Luisa Bennett

> *“So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”*
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*- Luisa about her mother.*

> *“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”*
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*-Luisa about her brother Raffael Bennett.*

**Luisa Irvine Bennett** (b. 10 November 1952) was a british muggle-born witch. She was the first born child of **Ginerva Bennett** ( née Zelly) **Greyson Bennett**. She was the twin-sister of **Raffael Bennett.**

She began with attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy, where she was sorted into the house Slytherin in 1963.

## Personality and traits

> *“You're worse than decent. You're virtuous.”*
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> - Raffael about his sister.
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Luisa was a decent woman and knows her manners. This is one of the reasons why she got bullied when she was younger. She was a very bright and intelligent girl for her age and knows her worth. She had a lot of ambition to do great things since she was young. She will do anything for her family, since she didn’t had many friends growing up. She comes over like a serious girl that knows her place in this world, but with the moon shines the stars. She can shine a light in a room with her humour when she feels comfortable around people. She has a bad habit of biting her nails when she is in distress or when her life is about to change. She enjoys being around people that are the opposite of her character.

## Appearance

> *" Her eyes are so dark, I could easily get lost for days in them and never find my way back to reality. Just like her mom! "*
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*- Some bully about Luisa's eyes, after her mom got taken away.*

Luisa was a really elegant and attractive young lady. Luisa inherited her mom’s eyes. She had big dark brown eyes with long lashes around them. She inherited her dad’s hair colour. Her hair was dark blond that was mostly worn loosely around her round-shaped head. She has full lips and a pretty small nose.

She wore mostly black, white or green. She loved to play around with clothes a lot, but managed to keep her outfits always classy and decent. She couldn't be seen without a pair of earrings. She moslty of the time wore the earrings she got for her 5th birthday.

## Biography

### *Early life (1952-1963)*

Sometimes it’s better if some people don’t get children. The backstory of **Luisa and Raffael** is a tragic one, the kind of story that will you make sorry for the poor Bennetts. It all started when some man named **Grayson Bennett,** muggle, met a beautiful woman at his work as a street painter. Even in the light of the midnight sun, she was the brightest. She could take a simple man’s breath away with just giving him a simple look. Grayson fell immediately in love with this “goddess” and started painting her whenever she crossed the street, on her way to her work. One day, he found all his courage to ask her out. She smiled politely and nodded. They’d spend the whole day together wandering through the streets until the stars popped into the sky. He showed the paintings and her heart felt like a fireplace set on total fire. *“ What’s your name, darling? “* He asked with sparks in his eyes. *“ I’m **Ginerva**..”* Even her name sounded like a summer night’s dream. She gave him a kiss on the cheek as they said their goodbyes. From that moment they saw each other almost everyday. After only 2 months they moved in with each other. From dancing in their small apartment in their underwear to switching the underwear for a long white dress and a ring. They had the perfect love story..

Ginerva was a model and just like Grayson a muggle. After they got married they decided to stay in their perfect city appartement with their perfect love. Their appartement was covered in Grayson’s paintings. Ginerva encouraged Grayson to get a decent job as a banker. He hated his job, but he loved his sunlight, so he kept working as a banker. Ginerva her model career grew as she was modelling for big brands. Grayson was often all alone, drinking. For the holidays, Ginerva came back with huge news. She was pregnant with his kids. He cried out of happiness and showed all his love to her.

Ginerva lost lots of contracts because of her pregnancy. Her hate toward being pregnant grew with her once so skinny belly. She missed the camera shutting all around her and wished that her obstruct was gone. How could this child be so cruel to take her dreams away? Grayson worked a lot for his family, so that they could afford a lovely home for the children. They moved out of their memorable appartement and the paintings were putted in boxes for their new home. Their home was just outside of the city and it was the perfect family home.

Ginerva tried to get rid of the baby, but nothing worked. Her pretty young self has died and made place for a boring house wife. She was slowly becoming her own biggest fear. It made her crazy and she blamed Grayson for all this. Her hate towards him was tempered by his youthful smile. She loved him, just not his child that was stuck inside of her ugly feminine body. Grayson on the other hand started to love the idea of having a child more then Ginerva. Ginerva was always sad in his eyes and her once so pretty smile had turned into a faded line of hopelessness.

Ginerva drowned in a depression. Trying to find the light back. She spent her days isolated in her room, before she went into labour. Grayson tried everyday to come to her, but she had built a wall of stone around herself. On the 10th of November it finally happened. Screams could be heard from the living room that Ginerva was in as she pushed and pushed. *“ You can do it sweetheart, I’m right here.. It’s almost done. “* Grayson calmly held her hand as she gave birth to her first child, it was a girl Luisa. Grayson and Ginerva made eye contact as they both started crying, one out of happiness and one out of fear. Fear for her new path. The crying turned fast back into screams as she felt that another child was coming. She pushed and pushed as she felt that almost all her breath was gone. Then he was born, Raffael. She fainted as she got a glimpse of her personal fever dream.

Raffael and Luisa grew up in a uncanny household. Their dad gave them all his time and warmth, while their mother found herself in a spiral of sadness. *“ I don’t even see them as my children, and I don’t see him as my once adored husband. I am simply not there anymore. “* was one of the last sentences that she wrote in her diary as it would be closed for a long time. Raffael and Luisa only saw their mom when they needed to bring her dinner. When they gave her dinner she would just be staring to the walls. Always the empty black wall. It scared the kids. She scared them. She was trapped in her own prison. Luisa and Raffael grew closer as they only had each other. Luisa got bullied for a long time, and then Raffael would stand up for her. It mostly ended in fights and coming home with heavy nose bleeding. Luisa would treat Raffael with as much knowledge she had as a eight year old, until their dad would come home with a wave of tiredness and worry. Ginerva started having nightmares wherein she would scream louder then a female fox searching for her partner. It kept the children up all night sometimes, while Greyson tried to calm his wife down and bring her back to herself.

Raffael came up with the plan to safe their mother by using something that he had found in an old book that he found in the school library. It was so-called “magic”. He showed it to Luisa. They were fools and took it home. The two little kids found a spell to cure all illnesses. Luisa didn’t believe that it would cure anything and laughed it off, but Raffael was convinced that this was the answer to all their pain and sorrow. He spoke some silly words, but nothing happened. The book was obvious not a real spell book. Then lights went out and the darkness hugged them like the mother-figure they have been craving for. It was quiet until then lights went back on. Raffael rushed to their mothers bedroom to cast the spell. Luisa tried to stop him, but he wouldn’t listen. Of course the words didn’t cure Ginerva, but it did open her eyes. She screamed loudly at Raffael *“ THE DEVIL! He’s working with the devil! THE SON AND THE DAUGHTER ARE CAPTURED BY THE DEVIL. “* Luisa grabbed Raffael as Ginerva kept screaming the sentence over and over again. Like the snake bits his own tail over and over. Raffael was stiffened of fear and a tear rolled over his cheek while the screams didn’t stop. Luisa pulled Raffael with her in the corner of her room and took him in her arms. “ *Dad will be home soon to stop this all.. “* She whispered in his ear while she putted her head on his.

The screams didn’t stop until Greyson called the asylum to take Ginerva away. His hand trembled while calling them. *“ They destroyed everything, they took away my light, myself. They are the real monsters here! May they burn.. burn.. “* She mumbled as they carried her away. He went over to his children and took them in his arms. *“ She’s gone now..”*

They decide to move out to forget all the pain they went through. Greyson went up to the attic to find the paintings he made. He brushed off the dust to find the once so pretty paintings of his wife. Now covered in dust, pain. He took a look at her smile for one last time as a tear dropped from his cheek on the canvas.

One day, a wizard appeared front door to inform Greyson about the special abilities of his children. He was in shock,  but he was willing to help them with their wizard world adventure. Luisa and Raffael were in a shock too, but they were happy to have a place to get a fresh start. As soon as they turned 11, they got their letter to Hogwarts..

### *Life at Hogwarts*

#### *First year (1963 - 1964)*

> *" It looks so much better then my old school.. The walls are so long and it feels like a dream school. “It’s all so new and interesting, but so scary at the same time. I hope I will finally find myself here. "*
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- Luisa her first thoughts of Hogwarts.

Luisa was sorted into the house of Slytherin in her first year at Hogwarts. Her twin-brother got sorted in the House of Ravenclaw. When Luisa was sorted into Slytherin, she didn’t know about the hate towards muggle-borns. She tried to keep things quiet with her being herself a Mudblood.

In her first year, she made a lot of friends. Her best friends were Lucien Nott and Adam Folwell. Despite Lucien being pure-blood, he still befriended her. She met a lot of new people in her first year and made new memories with them. She also bought a kitten at the start of the year, **Mr. Jenkins Arsh von Silhum**. She found herself studying and reading a lot outside of classes, as she didn't want to come of taciturn to other students. Charms were her favorite subject, as she became pretty good at it. Transfiguration, on the other hand, was a complete disaster. She didn't understand a thing.

She also joined a friend group called, Dragon spice. Despite their lack of meetings with the group, she was still flattered to be in a friend group. She made a lot of memories with Adam. She even saved his life when Adam accidentally dropped a strange liquid on his skin. He wasn't actually going to die, but the two little children didn't had so much expertise to know that. Rafael and Luisa also saw each other a lot in their free time. They also spended their vacations at their father's house.

At the end of the schoolyear, Gryffindor won the House Cup. She wasn't upset about this, since she had a lot of friends in Gryffindor. After the feast, she went to pack her things for the train. She was relieved to go to her known environment again.

## Possessions

* **Luisa's wand:** 12 ", Luisa's first wand is made out of Ashwood wood and it contains a Unicorn hair core. The wand is unyielding. Luisa purchased at Olivander's wandshop before her first year. According to Garrick Olivander: *"The ash wand cleaves to its one true master and ought not to be passed on or gifted from the original owner, because it will lose power and skill. This tendency is extreme if the core is of unicorn. Old superstitions regarding wands rarely bear close examination, but I find that the old rhyme regarding rowan, chestnut, ash and hazel wands (rowan gossips, chestnut drones, ash is stubborn, hazel moans) contains a small nugget of truth. Those witches and wizards best suited to ash wands are not, in my experience, lightly swayed from their beliefs or purposes. However, the brash or over-confident witch or wizard, who often insists on trying wands of this prestigious wood, will be disappointed by its effects. The ideal owner may be stubborn, and will certainly be courageous, but never crass or arrogant."*
* **Opal earrings:** Luisa received a pair of Opal earrings on her 5th birthday.. She inherited them from the mother of **Ginerva.** She'd pass these earrings on to her children in the future, as these earrings went from generation to generation. She is barely seen without wearing them. The earrings are extortionate, as Opal was a pretty new mineral at the time.
* **Mr. Jenkins Arsh von Silhum:** Luisa bought Mr. Jenkins Arsh von Silhum before her first year at Hogwarts. The cat is a male. It's breed is Persian. Jenkins is covered in plump white fur. The cat has bright emeral green eyes. Jenkins is often very tired and lazy. Jenkins is already six years old.
* **A silver necklace:** In Luisa's second year, she decided to do Christmas presents with Adam Folwell. He gave her a silver necklace with a little Hippogriff hanging onto it. From the moment she was gifted the necklace, it never left her neck as it had a bearing for her.
* **Self-crafted scarf and beanie:** Raffael Bennett made a scarf and a beanie for Luisa, after she clearly showed her jealousy towards Ivy. He had gifted Ivy a scarf before her, something that she couldn't quite understand. For the cold days, Rafe knitted a lovely forest green scarf, as he made a matching hunter green beanie with it.

## Etymology

Luisa is the Italian and Spanish form of Louise. Both of these female names are the female equivalents of Luis and Louis, respectively. Ultimately they're derived from the German personal name Ludwig which means *"famous warrior"* from the Germanic elements *"hlud"* (famous) and *"wig"* (warrior). The Ludwig/Louis names were quite popular among the European nobility of the Middle Ages which is how they maintained their popularity into modern times.