Stephanie Stephenson

—Stephanie[src]

**Stephanie** is the typical popular girl in school. She likes when the attention is on her, and she loves babysitting Alex because he idolizes her. She drives a Ford Bronco that used to be her dad's.

Her parents noticed a change in her as she started growing older, and thought adding some responsibility to her life would be good for her. They told her she needed a job, so she started babysitting for Alex.

## Relationships

### Alex

Stephanie loves babysitting for Alex, and he idolizes her. She loves the compliments.

### Duncan

Duncan was Stephanie's elementary school sweetheart, until he lost interest. It happened around the time Duncan's dad left.

### Rick

When they were younger Stephanie was nice to Rick, but as they grew up they drifted apart. Stephanie doesn't quite remember his name, and always calls him Rich. Stephanie knows Rick is bullied into doing other kid's homework, and one time she saw him lie to a teacher about it. That was when she decided he was a spineless person.

## Family

Stephanie is from the most wealthy family in Pineville. Her dad is gone during the day for work, but her mom stays home. She doesn't have much patience for her mom, who she thinks is annoying.

## History

Stephanie is put in a group with Rick and Duncan for a school history project. They settle on making a documentary video about the Viking runestone. Stephanie isn't happy about being in a group with Duncan, but there's nothing they can do about it. She's okay with Duncan and Rick writing the script as long as her name is on it.

After school, she has cheer practice, and then tries to sneak past her mom to shower when she gets home. She doesn't make it, and her mom stops her to ask about her day. Stephanie is impatient and doesn't offer up many details, but when her mom hears about working with Duncan she's concerned about her daughter's well being. Stephanie answers her questions with attitude and then heads up to take a shower.

She picks everyone up, being the only one who has a car, and drives them to the runestone. Duncan starts freaking out when he sees a woman seemingly disappear, so Stephanie takes them back to her house so they can view the footage. She still doesn't see anything, but Rick and Duncan seems excited about it, so they head to Anomalies & Antiques to look through Rick's books. There's a map of the ley lines that Stephanie is intrigued by.

After doing some research, the kids head home for the night. Stephanie is getting ready for bed when she notices a glow coming from her window, and looks out to see her crush, Brick, beind led away by some woman! At first, of course, she's jealous, but then she remembers the huldra. She calls Rick and Duncan for help, and they hop on their bikes and ride to her place. She awaits them on the front porch with a firepoker.

Unfortunately, when they do arrive, they're being escorted by Sheriff Johnson. He didn't belive their story of just watching *ALF* and wanted to make sure they weren't doing anything unsafe. He sees the firepoker and goes into the house with them to speak to her parents.

There's a lot of confusion about what's going on, and at some point Johnson leaves to get Rick's grandfather. Eventually the truth comes out, and Robert reveals that there's more to Youth League than anyone knows. They drive to the Founder's Cabin to learn more.

There they meet Franklin, a nineteen-year-old who can do magic. As the adults head to the runestone to set up a circle that will allow Franklin to trap the creature with an incantation, the kids formulate a plan to save Brick.

They set out, and with the help of Rick and Franklin they find Brick. Stephanie goes to him, but he doesn't respond to anything she says or does. Eventually Duncan knocks him out and they bring him to the runestone.

They lure the huldra out, and Stephanie completes the circle of iron with her firepoker. Duncan gets Brick out of the circle and the incantation is said, imprisoning her underground. When it's over she goes to Brick, but is heartbroken to find he doesn't even know her name. She gets over him quickly, having learned from the experience, and returns to her new friends. She even tells Rick she wants to try Dungeons & Dragons sometime.

## Quotes

"Ew, Mom, I hate when you abbreviate things."
*—Ep. 152 “Kids on Bikes” One-Shot Chapter Two*

"I just don't know why we're making such a big deal out of it if the stone's already ruined."
*—Ep. 152 “Kids on Bikes” One-Shot Chapter Two*

"Brick is in the woods and if we don't get him I might not get to go to homecoming with him."
*—Ep. 153 “Kids on Bikes” One-Shot Chapter Three*

## Trivia

* She's the only one of the group who owns a car, a Ford Bronco, and she plays exclusively Pat Benatar—specifically, Love is a Battlefield.
* Instead of choosing her own class, Stephanie plays whatever character Franklin gives her.

## References and Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ep. 151 “Kids on Bikes” One-Shot Chapter One
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ep. 150 “Kids on Bikes” One-Shot Prologue
3. ↑ Ep. 154 “Kids on Bikes” One-Shot Chapter Four
4. ↑ Ep. 152 “Kids on Bikes” One-Shot Chapter Two
5. ↑ Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar
6. ↑ Ep. 156 Kids on Bikes Reviewed