Lucy Stewart

> I'm still hanging onto Prakash's words the other day. He talked about us, not directly. But he was talking about us. He said why, or how, is it fair that we have to rake and row and plant and harvest and prepare and distribute *everything,* especially the food, and still get dirt compared to those in the Politics Division. It isn’t! We’ve curated the food, why don’t we get to eat it?
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> Lucy giving her speech at the Head of Division elections.

**Lucy Stewart**, born as **Natasha Kruetzmann**, is one of few deuteragonists and a narrator of *The Children of the Dome trilogy*. Born into one of the major families belonging to the Separatist movement, Lucy has always been on the run. With her father, the head of the Separatists, and other important member's permission, the young Natasha infiltrated Dome 833 in 816 A.W. and took on the alias Lucy Stewart, who she has lived as for three years. She is enrolled in the Harvesting & Distribution Division, working at the Distribution Faction.

## Biography

### Early life

Lucy, born Natasha Kruetzmann, was born on the 8th of November, 801 A.W. to Malik and Mrs. Kruetzmann in Nuuk, Greenland District and born to a large, principal family in the Separatist movement against the North American government. As a young girl, she was trained in all types of martial arts, weaponry, and had experienced mental, electric, and bodily disfigurement torture by her parents to prepare her if she was ever caught by the enemy not to concede and to handle the pain. Due to her extremely rough upbringing, Lucy has little-to-no care for other people's lives - her concern only has ever revolved around a goal and succeeding at it.

At a Separatist meeting, Lucy suggested letting her infiltrate one of the domes in order to gain the upper hand over the government. Her father was initially against the option, but after convincing from his colleagues, his daughter, and even his wife, Malik gave his daughter a chance, letting her take on the name Lucy Stewart.

At some point during her life, the Kruetzmann family settled in a small village where Lucy met a girl called Orla. The two got along very well and even ventured out into the wilderness of the Greenland District. A romantic connection had sprung up and the two shared a kiss one evening. However, after discovering her relationship with Orla, Lucy's parents used their inside allies to have Orla and her family apprehended. Orla, thinking Lucy had betrayed her, only spat at her as a goodbye. Her parents reasoning was that Lucy could not have any relationships as an enemy of the state. Afterwards, Lucy had sworn that she would never love someone ever again.

With a few allies who worked inside the government and the organization of the domes, they managed to secure the name Lucy Stewart, the daughter of two dairy farmers who were caught smuggling contraband over borders for Separatist associates. With her successfully infiltrated, Lucy was then taken to Dome 833 where she would reside for the next three years, her identity never discovered at the beginning of the series.

### The Dome

> Ava scanned the crowd as she shoved a spoonful of mashed potato into her mouth. The girl with the golden-brown hair was looking at her. She had steely grey eyes and her gaze was unwavering, they were fixed on Ava.
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> Ava Kincaid's narration when Lucy first takes an interest in her.

#### The Feast

Lucy had been in the midst of calculating her plan with Harry Maldanado when her attention was caught on Ava Kincaid, the first person to applaud Prakash Charan's speech at the Mayoral Elections. After the speeches and voting, Lucy approached Ava and enticed her with escape. Her intent was to use someone from her division to create an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) bomb and she couldn't risk choosing someone who wasn't strong enough to carry out the escape plan, nor not be interested in escape at all. All these qualities she found the opposite in Ava.