Matthew Diggory

Matthew is the younger child of Lexie and William. He was the long awaited sibling Colleen had hoped for, and when he was born he made his whole family happy. Ever since he was a baby, he loved spending time with his older sister and as soon as he started crawling and walking, he followed her around everywhere she would go. Together they would talk to trees, climb them, walk around the woods and never stop talking to each other. That way, as they were living in a secluded house in the woods far away from people, they didn’t feel so alone.
One day, when Lexie and William were invited to the royal palace, the siblings didn’t stop talking with the princesses and princes of the castle and would always tell people how they talk to trees because they have no one else to talk to. Everyone pitied them, even though they were fun to talk to, but Dominic took the matter in his own hands and decided to give the youngsters a better future. He talked William into moving into the forest so that he and Lexie would not only be close to the McLaggens but also they would be much closer to Roxanne and Jay’s house and also the castle and all of its residents. William agreed and Dominic created their house magically so that they would even need to spend time building it. Matthew was very happy because now he had so many new people to talk to and his sister even knew most of them so it was easier to introduce himself and get close with them. However, things didn’t go as planned.
Unfortunately, one of the first things Matthew experienced in their new home was the attack on the castle by Lucius Crucius. He and his family were eager to help the people in the castle when they were under attack and Matthew even forced his power to show up so that he could be of help against the vicious ghosts. The entire thing was very traumatic to him because his father lost his head and Matthew would never forget this sight. After many attempts and eventually getting out of the castle and everyone being resurrected by Jane, Matthew could finally start his new life in the nearby forest. The first thing he did, however, was to accompany Dominic in his journey back to the past and also to the future. The two saw a small part of the Werevamps’ past, and Matthew could see how changed his mother, father and uncles were changed since then. He never saw the past again but he did see the future when Dominic took them 20 years into the future and the two saw the next generation of royal children and their cousins in the castle. They were very interested in all the children and even all of their relatives who were gathering for Abigail’s birthday. Matthew and Dominic spent about two days with all the new people and then returned back to the time where they belonged. They did go to the future once more but didn’t see anything that could give them clues about what was to come.
 In the next 20 years Matthew grew even closer with Dominic and the two became best friends. He also befriended Milo and Crystal who were his neighbours for a time, as well as Isabelle and Thomas. Matthew and Collen spent their time getting to know the forest, going to the marshes and the waterfall, and visited the castle often. Matthew liked to play with Dominic’s children Felicity and later Cassia and also spent time with his other friends, as he and Colleen started a walnut war against the McLaggen children, which continued for many, many years. Matthew also learned how to use a bow and arrow and this became his favourite hobby apart from talking to trees. He was also very happy to welcome his first cousin Jupiter and liked spending time with him, as well. Matthew also grew very forgetful due to his constant tries to forget about the events in the castle with Lucius and was almost always very anxious. He even developed feelings for Cassia but kept them hidden in fear of betraying his best friend and angering him.Matthew wasn’t very close with the other young people in the castle but after their first March ball started spending more time in their company and also with Cassie. He even got involved in engagement drama with Valeria and Grace together with Colton. He always preferred to dance with Cassie and only once accepted to dance with Valeria just to make her happy for one second. He disliked the French vampires Louis and Pierre , as well as Jean-Philippe due to a few disagreements and an attempt to kill him with macaroons while he was asleep. Cassie, thankfully, helped him to recover and he decided it was high time he admitted his feelings to her. So one day as they were having a race to nearby rock in the sea, where they were staying with Dominic and Jane, he kissed Cassie and ever since their relationship has been going strong.
In time, he learned to forgive the French vampires and even after the French ball in February next year he started to appreciate the castle and how serene it was all around. He proposed to Cassie in the mirror hall and from then on, Matthew started to look forward to going to the French castle so he and Cassie could visit their special spot there and also look for cranes – their new favourite animal. Matthew even began to like dancing and enjoyed every occasion on which he and his baby crane could dress up in pretty clothes similar in color and dance all night. He also has big dreams of having a beautiful and sweet family of their own with more than two children, which at first startled Cassie, but Matthew is patient and will not hurry to start a family until the two of them feel the same way.