Carmen Downs

> *"I am a witch... a good one at that. This is my chance... my chance to so everyone that I'm more than what they think of me... and that I'm not some spoiled little brat."* - Carmen to Max.
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**Carmen Marie Downs** is the third-born and final daughter born to Cassidy Downs and Robert Williams. She is the younger sister of Chelsea and Carleigh Downs, and the older maternal half-sister of Chloe Tucker. Carmen is married to Max Rodriguez, a guardian, and is the mother to their four children, Mathias, Marco, Mateo, and Milo Downs.

Together with her sisters, Carmen forms The Destined Ones, a sisterhood of four of the most powerful witches to walk on the earth. Carmen is considered to be best at writing spells. Her powers work through physic energy: the ability to hear and broadcast the thoughts of oneself and others, to see the past, present, and future, to project one's astral form in the event of the past or future, to mentally hear what others are saying outside of hearing range, to feel and channel the emotions of others, to put others under a submissive trance, to create illusion and alter other's perception of their surroundings, and to sense other's location. Beside this, Carmen possesses the basic powers of a witch: the ability to cast spells, brew potions, and scrying for lost objects or people. She can also access The Power of Four, the collective power of The Destined Ones.

## History

### Early Life

> *"You used to talk to me at night, remember... before you went to bed... I wish I could've reach out and gave you hug and let you know that I wish there... I know needed it."* - Cassidy to Carmen.
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Carmen Marie Downs was born November 16, 2000 to witch, Cassidy Downs and mortal, Robert Williams. Before Carmen's birth, a demon named Zarkin visited her mother, Cassidy, and older sisters, Chelsea and CJ, wanting her and her sisters' powers. Her mother was able to curse Zarkin away, but after she was born, her mother and grandmother, Caroline, bound her and her sisters' powers to protect them and keep them safe from demons.

When Carmen was around two years old, her father, Robert, left the family after having martial troubles with her mother. Carmen never truly developed a relationship with her father, never getting to know him. A couple years later, her mother was murdered by Zarkin after he was freed by Orpheus, a demon who undid all of her mother's spells. Her father returned for a little while after her mother's death, but left shortly afterward due to arguments with her grandmother on how her and her sisters should be raised. This second abandonment by her father left an impact on Carmen. She later admitted that she felt that there was something wrong with her and that she did something for her father to not stick around. Despite, Carmen never truly developed a deep resent for her father, as she always hope he would come back and that they would get a chance to be father and daughter.

Carmen was raised by her grandmother, Caroline, and her older sister, Chelsea, for the rest of her childhood and teenage years. Carmen was very grateful for Chelsea sacrificing her childhood to help raise her and CJ, however, Carmen wished that Chelsea would have just been her older sister instead of being her "second-mother."

Throughout her teenage years, Carmen felt like Chelsea was always disappoint her and that CJ hated her. With this, Carmen constantly felt alone and would often talk to her mother picture before she went to bed. Despite her struggles, Carmen manage to become a popular student at school and had many friends. Carmen planned to move to Los Angeles with her boyfriend, Max Rodriguez, after graduating. However, her plans changed after her grandmother's death.