Boots Border-Heeler

* Child
* Toddler
* Adult

Boots Border-Heeler is a secondary character in the fanmade spinoff series, ***And Bluey!***. She is the daughter of Bluey and Mackenzie and the older sister of Creek.

## **Appearance**

Boots is a purple border collie/blue heeler mix. She bears a strikingly similar appearance to her grandfather, Bandit, sharing many of the same fur patterns as him: one single dot on her back, a full face "mask", the two-toned belly, and the fluff of hair on her head.

Unlike Bandit, however, Boots shares her longer, skinnier snout, cheek fluff, and arm and leg patterns with her father, Mackenzie. She gets her name from her shoe-like markings on her legs, which make her look like she's wearing little boots.

Additionally, Boots shares the three spots on the left side of her head with her great-grandfather Bob. She also has a double-stripped tail, one dark spot on her tail, and a lighter one on the back of her left leg.

## **Personality**

Boots is a shy kid and prefers to stick close to her parents' sides. She's very much the type that won't speak unless spoken to, especially if she doesn't know someone. However, Boots becomes more and more outspoken around those she trusts (namely her family).

Boots has a wild imagination and loves to draw and color her own comics. She uses the world around her as inspiration and often adds supernatural elements to her stories. Boots is rarely seen without her sketchbook and markers.

## **Backstory**

#### 2043

Bluey had always wanted to be a mum. Thing is, life doesn't always happen the preferred way.

She and Mackenzie had been together for five years when they begin to discuss marriage and families. Both wanted kids and they were a loving family; the more babies, the better! That being said, Bluey found herself pregnant a bit earlier than expected, but whatever, they’d make do. The first couple of months went smoothly, before Bluey began to feel…*strange*. After getting checked at the doctors, she finds out that she’s high risk for a miscarriage. The doctor notices that the baby’s lungs aren’t developing as well as they should be, but it didn’t seem to be life-threatening. However, the doctor wants Bluey in for weekly check-ups; by the time her due date is a month and a half away, the doctor makes the executive decision to get Bluey an emergency c-section, due to the baby’s underdevelopment.

Boots was born that May and spent the first month of her life in the ICU under the watchful eye of the doctors. Bluey and Mackenzie were told that Boots would have apnea, but would most likely grow out of it, thankfully. While Boots is recovering, her family visits her as often as possible. Mackenzie can’t help but notice her fur pattern on her legs looks like she wearing little boots. Knowing that his daughter was in need of a name, rather than just calling her “the baby”, he suggests the name to his partner, who agrees. It’s a small moment of warmth and lightheartedness during a time of uncertainty; sure, it didn’t cure anything, but Bluey couldn’t help but smile at the name.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Boots was finally cleared to be released and could go home with her family, who were incredibly happy and relieved.

Being that she was the firstborn, Boots was doted on constantly and her family spoiled the crap out of her whenever possible. She seemed to gravitate towards Bandit the most ~~which totally didn't spark any disputes between him and Chili no way~~, as well as Muffin, which was ironic, considering she didn't exactly like kids or want any of her own. But...Muffin supposed she could make *one* exception for this little fluffball...and the 4 others that would follow a few years later.

#### 2046

Boots doesn't remember much from her parents' wedding, she was only 4 after all, but does recall some brief memories from shortly after that time. She noticed mummy was getting fat and cried a lot more. She remembered seeing her old crib come back out, along with some old toys that she hadn't played with in a minute.

Then, one day, it all went away.

Boots noticed her mum was no longer fluffy, but still cried just as much. However, this kind of cry was...different. Boots wasn't sure what was going on, but giving lots of hugs and kisses to her mum seemed to help some. Soon, Boots started to see her mum a bit less; she would rarely come out of her room and didn't talk very much. Dad said she was doing big-person things, whatever that meant.

During this time, Boots and Mackenzie started spending more time on their sheep farm, where she learned how to herd sheep and even got to give some of them names! This was a fun time for Boots, she just wished mum was with her too. Mackenzie did his best to explain the situation to his daughter, saying that sometimes, people don't always get what they want, no matter how badly they want it. He explained that Bluey was a little sad, but she'd be okay.

Why was her mum sad? Determined to help, Boots took out her trusty paper and markers and started doodling; it was a portrait of her family, complete with some sheep of course, and the words "I love you" written on the top. She slid it under Bluey's bedroom door before laying down for the night, with help from Mackenzie. Boots was almost asleep when she felt someone slide into the bed next to her; it was Bluey! Without a single word, Bluey pulled her daughter in for a tight hug. Boots hugged back happy to have her mum back. She didn't see the tears pouring out of her mum's eyes.

## Gallery

Edit of Boots with her friends, cousins, and brother.
## **Trivia**

### **Likes**

* Doodling
* Camping
* Herding sheep

### **Dislikes**

* Being in an unfamiliar environment/around people she doesn't know
* Seeing her loved ones upset

### **Talents**

* Can pick up a good variety of creative activities, from drawing, to painting, even crocheting

### **Other**

* She has a 10-year age gap from her baby brother. This is due to her mother having a lot of trouble carrying to full-term, even having a stillborn at one point. Boots doesn't find this out until she's much older.
* Is best friends and pen-pals with Adalee, daughter of Coco, and Colette, daughter of Jean-Luc