Piper Frye

## Piper Rosetta Frye

Piper Frye

*"She's powerless, Mac. You know Elowen won't stop until she's been completely broken. You saw what she did with Florian when she found out about his secret. I had to beg her not to hurt them, you think she'll listen if I try it with Piper?"* - Rue Frye to Mac Frye on Piper not having powers

**Piper "Pip" Rosetta Frye** is the youngest child of Rue Frye and Mac Frye, and the younger sister of Isidore Frye and (unknowingly) Theia Solanine. Despite being a part of the Frye Coven, she does not have an ability anymore as her power was stolen by Dante when she was a baby. She is also the main target of Elowen Frye's wrath and typically takes out any frustrations on her. She works as a waitress, trying to keep herself out of the Frye Homestead as much as possible. Spending as much time as possible with Amera Walker, Piper has learned to come out of her shell and grows her confidence almost daily. After Theia and Jesse Osborne broke up, Piper maintained a friendly relationship with Jesse, as he was the one to give her her favourite nickname, 'Pipsqueak'.

## History

### Early Life

#### "Baby Frye"

Piper was born on May 30th, 1999 in Mason Hill, Oregon to Rue Frye and Mac Frye. Like all other Frye Coven babies, she wasn't given a name directly at her birth, although Rue was certain she would name the child 'Katya'. For the first few months of her life, she was known as "Baby Frye". Like all others, her name would be given after she showcased a power of some sorts. Piper was a happy and fairly well-behaved baby for the most part (although later that would be attributed to Theia's power). While Frye coven members were mostly known to have dark hair and eyes, Piper came out with a mess of red hair, freckles and blue eyes. This was an oddity from the start.

#### Stolen Powers

At four months old, a demon by the name of Dante came by the Frye Coven Homestead to see the child. Elowen Frye had not heard from the demon in decades, so seeing him turn up out of nowhere to meet the young Frye child was strange, to say the least. Piper was handed over to Dante by Elowen and taken to the cemetery in the back garden. With a nearby birdbath, Dante placed Piper in the basin and held his hand to her forehead, feeling the energy of a gift she possessed. He told Elowen that he would finally be taking a Frye Coven power, and despite her arguments, the demon reminded Elowen of the deal she had made years ago. Once you sign a deal with a demon, there is no going back.

Piper was now at the mercy of Dante, and the ritual began. Holding his hand to her forehead, a darkness swirled around them and encapsulated the two. Piper's skin began to glow a warm red and after a few minutes, the darkness around them dissipated. it is highly debated what the ritual of 'power stealing' entails, but for Piper it was a burning sensation all along her skin. Picking up the now powerless Piper, he handed her back to Elowen, leaving without another word. Elowen stared down at the child with a look of disgust on her face. Rue came to collect her child from the matriarch, and she knew that the ritual had been completed. Holding the baby close to her chest, Rue whispered to her child, "I am going to love you no matter what, Piper."

#### Receiving a Name

Once Piper had turned six months old, Rue had finally told the rest of the coven her name. While the others in the coven knew that Piper did not have a gift, they did not know that she had her powers stolen from her. Rue claimed that she was "giving her child a name to help her grow confidence to develop a gift." Elowen hated this idea. Not only did she despise having a member of her own coven be powerless, she didn't appreciate Piper being allowed to stay with them. Not wanting to throw a baby onto the streets because of the reputation that would leave on her, she allowed Piper to stay and grow up the same as the other Frye children. Elowen forced Rue to use her psychic abilities to see if she would ever regain that power, but her future was clouded, shrouded away in a dark cloud. All they could tell was she would be an ordinary girl, trying to live up to expectations. It was at that moment that the six month old child was considered a failure to her own grandmother.

### Childhood

#### Elowen's Abuse

###### TW// Physical Abuse

Keeping Piper’s non-ability a secret from the community was difficult, especially since she was such an outgoing child. But Elowen’s pride was much greater than her grandchild’s innocence. Having a non-gift in the family was a disgrace to the old woman, but she never admitted it was through any fault of her own. As Piper grew, so did Elowen’s resentment for the girl. If Piper entered a room, Elowen would leave. Discouraged and distraught, at the age of ten, she confronted the woman, demanding to know her problem with her, since she seemed to adore Isidore and Theia. Elowen stayed silent, taking the berating as Piper continued to plead for an answer. Piper went on to beg her grandmother for an answer as to what she had done to cause so much hate to form in her heart.

Finally having had enough of her, Elowen used her power on own family, but certainly not for the first time. Struck with an electric like shock, Piper’s body constricted, flailing as she fell to the ground, a scream of terror leaving her lips. Electric like ropes seemed to attach themselves to Piper's small frame, although when she looked down at them, or tried to pull them off, she realized there was nothing there. After a few agonizing moments, the screams had attracted the two daughters, Rue and Olive Solanine. Olive refused to make eye contact, while Rue pleaded with her mother to stop the torment; that the poor girl had had enough. Elowen shouted to her daughters that "this is just what happens when you turn out to be a failure". Rue insisted that it wasn't Piper's fault, that this wasn't how it was supposed to happen. A crowd had begun to form. Relenting from the added pressure of the eyes around them, Elowen let her powers cease and she left the room without a second glance. It was obvious Piper wasn’t loved by her grandmother and everyone in the coven knew it now.

Isidore came to see her once she had been hobbled off to bed, a potion Rue had made in hand. He tried to convince her that it would be over soon, that she wouldn't be stuck in that house forever, but nothing helped. The sensation still burned along her skin; the same feeling she had endured when her powers were stolen by Dante. Although she knew nothing of her powers being stolen, she remembered the pain of the ritual.

### Trying to Find A Way to Develop Powers

Around the age of ten, Piper had been sneaking into Elowen's personal library to take books about powers and gifts, trying to search for a way to have a power like her family members. She was sat at the top of the stairs, around a corner from Elowen's office where she could hear her mother and grandmother arguing loudly. Elowen shouted that because she "has no gift" that she is "a useless child". The two argued for a bit longer before Elowen shouted that Rue "only breed(s) disappointment children" before telling her to leave her office. Still hiding behind the wall, she heard her father try to comfort his wife before leaving to their bedroom.

Piper, distraught and sobbing, went up the rest of the stairs, up to the ladder leading to her room in the attic. She threw herself onto her bed, covering herself with the covers. The comforter didn't live up to its namesake as she clutched the edge, her teeth gripped onto the fabric, trying to keep her voice down. Piper's room was filled with books she'd stolen from Elowen's library. They stacked higher and higher, each one filled with contents on magic. All the pages she had put a sticky note out of were ones speaking about ways you could potentially develop powers. But everytime, it refused to help her. Certain sticky notes had a messily written word on them; "Doesn't work." She grabbed the flashlight from her nightstand and flicked it on, grabbing the nearest book, ripping through the pages she had placed blank sticky notes on. Spells and potion recipes filled the pages, some that were helpful, others that were useless.

There was a rustle outside. Her other window looked over the family graveyard, and she knew exactly who was in there. Isidore. He'd been pushed farther than he could ever imagine, and it was breaking him. She knew it was. Finally reaching a page that caught her eye, she scanned over it quickly. *'How to Make a Deal With The Devil.'* Her lips parted, a shocked expression reaching her eyes. Could this be it? Could this be the way? If God wasn't going to help her, then maybe he could. Theia interrupted Piper's thoughts as she warned against reading the material in hand. Theia had a habit of coming in undetected. Piper tossed the covers off her head and looked up at her older cousin. Theia's arms were crossed over her chest, a brow arched, and lips pursed. Piper asked why she shouldn't be reading this sort of material, and Theia replied with "it's dangerous to be messing with the fates". Piper replied saying that "God stood (her) up and (she) (didn't) know why," and closed the book. Theia tossed the book on the floor and stroked her cousin's hand, telling her that if she ever became the Next In Line, she would do everything to protect her.

### Teenage Years

#### Friendship with Milo and Amera

The fits of rage Elowen went through often resulted in Piper’s own torture. Through some twisted way of thinking, Elowen was convinced if she pushed her granddaughter hard enough, she would break and show some sort of ability Dante hadn't taken. This never came to be and instead crushed Piper’s spirit beyond anything else. She had heard of the constant wars between the covens, and how they would never cease to showcase their power over the others. Piper knew of some of the other members, one of her close friends being Milo Kilgore of the Kilgore coven. He was like her, powerless. The two shared that in common, but there was always a sense of not being enough that filled Piper’s mind despite Milo’s best efforts to convince her otherwise. He often became the one she went to with problems about boys, and general ranting about her family.

Amera, however, was also a close friend, often the first person she goes to when it comes to any boy issues.