Berniece Osborne

Bérénice Alice Osborne (Berniece in English), born on March 22nd 2026 to Wallace and Alice Osborne (nee Snell), is a Bellefuille witch and veteran in the war against the Dark Lady. She is an only child. Berniece marries Dorothy Potter, adopting one daughter together named Angeline Potter-Osborne.

## Family

### Paternal Aunts

* Florence Osborne
* Geraldine Osborne
* Clarise Osborne

### Paternal Cousins

* Claudine Firmin
* Leopoldine Firmin
* Germain Firmin

### Nieces

* Yarden Scamander (M)
* Yasmine Scamander (M)
* Lavinia Zabini (M)

## Biography

### Early Life

Berniece was born on 3/22/2026 in the Larrey Hospital in Toulouse, France to Wallace and Alice Osborne. Only her parents and grandmother Minette were present at the birth. She was legally named Bérénice, but all of her English relatives chose to call her the simpler name Berniece. Berniece was given the middle name Alice after her mother.

Berniece and her parents lived in France for most of the year, but would spend summers and Decembers visiting family in England, making her quickly fluent in both languages. Berniece often found herself spending time with her aunts, bonding with Aunt Frannie while in England, and spending time with Aunts Florence and Clarise while in France. The three women all had a very strong confidence and flair in different ways, which influenced Berniece as she grew up to be quite self-assured. Adding to this were constant compliments from strangers stating what a gorgeous or stunning young girl she was, sure that she would grow up to be very beautiful. Despite all this affirmation, her grandmother Minette was a very practical woman, and would often knock some hard sense into Berniece with her words, reminding her that beauty is not everything and she must work to improve herself inside and out.

As Berniece grew, it was clear to her parents that she indeed had magical ability, and so arguments ensued between Alice and Wallace about whether Berniece should attend Beauxbatons or Hogwarts School. Eventually, they found the solution was to ask an 8-year-old Berniece if she would rather be a butterfly or a snake (the mascots of the houses of her parents). Naturally, the young girl was inclined to choose a butterfly, so Alice insisted she be sent to Beauxbatons, and was smug about the victory over Wallace for months.

### Beauxbatons Years

#### First Year (2037-2038)

Upon arriving at Beauxbatons, Berniece shoots the sorting arrow and it bursts into green sparks, signifying her place in the house of Bellefuille. Alice is not the most pleased to hear about this arrangement, as she was hoping her daughter would join her in Papillonlisse. In the Bellefuille dormitory, Berniece finds herself sharing a dormitory with two other girls, Gaëlle Paris and Astride Hébert. Neither of the girls treat Berniece with kindness, and often tease her or speak passive-aggressively towards her. Berniece is deeply hurt by this and writes a letter to her Aunt Clarise about what is happening. Aunt Clarise tells Berniece that it's likely they are quite jealous of Berniece's stunning looks, and after hearing this Berniece is quietly smug every time her roommates target her. Instead, Berniece finds unlikely friends in a tight group of third-year girls in her common room, named Mélody Leblanc, Marie-Christine Fournier, and Rachelle Dumas. The three of them are quite obviously queer and proud, and unbeknownst to Berniece they've taken her under their wing because they are convinced she is going to come out by the end of the year. Their influence gives Berniece a strong identity as an ally early on, however.

Aside from being enrolled in the seven core classes for first years, Berniece must select three elective classes, which end up being Italian, Muggle Mathematics, and Literary Analysis. She does quite well in all her classes and gets good marks on all her final exams.

#### Seventh Year (2043-2044)

Over the summer after seventh year, Berniece's Aunt Frannie finally marries her fiancé Hugo Granger-Weasley in England, and Berniece is kindly chosen to be one of Frannie's bridesmaids. During the wedding, Berniece meets a younger girl named Dorothy Potter, a member of Hugo's family. Dorothy spends much of the reception at her side and the two make pleasant conversation and get to know each other, Berniece finding her to be a nice and funny girl. She notices that Dorothy seems to be attempting to flirt with her, but Berniece chooses to ignore this as Dorothy is too much younger than her.