Dahlia Collins
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| Dahlia Constance Collins | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 14 December 1996, 21 |
| City of Birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Blood status | Half-blood |
| Physical Information | |
| Gender | female |
| Relationships | |
| Father | Joseph Collins |
| Mother | Miranda Hallowell |
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| Education | |
| School | Hogwarts |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Class of | 2015 |
| Character Information | |
| Playby | Ryan Whitney |
| Amberlee | |
Dahlia Collins is a Hufflepuff Graduate (Class of 2015) and is the younger sister of Ayla Collins
Cute smart and promising student. Strong loyal friend that will do anything for those she loves. Dahlia is constantly caught between her siblings, a brother who can talk her into any sort of mischief no matter what the consequences and an older overtly girly sister that seems more interested in who like whom than who was involved in the second wizarding war.
Personality Description
Despite how much Dahlia physically looks like her big sister the two girls couldn't be more different. Dahlia gets along with her sister just fine but she's definitely more reserved. Dahlia is the sweet charming young girl that is eager to make friends with anyone and everyone she meets. She does her best to hold back judgement or prejudice against others and only really dislikes someone when they do something serious to offend, betray or hurt her. Anyone who spends any sort of time with the young girl can tell that she's very intelligent and takes her school work very seriously. She's not typically labelled as a bookworm due to her impressive social skills but she does have an insatiable thirst for knowledge. Unfortunately there have been times when she's taken her work too seriously and ended up staying up all night studying, something much to the annoyance of her dormmates.
Like most Hufflepuffs Dahlia treasures her friendships the most. She will do anything for her friends but once someone betrays that friendship it's hard for Dahlia to let them back in. She takes any kind of betrayal very seriously. She's finds it hard to forgive people unless it's her crazy twin brother Erik. Despite her obvious smarts Dahlia can act like the dumbest person in the world when it comes to her brother. He has a knack for getting her into all sorts of trouble that would otherwise seem uncharacteristic of her. This has caused many people mainly Professors to become disappointed in her, it's hard for most people to comprehend why a student who is so smart can so easily do something so stupid. Dahlia has received similar reactions from her peers in the past, many girls have had no problem making friends with her but refuse to spend time with her if she's with her twin.
Like most first years Dahlia's main concern is fitting in making friends and not trolling out. She's proud to be a hufflepuff like her sister but has a hard time dealing with her other half having been sorted into a seperate house. Luckily most of the first years have classes together and so she gets to see her twin on a daily basis. The few older students that Dahlia has come across think she's a little weird mostly due to the fact that they expect her to be as crazy and spunky as Ayla. Students as often taken aback when they discover she'd much rather put her nose in book than someone else's personal life and some still haven't recovered from the shock of how different the two girls are, preferring the older more outgoing Collins' girl.
History
Dahlia was born on December 14th 1996 three minutes after her twin brother Erik. The twins were born to Joseph Collins and Miranda Hallowell who already had a young daughter, Ayla, two years earlier. Dahlia grew up alongside her twin like any other muggle child although she learned from a young age like her sister had that her father was special and could do real magic. He wasn't allowed to do magic in the house all that often, only when it was absolutely necessary, like lulling the twins to sleep after a hard day of dealing with the babies and an angry toddler.
It was clear from an early age that Dahlia was intelligent, she hit miletones earlier that her sister had and before her twin did. In school Dahlia was the model student, that was until her brother got involved. Her teachers were constantly disappointed at her behaviour saying from the start that Erik was a bad influence on her. By the time the twins hit the third grade it was recommended that they be placed in seperate classes but even that kind of seperation wasn't enough to keep Erik from roping Dahlia into his mischievious plans. Luckily her big sister was a much better influence and was more than willing to keep the pair of trouble makers out of trouble.
When the twins were nine their father got a job as the Canadian Ambassador for the British Ministry's Department of International Magical Cooperation and the whole Collins family was uprooted and moved to London. Both of their parents had already secured jobs and a house had been bought before they even moved. Dahlia was estatic at the idea of moving. She was intrigued by a whole new country and culture that she could sink her academic teeth into not the mention the blissful notion of having her own room for the first time in her life.
The nest two years the twins were homeschooled as their new house had a fully furnished basement that Miranda used as a stay at home office. She continued their elementry education while once a week a tutor hired by their father came in to teach them about the wizarding world and Britain's role in it. When it was time to get ready for her first year at Hogwarts Dahlia was much more prepared and comfortable with the culture around her both muggle and wizarding than her older sister had been. Although she was born in another country Dahlia never has second thoughts about where she belongs and doesn't find herself longing for Canada the way her sister does.
During the sorting ceremony Dahlia was put into Hufflepuff while her twin brother was sorted into Gryffindor. Dahlia's apprenhensive about being seperated from her twin brother again but is delighted that she can share her house with her older sister.
