<div class="floatleft">(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/55877467/Keiko%2BKubota%2B15876427.png)</div><strong>Character's Name:</strong>Mayumi Melançon<br/><strong>Nickname:</strong>Mai-chan to her Japanese friends, Mai to her French friends<br/><strong>Character's Age &amp; Birth date:</strong>(See below) 16/ February 12 1998 (First Year)<br/><strong>Birthplace:</strong>Kansai, Japan<br/><strong>Current Residence:</strong>Tolouse, France<br/><strong>Blood Status:</strong>Muggleborn<br/><strong>Wand:</strong>Willow, Ki-rin (Japanese unicorn) main hair, 11 inches<br/><strong>Beauxbatons Mansion:</strong>Ombrelune<br/><strong>Pet:</strong>A Japanese raccoon dog (<em>tanuki</em>) named Reine Velu (‘Furry Queen’ in French), or simply Reine<br/><strong>Special Possessions:</strong>A good luck charm, a rose quartz magatama (http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/happy-stone/cabinet/tennenseki/ragyou/ro/rose-magatama-20mm.jpg) (jewel charm). Rose quartz is said to stabilise moods and induce calm. A rosewood violin which is her prized possession.<br/><br/><div align="center"><em><strong>Appearance</strong></em></div><strong>Hair:</strong>Light brown, lightly curled and long<br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Dark brown<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>45 kg<br/><strong>Physical Description:</strong>Petite at 5’4”, Mayumi makes it a point to walk with dignity to make sure people know short doesn’t equate to weak. Mayumi inherits her brown hair and eyes from her Japanese mother, though she secretly wished she had the blue eyes of her father. She also likes to wear dark coloured dresses which complement her porcelain skin.<br/><strong>Other Notable Features:</strong>None<br/><br/><div align="center"><em><strong>In Depth</strong></em></div><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Mayumi is a quiet, introverted girl who likes her books more than she likes talking to people. If she is lonely, she would talk to herself or her pet raccoon, so she seldom finds herself in need of human company. Mayumi has learnt not to trust anyone. Even someone as close as family could turn cold and distant as a stranger. Because of her experience in her Tolouse school, she is aware that biases do exist. Being Muggleborn and having Asian blood, she is wary of others looking down on her, and Mayumi carries herself with as much dignity as any purebred lady, waiting to prove she is equal to any of the Purebloods.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Mayumi is the second child of Rene Melancon, a French stage actor, and Kizuki Tamura, a Japanese dance instructor. They met in Tokyo University, when Mayumi’s father was studying about Japanese theatre, and her mother was taking a diploma in classical ballet. It was love at first sight; within a year from their first meeting, while still studying for their degrees, they got married.<br/><br/>Life was tough for the young couple at first. They had their first child in Rene’s final year of study. Since money was tight (Kizuki still had one more year of study, and theatre jobs didn’t come often for a foreign actor in Japan), the couple struggled to raise Mayumi’s brother, Mamoru. After Kizuki graduated, the family moved to Kansai, where they managed to live comfortably and plan for a second child.<br/><br/>Mayumi grew up as a normal and happy Japanese school girl. Her father taught her how to read in English and French, so Mayumi was always more advanced than her classmates in English class. Mayumi also found her talent in violin and piano, which helps her calm down whenever she was feeling sad or distressed.<br/><br/>When Mayumi was in 9th grade, the family decided to move back to her father's hometown of Tolouse, France for better job opportunities. On Mayumi's stressful first day at her new school, the first sign of her magical ability surfaced. She had been sitting in her assigned seat in the corner, reading and minding her own business when the biggest boy in her class thought it would be funny to snatch away her book and rip the pages out. Unfortunately for him, it was a hardcover tome, and it flew out of his hands, floated in midair, and landed on his head. No harm was done, besides a large purple bruise on his forehead. Eyewitnesses said the boy had tripped and fallen, but Mayumi wasn't so sure. After a second bullying attempt left Henri Lastrapes spluttering and wet in the school swimming pool, and a third, with his books dumped into the boy's toilet, everyone started to whisper that Mayumi, 'that foreign girl', was jinxed. Even her teachers began to dislike her. Mayumi had a very miserable time in her Tolouse school, spending most of her time in the library reading. It was also then that she learnt to hide her thoughts and emotions, keeping a passive face and keeping her head down, lest she got into trouble for no reason.<br/><br/>The July after Mayumi turned 16, Mayumi received two letters that would change her life. One was a letter of acceptance to Beauxbaton Academy; the other was addressed to her parents, explaining the existence of magic and the importance of magical education. Mayumi’s parents were skeptical at first, but they had to accept magic was the only way to explain some of the strange oddities happening in their home concerning their daughter. Mayumi herself did not care if it was a hoax. She was so sick of her current school that she was willing to take a chance on this Beauxbaton Academy. However, Mayumi’s older brother began to avoid her after Mayumi found out that she was a witch. Perhaps Mamoru was jealous, or else he did not want to be shunned by his friends for having a freak of a sister. While sad to lose the sibling bond between herself and her sister, Mayumi began to look forward to learning new things at her new school.<br/><br/>Word was put out for the benefit of Mayumi’s schoolmates and relatives that she would be going to a prestigious boarding school far in the countryside. And with that, Mayumi began her study at Beauxbaton Academy.<br/><br/><strong>Family:</strong>Daughter and youngest child of Rene Melancon of Tolouse, France, aged 39, muggle, and Kizuki Tamura of Shikoku, Japan, aged 38, muggle. Younger sister to Mamoru Melancon, aged 20, who has displayed no magical abilities thus far. As far as both parents know, there is no magical blood in their family, though Kizuki does remember her grandfather being a famous Shinto priest whose divinations always came true. Rumours also had it that her great-grandmother was a fox spirit, which would explain her grandfather’s mystic powers.<br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong>Instrumental music, books, the smell of rain, autumn, sweet food.<br/><strong>Dislikes:</strong>Noisy people, stupidity, rules without reason, unnecessary procedures<br/><strong>Fears:</strong>Being stuck in a crowd, not knowing anything<br/><strong>Favorite Animal(s):</strong>Cats, thestrals<br/><strong>Favorite Color(s):</strong>Midnight blue, light pink<br/><br/><strong>Class Schedule:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Defense Against the Dark Arts</li><li>Flying</li><li>History of Magic</li><li>Potions</li><li>Herbology</li><li>Charms</li><li>Transfiguration</li></ul>