<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/51/MelindaJames.jpg)</div><div align="center"><strong>NAME:</strong>  Melinda Marie James<br/><br/><strong>AGE:</strong>  21<br/><br/><strong>TYPE:</strong>  Witch<br/><br/><strong>POWERS/ABILITIES:</strong>  Melinda has three main abilitites, levitation, empathy, and premonition. All her abilities are passive and she often complains about this unfortunate circumstance. Melinda can levitate herself up to 2 feet off any surface, she cannot however levitate anything other than herself. Also able to sense the thoughts and emotions of others, though she has to physically touch them for this ability to work. Her premonitions come mostly as she touches objects or people, though she has simply received visions out of nowhere, thanks to her mother and grandmother. Frustrated with her limitations and quite jealous of her sisters aggressive powers, she works hard to perfect her physical fighting skills and is an open encyclopedia where potions and spells are concerned.<br/><br/>Melinda is the youngest of the James' sisters and the most rebellious and reckless. She is fun loving and full of fire and laughter, always smiling and always flirting. Having known their mother the least Melinda has a great amount of sadness and often feels alone in her pain. She loves her sisters, loves magic, and loves fighting demons. The adrenaline she feels when in the heat of battle is something she is addicted to and she often goes in search of trouble. Unlike her older sisters Melinda does not even try to fit into the world of mortal man, she works at a local Wiccan store, has a weekly coven meeting with other local "witches", and though she keeps her abilities a secret the town still gossips about her crazy "witch" lifestyle.<br/>____________________________________________________________________________________</div><br/>The bell rang as the door once more swung closed and Melinda reached down to pull her cell phone from the purse she kept below the counter. She had opened the store late yet again and for the last hour had been helping a friend of hers put together the makings for a protection spell. She smiled as she thought of how totally confused the woman had been, trying to put ingredients together that would never actually work. Her sisters always warned her that she needed to stay careful when sharing her knowledge of magical things but Melinda refused to not help her friends and customers any chance she could.<br/><br/>After hearing the voicemail Tabitha had left her Melinda grinned, so Sha'Kos was at it again was he? Melinda secretly enjoyed the battles with him, he was the only demon they had thus far encountered that truly tested their skills and power. Melinda thrived on the excitement he brought to their lives though she knew by the tone of Tabitha's voice her sister did NOT agree with that feeling.<br/><br/>Poking her head into the back room of the little store Melinda informed her coworker that she was running some errands and would return later in the day. She whistled all the way to her car, climbing into the barely functional but totally adorable classic convertable bug. She waved to people as she passed them, everyone recognized the strange James girl and some waved while others looked afraid she would put a curse on them. Her long brown hair blew wildly in the wind as she sang at the top of her lungs even as she stopped and parked outside the boutique her sister ran.<br/><br/>As she walked through the store Melinda noted several outfits she wanted to beg Chloe for, she was a clothes hound and cherished her discount she got through her big sister. Today she looked rather Bohemian, her hair long and straight, thick bangs falling over her forehead. Her dress fell in silky layers to her ankles, the top showing as much skin as possible without her being naked. She wore quality jewelry though not very much and her bag was big enough to hold the kitchen sink. One would think she was very concerned with looking sexy but in truth...everything she wore or carried was carefully planned, she was always ready to fight any physical battle and her clothing proved it.<br/><br/>"Hey Tabitha! Where is the boss lady?" she asked cheerfully as she entered the conference room and began making a cup of coffee for herself. It did not escape Melinda's notice that her sister looked hopeless, she must have been fired again Melinda thought sadly.