Becca Hayden

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> ...Your friend would want to see you happy, no matter how much you're greiving right now, it's okay to smile. She would want you to smile and be happy and live your life. Always smile when you think about her.
>
> **Becca** to Stephanie while disguised as Eva Peterson, WITCHed page 321

**Rebecca** **Hayden**, better known as **Becca**, is the protagonist of both *WITCHed* and *Forever* *WITCHed*. She is a witch who's powers were passed down to her by Lily, a powerful witch, before she died.

## Biography

### Early Life

At the young age of 6, Becca's mother, Rachel Hayden, passed away due to breast cancer. She was forced to move in with her paternal aunt. Her father never got over the loss of his wife, and died only a short 2 years later to alcohol poisoning.

### Teenage Years

Becca was a delf-described wild child.  After both her father and mother died, she'd spend her time partying for days on end. Eventually, she woke up

### During *WITCHed*

Becca is working a late-night shift at her job, a restaurant, in downtown Nashville. She decided to walk to her car alone, despite the offer to go drinking with her work buddies.

During her walk, Becca hears a commotion in an alley up ahead. Although her instincts told her to hightail it out of there, she continued forward.In a blur, a dying, bloody woman is thrown out of the alley towards her.  Becca calls 911 for help, but it's too late for the woman. Before she dies she grabs Beccas hand, transfers her powers to her, and tells her to find Patrick. Once she dies, the man who killed the woman steps from the alley and confronts Becca.

Becca quickly scares him off after hitting him with a plank of wood.  When the police arrive, Becca spots Patrick in the crowd and they immediately recognize one another. Patrick convinces the on-scene detective to allow Becca to go home before taking a statement. He then guides Becca to a covered doorway, where he instructs her on how to use the talisman clasped in her hands to transmute themselves home.

At her apartment, Patrick informs Becca about the fact the woman in the alley, Lily, is a witch. Becca thinks hes crazy, but her gut tells her to trust him.

Through the first half of the book, Becca learns about her new powers with the help of Patrick, such as the fact that she gains energy from natural forces like rain, wind, and lightning storms.

## Trivia

* Becca is presumably named after her grandmother, who saved her mother from a fire when she was younger.

## References

1. ↑ WITCHed, Page 289, Paragraph 2
2. ↑ WITCHed, Page 160, Paragraph 6
3. ↑ WITCHed, Page 22, Paragraph 6
4. ↑ WITCHed, Page 22, Paragraph 4
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 WITCHed, Page 92, Paragraph 4
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 WITCHed, Page 328, Paragraph 3
7. ↑ WITCHed, Page 3, Paragraph 1&2
8. ↑ WITCHed, Page 4, Paragraph 4
9. ↑ WITCHed, Page 4, Paragraph 2
10. ↑ WITCHed, Page 5, Paragraph 3
11. ↑ WITCHed, Page 5, Paragraph 6
12. ↑ WITCHed, Page 7, Paragraph 2
13. ↑ WITCHed, Page 7, Paragraph 3
14. ↑ WITCHed, Page 8, Paragraph 3
15. ↑ WITCHed, Page 9, Paragraph 3
16. ↑ WITCHed, Page 14, Paragraph 1
17. ↑ WITCHed, Page 17, Paragraph 4
18. ↑ WITCHed, Page 19, Paragraph 6
19. ↑ WITCHed, Page 20, Paragraph 4
20. ↑ WITCHed, Page 21, Paragraph 5
21. ↑ WITCHed, Page 22, Paragraph 2
22. ↑ WITCHed, Page 23, Paragraph 3
23. ↑ WITCHed, Page 90, Paragraph 3