<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cc/Sonata.jpg)</div><strong>Identification</strong><br/><br/>Name: Sonata 'Sonny' Aurora<br/>Age: 22<br/>Height: 5'5"<br/>Weight: 125lbs<br/>Hair/Eye Color: blue-black (dyed)/blue<br/>Ethnicity: American/British<br/>Profession/University Program: Undergraduate - Classical Strings Major with a focus on the cello<br/><br/><strong>The Story</strong><br/><br/><em>Background:</em><br/><br/>The middle child of Richard Anthony Harrison II and Helena Joy Carter-Harrison, Sonata grew up in a wealthy, New York City society household. It was not, however, always a happy one. Constantly feeling as though she came in second when held up to the seemingly perfect image of her older sister Margaret, Sonata soon grew to despise New York society and everything that came with it. She fought against the mold her parents tried to force her into any way she could. She dyed her hair, pierced her nose, and developed her own fashion sense that was a constant embarrassment to her mother and sister. Sure enough, Sonata found herself exempt from society invitations, and prided herself on becoming the family's "black sheep" by the time she was fourteen years old.<br/><br/>It did not exempt her from the music lessons her grandmother insisted she take, but Sonata did not mind that in the least. She took up the cello and immediately fell in love with its haunting sounds and the nuances she was able to draw out of the instrument. Her music instructor recognized her talent and reported it to her parents and grandmother, after which that talent was cultivated in every way, in the hopes that the dark "phase" she was going through would fade in light of the prestige her parents saw in her future.<br/><br/>When she was seventeen, Sonny was pushed into auditioning for a spot at Julliard, her parents' only acceptable choice for furthering her musical education. She was offered a place, but decided against it, taking the money that would have been used for tuition and putting it towards a trip to Europe instead. The day she turned eighteen, Sonata changed her last name to Aurora, packed her things, and ran off to Europe, where she spent the better part of a year backpacking and busking with her cello in various European cities. She returned shortly after her nineteenth birthday, and despite the cold reception she received from her mother and grandmother, her father was pleased she had returned, and gave her enough money to set up in a New York apartment of her own. She then returned to busking, not because she needed the money, but because she had discovered a great love of playing to an audience while she'd been in Europe.<br/><br/>One day, while she was busking in one of the subway stations, an older man approached and stood there listening for quite some time. When she took a break, he introduced himself as a professor from Eastern State University and suggested she look into applying there. He left a substantial tip in her cello case, enough to buy dinner that night, and breakfast the next morning, winked, and disappeared into the crowd. Sonata packed up and went home, hopped on her computer, and a few days later submitted an application to ESU.<br/><br/>She was accepted shortly thereafter, choosing to live in the dorms for the first year of her program. However, after living on her own and being used to privacy, Sonata vacated the dormitory in favour of an off-campus apartment, which she would share with another ESU student named Ava.<br/><br/><em>Personality:</em><br/><br/>Sonny prefers solitude, for the most part, except when she is performing. After a childhood spent trying to live up to her mother's ridiculous and impossible expectations and having to deal with being compared to her 'perfect' older sister, as well as being seen as a failure in the face of her younger brother Alex being set on a pre-determined path into medicine and Margaret's engagement to a high society man of good family and breeding, Sonata developed a defensive, aloof demeanour to protect herself. Her temper is often likened to a "flash flood"--a quick, sudden, intense outburst that is over in a matter of minutes, and leaves a great deal of destruction in its wake. However, she also has a strong determination that can often cross the line into stubbornness. When she makes up her mind to do something or obtain something she really wants, she will do whatever she can to get it, and refuses to take 'no' for an answer. When she is playing her cello she is calm and relaxed; she does her best thinking when she is practicing, and as she is never seen without her cello, she practices several hours a day, often between classes.<br/><br/><strong>Miscellaneous Information:</strong><br/><br/>Sonny has a betta fish (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlZXHTks8-4/Sg77hgB2JFI/AAAAAAAAAHU/-lb5EKealwE/s400/black_gold_demon_betta_fish2.jpg) named Demon; she likes peanut butter and potato chip sandwiches, coffee, night time, anything leopard-print, oranges, silk sheets, fuzzy slippers, macaroni and cheese from the box, and cheap beer; she dislikes liars, stupidity, elitists, cheery morning people, materialists, judgmental people, and dogs.<br/><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/41/Sonata_banner.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Heaven's Gift</strong><br/><br/>Element: Water<br/>Heavenly Creature: Black Tortoise 玄武<br/>Gift (Magic/Powers): The ability to purify water through touch (with growth, will be able to do this without touching it), ability to sense bodies of water in nearby terrain (the distance she can sense up to will grow with the strength of her powers), when looking into calm, still water, will demonstrate a certain seer-type ability (just flashes at first, with the potential for increased clarity over time/with practice), can make people think their worst fears are coming true, and amplify their insecurities and self-doubts; in battle, she will (eventually) have the power to give her enemies waking nightmares and hallucinations.<br/><br/>