Melody Jones (Onwards)

## Melody Jones

**Melody Rogers Jones** is the deuteragonist of *Onwards* beginning in *Season 2*. She is a young Awoken woman whose powers change depending on her mental state and therefore have a wide range, possibly making her one of the most powerful Awoken in the world. Years after travelling with Mr Old Soul and the Fr8ers, Melody formed her own roaming band of trainhopping youngsters, the Old Souls, using the lessons she learned from her youth. In 2020, she encountered two other Awoken, Cassie Richards and Tommy Garcia, who were on a personal quest to the west coast.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Not much is known about Melody's early life; her origins are better detailed in *Juvenile Prosperity*. She spent most of her youth on the streets, but spent her teens travelling the country with her guardian, the legendary vagabond Mr Old Soul, as part of the Fr8ers. At some point in her youth she discovered that she was what some term "Awoken": a person with unique supernatural powers activated by trauma. In Melody's case, she possessed a variety of powers that activated depending on her emotional state; for example, when she was under stress or anger she would unleash waves of telekinetic energy that could cause massive damage.

Thanks to the efforts of Mr Old Soul, she eventually acquired some control over her powers, including the ability to use telekinesis without prior activation. Raised on the road by Mr Old Soul, Melody left his side at some point to travel her own road, forming the Old Souls.

## Powers, Equipment and Abilities

### Powers

Melody possesses a large variety of psionic powers that are mostly individually activated depending on her emotional state. Melody is possibly one of the most powerful Awoken in the world.

* **Teleportation:** Melody is able to teleport to any other location that she can physically see. This ability is only activated when Melody is panicked.
* **Telekinesis:** When experiencing physical or mental pain, Melody unintentionally releases waves of telekinetic energy that she finds almost impossible to control. This manifests differently depending on the pain she experiences; mental stress or pain seems to manifest as brief but fast moving waves of telekinetic energy, while physical pain manifests as prolonged, extreme waves that can resemble an earthquake.
* **Telepathy:** Melody is able to "listen in" to the thoughts of others, but only when they are asleep. She can do this to a seemingly unlimited range.
* **Pyrokinesis:** When Melody undergoes panic-induced hysteria, she uncontrollably sets nearby objects on fire.

## Relationships

### Mr Old Soul

Not much is known about Melody's relationship with Mr Old Soul; their relationship is better shown throughout *Juvenile Prosperity*. In the context of the events of *Onwards*, it can be assumed that Melody cares greatly for Mr Old Soul as he raised her throughout her teens, protecting and guiding her while also training her to control her powers to keep herself and others safe. By 2020, an adult Melody had left the shadow of Mr Old Soul, likely to follow her own path in life.

### Cassie Richards

Nothing has yet been shown about the relationship between Melody and Cassie.

### Tommy Garcia

Nothing has yet been shown about the relationship between Melody and Tommy.

## Trivia

* Melody is the fourth character from *Juvenile Prosperity* to appear in another instalment of *Life Is A Lesson* with her appearance in *Onwards*.
	+ The other three characters are David Mayfair, Katherine Brannigan and Willie, all of whom appear in *Kings of the Road* and *Juvenile Prosperity*.
	+ Melody is also the only character in *Life Is A Lesson* to be the deuteragonist of two different instalments.
* Melody's appearance in *Onwards* marks the second character from *Juvenile Prosperity* that Tommy Garcia has encountered, the other being Matthew Wroe in *MindBlown*.