Melissa Pennington

> "*Wow, Lucien chasing after Evan? That's new. I've known those guys since I was a baby and never have I've seen Lucien like this.*"
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―Melissa on Lucien and Evan
**Melissa Pennington** is the daughter of Asher Pennington and Elena Margaret and the older sister of Ian Pennington as well as the goddaughter of Jalen Long. She and her family were brought into the world of supernatural knowing the Cullens are vampires due to her relationship with Jalen and the fact that the Cullens became the rulers of their world having to adjust their laws of secrecy.

She is portrayed by Madison Beer.

## Biography

### Early life

Melissa Pennington was born in Forks, Washington. She is the daughter of Asher Pennington, the Commissioner of the Police Department and Elena Margaret who is an English teacher and principle at North Central High School. Her godfather is Jalen Long who is her mother’s foster brother.

### *A Christmas Surprise*

Melissa was only a baby when she appeared in the story. She and her family celebrated Christmas with the Cullens and a few other family members and guests where the Cullens tell them about the supernatural and finding out them being vampires. The reason why is because as the new Volturi, the Cullens told every one of their story and the events that has happened revealing about the supernatural. They made one adjustment to the law about revealing their existence; if a civilized vampire has any living family member or someone connected to, they have the right to know as long as they don't reveal the existence to other humans. Due to Jalen's relationship to Melissa, she and her family were brought into the supernatural.

### *Long Live Life*

Sometime years later, her brother Ian Pennington was born and he too was brought into the supernatural. Melissa and her family went to visit the Cullens in Minnesota where her father informs the Cullens about the metal vampire sightings. During that, Melissa developed a crush on Lucien Summers before while Evan Black was chasing after her but she always turns him down. Melissa then sees the change in Lucien since the last time they saw each other when he started dating Luna Snow and sees how happy he is with her while adding that Melissa was being silly just having a crush on Lucien.

## Physical appearance

Melissa resembles her mother Elena having blue eyes and long hair except that it is light brown from her father Asher as she stands at five feet and three inches.

## Relationships

Melissa Pennington is the daughter of Elena Margaret and Asher Pennington and is the older sister of Ian Pennington as well as the goddaughter of Jalen Long.

### Jalen Long

Jalen Long is Melissa’s godfather.

Near the end in Have A Purpose, Elena found out she was pregnant. After Jalen congratulates her, Elena appointed him to be the godfather of Melissa. In A Christmas Surprise, Melissa was revealed to be born before Christmas. She joins her family as they were told about the supernatural due to Jalen being the guardian to Melissa as the new Volturi. Jalen gives Melissa a gold bracelet engraved with her name on it.

Not much interaction is shown between the two but Jalen does care about Melissa like he cares for Elena and Lucina hinting that they are close.

### Evan Black

Evan Black is a member of the Cullen family.

Both of them were born in the same year where in Have A Purpose, Renesmee and Elena respectively announced their pregnancy in the end. Melissa was soon brought into the supernatural due to the law adjustment by the Cullens as the new Volturi. As the years go by, Evan developed a crush on Melissa, annoying Jalen about it, and tries imprinting on her but fails along with Melissa turning down his affection every time. However when Evan imprinted on Korrina, his feelings for Melissa went away and the two now see each other as friends only.

## Appearances

* *A Christmas Surprise*
* *Long Live Life*