Alice Springs (bird)/Harry Potter

**Alice Springs** was the name of an female red-tailed hawk and is titled as the **Bird of Ravenclaw**. Believed to had been born pre-1991 before Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts, it's believed Alice was once a human female of American origin, commonly thought to been an unregistered animagus due to her uncanny and human-like sapient intellect. She was believed to had been born pre-1991 soomewhere in Alaska in at least the past 15 years, as the red-tailed hawk's life expectancy is only around 20 years. However after five years, she was still alive and fully healthy, which was caught on that she was an animagu. During the Second Wizarding War, Alice would often work alongside the Ravenclaw students in the defense for Hogwarts, being being perched on the shoulder of Luna Lovegood during the conflict. After the end of the entire, but the request of Luna herself, was to be checked by Hogwarts staff, finally getting the answer that she was in fact, a human female angimagus, however sometime during her life was cursed to forever stay in her animal form. This also explains her advanced lifespan heading beyond that of the normal red-tailed hawk, however she is no longer registered as an human being, but a creature, a "beast" but she is classified as fully sentient, and possess the same rights as any human individual.

Despite not not being an eagle, Alice soon was seen as the official represenation of Ravenclaw's eagle, and her title as the Bird of Ravenclaw was recognized by the staff and even the student's parents. Since them, she would be seen flying around Ravenclaw's common room, and the entirely of Hogwarts. Because she's no longer listed as an human being, but an creature, she's officially pet of the Ravenclaw's head, or Ravenclaw's prefect.

## Physical Appearance

Alice is ared-tailed hawk of 18-25 inches in length with a wingspan of four feet (45-52 inches). She weighs two to four pounds. Her back and on top of her wings is dark brown to gray brown. She has light brown or cream undersides and a cinnamon colored neck and chest, alog witha dark band across her belly and a broad, round, rusty red tail. It should be noted she has brown eyes.

## Personality & Traits

As shown through her years at Hogwarts, Alce was first seen has any other bird til recent observers as shown interests that she's not a ordinary red-tailed hawk, which also baffled most as that is native in the Americas and not in Great Britain. Throughout her years, she was an calm and gentle hawk for her statue. Due to being an former human unbeknowist to most til later, she still holds a human mentality, and sometimes wished to be reverted back to being human. This thinking lead her into depression at most times, however thanks to the students later on, she now feels more happy as she was titled the Bird of Ravenclaw. Due to this newfound acceptance, she's was more lively unlike her past, and shown dedication to Ravenclaw's students, and even affection towards the House Head, the Ghost of Ravenclaw, and towards Luna Lovegood.

## Magical abilities & skills

After the Second Wizarding War, it's been found out Alice was an human female as an unregistered animagus, due to her disappearance when she attained Hogwarts during her first year, where she held the unatural talent for animagus (though many believes she's actually a Metamorphmagus due to her talent at a young age). Because of her bird form, she would had been considered a child prodigy, however was somehow "cursed" to forever stay in her bird form. Due to this, she's would considered to have an advanced lifespan thanks to her human heritage, along with that of flight. As an bird, she has yet to demonstrate any magical capabiltiies, but is suspected she could learn wandless magic.

## Trivia & Notes

* This Alice Springs represents the author's live-action counterpart of hi anime-based Harry Potter universe, specifically Alice Springs in his sandbox.

## References

1. ↑ https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/redtailhawk.htm
2. ↑ https://www.schlitzaudubon.org/raptor/sky-walker/