Cora Donnelly / First Year / Hufflepuff

Full Name: Cora Jean Donnelly House: Hufflepuff Date of Birth: March 14, 2011 Age: 11 School Year: First Year Wand: 30,0 cm dogwood wood and dragon heartstring Patronus: N/A Species: Human

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Before Hogwarts, Cora lived at the Donnelly farm in South Queensferry, Edinburgh. She grew up with her doggo Goat and spent a considerable amount of time roaming the grounds in her gumboots. She would go for walks with Goat and help her brother (Archie - 2 years older) herd the sheep into different paddocks when Goat was being trained to be a sheep-dog. A core memory Cora had before Hogwarts was cooking with her aunt (Jackie) all the time. Aunt Jackie would cook using spells and although Cora could only watch as the magic happened, after witnessing all the wonderful creations, she couldn't wait to become a witch and learn charms herself so she could join in. Aunt Jackie was the one who Cora had gotten her talkativeness and temper from. The Donnelly farm was a flower farm and while her dad managed the calla lilies, her mum did beekeeping (Jean had always found herself having bonds with animals and could somehow understand their feelings). Cora spent lots of time reading about botany and she liked worms. Her best friend growing up was Emilie who lived on the neighbouring farm (THEY OWNED COWS IT WAS AWESOME) - they spent lots of time together and loved to hop around in haystacks. Emilie followed in her grandma's footsteps and went off to Beauxbatons Academy of Magic the same year Cora went to Hogwarts.

Cora's first instance of magic happened out of the blue a little after her 8th birthday when she was playing fetch with Goat. She was using the hose out to wash off all the mud that had collected in his fur - Cora was giddy with excitement as Goat ran around in circles chasing his tail. Sensing her excitement, Goat ran up to her and playfully ran around her. Her laughter couldn't be contained and as she let out a loud guffaw, the hose suddenly flew out of her grasp as if it had a mind of it's own and waved around in the air, drenching her from head to toe. The sudden cold from the water stunned her and Cora screamed for her parents. Instead of being concerned like their daughter was, Jean and Angus laughed at the hose that was still writhing around in the air. Not caring about getting wet, they gave Cora the tightest hug and she still remembers her dad whispering "welcome to the wonderful world of magic my little witch". Jean stopped the hose with a wave of her wand and they all ran back to the house yelling for aunt Jackie to make a cake to celebrate.

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