Shayleigh Andromeda

Artwork by Rosie

Daughter of the Fourth Good Fairy

### Secret Heart's Desire

"I want to become a professional dancer. Me giving Briar the gift of dance, is probably want really drew me into wanting to become a dancer."

### My "Magic" Touch

"As a fairy, I'm gifted with the power to use magic. I'm also a hexcellent dancer. After all, I'll be giving Briar the power of dance."

### Storybook Romance Status

"I'm not really looking for any kind of relationship; friendship relationships, I'm fine with, romance nope."

### Best Friends Forever After

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**Shayleigh Reaghan Andromeda**, better known by her nickname **Shay**, [*she/her*] is the 15-year-old daughter of current generation's **Fourth Good Fairy** (*Caelia Andromeda*) from the German fairy tale, *Sleeping Beauty*.

At the time of the **Rebel Movement**, Shayleigh is attending her Freedom Year, her first year, of Ever After High, and currently does not room with anyone. While she has no flaws or issues with her destiny, Shayleigh prefers to avoid any and all conflict regarding destiny, and thus, sides with the **Neutrals**. Though, while she avoids all conflict regarding the destiny/legacy debate, Shay does agree with the fact that *everyone* should be able to decide what *they* want to do with their life.

After all, she dreams to become a professional dancer after she finishes her legacy.

## Characteristics

### Physical appearance

Shayleigh is a female fairy with dark purple, dark pink, and red hair, with a pale skin tone. She also has a complete heterochromia, with a brown right eye and teal-green left eye. As a fairy, she has a pair of wings on her back, for her, are colored light blue-grey gradient to light green. She also has a gemstone hanging on her forehead, held up by a small, thin chain.

### Powers & Abilities

#### *Powers*

* **Magic:** Shay has the power to use magic allowing him to use magical forces/powers to varying degrees.
	+ **Dance magic:** She is has some minor power to control one dance's through her magic. Though, Shay has yet to fully understand this power and usually reframes from using it.

#### *Skillset*

* **Dance:** Since she was a little, tiny fairy, Shay has always been interested in dance. The starting point would probably have been when Caelia told her about the gift of dance she gave to Sleeping Beauty, Briar's mother.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Kellan Cymbeline, younger brother

Shay is relatively close to her younger brother, despite the ten year age gap between them. She loves and cares for him greatly and always worries about him, especially when she's at Ever After High. With her parents being important figures in the Fairy World (including Caelia's role in *Sleeping Beauty*), Kellan is often left home with nannies. Shay has never liked nannies (even hers) and worries about him.

## Etymology

Her full name is *Shayleigh Reaghan Cymbeline Andromeda*.

Her first name, *Shayleigh*, is of Celtic origin meaning "Fairy Princess". The name *Reaghan* is of Celtic origin meaning "Nobility". This is in relation that her father is a fairy of nobility. The name *Cymbeline* is of Greek origin meaning "sun lord or sun hound". It was chosen found on a "Name for Male Fairy" search. It is her father's surname. Her surname, *Andromeda*, is of Greek origin meaning "leader of men".

## Trivia

* As she is succeeding her mother as the "Fourth Good Fairy", Shay uses her mother's surname while attending Ever After High.
* As a child, Shay didn't like her heterochromia, and thought it would make her weird. She eventually got over it and proudly displays her heterochromia.
* She is English-Greek; her mother is Greek, and her father is English. She also has Celtic ancestry from her father's side of the family.
* Shay identifies as **demisexual panromantic**.