Diego Rueda

Surname: Rueda
Date of birth: March 18th, 1990
 **Magic life**
Species: Kanay
 **Love life**
Married
 **Education**
Homeschool: 1994 - 2004
 **Occupation**
Co-owner of the Seven
 **Appearance**
Ethnicity: Multiracial
Skin color: Olive
Hair color: Chocolate-copper brown
Eye color: Dark brown

First Quote: “I'd rather keep my thoughts to myself."

Last Quote: "What are you talking about?"

**Childhood**: Diego grew up with his fraternal twin sister Gigi and knew nothing about his older half-sister Ruby, he didn't even know he had an older sister. Diego was homeschooled throughout his elementary education but then decided he wanted to attend a normal high school. He was enrolled at Iridium high alongside Gigi. Diego made

the swim team and eventually took on the title of "the best swimmer." He also started dating Maddie. In High school, Diego was friends mostly his teammates. Jax Novoa, Andi Cruz, Tony Ryland, Peter Caster, and Daniel Miller. He was also friendly with Emma, and the two did form an actual friendship in their adult lives. Out of his teammates, Diego was closest to Jax and Andi. In grade ten he stopped being friends with Pete and later in life stopped being friends with Daniel. However, he and Tony were always friendly.

In tenth grade, Diego found out he and his girlfriend were expecting their first child. (See more about that down below.) Later in the year, Diego decided to give up his automatic spot on the next school year's swim team, which he got because of his title as "best swimmer." He decided to this so that his friend Andi would get the spot instead. Diego knew how much being on the team meant to Andi and how she felt having been removed from the team because of her pregnancy. By giving up his spot, it went to the next best swimmer. Though Andi wasn't on the team anymore at this point, she still had been the second-best swimmer on the team. (See more about this on Andi's page.) It is unknown if Diego was on the team alongside Andi in their final year of high school or if Diego still managed to make the team in year eleven even without his automatic spot.

**Relationships:** Diego is the only son of Andrew and Ava Rueda. He has an older half-sister named Ruby and a fraternal twin sister named Gigi. Diego is married to Maddie and they have two daughters together. Diego is the uncle of Ruby's children and Gigi's children.

There isn't much on Diego's relationship with his mother and even less on his relationship with his father. Diego worked for his father for all of his high school years and Drew was obviously satisfied with his work. Diego spent almost every Sunday evening with his parents while they shared a meal with the rest of their family. Diego was also concerned about his mother during the disappearance crisis and he started popping up at the school she works at to check on her. Diego was present during his mother's disappearance and called Emma for help straight away, however, he ended up vanishing as well.

Diego doesn't have much of a relationship with his older sister. (See Ruby for more information.) However, he and Gigi are notoriously close.

   While growing up they often bickered and pulled pranks on each other, Diego more than Gigi. Gigi was also jealous that her brother had powers and she didn't. However, the two were always there for each other when it counted. Throughout Gigi's teenage pregnancy, Diego was on her side though Gigi didn't always see it that way. He tried to protect Gigi and defended her to Pete.

They fought constantly, like over who's turn it was in the bathroom, but always made up shortly after. The biggest fight they had when Diego went behind her back and told her boyfriend she was pregnant. This resulted in Pete breaking up with Gigi through Diego. Diego had done this because Pete was one of his friends and he felt he deserved to know. Diego told Gigi the bad news and Gigi was furious at him. She said she'd never forgive him, and though it took time, she eventually did. Though they did have many arguments, Diego supported Gigi and was there when she needed him. He reassured her more than once that everything was going to be okay and that she wasn't a loser. He may have influenced Gigi's decision to keep her son.

Father: Andrew Rueda
 **Siblings**
Half-sister: Ruby Masters
 **Children**
Melanie Ryland
 **Grandchildren**
. Hope Archer
. Phillip Archer
. Chance Archer
. Secret Ryland
 **Great-grandchildren**
Emmi Archer
Keegan Archer
Callie Archer
Davian Archer
Kenley Archer
Harley Archer
Zoe Archer
Quinn Archer
Jeremy Archer
 **Great-great-grandchildren**
Precious Archer
Sky Archer
Nolan Archer

Diego cared about his daughter greatly but wasn't as protective of them. He didn't suffocate them either as his wife did. Diego was more of a laid-back kind of parent. He allowed them to make their own choices and learn from their mistakes and failures. Unlike Maddie, Diego was not happy when he found out Emily was pregnant at just fourteen. Like Maddie, he was furious when he found out she had been spelled to have sex which resulted in her getting pregnant so young. Yet, Diego allowed Emily to decide if she wanted to keep the baby or not and supported her choice of doing so. Diego also seemed to enjoy spending time with his grandchildren.

One of Diego's best friends is Andi. He and Andi met in high school when they became teammates on the swim team. When Andi got removed from the team due to being pregnant, she asked Diego if they were still friends. This was Diego's reply. "We became friends when we became teammates but we don't have to be teammates to be friends." Andi responded this was a good thing because she considered Diego to be one of her best friends. After high school, Diego and Andi had a little inside joke to always think of each other when swimming. This was a reference to not only being on the team together but also when Diego left the team to give Andi his spot. This inside joke was said just a handful of times. Diego and Andi remained friends in their adult lives.

Diego was once friends with Daniel Miller and Peter Caster. Diego told Peter about his sister being pregnant because Pete was the father and Diego felt he deserved to know. However, Pete did not take this news well and decided to abandon Gigi. This ruined his friendship with Diego, though Diego still hung around with him when they were both invited to hang out with their common friends. Pete insulting Gigi after Gigi announced her pregnancy live was the last straw. Diego defended his sister and things got physical. Pete pushed him into the school pool but Diego hit his head on the cement while falling in. This resulted in Diego bleeding and being taken to the nurse. Diego never spoke to Pete again after this. Diego was friends with Daniel in high school but didn't appear to still be friends with him in their adult lives. However, they appeared to still be friendly when Diego's daughter Melanie and Daniel's son Robert were friends. That all changed when it came to light that Daniel had been the one who had turned Phillip in causing his capture and Andi's decade long mission of finding and rescuing him. Diego felt betrayed for Andi and paid Daniel a visit. "Don't come asking for my help. You betrayed Andi, one of my best friends. You're nothing to me now. You're off the team just like Pete." Diego and Daniel never spoke again after this.

Though Diego's friendships with his former teammates Daniel and Peter went south, his friendship with his former teammate Tony Ryland did not. Diego accepted Tony's feelings for Gigi in high school and was cool with them dating a few years later. His reaction to Tony's accident isn't known and he was never mentioned to be visiting Tony or even mentioning him in conversation. When Tony awoke from his common and resumed his relationship with Gigi, Diego still appeared to like that he was dating his sister. Diego always felt Tony was good enough for Gigi and would always take care of her. Diego was also Tony's best man in Tony and Gigi's wedding.

**Career:** During high school, Diego worked as the cashier at his father's club called "the seven." After graduation, he and his sister Gigi became co-owners of the seven. However, Diego never really took on this role though did continue to work there. In his early thirties, Diego thought about giving up his half and working alongside Emma as her sidekick instead. However, he chose against this in fear that his children wouldn't be given their half if he didn't have it to pass down to them. So, he remained a co-owner, however, left his sister in charge of all decisions regarding the club and worked with Emma.

**Personality:** Diego is loyal and protective, two traits that are tied to being a Kanay. He is also kind and willing to listen when you need to rant. He's patient and is able to keep his temper under control. Diego rarely gets angry and even when he does he wouldn't hurt anyone. He's just a lovable Teddy-bear.

**Maddie's pregnancy**

After a few months of trying to get his girlfriend pregnant while they were just fifteen, Diego found out he had finally succeeded. Diego was happy about the news. Never once did Diego think twice about being a teenage father. He was there for Maddie every second. Diego helped named his daughter and was at the hospital when his daughter was born. He told Maddie that he couldn't imagine life without her and their daughter.

    **The discovery of Ruby**

In the sixth chapter, Diego joined his parents and twin sister for lunch not knowing what he was about to learn. His mother told him and Gigi about their older half-sister Ruby who was at the Academy with their children Emily and Shawn. Ava told them they could meet Ruby if they wanted but she needed time to think about meeting her too. Diego didn't attempt to contact Ruby in this chapter. Diego met his sister in the seventh chapter when they were introduced to each other by Emily. To be polite, he shook Ruby's hands and no words were spoken between them.

**Reuniting with Melanie**

Six years after their almost adopted daughter had gone missing, Maddie and Diego are paid a visit by her social worker and informed she was alive and had been living in a foster home right in Miami for the past four months while being looked over by the chosen one, the council, mortal doctors, and magical doctors. During their first meeting, Melanie asked her parents if they still wanted her despite her being only a year away from being a teenager. Maddie replied of course they still wanted her because she was their daughter and they loved her. After being officially adopted, Melanie was thrown a party to celebrate her twelfth birthday and to welcome her to the family and she met all of her family members and most of the family friends. Melanie later moved in with her adoptive parents.

**Diego's disappearance**

In 2018, according to Melanie, Diego and Maddie had been in the car driving Melanie home from school went they vanished in thin air. He was later reported missing. In early 2019, it was mention by Emily to Shawn that Diego had been the one driving the car and vanished just seconds after Maddie.