Maddie VanPelt

First name: Madelyn
Maiden name: VanPelt
Married Name: Rueda
Nickname: Maddie
Date of birth: April tenth, 1990
 **Magic life**

Species: Full-Witch
Magic strength: Level 9
Career: Jax and Maddie's little witchling daycare
Married
 **Education**
Iridium elementary: 1994 - 2000
W.I.T.S Academy: 2000 - 2004
 **Appearance**
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Skin color: White
Hair color: Light-blonde
Eye color: Light-blue

First quote: "I'd rather stick a pitchfork into my eye. Only losers and little kids are dropped off by their parents on the first day of school."

Last Quote: "Um, hello!"

**Childhood:** Maddie came into her magic at the age of four which caused her father to abandon her. Her relationship with

   her father before this event isn't known. Maddie blamed herself for Alex leaving the family. Since then, Maddie and her younger sister Sophie were raised by their mother. They were spoiled and got everything they wanted. This caused Maddie to develop a big attitude problem and become disrespectful and ungrateful. At the age of ten, Maddie started her magic training and education at W.I.T.S Academy alongside her cousin Emma. She graduated from the Academy at fourteen.

In mid-August of 2004, Maddie started high school at Iridium high. She made the cheersquad as the captain and quickly gained popularity. However, Maddie came off as very intimidating and most of her classmates were afraid of her. During her second semester of ninth grade, Maddie and her boyfriend Diego decided to start trying for a baby, but they didn't tell anyone about their teen pregnancy plans. It was only at the start of tenth grade when Maddie learned she was finally pregnant. She gave birth to a beautiful daughter during her second semester of tenth grade when she was only sixteen-years-old.

**Family**: Maddie is the eldest daughter of Alexander and Ursula VanPelt. As mentioned, Maddie's relationship with her father was unknown. However, she did resent him for abandoning her and her sister when they were very young. Her hatred for her father became more apparent when Alex tried to make amends with his daughters and be in their lives. At this point, Maddie was in her thirties and not interested in having a relationship with her father. However, Sophie insisted that Maddie give him a chance, which Maddie hesitantly agreed to. Yet, Maddie's visits with her father always ended up in a fight and with Maddie even more pissed at her dad. Eventually, Maddie came to realize what the real issue was and decided to give her dad a real chance. She told him what she wanted from their new-founded relationship and Alex agreed to her wishes to have more of a causal friendship than a father-daughter relationship. They never grew very close but they did remain on good terms and saw each other every now and then.

Growing up, Maddie didn't have the best relationship with her mother. Maddie was spoiled and often disrespected her mother and was extremely ungrateful. So much that Ursula was always stressed when picking out gifts for Maddie. Maddie was rebellious and even used her magic on her mother, going as far as wiping her memory or changing her memory. However, later in Maddie's teen pregnancy, she started to realize her behavior and attitude towards her mother was awful. She worked on being more grateful and respecting her mother's rules. This greatly improved their relationship. The pregnancy also made her realize how much she needed her mother. "I'll always need you, mom. You're the first person I go to when I need help." After her teenage years, Maddie had a much better relationship with her mother. Although, they did tend to get on each other's nerves when together for too long.

Maddie is only a year older than her sister Sophie, but throughout Sophie's childhood, Maddie acted as a caregiver for her. Maddie understood

Father: Alexander VanPelt
 **Siblings**
 **Children**
Daughter: 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

Sophie wasn't mentally well even though their mother refused to see it herself. This led to Maddie often looking after Sophie's wellbeing and providing the support their mother did not. Maddie remained patient with her sister knowing her unusual habits and occasional inability to understand certain topics. When Sophie was close to being fifteen, she decided to leave town as it was suggested it may do her some good to get away for a while. This caused the sisters to see less of each other. After graduating from the Academy, Sophie hit the road in search of her father, a mission that took years to accomplish. During this time, the girls barely spoke or saw each other. However, it was mentioned by Andi that Maddie had told her Sophie wrote her letters all the time. When Sophie's biological daughter lost both of her adopted parents, Maddie took her in temporally as requested by Sophie. When Sophie returned home, she and Maddie grew closer. However, their different views regarding their father caused them to argue almost daily. Eventually, this was resolved.

Maddie loves her daughters more than life itself. She tended to be quite overprotective of the girls and a little suffocating. She always wanted a say in their lives and wanted to be involved, this caused her daughters to become annoyed with her. Maddie always meant well, she just hovered over her daughters too much. Maddie was devastated when Melanie went missing for six years before she could officially adopt her, and she never gave up.  When reunited, Melanie was worried Maddie and Diego would no longer want her because she was no longer a little kid but a tween instead. Maddie ensured her they still loved and wanted her very much because she was their daughter no matter what. Maddie was always hard on Melanie whenever she would complain about her sister being a teen mom and having to attend the same high school as her, but this was just Maddie defending Emily.

When it comes to her friends, Katie is her best friend but she is equally close to the others too. Maddie and Katie became best friends in the third grade when they were introduced by Emma. They ruled the school together in grade nine and supported each other through the pregnancies in grade ten. In adult life, they didn't lose any closeness. Though Maddie had already been friends with Katie, Emma, and Andi before their pregnancies occurred, it was a different story with Gigi. Maddie knew Gigi through Gigi's brother Diego and the two did not see eye to eye. In fact, they didn't even like each other the least bit. Maddie thought Gigi to be annoying and nosy, and Gigi thought Maddie to be spoiled and obnoxious. However, during their pregnancies, Diego started asking Maddie to spend time with Gigi at school because she didn't have many friends. The two started actually becoming friends, and now Gigi is one of Maddie's best friends. The girls love spending time together and were very excited to become sisters (in-law.) Maddie was always a great supporter of Andi's mission to reunite herself and Ethan with Phillip. She was one people who originally attempted to keep Phillip a secret from the council, and she did a few things to help Andi along in her mission of finding and rescuing Phillip. Maddie was even a maid of honor in Andi and Luke's wedding. Maddie also appeared to be quite fond of Ethan and always believed he and her daughter would end up together, which she was right about.

**Personality:** Maddie hadn't always been a selfish mean brat. When she had been a child, she had been the opposite. It isn't known exactly when Maddie changed but it could have possibly been during her four years at the Academy. Due to receiving everything she wanted and being completely spoiled by her mother since the age of four, Maddie was rude, disrespectful, catty, and cocky. However, towards her friends and younger sister, Maddie was surprisingly sweet and caring. Realizing she didn't want her daughter to be the way she was, Maddie changed big time in her mid-teens during her pregnancy. She became kind and respectful to everyone. However, Maddie never outgrew her ability to intimidate and her more obnoxious personality. Maddie is known for being care-free, over the top, highly dramatic, and she is also a little extravagant. Yet, Maddie can also be quite wise and adviceful.

**Maddie's teenage pregnancy**

Like her cousin Emma, Maddie found out she was fifteen and pregnant in August of 2005. Unlike Emma, Maddie had planned her baby. It was mentioned that Maddie and her boyfriend Diego had been trying to get pregnant for months and after having no luck, Maddie had cast a concievement spell on herself to help the process along. Maddie was overjoyed when she learned she was pregnant and didn't care how many people disapproved.

One conflict Maddie had was with her mother Ursula. Ursula wanted Maddie to break up with Diego scared that Diego would break up with her. Maddie refused which highly annoyed her mother. After a month or two of this argument, Ursula changed her mind after talking with Diego.

Maddie had trouble finding a name that suited her unborn daughter. While tossing around some baby names with Diego during a walk, Maddie and Diego agreed on Emily. In the last chapter, Maddie went into labor and gave birth to her daughter Emily Rose Rueda.

   **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.

**Maddie's disappearance**

In Mid-2018, Maddie had been unable to sleep and had gone down to the kitchen to make some coffee. She ended up making only a cup for her teenage daughter had a discussion with her about how they were feeling. This was Maddie's last appearance in the fourth book as she was reported missing in the next chapter. According to Melanie, Maddie and Diego had been driving her home from school and both vanished from the car. Emily later told Shawn that Melanie had told her Maddie had disappeared first and Diego just seconds later.