Karen Meredith- Approved

[Karen Meredith]

Name: Karen Lee Meredith
Age: twenty-four
Gender: Female
Magical Background: Pureblood
Magical Affiliation: Neutral
Wand:

10"; oak wood and dragon core

Physical Description:

Karen has always been an average-looking person. She only stands at five feet, three inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, but you'd have to think that she was (at least) ten pounds heavier when you look at her. She claims to have "extra baggage" thanks to her father's genes since she has been a big girl since birth. Her hair has been dyed quite a few times in her short lifetime, but she's decided on letting go of the hairdyes so she could go with her natural blonde color. Her choice is that it's up in either a ponytail or pigtails most of the time. She has beautiful blue eyes, although she has to hide them behind a pair of glasses because she was diagnosed with nearsightedness when she was younger. Karen has two tattoos - the Japanese symbol for love that she got when she was seventeen, and another one of a ladybug on a blowing leaf.

She can usually be seen wearing jeans and a tee-shirt when she's not taking care of business, though there is the rare occasion that she will dress up like a girl [balls, other special days]. When there's nothing to do and she's quite bored, she's hanging out in her pajamas.

Personality:

Adults have told her that she's a bright person, but she doesn't really know why they call her intellectual because she doesn't think she fits that trait. When she does come up with an idea or something bright, nobody will listen to her until it's the last line of defense. She will get into trouble just by speaking up or doing something minor, but most of the time, it's not her fault. She'll help anyone who she is close to and wouldn't mind helping people that she doesn't know and hasn't gotten to meet. [Typical ex-Hufflepuff.] Karen is a hard worker in her daily life and is always determined to get the job done. Not getting it done is not going to work for her, though it's not always going to work out in the end.

Family:

Jake Comet [grandfather, living]
Rachel Comet [grandmother, dead]
Sonja Meredith [mother, living]
Franklin Meredith [brother, living]
Unknown father [dead]

History:

Karen Meredith; born October 20, 1987, in a small town on the East Coast of the United States, would have no idea what she'd be in for when she was born. Life would be perfect for the first few years, as she became a big sister to Franklin at the age of three. But things would quickly start to go into a downward spiral. About a month after her fifth birthday, Karen's father passed away in some sort of a freak accident; one that even Karen can't talk to you about because the full story was not told to her. At the age of seven, it was revealed to both Meredith kids that they had magical blood in them. Through the older of the two siblings, the revelation was done after she had accidently blown up. [She had no idea how that happened, really.] Karen's life would never be the same again.

Although it was revealed to her that she had magical blood, Karen still lived her life as a Muggle human. Her mother taught her everything she needed to know about the Muggle world. She went to a Muggle school in her town, where she would be constantly teased about anything and everything. In turn, she would be the one getting in trouble for things that weren't her fault. This kind of behavior would last all through the elementary years and through the first year of middle school. Soon, her personality changed. Although she would still be on the butt end of most of the jokes, she learned to control her frustration and become a better person. It wasn't until high school, however, when things once again reached a boiling point. The pressure would be too much for her to handle, and she requested a change of schools midway through her sophomore year. It would pay off in a good way: Her grades dramatically improved; and she felt a sense of control with her life. She graduated two-and-a-half years later with a class of about nine other students.

Karen would learn about the first incantation of Trio's Hogwarts through her mother, who insisted she find a way to learn more about the wizarding aspect of her life. Her mother had been indecisive with letting Karen go overseas to get a wizarding education; the only way Karen could go was if she could control the temper she had been disgraced with. At the age of 17, about two years after getting her letter to go to Trio's, her mother had let her daughter go. Karen was finally free to pursue the education at Trio's Hogwarts.

She had been sorted into the Hufflepuff house upon arrival. She almost felt a little awkward being a 17-year-old newcomer into the school, but she quickly learned the ropes when it came to classes and extracurricular activities. She joined the house's Quidditch team in the middle of her stay, becoming one of the team's primary Chasers. Through the program, she met new people and ultimately made new friendships. Though the program only went as far as tryouts and practices, she still had fun participating in said program.

In Karen's seventh year, she wanted to know what her Animagus was going to be. And taking classes was her only option. Through the class, she learned that her Animagus was a monarch butterfly. But with her newly-acquired skill came acquired downfalls, which she found out about during the short time she was in the class. She can't keep her form for too long because has a tendency to lose focus of what she's doing. She's still learning how to keep her focus for longer than about a minute, but at the moment, she can fly only a couple of feet at the maximum. She'll only transform behind the walls of her house, only because she doesn't want to attempt it outside and she knows her way around her own house and not the streets of London.

Of course, all good things had to come to an end, and for Karen, about two years of her time at Trio's had finally come to an end. She eventually graduated from the school and took a job in the Ministry of Magic as a Muggle Relations Official. She was at the job for a few weeks before an undisclosed family emergency came about, and she left both the Ministry and England without notice. About a half a year later since her last appearance in England, Karen returned to England to settle down in her new life. Another family emergency took her back to the US, when her grandmother passed away. Desperate to make a new life out of her old one, she brought her mother and brother (back) overseas. She had to give up her job at the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department in the Ministry, but she claims that she's going to get it back one day.

Other:

Why, yes. I did copy this all from my old biography. If you need me to fix anything, I'll fix it.