When Laura and her twin sister were born, their parents were under extreme mutaphobia as American citizens and decided to kill Laura’s twin sister, Goblyn, under the belief that she was a mutant. Laura protected her sister by opening dimensional portals and sent her to the realm that would later be called Liveworld. Laura would soon grow up to be an autistic girl that was isolated from society and in hope for her autism to be cured, her parents sent her to the New Life Clinic, which was unknowingly run by a mentally unstable villain called Scramble.

Laura under extreme prejudice and fear within the New Life Clinic soon escape but was caught by another villain called Bedlam and was forced to join the villainous team Derangers. During her first fight with the superhero team Alpha Flight, she swapped places with her sister who she ad called her Goblyn. After the battle with Alpha Flight, Laura and Goblyn pledged their allegiance to Alpha Flight and became members of their secondary team Beta Flight under the belief that the two were the same person.

Alpha Flight son found out that the sisters were two different people when the team went to Liveworld and encountered a being known as Dream Queen. When the team returned, and Alpha disbanded, Laura and Goblyn went to live with the Persuasion. The sisters rejoined Beta Flight and were given a task by Talisman to find NorthStar. During the time when one of the members, Wildchild lost her sanity, the sisters were mortally wounded and Laura sent Goblyn to Liveworld for her protection but Goblyn returned to help Laura and Beta Flight.