Stella Strange

*"Pain is an old friend."*

-Stella Strange.

*"Loss doesn't phase me anymore, I've lost my mother, it doesn't get much worse, but if I ever lost you two, I'd be loosing myself."*

-Stella Strange to Stephen Strange and The Ancient One.

Stella Strange is the descendant of Stephen Strange and Mei Strange (an unpledged descendant of the ancient one.) Stella's parents were both Doctors at the Metro-General Hospital in New York, which is where they met and soon fell in love. Stella's mother, Mei was the little sister of the ancient one, or the sorceress supreme, a leader of magical sanctums across the world. Mei's world had to be kept a secret from the real world which meant that for a long time, Stephen was under the impression that he, Stella and Mei's mother where her only family, because she had to keep Yao a secret. Despite leading a normal and magic-free life, Mei would visit her sister in her sanctum from time to time and help the sanctum protect the world from the dark sorcerer Kaecilius.

One day whilst out trying to stop Kaecilius, Mei had a run in with some of his followers, Zealots, who ended up capturing her and killing her. After a sudden disappearance, Yao gathered a force to go and find her sister. After Days of searching Yao came across Mei's lifeless body. Distraught, she took her sister back to her sanctum so that herself and the rest of the sanctum could mourn her properly. Yao found it tricky to cope with the death of her dearly beloved sister, and couldn't bring herself to accept the loss, but when she finally had come to terms with what had happened she went to her mother to break the news. However they still had to tell Stephen, but they couldn't tell him how Mei had really died, so Yao had her mother tell him that she had died in a car crash.

After finding out about the loss of his dearly departed wife, Stephen grew cold and bitter towards the world. He suddenly became protective of his daughter and throughout her life would not let her partake in activities he deemed dangerous. This made it extremely difficult from Stella to make friends, the lack of socialization made Stella quite shy and fearful of other people. Without a mother to take care of her, Yao decided that she would step in as a mother for Stella. Although Stephen didn't know until much later on. To keep Yao's world a secret, Stella's grandmother would tell Stephen that she was taking Stella to her house to stay, and from there Yao would pick her up and take her to Kommar Taj, over the years the pair became very close, Stella being the daughter Yao never had and Yao being the mother Stella deserved to have. Throughout the years Stella advanced well with her magical studies and more than proved to Yao that she was material to be the next Sorceress Supreme, a title passed down through generations, meaning when Stella becomes the next Stephen Strange, she will also in a way be following her mother's destiny.

Like most people in the MCU, Stella too attended a school before moving to Everwood. Due to her social anxiety, Stella found it hard to connect with her peers, however she had a helping hand from her older step-sister Ciara. (Stella's father had remarried to Clea, someone who came to him seeking help with the dark dimension.) Ciara was the opposite of Stella and loved making new friends and helped introduce Stella to people, who conveniently for Stella, took an immediate liking to Stella.

Once moved to The Everwood Academy Stella again had to try and make new friends all over again, however, it was easier than she thought. Due do how quickly she excelled in classes people took a quick liking too her as she was always willing to lend a hand to classmates.