November 30th, 1856 One & Only | Mason Elijah is born the first and only child to Edison and Morwenna Skeeter. |
1862
| Edison suffers a fatal injury at work and passes away. A hardly four year old Mason is too little to understand, he understands something big has happened and that it makes his mumma sad. His new nanny is very good and he starts learning the basics of reading and writing. |
Spring 1864
| In an attempt to help his nanny reach something, Mason displays his first sign of magic and levitates the book she is reaching for down to the table to be used for story time. |
1868-1875 Hogwarts | Mason heads off to school at Hogwarts and is sorted into Hufflepuff. This comes as no shock to any as he has always been a kind and understanding person, if a bit of a scatterbrain. School proves to come rather quickly for Mason, he excels in herbology, potions and charms. In his third year, Mason adds Care of Magical Creatures and Arithmancy for his electives classes. Quidditch strikes his fancy and he tries out, but isn't quite good enough to make the team. Ever unperturbed, he plods on with his studies. During fourth year, Mason starts tutoring some younger schoolmates and finds he enjoys teaching quite a bit. He has always been a people person, but really enjoys the connection of learning with others. In never having any siblings, he seeks out connections with general success. Fifth yera Mason is selected to be a prefect, OWLs prove to be a challenge, but Mason gets through with very good grades, earning top marks in herbology and charms. Mason continues his prefect duties and chooses to continue Charms, Herbology, Potions, Transfiguration and Care of Magical Creatures for his NEWT classes. As a seventh year prefect, Mason realizes that he's about to graduate. NEWT classes go well for him and he receives great marks in his classes. His mother accepts a job at the newly established Hogsmeade Ministry and the two move there during the school year. Upon graduation Mason debates between working at the hospital and at the ministry. Neither really struck him as a career path he wanted so Mas went a different route, choosing to stick to his strengths and working in agriculture and herbology. |
1875-1880 Post Graduation | Mason works at various, large magical farms in the country, quickly adapting to the lifestyle. He moved around a bit, trying different kinds of farms and at the last one fell for the owner's daughter. Unfortunately his affections are not returned and she is married off to another farming family. |
September 1880-June 1883
| Deciding on a change of scenery, Mason moves back to Hogsmeade and starts working in the apothecary. |
Summer 1883 Back to Hogwarts | The herbology slot opens at Hogwarts and Mason applies thinking he'll never get the job, but his excellent NEWT scores and real world experience land him the position. He eagerly awaits the start of the term in the fall. He is currently still living with his mother and enjoying a free summer before the term starts. |
Autumn 1884
| His first year of teaching under his belt, Mason feels more and more in his new profession and spends quite a bit of time in the greenhouses, fixing them up and rearranging in his free time. On a visitation weekend to the town proper, Mason meets a young lady named Martha Denbright in her family’s toy shop. She’s a recent graduate and he’s awkward, though he does enjoy their interaction. |
1884-1890 Professor | The next few years of his job keep him incredibly busy and that’s how he likes it. School doesn’t provide much chances to be socially interactive, but Mason has never excelled at that anyway. |
March 1891 Curse of the Weremom | Morwenna confesses that she has been bitten by a werewolf and all of Mason’s concerns about his mother’s health have been validated. That said, he will take the secret to his grave and just keeps track of his mom during full moons. |
Presently
| Mason continues to work and keep track of his mom and now his new co-worker, Gus Lissington. He’s like the dad nobody asked for, but still is. |