Name: Nic Hodges DOB: 7/3/1983 Type: Human/witch Hometown: Burnham Current town: Charlaine Abilities: She can hear into people's minds and is a witch able to control elemental magic

Nicole Hodges was born to a doting mother and father, Anne Marie and Thomas Hodges in 1983, four years after her big brother Gabriel. They were excited to finally have a perfect little girl in their lives and her parents raised her the way they wanted her to be and just ignored the parts of her that they didn't want to acknowledge. They completely missed the signs that their daughter was different. She was a perfect little princess in their minds even if that's not the person she was. Nicole was pushed into a little mold by both her parents and when she came to them with nightmares and with strange stories she was told that it was all in her head.

Nicole's talents started developing very early in her life and she was mostly afraid of them because she didn't understand them and her parents insisted it was in her head. She could hear what other people were thinking and strange things were always happening around her but she went through it alone, feeling like she couldn't talk to anyone about it. She holed herself up as a child and let her parents play dolly with her. As she grew older though, she became more distant and started to rebel. When she turned fourteen she chopped off all her hair and started wearing men's clothing. She started getting into trouble at school, skipping class, and taking cigarette breaks in the bathroom. She was constantly in detention and getting suspended. At sixteen, after her parents tried to force her to go to boarding school, she ran away from home.

She changed her name to Nic and traveled all over the country, drifting from town to town, never really knowing what she was looking for until in 2003 when she met a small Corgi dog. The dog followed her down the street until she finally stopped and acknowledged his presence. She asked him what he wanted and not expecting an answer she continued walking down the street until a little voice told her that he was to be her familiar. Nic turned around with a raised eyebrow and stared at the dog bewildered. "What?" was her only response. The small dog tipped his head to the side and said "I'm Bartholomew and you're Nic Hodges. I'm your familiar." She nodded dumbly and motioned for him to follow her, she figured she was loosing her dog damn mind when she thought he smiled at her. He patted alongside her happily until they got back to her small apartment. When they were there he explained to her that she was a witch and there were others out there like her and they were waiting.

Nic and Bartholomew set out from there the next day with a new purpose. It was the first thing that had made sense to her in a long time. He taught her how to use her gift and how to clear her mind of all the voices from the people around her. They moved from city to city, coven to coven until they found what felt right in a small, abandoned town called Charlaine.