"May your life be like toilet paper; long and useful."
Name: Marion Anne March
Nickname: Mary, Marie, Mary Anne,
"And my stage name in the good ol' days, Sonic."
Age: 16
Sexuality: Sapiosexual
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Element: Wind
Studies: She is not in university as of yet.
Likes
| Racing go karts | Rock climbing and tree climbing | Video games (she loves the classics) | Zombies | Trampolines | Paintball | Foxes | Tightropes and trapezes | The color red | Anime | Thai food | Filming and editing | Comic books and magazines | Meditation | Her faith | Trying new things | Explosions | Action, comedy, and sci-fi movies. | Crafts | Paper lanterns | Cosplaying (although she's never done it) | Writing | Classic and modern rock | Jam sessions | Chemistry | Laughing | Awesome hair colors | Canada (she's quite the nationalist) | Footraces | Writing (did you notice i put writing twice?) | Heights | Anything Japanese | D&D | Rapping on her dining room table when nobody's around | Dares | Wisdom | People | Well-planned pranks | Skateboarding |
Dislikes
| Coffee, soda, and energy drinks (she knows they would add to her craziness) | Pessimists | Komodo dragons | Misogynists | Discrimination | Animal abuse | Mashed potatoes | Steak (she's sort of vegetarian, but not quite) | Conflicts | Creativity block | Soap operas | Boredom |
Fears
| Adulthood | To some extent, the future | Being alone | Being kidnapped | Amnesia | Being controlled against her will | Watching loved ones die |
Quirks: Too many to count, but to name a few...
- She tends to skip down the hallways whenever she's in a very optimistic mindset, which is all the time.
- She regularly puts her hands behind her back when standing, as though she were in the military.
- She sings in the shower. Loudly.
- She comes up with acronyms for almost everything.
- Marion wrights with her left hand, but she does everything else right handed.
Element: Wind
Powers:Standing at merely 5'2, Marion may be small, but her powers can pack a punch. Despite the fact that her powers are still developing, she is able to use the manipulation of wind quite normally, and similarly to other wind elementalists. However, there is one thing that Marion is particularly noted for: speed. She is able to use the wind to propel herself at almost blinding speeds. She can make herself travel so fast, that she can run up trees and buildings if she concentrates hard enough. Despite this, Marion has the ultimate goal of learning how to create cyclones and hurricanes. She keeps practicing, but she always messes up.
Rival Element: Earth
"DOWN WITH EARTH! DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOOOOWWWNNN!!! Nah, i'm just kidding. They just need to learn how to chillax, is all...
Weaknesses
Marion may not be the absolute greatest fighter or most powerful elementalist in the academy, but she is getting stronger. Her TRUE weaknesses are more socially than anything else. Because of her carefree attitude, some people view her as reckless and stupid, as well as immature. It's evident that she's not great with anything along the lines of dramatic or serious. Because of this, some people will not trust her with important information. Also, because she has a childlike persona, most people tend to treat her like, well, a child. It can be tough for Marion to constantly show people that she is responsible and mature when her wild nature proves otherwise. Also, there are times when Marion can be easily tricked, as she is slightly gullible.
Strengths
Back in her day, Marion was a famous circus performer by the name of Sonic. It certainly sounds far-fetched, but it's true. With her amazing sense of balance, it's no wonder that Marion was a very talented tightrope walker in her youth. Her talent is very useful, as she is able to walk across thin wires and wooden planks with ease. She was also skilled at the trapeze, and from years of practice, she has accumulated a good amount of strength. It almost confuses people when they see Marion being able to lift someone with much more weight than her own without much effort. Along with strength, Marion's trapeze experiences have given her acrobatic skills as well as increased flexibility.
Also, a little-known fact about Marion is a powerhouse singer. Her voice is very much a heavy-metal/rock kind of voice, which explains why she has a deep love for both genres. Technically, she cheats a little bit, as she is an air elementalist and she can breathe in more air into her diaphagm than the average singer.
Nevertheless, she is quite good. With her abilities to play the ukulele and the piano with equal skill, Marion desperately wants to find musically talented people like her and possibly start a band. Of course, being in a school full of gifted people, it shouldn't be too hard.
Personality
Marion is your typical air elementalist, but with an edgy twist. People gifted with air manipulation tend to very free-spirited, and Marion qualifies in that category extravagantly. The girl is practically the jokester, as well as the class clown of the academy. Her humor is a little bit different than usual, tending to be more goofy, geeky, and lighthearted than sarcastic and sharp. (she does make sarcastic remarks, however, she does so very rarely) She's rebellious and daring and will never refuse a challenge in good fun. She's fascinated by the tiniest of details, and curious about even the least important of things. Through it all, Marion maintains a childlike, naive, and almost innocent aura about her. As she is very outgoing, some call her the sweet, adorable little sister they never had, while others claim that she is the most annoying girl to ever exist. Whatever the populace prefers, she doesn't really mind. She's been shoved into so many lockers in the past that Marion has just learned to accept herself for who she is, whatever she may be.
Despite the first-impressions she makes, Marion isn't as wild, rowdy, and fast-paced as she seems. Although she likes to make jokes about violence and she prefers action movies over any other genre, she is a peacemaker at heart. She has been known to break up fights in the past, putting herself in harms way if need be just to resolve a conflict. She even refuses to fight herself, whether it be verbally of physically. (unless of course its for a class, then she won't be afraid to hit as hard as she possibly can.) Although it can be a bad thing, Marion sees the good in everyone and believes that everyone can change. This can be explained by the spiritual/faithful side of her personality. She readily practices meditation, and has learned to let most of her worries go. Although she may be a fiery class clown, her optimistic, intelligent, spirited, and respectful demeanor has made teachers see that she knows how to contain herself, and she knows when enough is enough. This, in a sense, has made some adults believe that she is wiser than her age, and that she is in touch with something that others aren't. Really, it just shows that Marion knows how to create fun without it becoming too out-of-control.
With so much energy and liveliness, it's easy to miss the dreamy and creative side of Marion. Like every other air elementalist, there is a very imaginative side to Marion. She's extremely crafty, and is constantly making sculptures, origami, and watercolor paintings. She's a professional doodler as well, going as far as drawing silly pictures on the back of her tests right before she hands them in. However, her true passion is writing, and more specifically, screenplay. Marion's dream is to someday work on films, whether she be an actor, editor, writer, or director. Sometimes you can spot her shooting footage of random things around the academy. As well as starting a band, Marion desperately wants to either shoot a movie or a web series with her friends.
History
Marion has never had a normal childhood, ever. Her father was the ringmaster and co-founder of the Castle & March Family Circus, and her mother was a humble performer. The girl was born in Paris on October 31, Halloween while the circus was stationed there. Through her infant and toddler years, Marion happily grew up in the large city of Paris, France, until she was three. It was then that the family decided to travel around the world yet again. Their decision would ultimately begin Marion's life as she knew it.
Everything was good, and the young girl started to get used to being on the road. However, the happy times ended and everything changed on her sixth birthday. On that day, Marion was sitting in a front row seat as the performers of Castle & March did a special Halloween and birthday performance just for her. During her mother's tightrope performance, the cable somehow managed to get loose. The woman fell to her death, as there was no net below her to save her. Although the event obviously was traumatizing and horrific, Marion learned to accept the fate of her mother in time. In fact, her mother's death only motivated her to avenge the inevitable.
At the age of eight, under her father's permission, Marion learned how to tightrope walk herself. At first, her father was hesitant, but eventually gave into the girl's requests. She learned remarkably fast, almost unnaturally did Marion pick up the balancing skills required for walking on the high-wire. She eventually became so good, that she would be able to almost run across the wire as well as perform acrobatic tricks. Her father gave her the nickname Sonic, (after the SEGA character that could run at blinding speeds) and the simple pet name later became her stage name. Soon later, "Sonic the Spectacular" made loads of business for Castle & March, and became an international superstar among circus performers. She later took up the trapeze, and had similar success. She would be able to "dance in the air", as stated by multiple critics. When asked how she was able to do such amazing performances at such a young age, Marion would say that she would simply "become one with the air above".
After many years on the road and performing, both Marion and her father decided that they needed a break. When she was fourteen, the two decided to settle down in Toronto, Canada, as they both favored the place when they traveled. They eventually became citizens, and Mr. March was able to get his working papers and requirements done relatively fast. Marion's new life brought much confusion and new challenges. The most difficult challenge for Marion was high school. She had been home schooled for all of her life, and was not used to the regular public school system. She wasn't a favorite among classmates as well, as she was known as the "circus freak" and was constantly being shoved into lockers. She prayed that the confusion would end, but things only got worse.
One day, Marion was being tormented in the hallways by a group of girls. After she made a witty cohort at one of the girl's comments, the bully reached out to punch her. It was then that Marion held out her hand to defend herself, causing the girl to fly right across the hallway into the vending machine. Marion later found herself in the principal's office with her attacker, and as the girl tried to convince the principal that Marion had shoved her into the vending machine for no apparent reason, the normally calm girl silently grew a temper inside of her. Papers in the office started to violently swirl around, as though there was a miniature cyclone inside the room. The girl retreated, and escaped the school, where she immediately ran home.
After much contemplation, Marion started to put the pieces of her life together, and eventually believed herself to be a wielder of aerokinesis; the manipulation of air and wind. It made sense, and when the girl decided to tell her father of her assumed abilities, he instantly believed her. The two kept it a secret, and one day, her father found a boarding school known as the Academy of Elements where she would be able to develop her powers. With much excitement and relief that she wouldn't have to be attending her crappy old public school anymore, Marion enrolled. And the rest is history....
Fun Facts (Other)
- Marion is a big believer of mythical and supernatural related creatures, such as Bigfoot, gray aliens, ghosts, jackalopes, and most surprisingly, pixies.
- Sometimes, she gets recognized as Sonic in public places. This happens very rarely nowadays, but it hasn't stopped just yet.
- She considers red and maroon to be her lucky colors, and 8 to be her lucky number.
- Marion wears one of her mother's red shoelaces around her neck.
- She has traveled to all six inhabitable continents.
- Her favorite bands of all time are ACDC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Foreigner, Cage the Elephant, and Paramore.
- She has written nine stories, and has had one actually published.