Ivy Grey/History

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## History

### Story

Shortly after Ivy and Scarlet were born, their mother, Ida Jane Grey (then under her friend's name Emmeline Adel) died. The twins grew up with their father, Mortimer Grey, who was a rather fiery man at the time. When he remarried to Edith, their father turned cold as ice and they gained three stepbrothers: Harry, John, and Joseph.

## Scarlet and Ivy

### *The Lost Twin*

Ivy wakes up the day after her thirteenth birthday and notices a letter from Rookwood School addressed to her aunt, Phoebe Grey. Ivy opens it and is shocked to learn that she must attend Rookwood School to take Scarlet's place. The next day, a lady named Miss Fox arrives at Aunt Phoebe’s home to come and pick Ivy up to head to Rookwood School. When the two arrive at Rookwood, Miss Fox demands to the secretary that the name "Scarlet Grey" be entered into the register. Miss Fox then takes Ivy to her office.

When inside Miss Fox’s office, the Fox explains to Ivy that she is not only here to replace Scarlet but to become Scarlet. Ivy protests, but Miss Fox silences Ivy, claiming it was to maintain the school's prestige and the reasoning is "adult matters." Afterwards, Miss Fox leads Ivy up to the first floor where the dorms are located. Miss Fox opens a door with the number 13 and Ivy heads in. After a while, Ivy begins to wonder what happened to Scarlet's stuff, observing that the room looks rather empty. She thinks about Scarlet's diary and tries to find it. However, all Ivy found was the Rookwood uniform and piles of dust. Accepting defeat, Ivy jumped onto her bed. She then begins to feel a weird, hard, and sharp lump in the mattress.

Ivy finds Scarlet’s diary inside a hole in the mattress. Ivy unclips the leather strap and reads her sister's words. Scarlet tells Ivy that she must keep the diary a secret from Miss Fox and that everything will be okay as long as she remembers her. Ivy must follow the things mentioned in Scarlet's letter, which includes the instruction to "Don't be wet as you usually are; just look in the mirror." Ivy is overwhelmed by the letter Scarlet left her. She attempts to write a letter to Aunt Phoebe to tell her about the catastrophe, but she is unable to send it without the risk of Miss Fox seeing its content. Ivy forces herself to change into the uniform and begins to unpack her possessions before making her bed. Before she can drift off, Ivy notices a shadow entering the room.

The shadow greets Ivy and introduces itself as Ariadne Elizabeth Gwendolyn Flitworth. Ivy does the same, introducing herself as Scarlet. Ariadne explains her father decided to send her to Rookwood before asking Ivy where the lavatories are. Nervously, Ivy leads Ariadne out into the corridor, where girls begin to stare and whisper. While Ariadne is doing her business, Ivy reassures her that the girls aren’t staring at her but rather at herself because she has been gone for so long. The two return to Dorm Thirteen, when out of nowhere, a girl with curly copper hair wearing a pale blue hair bow is standing in the doorway. The girl begins to scold Ivy, thinking she is Scarlet. As the girl intimidates Ivy, Ariadne asks the copper-haired girl her name. She responds by saying her name is Penny, short for Penelope. As Penny decides to leave, 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.

After a somewhat stressful dinner, it was lights out. Ivy was lying in bed, waiting for Ariadne to fall asleep so she could continue to read Scarlet's diary. However, Ivy noticed that all of the pages were torn except for the letter she had read earlier. Ivy re-read the letter until she decided to hide the diary for a good night's rest.