Post by FIONA ALAMETH on Jan 17, 2014 15:28:47 GMT
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Fiona is the Headmistress of her alma mater, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is 65 years old, the mother to two girls and boy and the grandmother to many. As a student she had been in Ravenclaw because of her quick wit and preference to a challenge. Because of her love of the school she believes in encouraging students with pride rather than overwhelming them with work. Fiona is very strict but also loving and comes off as a mother to her staff and students.
Fiona was born April 17th, 1965 to Armida and Alfred MacDonald, both Squibs living as Muggles. She was the youngest in the family with three non-magical siblings. It came as quite a dramatic quake to the MacDonalds that their daughter received her Hogwarts letter. As a toddler her parents did notice some strange phenomena but the couple tried their best to hide from the Wizarding World and its inhabitants. Two months after her eleventh birthday, Fiona found her letter in the post and began asking questions. Her inquiries ruffled the already hurt feelings of her parents even as they attempted to not scorn their own child. A school official made a visit to what he thought was a Muggle household and too many wounds were opened. The whole MacDonald clan abandoned young Fiona.
That school official, the then Arithmancy teacher Professor Bulstrode, was Armida MacDonald's own brother. At the age of 19, both Armida and Alfred, having met each other and falling in love at a Muggle boarding school, both left home and married. Assuming false identities they began living as Muggles. They each belonged to families that prided themselves on being the purest wizards as they could be, so of course having a Squib child was an abomination. Both families, Bultrode and Longbottom respectively, raised their non-magical children until it was certain they could not attend Hogwarts. They sent them both off to Muggle school hoping they would gain enough knowledge of Muggles to join their world. When Alfred and Armida ran off, it was good riddance to all.
After the 1976-1977 school year, Fiona was left with nowhere to go. Her uncle who taught at the school took her in to his home but was met with disdain by his parents (Fiona's maternal grandparents). His family then stopped speaking to him, but he knew that what he did was the right thing. They were alone together. Up until she was seventeen, Fiona stayed with her uncle and just a month after finishing her education at Hogwarts in 1983 she married Leon Alameth, a fellow Ravenclaw. The Wizarding World war at its height, just two years after Voldemort's defeat by the baby Harry Potter. Fiona and Leon started their family right away, first with a son born in the autumn of 1984 and then twin girls in 1989.
In September 1998, Fiona started her teaching career at Hogwarts as the Transfiguration professor, replacing Headmistress McGonagall. She enjoyed her job and fell in love with the students she educated. It was also nice to not be away from her own children as they had attended the school and had her as a teacher. After Flitwick's leave from teaching, Fiona was granted Ravenclaw Head of House and she taught for many years. When she finally was awarded the title of Headmistress she was thrilled to lead the place she had always felt of as home.
Currently, Fiona plans on a quiet year at Hogwarts just as there has been since the end of the second war. Though rumors of kidnappings and other violent actions plague the Daily Prophet, she knows that she'll do anything to keep her students safe. The last thing Fiona wants is a battle on the school grounds just as there has been between Voldemort and Harry Potter. If there was an insurgent of dark wizards you could bet that Alameth would fight against them with everything she had, even her life.
Fiona is wary of the professors she employs and has them on a tight leash. For students, the rules are also more strict under Fiona's reign. She doesn't like to expel anyone but she has been known to be harsh with discipline. She believes it's the only way for the education to be successful. For her, hardwork, dedication and a hands-on approach is the best way to teach. She may expect a lot from her students and staff but she does not put anyone out of they fail her. Second chances are easy to earn from her. She is forgiving, which has been both her greatest achievement and hardest downfall.
