Athena

"*All of us have fallen. The difference is...**we** all fall **together**,*"
—Athena explains the Burrows to Travis[src]
**Madeline Davies**, better known as **Athena**, is a character in *Juvenile Prosperity*. She is a co-leader of the Burrows, a community of homeless people in Fort Worth, Texas. After meeting the singing vagabond Travis Rogers, she took him under her wing, eventually forming a friendship with him that grew into a passionate bond. In Travis' songs, she is known as the **Girl of Blue**.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Not much is known about Athena's background, other than her real name is Madeline Davies. She travelled alone for a long time, forming the opinion that anything worth defending was not worth keeping around. That was until she ended up in Fort Worth, Texas, and discovered the Burrows in 2004. There she found acceptance that she had never experienced before and agreed to stick around, eventually rising to one of the community's co-leaders. Her role was "community outreach": bribing police officers and maintaining supply lines. She often ventured far from the Burrows, including to other states, to visit other homeless camps. One of her other jobs was to recruit new members for the community, but she had very little faith in most of those she came across.

### Season 1

#### 'Lost Boys'

In 2003, Athena visited a town a few miles from Concordia, Kansas. As she walked through the market, she saw a handsome young vagabond on the other side of the market and the two exchanged smiles. As the vagabond lifted his hand, Athena smiled and stole an apple before running away.

## Overview

### Physical Appearance

Athena is an attractive young woman with a punk aesthetic. While her natural hair colour is light brown, she dyes it a distinctive blue.

## Relationships

### Travis Rogers

"*What are we doing?"
 "Falling...**together**,*"
—Athena and Travis start their relationship[src]
Athena and Travis' bond grew from a friendly rivalry into a passionate relationship that, in their own words, neither of them were looking for but came to value above all else. Travis came to credit Athena with not only saving his life but also inspiring him to save himself from returning to his old life as David Mayfair; Athena, for her part, was looking for companionship - something she had not had for years - as well as a new "project" to work on, believing Travis would be an ideal fit for the Burrows but instead came to love him for who he was. Even into his mid-thirties, Travis still credits Athena as the love of his life, even though at that point the two of them had been separated for over a decade.

The two first met in an unknown town a few miles from Concordia, when Athena was still travelling and Travis was a part of the Lost Boys. The two exchanged looks from across a market and appeared to capture each other's interest; before he could walk over and talk with her, however, Athena smiled at him and stole an apple, quickly running away from the angry store owner. Travis would continue to think about her for several weeks.

The two again met almost two years later in the middle of the Nevada desert, when Travis stopped for a rest on his quest to commit suicide in the middle of the desert following the death of his friend Pennywise. Travis drove her away from a gas station that Athena had robbed, and the two recognised each other from their first encounter years before. A few hours later, after several chats, they stopped to smoke, at which point Travis showed her how to hotwire the car before walking off into a dry lake, where he lay down on the ground without water, deciding to die on the spot. Instead of leaving him, Athena approached and gave him water, telling him to get back in the car. She then drove him to Fort Worth, Texas, where she invited him to join the Burrows, a community of homeless people of which Athena served as a co-leader. Travis refused and almost purchased a train ticket back to Illinois, but decided at the last minute to return to the Burrows and serve as a musician at the community, leading a homeless band called Mr Old Soul and his Merry Men.

Over the next eighteen months, Travis and Athena would become close friends, the attraction between them growing stronger every day. When Athena discovered that Travis was, in fact, the missing multi-millionaire inheritor David Mayfair, she considered turning him in, deciding that the reward money would be enough to sustain the entire Burrows. Confronting him, Athena concluded that Travis took the hobo life for granted, to which Travis declared the total abandonment of his old life and all the benefits that came with it and, as a result, he was finally free. Athena apologised, finally seeing that Travis was completely dedicated to his new life, and the two had sex at Athena's favourite spot: a rooftop near a highway that "sang" because of the weakened foundations. The two of them would continue their relationship for several weeks, and although neither of them admitted it the two fell in love.

Travis and Athena were separated during the corrupt FWPD cops' attack on the Burrows, who burned the community to the ground. Weeks later, when Travis returned to Fort Worth following an encounter with his brother Ethan, he found the community abandoned and a letter from Athena addressed to him. In the letter, Athena told him that she could not inform Travis of her current location or destination in case the police were tracking her, only telling him to never change and find his own mission in life. Carrying this letter for the rest of his days, Travis decided to undertake a new mission in life: helping other young runaways. Travis would continue to hold Athena in high regard, considering her the love of his life, and holding out hope that the two of them would eventually meet again; so hopeful was he that he wrote a message in his signature song - "The Ballad of Travis Rogers" - telling her to one day meet him at the "singing road" where their love was born.

## Quotes

"*Travis. Or David. I'm not really sure. But what I am sure of is...you're reading this. You came back, but I doubt anyone is left here. Cops really fucked us over. If you want to pay respects, Isaac is buried behind the warehouse.
 We don't know where you went. Most of the others think you got killed or the cops got you. I'm not so sure, though. I know you. You're stronger than that.
 We know each other. In more ways than one. I miss you, Travis. I'm sorry I'm not here, that you came here with hopes but found nothing but a few crack heads and yellow tape.
 I can't tell you where I am, or where I'm going, in case the cops find this letter (if any cops are reading this, **FUCK YOU**). But we both know how small this world is. We found each other twice, and I'm so glad that we did. My life won't be the same because of you, Travis. I miss that. I miss you.
 This letter isn't goodbye. One day, we'll find each other. Maybe on the road, maybe on the street. But I know we will. And hopefully that'll go better than last time.
 I'll see you soon. Keep up the singing.
 Yours, for when we meet again,
 Athena.
 **Never change**, Travis Rogers.*"
—Athena's letter to Travis[src]

## Trivia

* Athena is the **Girl of Blue***,* one of *Season* *1*'s five essential characters in David's transformation into Travis Rogers.
* According to Cole O'Neil, her real name is Madeline Davis.
* Travis' song "Zoe" is about Athena and his continued love for her despite having not seen her in years at that point.
* She is the fourth of six characters who have dyed their hair in *Juvenile Prosperity*, the others being Sadie, Matthew, Marv, Bernadette, and Travis.