Nicola Barrows

Shermy Barrows

Nicola Barrows(b.January 15, 2024) is a pureblood witch from England in the Barrows Estate. She is the daughter of Halwyn and Irene Barrows. She has one younger brother, named Shermy Barrows who looks up to her. She's in her second year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Ravenclaw.

## Appearance

At the young age of eleven, Nicola is a graceful, lithe girl who stands at four feet and eight inches tall, has long curly brown hair which she styles in a short ponytail, blue carefree eyes, and is fair-skinned.

## Personality

As the oldest of two children, Nicola is very open-minded and creative as she's always ready to try new things. She's also adventurous and brave because she's never afraid of anything and she cares about her family a lot. While these traits make her look more like a tomboy than a normal girl, she isn't afraid to be confident about herself even if that confidence can be seen as her being impulsive and troublesome.

## Background

Growing up in the English countryside, Nicola came from a loving, if not perfect family. Her parents Irene and Halwyn both work for the Ministry of Magic and her little brother Sherman is a pretty shy boy who prefers to play by himself with his stuffed animals. Nonetheless, Nicola's childhood was filled with laughter, riding their brooms around the house, and reading her favorite books. Yet even though Nicola loved her family, she always dreamed of going to Hogwarts so that she can become just as good as her parents. So when she received her Hogwarts acceptance letter, Nicola finally earned the chance to make her dreams come true.

## Pre-Hogwarts/Summer Camp

### Diagon Alley

On her first time at Diagon Alley, Nicola met Verena Smith, a Muggleborn who had a hard time finding Flourish and Blotts. After introducing herself, she and her new friend headed off to Flourish and Blotts in order to get their school supplies. Upon their arrival, the girls got their school supplies and after Nicola offered to carry the cauldron/whatever she's carrying along with a mix-up between muggle money and wizarding currency, Nicola gave half of what she had to Verena and Nicola said goodbye to her new friend, hoping to see her in summer camp.

### Agnes' House

After her trip to Diagon Alley, she went over to Agnes' House in Alnwick with her pet frog Kiwi that she recently received from the pet store after receiving her letter from Hogwarts. Nicola and her new friend Agnes talked about various things about pets, the book she was reading, younger siblings, Ilvermorny(the school her cousins, Myra and Ginger are currently going to), and about the Hogwarts houses they'll be in when they get to Hogwarts until it was time for Nicola to be picked up and go home.

### Summer Camp

Nicola arrives at Summer Camp and she makes friends with the other kids including Chris Irons, Diasomnia Gallinger, Lily Caliginous, Sammy Ravens, and Lewis Scott. Along the way, she learned some spells including Hover, Colovaria, and Periculum. Unfortunately, she made enemies with Mabelle Everglade in Arithmancy Class when she threw a pillow at her which started the pillow fight. After that, she tried to apologize and start things off on the right foot with the girl, but the girl just despises her now. Then summer camp comes to an end and she gets to go back home.

### Post-Summer Camp

After summer camp, Nicola spent time with her family and cousin, Nate who she has known since childhood. They had to deal with a Sixth-Year bully in Diagon Alley which ended when Nicola stood up to the bully. After that, they went to an art museum in London with Dia and a boy named Achilles Nott. She even played an UNO card game with Marcimillia Goldweaver, and Dia.

## First Year at Hogwarts

### The Hogwarts Express

Nicola and her cousin, Nate went through the barrier in Platform Nine and Three Quarters with Esther. After that, they went on the Hogwarts Express and there, they had to find Dia's Lavenderat and they talked while Nicola commented about her cousin's hair making him look like a younger John Lennon.

### The Sorting Ceremony

After riding the boat through the black lake, Nicola and her cousin arrived at Hogwarts. Her cousin started to get nervous as he worried about being sorted into Slytherin as it would ruin the family spirit. They met other kids named Chloe Oskers, Helena Bancroft, Bridgett Edwards, and Quinn Carrow, a girl who was related to the Carrows. Nicola, her cousin, and Esther got sorted into Ravenclaw, Dia got sorted into Hufflepuff, Sammy got sorted into Gryffindor, and Quinn got sorted into Slytherin. There was also a fight between two boys, but Nicola wasn't interested in that right now.

### The Sleepover

Nicola and her friends had a sleepover in the study hall even though she had never been to one in her whole life. Then Einer showed up and Nicola and the other girls tried to cover for Sammy who had already hidden herself. Einar soon used Homenum Revelio and while Nicola, Helena, and Bridgett had to stay right where they were and were eventually led back to their separate common rooms, Sammy went with Einar. Fortunately, Einar gave Bridgett 10 points for being honest and following instructions, 20 points for Nicola and Helena, and eventually, 10 points to Sammy for telling the truth.

### Flying Class + The Chocolate Frog Fiasco

Nicola heads to her first Flying class and she gets to ride her broom for the first time in class. Professor Hiltshire even suggested a lesson in backflips on a broom, but he was just kidding which is fine because Nicola can handle a backflip. She then flew around some more and even had a race with Chris, Lily, and another girl named Lydia Reid.After Flying Class, Nicola headed to the Study Hall after receiving a letter from Gabriel Trico, a Slytherin boy who she met before at the Black Lake. They both immediately released the chocolate frogs across the study hall and it was pure fun until Professor Bonventre came onto the scene and Nicola narced on Gabriel. Surprisingly, the professor likes chocolate frogs. The next day, Nicola met up with Chloe in the study hall to learn about Defense Against the Dark Arts and upon seeing Gabriel, she apologized to him for betraying him and promised to be a better friend.

### The Halloween Ball

Nicola spent her first Halloween Ball as Athena, the goddess of wisdom. Yet while she was supposed to hang out with Chris, she went over to comfort Eva when she found her crying in the abandoned hut while giving her a pep talk. She soon showed Eva what she learned, Eva told her that she only knows the Knockaback Jinx upon which Nicola wanted to learn and when Eva asked if she can teach it to her, Nicola agreed.

### Winter Break

Nicola had a pretty uneventful winter break as she mostly spent time with her family. Her dad nearly fainted and her mom freaked out about the green hair Nicola had, but they agreed that they should keep her hair green until the end of winter break. Nicola wrote letters to her friends during winter break and she also learned about dragons in a dragonology workshop where she not only got to pet a baby dragon, but she also got to try borscht as well.

### Second Term

With the beginning of the second term, Nicola had to attend her classes, learned new spells, and spent time with a third-year Gryffindor girl named Makayla Krover at the Valentine's Ball. She joined both the Pride Club and the Skateboarding Club to expand her interests, had her first Dueling club meeting with the other kids. She wrote letters to Chloe about forgiving someone who had gotten expelled after the Great Hall Food Fight and later on, she soon signed up for the dueling championship in her dueling club in order to prove herself.

### The End of Term

Nicola lost in the first round of the dueling championship, but she studied hard and managed to finish her first year in Hogwarts with Ravenclaw earning second-place and Gryffindor achieving first place for the first time in years. On the Hogwarts Express, she sat with Chris Irons where not only she met a fellow Ravenclaw named Shanna Clarke, but she also got this super cool rock.

## Summer Between First and Second Year

### A Good Conversation

With the end of the school year, Nicola headed into Flourish and Blotts to not only catch up on her summer reading, but to also learn more about Quidditch in order to get onto the Ravenclaw Quidditch team next year. She also met up with Dia and talked to her about it and Dia gave her some advice about practice and how it can go a long way.

### The Rest of Summer

As for most of summer vacation, Nicola spent her time with her family and preparing herself for her second year at Hogwarts with her classmates and friends and learning new spells as well such as Locomotor and Locomotor Mortis.

## Second-Year at Hogwarts

Nicola begins her second-year at Hogwarts and with the start of second year, her classes have become more important than ever. She also hoped to learn more about the art of Magizoology and become a Magizoologist someday in the future when she finishes her education at Hogwarts.

## Relationships

### Family

Halwyn Barrows:Gets along with her dad very well. Loves him very much.

Irene Barrows:Gets along with her mum and they love each other very much.

Shermy Barrows:Despite being a year older than her little brother, she looks after him and keeps him safe.

Ginger and Myra Barrows:Nicola's older cousins. They are currently attending Ilvermorny, a wizarding school in the United States.

Nate Barrows:Nicola's cousin whom she has gotten along with ever since they were children.

#### Pet

Kiwi:Her pet green frog that she loves just as much as she loves her family.

### Friends

Samentlyn(Sammy)Ravens:Her first friend. At first they had a rocky start in summer camp, but they became good friends.

Bridgett Edwards: A Gryffindor girl who she met during her very first sleepover.

Gabriel Trico: A Slytherin boy Nicola met in the Black Lake.

### Enemies

Mabelle Everglade:Nicola and Mabelle have been enemies since Nicola threw a pillow at her during Arithmancy Class.

## Trivia

* Nicola likes gummy bears.
* Nicola's favorite drink is usually a Coca-Cola and her favorite food is the egg sandwich.
* Her favorite activites are reading books and playing soccer.
* Nicola doesn't like the After film series due to the main character's 'relationship' with Hardin.
* Whenever she thinks about doing something impulsive, Nicola counts backwards from five or ten.
* She writes in both print and cursive.
* Nicola wants to become a Magizoologist just like Newt Scamander.
* She sleeps pretty normally like any other kid her age.
* Her favorite spell is Wingardium Leviosa.
* Nicola's favorite color is purple.
* She usually likes hugs and holding hands. Especially when she does the hugging.
* Nicola's favorite movie is Rock Dog along with the sequel Rock Dog 2:Rock Around the Park.
* Her favorite TV series is Bunk'd.
* Nicola is allergic to shellfish.