It'll turn out alright in the end, you'll see.

Madeline Potts || 19 || Half-blood || Pukwudgie

[malena-fetcini]

starter || open

[gently-gently-madeline]

malena-fetcini:

Malena wrinkled her nose and pursed her lips. She had a habit of immediately defending herself after being woken up from nightmares, as she knew her family was on the verge of staging a psychiatric intervention for her. She nodded and sat up, “Right… What time is it?”

“Last time I checked, it was a little before seven. I only woke you because you were literally screaming. ” Madeline had only entered the room, hoping to find a quiet place to catch up with her homework. She was falling further behind with each passing day, and she knew that it wasn’t acceptable. The sleeping girl hadn’t been a problem until she had started her nightmare.

[malena-fetcini]

starter || open

[gently-gently-madeline]

malena-fetcini:

“I am not crazy!” Malena insisted to the person who had woken her up from one of her nightmares. Classes were over for the day and she was exhausted, so she flopped down on the couch and took a nap. Unfortunately, she wasn’t blessed with one of her good dreams.

“It was just a dream, okay?” she pinched the bridge of her nose and scowled.

Madeline wasn’t normally in the habit of waking up anyone that was having a nap, but the other girl was clearly having a distressing dream, so she deemed it the best plan of action.  “I never said you were crazy. In fact, I hadn’t actually said anything yet.” She kept her tone gentle, knowing that being woken up was never pleasant. 

[thebargegaston-blog]

Summer???? || Open

[gently-gently-madeline]

thebargegaston:

Summer was coming. Literally. It was a day away and Gaston didn’t have any set summer plans. He was so busy with the rugby finals and talking to an army recruiter, Canadian of course, that he completely lost track of the days. He did have the option of staying at the school and taking some summer classes but who would buy that Gaston Pelletier wanted to stay at school all summer and study? No one. That’s who. 

So, he decided to seek out where and when the most interesting summer plans would be. “Whoa! Hey!” He stopped someone as they walked by. “Were you aware that tomorrow is the first official day of summer?”

“As a matter of fact, I hadn’t heard. Maybe you should be a dear and make sure everyone gets the memo.” Madeline wasn’t normally so sarky, but she had been feeling rather stressed recently. She was behind on almost all of her classes, and her grades were slipping. It was obvious to her that she was hugely in debt to Mr LeSauvage, and the least she could do regarding his generous payment of her school fees was to not fail her classes. 

“If you were asking because you think I’d be able to direct you to the best party, you’re certainly talking to the wrong girl.” With the exception of being forced to go Adam’s birthday parties in the past, Madeline had never been to a real party in her life. 

[hercules-megalos-blog]

shifted || madeline & herc

[gently-gently-madeline]

hercules-megalos:

Hercules rolled his eyes as he heard another rich student shout at him about how someone like him didn’t belong at Ilvermorny. it was lunchtime and he was headed over to the table that everyone knew was reserved for the ‘common folk’ or whatnot. He sat down with his packed lunch and shook his head, “Can you believe how stuck up they are?”

Madeline hated how the rich kids treated those who were ‘below’ them. It really got to her, even though she should have been used to it from her childhood. Since she had been told about her mother’s illness, she didn’t have much of an appetite, but she sat in the dining hall regardless, as an excuse to be with her friends during lunch period. She had been trying to catch up with some of the more difficult homework she had been avoiding, when Hercules sat down before her. “It’s because all they’ve ever been taught is how they’re so much better than those with less money. I grew up in the same house as a spoiled brat and I’m still not used to the judgements they make.” She replied, glancing at him. 

[gently-gently-madeline]

Dimension Shift Bio || Madeline Potts || 19 || Poor

Madeline grew up on the LeSauvage estate, as the oldest child of the live-in housekeeper. Due to an overactive imagination, and the general gloominess of the estate, she has taken it upon herself to become the mother hen of her friendship group. In childhood, the only real friends she had were the other children who grew up in the same situation as her. She was worried about opening up to others at school, for fear of being judged upon circumstances beyond her control.

When she was old enough to attend Ilvermorny, the LeSauvage family paid for it without question, doing the same for Chester and the other children that grew up on the estate when they reached that age. They simply wanted these children to have the best education they could get, and even though their parent’s salaries were more generous than most jobs with the same positions elsewhere, it was still not enough to put even one, (or in some cases two) children through school. 

As she reached her teenage years, Madeline began earning a small amount of spending money by helping her mother out with her duties around the mansion, and looking after her younger brother. He was a handful, but she loved him unconditionally. 

Recently, she has stopped to reassess her life. She doesn’t want to be the one all her friends turn to in their time of need. She just wants to be free of that burden and live her life as a normal teenager. She wants to go to parties, and be in control of her own future, but it’s harder than she thought to turn her back on those that have relied on her for far too long. Just as she thought she could finally be free, her mother dropped a huge bombshell on her. She had terminal cancer, and Madeline was forbidden from telling her brother this news. It is tearing her apart to keep this secret from Chester, but she feels she must respect her mother’s wishes. 

[gently-gently-madeline]

vidiaprzyb:

“Don’t worry your pretty little heart about the side of the bed I woke up on. But you are right. Last is worse than losing to Wampus. Losing to a bunch of bookworms would have been a serious blow to the ego, even for me.”

Originally posted by stardustari

“Well we certainly all know that even you would soon recover from even a last place defeat. Just like we all know that you’re pretty much holding up your team on your own right now. These quidditch results aren’t the end of the world, even for you.”

[gently-gently-madeline]

lost-atlantica:

“I’m going to go get a tattoo, but I have no idea what to get. Got any ideas?”

“Will it be your first tattoo? If so I’d recommend something small and girly. Maybe a dragonfly or a little anchor or something. Could you imagine getting partway through a big design and deciding you can’t stand the pain?” 

[gently-gently-madeline]

vidiaprzyb:

Vidia rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, “look, the basic witch, such as yourself, might not care. However, the rare truly exceptional witch, namely moi, cares.”

Originally posted by syugo5

“Well it certainly seems like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.” Madeline knew better by now than to take anything that Vidia said personally. “It could always be worse, you could be in last place.” Her words were meant to be reassuring, but to an already annoyed Vidia, they might not appear that way.

[gently-gently-madeline]

vidiaprzyb:

“Oh,” Vidia said in a mocking tone, “Wampus won? Really? Where’s the shocker there?” Clearly, Vidia was bitter over Wampus moving on to the finals. But taking third place was better than fourth. If the nerd herd beat them, then she’d be on a war path and out for blood.

It was obvious that Vidia wasn’t pleased with the results, but that didn’t mean she had to be sarcastic about it. Madeline thought carefully about her words in an attempt not to antagonize the girl. “At the end of the day, it’s just a little bit of fun and nobody really cares about who wins. Do they?”  

[bewitcheddisney]

Madeline Potts // 19  // 7th year // Pukwudgie // Half-blood  

Potions specialization  

FC: Antonia Thomas

Madeline has always taken it upon herself to keep her friends together, happy and safe. She imagines this is because of how she grew up on the LeSauvage estate, the place being mostly dark and empty unless there was some party. It was hard not to feel scared, alone and stifled in that place but through her strength of will and optimism she managed to pull through just fine. When she was accepted into Ilvermorny, her world became brighter and she was able to put her energy into her school work and not being happy while cleaning a mansion.

She’s been thinking about her life lately and her role as mom friend and has decide that she doesn’t want to be that girl anymore. She wants to break free from responsibility but she keeps falling back into it. If that were her biggest problem in her life she’d be doing okay, the thing is, it isn’t. Her mother is sick, really sick and she’s been told to keep it a secret from her little brother. It feels wrong to her to keep it a secret but she trusts her mother, there has to be a good reason for keeping it a secret, right?

Positive Traits

Kind, Caring, Nurturing

Negative Traits

Shy, Secretive, Overly self sacrificial

Connections

Kent Cogsworth: A son of a man who works for the LeSauvage estate.

Laurent Lumier: A son of a man who works for the LeSauvage estate

Chester Potts: Her little brother, she feels enormously protective of him.

Adam LeSauvage: The man her mother works for, she finds him scary but also feels badly for him.