Noticing adults standing at the perimeter, Lottie asked the students who they were. She and her new friends walked together to the start-of-year fireworks show, meeting Raphael and Saskia.

Lottie had an outburst, revealing to Ellie that she's a commoner who got into Rosewood on a scholarship, which made Ellie feel guilty and apologize. While Lottie excitedly set up her half of the dorm room, Ellie had a messy room and teased Lottie for being mad about it, assuming Lottie was a priviledged person, getting her dress dirty as well as her stuffed animal.

Lottie met her room-mate Ellie Wolf who she initially had a negative opinion of. Binah introduced her to Anastacia Alcroft LeBlanc, Lola Tompkins, and Mickey Tompkins, who all acted as her guides. She misheard Binah asking if she was from a different 'country' as a different 'county' and responded yes, which led to students initially believing she was an international student. On the first day, she met Binah Fae, an extremely intelligent student. By entering the school, she left behind her stepmother Beady and her childhood friend Ollie, who she promised to write to while at Rosewood. She was one of the 22 only people to achieve the exceptional-circumstances scholarship in Rosewood's 300 years of operation, the school being mainly for children of famous figures who attend from a young age. Lottie then changed her name to Lottie Pumpkin to escape her father's name and debts.Īfter much hard work, Lottie was accepted into Rosewood on a bursary. Her dad returned with a new wife, Beady, who took care of Lottie as her stepmother. Lottie's mother died from leukemia on February 14, when Lottie was nine. On Lottie's mother's deathbed, Lottie couldn't promise her mother to just be happy and instead promises her that she will be happy and get into Rosewood Hall, her mothers' school, where only the richest attend. Her mother taught her a princess-like saying which Lottie now uses as her mantra, 'I will be kind, I will be brave, I will be unstoppable.' The crown is described as a 'crescent-moon tiara' made of silver and is a family heirloom that's been in the Pumpkins for generations.

She was given a crown by her mother on her seventh birthday and has cherished it ever since. This fed into her long-time fascination with fairy tales. Curren lost all his money due to gambling and left the country, leaving Pitkin to take care of her daughter on her own.Īs a child, Lottie's mother would read her many different versions of the fairy tale The Glass Slipper also known as Cinderella. Lottie was born to Simon Curren, a gambler, and Marguerite Pitkin, a baker who worked at a patisserie.

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