Name: Hazel Dettwyler Age: 13 Ability/Magic: Water Powers and the ability to turn into a mermaid when water touches her and she can speak to ocean creatures (ex: dolphins) Personality: Hazel is as innocent as a flower. She is the most kind and caring person you will ever meet. She treasures her fish Bubbles and is overprotective of him. She dosent like to talk about her back story very much though- it still gives her nightmares. That's why she tries to not have enemies but good friends. Hazel can also get very nervous around new boys and girls. Appearance: [img=http://cache.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/975233-bigthumbnail.jpg] Backstory: Hazel's powers\magic was recognized when her mother (parents were divorced and her dad became a drunk also she is an only child) took her to the pool. When Hazel who was 3 at the time touched the water she immediately drowned. Then all of a sudden she raised up out of the water with a small mermaid tail. Her mother was was not surprised because Hazel's grandfather had powers as well. They both hoped that nobody saw Hazel transform. Hazel and her mother hid for years in Long Island near the beach so Hazel could practice but only at dawn when nobody was around. When Hazel was only 10 years old she was in the basement and heard screaming upstairs. Her drunk father had found them and murdered Hazel's mother in front of her. Hazel screamed and her father chased her into the ocean. Hazel dived under water hiding with sea creatures while her father drowned. Scared of humans she stayed with the sea creatures for 2 years. On her 12th birthday her sea friends urged her to go out into the world and that Hazel was welcome to visit them. Hazel left the ocean with a bag of some belongings of hers and her mothers and her sea friend Bubbles. When she found Magic Academy she was über excite to join. Hazel hopes to find friends and be accepted here.