Mark

### Likes

Dreams, writing, movies, Walt Disney, his family, Annabelle, his friendship with Darwin, Adam, Belle and the rest of the Dreamcoastians, flying, celebrations, animals, singing, ice-skating, fairies, waltzes, cooking, romance, adventures, helping others, casual outfits

### Dislikes

Being mistreated, danger, being confined, dark magic, ice-skating (formerly), being alone, chaos, Timon and Pumbaa's antics

### Powers and abilities

Physical strength
Magical powers via magic wand
Shapeshifting**As a Dragon:**

* Superhuman Strength
* Flight
* Fire Breath
* Air Blast
* Force Field Generation via Wings

### Paraphernalia

Magic Wand
Journals

## Family information

### Parents

Tom † (father)
Judith † (mother)

### Siblings

Jordan (oldest brother)
Jalen (older brother)

### Other relatives

Davis (father-in-law)
Sammie (mother-in-law)
Tank † (uncle-in-law)

### Partner(s)

Annabelle (wife)

“*I, Mark, king of Dreamcoast has chosen to protect the kingdom and rule it by being a gentle and peaceful ruler. It was originally a kingdom full of fear all due to an evil force cursing our kingdom but, me, my friends and the love of my life lifted the curse and saved all of the magic.* ”
―Mark

**Mark Jones** is the protagonist of Elkwood's creative fan fiction novel series, *Dreamcoast.* He is an orphaned fifteen-year-old French-Canadian boy from Seattle with a lifelong love and admiration for Disney movies. Having grown in a prejudiced society due to his immigrant roots, Mark dreams of finding a new home for him and his older brothers, Jordan and Jalen to live in. His everlasting faith and reverence allows Mark and his brothers to be transported to Dreamcoast, a realm home to Disney characters. Before having the opportunity to settle into his new home, Mark embarks on an adventure to save his kingdom and friends from an evil dragon.

## Background

Born in the Québec province of Montreal, Mark is the youngest son of Tom and Judith and the youngest brother of Jordan and Jalen. By the age of 2, Mark was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Mark's social impairment made it difficult for him to socialize with other children. One day, the class sat down to watch a Disney film. The memorable song, the use of magic and the lovable and relatable characters entranced Mark. It even caused Mark to develop a positive fixation on Disney. Throughout his childhood, he watched several Disney films on repeat, playacted the characters and collected Disney merchandise. Mark's growing adoration for Disney allowed him to come out of his shell as he aged.

When Mark was ten-years-old, his father got a called from the talent agency he works at, informing that he has been transferred to their office in Seattle, meaning that the Joneses had to leave Canada. A Disney-themed party was thrown for Mark by his friends, peers, teachers and school officials. The family migrated from Canada to the USA and immediately settled into their house. The following day, Mark started his middle school years at an American public school. Unlike his school in Canada, Mark wasn't greeted by the students with open arms. Because of his Canadian heritage, Mark was cruelly teased, abused, and humiliated. When Mark was talking with Eugene and Rapunzel, he mentioned that one kid shouted "Go back to Canada" to him. As a result of the bullying, Mark became depressed, developed a low self-esteem and isolated himself from his family.

Wanting to help their son, Tom and Judith started looking for a therapist to help Mark cope with his depression. While traveling across the state looking for a psychologist, Tom and Judith died in a tragic car accident on the way there. The deaths of Tom and Judith worsened things for the Jones brothers. With Jordan being nineteen at the time of his parents' death, he retained custody of his brothers. Having become his brothers' sole legal guardian, Jordan struggled keeping a roof over their head and keeping up in school. Jalen started fighting in school where he continually got in trouble and sent home. Sadly, for Mark, the middle school bullying worsened and he had little to no support from the school personnel.

With his parents gone and his older brothers arguing at home, Mark felt lonely and isolated. Having no one to talk to, Mark put his imagination to work and started imagining various Disney characters being his best friends. He even wrote stories about him going on adventures with them. Every night before going to bed, Mark would say prayer for the continued safety and protection of his brothers and himself and that things would someday become better for him.

### Development

When creating Mark Jones, Matthew wanted a person of color with a strong character and personality. Matthew wanted his story arc to begin with a tragedy which would be the sudden death of his parents and the cruel bullying happening at his middle school. Mark's abuse at middle school is based off Matthew Wooten's real-life emotional abuse at E. L. Wright Middle School, a school in the Richland Two district. To cope with the bullying, Matthew wrote stories, watched Disney films and playacted the characters. One of the things Matthew was bullied for was how his behavior was abnormal for a male and how his autism is the reason why he doesn't have a girlfriend. Mark defeating Tank, saving the characters and finding love in the kingdom's princess is both Mark and Matthew's way of proving their bullies wrong.

Like Matthew's other characters, Mark went through several character changes. For one, Matthew made Mark, an autistic character. Second, he gave Mark's backstory, a little more depth than before.

### Personality

Despite suffering a familial tragedy, Mark is portrayed as a kind, loving, gentle and caring teenage boy. He loves Disney and writing creative stories. When living in Canada, Mark's obsession with Disney left a positive influence on his life as an autistic individual. He started socializing with his peers, teachers and even his family. However, Mark's shyness is displayed when he's introduced to new people and surroundings but he is shown to be capable of adapting to any surrounding. Learning how ignorant and emotionally abusive, his middle school peers were, Mark had to adapt to a quiet and submissive demeanor in order to survive his middle school. When he's in the privacy of his home and in the company of his brothers, Mark would return to his joyful and imaginative self. Mark maintained a close bond with Jordan and Jalen respectively since the elder brothers were estranged. To bring his brothers back together, Mark would use his Disney interest to help the brothers bond. Regardless of the situation, Mark maintained a positive outlook on life. According to Jalen and Davis, Mark had the ability to turn darkness into light.

Because of Mark's miserable days in middle school caused him to have a low self-esteem, believing that he's incapable of friendship and romance. Watching Disney movies and writing Disney-based stories allowed Mark to dissociate himself from his environment and enter a vibrant lifestyle. Before making new friends in Dreamcoast, Mark was a loner, had no friends aside from his brothers. Therefore, Mark never experienced friendship and compassion after his parents' death. Interestingly, while having limited social skills, Mark was open to new experiences and developing new social skills along with the way. Throughout the film, Mark was able to find his circle of friends for him to hang out, bond, trust and to belong.

In *Dreamcoast,* Mark was shown to be heroic and quick-thinking in dangerous situations such as battling Tank or freeing himself and Tinker Bell from the jaws of Scales. When given a magic wand by the Three Good Fairies, Mark instantly became skilled with the wand and performed powerful feats of magic with no struggle. Mark is intelligent, calculated and meticulous. He didn't solely rely on his magical abilities to protect him and his friends from danger, he always came up with a quick plan during a conflict. Mark's heroism was put to the test when the citizens of Dreamcoat were in danger of being petrified by Tank with it's only hopes of survival being Mark's ingenuity.

Mark was surprisingly romantic as shown with his budding romance with Annabelle. Upon meeting her for the first time, Mark fell in love with her. Although Mark and Annabelle developed a strong, mutual bond with each other, Mark was afraid that Annabelle wouldn't reciprocate his romantic feelings for her. Mark feared that they would be doomed to be just friends. Little did Mark know, Annabelle was in love with Mark, himself and had no issue with confessing her feelings to him. When Tank was defeated and the kingdom was restored, Mark gained the confidence to give Annabelle, a kiss which she happily returned. In the four years following Tank's defeat, Mark and Annabelle became a couple and when the two reached their early twenties, they got married and became Dreamcoast's newest rulers. Mark loves Annabelle and describes her as being one of his greatest strengths.

Following Tank's defeat, Mark has since grown in age, spirit and personality. As the leader of Dreamcoast, its characters, inhabitants and the current patriarch of his family, Mark takes his duties seriously and always holds the kingdom's best needs at heart. After moving back in the castle, Mark was shown to be unafraid of breaking tradition such as making Disney characters, welcomed guests in the palace. Whenever danger arises, Mark jumps into action and immediately becomes focused with figuring out what is threatening Dreamcoast.

### Physical appearance

Mark was stocky and wore a black shirt with blue shorts and shoes. He had a full-head of hair but when he turned 19-years-old, he let his hair grow longer and had it twisted into dreads. He also lost some weight and developed a stronger appearance. He now wears a dark-blue hoodie with white stripes and wears black sweat pants.

### Powers and abilities

* **Physical strength:** Mark was shown to be very strong when battling the monsters that were attacking him and his friends.
* **High-Level Intellect:** Mark is extremely intelligent and very organized. Before being blessed with magical abilities by the royal family, Mark depended on his brains and brawn to help him battle against the forces of evil. When battling Scales in the underground hideout, Mark came up with a brilliant idea to save him and Tinker Bell when the two were eaten by the monster. He had Tinker Bell sprinkle pixie dust on the lizard's powercore and then used all of his mighty strength to remove the powercore from Scales' body, deactivating him in the process. Even with the power of the wand and his shapeshifting abilities, Mark continues to his intellect to get him, his friends and innocent characters out of harm's way.
* **Eternal Youth:** Having become a Dreamcoastian, the magic has enchanted Mark with semi-immortality. However, this doesn't make Mark invincible as he still fall victim to deadly spells and diseases that lurk in the kingdom.
* **Shapeshifting:** By the age of 19, Mark was given a potion that granted the everlasting power to shaepshift into a dragon. This potion doesn't allow to shapeshift into other animals, humans or Dreamcoastians. He has to perform a spell in order to shapeshift into someone that he knows.
* **Flight:** Mark turns into a dragon with wings and can fly from place to place.
* **Superhuman Strength:** While he’s a dragon, Mark can lift heavy boulders without any struggle.
* **Fire Breath:** As a dragon, Mark can breath fire just like his father-in-law, Davis.

## Appearances

### *Dreamcoast*

On a quiet night, Mark and his older brothers are watching the ending of a movie and are about to go upstairs for bed. While Jalen and Jordan were walking upstairs to their room, Mark sadly sits on the couch, telling his brothers, how he misses his parents and wished he could a live a life of adventure and happiness than in San Francisco. Jordan promises Mark, that one of these days will be happier and exciting from him. While the brothers are sleeping, they are magically transported a magical realm where characters from Disney movies reside. The king, Davis and queen Sammie welcomed the boys with open arms. The monarchs takes the boys into the castle and gives the boys, a room of their own. Mark receives a room in the tower and thanks Davis from giving his brothers, a home. Davis kindly says you're welcome and informs that he'll get to meet his daughter, Annabelle, the princess of Dreamcoast.

In the dining room, Mark, Jalen and Jordan were assigned to spend time with a group of Dreamcoastians in their respective homes. Three days later, the gang returns to Dreamcoast, only to discover that the town square was deserted and encounters some monsters. Mark meets up with Beast, Aladdin, Flynn Rider, Jasmine, Belle and Rapunzel, monarchs of Dreamcoast who tell their majesty that Tank, Davis' older brother who was revived from the dead has cursed the kingdom while they were gone for the past three days. They also mention that Davis and Sammie haven't left the castle for three days. Mark and the Disney gang goes into the castle and finds Maximus, Pascal, Rajah, and Abu. They tell their friends that a group of mummies tied them up with their enchanted bandages and imprisoned them in the closet. The gang soon discover that Tank imprisoned Sammie and Davis in a painting.

The kingdom of Dreamcoast is evacuated to an abandoned village until further notice. Determined to restore Dreamcoast and defeat Tank, the gang seek out to find the Dreamcoast cyborgs who will assist the gang in defeating Tank. Before leaving the kingdom, Flora gave Mark, a magic wand and Peter Pan gave him, Tinker Bell who will sprinkle some flying dust whenever he needs it. Simba and his family tags along on the journey as well.

While traveling through the kingdom, Mark officially meets Tank and much to his surprise, Tank is a red fire-breathing dragon. He informs the gang, that his plan to eliminate the royal family will be completed when the assassin murders Princess Annabelle. He magically retreats back to his lair, not before giving the gang, a riddle for them to solve in order to find and rescue Annabelle. Determined to rescue the princess, Mark and the gang continue their adventure through the kingdom. While they're walking around the kingdom, they discover stone statues of Jaq and Gus. By using the magic, Mark revives Jaq and Gus and the mice tell the gang that Tank turned them to stone, while they were looking for Cinderella, who mysteriously disappeared from the abandoned village.

The Beast and Belle solved the riddle and learned that Annabelle and Cinderella were outside of the abandoned chateau under the fountain. Under the fountain was a secret room where Annabelle and Cinderella were. Just as the gang was about to bring the girls back to the village, Scales, Tank's gigantic robotic pet lizard attacked the gang. During the battle, Scales swallowed Mark and Tinker Bell. Inside Scales, they found his power core and by using the flying dust and Mark's strength, they managed to rip the power core out of Scales' body, killing him steadily. Mark and Annabelle officially meet each other and Cinderella is brought back to the village, where she's reunited with her husband.

In the village, the gang learned that one of Tank's monsters used a bomb that blasted a force-field, allowing them to kidnap Cinderella. Mark discovers that the small bomb was from Tomorrowland, a town where all of the technology for Dreamcoast is created and mass-produced. Before leaving to go to Tomorrowland, the gang went over to a clothing shop for a new wardrobe. In Tomorrowland, the gang discovers that the force-field bomb was a small shop known as the Time Zone where Jimmy is part owner. While they're in the shop, Mark and his friends discover a portrait of Tank and Darwin when they worked at the observatory as partners until they had a heated argument which led to one of them activating their invention that destroyed half of Tomorrowland.

As punishment for the destruction that they unintentionally caused, Darwin and Tank lost their deposit. The destruction of Tomorrowland ended Darwin and Tank's friendship permanently. Mark figured that Tank might attempt to exact revenge on Darwin for losing his deposit, leading the gang to rescue Darwin before Tank arrives at his observatory. Unfortunately, the gang encountered Jimmy's corrupted brother, DJ who was ordered to kill Mark and the gang by blasting them with a laser gun. Fortunately, the Dreamcoast cyborgs came to the rescue and were revealed to be Blaster and his wife, Juarez. As Mark watched DJ sadistically battle the Dreamcoast cyborgs, he ordered Tinker Bell to go back to the village to get her friend, Vidia.

Tinker Bell and Vidia arrived at the time zone and with the help of Vidia's fast-flying abilities to sprinkle sleeping dust on DJ. Once DJ is asleep, Mark discovers that DJ along with the other robots of Tomorrowland have been tampered with by Tank, making them his slaves, henchmen and assassins. Vidia takes DJ back to the abandoned village and the gang heads over to Darwin's observatory to rescue him, only to learn that his assistant Cujo had his brain switched with a rotten one. The gang discards the rotten brain and restores Cujo to his calmer nature with the good brain.

Mark and Darwin officially meet and they discuss Tank's plan to destroy Disney and turn it into his own kingdom for him to rule. To get more information on how Tank can destroy Dreamcoast, the gang goes to the secret library hidden under the Beast's Castle. A book explained the origin of Dreamcoast and it was revealed that after Walt Disney died, he passed down his magical abilities to Mickey Mouse and his Friends. Their magical abilities sustains and protects the kingdom and its magical state. If the nature of the magic is rattled, Tank can destroy and rebuild Dreamcoast with ease.

Just as the gang was about to search for Mickey and Friends, there was a sudden earthquake and when one of the Dreamcoast friends was on a cracking portion of the floor, about to fall, Mark quickly pushed Kovu out of the way and the latter fell down to the bottom level to his apparent death. Luckily, Mark survived the fall and was revealed to be in Tank's volcanic lair. In the underground lair, Tank cruelly taunts Mark about his past while the latter angrily tried to silence him. Tank tried one attempt to get Mark to join his side, but once again, Mark refused and demanded that he would lift the curse and leave Dreamcoast forever. Tank refused to surrender and he threatened life over Mickey and Friends, if Mark would make an effort to fight him.

Unsure of what to choose, Mark made a deal with Tank. Tank will turn Mark into a fire-breathing dragon and will battle each other. If Mark succeeds Tank will be forced to lift the curse from Dreamcoast and leave the kingdom forever but if he fails, Mark will be transformed back to a human and will be bound to Tank for an eternity. Mark shook Tank's hand and the deal was put into action. Initially, Mark didn't know how to use his dragon abilities until Annabelle and the gang, who were watching Mark with a camera and speaking to him with a microphone, began to lift Mark's spirit with their compliments especially Annabelle's proclaim about her love to Mark. Those words inspired Mark to get up and fully embrace his dragon abilities to fight Tank.

During the final battle, Mark conjured up a fireball and threw it a tower of rocks causing it to fall onto Tank and trap him. Mark decides to confront Tank himself, so he has Mickey and Friends leave the lair, despite their protests to stay and protect their king. Tank frees himself from the rocks and "begs for mercy." As Mark seemingly believes that Tank is ready to surrender, he immediately tries one more attempt to kill Mark and remain in power.

By using a laser gun, that was given to Mark from Mickey, he shoots down a tall silver pillar which collapses and crushes Tank to death. Tank's ultimate demise lifts the curse and destroys his volcanic lair in the process. Just as Mark was about to meet his apparent demise, two flying unidentified animals grabbed Mark and flew out of the crumbling volcanic lair. Once they've exited from the lair, the animals reveal to be Mufasa and Hurley, Disney characters who were thought to be dead but were actually forced into hiding because of Tank threatening life on their families, if they tried to return home and they thank Mark for freeing them from Tank's curse.

Mark is reunited with Annabelle and they share their first kiss. Davis and Sammie thank Mark for freeing their kingdom and defeating Tank. The Disney characters cheered for Mark as their hero and carried him back to the restored kingdom to celebrate.

Four years later, Mark is 19-years old and has become king of the Dreamcoast with Annabelle as his queen and wife. As a wedding gift and token of appreciation, Davis presents Mark with a special drink that can allow him to shapeshift into a dragon whenever Dreamcoast is in danger. After that, the entire kingdom enjoys a nice dance party until nighttime when Mark and Annabelle enjoy a romantic waltz together, embracing their romantic relationship.

### *Dreamcoast: The Adventure Begins*

Mark and Annabelle are continuing with their waltz that night until they decided to take a break from their dancing. They sit on a bench and Mark expresses his insecurities about being the crowned king of Dreamcoast. Annabelle reassures her husband by saying that she and the gang will support Mark with ruling the kingdom. The king and queen return to the castle where Mark thanks his subjects for their support and wishes them a good night. The Beast and the others are given rooms of their own and Mark heads upstairs for bed. The next morning, Lady and the Tramp show up as the castle's chefs which reminds Mark to give jobs to random characters later that night.

After breakfast, Mark begins his duties in the kingdom starting with helping Thumper with fixing his hole and by helping the garden fairies with their crops. But Mark's top priority is the lack of magic in the kingdom. According to Sebastian, a Magic God delivers magic to the entire kingdom when they are running low on it. But during his mysterious absence, Darwin and Hurley used a generator to charge up magical creatures, despite the fact that the energy from the generator doesn't last long. Curious about what's going on up in the clouds, Mark and Davis transform into dragons and fly to the Magic God's castle and investigate inside, only to be confronted by a mysterious cat beast.

They manage to escape, not before the Cat Beast scratches Davis' wing. Mark drenches the beast in water, causing him to run away. Davis is taken to the observatory to have his scratched wing treated by Darwin. He puts a magic serum on his wing that will heal steadily but says that the sparking on his wing is an indication of new magic, which is found dangerous in the Disney Kingdom because characters are unable to control it, whether it's good or bad. Although Davis will be alright, Darwin advised Mark should stay in the kingdom as king and not fight for it. This leaves Mark deeply offended.

Later that night, Mark gives a random group of Dreamcoastians, their jobs in the castle. Just then, Rock and his younger brother, Skippy enter the castle and stay in the castle. Skippy is going to be married to his fíance, Lola in two days and his brother, Rock expresses envy about his brother's romance and is not happy to see him happy. Mark chooses to take Rock and Skippy to Tomorrowland, so they can bond. Before going to sleep, Darwin comes into the room to apologize to Mark for unintentionally offending him. Mark forgives Darwin and wishes the latter, a good night.

At the Time Zone, brothers, Jimmy and DJ help the Ram Brothers bond by playing a game of high-tech laser tech and this proves to be successful as it brings the two together as best friends and brothers. The next morning, Lola arrives and they go forth with the wedding. Just then, an evil wizard named Fabian arrives and takes control of the kingdom by draining the magic from the crystal. Once the Disney Kingdom is drained of its magic, he has the Cyclops kidnap Lola. Fabian discusses his plan to drain the magic from the rest of the kingdom and use it become the most powerful wizard in the kingdom.

Lola's kidnapping leads Rock to scold Skippy for not doing anything and for the latter to scold Rock for not stopping the Cyclops. Fed up with the Rams Brothers' argument, Mark berates them on their immature and selfish actions. He orders them to go to their room in the castle and to not come out until they make up with each other. Mark and the gang fly over to the Magic God's castle where they encounter the Cat Beast. Aladdin and Jasmine say that they recognized the cat beast from somewhere. By drenching the beast in water, he is transformed back into a small cat is known as Chaos from the Aladdin cartoon series. Initially believing that he was responsible for the Magic God's disappearance, he tells the truth.

Years ago, Fabian kidnapped the Magic God and his servants. Chaos was hiding when this happened but when he saw the Royal Guards approaching the castle, Chaos feared that he'll be imprisoned if they spot the castle empty and assume that he was responsible for the God's disappearance. By using his shapeshifting abilities, Chaos transformed into a monster and began to scare away people who enter the castle and try to learn the truth. Feeling sympathy for Chaos' traumatic experience, Mark reassures Chaos and promises him to bring his master back home.

The gang then flies over to Fabian's Castle and infiltrate it but are caught on camera and imprisoned by the Cyclops. While discussing his plan to take over the rest of the Disney Kingdom, Fabian reveals the Magic God to be Chernabog, a reformed and peaceful Dreamcoastian. He was physically ill by Fabian painfully draining the magic from their body to keep his castle in the sky. Just as Mark and the gang are about to be fed to the Leviathan, Davis, Rock and Skippy break into the castle and frees everyone.

As the gang were planning to make their escape, Fabian blocked their way and revealed that he has rigged his castle to explode. While expressing his jealousy towards the Dreamcoastians, Rock knocks Fabian's wand out of his hand which is indirectly fired at the gunpowder, triggering a massive explosive. The gang proceeds with leaving the castle, not before taking Fabian and Severus with them back to the kingdom, where they are imprisoned in the castle's underground dungeon for their crimes.

Chernabog restores magic to the kingdom, Skippy and Lola are married and the Ram Brothers solidify their relationship until Skippy returns home from his honeymoon with Lola. Annabelle and the others congratulates Mark on saving the kingdom and the gang decides to have a pool party.

### *Dreamcoast Adventures*

Mark serves as the protagonist of the cartoon series. Some episodes will have flashbacks which will tell Mark's early relationship with a few Dreamcoastians and how he became close friends with them.

## Trivia

* There was a scene that Matthew is wondering that he should include in the story. In one scene of *Dreamcast,* while traveling to the Beast's Castle to get some information on the realm's past, the gang passes by the kingdom of Arendelle, the central location from Frozen. There, Mark meets Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven who remained in their kingdom during Tank's return to the realm. While Mark went to Oaken's to get some more supplies, Annabelle asks Elsa if she could turn the castle courtyard into an ice-rink so that she could spend some intimate time with him. Although, Mark is hesitant at first, he joins Annabelle on the ice rink, forming a stronger liking to each other in the process.
* Mark's fear of ice-skating is similar to Bambi's inability to figure-skate in the film of the same name.