Alessandra Richets

## Lady Alessandra Richets (née Layton)

Richets Abode, Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

* Died for real: 1997,

Great Britain

**Lady Alessandra** **"Sandra" Richets** (née **Layton**) (1863 - 1997) was a Welsh female vampire and was one of the Four Vampires of Aberdeen, therefore making her one of the original founders of the Richets Abode that took in vampire children that had been disowned by their parents. Before Alessandra was turned into a vampire, she was a Half-blood witch and attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1874 to 1881. After graduating Hogwarts, Alessandra was turned into a vampire and started the Richets Abode with her best friends in order to help vampires that were in dire need.

She was one of Sanguini Richets' adoptive mothers, making her the grandmother of Magnus and Medora Richets, and the mother-in-law of Pansy Parkinson. Since Magnus and Medora were born after Alessandra was killed by Fenrir Greyback it is unknown what her thoughts of on them were. Although according to her siblings and children, Alessandra would most likely be very fond of them like she had been with all of her other kids.

## Biography

### Early years (1863-1874)

Alessandra was born after her mother, a sex worker, accidentally fell pregnant because of one of her clients. She was born into the Layton family, a Muggle family located in Wales. Unbeknowst to her Muggle mother, Alessandra's father was actually a wizard, which in turn made her a Half-blood witch.

Her mother was a sex worker and now with a child to care for, she made sure to have enough money so that Alessandra could at least have food on the table. That was until one fatal day when Alessandra was only 7 years old: her mother was murdered by one of her clients who wanted to test out some knives, but later stabbed her in the chest after she declined.

Alessandra was placed in an orphanage in Wales and was always bullied by the other kids for apparently being "*different.*" This would later have answers once Alessandra turned 11 years old. She was sent a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, letting her know that she had been accepted into the school. Alessandra accepted the invitation in hopes of getting out of the orphanage, and one of the days before she began her first year she managed to buy a wand, probably in Diagon Alley or a wand shop in Wales.

### Hogwarts years (1874 - 1881)

Alessandra began her first year at Hogwarts on September 1st in 1874, and was sorted into Gryffindor house. She did not seem to make friends with her fellow Gryffindors but happened to become friends with three classmates from other houses: Amaranthine White from Slytherin, Damien Sullivan from Hufflepuff and Lazarus O'Dougal from Ravenclaw. The group became very close due to the fact that they all happened to be orphans, therefore confiding in one another.

The group would stay at Hogwarts during the Winter Holidays and on the Summer Holidays they'd stay at Damien's house. The four were frequent visitors of "*Richets' Adequate Delicacies*", a Muggle café that sold ice cream and was located in Scotland near Aberdeen.

   Alessandra managed to graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1881 alongside her friends with Outstandings in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration and Ancient Runes. She got Exceeds Expectations on her Latin exam, which she very much hated.

### Life after Hogwarts

#### Becoming a vampire

Sometime in 1882, Alessandra and her friends decided to sneak into the Forbidden Forest to celebrate that Damien's grandfather was finally dead and whilst they were there, Damien was bitten by something that they first expected to be an animal. They were all startled by the attack, especially considering that Damien was bleeding heavily. Over the next week, Damien was turned into a vampire and the friends tried their hardest to help him. They even cut themselves so that Damien would be able to ease his thirst.

In 1884, Alessandra, Amaranthine and Lazarus finally decided that it was time to let Damien bite them so that he wouldn't have to suffer alone anymore. Their transformations suceeded, and they all four became known around by the Muggles in their town as the Four Vampires of Aberdeen since they never seemed to leave the house except for in the dark. Well, they *were* vampires... but the Muggles didn't know that!

#### Starting Richets Abode Home for Vampires and Other Bloodsucking Beings

Alessandra, much like her friends, changed her surname to Richets after being turned into a vampire, in honour of their love for the ice cream parlor. The vampires then began to