Cynthia Harris

Cynthia Rose Harris was a witch and a major recurring character in The Hathaway Chronicles novel, Darkness Descending. She is the mother of Eleanor and Kenneth Harris. She is also close friends with her cousin Laura Rezza, whom she runs an interior decorating buisness with. Being adverse to being in covens. she later joined the Rezza Coven. After her daughter was taken and turned into a vampire by Seana, Cynthia rallied her cousin and coven to help locate her daughter. However, she later left to find her on her own, since she didn't want anyone implicated with her for trying to save her daughter who was now wanted dead by the Hathaway Coven. She eventually found Elle, but Seana instead killed her to send a message to her family to stay away. 
Seana took her body back to Seaside, so that Elle could give her mother a proper burial. However, when Elle is distracted finding a spot at Cynthia's favorite spot growing up, she woke up in transition. Seana was confused but decided for a last stand to give the coven a message, that she will kill anyone like she did Mila and Laura. During the frenzy, In a last attempt to protect her daughter, she shoved her and Seana off the edge of the lighthouse, right where everyone was waiting below to stop Seana. The fall killed her, but she was successful in saving her daughter in the end. 
Cynthia is a member of the Harris Family and the Brown Family. She is also a descendant of the Hathaway Family through her grandmother Cynthia. 
== Early History ==
Cynthia Harris was born in Seaside, California, the youngest daughter, and child of Drake Harris and Morgan Carp. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Cynthia Brown, since she resembled her, the only one who inherited her blond hair. Cynthia was close to her grandmother growing up but began to distance herself once she reached her teen year since she saw that her grandmother was in fact, borderline psychotic. Her grandmother hated humans and looked down upon them, which she instilled in her son Drake. Cynthia however was dating a human named Brent Nelson and hid this from her family. Once she turned eighteen, she intially joined the Hathaway Coven. However, right out of High School, she got pregnant with her daughter Elle. Since she could no longer stand her family and their views, she deflected from the coven and left Seaside and her life behind. Three years after they had Elle, they had their son Kenneth. Tragically however, in 2006 Brent died in a car wreck, leaving Cynthia heartbroken. Her brother Robert convinced her to move back to Seaside, he also had stopped speaking to their family. He helped look after his niece and nephew, and became a father figure to the both of them. With her cousin Laura, they opened up their own interior decorating business in 2008. 
== The Hathaway Chronicles ==
=== Darkness Descending ===
In the chapter Where We Started, she is briefly seen dropping off Eleanor and Kenny off at school. Unseen during the chapter, Cynthia is called by Laura to come to the house to help make rings for Lily to control her magic. She later had to make one for Celesta as well. 
Later on in the chapter Lose Your Marbles, she is seen with Laura at the Rezza's house in the dining room, selecting colors for a cilent's house. In the chapter Promises, she shows Cel, Lily and Elle that magic is not all bad when she demonstrates fixing a shattered window with Laura. When Samuel comes home, we learn that Cynthia is not a big fan of the Hathaway coven, calling them useless. Later on when taking Cel home, Cynthia tells her of certain factions no longer affiliated with the coven and that they were too "stuck" in their old ways, she also states she left the coven after she got pregnant with Elle. 
In Stroke of Midnight, she is seen with Laura and Samuel and supports them against the covens decision of having Lily stripped of her magic or be forced to join since she would not give up on her relationship with Scott. She is silent through most of the meeting but gets involved in a stand off with the Hathaway Coven after Samuel punches Jeffery. Later on in Crystal Eyes, she along with the Rezza's and a few other witches create their own coven, one that is accepting of all races and beliefs. In the chapter Somebody Else, it is spring break. She and Laura take their daughters to go on a tour of Redmond University up in Northern California. She tells her daughter that she wants her to explore more options and not feel like she has to go into the family business. Her daughter though insists it is what she wants to do. In The Killer, she assisted Celseta and Lily in going to retrieve Scott after he had been attacked by Seana. In Bloody Roses, after finding out Seana killed and took her daughter away, she and Laura immediately left to find them before the Hathaway Coven did as the coven wanted both girls now for killing innocents across the United States. 
In Silhouettes, they are in New York meeting up with Scott and Zach. Once they found the house Seana was staying in, Cynthia insisted on staying there as the boys went to look at any nearby clubs from them. When Seana and Elle return, before Laura or Cynthia realize what is going on, Seana sets the house on fire and flees with Elle. Not wanting to waste another second, Cynthia demands they leave but Laura wouldn't leave the boys. In a surprising move, Cynthia knocks Laura out and leaves her surrounded by burning buildings. She apparently was able to track them all the way to Reno, but she was killed by Seana in an attempt to people wanting Elle safe to stop following them. Her body was found by Mila and Laura in At All Costs. Believing that she is dead and Elle is beyond saving, Laura puts her personal feelings aside and tries to kill Elle. However, Seana shows back up and she and Elle take them down. 
Sometime between the events of Bloody Roses and At All Costs, Cynthia apparently asked Scott for a vial of his blood, just in case she knew she would die, she would be able to come back and kill Seana for her daughter. 
In Paralyzed, Seana and Elle took her mother's body to her favorite spot growing up, an old lighthouse in Monterey, California. When Elle is gone, Seana hears something moving in the trunk, only to reveal a recently awakened Cynthia. Elle is in disbelief seeing her mother but protects her from Seana. However, Elle believes her mother is a hallucination and runs up the lighthouse. After convincing her otherwise, the two have a heart to heart before Seana wakes up. She also notified Celesta where they were before she was discovered alive in the trunk by Seana. When they finally arrive, seeing no other option to save Elle, Cynthia pushes Seana off the balcony and goes herself so Seana can't get away. She later died from the fall, even though she was still in transition, she had no healing abilities. 
In Beyond the Brink, she is seen fighting with Seana and Scott sees her fall with Seana. Scott crawls over to her as Celesta starts torturing Seana. Cynthia starts coughing up blood, but smiles sadly at Scott before passing away. 
Laura later arrives at the trial of Elle and Seana, and decided to stand by Elle after they all found out how messed up Elle was under Seana. They later had a funeral for her between the events of No More Heartbreaks and Just the Start. 
== Appearance ==
Cynthia stands at 5'7", with long blonde hair and a slim physique. She has gray eyes, and often has a mischievous mood about her. She is very similar to her cousin, being eccentric and wearing light colored clothing, mostly floral prints. They are often mistaken as sisters. 
== Personality ==
Cynthia is shown to be very easygoing, and has a streak of breaking rules. She had no care of the coven or her family's restrictions on not dating humans, her grandmother even shamed her, making her leave the Hathaway coven and moving away with Brent. She is a very strong woman, always being right there to help anyone in need. She may seem serious at times, but she is known for joking often. While she loves some of her family, for instance when Cel and Lily were told to go back to the house instead of getting involved with Scott who was attacked by Seana, she told Cel she knew she was capable of holding her own, and helped them go against Laura's order. When her daughter was taken by Seana, her whole world shattered and she would do anything to get to her daughter. When she and Laura found them, Cynthia knocked Laura out, knowing if something went wrong the coven wouldn't prosecute her for helping Elle who was wanted dead by the Hathaway's. Till her dying breath, she was successful in ridding the world of Seana Kane. 
== Powers and Abilities ==
As a witch and a descendant of the Hathaway Family, Cynthia is a very powerful witch. She is also proficient in hand to hand combat as she was able to fight Seana briefly. 
== Book Appearances ==
=== Darkness Descending ===
* Where We Started (First Appearance)
* Lose Your Marbles
* Promises
*Stroke of Midnight
*Crystal Eyes
*Somebody Else
*The Killer
*Bloody Roses
*Silhouettes 
*At All Costs
*Paralyzed
*Beyond the Brink
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Category:Hathaway Chronicles Character
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