Dora had a great life! A mum and dad who loved her to pieces, a twin brother she did EVERYTHING with! She even had a PRINCESS room complete with carriage style bed and EVERYTHING! But then it happened... Her Mum got sick. It came on unexpectedly and it hit hard and mercilessly. While Dora was too young at the time to fully understand, she did know something was wrong. Really, really wrong. Especially when they all packed up and went to Bali to stay a while. Dora loved to play in the water and watch the mermaids... but then again, she knew something was wrong. Her mummy never cried in front of her once, but she knew when she had been. Not to mention all of that, but all of her Aunties and Uncles came round to visit... All the way in Indonesia. Uncle Jimmy even brought her coloring books and stickers to keep her busy.

She knew what was going to happen before she could understand it really.

And then it happened as swiftly as it had all started. Dora watched it happen. Saw it all. And that was when she realized she could see the thestrals. They were prettier than anyone had ever told her. Beautiful in an ugly way. But, then it all changed again. No one was happy anymore. Nobody laughed for awhile, it seemed like... and everyone got real sad. Especially her daddy! The move back to the UK was quick and painless as it could be.

The transition was easier for the kids than it was for Nicolas, for obvious reasons, but as Dora grew older she had a hole in her heart that she never wanted to mention another soul. No one aside from Casper Greenwood anyway. He was her secret keeper. The one person that knew all of her secrets, the one that knew why she cried so often when no one else was around. Growing up was painful... but Casper made it easier. Casper always made things make sense

Hogwarts time...

Dora hated her first few years at Hogwarts. LOATHED. It wasn't home! Her dad wasn't there.. Dora had had the same options, Beaux Durm or Hoggies, but she had wanted to feel closer to her mum so she made the decision, whether it hurt her to be away from the people she loved or not. Of course she had Casper as always... and some others. But it just wasn't home.

After toying with the idea of leaving for some time, she began to meet new people and learn new things. THings that made her realize she was in just the place she needed to be. Most of the time anyway.

As her school career stretched on she had her fair share of drama and nonsense, of course. As is the Gryffindor way. Her heart broke every time she lost a friend, but she grew stronger when she realized that not all of them were ever worth her time. She began to be a bit more closed off, only sharing her real thoughts and feelings with a select few. Dora learnt that one didn't have to surround oneself with a mass of people to live a happy life.

Sixth year would prove to be the most trying time of her life to date. She thought there would be glory in being chosen to compete in the International Magical Pupil Standoff... turns out there was only rage and ultimate embarrassment for her. The whole thing left a bad taste in the girls mouth from the start, but it only grew worse as the challenges moved on. Fighting a dementor and performing memory charms, being given a potion and having to solve a riddle after fighting the whomping willow,
To her final challenge: Having to rescue her best friend from a CAGE in a FROZEN TUNDRA. It infuriated the girl to no end, really. Unfortunately (or that was a matter of opinion) Dora was eliminated in the next to last challenge. She still beats herself up about that loss...

Seventh Year:

And she thought that sixth year would be the hardest time of her life...

There was lots of drama and running away on her part, but it culminated in her breaking down once back at school. Her ever NOT PRESENT boyfriend, Casper, wasn't even a calming source for her. Finding an unlikely friendship with Flynn Kowalski, though, WAS the calming source she needed.