though, I guess I really shouldn’t say that, should I? God, I hope it never gets around to her that I said that. But it’s true! I bet her daddy buys everything for her too. She’s always mouthing off with that acidic sarcasm.”[/indent] [indent][indent]In truth, Aella doesn’t really know Aurelia. They used to be in Care of Magical Creatures class together and Aella would always overhear Aurelia talking to someone and had made quick judgments based off of it. Despite not knowing her, Aella doesn’t like her due to her dislike of people who step over others. However, she would never tell this to Aurelia’s face, of course. She scares her a little.[/indent][/indent] [center][img] http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m929spGdEG1rvrpyi.gif[/img][/center] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Hestia%20Wintergerald&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=96F3FF[/img][/url] [indent] “I don’t really talk to her, much. But I’ve noticed her before. Quite the mother hen she is, isn’t she? We’re both in Magical Creatures club – she’s rather good at taking care of things. Maybe she’ll become a healer or mediwitch?”[/indent] [indent][indent]Aella admires Hestia for her ability to take care of others thoughtlessly and selflessly. She wishes that she could do that to, instead of helping others and expecting something in return, then becoming bitter when she doesn’t receive it. The fact that Hestia is able to offer things without expecting anything back while remaining optimistic.[/indent][/indent] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Echo%20Halcyone&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=60FCA9[/img][/url] [indent] “She’s a life savior, that’s what she is. Echo has helped me pass so many tests in Charms. I would have dropped out without her! But…she makes me a little uncomfortable with that whole ‘I’ll get you out of your shell’ thing. Like some high school movie. D’you think if I let my hair down and take my glasses off, I’ll be a total babe? Y’know, she’s really talkative, too. Sometimes, on my tests, I find myself writing down random things she says while we’re studying. Try explaining that to Professor Gilgamesh.”[/indent] [indent][indent]Aella is a little envious of Echo. She wished she was as easy going and talkative like her. Echo just has this way with her – anything she says, Aella gets entranced, wondering if that could’ve been her. She reminds her a little bit of Thalia, in a way, with her silver tongue, and maybe that’s why Aella has her reservations with her. She wants a close friendship with Echo, but she’s afraid that she’ll get trampled on the way Thalia tramples on her – applying a band-aid while she cuts her. Because of her urge to get into Aella’s heart, Aella throws her guard up quickly, often getting uncomfortable. [/indent][/indent] [center][img] http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92a8aVk0J1rnyr98.gif[/img][/center] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=L%FC%20Ziya&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=FF2E2E[/img][/url] [indent] “Don’t know him except for his ravings about communism. We’re both in Astronomy Club and I hear him talking about the Booj-wa-whatever. Y’know, the French rich fat guys. I don’t know, I don’t care really. I’ll just listen politely if he ever talks to me, but I pray that he won’t.”[/indent] [indent][indent]Aella doesn’t really know him that much since they don’t see each other often and she is quite the loner, but she has heard him – or at least semi-heard him – talk about his governmental views. She finds politics quite annoying and so she doesn’t tend to listen long to him.[/indent][/indent] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Cassandre%20LaFlamme&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=7BFF2E[/img][/url] [indent] “Don’t really know her. Think we share a class together, though.”[/indent] [center][img] http://media.giphy.com/media/5zG1XobUVydeE/giphy.gif[/img][/center] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Carlo%20Dion%20Valentine&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=9E1E1E[/img][/url] [indent] “Well. I don’t really [i]know[/i] him. But, well, it’s a little awkward? I mean, he is my best friend’s ex. And, he’s a little…I don’t know…intimidating?”[/indent] [indent][indent]Aella doesn’t really know what to think about Carlo. She doesn’t know him very well, but having dated her best friend, she has spent a little time with him, despite never talking to him directly. As such, if she ever does have to communicate with him, she’ll probably find it awkward due to his past relations. And, well, she does find him a little intimidating. He has a larger than life personality that puts her slightly on edge, if she is honest.[/indent][/indent] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Edgar%20Whitby&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=E0C165[/img][/url] [indent] “A studious one, that one. I don’t think he does anything else but study. Well, good for me I guess, since he helps with my homework sometimes. Doesn’t really do any much else. We don’t personally talk or anything – I rather not, too. So I guess that’s good.”[/indent] [indent][indent]Like most of her relationships, Aella’s relationship with Edgar is impersonal. She doesn’t know much about him at all, and they hardly talk if its outside of academics. However, on rare occasion, when Ariadne or Echo is unavailable, Aella will ask Edgar for help.[/indent][/indent] [center][img] http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7uahkghxe1qaa163o1_500.gif[/img][/center] [url=http://fontmeme.com/cursive-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Emily%20Geralds&name=Cursif.ttf&size=30&style_color=F4D4F7[/img][/url] [indent] “Sweet girl, I guess. We talk sometimes, but not much. She’s got a cute dog, too. I help her sometimes, I guess. Like I help everyone.”[/indent] [indent][indent]There isn’t much to say about Aella’s relationship with Emily. They are on friendly terms, but Aella only views her as an acquaintance rather than a friend.[/indent][/indent] [center][img] http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4oubp0Bf31qb22s7o1_500.gif[/img][/center][/hider]