Maya

Maya Ashford is a young witch from an elemental coven. While her coven has an affinity for all of the elements their connection to fire is the strongest. Her coven is highly sought after for their fire magic as well as their other abilities.

Hidden deep in the wilderness of Montana Maya's coven is difficult to find unless you know who to contact and they never allow outsiders on their lands. 

Maya is a smart, strong and creative young witch with a strong connection to art. She is wise beyond her years and protects those she is close to. Maya is naturally bubbly and cheerful, she brings light and happiness to any room she enters.

Being the daughter of one of the coven elders Maya is expected to be an exceptionally strong witch. The problem that she has is she has no control over her powers and none of them are fully manifested. This is unheard of, witches start to have their powers manifest as early as 12 years old and witches of strong blood lines should have at least one element manifested and complete under control by their teen years. At 15 Maya still struggles.

At the very young age of 7 Maya went with her mother to gather supplies that they could not gather on their lands. Inside the small general store Maya wanders from aisle to aisle just simply looking at all the various items on the shelves. While she wanders she hears the front door being ripped open and men shouting. Maya hears her mother try to speak calmly to the men but they are having none of it. Scared Maya hides behind a nearby shelf as the storekeeper gets the men out of the store.

Maya, still feeling scared, stays in her hiding spot at the back of the store, her mother at the front calls for her since she is ready to leave. As Maya gets ready to come out of her hiding spot the back door of the store opens and a bottle of liquid with a flaming cloth in the neck. As it hits the ground the old building quickly goes up in flames starting from the back of the building trapping Maya.

Maya's mother frantically called for her daughter. All Maya could do was scream giving her mother her location. Using her magic Maya's mother worked to dispel the fire. The fire was working its way towards out of control and is just a little too big for one person to handle. Maya's mother is only able to keep the flames off her daughter. After what seemed like hours other members of the coven arrived and with their combined power were able to fully dispel the fire allowing Maya to run to the safety of her mother's arms. She suffered minor burns but was relatively unharmed.

Now years later Maya has a deep seated fear of fire and resists her fire manifestation. Because of this resistance it has put a block on the rest of her magic. This block has made it so her magic isn't manifesting the way it should and when it does manifest she is unable to control it.

Not being able to break the block and the elders growing ever frustrated Maya faces excommunication from the coven. Maya's mother persuades the other elders to send Maya to the new moon academy to learn her powers in a space away from the coven and hopefully the block will lift.