Elysia

Backstory

Born in the early hours of the 6th July, Elysia Ortis came into the world. She was greeted by her parents and her big sister, Kori. Her early life was pretty easygoing. With her parents being away on business trips, Elysia was often left in the care of her sister. As a toddler, there was a time when she was in a playgroup to be socialised with other children of her age where they did a fun experiment with static energy. The caretaker blew up a balloon and rubbed it on each childs head to show the 'magical' powers of static by showing how their fur and hair would suddenly stand on end to try and grab the rubbery bubble. When it came to Elysia however, the moment the balloon came into contact with her, it burst violently, scaring everyone in the room. It was from then on that weird things began happening. As the young bear grew up, other small unusal occurences began to happen, such as at school, she could be simply walking past a fellow classmate, only to zap them with static unexpectedly. This continued with Kori just assuring her that she was just a little more full of the energy than most, and it was nothing to worry about.

By this point, Elysias parents were no longer working in other areas of the world, and had been able to settle down at home and watch their children grow up. They also ended up having another child not long afterwards, and the youngest of the family, Larkin was born nine years after Elysia.

Then when middle school came around, Elysia began to slowly lose friends. They became far too wary of being too close to her, and so left her by herself until she worked something out to fix her 'problem' and therefore become safe around others in close range. Nobody dared bully her because of the shocks she could give off, which in a way was a positive, but it really took a blow to her confidence. Her parents saw she was coming home from school and not even talking to them at dinner, so tried to investigate.

Eventually they discovered why, and immediately booked her in to see some help from their local doctor. The appointment concluded that in fact, Elysia had dormant abilities that had been trying to escape from her ever since she was three years old. This explained a lot of instances that made sense, and now she could get the proper help she so needed.

Back to school, her teachers were filled in on the findings, so the students were told trough class as well, and before long, Elysia had gained some friends back with the sincerest of apologies. She began attending a special school class for students who were experiencing difficulties with handling their powers properly, and it helped her control herself so much better. No more zapping people in the hallways for this cinnamon bear!

A few years later and some tougher times had befallen the Ortis family. Elysia, now seventeen, Kori, now twenty one, and Larkin, now seven had been told by their parents that things were going to be a little harder for a few months. Their business had been hacked and their funding had been withdrawn for safety reasons in case it got stolen.

Elysia promised she would get a part time job to assist with the house, along with caring for Larkin while the parents tried to take care of everything else. At this point, Kori had just been accepted into a high end job, and was to be moving halfway across the world to get into employment that way. When asked if she could help out with the home while everything got fixed, Kori suddenly exploded with no real provocation. She said she wanted nothing more to do with the family, and shortly afterwards packed her bags and left without another word. She didn't even leave a note for their parents, so it fell to Elysia to tell them.

Over the next year, on top of working hard to help out at a fast food restaurant, and caring for her little brother, Elysia had constantly tried to contact her sister to ask why she left like she did, until one fateful day she called and the number was no longer in service. There was no other way of contacting her as her email addresses had all been returning emails as failed, and she left no address to where she would be living in the future. They had officially lost all contact.

This made Elysia fall into a slight depression. She continued trying to do what she could to help her mother and father, until one day around a year later, when they came home overjoyed that the business was back on track. They gave Elysia a large portion of the money she had helped them out with, and even offered to help her out with moving into her own apartment when she finished school.

Fast forward a few years and Elysia was back to her old self. Bubbly and energetic. Her grades were back up and she had completed a year of childcare at further education - her chosen career choice. She found she had a nack for looking after kids, and wanted to pursue that dream of making sure that they were well looked after. She moved out just before her second year, and found a stable part time job at a care centre for experience while she was studying, and made sure to keep in contact with her parents and brother. She didnt live too far away from them afer all; only a couple of towns over so she could get to college and work easier.

Presently, Elysia works full time as a registered childminder, and successfully completed her third year of education in that subject almost a year and a half ago. she doesn't regret trying to get into a better paying job, as she is happy and lives comfortably. She only hopes that one day her sister will come to her senses and try to get back into contact with the family.

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