VERALDI, andrea

[andrea veraldi]

ANDREAALEXISVERALDI
I wake up every evening with a big smile on my face, and it never feels out of place...

lovely conjunctions and phrases
PLAYS ON A FEW WORDS YOU NEVER MEANT

full name: Andrea Alexis Veraldi
alias/nicknames: Drea
gender: Female
age: 15
birth date: April 1st
hometown: Reading England in the country of Berkshire
heritage: Pureblood
house and year: 5th Year Gryffindor
wand information: 10 inches, Mahogany wood, with a unicorn hair, very springy and great for charms.
other magical devices: a pocket sneakascope (it was a gift from an aunt)

it's never quite that innocent
SO TAKE IT BACK ALL THE WORDS YOU SAID

distinguishing features: Andrea has her navel pierced.

appearance overview: First thing someone would notice about Andrea is that she is rather tall for her age. At fifteen years old she already stands at 5'10 inches tall. It's a burden because she's taller than almost all the girls, and most of the boys as well. She takes it all in stride though because she likes this about herself things it makes her unique. To go with the height she had a set of extremely long legs, thin and toned similar to a dancers legs (this had to do with her 10 years of taking dance as a child). Andrea is a bit on the thin side, but she still has curves, maybe she isn't what you would call voluptuous but she's not lacking in that department.

The other thing you would notice about her is her long blonde hair. Its something that she takes great pride in, because it just makes her happy. It's full and shiny because she keeps it as such, using as much product and as many styling tools as she can get her hands on. She loves playing around with it, throwing it up in a neat little ponytail, braiding it up in a French twist, or just wearing it down long and loose, flowing around her face. The face that was considered round in shape. To go with the face she had large dark blue eyes, a straight almost pointed nose, thin well groomed eye brows, and pouty pink lips.

When you see Andrea it would usually be in something cute. The girl does enjoy her fashion and is into anything that is the latest style. The kinds of things she really enjoys wearing are expensive jeans, the kinds that are tight, and bejeweled with some designers name on it. To go with those jeans are shirts, the off the shoulder kind with the jeweled logos on the front, or maybe a plain old band T-shirt. She's really into old muggle bands like ACDC, or Metallica so you may see her donning one of those shirts. You would also find her in dresses, she likes them all, short ones that leave little to the imagination, long ones that look like they should be worn to a ball. She's not afraid of showing skin, though if she does she has to do it away from home. She also enjoys skirts, usually knee length or shorter. Those she will match up with a cute button down shirt, or a sweater. When the weather is warm you would probably find her in shorts, denim mostly, or Capri pants, in any style. This would be work with tank tops or belly shirts, no point in hiding that navel ring. As for shoes she loves all kinds, but her favorites are heels, the higher the better, mainly black but she's not adverse to wearing red, or gold shoes. Then she loves sneakers, high tops, low tops, all crazy colors, black, bright pink, or green. Then from time to time she can be see wearing flats usually ballet flats, those were the ones she wore around school because they were most comfy.

portrayed by: Julia Stegner

there's a burning inside of my soul
WE ALL WANT MORE THAN JUST A SIMPLE LIFE

likes: Reading books, studying, flying brooms, playing Quidditch, going outside, watching TV, eating ice cream, drinking soda, eating cookies, combing her hair, flirting with boys, listening to music, buying clothes, trying on clothes, wearing clothes, buying shoes, wearing shoes, writing, painting, playing guitar, chocolates, pork chops, accessories for her clothes.

dislikes: Liars, veggies, looking messy, not getting her way, having to stay in doors, people who are mean, people who are loud, food that touches, being uncomfortable, people who act immature, not having any new clothes, having to wear the same thing more than twice, getting into fights.

strengths: Not a coward. Not being naive. Being able to stand up for herself.

weaknesses: Her family, she loves them more than life. Her penchants for sweet treats, she loves anything with lots of sugar. She can be a bit selfish at time.

skills: Writing, painting, playing guitars, charms, and transfigurations.

goals: When she leaves school she would like to end up working at the ministry, possibly as an Auror or and Unspeakable.

fears: Anyone in her family getting hurt. Someone trying to hurt her. Being rejected by those she cares for. Bugs, any kind of bug they are just icky to her. Rodents too they are just the nastiest things on legs.

patronus: I think if Andrea could perform a patronus it would take the form of an owl. The reason being Owls are super intelligent creatures, loyal and trustworthy, plus they can fly, and can attack an enemy if need be.

personality overview: Andrea is first and foremost a very loving and caring person. Her family and her friends mean everything to her. She will do anything for them, be there to protect them if need be. No one could can shake her love for those she cares for. She's not afraid to show her love either, because she's a very affectionate soul she doesn't mind giving hugs. She's also very bubbly and endearing everything about her draws you in. She's very outgoing has no problems talking to people even strangers, she is for all intents and purposes very much a people person.

Andrea is also very brave and adventurous. She's not the kind to sit behind on the sidelines and watch as someone dives of a cliff into the water, Andrea is the girl that will be standing right behind you waiting for her turn to go next. She doesn't like to be afraid of things, thinks that fear is a useless emotion, that's not to say she isn't afraid of anything it's just that she tries not to let it happen, and if it does she tries not to show it. She is also very energetic almost like the energizer bunny, sometimes its hard for her to stop she can go on and on doing things without stopping, it takes her getting tired to stop.

Andrea is also very enthusiastic, she gets so overly excited about things she might be the kind who would start cheering because on of her friends got the right answer to a question. It goes with her bubbly personality. She's also a very confident girl, not afraid to show her emotions, and not afraid to to let someone know exactly how she feels, not even afraid to go up to a boy and say she likes them.

Andrea is very intelligent, quick witted, she can read a book and easily retain information. She can come up with an idea on the fly without thinking too much about it, and she can make up an excuse without blinking.

Thanks not to say that Andrea doesn't have her bad points, from time to time she can be a bit selfish, she never really had to share growing up and she doesn't relish the idea of sharing now that she is older. If you ask her for something she might lend it to you but it would probably piss her off. Sometimes she can be a bit impulsive, doesn't take time to think things through before doing them which can sometimes put her into compromising situations. Then there's the daredevil side of her she's not afraid to try anything once, which is another thing that leads her into dangerous territory. Sometimes and it doesn't happen too often Andrea looses her patience, when this happens you'll know it because she'll give you a look, she'll sigh loudly, or she'll just tell you she has no patience.

everyone's scared somebody knows
WE HOLD IT INSIDE, YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT GOES

immediate family: Daniella, and Kristos Veraldi (Mother and Father). Arlan 17, and Brian 18 (Sister and Brother)

extended family: Mother's parents (Lucas and Johanna Donovan) Father's parents (Irene and Andreas Veraldi), Aunt on her mothers side (Lizette Catrones Veraldi) who happens to be married to her fathers brother (Milo Veraldi).

pets: A kitten named whiskers

history:
Andrea was born 15 years earlier on April 1st to Daniella and Kristos Veraldi. The couple hadn't actually been trying for another child, since they already had two a boy and a girl. Andrea came as a happy surprise. She was born two years after her oldest sister Arlan, and three years after her brother Brian. Her family though shocked showered the littlest Veraldi with lots of love and support. They had no problem accepting her and loving her the way she needed to be loved.

During her younger years both of her parents worked, her father worked at the ministry as an auror, while her mother worked as the co-owner of a shop in London. The family wasn't what you would call wealthy, but they did just fine, none of the kids had to beg for anything, though none of the kids were that materialistic. The three sibling always looked after each other, since their parents both worked they did need to be babysat but they had grandparents for that. So growing up they were always around family. Their life was pretty good and there was no reason for any of them to complain.

But then something started to happen to each child as they hit their 7th birthday. They each came into their powers. Her brother, blew up a slug in the garden, her sister levitated the family dog, and Andrea flew out the window and landed on the grass without a scratch on her. After each revelation the child was sat down and told about their magic. Andrea had the most trouble with this. Magic? What? At first she didn't like it because not that long after they came into their powers her brother and sister disappeared on her went off to some school. Andrea didn't get why they had to go, her parents just kept telling her one day she would be there too.

Then when Andrea turned 11 she received an owl just like Arlan and Brian. She was going to go to this school that taught magic just like her big brother and sister. Now she was going to see what all the fuss was about. So on September the first the whole family made their way to Kings Cross Station, they showed her how to enter the barrier at platform 9 3/4 and she saw that huge scarlet red steam engine. Lucky for her she managed to sit in the same car as her siblings, so she wasn't lonely on the long ride to school. They told her everything that they could think of about the place, but nothing they said could have prepared her for the site of the castle.

Andrea fell in love with the place right away. During her sorting she was placed in Gryffindor house. Just like her sister, her brother was in a house called Ravenclaw. Her first year went by pretty well, she managed to get through all her classes without problems, even her grades were pretty good. She found out all about the coolest game in the world Quidditch and vowed that she would one day play that game.

Second and third years were pretty much uneventful for her. She made some pretty good friends, still had her brother and sister around and they did their best to look out for her though she didn't really need it. Andrea was very independent she wanted to do things on her own make a name for herself so sometimes there was some sibling fighting that went on.

Fourth year nothing really major happened for her, school was just as it ever was, she studied hard, got good grades and still continued to do her best to gain her independence from her brother and sister who were both very well known around the school. She was always known as the youngest Veraldi girl.

Now in her fifth year things were different, her brother and sister were both gone. She was the only Veraldi left at Hogwarts, then to make matters better she grew a whole bunch during the summer and she was super tall. Her curves had come in too. She looked like a totally different girl then she did in her fourth year. People started to pay a lot more attention to her too, primarily the boys. Now that her big brother was gone they didn't feel bad about checking her out. This was something that she enjoyed since she loved to flirt. Hopefully with all this new found attention she would manage to pass all her classes.

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roleplay sample:

Andrea woke early that morning running around her home grabbing everything she could fit into her trunk not bothering to be quiet because she was excited to be going back to school. She had already showered and dressed and was just waiting for her parents to get ready in order to take her to Kings Cross Station. It took all her energy not to run into their room screaming, WAKE UP. She paced and paced her room, her foot prints making deep indents in the carpet. There was no way to explain the way she felt about going back to school. Hogwarts was like a second home to her, everything that happened there was just amazing. From her classes, (her favorite being Transfiguration) to being able to play Quidditch the most popular sport in the wizarding world. Just the thought of getting back to that had her stomach doing flips. Soon she heard her parents alarm go off, and soon heard them stirring. She ran into their room bubbling with excitement begging them to hurry up and get dressed. They both laughed, despite Alexis' serious face.

After an hour the whole family piled into the car and drove off arriving at the station in a matter of moments. Grabbing a trolley to lug her trunks they arrived at the barrier to platform 9 3/4. Making sure they could not be seen they walked through until they were all on the other side staring at the beautiful bright red steam engine that would take her to the one place she longed to be. Making her way down the platform she found a nice empty car right in the middle. Her father and brother dragged her trunk into the compartment, and came back out to say their goodbyes. The family stood on the platform everyone looking sad, even Alexis. As much as she loved school she did adore her family, even though she found them annoying from time to time. Every summer they fought together, laughed together, and loved each other. It was hard not to start crying, she almost managed it until her sister started to cry. The tears started to fall freely now as she hugged each and every one of them, The sadness was too great, all the excitement she felt earlier started to drain away. Soon she was pulling away from them telling them she had to get on the train. No one argued and Andrea made her way into the compartment watching her family, and waiting for the train to start moving.

The train started to move at great speed toward Hogwarts. Andrea sat back thinking of her family and how much she would miss them. Again she started to cry, but realized that she was being a big baby. Wiping the tears away, she took a few deep breaths trying to gain control of herself. Then she decided that it would be a good idea to take out a book and read since reading always made her feel better. Pulling out her Transfiguration book she turns it to the first page and immediately looses herself in it. After a few hours darkness set in and she knew they were close standing on her seat she opened her trunk and pulled out her robes readying herself for when the train stopped. Pulling the robes over her head, checking herself in the window it was obvious her hair was now a mess. So she placed her book back in her trunk and took hold of a brush. Sliding it through her long brown locks she tamed her tresses making her presentable to her fellow classmates.

Once the doors opened she was one of the first ones out standing on the platform at the Hogsmeade station the night had become a bit nippy causing her to pull her robes closer around her. But the cold was soon forgotten when she made her way to the carriages that would take her to the school. Climbing in one of them she happily sat back staring at the castle that looked as it if were glowing in the moonlight. Such a picture it made against the blackness of the sky.