Theodora Clarke

##### Positive Traits

● Kind. Dora always goes out of her way to be nice to those around her. She says hello to everyone, is the first to offer to pass the potatoes, and just generally is the sort of person that everyone would describe as sweet.
● Chatty. Don't run into her when you're late to a meeting, she'll have 'just one more thing' to tell you about five times over and you'll never arrive on time. She can't help it, Dora just loves to talk.
● Bubbly. If you looked at the definition of upbeat in the dictionary, Theodora would be listed as an example.

##### Negative Traits

● Ditzy. What was that you asked her to do? She has totally forgotten!
● Can hold a grudge when pushed to do so. Once you've hurt her, you're dead to her.
● Has emotional baggage. The things that have scarred Dora are still lingering under her peppy exterior.

##### Likes

● Earl grey
● Kittens
● Sherbet lemons

##### DISLIKES

● Licorice
● Blood superiority
● Betrayal

#### Diary entries retrieved by the Ministry

30 May 2007

Dear Diary,

My Hogwarts letter is coming in a few days. Mum says that I have a very active imagination and she’s not sure what I’ve been reading but it sounds like I am enjoying it, but I know the truth… I know it’s coming. I know that an owl will arrive over breakfast, dad will get so spooked he spills his tea and mum will get very white and pretend she needs to fetch something from the other room but will be pouring herself some whiskey from dad’s stash. I know it will happen. I saw it.

Mum and dad don’t believe me. They think I just get lucky and that I’m prone to migraines but… I see the future. I guess they’re right, I am lucky.

Gotta go, time for dinner!

-Dora

1 September 2007

Dear Diary,

I sat in the last compartment on the train just like I was supposed to. I knew I’d meet her there, the other girl who can see things like I can. I don’t know if she was expecting me like I was her but I hope so. I hope she was looking forward to meeting me as much as I was looking forward to meeting her. It’s nice to be around someone who gets it, who believes me.

I got sorted into the house with all the yellow, Hufflepuff. I hadn’t known the name but I knew that I’d be in that house. I’ve met my roommates but I’ve forgotten their names already. Would it be rude to ask them to put on nametags? Hopefully now that I’m thinking about that I’ll have some sort of vision on how that would go over.

Someone is going to try to sneak out of the commons tonight and get caught. Hope we don’t lose too many points!

-Dora

29 July 2009

Dear Diary, Marks are arriving soon. I’ve already told mum and dad what I’m going to get:

Astronomy - D

Charms - O

Defense Against the Dark Arts - A

Herbology - E

History of Magic - T (Mum isn’t pleased about this one since it’s the only subject that she understands, she’ll ground me for a week)

Potions - A

Transfiguration - E

Pippa and I have joked about how Divination won’t be of much use to us but I really do look forward to taking it next year.

-Dora

12 December 2011

Dear Diary,

I just saw it… I’m going to fall in love this year. I guess other people don’t know that it’s going to happen and it’s a total surprise to them? That’s sort of odd to think about. Maybe it’s more romantic that way but I really don’t mind at all. Her name is Edith Rosier. She’s a year older and a Slytherin and… Merlin, I think Hufflepuffs and Slytherins go well together, don’t you? Our first date will be in about a month when she finally gets around to asking me in a note she slips me between classes.

What am I going to wear? Should I write home and ask for a new dress?

I can’t wait to kiss her. It’s going to be so amazing-- the world will be quiet from the falling snow and she’ll hold my hand when I say it’s cold. We’re going to be perfect.

-Dora

16 July 2012

Dear Diary,

Is it wrong to be pre-angry at Edith for an argument I know we’re going to have tomorrow? I’ve been asking her for weeks if we should meet each other’s parents and she keeps putting it off. I’m going to ask again tomorrow and she’s finally going to say no. I know this is about her parents-- they’re pureblooded and I’m Muggleborn but I don’t see how that should matter. We’re in love! Who doesn’t want their daughter to be in love? I can promise to memorize things that will make them like me and maybe they’ll feel like I have some value or I’m legitimately magical if they find out I’m a seer?

It’s going to be a big fight. We won’t make up for a week.

I miss her already.

-Dora

29 July 2013

Dear Diary,

Edith is going to break up with me. She’s going to say it’s because I still have another year and she’s graduated but I know the reason. Her parents don’t like me. After all of the effort that I’ve put in and all the time that has passed, they still don’t like me. I’m not a pureblood like them and we wouldn’t be able to have pureblooded heirs.

I wish I had been born to a different family so maybe then I wouldn’t have to be without her.

I don’t know if I’ll ever love again, I haven’t seen it. I wish I could… maybe it would help.

-Dora

5 May 2014

Dear Diary,

Graduation is approaching soon. Pippa will be off on new adventures but I’m not ready to leave. I think I may just work at Flourish and Blotts for a bit before I interview for the Caretaker position at Hogwarts. There aren’t really a lot of jobs for people in Divination and I’m not cut out for what Pippa is bound to do. Besides, it will be nice to still spend time in the castle during the school year.

The Harpies will win the League Cup this year. Good for them.

-Dora

18 April 2019

Dear Diary,

I GOT THE JOB! Well, I mean I knew that I was going to get it but it was still exciting to see the letter from the Headmistress with the offer. I’ll be starting on September 1st and be one of the youngest people on staff but I’ve always been friendly so I don’t think it will be a problem. Pippa will be joining me eventually-- exactly when isn’t clear but I know it’s coming-- and I can’t wait to tell her that I’ve met Jacques and we’re going to be getting engaged in July 2021! Maybe she’ll be my head bridesmaid!

-Dora

1 October 2022

Dear Diary,

Jacq has been cheating on me-- or rather, he was cheating on someone else and I was the other woman. I suppose I thought that those stories about men who went off and had an entire secret life was something out of a soap opera but apparently that happens. The worst part-- or the best part, I'm not sure about it-- is that I actually know about it, I haven't only seen it. The engagement that I've been seeing wasn't mine but it's definitely his. He's got dinner plans laid out and a ring that isn't in my size. I've seen all of it because the fool left it lying about his flat. Part of me wonders if he wants me to see it, if he's too coward to tell me about it and hopes that I figure it out on my own.

I don't know what to do.

- Dora

30 October 2022

I saw Edith today in Hogsmeade. It was as if she looked through me. There she was with her children and I wasn't even someone worth saying hello to.

That should have been my life with her... but I'm not magic enough.

31 October 2022

I'm not magic enough.

I'll show them what magic is.