Pandora Valere

Pandora Valere - Hufflepuff

*"Chloe is my best friend, nothing is going to change that. She means the world to me!"*

*"But anything else to know? I am good at knitting, I love spells, potions, and animals."*

**- Pandora**

Pandora "Panda" Valere is a half-blood first-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hailing from Worcestershire, United Kingdom, Pandora prides herself on her ability to make friends and her good memory. These traits were passed down from her parents Elizabeth Valere and Florence Valere. Pandora was a late starter to the term and arrived on October 12th 2035, and was assigned to House Hufflepuff, where her father was assigned to when he was a student.

## Appearance

Pandora currently stands at 5 feet tall which is tall for a first year, her growth glands will yield to more height as she grows older. She has long wavy blonde hair, steely grey eyes and a slim body build. She is usually in her Hufflepuff Hogwarts uniform and is never seen without anything themed to her house. Sweaters, Scarves and hats are usually themed to Hufflepuff and she even had pajamas that possess the same colours.

## Personality

Pandora is a good-natured, helpful and a knowledgeable Half-blood. She usually finds herself helping out others rather than helping herself which makes her approachable. She is easy to convince and usually supports her best friend Chloe over anyone she knows. She is loyal though and gets along well with Slytherin house members well too. She sometimes finds herself in trouble at times, mainly because she supports Chloe on everything she does.

## Background

Born and raised in Worcestershire, Pandora had lived with her parents in a small home in the countryside where her mother works with potions and produces them in a local trade store in Diagon Alley whilst her father works as a consultant for the Ministry of Magic. Her parents were both students at Hogwarts, her mother was apart of House Slytherin and her father was apart of Hufflepuff. Due to her fathers nationality, Pandora has a dual nationality. Part British-Part French.

## Events leading to now

### Home Life and preparing for Hogwarts

Pandora was taught at home by her parents to prepare her for the future. If she was going to be a Witch then there was no need to send her to a school in a muggle world. Once Pandora knew how to speak English she was then taught on how to brew potions with her mother at work.

Her parents agreed to apply Pandora for the 2035 term as a first year which was then accepted. But upon the day where she was supposed to be on Platform Nine and Three Quarters on September 1st, her parents had to delay her going due a death within her fathers side of the family, this delayed her arrival and a second letter was posted with a new date of which she needed to attend.

This was of course a late night train which consisted of Pandora buying all of her needed equipment from Diagon Alley before the train left to Hogwarts. Once she had gotten herself a wand and a Cauldron and some food for the journey, she then boarded the train to be taken to Hogwarts and arrived in the late morning to be sorted into her house.

### House sorting

When Pandora arrived at Hogwarts; she was immediately sorted into her house by the sorting hat. Hufflepuff was the final decision after the hat couldn't make its mind up due to her parents being at the school a long time ago, she had shared traits from her mother and father which ultimately led her to be placed in Hufflepuff.

Once the sorting was over and done with, Pandora was left to her own devices and made her way out to the courtyard to pass the time. She had no lessons planned for the day which left her with nothing to do and nobody to talk to. It was set to be a slow first day.

### First day and meeting Chloe Oskers

Whilst Pandora was minding her own business, a Slytherin named Chloe Oskers dashed outside to try and wear off extra energy. This led her to meet Pandora and noticed that she was alone and most certainly hadn't seen her before on the grounds. Chloe approached Pandora though first and almost lunged at the new first year which caused Pandora to flinch. But upon getting Pandora's attention the pair conversed and immediately begun to get along.

They both discussed their reasons for being outside, Pandora explained that she needed a friend whilst Chloe mentioned she needed to burn any leftover energy, and so they ran laps around the courtyard briefly and Pandora also timed Chloe to set an unbreakable record around the area.

Later that day they found themselves play fighting on the school grounds and found themselves resting on the grass shortly after, they discussed things and ended up complimenting each other non-stop. This of course brought them closer together and brought unknown feelings to Pandora. She liked Chloe and would do anything for her but couldn't quite understand why she felt this way.