Post by William Archer on Aug 20, 2012 5:48:23 GMT -5
to replace eden pucey - got permission from hope and becca!
| [atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 460px; background-image: url(http://i44.tinypic.com/34fb0ns.jpg);-moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px; border: 4px ridge #9c5f5b, bTable][tr][cs=2] danni emily oberlin. sixteen. sixth year. ashley benson. | |
[rs=2] | Danni Oberlin was born on the nineteenth of April, 2007, ten minutes before her twin sister Devyn was born which Danni has never allowed her sister to forget. Danni was born to parents Chance and Evelyn Oberlin (nee Price) - Chance is a Muggle aged forty and Evelyn a pureblood witch aged thirty-nine. The family of four lived in Scotland and Danni could be quite a handful as a baby - when she was cheerful she could be a delight but she was constantly curious and thus had to be watched from the corner of her parents' eyes whenever she was plopped onto the floor or playing with her sister. In the early years, Danni and Devyn were extremely close, and one who knew the pair now would be surprised at how blissfully they played with each other day to day. Of course, they still had arguments, as any sisters did, but grudges were never held longer than an hour and spats were always resolved swiftly, their relationship being far less complex those days. It was simple; they were twin sisters, and they barely noticed the differences in their personalities at that young an age. It was only truly realised by the twins how different they were when they started Muggle primary school and began properly mixing with other children their age - that was the very start of Danni and Devyn growing apart. They began attending primary school the year they turned five and it became clear that Danni was the more outgoing of the twins. She was always quite the chatterbox and enjoyed getting her opinions across loud and clear and seemed to get along with the vast majority of the children in their class although she was as stubborn as a mule and if someone annoyed her or if she felt something was unfair she made no attempt at hiding it and could be found sometimes to go so far as stamp her foot and yelling at someone. Even from the young age she was never the sort to go down without a fight, and she could argue with the best of them. However, she did have something of a knack of getting on with people, so despite this she maintained most of the friendships she made when she was younger as she grew up. As she and Devyn got older, Danni embraced a typically 'girly' sort of style, always enjoying to be well-dressed and very presentable and spent most of her pocket money on clothes. Danni was always bright, although she had a tendency to be impulsive and reckless at could lack common sense at the best of times. It was obvious to all that Devyn was the far more academic of the two - that was always the term used, although by the time Danni hit about ten years old she translated that to Devyn being smarter than her. Although Danni's feelings towards Devyn couldn't exactly be described as jealousy, she did feel from then that Devyn was the better twin, the one people ultimately preferred, the prettier one, and was unaware her twin felt the same about her. This caused the twins to grow apart even further. Danni was less inclined to listen in lessons, and often surrounded by friends although she was also known for being blunt and could be completely tactless at times. She was always rubbish at lying, as well, and gave up completely on lying to their parents when she was young because they could always tell when she was going to lie even before she opened her mouth, which was the cause of quite an amount of frustration for Danni. Although Danni Oberlin appeared to be an outgoing sort who was equipped with a determined streak and a cheerful disposition, she was also incredibly insecure, a fact she managed to hide well from most people in her life. By the time she recieved her Hogwarts letter, she'd managed to convince most people that she was perfectly happy in her own skin, although by then she could barely leave the house without wearing something pretty and her hair looking just right, as something to fall back on in case she started feeling out of place (this only worsened when she began wearing make-up) and she had seriously low self-worth. The Hogwarts letters hadn't been a surprise for either Devyn or Danni, although they still caused quite a lot of excitement for Danni who had been looking forward to Hogwarts for absolute years. By this point the twins had grown apart, having different friends and being known for the fact that they were incredibly different for two sisters, their personalities seeming almost opposite. Danni took her role as being the older twin very seriously, however, and had always been quite protective of Devyn, despite the fact that she knew well that Devyn could take care of herself. On the journey to Hogwarts, Danni stuck to Devyn intially, and although the two, in their previous school, didn't often stick together, Danni always seemed to be the one who wanted to keep their relationship together and felt that it was her duty as the older twin to make sure both she and Devyn were fine on the way over, disregarding however much it could irritate her sister. Danni was never one to stay quiet when there were other people about, though, and so she dragged Devyn along with her to a carriage-full of other first-years and flopped down in between two strangers, getting stuck right into the conversation as she always did and feeling rather pleasantly surprised that she seemed to get along with most of them and came across as surprisingly confident. She quietened down considerably when they had to cross the lake, however, clinging to Devyn and steering her towards a boat, paling at the thought of falling in although somewhat excited by the whole ordeal. She was so torn between emotions that she was unusually quiet which was noticed by most of the other first years she'd spoken to on the Hogwarts Express. Danni hadn't really considered her and Devyn being in different houses - as mentioned before, she could sometimes lack in common sense, especially when she was preoccupied by other thoughts, and it simply didn't occur to her, even though their personalities came across as stark opposites, although they both possessed ultimately very strong personalities. At the sorting, Danni was once again quietened in contrast to how she usually was, although she was jiggling around from excitement, standing on her tip-toes to see what was going on and squeezing Devyn's hand in the most aggravating manner as she fidgeted. Danni was called up to the hat first, and she marched towards the stool with her jaw set and jammed the hat down on her head, almost jumping out of her skin at the low voice of the sorting hat in her head. It probed at her mind for a moment and unravelled her personality with ease before slotting her into Gryffindor. The red-and-gold table burst into applause and Danni, beaming, raced towards it and slid across from another first-year, trembling but elated because Gryffindors were known for being brave and she considered that the highest praise. She was so high on the fact that she was a Gryffindor and that she was accepted that she barely thought of Devyn until she heard the hat yell "slytherin". Danni was taken-aback, watching her sister head towards the green-and-silver table with wide eyes. Once she'd gotten over the initial shock, however, Danni and Devyn were just fine in their respective houses. Danni focused more on the social aspect of school, becoming friendly with most of her year and being quite well-liked by her Professors although they could tell that she didn't work to her full potential. She did work enough to make sure she didn't fail anything, however, and her essays, although sometimes not completely one hundred percent accurate, definitely revealed that she was a bright student with quite a lot of insight. Devyn, of course, was still the more academic of the two, and the quieter, and the less sociable, and there was much surprise expressed by the other first years that they were even twins at all sometimes, simply because they seemed to be polar opposites. They could go long periods of time without speaking, although every now and then they would end up having massive heart-to-hearts. While the twins weren't always on the best of terms, they did always have a special bond and a certain understanding of each other and Danni to this day considers Devyn one of her best friends although she thinks that her sister doesn't feel the same way about her which is somewhat gutting; Danni often feels like she loves people more than they love her. In second year one day, in a show of rebellion, Devyn decided to dye her naturally blonde hair brown, causing Danni quite some shock. It was the incident that really caused the first proper rift between the twins - it wasn't the actual act of the dying that upset Danni, more the symbolism of the entire thing, the fact that it seemed like Devyn didn't want to look like her anymore, like she didn't want to be defined by being Danni's twin, like she didn't even want to be Danni's twin, which was disarming and more hurtful than Danni ever really let on to her sister. Although Danni often yearned for them to have the sort of relationship sisters in the movies had, they only had moments of that sort of relationship in those days. During the school-year, Danni was often with her friends, although she was also quick to make a couple of enemies as she's never avoided conflict and can get stuck into debates with people as quick as a wink although she rarely holds grudges. During the holidays, Danni would either go and stay at someone else's house or curl up on the sofa watching a chick flick, which have always been her favourite sort of films. She was inspired by the old film stars, blu-tacking posters of Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe on her wall and designing her room so that every inch of it had something to say about her. She became a coffee fanatic, drinking an extremely strong cup every morning - the type that would give most the shakes - and she invested in looking good most of the time. Danni cares about her appearance, but not in a vain manner - her insecurity calls for her to make sure her appearance is as flawless as she can manage. She'd always been very brisk about things like that and never, ever came across as the sort of Perfect Princess people always assumed she would be from the blonde dress and the elegant clothes. Danni was always interested in boys, and by the time third year rolled around she was more than ready to have a boyfriend, being naturally flirtatious and feeling that a boyfriend would make her feel far more secure than she could ever manage herself. She ended up being one of the first girls in her year to have a boyfriend, in third year, although she was always one hundred percent innocent with boys at that age and the most she and the boy did was hold hands. She found she liked the idea of having a boyfriend far more than having an actual boyfriend although she always enjoyed taking a look at any of the handsome guys in the years above. Although not always level-headed, she was sharp enough to tell if a guy was taking advantage of her or her friends or her sister - and if the case was that it was a guy playing about with her friends or her sister, Danni would bitch the guy out immediately, being fiercely loyal, although Devyn never seemed to show the interest in guys that Danni did, much to her sister's despair. Her relationships never lasted that long, either, because she was so bull-headed she generally liked to be the one in charge of the relationship without even realising it and her relationships could never be described as serious; she'd be with a boy for a couple of weeks, holding hands and flirting gently, but there would never be anything truly intense. By the time fourth year came along, Danni and Devyn barely spoke at school and ran very much in different social circles. Danni experienced her first real kiss at the very start of fourth year, which was enjoyable if somewhat nerve-wracking. Danni had something of a fear that the boy in question would tell everyone else that she was a bad kisser or frigid because she didn't go any further or something - he didn't, of course, but these were the sort of constant pressures that Danni felt day to day by this stage. There were so many things she had to be, so many things she felt she had to do, and she never really felt like she did them right. Mostly she felt like she always liked people more than they liked her, that she always loved people more than they loved her, and she hated that. She made an effort, every now and then, to pull her and Devyn back together, a sort of yearning every now and them to be close all the time, to be capable of spending time together whenever they wanted to and it not feeling strained, but Danni, being somewhat incapable of subtlety, had her attempts fall flat on their face time and time again. Fourth year was the year most of her classmates began drinking - if they hadn't already - but Danni was always somewhat hesitant. Although she could seem fearless in certain social situations, always well able to speak her mind, and had managed to fool most people that she was strong and outgoing and up for anything, underneath it all she was really just a scared little girl and the prospect of drinking somewhat frightened her a bit, especially drinking at parties. She hated firewhiskey when she first tried it - with some girls in her dormitory - and almost spat it back out again because she thought it was absolutely disgusting, but, curious as to why so many people drank it so much, she continued to try it, only having small amounts every now and then and making continuous excuses when people asked her why, exactly, she wasn't drinking as much as everyone else. Her least favourite question was "are you scared?" Even when it was spoken by a friend in a concerned tone it really set her teeth on the edge. She was never the biggest party girl in the year, though - she would frequent parties but never really got stuck in with all the rest of the shenanigans. She knew that most boys in her year would go all the way with her, and that quite a few of her friends had started going further, but Danni, although loving to flirt and talk with good-looking boys and sometimes snogging them at parties, was totally uneasy about taking things further although it took her a while to admit this to herself. It was mostly because she was afraid that she'd be no good at it; she wasn't really sure how to go about doing anything because it wasn't exactly as if you got an instructions book the minute you hit fourteen explaining how to go about everything and she knew that rumours could be positively ruthless. There was also a part of herself, however, that badly craved to be properly taken care of, to be loved more than she loved someone else, just to be able to hold someone's hand and joke around with someone who really fancied her and have one of those perfect relationships you saw on totally unrealistic teenage tv shows. Feeling that she was being childish, however, she struggled to clamp these feelings down and behave as how she saw a normal teenager was supposed to behave. It never really worked out, though, her trying to be someone she most certainly wasn't; once, she was with a boy after a party and it seemed that things were heading towards third base at the very least but she pulled away at the last moment, claiming she felt sick and shooting off. She spent the next few weeks hiding behind her hair from the boy although she allowed her friends to think that they had gone the direction they were going before Danni pulled away. One of the things that got under Danni's skin the most was that the vast majority of people believed that she was the dumb twin, the brainless twin, the twin with the least potential. Although Danni was far more sociable than Devyn ever seemed to be she still felt that Devyn was far more respected than her, known as more intelligent and prettier and she couldn't help but be jealous sometimes. Devyn always seemed to do what she wanted to do, Danni thought, but Danni always seemed to do what everyone else wanted her to do - or at least, that was how she felt. She dressed to impress, never in the lazy sort of clothes other girls wore but always in high-waisted skirts or skinny jeans paired with blazers and fancy tops, her make-up generally immaculate. Nobody seemed to understand that it was a force-field around her. She was teased (gently) by her friends because of her inability to leave the dormitory without slapping on some make-up, but she paid no heed to this. Dressing well and looking well made her feel indestructable, capable, it made her feel truly good about herself and she wasn't about to let that go, not when she struggled to ever feel good about herself. She also grew to be a tad judgemental; she never intends to judge people but she can do it without really noticing sometimes and often accidentally offends people without even realising it. It's not that she would brush someone away because they were poorly-dressed, she wouldn't judge someone on their sexuality or their looks, but she can jump to conclusions about things without truly even considering them which can lead to trouble every now and then. She scored averagely in lessons, never really trouble-making but never really breaking her back. Her Professors' only problem with her was that she could rarely shut up in class and it was a bit difficult for her to keep her attention on things she wasn't interested in. She'd always loved charms, however, finding it the simplest out of all of their lessons. History of Magic and Transfiguration were both the complete and utter bane of her existence and she could only barely scrape A's in them. She found both subjects incredibly dull and barely concentrated in either, much to the frustration of the Professors. She was quite good at Care of Magical Creatures as well, always having loved the outdoors and finding the classes peaceful. Danni had a very strong mothering instinct and was always very caring towards the animals - even if she didn't do things one hundred percent right, she always treated the animals very tenderly and was attentive to their needs. Her first 'real' relationship was in fourth year, although that didn't go spectacularly either. Danni realised, afterwards, that it was never about the boy for her - she didn't want a boyfriend, she wanted a relationship, and she just took any boy that came along and tried to fit him into her ideal. It was difficult to learn this, because Danni had never intended to use anyone. She and the boy had a couple of mostly pleasant, if somewhat boring months together, Danni fooling herself into believing that he was what she really wanted. He was always eager to go further, or even full way with her, believing that she was experienced, and although Danni was somewhat terrified at the prospect she didn't make an effort to set the boy's stories straight, and promised him that yes, she did want to be with him, she did want to go further than second base, but she always had an excuse up her sleeve to not, although this caused quite a lot of anger towards herself because every now and then she just wished that she could get it over and done with. But whenever the oppurtunity arose, she decided to ignore this. Eventually, the couple parted ways, neither feeling much remorse at the break-up. Danni spent most of the summer after fourth year in the house, unnaturally unsociable for her. She and Devyn didn't speak much - it was insane that two people could be the same age and live in the same house, right across the hall from each other, and yet not speak all that much. Danni spent most days curled up in front of the television in her pyjamas or her tracksuit bottoms and uggs, for once able to dress down, and watched Roman Holiday or Clueless or Walk The Line, noshing away on junk food and trying not to feel too pathetic. She did, of course, feel pathetic, though. How could she not? She was fifteen and she'd never done anything worth anything and it really got to her. She was fifteen and she'd never gotten very far. She was fifteen and she'd never seemed to have done anything very interesting. She was fifteen and while she longed to be the sort who was able to do and say exactly what she wanted she was far too self-conscious for that. And so she whiled the hours away curled up on the sofa, badgering Devyn - who seemed to be keeping to herself even more than usual - whenever she saw her to speak to her, to spend time with her, but Danni found herself only really able to get on Devyn's bad side. She went back to Hogwarts for fifth year after a week of preparation for it, making excuses as to why she hadn't been out all summer, and got stuck in straight away, chatting to everyone on the train and not seeming in the slightest any different than last year. Although she'd been warned she had to work that year, it started off with parties and staying up late into the night in the dorm sipping firewhiskey - Danni still didn't like the taste much but she'd gotten used to it - and not listening in lessons and flirting with boys. She wasn't exactly one hundred percent happy or confident but she put on quite the show, not letting her smile falter for a minute. She did, admittedly, probably get in a few more disagreements than usual with people, and perhaps had become slightly less inclined to make everyone else happy. She wasn't sure if it was necessarily a good or a bad thing. She spent quite a lot of time worrying about Devyn during fifth year, as well; even though she and her sister weren't always the best of friends, Danni was firm in the belief that no-one loved Devyn like she did, and although she wasn't always marching up to Devyn making sure she was okay, realising it would be somewhat tactless and irritating (although it was difficult to prevent herself from doing such a thing) but she did listen out for any rumours about Devyn (luckily there weren't really any) and she'd look across the classroom or Great Hall to make sure her sister was fine. Danni knew that Devyn was the same age as her and they both had to be independent, but there was something about looking after other people that made her think less about herself, something that made her forget about all of her insecurities. Because she didn't study much at the start of the year the month before the OWLs was somewhat crazy for Danni. She attempted to study although she'd gotten into a habit of not studying and she was plagued by nightmares about failing everything. There was pressure coming from all angles; the social angle, the academic angle, everthing was pressing down on her and she thought she was going to break, she really did. She detached herself from her friends a bit towards the very end of the year, and quite a lot from boys, instead opting for staying in the dormitory as opposed to going to parties or sneaking out or simply meeting other students. She felt that she would let down her parents miserably if she did terribly in her OWLs and so she promised to herself to study harder, to work harder, although it didn't really fall into place and she felt almost beaten by the time OWLs rolled around. She would get terrible results, she thought, and her Professors would all think she was a fuck-up and everyone would think she was the stupid twin and her parents would be so proud of Devyn and not her. After finishing her last exam, Danni went to the bathroom and cried her eyes out, thinking that after absolutely everything she'd still failed. Her friends asked her to stay with them in the summer; she was invited to parties and sleepovers and to go and get ice-cream but Danni had had enough of everyone yet again. She returned home for the summer and barely left, eating junk food and feeling terribly fat and watching films and ignoring her parents encouraging her to be sociable again. She was plagued yet again by nightmares about failing everything and she became half a person, a shadow of the girl she used to be, scared and alone every single day of the summer and while she hated herself for it a bit she couldn't quite force herself to leave the house. The more she stayed away from everyone, the harder she found it to imagine facing everyone again. She's desperate, now, to mend her relationship with Devyn, who she feels is still the only person who'll love her for who she really is, through every single thing they'd ever go through. She knows that it will take quite a lot of determination but luckily Danni has always been fairly bull-headed. She recieved her OWL results and almost burst into happy tears when she saw she passed the vast majority of her exams, only failing History of Magic and Transfiguration, getting P's in both, and even recieving an O in Care of Magical Creatures. They're not brilliant results in comparison to her sister's (Devyn recieved O's in every subject apart from Herbology) but Danni was relieved, happy, proud, and it gave her a bit of her confidence back. She's working on getting everything back before she gets to school, somewhat ashamed of herself for hiding from life for two whole months. |
ellen-dora. seventeen. three or so years. timezone. |
don't judge me i was seduced
