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[color=7B68EE]NAME[/color]
Melanie Ariana Stryder

[color=7B68EE]NICKNAME[/color] Mel

[color=7B68EE]AGE[/color]
16

[color=7B68EE]GENDER[/color] Female

[color=7B68EE]SEXUALITY[/color] Bisexual

[color=7B68EE]RELATIONSHIP STATUS[/color]
Currently single, will see what happens

[color=7B68EE]YEAR[/color]
Sixth

[color=7B68EE]WAND[/color]
(Yew Wood, 12 inches ) This wand is an heirloom wand, with a Basilisk Fang core, that once belonged to Mel's father, when he fell during Voldemort's war it was the only thing that was retrieved, and when Mel was enrolled in Riverwing, her mother passed the wand down to her. It is a sturdy wand, somewhat flexible. It is somewhat curved in shape, with the handle carved to look like a cobra's head
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[color=7B68EE]TALENT[/color]
Mel is a Parselmouth, like her father was, though magical abilities wise her greatest talent is for Potions.

[color=7B68EE]PATRONUS[/color]
A [hider=monocled cobra][img]http://cs.mcgill.ca/~jmcken8/monocled-cobra.jpg[/img][/hider]

[color=7B68EE]BOGGART[/color]
Spiders!! --The bigger, the worse! 

[color=7B68EE]BLOOD STATUS[/color]
Pureblood

[color=7B68EE]PET[/color]
Yes. Mel's pet is a female corn snake named Kindle, who she has had since she was 13
[hider=Kindle] [IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/164746.jpg[/IMG] This is also a personal picture of MY corn snake, Enigma, so no stealing please!! D:[/hider]

[color=7B68EE]APPEARANCE[/color]
In height, Melaie is considered the upper end of average, at 5 feet 9 inches, with pale/porcelain skin and straw-blonde (picture is slightly lighter than actual but none of the darker shade ones suited her) curly hair that reaches her shoulders, chocolate brown eyes. She dresses smart casual e.g. jeans, polo shirt/jumper/jacket, you won't catch her dead in a skirt/dress or tracksuit!

[color=7B68EE]PERSONALITY[/color]
Stubborn and determined, Melanie will never back down from a challenge, so don't butt heads with her if you're someone who isn't prepared for that; she holds grudges for a LONG time and finds it very difficult to forgive people if they've done something bad against her or one of her friends. Often sarcastic and snappy, she's not particularly patient either and will often respond sooner with a sarcastic retort rather than a kind comment, but if you can learn to deal with that she can be a decent enough friend and will usually stick by you...but if you expect her to squish a spider for you, you can get lost! She's absolutely terrified of them and would sooner scream and run than try and fight back against one, whether it's a house spider or a behemoth like Aragog was, it makes no difference to her. 
As a Parselmouth she has a close connection with snakes and is never seen anywhere without her pet snake Kindle, who she even hides in her pocket or bag during lessons--they haven't been caught yet!

(hope this is detailed enough, I can expand/add more if you need me to)

[color=7B68EE]PLACE OF ORIGIN[/color]
Born in England, but now lives in Pasadena.

[color=7B68EE]HISTORY[/color]

Born in England and lived there for a short time with both of her parents. They had always been a part of the Wizarding world, both working in the Ministry; her father was an Auror while her mother worked more on the Administration side. Her father was secretly a Death Eater, and this was largely kept from Melanie until Voldemort's return whereby her father returned to serve his old master. During one of the many battles in the war that ensued, her father was slain, and one of his fellow Death Eaters managed to retrieve his wand which they returned to Mel's mother.

Fearing that when she came of age the Death Eaters may force Mel into their ranks, in order to escape from Voldemort's grasp, Mel's mother relocated her shortly before her 11th birthday and before she could be enrolled at Hogwarts. They moved to Pasadena in America, and settled into a fairly relaxed and "normal" life. It wasn't long before the Riverwing letter arrived, and overjoyed that her daughter might still receive a wizarding education, Mel was immediately enrolled. In her third year, it was discovered that Mel possessed the Parselmouth gift like her father after her mother found her having a conversation with a wild snake she had found in their garden during one of her breaks at home away from Riverwing. It was shortly after that that her mother purchased her Kindle as a pet to take back with her to the castle, and the two have been inseparable ever since. In fifth year, she began to develop a more in depth interest in Potions and excelled in those lessons, it is now her best subject.

She hopes to eventually become a private Potions tutor, or something of that sort c:

[color=7B68EE]EXTRA[/color]
If you can't tell, yes, I really love snakes x'3 ...guess I could give co-GMing a go if you needed it. *shrug* [/center]