Character Information: What problem this group has stems mostly from their father in creating a world he in charge of. So things tend to be skewed no matter how the girls try to correct them and has learned to leave things alone and live with them as they are. Age 13: The Elders Lariena – is the oldest of the three elder sisters, but only by a couple of days over Alejandra. But Lariena was born in Savanagrande - Puerto Rico while her father was in New York City where Alejandra was born, making him think Alejandra was the first born daughter. Lariena’s sister with the same mother is Daniela. She was born in March. Personality: Lariena (meaning The Queen in Spanish), is defensive, moody and challenging, though she is outgoing and the explorer of the three. Though she is the oldest of the elders, she plays second fiddle to the sisters’ leader Alejandra who is Daddy’s former favorite and to Gabriella at time who is the brains of the goup. Lariena is considered as the protector of the group. Alejandra – is the second oldest sister, born a month after Fernando and Rosita was born. Their father oblivious to Rosita’s and Lariena’s births, declared Alejandra his first born daughter. This was not to be corrected for many years. Alejandra’s sisters with the same mother are the twins Angelina and Saturnina. She was born in March. Personality – lead to believe that she was the first-born daughter for many years, she was always at daddy’s side on his many trips and excursions to who knows where. Among these trips were attempts to see her brother Fernando, which were all failures at the time. When the girls were unfied into one group some five years later, Alejandra became the group’s leader because of her closeness to daddy. It is this closeness that allowed her to convince daddy into things the group wanted and at the time he did not. But when she started getting older, she was beginning to feel uncomfortable sitting on his lap, and their closeness begin to wane. Since then Daniela has replaced her on sitting on daddy’s lap, but Alejandra still has her father’s ear. Though she is the group’s leader, she is almost always challenged by Lariena, and at times Daniela backing up her sister. It is Alejandra who unifies the sisters as sisters by different mothers, Lariena would prefer not to associate the group as sisters because they have different mothers, but a chewing out by daddy forces her to accept her other sisters as sisters. Alejandra tries to be laid back but because of Lariena she is always on her toes. She does not like being the group’s leader at times, and has admitted so to Gabriela. Gabriela convinces her that is it her responsibility, because “if Lariena was the group’s leader, there would be no group in the end.” Gabriela – Is the third oldest daughter, born a month after Lariena and Alejandra, in New York City. She and her mother-shared sisters are born with an extreme sensitivity Sun Light Allergy. Thus they have to use prescribed sunblock on their skins and wear total body covering clothing. Their father did not know about Lariena’s birth until weeks after Gabriela was born. Gabriela’s sisters with the same mother are the twins Bianca and Candi. She was born in April. Personality – of all the girls, Gabriela is most like Fernando because her condition calls for being intelligent and calculating facts and figures, not taking things for granted and making decisions. Thus she has studied all that she can to protect herself and her mother-shared sisters from their Sunlight Allergies. Thus she will think things out to a bitter end. Many of her sisters think that she is too much in of herself when she is not. She (like her sisters Bianca and Candi) would love to go out and play with them, take sun tans in their bikinis (which they do own but cant use outside), talk about boys outside, and fly around but can’t because the sun would make them break out in a painful rash. Gabriela can be outgoing but at times is withdrawn if she has to go outside in the sun. She and her mother-shared sisters can do these things at night; and thus have been called “Vampire” in their old school because of it. Age 12: The Upper Middle Ones Daniela – younger mother-shared sister to Lariena but younger than the twins Bianca and Candi by a week. Though she was always in Lariena’s shadow, as the younger sister, she was the one who got preference by their mother and her side of the family, though Lariena had to keep being the example for Daniela to follow. She tries to be the leader of the younger girls but is often thwarted by the two sets of twins Bianca and Candi and Anglina and Saturnia. Thus she tries to rule “The Babies” and even then she fails. Personality – When Alejandra started to get uncomfortable sitting on daddy’s lap, Daniela too her place in thinking that she would be elevated to the group’s leader position. At best Daniela is an opportunist. At worse Daniela can be a thief. She is the one who wants all of the attention of the group because it was given to her when she was with her mother. Since joining the girls, Daniela has been forced to be patient and is highly jealous of Saturnina because her handicap gives her all the attention. Bianca (Candi’s twin) - The older and quiet one of the two, she is also the more sensitive of the three (Gabriela, Bianca and Candi) and is learning to have a tough skin now that she is in this larger group of sisters. But she also has a short fuse temper. She is the one who stands up to back up her sisters, and like Gabriela is researching everything but not to the extent Gabriela does. Personality – Bianca is most of the time the quiet one, though not shy. She does like to go find answers to problems and often will find a problem when the other girls do not think there is one. She is the first to back up Gabriella when she is challenged by Lariena or anyone else. Candi (Bianca’s twin) – the fun one of the two, and perhaps all the girls. She hates her Sun Light Allergy because it limits her in her fun. She often would prefer if things were done for her and often has to have her twin do it for her. Personality – Candi does not really want attention, but does fun. She is for all intents and purposes the Party Girl of the group. As such she is the most outgoing of he mother-hard sisters. But this comes with a price, as she is often the one needing to be put in bed doped up on her allergy meds for a couple of days, but when asked if it was worth it she would say it was. Age 11: The Lower Middle Ones Angelina (Saturnina’s twin) – The older twin who wants to be a party girl and craves for the attention, only to have it taken away by Saturnina. She is forced to be Saturnina’s caregiver though both would prefer to be left alone. Their older sister understands this and tries to help out but Lariena gets in her way. Personality – She is very much like Candi in wanting to be a party girl. But her responsibility to help Saturnina gets in the way of the fun. It also hinders Saturnina in exploring the world as well. At the same time she has to back up Alejandra in her decisions for the group when Lariena challenges her. But she also craves attention, which Saturnina unintentionally takes away. Saturnina (Angelina’s twin) – The younger twin, who is very withdrawn because of her handicap of being blind when exposed to light, much like Fernando’s condition. She does not like her glasses and tries not to wear them but then become blind. Because of this, Angelina has become Saturnina’s guide dog, something neither girl want. Like Fernando, she also gets some nasty headaches due to her condition. When it happens she is often being held by Angelina and/or Alejandra, like some teddy bear. Saturnina is often called either Saddie or Nina. Personality – in being blind when exposed to light, Saturnina has become withdrawn and at times shy, though she tries to be outgoing. It is hinted that her condition is temporary if she wears her glasses and may one day out grow it but she does not like wearing her glasses or being blind; she can not have it both ways and often deals with being in either or both cases. Her condition, especially when she is blind, gets her a lot of attention which she does not like because it hinder with her trying to learn the world being blind when people are giving her everything. With Fernando now in the picture, this might change. Melissa – The Brains and Leader of The Babies as she is their eldest sister, but the youngest of The Middle Ones. She likes being the leader though it is always challenged by the youngest Baby: Luna. This is not meant to be challenge but Luna prefers to do things her way. Melissa is the one who thwarts Lariena’s decisions when it’s Lariena’s decisions and not a shared one with the other elders. Being the elder sister to the Babies, she is the one teaching them everything. Personality – Melissa wants to be a party girl but has become a leader in leading the babies. She tries to follow the elders Alejandra and Gabriela’s examples and seen Lariena’s challenges to them, but she has also seen how Lariena tries to protect the group as a whole and follows that example in protecting the babies in the same manner. Age 10: The Babies Samantha – Born on the same year as her younger sister Luna, she is the elder of the two. Samantha likes to be a loner, and a party goer, not wanting to be with the group if she can. She is the one who wants to go on her own. Thus she is very independent in her ways. Personality – Samantha is outgoing and individualistic in her ways. It is believed that it is because Luna takes away what attention she could have gotten in the family, and does not like being told what to do by Melissa. Luna – The youngest of all the girls, born on the same year as her older sister Samantha. Like Lariena, Luna explores the world around her. But Luna tends to live out her name’s definition of being a “Moon Child” – aka crazy and does things may consider strange or outrageous. Personality – Luna is the crazy one of the group. Though thought it is because she wanted attention, it is because it is the way she thinks. In her world there is no box to think in or out of, but pieces of a box that is cut up into shapes and place wherever it is needed. Luna will appear to be normal but in closer inspection there is something off. If you tell her, “We are taking a bus to go there” Luna will reply, “Where will we keep the bus after we used it?” But under all this lunacy, Luna is highly intelligent because she sees things in a different light. Shared Mother groups: Because of Grandmother, and their father’s inability to deal with his harem, the names of the girls’ mothers are only known to them and are silence on saying them. Thus they are divided up in Mom Groups. Outside of the Mom Groups the girls are technically each other’s half-sisters but are on their father’s insistence and Squirrel Society Rules, they are sisters. Mom 1: Lariena and Daniela Mom 2: Alejandra, Bianca and Candi Mom 3: Gabriela, Angelina, and Saturnina Mom 4: Melissa, Samantha and Luna. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of Chapter Information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -