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{ ALICE LONGBOTTOM a mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have.
BASICS NAME: Alice Marie Longbottom (née Chevalier) NICKNAMES: Ali. Mum. Female Auror Longbottom. The Nice Lady Who Bakes Things. AGE | DOB: 40 | 08 July, 1957 HOGWARTS HOUSE | YEAR: Gryffindor, 1975 (Head Girl) BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Happily married to Frank Longbottom (m. Aug 9, 1976 [9/8/76]) SEXUALITY: Straight OCCUPATION: Auror Extraordinaire LOCATION: A lovely country home in Arundel, West Sussex. FAMILY BACKGROUND:     Parents: Marc Louis (Apr 17, 1932; Beaux 1950) Rebecca Jane (née Banges) (Feb 27, 1933; H 1951)     Siblings: David Nicholas (Dec 23, 1972; R 1991; Accidental Magic Reversal Squad) Henri Joseph (Dec 23, 1972; G 1991; Committee on Experimental Charms)     Husband: Francis Algernon (Jan 1, 1957; H 1975; Auror)     Children: Neville Francis (Jul 30, 1980; G 1998) Louis Algernon (Oct 7, 1982; H 2001) Callidora Marie (Dec 27, 1989; future G 2008)	physical appearance the world always looks brighter from behind a smile. _______________________________ At 5'4", Alice is about average height for a woman. She has an open and friendly face, and the kind of smile that can light up a room. Brown eyes usually sparkle with happiness, and long, wavy brown hair frames her face, which is rather pale, but relatively free of marks and scars, aside from a few wrinkles and laugh-lines that are starting to show up and indicate a life well-lived and full of smiles and laughter. The rest of her body, likewise, is generally scar-free (aside from a few permanent marks from assorted hexes that she's caught over the years on the job), though she has one tattoo: a small dove with an olive branch on her right shoulder blade, which she got right after her 19th birthday, not quite a month before she and Frank got married. In terms of dress, Alice tends toward the conservative. It took a long time to break her of only ever wearing skirts and dresses, as she did well into her 20s, but these days, she's gotten comfortable in jeans and slacks, as well. Even with her jeans, though, she tends to wear more "girly" tops and blouses, not generally a fan of wearing t-shirts. Her ears are pierced, but for the most part she only wears simple stud earring. In general, she doesn't wear a lot of jewellery: a simple pair of earrings, a necklace that Frank gave her when they started dating, and her wedding and engagement rings. This is all partly because she likes keeping things simple, and also partly because she doesn't want something as silly as jewellery getting in her way if she's working.
personality courage is being afraid but going on anyhow. _______________________________ Alice has always been a happy person. Sweet, charming, cheerful, no bad side to speak of. Living through a war has tempered that some, but she's still one of the nicest, sweetest people on the planet. She has also always been a hopeless, incurable romantic. One of the things that first drew her to Frank, in fact, was his chivalry: he was an absolute Knight in Shining Armour, a perfect Prince Charming. Not to say that Alice has ever been a damsel in distress, mind. Even as a young girl, Alice dreamed of being useful and helpful. While she always wanted a family, she wanted more than to just be a housewife and mother, and she still struggles with that: she wants to be home with her kids, but she doesn't want to give up her life as an Auror, either. The sorting hat almost put her into Hufflepuff, and with good reason: loyalty is one of her strongest traits. If you have a friend in Alice, you have a friend for life. She would do anything for her friends and loved ones, and if she promises to do something, she'll find a way to do it, no matter what. She's also highly responsible, one of the reasons she was made both Prefect and Head Girl at Hogwarts. You can trust her with any task, no matter how big or small, and she'll do it to the best of her ability. Unfortunately, her loyalty and openheartedness also cripple her: she can be too trusting, too likely to put other people before herself, leading to her wearing herself out at times, or not taking the time to focus on her own needs. She also has a need to please people, and ends up out of sorts if people don't immediately take to her. She can also be a bit meddlesome in other people's affairs, and often offers unsolicited advice. LIKES: Frank, their children, cats, flowers (particularly daisies and sunflowers), strawberries, chocolate, mint-flavoured ice cream, peppermint toads, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Honeydukes Fudge, bouillabaisse, hot tea with honey, dancing, watching the rain (preferably from inside where it's cozy, warm, and dry). DISLIKES: Pumpkin (in food or beverage), overly spicy foods, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans (there's too many of the gross flavours and not enough of the good ones), people who intentionally harm others, mice, coffee.	5 RANDOM FACTS ‹‹ Alice bakes all the time. She bakes when she's stressed, she bakes when she's happy, she bakes when she's sad, she just bakes whenever she has the free time. It's not uncommon for her to show up to work with a basket of baked goods (muffins, cupcakes, baked goods, mini tarts, etc) for her fellow Aurors. ‹‹ She does not curse. Ever. The most colourful her language gets is an occasional "sweet Merlin." It amuses the other Aurors to no end. ‹‹ Even at 40 (sweet Merlin, don't remind her!), Alice still has a smile that can light up a room. ‹‹ Callie was a bit of a "surprise!" but a welcome one. Alice was mostly just thrilled that she finally had a little girl. She was getting horribly outnumbered. ‹‹ Frank gave her a delicate heart necklace when they started dating. She still wears it all the time. Seriously, she doesn't even take it off to shower.
biography in the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. _______________________________ Alice Marie Chevalier was the first (and for quite a while, the only) child of Marc and Rebecca Chevalier. Marc was a French barrister who moved to England and the British Ministry when he fell in love with a beautiful British photographer. They were thrilled to have a child and doted upon her, showering her with love and affection, such that she grew up in a very loving and warm environment, which then helped shape her into a very loving and warm child. With Marc busy with work at the Ministry, and Rebecca busy as a photographer for the Daily Prophet, and a new young daughter to care for, they decided that their lives were hectic enough, so Alice remained an only child throughout her childhood. Shortly after her eleventh birthday in 1968, Alice received letters from both her mother's alma mater of Hogwarts as well as from her father's alma mater of Beauxbatons. After much discussion that summer, the family agreed to send Alice to Hogwarts. So, on 1 September, 1968, Alice boarded the Hogwarts Express, which took her off to Scotland for her first year.At the welcome feast and sorting, Alice was a bit nervous as she watched the other first years being sorted into the various houses. Her mother had told her all about the school, and about the sorting ceremony, and about the various houses, particularly her own: Hufflepuff. Alice knew that her mother hoped that she would be sorted into Hufflepuff, as well, but a part of her actually hoped for Gryffindor. She felt like she was brave enough for it. Perhaps the Sorting Hat read those thoughts in her head and granted her her choice, or perhaps Gryffindor truly was the best fit for her; regardless, while the Hat did comment that she would do well in either Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, it ultimately called out "Gryffindor!" for her. Alice's early years at Hogwarts were rather unremarkable: she did well in her classes (thanks to a desire to do well that drove her to study hard), she made friends, and she was just a typical student. The summer between her fourth and fifth years came with two big surprises: first, a Prefect badge arrived with her booklist for fifth year. And second, her parents announced that Rebecca was pregnant again (this time with twins). Despite having been an only child for fifteen years, Alice was excited about the prospect of having baby brothers or sisters (or one of each). On 23 December, 1972, Alice's twin brothers were born, David and Henri. She was thrilled to be able to have been home when they were born. By the time she came home again for the summer holidays, the twins were six months old and already crawling. Although she had never really spent too much time with young children before her brothers were born, she came to absolutely love babies and little children. Her O.W.L. scores arrived that summer, and Alice did well in most of her classes, aside from History of Magic. As a reward for her four Os (Charms, Defense, Potions, and Transfiguration), her parents bought her a tabby kitten, whom she named Tigger. When it came time to choose her N.E.W.T.-level classes, Alice knew exactly which classes she wanted to take: those required for admittance to the Healer programme at St. Mungo's. Although she was hopelessly torn between the idea of being a Healer and the idea of being an Auror, the class requirements were essentially the same, so as long as she strove toward the Healer goal, the Auror one would still remain in her grasp, so she would be covered no matter what she ultimately decided upon. Near the end of her sixth year, Alice started taking notice of a fellow sixth year: a Hufflepuff named Frank Longbottom. They'd had a few classes together, of course, but she hadn't really noticed him, or at least not in that way. But suddenly she did, and she wasn't entirely sure what to do about it. Although she would be happy to push her friends toward the boys they liked, she was positive that there was no way he'd be interested in her, and was therefore hesitant to push herself at him. So, for nearly a year after that, she just crushed on him from afar. Seventh year again brought two new changes: first in the summer, when her booklist bore the coveted Head Girl Badge. The second change came during winter hols: that was when she and Frank started dating. Alice had been smitten with him for so long that it was easy to truly fall in love with him quickly. She didn't care that it seemed like they were moving quickly: when he proposed after their graduation ceremony, she didn't even have to think about her answer: an enthusiastic yes. They had both been accepted into Auror training (and Alice into Healer training, as well, but she ultimately decided that she wanted to make a real difference in the world, and that she could do so better as an Auror), and they decided to wait until after they were done with training to get married. Her family lived in London, so she continued living with them as she started training, allowing her to save up the money she earned in training. And training was definitely far more than Alice had ever expected. There were times when she wondered why she was so crazy as to do this willingly: to come home tired, worn out, bruised, just plain exhausted, but she didn't want to give it up. It was around this time that Albus Dumbledore, their former headmaster, approached Alice and Frank and invited them to join his vigilante group, the Order of the Phoenix. Alice was absolutely honoured, and jumped at the opportunity to further make a difference. Sure, it was outside the law that she was training to uphold, but she accepted anyway. In late 1975, they decided to shorten their engagement: they were in the midst of a war, after all, and they were gearing up to be fighting it on two sides, from the Ministry and the Order. Why delay the happiness of spending forever together? On 9 August, 1976, Alice officially became Alice Longbottom, and it was the happiest day of her life. The happiest day up to that point, anyway. Two years later, in the summer of 1978, she finished her Auror training alongside her husband, and was fighting the good fight in the war in no time. With everything going on in the world, Alice and Frank had talked about starting a family -- something they both wanted -- and decided to wait. Alice certainly didn't want to bring a child into a world at war, especially if the child might be left parentless because of it. So it came as a surprise when Alice discovered she was pregnant in early 1980. She had waved off all the early symptoms as simply being worn out from work. Alice was nervous, but also gloriously happy. Their first child, a son whom they named Neville Francis, was born on 30 July, 1980. He was an amazing first child, one who didn't fuss or make too many problems for his parents. A happy little boy. But having a little one at home didn't slow Alice down at work in the least. She continued fighting in the war, though she had a few feelings of guilt about not being able to be home with her son. The end of the war was a joyous time, and though everyone who knew him was fraught with worry over Albus Dumbledore's condition after he defeated Voldemort, Alice was happy to celebrate with Frank and the rest of the Order. This time, it came as no surprise when, barely nine months after the end of the war (7 October, 1982, to be precise), Alice and Frank's second child was born: another son, Louis Algernon. Louis was one of several babies born around this time, plenty of other couples had celebrated the end of the war, as well. Frank's father died shortly after Louis was born, and Alice was there for him through his mourning. Alice and Frank settled down to a nice, normal life with their two sons. Sure, they still worked as Aurors, hunting down dark wizards -- just because the war was over didn't mean people didn't stop doing bad things -- but life was easier. The boys spent their days in childcare at the Ministry while Frank and Alice worked, but Alice spent as much time with her little boys as she could. While Neville had been a bit of a surprise, and Louis no surprise, Callidora was a surprise of the highest order. Neville was eight and Louis six when Alice realised she was pregnant again. She turned the family of four into a family of five just before her father's birthday, on 27 December, 1989. Alice was happy to finally have a little girl, and that happiness definitely trumped the surprise. She loved her boys dearly, but she had always wanted a daughter, too. The family had seemed complete before, but with little Callidora Marie, that feeling of completion was finally solidified. Alice's parents -- who felt at odds with their own surprise babies off at Hogwarts and nearly fully grown -- and Augusta helped them out when they could, and of course there was primary school for the boys and daycare for Callie to help, as well. Alice briefly considered retiring to be able to spend more time with her children, but she hadn't worked so hard for so long to just give it up. Alice got teary when Neville boarded the train to Hogwarts in September of 1991. And pretended to not notice that Frank did, too. Neville was sorted into her own house of Gryffindor, and Alice couldn't have been prouder of him. Louis joined Neville there in 1994, and he was sorted into Frank's Hufflepuff. Now, with their eldest son on the cusp of graduating from Hogwarts, and an eight-year-old still at home, Alice is starting to consider a career change. The war has died down, and Frank stepped back to Auror training shortly after Louis started Hogwarts. Alice isn't sure what she wants to do, really, since she loves being an Auror, but she'd also like to take a step back from the danger, and maybe spend more time with her children.
writing sample Frank, there's an apple pie in the kitchen with your name on it. And I mean that literally: your name is on it in chocolate icing. Callie helped me bake it. We were making biscuits for care packages for the boys, and Callie wanted to make something just for daddy. Just keep that in mind when you see the sprinkles. The sprinkles were entirely her idea. I'm starting to think we've got a genius with that one, I would never have thought of putting sprinkles in a pie, myself. Next on our list of baking: muffins to bring in to work tomorrow. She wants to bring something in to her class, too, to share and show off. I think her teacher might kill me if I send her in with cupcakes again, so we might do muffins for them, too. Or maybe slightly healthier biscuits. I have a new recipie for peanut butter and jelly biscuits, maybe we'll make those for her class, since everyone loves peanut butter and jelly.