"What a freak her favourite animal is a spider!" "A ravenclaw who is friends with Slytherins?" "Her family has a past with dark magic." Meet Valerie Vinogradov a Ravenclaw at Hogwarts. It will soon be her first year but how will her and her friends put up with the chamber of secrets being opened? Valerie is known as a bit of a weirdo around school one of the reasons is her favourite animal is a spider. She's very good friends with Luna lovegood and a couple of other Ravenclaws.