LONGBOTTOM, arabella marie

[ARABELLA MARIE LONGBOTTOM]

Arabella Marie Longbottom
"Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars, seeing is decieving
dreaming is believing, it's okay not to be okay. Sometimes it's hard
to follow your heart, tears don't mean you're loosing, everybody's
bruising, there's nothing wrong with who you are"

INTRODUCTION --

"hello there, my name is arabella marie longbottom. yes, i said longbottom. neville longbottom is my father. anyway, back to me! my friends and family call me by different names like; bella or belle. sometimes i get the same thing without the b though. like ella and elle. oh and sometimes ellie. but those don't come often. so yeah, bella or belle is fine. i was born on may sixteenth and one way to get on my good side is to get me presents! i love presents, but it's okay if you don't get any. i'll forgive you. i guess. yeah, i'm just kidding with you. i'm not that self absorbed. i am a sixteen year old, so obviously i'm a sixth year, and i'm in hufflepuff. at first i didn't really care for the house. i mean, i know it's my mom's house and all, but i wasn't sure it was for me. but, i changed my mind. i actually really like it. especially since i met one of my best friends because i was put in this house. her name is nora, by the way, in case you're wondering. i can honestly say that nora is one of the only girls i'm close to. i like hanging around guys more. they're less dramatic."

PERSONALITY --

"alright, as for how i act... you know, it's kind of hard to describe myself, but i'll try my best. i am absolutely perfect. again, i'm joking. no one is perfect and me, myself.. i'm far from it. i can actually be quite insecure at times, so i'm sorry if i just made you slightly depressed by talking about my imperfectness. sadly, i am one of those people who have their moments of doubt, where i think everything is going to go wrong, but usually i pull out of it in a decent amount of time. truth is, i don’t like being sad, but who does? the difference with me though, is that I try to turn it around and make myself happy. i will not wait for someone else to do that. i am optimistic and i try to wear a smile at least eighty-five to ninety percent of the time. i feel that if i do this, it will not only hide how i truly feel, but it will also help me forget how i feel, just for a little bit. to me, just a smile can heal the hurt. i am one of those people who will go out of my way to make someone else happy or make them feel alright again. i tend to put others before myself, rarely getting a break to get my own problems out.

i am a compassionate person and seem like a people person in general. i care about everyone, even if i don’t like you. of course when i don’t care for you, you'll know, because i’ll act like it, but if you're in a time of need, i will set that aside to help you. this can also connect me with the term empathetic or understanding. even if i haven’t been through what you have, i feel like i understand what is going on with you. i am also a listener, more than a talker when it comes to this kind of thing. don't think i’m not talkative because i am, but if someone needs to vent then i will listen to what they need to say before i put too much of an opinion into it. honestly all i want to do is help people.

honesty and loyalty are two other traits i possess. i can't stand lying to people, especially those i truly care about. and if i do, i'll feel so guilty, i might start crying. following that, i will tell you that i lied. i tend to trust easily, which is honestly a bad thing sometimes. sometimes i trust too much and people easily take advantage of me. i’m not stupid though. in fact i'm pretty sure i’m intelligent, and probably one of the smartest kids in my classes. i always work hard to do my best, and to get the best grades. not only that, but i want my parents to be proud of me.

all this sounds fine and dandy, sure, but of course people have their flaws, correct? well, one of my flaws is that I can be overemotional. crying comes easily to me, especially when i see something sad, like when i see a friend crying or hurt. also, certain things can set me off. especially if any snide comments are made about me, family or friends, but especially family and friends. so, on that note, I am short-tempered. things set me off easily and it's hard for me to hold it back.

with this, i am also opinionated, or blunt as some people call it. if i don’t like something, i will tell you. if i think something should be one way, i’ll most likely tell you. if i think something is wrong, i will let you know and try to make it right. i fight for what i believe in and if you try to mess with my morals, i will cut you. haha not really, but i won't allow it. basically i tell it like it is and it's hard to tell whether it's a good thing or not sometimes.

last, i have adopted a shy nature, due to people messing with me in my first year. i mean, it’s not as bad now, because i have noticed who my true friends are, but at times it can get the best of me. especially around boys. i get kind of awkward around them and sometimes i turn into a klutz. not paying attention, i will run into things or trip which usually results in me falling. nice huh? but it’s okay. i get over it. once i get to know you though, i can be pretty outgoing and crazy, as my friends say."

HISTORY --

"okay, so you remember when i first started telling you about myself, and i said who my father was? yeah, no joke. my father is neville longbottom and my mother is josie shunpike. when i was born i already had one brother who was a year older than me, so when i was born, he was a one year old. a year later my other brother was born. so yeah, we're all a year apart. not too much happened in my younger years. meaning, my years before hogwarts. of course there were little things that happened, but nothing to jump and scream about. the only thing that would come close was the fact i already had a best friend. see, the longbottoms were family friends with the scamanders due to the fact neville, my father, and luna, lysanders mom, were good friends during their years at hogwarts. i loved being around lysander. he was odd, but fun. therefore, he was stuck with me, forever. haha.

the fun started at age eleven, when i finally recieved my hogwarts acceptance letter. when my brother went to school for his first year, i was jealous. i wanted to go with him, but no, i had to wait another year. then it came. and when it was time, off i went. i ended up being more nervous than i thought i would be. it was a good thing i knew some people already. and i was going in with some family friends as well, includeing lysander, which helped immensly. hogwarts wasn't what i expected though. the school was great! don't get me wrong. it's just, the people. i guess i was a bit stupid for thinking most would be nice, but no, they weren't. after being messed with enough, i adopted my shy nature. not that that helped at all, but i was just afraid of what people would think of me if i was myself. the only person who i wasn't shy around was lysander, but that was because i've known him forever.

things just kind of stayed the same for a while. second year i made a couple more friends. slowly i continued to make friends. only three people had the status of best friend though. lysander, my friend since diapers. nora, a year younger than me, but a hufflepuff as well. and another boy. we were like a quad, instead of a trio. it was actually pretty amazing, in my opinion, how close we were. i was happy anytime i was around them. i wouldn't trade them for anything. now i am in my sixth year, and i'm pretty much used to the fact that i'm not ms. popular or anything close. but the thing is, i really don't care anymore. i know who my true friends are and i'm happy with that."

BEHIND THE MASK --
alias; kate
experience; four years
character house; hufflepuff
character year; sixth year
character side; neutral
other chars; none