Alison Winter

Name: Countess Alison Olivia Winter of Huntingdon
Nickname: Ali, Professor Winter
Age: 28
Siblings: None

(Previous) Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Wand: Elm wood, dragon heartstring core, unyielding flexibility, 11 inch length
Purity of blood: 75% (or 100% to anyone who asks)
Occupation: Professor
Subject: Potions

Sexuality: Bisexual
Zodiac sign: Leo
MBTI type: ESFP
Relationship status: Married

Hair color: Dark blonde / bronde
Hair type: Loose curls
Hair length: Long

Eye color: Forest green
Eye shape: Almond

Skin tone: Light-medium with freckles
Skin type: Combination
Face shape: Round, but with sharp cheekbones

Height: 179 cm
Build: Athletic
Extra: Bigger moles dotted across her stomach, light freckles on her face

Accessories: Signet ring, wedding ring, (glasses)

Alison carries herself regally. She has a resting bitch face and often comes across as intimidating towards first years. She has bright green eyes that are almost like those of a feline and her hair tends to have a copper-y sheen when it hits the light just right. It is often down in loose curls. She loves wearing jewelry, having a slight preference for silver pieces. Her clothes are of the best materials only. When she's not in her work robes, her style is very feminine and chique.

Her eyesight is not what it used to be and thus she is sometimes seen wearing skinny-rimmed oval glasses, although she mostly saves those for the private quarters she shares with Nyx as she prefers not to wear them in public.

Alison could be described as complicated. She comes across as quite confident, which is not far from the truth that exists inside her head. She knows who she is and how she looks and has no trouble manipulating others with her good looks and sly voice. Most people find her intimidating in one way or another.

However, if it weren't for the people who know and love the real her, this would all just be a facade that could crumble down within the blink of an eye. Alison can be extremely insecure, not necessarily about who she is but about the choices she makes and the life she lives. The fact that she can show this side of hers to the people she loves the most make it possible for her to actually be confident.

Alison was born in Huntingdon, a small town near Cambridge. There, her parents owned a grand mansion on top of a huge property, where they could raise their only child exactly how they wanted. Her parents were wizards, of course, but her father’s mother was not. The old countess of Huntingdon lived with the family and taught Alison everything she needed to know about being a lady.

However, it wasn’t just the four of them living there. A lot of the servants had also inhabited the mansion, one of them being her father’s personal body guard. His son, Frederick, was the same age as Alison. The two grew up as best friends, brother and sister almost.

When they turned eleven, the two both received their Hogwarts letter. Alison was ecstatic. She got sorted into Slytherin and her parents couldn’t be more proud. The only thing that wasn’t perfect was her roommate. She felt like it was completely unfair that she got stuck with the most dreadful person, but she had enough other friends to not let it be the biggest struggle.

She made friends quickly, but she also made enemies. Alison sometimes had a difficult personality that not everyone could deal with. She didn’t care though. She liked it when a Hufflepuff was afraid of her, and she liked it when boys whistled as she walked by. Puberty had done her well, giving her a growth spurt that she needed to go shopping for almost every weekend.

Things changed after her third year. Her grandmother had gotten ill, very ill. She had trouble remembering things. It started with forgetting to brush her teeth, but at a certain point she even forgot how. Needless to say, as she was born a muggle, she also forgot about the whole magic thing. And so Alison had to learn how to be a muggle.

The summer between her third and fourth year was spent learning French, visiting muggle socialites, playing polo on the horses her family had bought for the occasion. Her parents locked up her wand in order to prevent accidents. It caused her to hate Muggles and their stupid diseases that they were too incapable to cure.

She returned to Hogwarts with a renewed sense of bitterness. She started partying excessively, hanging out with people she shouldn’t hang out with and continue to see the boys who had hurt her. She started neglecting her school work, to the point where she almost managed to fail her best subject, Potions.

Then something strange happened. She came home crying one night because of a stupid boy and the only person who was there to comfort her was the roommate who she hated so much. In that moment some sort of connection was born. And that connection grew until they found themselves in a relationship. Alison had always managed to convince herself she was straight, but eventually she was able to accept this part of herself. Her parents weren’t too happy with her bisexuality, but they also didn’t really believe it was real. They just shrugged it off.

Her relationship with Nyx had, in some way, made her a better person. She was still difficult, but she could be nice. Sometimes. She managed to become Head Girl of Slytherin in her sixth year, a job she took very seriously.

But then the unthinkable happened. She and Nyx broke up over some stupid misunderstanding and not soon after her grandmother died. She found herself in the pit of despair, much worse than when her grandmother had first been diagnosed. She started to push away her friends, eat less, sleep less. She started having these horrible nightmares and thought she was going crazy. In the end, they found their way back to each other and slowly started healing.

The next year would be their last at the school and so they had to decide what they would do after. Alison had been eyeing some vacant internship positions at the ministry, but for some stupid reason she started to doubt whether or not she would be qualified. Nyx had wanted to stay at Hogwarts and take the internship for flying teacher and so Alison took the potions internship. She never told Nyx about the ministry, not wanting her to think that she would ever consider leaving her.

Professor Solarz taught her a lot and soon he moved to Transfiguration and she was Hogwarts’ official Potions Professor. She ruled her classroom with an iron fist, while being more lenient when it was necessary for a certain student. She had to be tough but she did love the children, especially with the thought of never being able to bare her own.

This thought became even more apparent when, at the age of 26, Nyx asked her to marry her. Of course she said yes. They had the most beautiful wedding where, apart from Frederick, none of her family members were present. Her parents had tolerated her relationship with a girl, but marriage took it a step too far. It hurt her, of course, but it never made her question her decision.

The two of them now have their own quarters at Hogwarts, where they’re happily married and teaching.

Nyx
Her relationship with Nyx has not always been second nature. She was actually the first woman Alison has ever had feelings for, as well as the way she found out that she was bisexual. The two form quite the odd couple, being polar opposites almost, so it has not always been smooth sailing. Nevertheless, Alison is still head over heels in love with Nyx and considers her her closest friend.