Penelope Winchester

> "*You're going to shut up and stay away from me. Before I give you something to really cry about.*"
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> The Dance in the Dark
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## Penelope Winchester

### Affiliation

Rookwood SchoolPrefects
 The Whispers in the Walls

## Production Information

### Series

Scarlet and Ivy

**Penelope 'Penny' Winchester** is a former antagonist in the *Scarlet and Ivy* series and a prefect at Rookwood School. She had her little gaggle of girls who followed her everywhere and bullied others. She was an enemy of Scarlet and Ivy Grey. She was the former best friend of Violet Adams and Nadia Sayani. She later avenged herself as a member of the whispers.

## Appearance

Penny is described to having curly, copper hair, a pale blue hair bow, and a face full of freckles. She is also known to have blue eyes.

## History

### Story

Penny attended Rookwood School with Violet Adams and Scarlet Grey. As Penny and Violet weren't able to share dorms together, they bullied Scarlet throughout their time at Rookwood. When Violet disappeared, Penny accused Scarlet of causing her disappearance, which Scarlet denied. Just before Scarlet vanished as well, Penny met Nadia Sayani, and the two became friends.

### *The Lost Twin*

On the first day of school, Penny decides to go stand in the doorway of Dorm 13. Ariadne stands up to greet Penny, but she ignores her and begins to scold Ivy, thinking she is Scarlet. After introducing herself, Penny decides to leave. However, before she does, Ivy throws an insult at her, something that Scarlet would do. Penny warns Ariadne to be careful around Ivy, sliding a finger across her throat before walking away.

### *The Whispers in the Walls*

Penny was appointed a prefect at the beginning of the book and used this power to abuse others. She was quick to accuse Scarlet of theft when her clothes went missing. At first, she was excited to have Violet back but grew jealous and drifted away. She ended up pushing Violet through the frozen lake during their ice skating session, which made Nadia start to grow apart from her.

Penny auditioned for the role of Princess Aurora for the Sleeping Beauty ballet recital but lost the place to Scarlet. Because of this, she told Scarlet that she had been bullying Ivy this whole time, which made Scarlet lose her temper and lash out at her. In the end, they both lost their place in the play and weren't allowed to perform. She seemed genuinely excited to have a new dance teacher who didn't always praise Scarlet.

### *The Lights Under the Lake*

During ballet, Madame Zelda asks Penny on whether she is going on the school trip or not. To Ivy's surprise, Penny answers honestly, saying that she sent a letter to her parents and hadn't received a response. She also states that she considered writing to her uncle to ask for permission, but never expresses why. Because Penny said she considered writing to her uncle, it gave Ivy the idea for her and Scarlet to write to their aunts for permission to go on the trip.

### *The Curse in the Candlelight*

Penny was mostly absent from this book. It's hinted that she doesn't like Ebony, stating that there was a real witch at the school now.

### *The Last Secret*

Penny is one of the only girls willing to save Rookwood, despite Nadia dragging her to the first Whispers in the Walls meeting. She uses her power as a Prefect to get her to restricted places. She proves herself to be a misunderstood girl with amazing talent. She's last seen at the end of the book along with the other whispers recording Rookwood's history.

## Personality

Penny is unkind to Scarlet when she first attended Rookwood. She is also very mean to Ivy in *The Lost Twin* because she thinks that Ivy is Scarlet. When she found out the truth, she was sympathetic at first, grieving the loss of her friend Violet as well. Yet in *The Whispers in the Walls*, Penny is back to being unkind to Scarlet and Ivy.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Violet Adams

Violet and Penny used to be bullies together until Violet disappeared. After Violet's return, they grew apart. Violet no longer wanted to be a bully and found a new friend, Rose. They eventually reconciled.

#### Nadia Sayani

After Violet's disappearance, Nadia became Penny's new sidekick. She helped her bully other students, especially Scarlet. When she and Penny discover the truth at the end of *The Lost Twin*, Nadia no longer continues to bully anybody but is still friends with Penny. In *The Whispers in the Walls*, their friendship drifts away after Penny pushes Violet into the lake. Their friendship resurfaces in *The Last Secret* when both of them become apart of the new Whispers in the Walls.

### Enemies

#### Henry Bartholomew

In *The Last Secret*, Henry tried to shut down Rookwood. Rookwood was the only place she could call home, so she fought with The Whispers to save Rookwood. They succeeded.

#### *Scarlet Grey*

Scarlet hated Penny. They would always fight and blame each other. In *The Dance in the Dark*, Penny bullies Ivy so Scarlet would find out, only thinking about her sister, always going to try and fight Penny so Scarlet wouldn’t get the part of Princess Aurora. Penny is enemies with Scarlet until *The Last Secret* when she joins the Whispers in the Walls and helps save Rookwood school.

#### Ivy Grey

Penny hates Ivy a little less than she hates Scarlet but that doesn’t change anything. Penny uses Ivy as a way of getting her way because it would get Scarlet out of the way.

### Relatives

#### Mother

Penny's mother is only seen once. She seems a bit distracted and neglects Penny. She was a lavish woman who often fought with Penny's dad.

#### Father

Penny's father was a rich man who seemed to fight a lot with Penny's mom. Their fights often left Penny alone and ignored, making Rookwood feel like her only home.

## Trivia

* At the end of *The Dance in the Dark*, Penny is given another blue hair bow from her father after Scarlet ripped her previous one earlier in the book.