Maggie Vera and Ray Vera

The **relationship** between witch, **Maggie Vera**, and mortal, **Ray Vera** is an unstable one between father and daughter.

## History

### Early Life

Maggie was born as the daughter of Marisol and Ray. Her mother however had an affair with her secret oldest sister's father which Marisol thought Ray would never know about, but secretly he already did. Maggie was lead to believe that Ray was her biological father however his relationship with Marisol suffered since he knew that her heart belonged to another man. When she was five years old, Ray walked out on Marisol just after Maggie's birthday and has barely been in contact with her or Mel Vera since. This lead Maggie to developed panic attacks which she would later suppressed her memories of them. When she was seven Ray bailed on her again and was lead to believe that he sent her an music box when in actuality it was Mel who gave her the gift. Throughout the years Maggie held onto the hope that her dad would come back and be in her life constantly however after she found out the truth about her origins she slowly came to understand why Ray grew so distanced with her before he even left.

### Throughout the Series

* Season 1
* Season 2

In "*Jingle Hell*", Mel explains the dynamic of Ray to Macy after Maggie is crestfallen he isn't spending the holidays with them.

In "*The Source Awakens*", when Macy rewrote reality for a second time to where she got to be with her mother at the expense of Mel not being the daughter raised by Marisol, Mel was raised by Ray in Seattle meaning Maggie never was duped in this reality into believing Ray was her father.

In "*Things to Do in Seattle When You're Dead*", Mel and Maggie found an online obituary of Ray's death of cardiac arrest the same day she and her sisters went into hiding. While Maggie wanted to attend his funeral, Mel refused, saying he was a ghost to them. Maggie snuck to the funeral anyway, putting herself in the path of danger. Mel saw the portal map and realized where she went. Fearing for her sister's safety, she went after her. After coming back, Mel told Maggie about the music box she bought for her when she was seven, and made her believe it to be a gift from Ray.

In "*Guess Who's Coming to SafeSpace Seattle*", Mel and Maggie make their way to Safe Harbor Motel in New Jersey to catch Jimmy. To their surprise, it wasn't Harry Greenwood's Darklighter. It was Ray, alive and well. Maggie hit him with her metal baton out of anger, prompting Mel to stop her. He confessed that he was a thief who stole ancient artifacts and sold them in the black market for a living. When someone questioned him about the talisman he took from Marisol Vera, he went into hiding for his daughters' protection. The Fury made its way to their location, so they orbed back to Seattle, where Mel and Maggie told Ray they were witches.

After returning the Stone of Atreus to the Fury to save Maggie, Ray, Mel, and Maggie celebrated their reunion with drinks.

In "*Don't Look Back in Anger*", Ray is back from his recon mission and Maggie's panic attacks return as she has unresolved emotional issues surrounding his deadbeat dad attitude that affected her life up until the present day. She was jealous that that Mel was bonding with Ray so easily while she felt like she could never have that easy of a bond with him. She also expressed anger over Ray ironically being the only parental figure to be around to answer certain questions for her since her mom and birth dad were both death. Later after escaping the Faction, Ray and Maggie talked he admitted that even though he knew since day 1 that she wasn't his daughter by blood that he still loved her like she was which pained an part of him since he knew that Maggie really wasn't his to start with. He vowed to make up for the missing years and told Maggie if she had any more questions about anything, he was open to tell her the truth about it.