Brandy Cattle

* Older
* Adult
* Teenager

Brandy Cattle is a tertiary character in the fanmade spinoff series, ***And Bluey!***. She is the daughter of Mort and Cayanne, the older sister of Chili and Saffron, the wife of Ovoli, and the step-mum of Truffles.

## **Backstory**

#### 1976

Mort and Cayenne, Brandy’s parents, dated for a couple of years before they eventually decide to get married on the beach.

#### 1977

Brandy was born and named after Mort's late grandma, whom he was very close to and loved dearly. The little family was very happy and cozy in their marsh-swamp home.

#### 1980

When Brandy was 2 1/2, she got 2 lifelong best friends: fraternal twins Saffron and Chili. They were a huge surprise to their parents, neither expecting or preparing for two babies at once. For Brandy, however, she was just happy to have new playmates to explore with. For the first 14-17 years of the kids' lives, they all had a pretty regular childhood; the family would go swimming, hiking, and even go on long car rides singing along to music.

#### 1985

Brandy started kindy, a bit apprehensive and took a minute to warm up to the other kids. Luckily, another girl was there to help her out- it was none other Calypso. Brandy and Calypso would stay best friends throughout their entire lives, being there at each other’s weddings and for other large life events. Calypso helps Brandy cope with the loss of her mother later on.

#### 1992-1994

Brandy was in her sophomore year when her mum’s health took a turn for the worse. After a work accident that resulted in a broken rib, Cayenne was sent to hospital to heal. While doing her x-rays, doctors discovered mysterious white spots scattered all over her body: cancer. That's why she'd been feeling so lethargic and out of it lately. Doctors gave her mere months to live, and that was being generous. The sad news broke and the Cattle siblings each expressed their sadness differently.

For Brandy, she was stubborn and in complete denial. Her mum couldn't *die*, that was her mum! She was young and strong, weren't old, dusty people the only ones that died? Brandy wasn't sure *what* to think, but slowly began to keep more to herself, only confiding in her best friend Calypso for support.

As the days went on, Cayenne started crying out in pain, whimpering and groaning incomprehensibly. Brandy couldn't stand to see her like that and didn't want to remember her mum, so she stopped visiting. Things between Brandy and Mort soured a bit during this time, Mort not understanding his daughter’s thought processes. Saffron, however, understood and respected his sister’s wishes, even following her and not visiting; both felt naturally guilty, but needed their time to properly process what was going on without further affecting their mental health.

About three weeks later, Cayenne was placed into hospice and could no longer eat or drink. She barely made noises and had a blank, empty stare as she waited for the inevitable. Hesitantly, Brandy decided to accompany Chili to the hospital, who rarely left her mother's side.

Cayenne passed away five days later surrounded by her family. Chili and Mort cried the loudest, Brandy shed silent tears, and Saffron sat quietly in the corner. No one in the Cattle family was the same after Cayenne's passing, each taking their own amount of time to grieve and process their trauma. Brandy decides to throw herself into her studies, choosing to attend school to become a doctor. While there, she learns more about her mum's condition and learns to accept what happened; there truly was nothing she could've done and slowly learns to accept what happened.

#### 1998

Saffron tells Brandy that he can no longer stay in Brisbane, feeling too upset after their mother’s death. Brandy, while sad that she’s essentially now losing her little brother too, accepts and wishes him the best. She calls him everyday to make sure he’s safe.

#### 2001

Brandy graduates medical school at 24 and goes straight into the field. She works at a local hospital where she comes across many different patients, some of which teach her important lessons down the road without even realizing it.

One of these people is her coworker-turned-boyfriend, Bailey, who stays with her a majority of her 20s and 30s. He's incredibly stubborn and is a master and guilt-tripping, eventually convincing Brandy to wait well into her 30s before they start trying for a family. Bailey is traditional, remarking that his ideal family would be three kids and a stay-at-home mum, not wishing for his kids to have absent parents. Brandy is admittedly a bit bothered by this, but she wants babies and loves Bailey, so it's a sacrifice she's willing to make.

#### 2008

They date for a while before finally marrying, the idea of kids now seeming like much more of a reality. They finally begin trying and Brandy unfortunately has her first miscarriage, which *devastates* her. Bailey does his best to comfort her and offers to look into fertility treatments, but she declines. It's only her first, she can keep trying; it was probably an accident. Brandy pushes the brief reminder of her family's fertility issues out of her head in hopes that this is something else entirely.

TBC

## **Trivia**

### **Likes**

* Riding horses
* learning more about how the human (dog?) body works

### **Dislikes**

* Talking/being reminded about her infertility