FLETCHER, SERENA RENEE

[serena]

* serena r. fletcher ,

* start with basics ,
[ I'M SWIMMING IN THE SMOKE OF BRIDGES I HAVE BURNED ]

FULL NAME Serena Renee Fletcher

NICKNAMES Rena

DATE OF BIRTH 28 June

AGE Sixteen

GRADE/YEAR Eleventh

ELEMENT Water

SEXUALITY Hetero

MARITAL STATUS Single

* into the mirror ,
[ AGAINST MY WILL I STAND BESIDE MY OWN REFLECTION ]

CELEBRITY CLAIM Ariana Grande

EYE COLOUR Brown

HAIR COLOUR Brown

HEIGHT & WEIGHT Five feet exactly and roughly one hundred pounds

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES She has tiny, unnoticeable scratches here and there a lot because of bird care (talons mostly)

CLOTHING STYLE Generally speaking, Serena wears very simple clothing such as jeans and t-shirts, mainly because they are easy to get around in. When working with birds she usually wears long sleeved shirts, and depending on the size of the bird, thick gloves up to her elbows. She likes to wear different styles of converse and boots for shoes.

* deeper than skin ,
[ TAKE EVERYTHING FROM THE INSIDE & THROW IT ALL AWAY ]

POSITIVE TRAITS

• bubbly
  
• hardworking
  
• empathetic
  

NEGATIVE TRAITS

• cautious
  
• insecure (at times)
  
• loud (previously; see history)
  

LIKES

• birds
  
• music
  
• playing piano
  
• rain storms
  
• meeting new people
  

DISLIKES

• animal cruelty
  
• fire (in general)
  
• fires (the students)
  
• narcissists
  
• her father
  

STRENGTHS

• singing (previously; see history)
  
• linguist
  
• bird keeping / tending
  

WEAKNESSES

• fire
  
• swimming (is not a strong swimmer)
  
• science & math
  

FEARS

• fire
  
• drowning
  
• her father (previously; see history)
  

BEST MEMORY Getting her first two birds when she was ten, a male and a female cockatiel

WORST MEMORY Her father burning down the house with himself and her mother in it.

LONG-TERM GOAL To regain use of her voice and to be able to continue caring for and learning more about birds.

* past reflections ,
[ SOMETIMES I REMEMBER THE DARKNESS OF MY PAST ]

MOTHER Elli Fletcher (40 when deceased), convenience store & supermarket employee (two jobs).

FATHER Kevin Fletcher (43 when deceased), unemployed.

SIBLINGS Karina Fletcher (26), nurse.

OTHER none

HISTORY Serena's home was never a happy one, even when she was a small child. Her parents fought frequently- almost constantly- and her father would get angry over very small things, like the way dinner was cooked. He would constantly complain about how Serena's mother didn't work hard enough, even though she held down two jobs and he was unemployed. Serena never remembered her father being employed; he was always drunk, either yelling and rampaging around the house or off drinking in a bar and then returning home to yell and rampage around the house.

Serena's mother was always very protective of her daughters, and the two stayed together even though they were far apart in age (ten years). They'd spend most-if not all-of their time in school in order to escape their household environment. Serena took up music classes and extra foreign language classes, seeming to have a knack in both even at a young age. She would do anything she could to stay in school instead of going home, trying to avoid her father.

Her father's anger and drunkenness was never safe, especially since he was a fire elemental. Her mother had no elemental power, and neither did her sister. Her father thought that she didn't, either, and luckily he died thinking that- to this day she still cringes to think of what he'd say (or do) if he found out his daughter was a water elemental. One thing that Serena never knew was that her maternal grandfather had been a water elemental, and that the trait must have skipped a generation and ended up with her.

When Serena was nine, the worst fight between her parents had happened. She was returning from school (her sister was in university and wasn't home at that time) and had barely entered the home when she realized what was happening. Her parents were both screaming, but one was in an angry yell and the other in fear. Her father, drunk insanity brewing in his eyes and in his voice, used his power to try and set different things on fire like family portraits in between hitting her mother, who ended up falling and hitting her head. Unfortunately, the fire got out of control. The last thing young Serena remembered from that day was running from the house to the sounds of her mother's screaming, telling her to escape. After that day, she never spoke again.

Serena moved in with her sister at that point, and is living with her still. She began to take another interest, this time in birds, and studied them for a year or so before she began to take care of her own- her sister bought her two, and over the years, she ended up building a bird sanctuary next to their home for Serena. Even though after several more years, Serena recovered from the incident, she was never able to speak. The shock from the incident had deemed her a mute, and so to her horror she was not able to sing as she'd always done. Serena Fletcher was a mute, and hated it- not only did it stop her from being able to sing, but it stopped her from learning languages in a way. This was also devastating to the young linguist, who by the age of thirteen had mastered two other languages in addition to her own. She could not speak them, though; she could only read and write.

Now, at sixteen, Serena is still waiting for the day when her voice will return. She'll still try to speak out of habit, and it kills her that her laughter- now that she is finally able to have it- is silent. She is a cheerful, happy girl now, but is still trying to find a way to regain her voice. She knows there must be a way as she was not born a mute; the only choice now is to find it.

* puppet on a string ,
[ SOMETHING INSIDE ME THAT PULLS BENEATH THE SURFACE ]

YOUR NAME ele

YOUR AGE 16

RP EXPERIENCE 4 years

HOW'D YOU FIND US? I have Lucy. :3

SECRET WORD silver bullets

RP SAMPLE

refer to lucy please :]

[TAYLOR THE CANADIAN]

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* accepted ,

WELCOME___TO THE ACADEMY !

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