Persephone Evendale

My Name is Persephone Leda Evendale, and I am 17 years old.

Within the town of Sunnydale, I am seen as a Senior at Sunnydale High School, member of the Mystery Club, Student Council President, NHS Secretary, Cheerleading Captain, First Chair Quiz Bowl as well as secretly a member of the Order, which is an important role within this story.

My heart leads me along the lines of life towards, any gender, which may come into play as things unfold.

Hidden magic lies beneath the surface of this life, taking the form of the Unseen

There is something else you should know about me, I have honey colored eyes and rich, near-ebony colored hair. I love to cook as well, finding new recipes to try out is always fun. My desserts are a bit of a legend, having one Sunnydale's cooking competition for many years.

Personality:

At a distance, Persephone seems to give off the air of someone on a different level than everyone else, as though she were too good for Sunnydale, yet those that talk to her can tell you that, that's far from the truth. Being the top of her class, she gives off the air of maturity and of someone that studies diligently. She's the type that keeps mostly to herself, not because she couldn't be bothered with others or because she views people as less than her, but because she's usually preoccupied due to the number of activities she takes part in at school.

She has a flawless record, both in attendance and grades; she's a bit of a teacher's pet, though if there's anyone that laughs about it, they don't do it to her face. Rather, people seem to come to her for help with various things and she welcomes them with open arms. Teachers even come to her for help with various small tasks as they know she's someone that can be relied on.

She's the type to push others as well as encourage them, though she only pushes them as much as she would push herself. She's competitive in the sense that she doesn't like people to do better than her which is why she's had a firm grip on Valedictorian for years.

Persephone is far from outspoken, usually taking what is said to her with a smile on her face. She does talk to her closest friends about things though and issues, if any, usually get handled that way. She's the type to usually shy away from conflict, though if absolutely forced, she will speak up and defend herself. She is also the type that would hurt herself before hurting those around her, in most cases.

She's actually the type to become quite flustered and embarrassed in situations she's not comfortable with. With such a small town, she's not the best with meeting new people and will stammer over her words if she were to try and talk to them. She can usually handle public speaking as the people she would be in front of are all those that she grew up with. One could say that Persephone has a bit of a shy bone within her.

Then there's friendly Persephone; the girl that makes people wonder how she's top in the grade with how she behaves around her closest friends. Any outputting demeanor she would have alone is gone as the girl is all smiles. She's also a little clumsy and forgetful around these people making it difficult to tell which Persephone is the real one.

She's loyal and obedient which really plays into her role within the Order. She understands the secret they must hide and will shrug away all she has to in order to do so, even if it hurts the clearly heartwarming girl in the process. Because of the fact that she doesn't want to hurt those closest to her, she keeps people at a distance, even if they don't know it. Cassie, her twin, is the closest to her; even her closest friends are kept at a distance. If they aren't a part of the Order, they run the risk in getting involved in something they shouldn't be and things will have to be taken care of from there. Between not wanting to get them involved in the Order, she also doesn't want them to find out about her own powers, even if she had been using them to secretly help people for years now, without their knowing.

Magic Abilities:

With Yin comes Yang and as Cassandra has powers over what people 'See', Persephone has powers of what people 'don't see'. Being of Psionic or psychic in nature, her abilities lie within the mind and tricking the mind to unsee things or manipulation of things through unforeseen force.

Like the Sith and Jedi of Star Wars, Persephone is able to use the 'force' as her sister would say. In reality, it's telekinesis. She's able to keep things from moving, lift things where they are, stop things from moving as well as moving objects.

Along the lines of working with what cannot be seen, or rather, in this case, tricking the mind into unseeing things, Persephone has the gift what what some would call 'Belief Inducement' where she is able to trick the human mind into believing something. In her case, she is able to trick the human mind into not seeing a person, group of people or even objects. In order for this ability to work, those that she is casting it on must be within her line of sight, meaning if she were to turn in any direction, she would still see them. If the person were around a solid wall or in another room that she could not see into from her angle, the mind trick could not reach them. Whatever it is that has "vanished" isn't actually gone, the person under the influence only thinks they're gone; they still have a phsyical presence and are actually there. If there had been a house and Persephone uses this ability to make someone think the house is gone, if a person tries to walk through where the house is, they will run into it. The same goes with sound; if someone who has "vanished" coughs, the sound can still be heard.

If this ability is being used on a large range of people, rather than simply seeming to either disappear or not be there to begin with, the person or object being hidden gets a ghost-like quality where if they move quickly or a person under the influence moves by it quickly, they catch a glimpse of what's hidden out of the corner of their eye.

If people are also aware that something truly is there (not being tricked that something wasn't there to begin with), they are able to see through the vanishing act as well. If a person were to be hidden and give themself away by say, knocking over a huge stack of papers, the person will become visible again should those in the area being tricked know it was actually a person.

Like Jean Grey, Persephone has a talent for Psychic Energy Manipulation, though her manipulation is limited manipulating energies of those she is close to and have some sort of psychic energy themselves. At this point, she's able to use her own as well as her sister's energy. Her manipulation takes the form of creating solid barriers to protect from physical attacks. These barriers are not fully invisible as the manipulation of psychic energies in this form make the energy itself partly visible so these barriers have the appearance of bubbles. The larger the barrier or the more people she casts individual ones on, the more energies needed and the more drain those that the energies are being gotten from will feel it.

The drawback to Persephone's powers lie in the fact that those tricking the mind into not seeing can be overcome. If a person is close enough to Persephone to truly understand her and see around any lies she may be giving, they are able to see through her rouse. However, even her parents are kept at a distance that they don't fully know what their daughter is thinking or when she's not being honest so they still fall prey to the girl's abilities. Knowing that people fully knowing her and being close to her is her biggest weakness, Persephone keeps everyone (other than Cassie) at an arm's length so even if they do think they know her, they really don't.

As her powers are powers of the mind, Persephone has trained relentlessly to keep her magical aura and trail low. At a young age, she learned that not having control over the magic she gives off would affect not only the strength of her powers but how long she was able to use each individual power. Keeping her aura in line and mostly contained, it allowed her greater control over her abilities.  Persephone's dedication to her studies comes from the fact that the root of her power lies within mental strength and knowledge for it is much difficult to make someone unsee something rather than to make them see it.

Probably the most devastating ability that Persephone has, but is still learning on fully using, it the ability to wipe memories.  Her mother has the skill, as well as a few others and that has been a key way that the town has kept the Order and everything involved with it a secret for so long.

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Biography:

Persephone is a twin, her sister being Cassandra, though people do not know about it. The two were born in the early summer, falling them into the astrological sign of Gemini, fitting for twins. Persephone was the stronger of the two at birth, being able to go home with her father much sooner than her sister. Their parents were both Senior Chapter Members of the Order so appearance was everything and due to her initial weakness, Cassandra's birth was kept secret. They would make frequent trips to the hospital, claiming they wanted to make sure that everything was absolutely fine with their "only daughter"; which made sense as they were first time parents.

Eventually, her sister was old enough to be brought home and for their early years, the sisters grew up normally though their powers developed at an early age. For as identical as the two were, their powers were completely different. Persephone's were a bit harder to distinguish as you couldn't phsycially see them whereas Cassandra was much more visible as she seemed to appear as different children they had seen at the hospital during check ups. It was then that the parents had an idea to keep the girls around during visits; Cassandra would appear as another child and claim to be Persephone's cousin whom was staying with them from then on.

The twins never minded, taking the whole thing as a game. As they grew, so did their powers and they learned they could use them on each other so they would often hide or change places with one another. They still continue the game even now as Persephone will pretend to be the cousin and Cassie will act as Persephone.

Once they were old enough, their parents began getting them more involved with the Order and their work. Soon they were indoctrinated into the Order and like the others they wear their necklaces, the charms being hidden beneath their shirts. They also started to help them more in their daily work as their parents work both at the library and with the historical society for the Town's local museum.

When a new boy moved in, the girls were excited since it wasn't often that someone new moved in. However, the boy seemed interested in mystery, legend and lore and while the girls thought that was fun, their parents and the rest of the Order saw him as a threat. The girls were given an order to get close to the boy, see what he was after and to eliminate him. Even the other students of the Order were unaware of this; it was secret to them, at least as far as they knew.

Let the music of my soul be heard in the form of Waiting for Superman and See Who I Am for all eternity.