<div class="floatleft">(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab136/mrbunnyhesayno/maya_zpswmgyaae4.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name ::</strong>Maya Kizzy Russo<br/><strong>Location ::</strong>Abbleby<br/><strong>House ::</strong>Gryffindor<br/><strong>Year/Titles ::</strong>6th Year / Quidditch Chaser<br/><strong>Date/Time ::</strong>Summer 1988<br/><strong>What ::</strong>Homework, what a drag<br/><strong>Tag ::</strong>Belvedere<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Codexa // Approved</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Hogwarts Student Application </span></strong></div><br/>Name :: Maya Kizzy Russo<br/>Nick Name(s) :: M, Mini, May. Kizzy (Prefers to be called Kizzy)<br/>Age :: 17 years old<br/>Gender :: Female<br/>Sexuality :: <em>Heterosexual</em><br/>Birthday :: October, 13th , 1971<br/>Birthplace :: Santa Fe, New Mexico<br/>Hometown :: Abbleby, England<br/>Ethnicity :: Italian, Mexican,Romani<br/>Blood-Status :: Pureblood<br/>House :: Gryffindor<br/>Titles :: Brat Princess.<br/>Wand :: Red Oak/11 inches precisely/ Rigid/Manticore hair.<br/>Patronus :: When she manages to make a full Patronus, it takes the form of an energetic Weasel.<br/>Boggart :: Dementors, most definitely Dementors. <br/>Do you have any medical concerns?   [  ] Yes   [ X ] No<br/>        If yes, please explain ::<br/>Do you have a pet?   [  X] Yes   [  ] No<br/>        If yes, please explain ::Half Kneazle Cat named Belvedere. - Belvedere is a big boy, with thick messy fur that is a blend of black and gray, large ears with little white tufts of hair poking up, a thick bushy tail, with a lion like puff of hair at the tip. He has big, intelligent green eyes. <br/><br/>Your Characters On's and Offs :: Open minded to most things, as long as it makes sense, and fits. Also doesn't touch on any of these: Excessive pain and roughness, Blood, anything that belongs in the bathroom/weird body fluids. <em></em><br/><br/><div align="center"><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br/>~All In the Image~</span></div></div><br/>Face Claim :: Selena Gomez<br/>      <div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"> (http://i.imgur.com/ihT1WCVl.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/AQz6PVi.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/tz5z72Al.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i.imgur.com/S7tOnrUl.jpg)</div></div><br/>Height/Weight ::  4ft 11 Inches / 100lbs<br/>Extra :: Each ear is pierced three times, with her left ear having a cartilage piercing, and a single tattoo. Three red and black butterflies 'in flight' beneath her collarbone on the right side.<br/>Basic Style :: She has naturally thick, wavy, dark locks that she wears long. Her fashion sense could be described as attention-grabbing punk rock Princess with a touch of hippie,She adores accessories (headbands, bracelets, necklaces, large earrings, rings, etc.), bright colours and/or shiny fabrics (leather, sparkles, glitter).<br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">~What They Might or Might Not Know~</span></div> <br/><br/>Personality ::<br/>Opinionated: There isn't much that Maya doesn't have an opinion on, and damn it, she will share it regardless if those she happens to be around care to hear it or not.<br/><br/>Rebellious: Maya has a rebellious streak a mile wide, and it seems to just be programmed into her very being. She enjoys testing her limits and the limits of others. She pushes and shoves at rules until they bend or sometimes break entirely. It is just something she does.<br/><br/>Tough: Growing up in her family has taught her that in order to survive, she needed to develop a thick skin and fast. It also means, she has thrown up walls around her more squishy parts, and has trouble being vulnerable with someone.<br/><br/>Mercurial: Maya's temper can go from 0-100 in no time flat. She really can have an awful temper, but she doesn't tend to stay mad or hold grudges for long.<br/><br/>Boundary Pusher/Playful: Maya is a physical person. She would prefer hugs to handshakes, and is a known 'hugger'. Her friends often become her pillows, prone to having her head in their lap or you know, just laid on. She does not mind kissing either, if it is directly on the lips or on the cheek. Still she does realize that not everyone likes this, and tries to keep that in mind.<br/><br/>Honest: Maya is usually about 97% honest. She finds it to much effort to not only tell a lie, but most importantly hide and remember that lie. She knows it is all to easy for things to get jumbled up. Okay, so she has and does occasionally tell a white lie or two, she isn't a damn saint. But she tries to avoid anything big or overly complicated.<br/><br/>Loving: She might be a hard person to get to know, but once she has decided to love someone, to let herself feel something deeper (or really let herself acknowledge such a thing) her partner will be hard pressed to find a more loyal and caring person.<br/><br/>Vivacious Maya has embraced and tried to keep a cheerful, somewhat positive attitude. A person who is lively and vibrant and who isn't afraid to get down and goofy once in a while.<br/><br/><br/>History ::  <br/><br/>Maya Kizzy Russo was more or less dead upon entering this world( That's what dear old grandad says anyway) Apparently, She didn't have the best start in life, though it wasn't because her parents were neglectful, in truth her mother was the perfect pregnant woman. She read all the books, and ate all the right foods. While her father was a shining example of a doting, smothering father to be. She appreciates that, truly. But all this wasn't enough to stop her mother from going to premature labor, nor from things going from bad to worse. When it was all said and done, she was born, but it took a good deal of coaxing, panicked cries from her parents, and the efforts of the mediwizards to get her to take that first breath of air, and when she did, the doctors still maintain that no baby has ever screamed louder.<br/><br/>Despite this rather harrowing journey to the world, she came out rather normal (Though she was kinda fat for a baby) without a negative consequence to be had. Some of her family swear it was the strong Russo genes that gave her the strength and will to survive, that this prov-<br/><br/>Blah blah blah. Maya is positive she was just a wrinkled screaming ball of baby, and that honestly, she was really flipping lucky. Maybe this is why she believes that she might have used up all her allotted luck on the day of her birth, and strives to pave her own damn way in the world.<br/><br/>The first several years of her life went along swimmingly, if a bit smothering. Her parents were very over-protective, and she is sure if her mother could have gotten away with it, she'd have spelled some sort of protective bubble around her. But around the time Maya turned four years old, her mother was back at work chasing down the bad wizards of the world, and her father was fighting the good fight alongside her. That was when the shit hit the fan (so to speak) Her parents and a few others went out to hunt down what was supposed to be a duo of trouble-makers targeting innocent, blissfully ignorant muggles. But what should have been a simple-ish job turned into a nightmare of epic proportions. The short of it was her mother died that night, her father was subjected to the crucio curse until he was a mumbling mass of man, and the two others with them were also killed, leaving behind families and children.<br/><br/>Maya was taken in by her father's family, since the alternative was her being raised by her mothers very muggle family. And even though her pureblood relatives weren't happy about her mother's blood status. Her grandparents decided that she had to be with them, since no Russo was going to be muggle raised. ( Thanks a lot, the love there was overwhelming)<br/><br/><br/>Being a member of the esteemed Russo family meant being raised in a strict environment, full of rules and regulations to make sure she would grow up to properly represent the great Russo name. From a very young age, there were expectations that she had to meet, which were often worse than your standard run of the mill, overly ambitious pureblood kid. She was 'tainted' as her sweet old grandad liked to remind her, and thus she needed to work harder than anyone else. Yeah, so her family was pretty harsh with her, and still is for that matter. Possibly why she enjoys rebelling so damn much. Still, some of those lessons did manage to stick, and it isn't that surprising, since they were molding her into a perfect little 'pureblood' since she was four and a half years old.<br/><br/>Of course, Maya seemed to have been born with this need to rebel, and make her own way. Which meant she and her grandfather were often butting heads and getting into explosive arguments. It got so bad, that Maya is sure this is what really made her grandmother do what she could to keep Maya out of her grandfathers hair as much as possible. <br/><br/>Now, dear old grandmother was really the shining light in her life, she was more understanding, and she took her for frequent visits to her father (despite her grandpa's VERY loud and personal feelings on the matter) She was also something of a rebel herself, she taught Maya magic that just wasn't available to every young witch and wizard in this day and age. They spent a lot of time together over the years, and through her Maya not only saw Japan, but eventually a trip to America, and Egypt as well.<br/><br/>Traveling was a big part of her life, she was sent away almost every summer, to 'study' and learn more about other cultures and magic.  She's made passable attempts at the language, and customs of her favorite places, the biggest one being Japan. Being away from the family probably saved her from eventually becoming the stuck up brat blood purist  her grandfather wanted her to be. (Not that she still isn't a little bit of a brat)<br/><br/>Maya is always being watched by her grandfather, she knows he thinks she isn't quite good enough, knows he is ashamed that her mother wasn't a pureblood, but being the heir to the family line, he doesn't have much choice in keeping her. She also knows her family is trying to set her up with some pureblood boy. Ha! Good Luck there.<br/><br/>Maya still visits her father, though he shows little signs of improvement. She still deals with the family drama, and still hides her true blood status, since her family insists. Not just her grandparents, but the other cousins and what not on the Russo family tree. She endures, and survives, and nothing will bring this girl down.<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">~Odds &amp; Ends~</span><br/><br/><em>(You can add more just keep this at the minimum limit)</em> </div><br/>Likes ::<br/>♦Reading<br/>♦ Singing and humming.<br/>♦ Quidditch<br/>♦ Flirting and Boys<br/>♦ Pranks and Having Fun.<br/>♦ Learning new spells, and trying to bypass 'restrictions'<br/>Dislikes ::<br/>♦ Snobby People<br/>♦ Wishy-Washy People<br/>♦ Lemon flavored Candy<br/>♦ Being controlled, and overbearing authority figures.<br/>♦ Spiders, and Bees.<br/>♦ Studying to much.<br/>Habits ::<br/>♦ Bites her thumb/thumbnail when she is agitated<br/>♦ Hums when she is doing something, often she isn't aware of it.<br/>♦ Sticks the tip of her tongue between her lips when she is really focused on something.<br/>Hobbies ::<br/>♦ Singing and Dancing - She's considered doing this professionally.<br/>♦ Practicing and Learning advanced magic - What she can get her hands on anyway. <br/>♦ Dueling, and playing Quidditch.<br/>Talents ::<br/>♦ She has seriously mad Quidditch Skills. She is a excellent Chaser, though she makes a fair seeker as well. <br/>♦ Does finding trouble count as a talent? No? She is an excellent baker and cook. <br/>♦ She is pretty talented when it comes to Hexes and Potions. <br/>Flaws ::<br/>♦ She is rather lazy about things sometimes, and will take the easy way out, which has led her to getting in a fair amount of trouble. <br/>♦ Maya is unbelievably stubborn, and will not give any ground once she has convinced herself she is right about something. <br/>Trivia ::<br/>♦ She has been in detention a ridiculous amount of times. Seriously, the school should award her a medal or something. <br/>♦ She secretly likes to cook, and will sneak friends into the kitchen to treat them to her amazing apple fritters.<br/>♦ She adores romance novels, it speaks to her inner hopeless romantic.<br/>♦ She is known as a bit of a flirt, but doesn't seem to have had many actual relationships.<br/>♦ Maya is the girl you can go to, when you want to have fun or create mayhem. Doesn't matter what it is , or what the risk.<br/>Quote you live by ::<br/>♦If you can't join them, Beat em.<br/>Biggest Secret ::<br/>♦ She has never been in love, and secretly fears she'll never find that person who really completes and understands her. <br/><br/>♦ She is a half-Blood Witch (Shhh!)<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">~Those In Life~</span></div> <br/><br/>Family Members:<br/>        ♦ Mother | Abigail Alafaire | 25 |Deceased.<br/>      <br/>        ♦ Father | Julio Russo | 41 | Pureblood, and resident at St. Mungos. <br/>        ♦Grandmother | Kizzy Russo | Late Sixties |Former Curse-Breaker, now member of the Wizengamot.<br/><br/> ♦Grandfather| Angelo Russo | Late Sixties | Works in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Friends Worth Noting:<br/>        ♦ name | age | house/year <br/><br/>Rival(s):<br/>        ♦ name | age | house/year </div></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img]http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab136/mrbunnyhesayno/maya_zpswmgyaae4.jpg[/img][/floatleft]<br/><br/>[b]Name ::[/b] Maya Kizzy Russo<br/>[b]Location ::[/b] <br/>[b]House ::[/b] Gryffindor<br/>[b]Year/Titles ::[/b] 6th Year / Quidditch Chaser <br/>[b]Date/Time ::[/b] <br/>[b]What ::[/b] <br/>[b]Tag ::[/b] <br/>[spoiler=OOC][/spoiler]<br/><br/>[hr][hr]</code></pre>