Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller is one of the main characters in Touch of Magic. She is a vampire with conflicting alliances between The Millers and The Dawsons who she has tried to keep seperate by hiding the nature of her connection to May Miller. When she is forced to reveal that secret, it is a relief to herself and her best friend Jason, but it strains her relationship with her other best friend Seth.
Alyssa finds herself in the position where she has to regain trust, while also keeping more secrets. While she is originally not interested in becoming allies with Payton and Claire, she recognizes their importance and does her best to set aside her prejudices. When she eventually enrolls in Sint-Joseph's Boarding School, she shows selflessness and she is seen genuinely caring for the wellbeing of the humans in town. 
She finds a connection with Justin Saphire during her time at SJBS because they are both third wheels to the romantic relationships of their best friends. The friendship develops into a strong bond, and she moves across the country with him after the death of his parents to keep an eye on him. Eventually they start a romantic relationship, and Alyssa finds a new sense of belonging. 
Alyssa is forced to live with the repercussions of her siding against the Millers and tries to adapt as an independent vampire. However Payton's pregnancy causes her to dig back into her history with her mom. She starts to doubt if she can have the life her friends have, because her past will always haunt her. However when she becomes Alena's godmother, she is reminded that she has a chance of making an impact.
Alyssa starts to feel anchored in the era, having fallen in love and forming a bond with an infant. She witnesses unique, once in a lifetime events, unfold in the lives of her closest companions through history and considers if this is also the big decade of significance for her. When the situation with her mother comes to a boil, Alyssa knows the unavoidable confrontation is one a century in the making, and she experiences some guilt for her part in stirring it up.
Despite monitoring the actions of The Miller the best she can, an unexpected pregnancy distracts her and she unable to prevent her mom's attack. She dies as a result to her mom's death and miscarriages, before being revived. She pulls herself together and takes on her new role as leader of The Milllers 2.0, finding herself the only one capable of taking on the task, despite it being the thing she turned her back to when she chose her life with Justin.
Her leadership qualities shine through, and she enlists the army to fix the wrongs her mother caused with the help of her secret sister Jade Miller, including taking down The Anconi and fighting against The Davis Family. After becoming a mother of her and Justin's son Damien Saphire they relocate to the east coast in order to establish order in the vampire political world. Alyssa also continues to own shares in Decade and Down the Rabbit Hole.
In between several world travels and in combination with Alyssa's position as the most powerful vampire on the planet, she and Justin have three more daughters and two sons; Daphne Saphire, Derek Saphire, David Saphire, Davina Saphire and Danielle Saphire. She is a member of the The Carrington Family with a friendly relationship with her cousin Ava Carrington who acts as her deputy on occasion. She is an adoptive member of The Saphire Family through her marriage with Justin Saphire. She is the leader of The Millers 2.0 in an alliance with The Dawsons and The Silverstones.
==Life==
===Early life===
1830's - Born in the Millers
Alyssa's mother May Miller used a fertility spell and originally chose Jason, but later decided on Jared to become Alyssa's father. This made a newborn Alyssa half-human and half-vampire, but her upbringing within the Millers took away any disadvantages she would face due to it. For the first year of her life she was raised by her mother in a Miller safehouse. Later, she was raised by nanny's and guards. Jared came to see her when Alyssa was aged 4, but Alyssa has no recollection of that event and her mother never told her who her father was. 
Once her mother decided Alyssa was old enough to be around other vampires, she had her daughter train under the supervision of Skye Moreno. Since she was still growing and half-human, some of Alyssa's training involved weaponary, which she grew a liking too. Once she was a teenager, she was introduced to the politics of her mother's world, and she got treated more and more as a princess as her abilities started to grow more and more to the level of a classically turned vampire. Eventually, at the age of 22 she was forced to feed on one of her human friends from the village near the compound she grew up. This first feeding on human blood gave her additional strength compared to the animal blood she had been given until then. At this point she also became immortal in her appearance. (see: Alyssa's Vampirism).  Quickly after that she decided to leave The Miller Compound and she went travelling all over the world.
1850's - Meeting the Dawsons
On her travels, she met a group of vampires called The Dawsons. She joined them informally for a while and became friends with Jason upon learning he wasn't a part of the group by sireline (see Alyssa and Jason) and also became friends with Seth whose control over his vampirism astonished her. While learning German at Seth's tutoring, they became close friends. (See more : Alyssa and Seth). 
Alyssa learns a lot from James and Elisabeth about vampire life without an army like the Millers. Alyssa also attempts to adapt back to her former diet of animal blood, but she isn't succesfull. Despite the fact that she feeds on humans, she is descreet about it and is allowed to travel with the Dawsons regardless. Alyssa avoids questions about her sireline and purposefully remains vague about it when asked, feared that her new friends would not accept her if they knew her full background.
1880's - Turning Alyson and Dylan
Whe the group finds a bunch of young adults in an accident, Alyssa is able to save the life of Dylan McKenzie and Alyson McKenzie by turning them into vampires. They are the only ones Alyssa was able to safe, and Alyson blames this on Alyssa. They have both attempted to resolve this dispute, but haven't been able to in the past 100+ years. (see Alyson and Alysssa) Her struggle with Alyson caused Alyssa to leave The Dawsons early on in Alyson and Dylan's transition into vampirism. When Jason asks her where she will go, Alyssa reveals she is part of The Millers. She doesn't mention the fact that is May's daughter because she doesn't want her new friends to look at her differently. Jason warns Alyssa of the dangers of the Millers, first hinting at Alyssa that he may have history there.
1900's - Meeting Matt O'Connell
During most of the 1900's she travelled with Matt O'Connell, another outcast within the Millers, who also used to have a close relationship to May. They bond over May casting them aside, after Alyssa found out her mother might consider using another fertility potion. They have a sexual relationship,but mainly just live a luxurious life.  (See more : Alyssa and Matt)
1980 - What happened in Vegas
In the 1980's, Alyssa meets up with Jason again and he reveals he has done a PCR-test after learning the year she was born. (see more: Alyssa and Jason)
Alyssa is confused as to what it means, as she never knew who her father was because May has kept this hidden. Jason tells her they are related, and he reveals to her that her father is Jared Carrington, Jason's brother. Jason then also tells her he used to have a relationship with her mother, May, untill shortly before she was born. However Alyssa tells him that it doesn't matter, and the two remain close friends.
===Season One===
===Season Two===
===Season Three===
===Season Four===
===Season Five===
===Season Six===
==Personality==
Alyssa is far from your average vampire and that shows in her personality.  In constant conflict between her vampirism and her humanity, Alyssa goes back and forth a lot. Upon meeting her, Alyssa comes across as strong, determined but emotionally distant. She only showed real emotion around Jason and Seth, and puts distance in between herself and anyone else. Upon meeting Justin, Alyssa's personality shifts as her humanity finally seems to come out on top in a battle that has been raging inside her for the better part of the decade.
In an attempt to hide the feelings, Alyssa erases Justin's memories and focusses on Liam and Payton in Portland the next season. However her feelings follow her, to the point where she gets tricked into loosing her humanity. During this period she is cold and very malicious, even to her close friends. When she gets cured, Alyssa is consumed with guilt, but she gets convinced that humanity is worth it. After taking some time to gather herself, Alyssa decides to attend school in an effort to deal with humanity. This is where her feelings for Justin return, and after a while she decides to no longer fight them. She opens up to him, and the two of them eventually start a relationship.
Justin's love is the key to unlocking Alyssa's empathy, and shortly after she reconnects with Payton and Claire, and continues to make new friends. She actively fights temptation by Thomas to return to her old life, and she is able to deal with the death of Justin's parents in a very natural way. Over the next few years Alyssa's personality flourishes more, and she becomes caring, supportive and intuitive. Her fierce character still shows up, in a good way, when she fights for the lives of those she loves. In battle she expands skills in weapons, to avoid having to tap into a dark part of her.
In Season Six, Alyssa is forced to do this after all, when she dies and gets resurrected with human blood. Alyssa struggles with detox, as the simplicity of giving in to the darkness tempts her. However with the help of the people she loves she fights the darkness. She even embraces it in a way, and learns to use it as a good thing by being the leader of The Millers. Alyssa's strength is one of the qualitites that have her thrive as the Millers' leader, even if it means having to make hard decisions.
==Appearance==
Alyssa is a 200 year old vampire with a pale complexion. In Season One and Season Two her hair is fairly short, shoulder-length. From Season Three onwards it's longer and curly. 
Her style is originally very much combat-ready. She wears a lot of dark colors before attending SJBS, which is when her wardrobe adapts. She goes from military colors to wearing dresses. As a student in SJBS she tones down her make-up a bit, to appear 17 again.
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To see Alyssa's outfits throughout the season, see Alyssa Miller/Appearance
==Vampirism==
Alyssa is the product of a vampire and a human, conceived trough a spell from the Hainasoni Bloodline. As a result, her genetics are mixed and she carries a magical agent in her DNA that offer her certain special abilities. 
*Mnemokinesis: Alyssa is able to erase the memory of herself in other people, erasing her own existence. She later discovers she can erase entire days out of a person's memory, although it often causes mental health issues in the people affected.
Physically Alyssa has been trained from a young age and upon reaching the age of 18 she was able to defeat some of the fighters in her mother's army.
Alyssa went back and forth between her mom's group and the Dawsons , but she prefered the Dawsons more despite of the trouble. Dylan originally is upset aswell that Alyssa didn't save his little brother Geoffrey. Later he changes two people himself : Lauren and Nate. This causes Dylan to show sympathy to Alyssa's decesion. This brings Alyssa's sire line to a total of 4 vampires, excluding her own children. Alyssa has been through detox a total of 9 times.
1813-1834 : Dhampire
1834-1856 : Type B (new vampire - 22 years)
1856-1862 : Type A (1st detox- lasted 6 years)
*Alyssa considered feeding on animals after meeting Jason and Seth
1862-1863 : Type B (10 months - June to March)
1863-1871 : Type A (2nd detox - lasted almost 8 years)
1871-1871 : Type B (3 months - Febr to April)
1871-1880 : Type A (3nd detox - lasted almost 9 years)
1880-1884 : Type B (4 years months - August - October)
1884-1886 : Type A (4th detox - lasted 2 years)
1886-1888 : Type B (23 months - April to March)
*1887 : Turned Alyson McKenzie and Dylan McKenzie at the railroad incident.
1888-1916 : Type A (5th detox - lasted 28 years)
*Alyssa left the Dawsons after the fight with Alyson, and has remained Type-A vampire to prove Alyson was wrong in calling her a monster.
1916-1916 : Type B (5 months - July to December)
1916-1942 : Type A (6th detox - lasted 26 years)
1942-1955 : Type B (13 years - February to June)
1955-2009 : Type A (7th detox - lasted 54 years)
*Alyssa looked for her biological father, Jared Carrington from the 1980's. Despite working with Matt on this, she maintains her diet because she knows human blood will distract her from her search. This was the longest time she has ever been on human blood without missteps.
2009-2009 : Type B (July 2009)
* Matt takes away Alyssa's humanity
2009-2016 : Type A (9th detox - 7 years)
2016-2016 : Type B (June 2016)
* Refuses to detox after being resurrected by human blood
2016-........ : Type A (10 detox -
* Alyssa rather detoxes instead of continuing feeding on Justin
==Education and Career==
==Residences==
Alyssa was born at The Miller Compound before it became used by the entire army. She relocated with her mother's army during the first few years of her life. As caretakers took over in raising her, she returned to the compound. At age 18 she resided at Greek Hill for a year to finalize her training. When she became immortal she left from the compound to travel the world.
Alyssa doesn't have a permanent residence during Season One but she is known to travel around with Matt O'Connell. In Season Two she makes a private purchase for the Portland Lofts where she stays over the summer. Later she offers for Lauren and Nate to stay, while Jason and Payton become frequent guests. As the schoolyear begins, she spends her time between portland and Falkland Apartments/Apartment 3A, her residence in Waterfall Creek while she attends high school until graduation. 
Relocating to keep an eye on Justin, Alyssa gets a small condo. She later also helps Justin find accomodation near the school so he'd have no reason not to attend class, for which she pays the deposit. When their relationship gets more serious, Alyssa spends more time at Justin's studio. Eventually she gives up her own condo and pays part of the rent for the studio. They reside there all throughout college. They're debating between upscaling or moving back to Waterfall Creek, ultimately chosing the latter. There they move into The Saphire House, where they live until the end of Season Seven when it's decided they will move to New York with the rest of the Millers.
==Relationships==
===Romances===
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|-| Alyssa & Matt =
Alyssa and Matt met at the Millers. They both had an important position there, causing them to meet frequently. At some point they turned their friendship into a sexual relationship. They have had an on-off relationship untill he used a magic spell to erase her humanity and she turned on him. Later on, they battle for the second Miller Throne. In the battle, Alyssa gets the upperhand but can not bring herself to killing Matt, instead chosing to offer him mercy instead as a bigger punishment. (see more : Alyssa and Matt)
|-| Alyssa & Thomas =
Alyssa and Thomas met at the Millers. Thomas gathered information for Alyssa, mainly when she was not a part of the Millers at the time. At some point they turned their friendship into a sexual relationship, which was rivaled by her relationship with Matt. Ultimately Alyssa finds out he was also reporting her actions back to her mother, and he was a part of May's plan to destroy Alyssa's family, and so she told him she didn't want anything to do with him. (see more :Alyssa and Thomas)
|-| Alyssa & Grayson =
Alyssa and Grayson had a brief romance, which became serious very quickly as Grayson had the intention of proposing to her. Later on, they maintain a working relationship and business partners and eventually also friends. (see more: Alyssa and Grayson)
|-| Alyssa & Justin =
Alyssa and Justin met at the Dawson house in 2008. Alyssa was originally sceptical about a human, and she tries to ignore him as much as she can. She ultimatly starts caring for him, and erases his memory of her several times for his own protection. Eventually Alyssa give up resisting and they get together during senior year. Alyssa is there for Justin when he goes through some hard times, and they end up settling in a little house to get the happy ending they both deserve. (see more : Alyssa and Justin)
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===Family ===
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|-| Alyssa & May =
Alyssa and May have had a troubled relationship from the start. When May got her hands on a fertility potion, she originally planned for Jason to be the father, but ultimatly she chose Jared. A few years later, May started to ignore Alyssa's needs as a child, treating her daughter like one of the other vampires in her army. A few years into adulthood, May forced Alyssa to become a full vampire because she didn't like the weaknesses Alyssa had while being a dhampire. Ultimatly, May drove Alyssa away when Alyssa left the Millers. She returned occasionally, but Alyssa no longer had a normal relationship with her mother. Alyssa once even comitted an attack on May and her powerfull vampire friends to prove the point that Alyssa no longer cared for her mother. Alyssa did not cry over the death of her mother, stating her mother died when she abandoned her at age 6. Alyssa takes over May's job as leader of The Millers, but destroys any pressence of her mother there. (see more : Alyssa and May)
|-| Alyssa & Jared =
Alyssa and Jared had only one normal father-daughter moment, when Jared came to visit Alyssa at the age of four. Other than that, Jared has found joy in ruining Alyssa's life on several occasions by either almost exposing her to the normal world, or by hurting someone she cares about, like kidnapping and torturing Claire or killing Justin's parents. Alyssa did not grieve over Jared's death, stating the only father figure she ever knew was James, not Jared. (see more : Alyssa and Jared)
|-| Alyssa & Jade =
Alyssa and Jade are close sisters even though they've only spend a few hours together in their entire life. Alyssa is Jade's liason in the Anconi, and provides her with usefull information. They share a common hate for both of their parents, May and Jared. (see more : Alyssa and Jade)
|-| Alyssa & Liam =
Alyssa and Liam are cousins, who lived together for a while in Portland. Alyssa has always tried to protect him from doing stupid things, but she hasn't always been successfull. The two had a good friendship. Alyssa still kept an eye on Liam as he was banished from Waterfall Creek by his sisters, and she has supported him when he became a human. Alyssa also frequently visits him when he's a new father. (see more : Alyssa and Liam)
|-| Alyssa & Damien =
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|-| Alyssa & Daphné =
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===Friends===
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|-| Alyssa and Jason =
Alyssa and Jason are technically uncle and niece, but they are more so best friends. (see more : Alyssa and Jason)
|-| Alyssa and Seth =
Alyssa and Jason are best friends and former classmates at SJBS. (see more : Alyssa and Seth)
|-| Alyssa and Claire =
Alyssa and Claire are close friends and collegues (see more : Alyssa and Claire)
|-| Alyssa and Payton =
Alyssa and Payton are close friends and family. Alyssa is the godmother of Payton's oldest daughter, Alena. (see more :Alyssa and Payton)
|-| Alyssa & the Dawsons =
Alyssa has a good relationship with the Dawsons, aside from a troubled relationship with Alyson and Dylan.
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==Media==
*Angel With a Shotgun
*That girl is a problem
*Bad Sometimes
==Trivia==
*Alyssa is the most powerfull vampire in terms of political power. She is second most powerfull in terms of physical power. This puts her amongst one of the more powerfull characters in the story overall.
*Alyssa is (according to Jade) the most skillfull vampire in weapons she has ever encountered. She learned to shoot with a crossbow at the age of 6, moving on to bow and arrow at 10. She has excellent precision at knife-throwing and she can shoot like the best trained snipers. She always carries a small gun on her, and usually has a 22. somewhere near her.
*Alyssa's connections to the Millers weren't revealed until early in the 20th century. Upon joining the Millers she originally told them she was a member of The Trebles. Eventually she confessed and told them that she was a part of The Millers where she has privileges because May Miller turned her herself. When Jason finds out May is Alyssa's mother, he starts to wonder who Alyssa's father is knowing of May's desire to have a baby. Eventually he finds out his brother is Alyssa's father in Vegas, something Alyssa also asks him to hide from everyone else. Eventually she reveals Jared is her father when Claire is kidnapped by him. Elisabeth and James conclude that Jared must be the reason why Alyssa has so much liberty. Alyssa then corrects them by stating that is due to her mother, revealing she is May Miller's daughter in early Season Two.
*Alyssa has a connection to all 4 of her mother's boyfriends:
**She has biological connections to Jared as her father and Jason as her uncle.
**She hooked up with Thomas several times and had an on-off sexual-based relationship with Matt
*Alyssa has had the most romantic linked partners
**Justin is her current long-time boyfriend and the father of her children.
**Thomas was one of her more notable hook-ups
**Matt was her partner in crime and they had an on-off sexual relationship. She considers him family.
**She dated Grayson Fitzgerald for a few months
**She dated one of the jocks in Season Three for a brief time.
*Alyssa has died 2 times.
**The first time was to complete her transition to being a vampire
**The second time she died due to the Miller linking genocide, but she came back to life with the ring.
***In the second time she miscarried a pregnancy of 10 weeks.
*Alyssa has shares in two major businesses (Decade and Down the Rabbit Hole) and also leads The Millers 2.0 showing her business and leadership talent.
*Alyssa once gave Mike 70.000 dollars after Justin mentioned to her that his father's business was in trouble. In return, Mike always gets Alyssa her favorite drink whenever she is in the club, and she never has to order it.
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