Sally Smith

Sally Smith during her Care of Magical Creatures Class

**Sally Smith** (born November 10, 1979) is a British witch who began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991. She was in the same year as Harry Potter and was sorted into Gryffindor, but either way, she still befriended Cormac McLaggen.

In her third year, Smith took Divination and Care of Magical Creatures as her electives. Providing she was not a Muggle-born, she presumably graduated in 1998.

In her fourth year, her Yule Ball date was Cormac McLaggen after he broke up with Hermione Granger. Then, she was considered a traitor by Ron and Ginny Weasley, which was a trait Smith denied.

In her fifth year, when she and Zacharias Smith were talking about the next Quidditch match with Slytherin, they both spotted Leland Evans with her brother’s Quidditch robes. Without warning, Sally and Zacharias Smith chased Leland to the Clock Tower and then Leland got tired but then both Sally and Zacharias attacked him. Then Draco Malfoy took Sally and Zacharias Smithbto Snape’s office while Pansy Parkinson escorted Leland to the Hospital Wing. Then, Snape gave Sally and Zacharias Smith detention and took 5 points off from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.

Sally Smith did not join Dumbledore’s Army since she did not want to do anything to make any teacher angry. She had some negative Gryffindor traits. She was angry at Zacharias Smith for joining which made Zacharias critical of Harry’s leadership. After a quidditch match involving Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, Sally Smith got angry at Ginny Weasley and did not believe in her forgetting to break and criticized her for foul play, which irritated Ginny even more.

During the 1996-1997 School year, Sally Smith got mad at Ginny Weasley for casting a Bat-Bogey Hex at Zacharias Smith.

Sally Smith was not among the people to attend Dumbledore’s funeral as she waited at the train station for Zacharias Smith, she gave her father Zacharias Smith’s location and Zacharias Smith was escorted by their father while Sally Smith waited for them.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Death Eater Leland Evans casted a spell that injured Sally Smith’s arm. Zacharias Smith did not help in the defence of Hogwarts when it was attacked by Lord Voldemort's army in May of 1998; this may indicate that he did not join the revived D.A. that faced considerably more danger in opposing the Carrow professors that year as Sally Smith did not join both armies. Zacharias Smith was last seen fleeing Hogwarts to help his injured sister, rather than participating in the Battle of Hogwarts. He even pushed first-year students out of his way in his rush to find Sally who injured her arm and called his name. Zacharias Smith escorted Sally Smith, held onto his stuff and her stuff, and both fled the battle. After the Battle was over, both Sally and Zacharias Smith went back to Hogwarts to finish their education.

## Biography

### Early Life and Before Her Third Year

Sally Smith was born on November 10, 1979. Not much is known about her childhood nor her brother’s childhood other than Sally Smith being put in Gryffindor in 1991 and Zacharias Smith being put in Hufflepuff in 1992.

### Third Year

After the summer holidays in 1993, Smith returned to Hogwarts for the 1993–1994 school year, though this time Dementors were standing guard at every entrance. She performed with the Frog Choir at the 1993 Start-of-Term Feast in the Great Hall.

Smith took Divination and Care of Magical Creatures as her elective subjects in her third year.

During her first Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Smith and other students were told that their copies of *The Monster Book of Monsters*, which had bitten them, had to be stroked in order to open. When Professor Rubeus Hagrid introduced the Hippogriff Buckbeak, she, along with the rest of the class, did not seem to be able to believe her eyes. After Hagrid asked for a volunteer, Smith was afraid and stepped back, leaving Harry Potter to interact with Buckbeak instead. She watched apprehensively alongside Hermione and Neville Longbottom, and applauded happily after Harry flew the Hippogriff. Unfortunately for him, Malfoy insulted Buckbeak, who proceeded to attack him. Smith ran and hid behind a rock with her best-friend Alice Tolipan and Parvati. The class was dismissed while Hagrid took Malfoy to Madam Pomfrey in the Hospital Wing.

In Smith’s first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson of the year, Smith and other Gryffindors were taught about Boggarts by Remus Lupin, the new teacher as of Professor Lockhart's departure, and had a practical lesson on how to banish them. Smith faced the Boggart, and it frightened her by turning into either a rat, rattlesnake or eyeball.

Smith was later present during the lesson that Hermione, after being insulted by Professor Trelawney, stormed out of the class. At the time, Smith was crystal-gazing with Alice Tolipan, and looked up in surprise after Hermione left. Smith returned to her work straight away, and was later the last person out of the classroom. On the Divination staircase, she walked with Andrew Kirke, rather than with Alice Tolipan, who was ahead of her with Sophie Roper. Harry, who was returning to the classroom, accidentally walked into Smith, and said sorry.

Smith watched Harry Potter fly on his Firebolt and cheered happily.

### Fourth Year

During her fourth year, Smith attended the Yule Ball and dated Cormac McLaggen, which made Ron have the feeling she was going to betray other Gryffindors to McLaggen.

### Fifth Year

In her fifth year, when Sally and Zacharias Smith were talking about the next Quidditch match with Slytherin, they both spotted Leland Evans with her brother’s Quidditch robes. Without warning, Sally and Zacharias Smith chased Leland to the Clock Tower and then Leland got tired but then both Sally and Zacharias Smith attacked him. Then Draco Malfoy took Sally and Zacharias Smith to Snape’s office while Pansy Parkinson escorted Leland to the Hospital Wing. Then, Snape gave Sally and Zacharias Smith detention and took 5 points off from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.

Smith did not join Dumbledore’s Army since she did not want to do anything to make any teacher angry. She had some negative Gryffindor traits. She was angry at her brother for joining which made her brother critical of Harry’s leadership. After a quidditch match involving Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, Sally Smith got angry at Ginny Weasley and did not believe in her forgetting to break in-front of Zacharias Smith and criticized her for foul play, which irritated Ginny even more.

### Sixth Year

During the 1996-1997 School year, Smith got mad at Ginny Weasley for casting a Bat-Bogey Hex at her brother.

Sally Smith was not among the people to attend Dumbledore’s funeral as she waited at the train station for Zacharias Smith, she gave her father Zacharias’ location and Zacharias was escorted by their haughty-looking father.

### Seventh Year

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Leland Evans casted a spell that injured Sally’s arm. Zacharias did not help in the defence of Hogwarts when it was attacked by Lord Voldemort's army in May of 1998; this may indicate that he did not join the revived D.A. that faced considerably more danger in opposing the Carrow professors that year as Sally did not join both armies. Zacharias was last seen fleeing Hogwarts to help his injured sister, rather than participating in the Battle of Hogwarts. He even pushed first-year students out of his way in his rush to find Sally who injured her arm and called his name. Zacharias escorted Sally, held onto his stuff and her stuff, and both fled the battle. After the Battle was over, both Sally and Zacharias went back to Hogwarts to finish their education.

## Physical Description

Smith had red hair, which, during her Hogwarts years, she often wore as plaits. She had blue eyes and white skin, and wore her school uniform very neatly. Unlike her friend, during her magical creatures class in her third year, she did not take off her robe, but she did take off her jumper and tie it around her waist. She was considerably shorter than fellow Gryffindor Neville Longbottom, and was slightly shorter than Hermione Granger.

## Behind the Scenes

* Smith appeared on the student list shown by J. K. Rowling in *Harry Potter and Me*, but her given name was only partially visible, appearing to begin with "Ge-". On *Pottermore,* Rowling revealed that the character's given name was originally "Georgina," but that this was crossed out and replaced with "Sally."
* Some fans assumed Sally Smith was Alice Tolipan, but this was not clear as Alice Tolipan had a little different height and/or a different description than Smith, herself.
* She is portrayed by Danielle Downey in the film adaptation of *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.