Amber

Portrayed By	Adrianne Leon
House	Hufflepuff
Year	4
Position	Quidditch Chaser
Sex	Female
Race	Half-Blood
Age	15
Place of Birth	Pembroke, Wales
Date of Birth	12 December 1979
Mother	Sharon Matthews
Father	Joseph Matthews
Siblings	None
Marital Status	Single
First Appearance	Ray-Bees

Character History:

Sharon and Joseph Matthews were the proud owners of a theatre in one of the homier town areas just outside of Pembroke in Wales. It had always been their dream to run a community theatre, and they brought Amber up from birth with the sights and activities of theatre production. She was in her first play at the tender age of seven months, when she played Baby Jesus in a local production of the Christmas Story.

Joseph Matthews had a bit of a dark secret regarding his own past. Namely, he'd run away from the magical world for fear of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Wanting nothing to do with magic - and being a poor wizard besides - he had little contact with that world. Of course, he knew early on that his daughter would have magic, given the fact that she had little 'accidents' now and then - flares of wild magic that proved she was a little witch in the making.

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There was an owl who lived in the loft of the theatre. To the casual observer, it was just an ordinary bird, but this was Joseph's Familiar. He sent the creature to one of his old friends in the wizarding world - A Gryffindor student he used to know well - to ask for a curse to be placed on a very special golden locket.

Amber was a year old when her father presented her with the cursed locket. It was for her own good, Joseph told himself - the spell on it would make her mute. And without the ability to speak, /surely/ she wouldn't ever get a letter from Hogwarts, because she wouldn't be able to do magic.

He wasn't the smartest man ever.

The curse would last a month every time Amber wore the locket, which meant it was simple for Joseph to keep her from being able to speak for most of her young life.

That didn't stop Amber from participating in theatre, though. She became excellent at expressing her thoughts and feelings through actions. She was a master at charades, and held roles that required soul, but little speaking. Amber always imagined she could recite lines if she could talk… No doctor was ever able to figure out what was wrong with her, though. Without the ability to speak, she had to find other ways to excel; while she was an average student with decent grades, she really found her stride with sports - football most of all, though she also enjoyed others. She was highly competitive, and took out her frustrations at being unable to make a sound on the playing field.

She was in her fifth year of elementary school when she received her invitation to Hogwarts. Her father stared at it for a long time when he received it, holding it in his hands, turning it between his fingers, reading it over and over… The conversation that night with his wife was certainly an interesting one. The following visit from a robed man from the wizarding world was even more interesting. His name was Derrick Snarfwillow, an old friend of Joseph's, who explained to the worried parents that, no matter what, a child couldn't simply be locked away from magic. Then he proceeded to turn a pillow into a poodle to put any lingering doubts to rest. Leaving Amber with the de-cursed locket, he left to allow the family a little time to think.

It took a month for the curse to wear off.

Her first words were rusty and lacking in any real diction, since she'd never spoken before. She knew /words,/ though, and while she was used to being quiet - and actually preferred it after many years of silence - she quickly gained the ability to express herself with sound. There was, of course, anger, though that was overshadowed with the world she'd be facing - an entirely new experience just over the horizon at a school called Hogwarts. To make a long story short, that's exactly where she ended up after some serious debate. In the end, it was determined that it was far better for her to learn magic and how to use it, than have no idea and end up using it dangerously.

This world was abnormal, weird… But she wasn't afraid. At the age of eleven, she was quite taken by it, amazed, and excited! After being sorted into Hufflepuff, Amber made friends with the other first-years in her House - as well as in the other houses. That is, except for Slytherin. She's sure they must be REALLY nice people at heart, but she's never really had a liking for any of them.

The new routine was hard to get into. The lessons of the day were magic rather than maths, and spells rather than science. She was an avid learner, though, and while she was never top of her class, she was always in a decent average percentage. Quidditch fasciated her, though she couldn't make the team her first, or even her second year. It was finally her third by the time she made a breakthrough and landed a spot as Chaser on the team.

Only peripherally involved in the goings-on in the school through her first three years, she's now looking forward to her fourth year, and the new things she'll learn.

Personality

Out of all the people in the world to be cursed, Amber was one of the nicest. Of course, maybe it was the curse that made her so nice; keeping her tongue in check was easy when she couldn't rattle off a curse or insult without a pen and paper. Sure, there were some particularly rude gestures she could have used, but never did. Essentially, the girl is happy to be alive, almost always has a kind word for everyone, and can't stay upset for more than five minutes, except in extreme circumstances.

Unfortunately, she's a bit naive. Seeing the good in everyone honestly makes her see the good even in the bad they do. And unless someone directly wrongs her, she'll just keep forgiving them.

She loves hearing rumours, though, and, despite the fact that she believes a lot of them to be untrue, she holds onto the sillier ones. And in a castle where anything could happen, she can't help believing that the Slytherins house snakes in their underwear drawers to keep them on their toes. This makes her a little bit of a dreamer with a good imagination, and occasionally, her head gets up into the clouds.

On that note, sometimes her head ends up in the clouds quite literally. She's a jock, and catches onto anything sports-related with decent alacrity. She's on the House Quidditch team, for example, and used to play football back at her muggle school. Active, Amber doesn't like to be still for too long, and running, walking, taking the stairs for no reason, and sneaking a football into the library to kick around under the table while she's reading are all things she's been known to do.

As a student, Amber is average. She'd likely be worse, except for the fact that magic is so intriguing to someone who's never had it in her life that she's actually decent at it, and not failing. Her first choice post-Hogwarts is to be a professional Quidditch player, but, failing that, she'd really like to be a mediwitch. Magical maladies seriously intrigue her, and healing them is a challenge that keeps her on her toes.

Timeline

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Logs:

Ray-Bees
Poisonous Protest
Time of Day
One of the Good Ones
Dorf on Orff
Will Miracles Never Cease
Uncommon Ground
Dear Da
Moody's Army
Spooked
Day of the Dodos
Potions is Sirius Business
The Bark and the Bite
Pretty Harmless
April Foolery
Zombies, Ghosts, and Rats, Oh My!
The Big Idea
Baboon Intestines
Big and Little Victories
Made of More than Air
When We Get where We're Going
The Muppet Show

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1995-04-24: Made of More than Air	amber perpetua
1995-05-12: The Muppet Show	amber julian mason mei
1995-05-10: When We Get Where We're Going	amber egbert gabriel gareth ginny harry julian keegan kelti melissa ophelia perpetua rene siobhan
1995-04-14: Big and Little Victories	amber ginny mcgonagall
1995-04-13: Baboon Intestines	amber trelawney
1995-04-04: The Big Idea	amber ginny
1995-04-03: Zombies, Ghosts, and Rats, Oh My!	amber julian
1995-04-01: April Foolery	amber perpetua
1995-03-31: Pretty Harmless	amber rune
1995-03-31: The Bark and The Bite	amber harry julian trelawney
1995-03-25: Potions is Sirius Business	amber caira draco egbert ginny jackson julian mei melissa ophelia rene ron rune tiana
1995-03-20: Day of the Dodos	amber rune
1995-03-13: Spooked	amber ghost perpetua tiana
1995 03-06: Moody's Army	amber angelina archibald brian caira ginny harry jackson julian luna moody rene rune siobhan
1995 03-06: Dear Da	amber rune
1995-03-05: Uncommon Ground	amber julian
1995-02-17: Will Miracles Never Cease	amber angelina brian danny david dumbledore ginny harry jackson luna melissa siobhan sirius tiana
1995-03-03: Dorf On Orff	amber keegan kyrie siobhan
1995-02-27: One of the Good Ones	amber moody
1995-02-24: Time of Day	amber ron
1995-02-20: Poisonous Protest	amber angelina aston brian danny egbert ginny hermione julian luna mei melissa neville rene ron tiana
1994-10-28: It's Not Like Math	amber elizabeth
1994-09-01: Sorting And Feast	amber ashley braeden cho cullen dumbledore harry jackson julian kyrie mcgonagall mei melissa nessa nestor ophelia oswald perpetua rupert siobhan snape sorrel stephen tonks zarina
1994-07-04: Ray-Bees	amber perpetua