Ben Sanders

Surname: Sanders
Nickname: Ben
Date of birth: June sixteenth, 2006
 Magic life
Species: Full-Wizard
Magic strength: Level 6
Guardian: Kimberly Sanders
 **Love life**
Married
 **Education**
Unnamed elementary school: 2010 - 2016
W.I.T.S Academy: 2016 - 2020
 **Appearance**
Ethnicity: African
Skin color: Dark-chocolate
Hair color: Black
Eyes color: Dark-brown

First Quote: “Hello, guardian Andi,”

Last Quote: "Okay, come on, let's go!"

**Childhood:** Very little about Ben's early childhood is known. For the first two years of his life, Ben was raised by his adult father and his teenage mother in a small apartment. (See Kim for full story.) After his father moved out, Ben didn't hear from him or see him. At the age of eight, Ben received a phone call from his father wishing him a happy birthday. After this, Ben talked to his father on the phone and saw him only once, then even phone calls stopped. Ben grew very close to his fourth-grade teacher: Jackson Davey. It turned out that Jackson was Ben's uncle, the brother of his father. Sometime between then and September 2016, Jackson fell ill with cancer and passed away. Ben did not take it well.

As a child, Ben didn't see much worth in himself, didn't see how capable he really was. As a teenager, Ben didn't change much but was more confident in himself. Ben's entire teenage life revolved around four things. 1. School. 2. Gracie. 3. his friends. 4. his sister.

**Relationships:** Ben is the son of Weston Davey and Kimberly Sanders. He is the younger half-brother of biracial twins Adaya Davey and Anita Davis. He is married to Gracie Sanders and together they have five children: Jackson, Davie, Molly, Dixie, and Axel.

Ben never had much of a relationship with his father seeing as Weston wasn't around him much growing up. He didn't seem to have much of an interest in knowing him.

Ben learned about his sister Adaya when he was around 13 when he was told by his mother they were attending the same magic academy. He was shocked and needed time to think about whether or not he wanted to meet her. In Kim's story, it was revealed she knew about Adaya but not Anita and there had once been plans of Adaya and Ben living together when they were children. Apparently, Kim chose to not tell Ben about her, the reason is unclear, and it isn't known if Kim ever met Adaya either. Adaya is roughly about five years older than Ben. Their relationship didn't have the best start and it took months before they really started trying to start a relationship between them. They appeared to be getting close when Adaya went missing. Her body was never found but the circumstances surrounding her disappearance caused her to be presumed dead. Ben refused to believe it and even decided to not attend her funeral. "She's not dead until her body is found." Ben - Gracie. He didn't take it well that his sister could be gone. Ben was a teenager when he found out about his sister Anita. They never had much of a relationship and didn't spend much time together. It was Anita who told Ben about Adaya's possible passing.

**Personality:**Ben was a whole lot like Gracie. He was very shy and liked sticking by familiar people. He wasn't always the best at magic either and this sometimes got him discouraged and worried. He often needed someone to lift up his spirits. Also like Gracie, he was kind and gentle, and sensitive.

**Ben's magic training**

In September of 2016, Ben, age 10 - 11, was a first-year wizard in training. He was given Andrea Cruz as his guardian and Jessie Novoa as his teammate. Ben struggled with his magic training and often needed reassurance that he'd eventually succeed. In his classes, Ben got decent grades and was satisfied with that.  In the beginning, it took Ben a while to trust his guardian and teammate. His mother tried to aid him by forcing him to eat with Andi and Jessie during meal times which made Ben very nervous as he was way out of his comfort zone. Eventually, he came to trust Andi and Jessie. The first attempt Ben made at trusting Andi was asking her if she believed he'd be an under-average wizard to test her face in him. Andi was very careful about her answer as it was very early in the school year and Ben seemed satisfied with her answer.

**Ben's disappearance**

In the fourth chapter of the fourth book, Ben went missing from the Academy.