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Her family being rich and obnoxiously so, raised her to be a young lady but being the only child and the absolute apple of her fathers eye, she was given lea way by him to explore the family grounds and interact with the 'helpers' on the vineyard and olive grove. As prejudiced as he himself was, he believed firmly in letting his daughter know just what she was up against in life. How muggles truly were - their sincerity, their naiveté, their passion, their ignorance, their deep hatreds and grudges and the heinous acts that they so often times perpetrated. When she went to school at Beauxbatons and learned about Tom Riddle and his followers, she brought the matter up with her father that wizards and witches were equally as heinous, equally as debase in their hatreds and believes but he replied that Tom Riddle had not been a true wizard, he had muggle blood in him after all and it was this blood that diluted the goodness in him, thinned out the purity of a perfect line. He blamed the muggle blood in Voldemort for the reason he failed so abysmally and to a boy of all things but though the boy was not a pureblood he had more magical blood in him than the Dark Lord had and therefore, his cause was all the more pure - and so he won.
Merlina listened and took it all to heart, she grew up in a home of purebloods after all. They had always adored her and taught her everything they possibly could regards life and manners, relationships and muggles. They tolerated half bloods but nothing more, so it was with great trepidation that Merlina found herself making her first true friend with a half blood. Alayha and Merlina met on their first day at Beauxbatons Academy, Alayha laughed loudly at a joke she was told and the sound echoed about the Great Hall of the prestigious academy. Merlina simply knew she had to meet that person and as fate would have it they were dorm mates, soon becoming best mates.
Her rich family connections, her pureblood status and her austere Celtic beauty of pale skin and black hair made her a firm favourite with everyone. She didn't make friends easily but those she did make became a tight unit. She began experimenting early on with regards her sexuality, at the age of twelve she had practiced kissing with Alayha, swiftly moving on to try their techniques out on boys. They tried everything out on one another first before taking their new found experience into the school to lay siege to many a male and female of Beauxbatons. Even with all her hormonal surges she managed to study diligently, the family after all were watching every report card that came through the door.
For her OWLs however she had begun dating Alexander Styx, a beautiful young man from Germany. He was a year ahead of her and loved playing the field. He was merely intrigued by her, but she fell hard for him and his charm. Her studies paled against him and when she returned home with a report card revealing only four Outstandings, two Acceptables and three actual Trolls, her parents were adamant that something had to be done. Alayha was devastated on hearing what the consequences of those poor grades were, for her beloved father bought a large plot of land a mile from the Hill of Tara in Co. Galway and moved his small family there. The only school however that was available to them from this cachement area was Hogwarts and on hearing how ahead of the other students she may well be in terms of actual experience and practicality, her father hoped that she would at least attain better grades for her NEWTs.
She hated the idea intensely of not being able to see Alayha every day, no matter that there was the owl post or other modes of communication, it simply was not the same as having her best friend close at hand. She vowed she would not date another boy ... or girl for that matter until after her exams, in the hopes that her father would see sense and allow her to at least attend University with Alayha.
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