Emma Benson

## Life

Current age: 12Birthdate: Before June 1994

## Description

Species: WitchSex: Female
Hair colour: Blond
Eye colour: Blue

## Portrayed by

Adair tishler

**“You can’t help me either. It’s okay.”**

Emma Benson is a young witch who was kept in the dark about her magical abilities. She is an only child with an unnamed father and mother. Emma is a very clever and sneaky young girl and a very eager witch. She is known to be very annoying and so determined that she will do anything to get what she wants. Emma was the first Original character introduced in the fanfiction and is protrayed on here by a childhood photo of Adair Tishler.

## **Pestering Paige**

Emma found out she was a witch after eavesdropping on a conversation between her parents. She later heard her parents talking about the Charmed Ones and decided to turn to them to receive her magic training. Afraid they would turn her down, Emma researched them and learned that Paige was a social worker. With this information, she came up with an elaborate plan that was quite impressive, coming entirely from a child. Emma ran away from home and was found by a policeman in the early hours of the morning in torn clothes and filthy hair. It’s unclear why Emma was in this state, but it can be assumed she did it herself to make her look like a runaway. Once at the police station, Emma’s plan came into motion when Paige was sent to collect and interview her. At first, Emma played along, pretending to be a scared, lost child who ran away from home, creating a story about causing an accident that resulted in her mother spraining her ankle. She then admitted to Paige that the accident had been caused by powers, revealing she was a witch. Paige, wanting to be sure, took her to the Manor where they would talk freely. Once there, Emma met Coop and Phoebe and then revealed her entire plan. The adults were quite surprised but also very impressed.

While Phoebe and Paige were initially open to training Emma, Piper wouldn’t let them without the consent of Emma’s parents. At first, Emma seemed to accept the no and take the rejection well. However, she then started pestering not only Paige but her family as well and causing all sorts of trouble to catch Paige’s attention, trying to manipulate her into training her. She once tried shoplifting to catch Henry’s attention, knowing he was a parole officer, but Leo happened to be there at the time and took care of the situation, pretending to be Emma’s uncle. Once Leo knew who she was, he brought her to Paige, and she was again rejected. She also tried walking into the police station and asking Darryl to phone Paige, which he did, but Paige immediately told him to send Emma home and not indulge her. She also wrote to Phoebe twice through an “ask Phoebe” letter and then sent an email, both of which pleading for Phoebe to talk to Paige in hopes Phoebe could convince Paige to train her. However, Phoebe chose to ignore the first letter despite becoming concerned about Emma’s safety.

Paige was open to training Emma but refused to do so without the consent of Emma’s parents. However, Emma was terrified her parents would strip her of her magic if they knew that she knew she’s a witch. Her reasoning was that her parents had kept her in the dark and hadn’t trained her themselves.

Phoebe finally tells Paige about her concerns, and Paige thanks her. Knowing Phoebe’s power of empathy is never wrong, Paige decided it was best to investigate Phoebe’s concern. However, Emma assured her that she was perfectly safe at home and was simply just desperate to be taught magic. Paige offered to go with Emma to talk to her parents, but this only angered Emma further. After this, Emma wasn’t mentioned or seen, and it appeared as though she had given up.