Stella

Biography

Stella lives in South Howell with her father Bennie, his perfect new wife Karen who says things like "Nothing to it but to do it,", and her spoiled rotten step sister Grace who batts her eyelashes at Bennie and calls him *Daddy*. Despite Bennie being her biological parent he doesn't seem to know how to handle having a teenage daughter, and while Stella seeks his approval their relationship remains strained and awkward, leaving Stella feeling very separate from the rest of her family. She never considered the normalcy of her home life would be interrupted by so much. Her first issues arose when a sort of acquaintance named Lois asked her to come to a frat party to meet with a cute boy. In *"Delta Phi"* (Ep 1) Lois and Stella were abducted by frat boys she escaped with her life, but several other girls died. The circumstances led to the involvement of civilians and both Lois and Stella were forced to participate in a law suit against the fraternity. Lois and Stella were also forced to see a therapist. The council encouraged both of the girls to lie and say they were sexually assaulted, but both of them refused to do this. Bennie does not know how to handle this and mostly ignores the situation, while Karen believes that Stella was assaulted and doesn't want to admit it. Bennie has felt resentful of Stella since the three day camping trip in which he believes she cut all contact with them.

Grace is described as having green eyes. She considers Stella a problem child and tells Stella she upsets Bennie and shouldn't be there when Bennie comes home after being in the hospital. Grace also feels Stella is dramatic and gets too much attention. Grace calls Bennie Daddy and has a nanny.

* In "Delta Phi" (Ep 1) after Stella is released from the police station she is confronted by Karen and Bennie on the sidewalk  *'“Stella, we’re extremely concerned,” Bennie began, somewhat awkwardly.*

*Karen lifts a hand to silence him so she can handle this herself. “Stella, why are you lying to the police? These men need to be imprisoned. Bludgeoned, really.”*

*The teenager shifts uncomfortably under their intense stares. “I just wanna go home.”*

*“Young lady, this is not just about you,” Karen says lowly. “You need to speak out for every woman who’s been terrorized.”*

*“Karen!” Bennie scolds, his voice louder than he intended. He looks around to make sure no one saw and lowers his tone. “You can’t say that to her. Didn’t you listen to anything Detective Mathers said? This is a very sensitive topic.”*

*Stella wants nothing more than to melt through the floor and hide in the dirt underneath.*

*“Please, you guys, stop.”*

*“Honey, if they drugged you and you can’t remember what happened next, don’t you think that means they hurt you?” Karen asks, her face inches from Stella’s.*

*Stella is still for a moment. “That’s it.” She drops her arms, giving up. “I’m walking home.”'*

* In "*Pandora's Box*" (Ep 3) a trio of vampires (Raven, Pixie and Solea) attacked Stella's father after they weaseled an invitation out of her step mother and cut away some of Bennie's bone marrow due to him being a distant ancestor of someone they knew. Bennie wound up in a wheel chair and became very paranoid, he has been thinking about buying a gun and had a fancy new alarm system installed in the house. "*The front door slams open, almost knocking it off its hinges as it bangs in to the wall. Clifton Valentine stands there, crossbow raised and expertly trained on Raven and Stella. His brow is low and heavy, his grim expression telling them he isn’t fucking around.
    “Let her go,” he grits out angrily, teeth grinding.
    Raven is stunned by his sudden presence. “You’re that other hunter,” she hisses, pulling Stella tighter against her body. “A friend of Norman Wagner’s, I presume.”
    “Sent by him to stake you dusty,” he growls, slow steps forward.
    “Stop moving,” Raven demands. “I’ll snap her neck.” She runs red long nails across Stella’s clenching throat.
    In an instant, Clifton aims at Pixie and fires, the arrow flinging across the dining room and embedding in to her tiny chest, right beside her heart. The little vampire screams, releasing the doctor who immediately turns and knocks the pale child across the face and to the floor.
    “Pixie!” Raven howls, tossing Stella violently against the wall and knocking her unconscious as she rushes to her kin.
    Clifton runs to Stella to stand in front of her protectively, weapon still aimed on the group of vampires as they gather an injured Pixie in to their arms.
    “You’re coming with us,” Solea tells the unfortunate doctor, grabbing him by the skin of his collarbone and dragging him behind them as Raven hurriedly carries her bloody childe outside, away from the hunter.
    Clifton shouts angrily, heavy feet carrying him to the front door where he looks out. They’re already far in the distance, and he aims his crossbow for good measure. It’ll never land. He sighs heavily, dropping it to the floor and moving to attend to Bennie and his daughter. The man is completely passed out, hopefully having missed everything Clifton did to save their lives. Stella, on the other hand, would have to be spoken to.
    He’s already dialing the police when Grace finally comes down."*
* Stella goes to the hospital to visit Matt and Clifton in Ep 3. She finds out Clifton is a hunter and thanks him for saving her. *"Stella hesitates outside Matt’s hospital room for several moments. She doesn’t want to intrude on a family thing but also logically knows the pair wouldn’t mind. She opens it slowly, peeking her head around the corner like they won’t be able to see her. Upon finding their figures in the little room, they’re already staring at her with smiles.*

 *“Oh. Hi.” She awkwardly shuffles inside, closing the door gently. She walks toward the bed and moves to hug Matt but then stops halfway, worried it might hurt him.*

*Matt gestures toward him widely. “Aw, c’mere,” he says playfully, accepting her hug and petting her back lovingly.*

*Clifton finds the sentiment endearing. He’s always appreciated Stella’s loyalty to his son as a friend. Ira was a newer development in his life but they were just as close, almost brothers.*

*He gestures to the chair next to Matt’s bed and she appreciatively takes it.*

*“I’m not sure if you can have any but I bought some gummy worms from the gift shop.”*

*Matt looks to his dad, who nods, granting his permission. The teen greedily takes handfuls.*

*Clifton clears his throat, warm eyes meeting Stella’s. “How is your father?” He asks.*

 *“He’s in surgery,” her eyes fill with tears just to speak about him. “Karen’s here. She’s an absolute nightmare,” her voice is quiet and meek, like speaking any louder would be physically impossible.*

 *“Stella,” Clifton moistens his lips, sprawling out in his chair at the end of Matt’s hospital bed. “Do you know what they wanted? How did those vampires get in your home? The only way for vampires to get in a human’s home is if they’re invited in. Just like in the stories.”*

 *Matt looks between the two of them very seriously.*

 *Her lower lip wobbles, she looks down and shakes her head. “I don’t know. It’s been so crazy. I checked my phone and Karen texted something earlier about a car accident outside our house and apparently she was helping some people out. It must’ve been them.” She sniffles.*

 *Clifton nods slowly. “But you don’t know why.”*

 *Stella swallows, tucking hair behind her ear. “The doctor said that he was missing bone marrow. Bone marrow.”*

 *“What?” Matt leaned forward, his hands resting in his lap. “They… they cut out bone marrow?”*

 *Clifton leans his face in to his hand, eyes scanning the wall but not really seeing anything. He’s thinking about what that might mean, what he could know about rituals involving bone marrow and what that could do for vampires. It also seemed a little strange that it would specifically be Bennie Pendleton, the father of his daughter’s friend. He knew him pretty well from neighborhood barbecues and parent-teacher nights, he was just another business oriented man with no idea what was actually going on around him. He had nothing to do with Raven.*

 *“I’m not…” Stella sighs. “Exactly sure, what you have to do with all this,” she speaks directly to Clifton. “Are you going to help?”*

 *The man’s jaw clenches. If there’s any teenager in the world he can trust with this it’s probably Stella. Besides, his cover was already blown to the vamps themselves. “I’m a vampire hunter. I have been for years. I’m sorry Matt never told you but I told him he couldn’t everyday. If you’re angry, be angry with me.”*

 *Stella takes time to process what she’s hearing, and immediately looks to Matt for affirmation. He looks just as uncertain as his father sounds.*

 *“Okay,” it comes from her as a whisper. She clears her throat. “Yeah, okay. I.. I understand. I won’t tell anyone.”*

 *Clifton relaxed, shoulders slouching. “We knew we could count on you.” He places a hand on her shoulder reassuringly. “You can count on us, too. And we’re gonna figure out what those vampires want and I’m gonna kill them dead for what they did to your dad. Got it?”*

 *She offers the very slightest of a smile, bobbing her head at him slowly.*

 *“Thank you. Thank you for saving my life,” it’s the most heartfelt thing she’s ever said.*

 *“Yeah,” Matt chimes in agreement. “Thanks, dad.”*

 *Clifton tries not to let it, but his heart swells with appreciation anyway. He hides it with his face, because right now he’s supposed to be the strong father figure. Probably now more than ever."*

* In "Presence of Mind" (Ep 4) Stella and Lois are spoken to by Diane from the council. She pressures them to claim they were sexually assaulted but Lois and Stella refuse. *“I’m not telling my dad, who just got out of life or death surgery, that I was sexually assaulted by a bunch of fraternity brothers,” Stella can’t believe the nerve of these watchers.*

 *The English woman they’re speaking to shakes their head, her bottom leaned against the desk in Anita’s office. “You don’t have to tell him that. It’s just a suggestion for when you’re next interviewed by the detective. They already, as they believe, ‘know’ it to be true. From their perspective, you’re just lying about it. So you may as well just confirm it to them. Besides, don’t you want the judge giving these boys jail time? Without your cooperation, they walk free.”*

 *Stella and Lois look at one another.*

 *“We just can’t,” Stella says. “There’s no way.”*

 *“You can’t just ask someone to do that,” Lois said. “Yeah those weirdos should get in trouble, but hello? Our parents? Oh right, that doesn’t matter to you, you just want to neatly put it away.” Lois folded her arms, leaning back hard in her chair. She was more than annoyed, she’d felt it since these huffy people walked in the door, they thought they were so much smarter and better than the bunch of them.*

 *“Lois, Stella, this doesn’t end with the two of you. If those boys are back on the streets they’re just going to hurt more women.”*

 *“Anita!” Lois hollered, from around the door the librarian stepped out where she’d been waiting barely out of earshot. Diane had insisted she wait outside and give the girls a chance to represent themselves. Lois didn’t want to do that anymore.*

 *“Diane,” Anita said carefully.*

 *“It’s just a suggestion,” she said somberly.*

* During "Presence of Mind" (Ep 4) Stella tells Matt that Bennie and her family think they survived a home invasion, have bought a new alarm system, and now Grace has a nanny.

When the effects of the curse begin in Ep 4, Stella begins hearing things. This is when she runs into Solea. *"Stella ends at the bottom of the grandiose staircase leading to the third floor. The marble floor squeaks beneath her sneakers, no one around as she turns and turns, terrified. Regardless, the sounds of feet clicking on the floor still echo in her head.*

 *“I saw a man upon the stairs,” Several voices echo, layered on one another.*

 *Stella immediately checks the staircase. The lights above it flicker to blackness.*

 *“I saw a man that wasn’t there,”*

 *“Stop!” Stella demanded, shrinking back with an open mouth.*

 *“He wasn’t there again today. I wish, I wish, he’d go away.”*

 *The teen breathes heavily, on the verge of a panic attack. Her heart feels too big for her chest, like it’s going to burst. She can’t possibly move, her feet frozen solid, planted to the marble. It’s pure silence now, too quiet. Hesitantly, with quaking limbs, she checks her surroundings in a slow pivot.*

 *A very dark shadow looms on the staircase, something that radiates evil and death.*

 *Startled, she screams at the top of her lungs and sprints down the hallway with legs that feel like jello, away from that thing she’s certain she hallucinated. It isn’t worth that risk though.*

 *She stops when she reaches a room of ancient artifacts and mannequins with clothing of roman times. It’s dark in here, so the exhibit is obviously closed to the public for some reason. Stella barely even registers it.*

*“What’s wrong with me?” She whispers to herself, wild eyes erratic and dilated.*

 *“Hey,” a new voice is present. Solea emerges from the shadows of the room, a few faded yellow bones in her hands. She tilts her head at Stella. “Aren’t you that girl?”*

 *Stella stares at the vampire she recognizes from her house for a long moment. She’s breathing heavy again, confusing the vampire. “YOU’RE NOT REAL!” She screams at the top of her lungs, running away and knocking over a statue as she does. It shatters on the floor.*

 *Solea spins, watching after where she’d disappeared, still holding on to the bones. “Fascinating.”*

* In Ep 4 when the group meets up after the trip they conclude that Stella, Matt, Mia and Lois  clearly under the influence of a curse. *"[Matt, Stella and Mia] entered the room, finding not just Anita but Marley and Ira sitting at the main library table, all pouring over a small hill of texts. “How was the field trip?” Anita turned, looking up from the book she had been holding while she paced. “Bad,” Mia said. “Very bad. Something’s going on. We thought it would get better on the bus, but it’s not getting any better.” “What’s not getting any better?” Marley asked. “The voices,” Stella said. “And I want to crawl up in a ball and die,” Mia volunteered. “So much.” The library doors swung inwards, Lois striding in looking pretty peeved. “Something freaky is going on.” Anita stared, for a moment dumbstruck, it was a lot of information to take in.“There’s some kind of magic going on, maybe a spell or a curse. It could even be on the museum,” Matt sits on the stairs, so grateful to have physical distance between himself and everyone else.“It’s been making us act crazy,” Stella agrees. “But, in different ways. Matt’s being awkward.”Matt frowns at the comment and adds his own. “And Stella’s been hallucinating and running around.” He motions running by walking his fingers across the air. “And you’re what, again?” Ira asked. “Sad. Very sad. I know I’m not the glowiest person but I kind of want to sink through the earth.” “I want to jump off balconies,” Lois said. “And in front of school buses, apparently. I guess I’m emo now.” “That isn’t nice,” Mia said. “What isn’t nice?” Lois asked. “To say emo kids do that. Some of them are just expressing themselves.” “What, girl?” Lois asked. “Are you kidding, right now?” Ira interrupted quickly. “Is it getting worse or has there been no change?” It was a good question, one Anita should have asked. She shook her head, snapping out of her stupor. “I’d say it’s getting worse,” Mia said. “How do we even fight something like this? It’s magic, we don’t know magic! We’re totally doomed.” “I’ll sort everything,” Anita attempts to comfort the group of panicking teenagers. “I’m certain someone has either done this purposefully to you or you’ve come in contact with a curse of some kind. We can search the texts for some sort of reversal spell, or the exact spell that’s done this in the first place.”*
* In "Presence of Mind" (Ep 4) Bennie, Karen and Grace come to the school for parent teacher night while Stella is still experiencing hearing voices in her head. *"It was the waiting game now. Waiting for their parents to show up. Stella received a text from her step mother to meet them out front of the school and just like that she was the first of her friends to be sacrificed in to the unknown of middle aged parents, teachers, and badly made punch.*

 *So now she stood outside the school, listening to crickets chirp as she waited for her dad and his wife. She expected a car to pull up in front of her, but instead saw them walking from their parking spot. She waves them over.*

 *Karen rolls Bennie in his wheelchair in the direction of her step daughter, her ten year old at her side. She goes to give Stella a kiss on the cheek and a weak hug.*

 *“Didn’t you wear this to school?” Karen greets, combing her outfit with disapproving eyes.*

 *“She thinks you’re a dirty slut.”*

 *Stella physically gasps at the insult of the voice in her head.*

 *“What?” Bennie asks, gripping his wife’s hand where it leans on the bar of his wheelchair. Grace eyes Stella suspiciously.*

 *“Nothing, let’s go inside. Everyone’s just starting to show up..”*

* During "Presence of Mind" when Raven, Solea and Pixie attempt to open the seal it begins an earthquake during Parent Teacher Conferences.
* After the conferences end the group sneaks back to the library to perform the counter-spell with Anita. Anita, Stella and Mia perform the spell and break the curse. They agree they have to figure out what Raven and the others were up to in the basement.
* In "Party Crashers" (Ep 5) Stella asks Bennie what Raven said when she attacked him and learns what happened. He told her he was the ancestor of 'some guy' and that was why she needed his bone marrow.
* Stella has a bit of a complex about losing her virginity, she is afraid but very much wants to get it over with. At the same time, she wants to have sex for the first time with someone she trusts and knows cares about her. *"“I just don’t really wanna have sex with someone I’m not comfortable with,” Stella had a hard enough time saying it and it angers her when she realizes [Matt] hasn’t even heard her response."*
* In Ep 5, Matt and Stella briefly discuss the Delta Phi case. Stella says maybe the fraternity has learned their lesson and Matt reminds her they have sacrificed other girls before them. Stella says there should be some watcher version of a prison. *"“Yeah, but,” [Matt] drops his voice to avoid the chance of being heard, despite the fact that the other teens are far too drunk to even notice them talking. “That watcher was pretty clear. If you guys don’t pursue this, they’ll go free.”*

 *“Maybe that’s not such a bad thing,” Stella’s tone says she believes otherwise. “Maybe they learned a valuable lesson about not-summoning demon gods from a hell dimension.”*

 *Matt snorts at the concept. “They killed other girls before they came for you and Lois. They’re murderers. Plain and simple.”*

 *Stella visibly shrinks, disappointed at his response. She wanted permission to let it go.*

 *“Can’t we just lock them in some watcher version of a prison? There has to be someone in charge of supernatural laws, there just has to.” Her eyes widen, like she’s just come up with something brilliant. “Like monster amendments! Thou shalt not feed thy neighbor to demons.”*

* In "Party Crashers" (Ep 5) all are present when Lois' house starts falling apart. Anita shows up and gives Marley a weapon to kill the troll. Mia confesses that the spell is her fault. *"Her silver Coupe sped through the comfortable suburbs of the neighborhood, when she stopped in front of the house she saw that Lois had neglected to mention it was falling apart. She could hear screaming as she slammed her car door, snagging her weapons bag by the leather-y black strap and running for the house. A roar around the backyard won her attention, the tall picket fence concealing one of the people engaged in combat, but not the other which towered above- a troll. Why in the world was there a troll there?*

 *Anita ran for the gate, unlatching it in record time. When she threw it open she saw Marley, her suspicions confirmed that it was indeed a troll. She was baffled for half a second, but there was no time for hesitation, or confusion. She threw down her weapons bag, hurrying to unzip it as the sound of fists hitting flesh and battle cries sounded behind her. She lifted a long sabre from the bag, unsheathing it with a hiss. The sharp silver blade was perfect for penetrating thick flesh, and she turned to holler to Marley. Marley stood on the edge of a massive below ground pool, the troll clumsily throwing its fists at her as she led it around the corner. Anita ran over, calling out the girls name then throwing the sword. Marley struck out her hand, catching it around the grip.*

 *Marley engages in a one-sided dance with the beast, moving in a synchronized fashion of striking and pulling back. She slices him across the belly, further angering him. Matt, Topher and Stella were outside, watching on with Ira, Lois, Mia and Anita.*

 *Lois goes to stand by Topher’s side, stunned to see him out here, but also happy he isn’t dead.*

 *“Hey,” he greets, eyes trained on the battle like a ping pong match. “Great party.” He wipes the back of his hand on his shirt, green blood staining it.*

 *The troll clips Marley, knocking her with his fist and picking her up by her shirt to throw her. She turns the toss in to a cartwheel, hanging on to his bulky fist to support her weight. She swings the sword up high and brings it down in to the center of his belly, still holding his arm as she pulls it back out with all her clenching strength and sends it back in, forcing the troll to stab itself.*

 *It collapses on to its back, shaking the ground but not quite dead. It gasps, eyes glazed.*

 *Marley almost feels bad as she bring the sword down into the center of its face. Almost.*

 *Stella shields her eyes to avoid watching the bloody final blow. It isn’t something she thinks she’ll ever be ready for.*

 *Matt, on the other hand, is cheering for Marley, whooping and clapping his hands. He’d never known a slayer, but so far he was very impressed. As quickly as she’d been chosen she’d surpassed his own father.*

 *The backyard is suddenly filled with exciting chatter.*

 *“What is going on?” Topher asks Lois, a big smile on his face. “I’ve never done anything like that,” he looks down at his gooey shirt then at the dead troll. “I’ve never seen anything like that!” He points.*

 *“Wait,” Matt scratched his head, one mystery still bugging him. “What happened tonight? Was it Raven, again? Did she mess with our personalities, again?”*

 *“And make demons attack?” Marley chimes in. “What was that?” Her eyes flash to Anita. She wasn’t exactly sure why her watcher was here, but she knew if anyone had answers it would be her.*

 *Mia slowly steps forward, clearing her throat. She looks like she wants to disappear.*

 *“I have something to say,” she announced, as if they hadn’t all looked at her when she stepped up. “This is all my fault. I-I did a spell.”*

 *“What sort of spell?” Anita asked sternly.*

 *“I found it at a book from the dollar store! I didn’t think it would actually work. Ever since last week, I’ve been feeling depressed. The feeling went away, but not completely,” Mia said, which was a half-truth, if not somewhat watered down. “So I did a spell, for bending will. Because I wanted to will myself all better. Get it?”*

 *“Get it?” Lois asked. “Get it? Look at my house!”*

 *Anita frowned. “I’ll need to see that book, Mia.”*

 *Matt can’t believe what he’s hearing. He expected much more from Mia, especially since he’d gotten to know her a little better and they’d actually become friends. People should know better than to mess with magic, that stuff isn’t a game. Realization dawns on him. “You’re the reason I was…” his eyes flicker toward Stella, who is still looking way too hot for his liking. His face flushes.*

 *“Is that why Ira and I were acting so…” she shrugs. “Teenaged?” she shakes her head, stunned. “And also the demons. Holy shit, Mia. Why would you do something like this? The demons were an accident, right?”*

 *“Of course,” Mia said. “I would never hurt anyone on purpose.”*

 *“That girl is in the hospital, because of you!” Lois said. “Whether it was on purpose or not, that’s on you!”*

 *“Lois,” Ira said firmly.*

 *“No,” Lois said, shaking her head. She wouldn’t be told off when Mia was clearly in the wrong. “It is her fault. That’s the truth.”*

 *Anita was on the phone behind them, talking in a hushed tone. She nodded to herself and hung up. Lois turned to look at her. “So? Can they like, fix my house?” Lois didn’t actually believe it, but she had to ask. “There’s got to be a spell for this or something.”*

 *“They’re bringing a truck,” Anita said.*

 *“A truck?” Lois asked, baffled. “A truck for what?”*

* While Lois' house is being knocked down, after Stella's conversation with Topher, she decides she needs to talk to Matt alone. She asks him if he wants to lose his virginity with her and he tells her he doesn't, his shock leaving him blurting it out rather harshly. *"“I know what you’re going to say,” he tells her shamefully. “I really am sorry for how I acted tonight. You know I would never want to make you feel weird.” he sighs, shoving his hands in his pockets. “Somehow it seems to be all I’m doing, lately.” Matt’s face is gloomy.*

 *Stella aggressively runs her fingers through her hair, trying not to give in to her racing heart and walk away. “I’m not mad,” she assures, eyes searching his. She’s trying to get a feel for how he might respond to her question.*

 *“Are you sure? It’s okay if you are.” He looks down sullenly.*

 *“I’m not,” Stella says more firmly. “At first I was a little...confused,” she explains honestly. “But things have been cleared up for me. I had this conversation with Topher…” she trails off as he interrupts.*

 *“Topher?” He blinks. “Why?”*

 *“You were saying some stuff tonight about our statuses as…” she cringes to say it. “virgins.”*

 *Matt’s heart skips a beat. “Don’t tell me you did something with that guy, I swear…” he won’t be able to bear it if she actually had sex with a creepy 24-year old man because of something that he said.*

 *“No! Pfft, what?” Stella can’t help but laugh at that. “Of course not.”*

 *Matt can relax, his breathing returning to normal. “Okay, just checking.”*

 *“I might’ve freaked out when you were kind of.. flirting with me, but it’s just ‘cause I never thought about it before.” She swallows hard, hoping he takes it well. When she is finally able to look at him, his eyes are quizzical. “I actually think it would make a lot of sex..” she blinks hard, shaking her head. “I mean, sense…. If we… lost it.” she holds her breath. “To like, each other.”*

 *Matt stares at Stella, wide-eyed. She couldn’t possibly mean that. His gaze is fixed on hers, like he’s trying to read some kind of subtext to make logic out of her words.*

 *“You want me to take your virginity?” He inquires numbly, the words coming out much more plain than the panic inside.*

 *“Well, I’d be taking yours too,” she says quietly, eyes downcast.*

 *Matt laughs shortly, then stops when she intensely looks up at him again. “Uh…” he scratches the spot behind his ear, not sure how to handle this. “No?” It probably wasn’t the best way.*

 *Stella considers this, brow furrowed. “Hm..” she nods, not really understanding. “No?”*

 *“Yeah…” he narrows his eyes thoughtfully. “Yeah, no.”*

 *Stunned at his lack of response, she’s slack jawed.*

 *“I can’t do that,” he explains with purpose, feeling entirely awkward. “I-I can’t even believe you want to do that. Don’t you think that would ruin our friendship?”*

 *Stella crosses her arms tightly against her chest. “It could make it better.”*

 *Matt scoffs in disagreement.*

 *“Matt,” she’s hesitant to even talk about it anymore. “Are you seriously saying no?”*

 *He shifts his weight to the opposite leg under her intense glare. “I’m really sorry,” his eyes are pleading. “I just don’t think it’s a good idea.”*

 *Stella wants nothing more than to burst into tears, but her pride is absolutely against doing that. She’s never felt so humiliated, so rejected before. She swallows back the lump in her throat, blinking furiously at those tears trying to surface. Her eyes well up despite the anger at herself for doing so.*

 *“Stella…” he can plainly see how hurt she is, and it makes her feel even worse.*

 *“I have to go home now,” her chin wrinkles as the fight to not-cry is lost. She shoves past his shoulder, walking in long determined strides toward the road. She’s not entirely sure what she’s doing, but she knows she’ll get an Uber whenever she’s far away from here."*

* In "*Blood Rites and Sacrifices*" (Ep 7) Stella is abducted and set to be sacrificed besides several other young virgins. She watches as three of the women have their throat slit before she is rescued by the group, after having a blade dug into her own neck. Stella learns when she is abducted that they are trying to bring back Pixie's father.
* In "Bloodrites and Sacrifices" (Ep 7) Clifton fills everyone in on what he knows. They all piece together that Stella has been abducted for a virgin sacrifice to raise Adonis. *"“What do you know about Raven?” he directs his attention to the watcher.*

 *“We… don’t know much.” She hates to admit it.*

 *“Let me enlighten you,” Clifton clears his throat, walking toward the table. “Raven is a 400 year old vampire responsible for hundreds if not thousands of deaths in both Europe and the United States. She and her former romantic companion and sire, Adonis, travelled, leaving bodies behind them everywhere they went. They hit every state and left them in a trail. Many hunters have tried to take them on, many have failed.”*

 *Matt hangs on his father’s every word, information he neglected to tell even him.*

 *“She even sired a ten year old girl she took in as her own and taught to torment and kill in the same twisted manner. These vampires are old. They’re wise.”*

 *“What about the blonde?” Matt asks.*

 *“That’s Solea,” he answers. It bothers him that his son even had an encounter with the vampires. “They turned her in the 1960’s.”*

 *“What happened to Adonis?” Ira inquires, arms crossed.*

 *“He was trapped in a hell dimension in the 1980’s by a group known as ‘Apostle’. They were an alliance of hunters and witches who formed for the purpose of trapping him, along with Raven, Solea and the little girl, Pixie. They only successfully captured Adonis before they were slaughtered by Raven. He’s been trapped since while they walk free. Their trail of blood isn’t as thick as it once was, but they’ve only slowed down out of necessity. For survival.”*

 *“Wait a minute,” Mia steals the spotlight, flipping through the pages of the book of blood rites. “I passed this one ritual without really considering it. It involves the ‘raising of an undead’, a - a transfer through dimensions, of sorts. It’s really black magic, dark stuff. As much as any of this is, I guess.”*

 *Anita takes the book, reading through it with scanning eyes. “It says that less powerful alternatives to this ritual involve the bone marrow of an enemy’s descendant.” She quirks a brow, the truth settling in.*

 *“There’s something else, too…” Anita frowns, placing the book on the table.*

 *“What is it?” Matt swallows.*

 *“Virgin sacrifice,” Mia finishes for the watcher."*

* After meeting with Rory Flick about the prophecy, Marley & Anita delegate the team to different sections of South Howell. When it becomes apparent they aren't at the mall, Marley and Anita go to the arcade and find the results of the massacre. They tell the others Raven was successful and Adonis is back.
* Matt tells Ira that Marley hesitated to save Stella when she had the opportunity to kill Solea. Ira said anyone would struggle with that decision. Stella was understanding of Marley's position.
	+ In Ep 9 "Bitterroot" the group is in a car accident. Piper breaks her arm and Mia gets a mild concussion. The van is totaled and the group is stranded. A storm begins to brew and Ira goes missing after searching for a stick for Piper's cast. Marley and Mia go looking for Ira, while Topher decides that he wants to retrace their steps back along the road and see if he can get back to the gas station. Lois goes with him but they ultimately turn back. Mia and Marley find a cabin in the woods with ritualistic writing and a hay man inside. Matt, Piper and Stella lay low at camp. Marley and Mia find Ira and drag him back to the camp, where Stella tends to his wounds. Topher and Lois return, unsuccessful in getting help. Over the night Lois sees a wendigo attack a wild animal, Lois wakes Marley who says they'll deal with it in the morning. Stella makes everyone pancakes and they realize Ira has a fever. Some of the group doubt Lois saw what she said she did.
* In "*Uncanny Valley*" (Ep 10) after being sneezed on by a flower Stella has a vision of a memory, "...*she was at dinner with her father being told she had to meet Karen’s family. After Bennie yells at her for not wanting to go, a bulb shatters in her room. “Overwhelmed by a cold feeling behind her and spins around, coming face to face with a decayed looking young woman with large frizzy dark hair. Her deadened teeth rub together. She’s staring at her past self sitting at the vanity. Stella screams, running out of the bedroom.”*
* In "Genesis" (Ep 11) Bennie is finally off his crutches. While he is coming home Grace tells Stella maybe she shouldn't be there, because she'll just upset him like always. Stella says he upsets himself. Bennie has a warm reunion with Karen and Grace, though things remain strained between him and Stella.
* Has fish
* Never had a boyfriend
* Her dad calls her Pumpkin
* Favorite stuffed animal is Ms. Puddles a lamb
* Has an Aunt in Florida who sent her a pencil kit
* Curfew is 11PM

Stella’s House

Faded pink bedroom door

## South Howell High School

Stella is sixteen and a Junior at South Howell.

## Personality

Stella is sweet and earnest, but a little naive. She's becoming more aware of the real world as her experiences with the supernatural hit closer and closer to home. She is understanding to a fault, and extremely trustworthy.

## Appearance

Stella is a pretty girl with long blonde hair and dark eyes.

## Relationships

#### Romantic

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Garrett

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Stella is set up on a date with Garrett through Lois. He tells her she looks nice while they are in the car, later slipping her a drugged drink which leads to the events that unfold in "*Delta Ph*i" (Ep 1)

#### Friendships/Relationships

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Matt

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Matt and Stella are best friends who knew each other since ninth grade, meeting in Geometry. Their fathers get along well and have family events, like barbecues.

* She finds out Clifton is a hunter in "*Pandora's Box*" (Ep 3) after he saves her, they tell her in hospital, she's very understanding as to why Matt kept it from her.
* Have English together
* In "*Party Crashers*" Ep 5 after taking Topher’s advice asks Matt if he wants to lose his virginity with her. He turns her down rather harshly because he feels uncomfortable, it isn't something he intends and he later tries to make things right but things are extremely awkward. Stella avoids him and says she doesn’t think they can be friends at the end of the episode. They make up automatically in "Blood Rites and Sacrifices" (Ep 7) after she is almost sacrifices. He sleeps over her house and keeps an eye on her.
* Partner up to be parents of little CJ PV in Ep 8.
* In "Uncanny Valley" Ep 10 she apologizes over Topher, he doesn’t feel she needs to just doesn’t get why. They agree to get over it/basically not speak on it.
* In Ep 10 after being chased by wendigoes are forced to jump off of a rock ledge into a waterfall.
* After having hallucinations in the woods Matt and her become concerned there might be a ghost in her house.
* Bennie is angry with Matt because in Ep 9 made Matt swear to protect Stella, in Ep 10 she was less than protected..
* Knows Matt and Ira were in the hospital in Ep 3 "Pandora's Box", was with Marley at the time. She finds out then that Clifton is a hunter when Clifton tells her.
* During Ep 4 "Presence of Mind" Matt & Stella begin experiencing the curse, Matt's presenting as anxiety and Stella hearing voices in her head. Matt begins to accidentally lead Stella on, but she is more distracted by the voices. *"“Hey. What’s going on?” Paranoid that someone might be listening, he glances around the room. No one nearby.*

 *Stella frantically toys with her hair, trying not to cry. “Something is going on with me. I’m hearing stuff.” She winces to look at him. No blood.*

 *Flustered, Matt isn’t sure how to respond. “What stuff?” He shuffles his leg erratically. “I’m having some stuff as well.”*

 *“Don’t trust him.” Stella gives pause, rubbing shaking clammy hands over her jeans. “He’s not to be trusted,” the voice warns her in a creepy whisper.*

 *“Stella?” He urges, pushing her to explain. She continues to stew in silence, looking down, and Matt reaches out to touch her hand. She immediately yanks it back, standing up.*

 *“Sorry!” Matt croaked. “Was that weird?” He can’t quite look her in the eyes, slumping in to the bench.*

 *Stella throws her hands up, narrowing her eyes. “What? No!” She creases her brow, hand rubbing across her whole face with frustration. “They’re telling me not to trust you.” She almost trips over her own feet backing up.*

 *Matt stands, extending an arm. “Who is telling you..?”*

 *“Most girls do not creep by daylight,” The rusty sounding demonic voice tells her, this time joined by another whisper echoing underneath it in the distance.*

 *“I’m sorry, I…” Stella’s head throbs. “I have to go. Please don’t follow us.”*

 *“But…” he has no chance to speak as she runs away again, leaving him feeling a little insane in that hallway."*

* After the curse of the dagger is lifted in Ep 4, Matt apologizes for being weird to Stella. It makes things weird. *“I just felt like a fool around you,” he says with an awkward laugh, this time not caused by magic. “I’m sorry for that.”*

 *“It was a spell,” Stella rolls her eyes. “Nothing to forgive.”*

 *“So we’re all good? I can touch your hand without it being weird,” he jokes, reaching out to gently pull on her fingers. It’s much weirder than he anticipated. Much, much weirder - and just when he thought they were in the clear. Both of their eyes widen, and Matt shoves his hands in the pockets of his jacket.*

 *“Anyway, I’m gonna get going.” He shuffles his feet away, hating himself with every step."*

* At Lois' party in "Party Crashers" (Ep 5) Matt encourages Stella to talk to some guys at the party so they can get on project lose their virginity. Stella becomes uncomfortable and says none of these guys are her type.
* In Ep 5 Matt continues to flirt with Stella due to Mia's spell. *"Matt nods curtly, completely silent. He has the overwhelming urge to say something about how cute she looked as a fairy and actually finds himself having to hold his tongue to avoid it. It’s a weird situation to be in and he’s never felt that way about Stella before. When they first met, maybe, but it was just because she was a girl and she was cute.".....Matt throws his head back with a powerful laugh. “You are something else, for sure,” he says with a smile. Her eyes light up at the sonorous way he says it, and it causes a tightening in Matt’s chest. He frowns at the suddenness of this intense feeling. It was reminiscent of his ‘fun’ at the museum, the unexpected overwhelming anxiety. Only this time he was overwhelmed by Stella.*

 *Desperate to fill the silence, Matt attempts to change the subject. “Fairy is a really good look for you, though. You should wear it to school sometime.”*

 *Stella grins, crossing her eyes. The purple sparkly makeup winding decoratively around her eyes is more obvious under the direct light of the kitchen. “Just, wear a fairy costume to school ‘sometime’?” Her amusement is evident. “That’s absurd.”*

 *“Well, that works then,” he mutters, his eyes dancing over her costume. “Because you’re absurdly beautiful.” He can feel his cheeks reddening, but he’s becoming more sure of himself. Like he knows that this is what he wants to do.*

*Stella’s puzzled expression is a stain on her face. “...What?” she manages weakly, nervously looking up at him through her lashes. She laughs shortly, forced. “Are you drunk?” She isn’t sure.*

*“I only took one shot,” he tells her honestly. “You know I’m not a big drinker.”*

*That explains nothing, so she nods numbly. “Oh.”*

* Stella and Topher are together in the kitchen when the first demon attacks. They trap it in the pantry together. Matt comes in to help them. *"Topher looks to Stella to see what she’s thinking. She reluctantly bobs her head at Topher, and they move out of the way. The pantry door smashes open and Matt takes a few evasive steps back, preparing for hand to hand combat. The blue demon charges, shouldering Matt and instantly plunging him to the tile, knocking the knife out of his hands and sending it across the floor toward Topher and Stella."*
* Stella and Topher are together in the kitchen when the first demon attacks. They trap it in the pantry together. Matt comes in to help them. *"Topher looks to Stella to see what she’s thinking. She reluctantly bobs her head at Topher, and they move out of the way. The pantry door smashes open and Matt takes a few evasive steps back, preparing for hand to hand combat. The blue demon charges, shouldering Matt and instantly plunging him to the tile, knocking the knife out of his hands and sending it across the floor toward Topher and Stella.*

*The fairy snags the weapon off the floor, Topher slack-jawed at her decision to do that.*

 *“What is that thing?” The stoner stutters out.*

 *Matt and the demon grapple on the floor as it attempts to subdue him and wrap its hands around his neck.*

 *“That’s exactly what it is,” Stella huffs as she approaches, shaking. She’s mostly reminding herself of that fact, since she’s about to end its existence. “It’s a thing!” She sinks the knife in to the back of the demon’s neck and blood squirts upwards, coating her face. She shrieks, high-pitched, and stumbles backwards into Topher. The demon continues its attack on Matt, long skinny fingers tightening on his throat.*

 *Seeing what’s going to happen, Topher snatches the knife from Stella and bounds forward, bringing it back down on the spot Stella had earlier struck, only plunging far deeper. The creature yowls as it’s neck is sliced in to, fatally wounding it. Its full deadweight collapses on Matt’s prone form. He immediately starts trying to push it off of him, grunting his struggle. Topher helps, throwing the lifeless creature to the side.*

 *Stella is clutching her face, horrified, trying to wipe the green blood out of her hair and off her skin.*

 *Heavily breathing, Topher and Matt exchange a glance. The guy might be weird, but Matt was grateful he saved his life. He owed him one."*

* While Lois' house is being knocked down, after Stella's conversation with Topher, she decides she needs to talk to Matt alone. She asks him if he wants to lose his virginity with her and he tells her he doesn't, his shock leaving him blurting it out rather harshly. *"“I know what you’re going to say,” he tells her shamefully. “I really am sorry for how I acted tonight. You know I would never want to make you feel weird.” he sighs, shoving his hands in his pockets. “Somehow it seems to be all I’m doing, lately.” Matt’s face is gloomy.*

 *Stella aggressively runs her fingers through her hair, trying not to give in to her racing heart and walk away. “I’m not mad,” she assures, eyes searching his. She’s trying to get a feel for how he might respond to her question.*

 *“Are you sure? It’s okay if you are.” He looks down sullenly.*

 *“I’m not,” Stella says more firmly. “At first I was a little...confused,” she explains honestly. “But things have been cleared up for me. I had this conversation with Topher…” she trails off as he interrupts.*

 *“Topher?” He blinks. “Why?”*

 *“You were saying some stuff tonight about our statuses as…” she cringes to say it. “virgins.”*

 *Matt’s heart skips a beat. “Don’t tell me you did something with that guy, I swear…” he won’t be able to bear it if she actually had sex with a creepy 24-year old man because of something that he said.*

 *“No! Pfft, what?” Stella can’t help but laugh at that. “Of course not.”*

 *Matt can relax, his breathing returning to normal. “Okay, just checking.”*

 *“I might’ve freaked out when you were kind of.. flirting with me, but it’s just ‘cause I never thought about it before.” She swallows hard, hoping he takes it well. When she is finally able to look at him, his eyes are quizzical. “I actually think it would make a lot of sex..” she blinks hard, shaking her head. “I mean, sense…. If we… lost it.” she holds her breath. “To like, each other.”*

 *Matt stares at Stella, wide-eyed. She couldn’t possibly mean that. His gaze is fixed on hers, like he’s trying to read some kind of subtext to make logic out of her words.*

 *“You want me to take your virginity?” He inquires numbly, the words coming out much more plain than the panic inside.*

 *“Well, I’d be taking yours too,” she says quietly, eyes downcast.*

 *Matt laughs shortly, then stops when she intensely looks up at him again. “Uh…” he scratches the spot behind his ear, not sure how to handle this. “No?” It probably wasn’t the best way.*

 *Stella considers this, brow furrowed. “Hm..” she nods, not really understanding. “No?”*

 *“Yeah…” he narrows his eyes thoughtfully. “Yeah, no.”*

 *Stunned at his lack of response, she’s slack jawed.*

 *“I can’t do that,” he explains with purpose, feeling entirely awkward. “I-I can’t even believe you want to do that. Don’t you think that would ruin our friendship?”*

 *Stella crosses her arms tightly against her chest. “It could make it better.”*

 *Matt scoffs in disagreement.*

 *“Matt,” she’s hesitant to even talk about it anymore. “Are you seriously saying no?”*

 *He shifts his weight to the opposite leg under her intense glare. “I’m really sorry,” his eyes are pleading. “I just don’t think it’s a good idea.”*

 *Stella wants nothing more than to burst into tears, but her pride is absolutely against doing that. She’s never felt so humiliated, so rejected before. She swallows back the lump in her throat, blinking furiously at those tears trying to surface. Her eyes well up despite the anger at herself for doing so.*

 *“Stella…” he can plainly see how hurt she is, and it makes her feel even worse.*

 *“I have to go home now,” her chin wrinkles as the fight to not-cry is lost. She shoves past his shoulder, walking in long determined strides toward the road. She’s not entirely sure what she’s doing, but she knows she’ll get an Uber whenever she’s far away from here."*

* Stella and Matt bump into each other at the library following their interaction. Stella says she does not know if they can still be friends. *"☀ “Stella,” he calls, running up to her in the hallway until he’s caught up. “Hey, wait.” He tugs her arm and she yanks it back, stopping to face him silently. “Can I talk to you for a minute?”*

 *“Do you really think that’s necessary?” She sighs.*

 *His brow droops low. “Yeah,” he frowns. “Yeah, I do think it’s necessary. We’re friends?” He pulls on the strap of his backpack just for something to do with his hand.*

 *“I’m gonna be late for class,” Stella replies, pursing her lips.*

 *“Come on, don’t be like this,” Matt pleads, watching her grimace. “You know how much I care about you. I can’t stand this.”*

 *The girl scoffs so violently her ponytail shakes. “Can you blame me?” she gestures wildly with her hands. “Matt, things are so beyond weird between us now. I don’t even,” she crosses her arms, calming herself down and letting her features mellow. “I don’t even think we can be friends anymore.”*

 *The hurt look on his face makes her want to take it all back but she’s sticking to her guns.*

 *“Stell, are you serious?” His jaw muscles jump in agitation. “It doesn’t have to be like that.”*

 *Stella rolls her tongue inside her mouth, clutching her books tightly. “Please, Matt. Just..” her eyes are beginning to sting again, like she might cry. “Just give me some time.”'*

* After Stella is abducted Matt and the others rush to rescue her, when they find her Matt unties her. All the tension between them is lost under everything that happened. The both of them hold each other and cry in the aftermath of all that happened. He sleeps over her house while Raven, Solea and Pixie have an open invite.
* Matt tells Ira that Marley hesitated to save Stella when she had the opportunity to kill Solea. Ira said anyone would struggle with that decision. Stella was understanding of Marley's position.
* In Ep 8 "Rotten Eggs" Ira feels badly for how Matt & him treated Marley. Stella says they were pretty hard on her. Ira discusses feeling guilty while with Matt & Stella at Matt's house trying to do homework. Him and Matt decide to get Marley a gift.
* In "Bitterroot" Ep 9, while the group is swimming in the lake Matt teases Stella about always leaving her bra out, embarassing her.

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Piper

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* In "Bitterroot" (Ep 9) Stella went with her to confront Marley about Ira being missing.
* Spent a lot of time together in Ep 9 in the tent, both cried.
* In Ep 10 "Uncanny Valley" Topher, Piper and Stella remain at camp while the others go exploring. Stella and Piper handle the straw man while Topher attempts to fix the car. When Stella and Piper get scared, they make Topher go and check it out. Piper is attacked by the strawman but Topher drags her out of the way and gets hurt. The three of them then hide in the car until Matt comes back and kills it.

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Mia

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* In "Presence of Mind" (Ep 4) Mia, Matt and Stella are hanging out when Stella begins to experience hallucinations. Mia thinks Stella's a little weird. *"Stella is about to tell her friend how ridiculous he is when the sound of barking fills her ears. She spins around to find the dog within the museum walls but sees nothing. She turns back to her joking friends, having missed some other humorous reference they were now cackling at.'“Stella,” A disembodied woman whispers razors in to her ear. “Can you taste the blood Stella?” Panicked she looks toward her friends. They don’t seem to notice anything amiss, still engrossed in conversation. “They can taste it.” Matt and Mia’s mouths fill with blood, steadily dripping like flowing water from their lips. Still, they don’t notice, laughing and revealing red bloody teeth.*

 *She takes a few cautious steps backwards and right as Matt and Mia are curiously looking up at her she takes off down the hall, crashing through glass revolving doors and to a different part of the museum.*

 *“Is she okay?” Mia said stupidly, when it was very clear Stella was not okay. Maybe she’d gotten her period or something, the girl could be weird."*

* Together with Anita they helped perform a spell in "*Presence of Mind*" (Ep 4) to undo the curse that the dagger had set on all of them.

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Lois

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* In *"Delta Phi"* (Ep 1) Lois & Stella were abducted by frat boys she escaped with her life, but several other girls died. The circumstances led to the involvement of civilians and both Lois and Stella were forced to participate in a law suit against the fraternity. She and Stella were also forced to see a therapist. The council encouraged both of the girls to lie and say they were sexually assaulted, but both of them refused to do this.
* Due to the lawsuit Stella's family and Lois' family have met and spent some time together. In *"Presence of Mind"* Ep 4, Pria met Grace and Karen met Eve.
* Lois finds out about Stella wanting to lose her virginity with Matt during Ep 9, she thinks he's an idiot for not taking her up on it, and knows only due to Matt and Topher fighting.
* In "Presence of Mind" (Ep 4) Stella and Lois are spoken to by Diane from the council. She pressures them to claim they were sexually assaulted but Lois and Stella refuse. *“I’m not telling my dad, who just got out of life or death surgery, that I was sexually assaulted by a bunch of fraternity brothers,” Stella can’t believe the nerve of these watchers.*

 *The English woman they’re speaking to shakes their head, her bottom leaned against the desk in Anita’s office. “You don’t have to tell him that. It’s just a suggestion for when you’re next interviewed by the detective. They already, as they believe, ‘know’ it to be true. From their perspective, you’re just lying about it. So you may as well just confirm it to them. Besides, don’t you want the judge giving these boys jail time? Without your cooperation, they walk free.”*

 *Stella and Lois look at one another.*

 *“We just can’t,” Stella says. “There’s no way.”*

 *“You can’t just ask someone to do that,” Lois said. “Yeah those weirdos should get in trouble, but hello? Our parents? Oh right, that doesn’t matter to you, you just want to neatly put it away.” Lois folded her arms, leaning back hard in her chair. She was more than annoyed, she’d felt it since these huffy people walked in the door, they thought they were so much smarter and better than the bunch of them.*

 *“Lois, Stella, this doesn’t end with the two of you. If those boys are back on the streets they’re just going to hurt more women.”*

 *“Anita!” Lois hollered, from around the door the librarian stepped out where she’d been waiting barely out of earshot. Diane had insisted she wait outside and give the girls a chance to represent themselves. Lois didn’t want to do that anymore.*

 *“Diane,” Anita said carefully.*

 *“It’s just a suggestion,” she said somberly.*

* During the class history trip in Ep 4, Stella decides to approach Lois and Angela, dragging Matt along. *"Stella hesitates, rolling her tongue in her mouth. “Let’s go say hi.” She yanks him by his wrist despite his immediate protesting, dragging him to the back. The bumpiness of the road and unorganized chaos of students makes the journey difficult, and Matt feels his anxiety rising with everybody he accidentally collides with. They take the seat in front of Lois, climbing up the back of it to face her, hands on the top of the seat.*

 *“Hi!” Stella greets excitedly, like it should be a wonderful surprise that they all happen to be here.*

 *Lois stares back, bemused. “Uh….hi?”*

 *Matt uncomfortably shifts under the judgmental gaze of Lois’ friend, Angela.*

 *“Crazy that we’re all on this trip, no?” Stella smiles widely, treating the situation as if Lois was an old friend. She definitely felt more of a connection to her now that they were in this secret club together, despite the fact that she somewhat used her so she had someone with her at the frat party. “I didn’t know you had Mr. Paxton!”*

 *“I just transferred in,” Lois said. “I was having an issue with Mr. Turning.”*

 *“He’s a perv,” Angela said from besides her.*

 *“He’s just a dick,” Lois said. “Your grade goes down by like ten points and suddenly he wants to have a talk about it.”*

 *“And he looked at my boobs,” Angela said.*

*Lois rolled her eyes. “He did not look at your boobs, Angela, he was checking what time it was.”*

 *Stella twirled her hair with a shrug. “I actually kind of like him.” She’s greeted by silence."*

* In Ep 4 at parent teacher conferences Lois and Stella's families talk briefly. Stella and Lois talk about what a horrible time they're having. *Pria paused, spying a pair of familiar faces across the room. “Oh it’s the Pendleton’s, we should say hello.”*

 *“I don’t want to say hello,” Lois said. “Mom, you’re making this like my worst nightmare.”*

 *“Don’t be dramatic,” Pria said, shaking her head, coming up on the family. “I thought I’d come over and say hello,” Pria said, smiling brightly. “This is Eve,” she said, turning the stroller to show off the baby.*

 *“Baby!” Grace shouts, kneeling down to wiggle her fingers in the baby’s face.*

 *“She’s a complete angel. This is my Grace,” Karen pulls her daughter’s hair behind her shoulders, rubbing it lovingly.*

 *“Hi Grace,” Pria waves, leaning in to be more on her level. “What a pretty dress you’re wearing.”*

 *“Thank you,” Grace feigns the sweetest smile she can muster.*

 *“I’ve so been meaning to call you,” Karen tells her, still stroking her child’s hair. “There’s so much to talk about. It’s all so unreal.”*

 *“I know, it’s been so hard for my Lois,” she sympathetically touches her chest, giving her daughter the saddest pout.*

 *“Can you believe that lawyer? The defense attorney?” Karen looks back at Bennie to involve him in the discussion he’d rather not take part in. “The nerve to talk about the fraternity’s clean record. As if an entire greek house can represent one sick boy. Or many of them, in this case.”*

 *“We’re going to walk away now,” Lois said, grabbing Stella by the arm to pull her away from them. “Okay, my mom just involved Polverini in this. Can you kill me, now?”*

 *“Oh no,” Stella whispers. “How are you? Any suicidal inclinations?”*

 *“Especially now!” Lois said. “When I say can you kill me now, I mean literally, can you kill me now? This is terrible, I feel like I’m jumping out of my skin.” She shuddered, looking around the room. “And we’re not even trying to fix this right now because we’re too busy pretending to be normal for our parents!”*

 *“At least Anita is looking for answers.”*

* In Ep 5 Lois asks Matt and Stella if they ever crossed the friendship barrier, or thought about it.

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Marley

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* When Stella and Lois are abducted in "Delta Phi" (Ep1) it is Marley who comes to their rescue when she too is kidnapped at the last minute.
* In "Pandora's Box" (Ep 3) Marley finds out what Raven is up to through Stella. *"Marley bumps into Stella at the emergency room when she's getting patched up with Mia from their fight. She sees Stella who tells her what happened to her father. "The sliding of the emergency room doors distracts Marley from her cigarette, and she watches a crying blonde girl come running out. She stands at the edge of the curb with her fingers on her eyes.
    Marley leans forward, finding her familiar. That was that one girl, the one at Anita’s meeting. One of the few that knew her secret.
    “Hey,” she calls, moving from the pillar.
    Stella briefly glances back, recognizing Marley’s presence. She turns her body toward her but then shields her eyes again, the sobs returning.
    “What’s wrong?” Marley asks awkwardly.
    “We were attacked by vampires in my house.”
    Marley’s ears perk up. She takes a few steps closer to the other girl. “What?”
    “They cut in to him, I don’t know why.” She frantically rubs her eyes, wiping the tears away.
    Marley shakes her head in disbelief, unsure of what to say. “We need to talk to Anita about this,” she insists. “First thing in the morning, okay?”
    Stella nods, still quietly crying and wiping her eyes with a sleeve."*
* Matt tells Ira that Marley hesitated to save Stella when she had the opportunity to kill Solea. Ira said anyone would struggle with that decision. Stella was understanding of Marley's position.
* Stella knocks Marley out while possessed during "Rotten Eggs" (Ep 8)

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Ira

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* In "Pandora's Box" (Ep 3) Knows Matt and Ira were in the hospital after fighting a demon, was with Stella at the time.
* In "Bloodrites and Sacrifices" (Ep 7) Ira asks Stella how she's doing after the attempted sacrifice. She admits it has been difficult
* Matt tells Ira that Marley hesitated to save Stella when she had the opportunity to kill Solea. Ira said anyone would struggle with that decision. Stella was understanding of Marley's position.
* In Ep 8 "Rotten Eggs" Ira feels badly for how Matt & him treated Marley. Stella says they were pretty hard on her. Ira discusses feeling guilty while with Matt & Stella at Matt's house trying to do homework. Him and Matt decide to get Marley a gift.

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Topher

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* Stella tells Topher about Matt acting flirty with her during "*Party Crashers*" (Ep 5). She confides in Topher her and Matt are still virgins. Topher advises her to sleep with him and Stella thinks it’s a good idea and propositions Matt. *"“Hey,” he shocks her out of her reverie. “Stella, right?” He leans his back up against the fridge, eyeing the shot glass. He obviously didn’t know her before tonight, but she didn’t strike him as a party girl.' **“Yeah. You’re… Lois’ friend.” She feels embarrassed just talking to him. He’s obviously much older and more experienced with life than sixteen year old Stella and her sixteen year old problems.***

 *“Topher,” he reintroduces with a nod. He pulls a cigarette from his pocket and inspects it. “Think I can smoke this in here? I normally wouldn’t but I saw a few fifteen year olds chain smoking in the living room, so…”*

 *Stella admires the kitchen and backs her seat up to get a look in the direction of the living room. “Lois is probably screwed either way. I doubt one more cigarette will get her in any more trouble.” She scoots back in to the table to contemplate her whiskey once more.*

 *Topher gestures toward the shot glass with his cigarette before lighting it up. “You gonna drink that?”*

 *She taps it, forlorn. “I don’t know.”*

 *“Well,” he does a sort of skip toward the chair across from her and takes it, scooting it backwards for leg room. “What kind of troubles could drive a fairy to drink?”*

 *She wants to laugh but isn’t in that kind of mood. “It’s my friend.. Matt.”*

 *“The guy in the suit with the shaggy hair?”*

 *Stella grins, just for a second. “Yeah, him.”*

 *“Okay…” Topher inhales smoke. “You guys have a break up or something?”*

 *“No, nothing like that,” she says quietly. “We’ve been best friends for two years and… well, tonight he’s been acting a little different.” She motions her hands awkwardly.*

 *“What, like he wants you?” Topher chuckles at the naivety of the situation. “Do you want him?”*

 *“I don’t know,” she thinks about it and her face twists. It’s too strange. “I guess… No.”*

 *Topher sort of shrugs. “So that’s that.”*

 *“Should it be?” Stella doesn’t necessarily mean to ask him per se, she’s just kind of asking herself. It helps to have another person figure it out with her, though. Especially someone older.*

 *“If you want it to be…” Topher glances at the whiskey again. If she’s not gonna take it he will.*

 *“The thing is,” Stella moistens her lips with her tongue, leaning in. She’s really about to confide in this stranger about something so personal. It’s either the little bit of alcohol she actually did drink, or the newness of this scary situation. “Matt and I are both…” she waits for him to fill in the blanks, but he doesn’t.*

 *“What?” He gestures impatiently. “Wearing costumes?”*

 *“No,” she snaps, more aggressive than she intends it to be. He just isn’t catching on and his jokes aren’t helping the urgency of the situation. Matt or Lois or anybody could walk in at any moment and ruin her chances of figuring out what happens in the male mind.*

 *“We’re both…” she glances around them quickly, intriguing Topher’s interest in the big secret. She further leans in to whisper, “virgins.”*

 *Topher’s smile disappears and his mouth drops. “Oh.” He sits forward, suddenly feeling like an adult sitting with a teen instead of a peer. “I mean, okay,” he scratches his face. “I guess in that case it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give him a whirl in the sack, right?”*

 *Stella’s face scrunches up. “It wouldn’t?”*

 *“No!” Topher laughs, and lowers his voice to reveal a secret of his own. “I lost my virginity to a 32 year old housewife.”*

 *The teenager’s eyes are populous, like she’s never quite heard something so outrageous.*

 *“Most people have bad first times.” He points a strong finger. “Especially girls. I have so many female friends with horror stories you wouldn’t believe. Just think of all the scumbags that are gonna try to paw at you in the next ten-twenty years of your life. You’re better off losing it to someone you trust.” Topher feels very much like he did a good thing, advising this terrified teenager.*

 *“Wow,” Stella never thought about it like that before, and Topher was making a lot of sense. “You’re actually right.”*

 *He grins proudly. “I know.”*

 *“Thank you. That was… really helpful.” Her face goes from thoughtful to happy, like she’s found the answers to life itself."*

* Stella and Topher are together in the kitchen when the first demon attacks. They trap it in the pantry together. Matt comes in to help them. *"Topher looks to Stella to see what she’s thinking. She reluctantly bobs her head at Topher, and they move out of the way. The pantry door smashes open and Matt takes a few evasive steps back, preparing for hand to hand combat. The blue demon charges, shouldering Matt and instantly plunging him to the tile, knocking the knife out of his hands and sending it across the floor toward Topher and Stella.'**The fairy snags the weapon off the floor, Topher slack-jawed at her decision to do that.***

 *“What is that thing?” The stoner stutters out.*

 *Matt and the demon grapple on the floor as it attempts to subdue him and wrap its hands around his neck.*

 *“That’s exactly what it is,” Stella huffs as she approaches, shaking. She’s mostly reminding herself of that fact, since she’s about to end its existence. “It’s a thing!” She sinks the knife in to the back of the demon’s neck and blood squirts upwards, coating her face. She shrieks, high-pitched, and stumbles backwards into Topher. The demon continues its attack on Matt, long skinny fingers tightening on his throat.*

 *Seeing what’s going to happen, Topher snatches the knife from Stella and bounds forward, bringing it back down on the spot Stella had earlier struck, only plunging far deeper. The creature yowls as it’s neck is sliced in to, fatally wounding it. Its full deadweight collapses on Matt’s prone form. He immediately starts trying to push it off of him, grunting his struggle. Topher helps, throwing the lifeless creature to the side.*

 *Stella is clutching her face, horrified, trying to wipe the green blood out of her hair and off her skin.*

 *Heavily breathing, Topher and Matt exchange a glance. The guy might be weird, but Matt was grateful he saved his life. He owed him one."*

* Topher upsets Stella in "*Bitterroot*" (Ep 9) after bringing up the Matt thing in front of him
* In Ep 10 "Uncanny Valley" Topher, Piper and Stella remain at camp while the others go exploring. Stella and Piper handle the straw man while Topher attempts to fix the car. When Stella and Piper get scared, they make Topher go and check it out. Piper is attacked by the strawman but Topher drags her out of the way and gets hurt. The three of them then hide in the car until Matt comes back and kills it.

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Castor

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* Castor Lumb, secret Vampire ancestor, neither are aware of the other being distantly related.
* Saves from falling down the stairs when werewolf Ira transforms/attacks.

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Clifton

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* Saved by Clifton in "*Pandora's Box*" Ep 3 from Raven and the others, Clifton tells her he is a hunter. Stella goes to the hospital to visit Matt and Clifton.. She finds out Clifton is a hunter and thanks him for saving her. *"Stella hesitates outside Matt’s hospital room for several moments. She doesn’t want to intrude on a family thing but also logically knows the pair wouldn’t mind. She opens it slowly, peeking her head around the corner like they won’t be able to see her. Upon finding their figures in the little room, they’re already staring at her with smiles.' **“Oh. Hi.” She awkwardly shuffles inside, closing the door gently. She walks toward the bed and moves to hug Matt but then stops halfway, worried it might hurt him.***

*Matt gestures toward him widely. “Aw, c’mere,” he says playfully, accepting her hug and petting her back lovingly.*

*Clifton finds the sentiment endearing. He’s always appreciated Stella’s loyalty to his son as a friend. Ira was a newer development in his life but they were just as close, almost brothers.*

*He gestures to the chair next to Matt’s bed and she appreciatively takes it.*

*“I’m not sure if you can have any but I bought some gummy worms from the gift shop.”*

*Matt looks to his dad, who nods, granting his permission. The teen greedily takes handfuls.*

*Clifton clears his throat, warm eyes meeting Stella’s. “How is your father?” He asks.*

 *“He’s in surgery,” her eyes fill with tears just to speak about him. “Karen’s here. She’s an absolute nightmare,” her voice is quiet and meek, like speaking any louder would be physically impossible.*

 *“Stella,” Clifton moistens his lips, sprawling out in his chair at the end of Matt’s hospital bed. “Do you know what they wanted? How did those vampires get in your home? The only way for vampires to get in a human’s home is if they’re invited in. Just like in the stories.”*

 *Matt looks between the two of them very seriously.*

 *Her lower lip wobbles, she looks down and shakes her head. “I don’t know. It’s been so crazy. I checked my phone and Karen texted something earlier about a car accident outside our house and apparently she was helping some people out. It must’ve been them.” She sniffles.*

 *Clifton nods slowly. “But you don’t know why.”*

 *Stella swallows, tucking hair behind her ear. “The doctor said that he was missing bone marrow. Bone marrow.”*

 *“What?” Matt leaned forward, his hands resting in his lap. “They… they cut out bone marrow?”*

 *Clifton leans his face in to his hand, eyes scanning the wall but not really seeing anything. He’s thinking about what that might mean, what he could know about rituals involving bone marrow and what that could do for vampires. It also seemed a little strange that it would specifically be Bennie Pendleton, the father of his daughter’s friend. He knew him pretty well from neighborhood barbecues and parent-teacher nights, he was just another business oriented man with no idea what was actually going on around him. He had nothing to do with Raven.*

 *“I’m not…” Stella sighs. “Exactly sure, what you have to do with all this,” she speaks directly to Clifton. “Are you going to help?”*

 *The man’s jaw clenches. If there’s any teenager in the world he can trust with this it’s probably Stella. Besides, his cover was already blown to the vamps themselves. “I’m a vampire hunter. I have been for years. I’m sorry Matt never told you but I told him he couldn’t everyday. If you’re angry, be angry with me.”*

 *Stella takes time to process what she’s hearing, and immediately looks to Matt for affirmation. He looks just as uncertain as his father sounds.*

 *“Okay,” it comes from her as a whisper. She clears her throat. “Yeah, okay. I.. I understand. I won’t tell anyone.”*

 *Clifton relaxed, shoulders slouching. “We knew we could count on you.” He places a hand on her shoulder reassuringly. “You can count on us, too. And we’re gonna figure out what those vampires want and I’m gonna kill them dead for what they did to your dad. Got it?”*

 *She offers the very slightest of a smile, bobbing her head at him slowly.*

 *“Thank you. Thank you for saving my life,” it’s the most heartfelt thing she’s ever said.*

 *“Yeah,” Matt chimes in agreement. “Thanks, dad.”*

 *Clifton tries not to let it, but his heart swells with appreciation anyway. He hides it with his face, because right now he’s supposed to be the strong father figure. Probably now more than ever."*

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Anita

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* In "Presence of Mind" (Ep 4) When Diane comes from the council to pressure Lois and Stella to say they were sexually assaulted, Anita comes in and makes her stop.
* Mia and her help Anita perform a spell to lift the curse on the dagger. When it works she thanks Anita and hugs her.
* Helps Anita perform a locator spell in "*Moloch's Grimoire*" (Ep 6)

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Angela

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* During the class history trip in Ep 4, Stella decides to approach Lois and Angela, dragging Matt along. *"Stella hesitates, rolling her tongue in her mouth. “Let’s go say hi.” She yanks him by his wrist despite his immediate protesting, dragging him to the back. The bumpiness of the road and unorganized chaos of students makes the journey difficult, and Matt feels his anxiety rising with everybody he accidentally collides with. They take the seat in front of Lois, climbing up the back of it to face her, hands on the top of the seat.*

 *“Hi!” Stella greets excitedly, like it should be a wonderful surprise that they all happen to be here.*

 *Lois stares back, bemused. “Uh….hi?”*

 *Matt uncomfortably shifts under the judgmental gaze of Lois’ friend, Angela.*

 *“Crazy that we’re all on this trip, no?” Stella smiles widely, treating the situation as if Lois was an old friend. She definitely felt more of a connection to her now that they were in this secret club together, despite the fact that she somewhat used her so she had someone with her at the frat party. “I didn’t know you had Mr. Paxton!”*

 *“I just transferred in,” Lois said. “I was having an issue with Mr. Turning.”*

 *“He’s a perv,” Angela said from besides her.*

 *“He’s just a dick,” Lois said. “Your grade goes down by like ten points and suddenly he wants to have a talk about it.”*

 *“And he looked at my boobs,” Angela said.*

*Lois rolled her eyes. “He did not look at your boobs, Angela, he was checking what time it was.”*

 *Stella twirled her hair with a shrug. “I actually kind of like him.” She’s greeted by silence."*

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Emily

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* Stella knows that Emily broke Matt's heart when they were fourteen, Emily said Matt wasn't good enough for her. She spots her in Yearbook Club with Mia in "Genesis" (Ep 11)
* Stella finds Emily irritating and says to Mia that Emily is pretending to know Lawrence better than she does for attention. When Mia asks why she didn't like Matt, and that she thinks he's cool, Stella says Emily had problems with every little thing Matt did and he was never good enough.
* Stella told Matt his relationship with Emily didn't even count.

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Adonis'

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* In "*Pandora's Box*" (Ep 3) a trio of vampires (Raven, Pixie and Solea) attacked Stella's father after they weaseled an invitation out of her step mother and cut away some of Bennie's bone marrow due to him being a distant ancestor of someone they knew. Bennie wound up in a wheel chair and became very paranoid, he has been thinking about buying a gun and had a fancy new alarm system installed in the house. "*The front door slams open, almost knocking it off its hinges as it bangs in to the wall. Clifton Valentine stands there, crossbow raised and expertly trained on Raven and Stella. His brow is low and heavy, his grim expression telling them he isn’t fucking around.
    “Let her go,” he grits out angrily, teeth grinding.
    Raven is stunned by his sudden presence. “You’re that other hunter,” she hisses, pulling Stella tighter against her body. “A friend of Norman Wagner’s, I presume.”
    “Sent by him to stake you dusty,” he growls, slow steps forward.
    “Stop moving,” Raven demands. “I’ll snap her neck.” She runs red long nails across Stella’s clenching throat.
    In an instant, Clifton aims at Pixie and fires, the arrow flinging across the dining room and embedding in to her tiny chest, right beside her heart. The little vampire screams, releasing the doctor who immediately turns and knocks the pale child across the face and to the floor.
    “Pixie!” Raven howls, tossing Stella violently against the wall and knocking her unconscious as she rushes to her kin.
    Clifton runs to Stella to stand in front of her protectively, weapon still aimed on the group of vampires as they gather an injured Pixie in to their arms.
    “You’re coming with us,” Solea tells the unfortunate doctor, grabbing him by the skin of his collarbone and dragging him behind them as Raven hurriedly carries her bloody childe outside, away from the hunter.
    Clifton shouts angrily, heavy feet carrying him to the front door where he looks out. They’re already far in the distance, and he aims his crossbow for good measure. It’ll never land.*
* When the effects of the curse begin in Ep 4, Stella begins hearing things. This is when she runs into Solea. *"Stella ends at the bottom of the grandiose staircase leading to the third floor. The marble floor squeaks beneath her sneakers, no one around as she turns and turns, terrified. Regardless, the sounds of feet clicking on the floor still echo in her head.*

 *“I saw a man upon the stairs,” Several voices echo, layered on one another.*

 *Stella immediately checks the staircase. The lights above it flicker to blackness.*

 *“I saw a man that wasn’t there,”*

 *“Stop!” Stella demanded, shrinking back with an open mouth.*

 *“He wasn’t there again today. I wish, I wish, he’d go away.”*

 *The teen breathes heavily, on the verge of a panic attack. Her heart feels too big for her chest, like it’s going to burst. She can’t possibly move, her feet frozen solid, planted to the marble. It’s pure silence now, too quiet. Hesitantly, with quaking limbs, she checks her surroundings in a slow pivot.*

 *A very dark shadow looms on the staircase, something that radiates evil and death.*

 *Startled, she screams at the top of her lungs and sprints down the hallway with legs that feel like jello, away from that thing she’s certain she hallucinated. It isn’t worth that risk though.*

 *She stops when she reaches a room of ancient artifacts and mannequins with clothing of roman times. It’s dark in here, so the exhibit is obviously closed to the public for some reason. Stella barely even registers it.*

*“What’s wrong with me?” She whispers to herself, wild eyes erratic and dilated.*

 *“Hey,” a new voice is present. Solea emerges from the shadows of the room, a few faded yellow bones in her hands. She tilts her head at Stella. “Aren’t you that girl?”*

 *Stella stares at the vampire she recognizes from her house for a long moment. She’s breathing heavy again, confusing the vampire. “YOU’RE NOT REAL!” She screams at the top of her lungs, running away and knocking over a statue as she does. It shatters on the floor.*

 *Solea spins, watching after where she’d disappeared, still holding on to the bones. “Fascinating.”*

* When Solea, Raven and Pixie are escaping the high school, after their second attempt to raise Adonis, Solea recognizes Stella and they kidnap her. Solea knocks out Mia before they take off.