Lavinia Herbert (Rabania Habato in Japanese) is a character from the drama anime series, Princess Sara. She is the oldest pupil at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies". She is also Sara's rival who is envious of her wealth and popularity, and will stop at nothing to reclaim her position of being at the top again.
About Lavinia[]
On Halloween morning, after Miss Minchin asks her class what today is and Ermengarde answers that it's Halloween when she's picked, Miss Minchin announces that they will be having a party in celebration of the holiday later on that night and the class is excited. Lavinia and the other girls set up decorations in the meantime. Lavinia asks Ermengarde if she's finished yet and to hurry up with attaching them when the latter claims she's almost got them before she drops them, and they land on Lavinia due to Ermengarde losing her nerve as she is afraid of heights.
When the time for the Halloween party comes, Lavinia has the ulterior motive of inviting Sara and Becky to join in the fun of the game that involves walnuts as makeshift, little boats. She plans to get Sara and Becky's walnut boats to sink so their good fortune won't come true. Lavinia asks Miss Amelia if the two girls can participate too and Amelia allows them. Lavinia gives Sara and Becky their walnut boats and is thanked for it. After the walnut boats have begun to sail, Lavinia tries creating ripples in the water to make them sink. But this fails, as the walnut boats end up staying afloat and sailing next to each other, signifying the solidification of Sara and Becky's lifelong friendship, much to Lavinia's consternation.
Afterwards, Lavinia and her followers, Jessie and Gertrude, play a prank on Lottie, who enters the barn where Sara and her doll, Emily, reside. They don white sheets and Jack O'Lanterns on their heads while underneath the sheets to pose as ghosts. The prank works easily as Lottie looks out the window and spots the three fake ghosts. Lottie is terrified so much she runs out the barn, screaming, and doesn't notice she dropped her Jack O'Lantern as the candle in it starts a fire. Lavinia, Jessie, and Gertrude laugh at her expense.