Greta Longbottom

##### Positives

> Greta knows how to go after what she wants and she will typically get it. Determination is strong within her. She is adaptable to situations around her and welcomes most change because she gets bored otherwise. She doesn't take jokes seriously, but she doesn't really consider herself to be a funny person. As much as she doesn't like it, Greta is a natural leader because of her independence and unwillingness to follow a crowd. She still feels like she's finding out who she is and what she likes, but she will not mindlessly follow anyone. Greta is a rather calm-tempered person otherwise.
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##### Negatives

> Greta is rather pessimistic and woe-is-me. Whether it's part of her growing up and something she will grow out of is yet to be seen, but she is more of a glass half empty type person. She just expects things to go wrong. Greta is quite judgmental, but she feels as if she's smart enough that she can easily read people from the start. She's been told more than once that she is rather selfish, but she doesn't really see what's so wrong in looking out for herself. Along with everything else, Greta tends to be rather sarcastic or has a dry sense of humor.
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#### History

##### Family History

> History. What's so good about it? One minute, they're telling you not to focus on the past, and the next, they're mad that you won't listen to them rant on and on (and on) about their past "adventures" with *the* Harry Potter and He-who-must-not-be-named. First of all, how can you expect me to think you had it all bad when you called a man who looked like a rotting ghost a name with more syllables than I care to speak? Second of all, I've heard the stories since I was born. Probably since I was still in my mother's womb, if we're getting technical.
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> Dad was so not cool in Hogwarts, which is really no surprise. He still is kind of a dork if I have anything to say about it. I never really knew his parents, though I'm told I met them when I was younger. Their story is kind of sad, but I don't really feel an emotional connection to people I can't even remember. Mum at least had her family, large as it was.
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> Dad and mum had met briefly in school, and he was only worth remembering because he was a friend of Harry Potter. Sorry. *The* Harry Potter. And they call me dramatic? It wasn't love at first sight or anything. Dad went on to be an apprentice so that he could one day teach Herbology at Hogwarts. I never understood that, really. He told me horror stories of him being bullied at school and yet, he wanted to go back to teach? Parents make zero sense. Nothing too glamorous, but he tripped over my mum, *thrice*, in a matter of an hour because apparently dad is always a huge klutz or something. Merlin, am I thankful I did not gain that from him. Maybe it was just around pretty girls, I wasn't really paying attention to this part of the story, because gross. It's bad enough being a girl sometimes, I don't need to be tripping over my feet for every person I find remotely attractive.
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> Mum felt kind of sorry for him and gave him a pity date. It was meant to just be coffee, but she agreed to a second date after he stumbled over his words to ask her, and then a third. They don't really talk about their relationships outside of each other, but I definitely know there was something, because how lame would they be if there weren't? I'm pretty sure he was in love with someone else, but he won't tell me the stories since he says he loves mum now.
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> The very first time that they...you know, did the *deed*, the *dirty*, the gross too-much-information-to-share-with-your-daughter thing, they got pregnant, and then married quickly. They seem to think I'm stupid and can't do a bit of calculating to realize that they married and had a baby fairly quickly. If you let them tell it, they'll say that they were in love, and sure, they are now, but then? I don't think so. Mum, apparently, loved being a mum so much, and wanted all of her children to grow up together, so she got pregnant practically after she gave birth to Gwendolyn. I was the second born, and then two followed after me. That's a story for a different time, though.
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##### Early Years

> I was born in June. Do you know what else is born in June? Death. Because it's hot.
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> I was a fairly even-tempered baby and child, and kind of off on my own since there was always a baby around that needed the attention. I talked early, walked late, but childhood was riddled with fighting with one sibling or another. Sometimes, the bickering got out of control and you'd be lucky if you didn't get hit with various household objects that we blamed on uncontrolled magic. Not everything was flying because of magic, though. What the parents don't know can't hurt them, right?
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> I want to say that it was a relief when Gwen went to Hogwarts, but it was lonely. I'll never tell her that, but with her gone, I was suddenly the oldest and I had to do everything because Cam and Bell are bloody useless. The family nights we used to do on occasion stopped, but they were super lame anyway. I spent as much time as possible obsessing over quidditch (a totally healthy obsession, might I add), and trying to hide from my siblings because it's very tiring trying to entertain children. I was practically and adult, just waiting for my Hogwarts letter. It felt like forever for June to arrive, but not to my surprise, I was accepted at Hogwarts.
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##### School Years

>    It was more nerve-wracking than I thought when it came to going to Hogwarts, though I had been hearing stories about it for years, and was jealous that Gwen was there making a bunch of new friends and I was stuck picking up the slack on *her* chores. To everyone's surprise, including my own, I was sorted into Slytherin. I've heard some not-so-great things about the house, but I knew it was exactly where I needed to be once I met my house mates. A part of me was afraid I had disappointed my dad, but then he kissed me on my head in front of *everyone*, and you know what, he can suffer with me being a snake. A proud one, by the way.
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> Hogwarts was great, if you forget about the fact that my dad is teaching there. I made some friends, and had access to a library with more books than I have ever seen in my life. More importantly, there was quidditch. I could finally work hard and make the team one day, so that is what I did. I made the team as a reserve player, which was irritating, but I was closer than I had ever been before. I found that I had a knack for potions, though, from the very first class. I spent more time in perfecting that class than I did studying anything else. I'm a natural talent, what can I say?
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> I dated a few times, but nothing ever lasted. It's pretty hard to date someone when you're trying to make sure your dad doesn't find out about it because I am definitely not answering 100 questions when I just want to enjoy my schooling experience and everything that comes with it. Now with all of my siblings here, it's particularly annoying because they're the first to tattle on me. Truthfully, I'm the first to tattle on them, so I suppose it all balances out. Still, I'm trying to have a life at Hogwarts without anyone ruining it for me, and I will have just that, no matter who I have to push out of my way for it.
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> Then there was Hugo, someone that I had known for all of my life (practically), with our parents being friends from all the way back in the ancient days. I really liked him, and he really liked me, so we started to date. It seemed like it was perfect, until it wasn't, because I could see the way that Phoebe looked at him, or the way that Phoebe was always around. I saw the way that he laughed with her, and how he looked at her, and though they made me seem like I was crazy, I was right in the end. Ugh. Boys are so stupid.
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> So now I'm back to focusing more on trying to find out if my dad really is having an affair with that woman, and one way or another, I will discover the truth.
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### Connections

#### **Family**

###### Neville Longbottom

> Her relationship with her father is one of typical teenager who is embarrassed by anything family related. It's bad enough that her father teaches at her school, and that they share the same surname so people actually know, but Merlin forbid they have a conversation in public. She is counting down the days until she no longer has to take his class. Outside of school, though, she does love her dad, but they're not as close as they once were, when she was a little girl who idolized her father, as she tries to navigate the world in figuring out who she is.
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###### Eudora Longbottom

> Similar to her relationship with her father, everything her mother does is embarrassing in some way. It's especially irritating when her mum tries to fix her hair in public like she's 3, or when her mum brings up stories of the past that she's sure she's doing just to mortify Gigi and make her want to disappear even more. She argues with her mother a lot, over the smallest of things. She secretly likes just having days with her and her mum though, and those are the times when they actually argue the least.
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###### Gwendolyn Longbottom

> To be determined - typical sibling rivalry. She hates getting her things stolen by her siblings and doesn't like to share. They fight like cats and dogs and then love each other the next moment.
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###### Cameron Longbottom

> To be determined - typical sibling rivalry. She hates getting her things stolen by her siblings and doesn't like to share. They fight like cats and dogs and then love each other the next moment.
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###### Bellamy Longbottom

> To be determined - typical sibling rivalry. She hates getting her things stolen by her siblings and doesn't like to share. They fight like cats and dogs and then love each other the next moment.
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###### Cassia Prewett

> Greta sometimes wants to be just like Cassia - she thinks Cassia is so cool and so pretty and she's a little jealous, but not in a bad way. She likes spending time with her and going on shopping trips.
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###### Calla Prewett

> Although Calla and Cassia seem rather different, Greta finds that she looks up to them both in different ways. She thinks Calla is so mature and knows what she wants in life, and she looks up to that. She likes to get advice from Calla because it feels like it's always the right advice (whether or not she takes it, is up for debate).
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###### Florian Prewett

> Another cousin - he can be a bit much at times, but Greta likes feeling cared for. She kind of listens to him more than she cares to admit, but she'll argue it to save face.
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###### Imogen Prewett

> Close cousins that got along sometimes and sometimes didn't, Greta loved her dearly. She's rather close with her family (though it was kind of forced growing up), so it's weird for her to think about what things are supposed to be like now that she's gone. Greta has a lot of guilt when it comes to Imogen having been killed because she feels stupid about all of their silly disagreements in the past.
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#### **Friends**

###### Ainsley Fawley

> A friendship built out of their curious nature to find the truth about their parents
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###### Breelyn Kensington

> Roommates and friends, they tend to get along rather well.
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###### Kaspar Rashidi

> Friends, or acquaintances, they tend to be around each other a lot through their love of quidditch.
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#### **Romance**

###### Alexander Williamson

> They dated very briefly years ago, and though she didn't care too much about the breakup, she was still upset that he and Imogen had gotten together because girl code doesn't allow that.
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###### Hugo Granger-Weasley

> They dated briefly during her fifth year, and she really cared about this breakup because she really liked him, but he liked someone else.
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#### **Enemies**

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