Template:Kyle Alton



Vital Information
Kyle Alton is a Half-Blood wizard of Irish descent. He is the son of Kelsey O'Reilly and Daragh Alton.

Life Before Hogwarts
"Tá tú mo chara is fear."

- Kyle Alton

"Bhí a fhios agam é sin."

- Kelsey Alton

<!-- Going by the name of Chelsea while on the job his mother, Kelsey, was entertaining a few patrons of the hotel bar she filled in doing part-time shifts at. Daragh was attending a work conference, he was supposed to give a speech, and he was incredibly nervous to present his findings to so many of his more distinguished colleagues at once. He met a beautiful woman at the bar, he ordered one drink to take the edge off. After speaking with her he no longer needed it. A few words from Kelsey, the soft brush of her hand against his, and the smell of her perfume was enough to make Daragh forget all about his anxiety. Even after he parted ways with her the influence that beautiful woman had on him was still coursing through him. He was a different man at that podium, and each of his colleagues took notice. He tried to find Kelsey afterwards with no luck. He stayed at the hotel extending his trip an extra week hoping to see her again. See her he did. The went on day dates, night dates, and overnighters before it was time for him to go back home. He wanted to take Kelsey with him, and she wanted to go. As much as she wanted to leave with Daragh, she could not do it. She let him go.

Ciaran and Colleen had six beautiful children; Kelsey, Enid, Niall, Barry, Perry, and Darcy. The first, the worst. The eldest daughter Kelsey was their most rotten. She started out as the perfect child, or so her parents thought. By the ripe old age of seventeen she had already broken every house rule her father could have thought of, and some he had never thought to mention. She was sneaking out late at night, and getting herself into the just the right amount of trouble in places she should not have been.

Ciaran O'Reilly grew up just three houses down from Colleen Murphy. They dated... rather briefly before Ciaran proposed. But their friendship had lasted for many years prior to them becoming official, so no one was surprised by the... seemingly rushed nature of their relationship to get to marriage. Due to the rushed nature of their relationship, the couple did wait just a bit into their marriage before deciding to start their family. And once it started, it flourished. Kelsey was born first, and her five siblings followed in the quick manner that Irish Catholic siblings tend to do. Kelsey was only thirteen months old when Enid was born. Nine months later Niall came along. Eighteen months later Barry was born. Two years later Perry was born, followed ten months later by Darcy. Kelsey was six by the time all of her siblings were born. When you're only six years old... you're still new to life. Still figuring things out. It's a very young age to be constantly told "to set a good example." How are you supposed to set a good example when the ones you're setting the example for can barely even walk? The constant repetition of this phrase grated on Kelsey to no end. Out of that grew a deepening resentment. Kelsey mostly blamed the Catholic faith for the need to set a good example. She found it unreasonable that you were supposed to look up to someone who lived a sinless life... on purpose. Perfection was not a reasonable standard that people should be held to, forgiveness or not. The Catholics seemed far more interested in shaming you for your sins than forgiving you for them, so Kelsey made it her mission (much to her parents chagrin) to break every rule she could, with all the dramatics she could muster. Daragh was... a happy mistake. She hadn't meant to fall for him, truly. He was a good four years older than she, and had been celebrating his birthday at the pub the night she slipped in, at age seventeen. It was only one more year before she could drink... and the culture being what it was, it wasn't hard to convince the bartender to let her have a few. They'd dated on and off for a month after that before sort of falling out of touch. Until eight months later when Kelsey showed up at his doorstep. She was newly eighteen, kicked out of the house by her parents who were no longer legally obligated to care for her, and a new mother of a baby boy.

His mother, Kelsey, was a "bad girl", she came from a strict religious family. As a child she was everything she was supposed to be. Quiet, obedient, and faithful. When she turned sixteen she started to rebel, as her father, Ciaran, said; an diabhal fuair i ('The devil got in'), it was a saying that always caused her mother, Colleen, to gasp, and call on the Father while she made the sign of the cross over her chest. His father, Daragh, was a young, well respected physician. He was considered a miracle worker for his unorthodox techniques during surgical procedures such as blasting music to help him relax, or playing a muggle game called Operation. He has saved a number of lives when other doctors deemed the cases to be impossible. He has 'magic hands', as all the nurses in the office who fawned over him during his rounds would say. He paid no mind to the women, and in some cases men, except when his work demanded it. Kelsey, and Daragh met haphazardly though a bizarre set of circumstances.

Ten months after Kelsey met Daragh she was at his door with a small bundle in her arms. Their baby, their son, Kyle. Daragh was at a loss for words. He thought back to their time together those many months ago. To the best of his ability he could not remember a time when he did not use protection. It took Kelsey one word, that word was Tequila, to get him to almost remember that one time when they had not. They raised the baby together, they never legally married but Kelsey did take Daragh's name. Kyle's mother was his best friend, and she told him she knew that would happen. That was why she named him after herself, she replaced the first E with the Y, then took out the S, changing Kelsey to Kyle. She was a brazen woman, from a traditional household, and she refused to let someone else's idea of how or who she should be define her no matter who's idea it was. She did not like to be told what to do, she disliked being told that she was evil by her family for making her own choices rather than following the rules.-->

His first sign of magic happen when he was a small child. It was light based magic. Sometimes he made lights become so bright they would burst, and sometimes he was able to break them by breaking the filament before the light was ever even able to come on. He father, and his mother at the time had no idea it was Kyle, they assumed there was something wrong with the electricity. Due to Daragh's muggle lifestyle they lived in a muggle neighborhood when they realized that Kyle was a wizard like his father they decided to move to a wizarding neighborhood. Kelsey was worried, and excited, Daragh was rather upset, he lived just fine in a muggle world. Kelsey was more eager for the adventure than anything else. She never truly thought about the fact that because she was still a muggle they had to live on the edge of the wizarding world, a world where she could still contribute to their household, in the home or outside of it. She struck up a nice balance, but she ended up being as upset about the move as Daragh had been.

Kyle, and his mother were forced to attend family gathering's on both Kelsey's maternal and paternal side. Her father Ciaran, and the O'Reilly clan, as well as her mother Colleen, and the Kelly family. Colleen is the daughter of the O'Reilly families local Priest Father Kelly. Colleen, and Ciaran were the perfect match, at least in they eyes of their parents. Kelsey's husband was big supporter of this, and he always encouraged Kelsey to be a bigger part of her family. He reciprocated by taking her and Kyle to his family gatherings in the wizard community, they were embraced by the Alton's in a way that they were not by Kelsey's family. She, and Kyle have always felt more comfortable when with them. It was something Daragh felt strongly about, coming from a broken family himself being surround by some many people from one clan was something he always dreamed of. When he and Kelsey began their family he planned to have, many, many more children. Unfortunately that was impossible, Kelsey and Daragh were only able to have Kyle.

She taught her son many things, some which he might one day pass on to his own children and grandchildren. And some that he just might forget with the passing of time. She created so many memories with him, memories that he will cherish in the darkest of times, and when he feels the most alone because he no longer has her to comfort him. When she died he was absolutely heartbroken. He did not understand, or perhaps he did not want to believe, that she was never coming back. When he learned of magic the first thing he thought to do with it was, of course, to bring his mother back. No one bothered to tell him what he dreamt of doing was forbidden. let alone that is was something he might never be able to do. He still carries with him the hope that he can one day bring his mother back from the dead, not as a zombie, or some other such terrifying un-living creature. He firmly believes he can learn to bring her back exactly as she was the best friend that he lost, the mother he still needs.

His mother lived a long life, she did many wonderful things, aside from making him she accomplished a few goals some would not before they passed. No one told Kyle of this, he of course, thought his mother's only legacy was him. A wizard. Kelsey may not have been a witch, she may not have been as experienced in the ways of the wizarding community as Daragh was. Nevertheless She was the parent to share the majority of her knowledge with her, she was the most important person in his life during 'the first five', the formative years of his life. She was the one teach Kyle more fundamental skills, such as; walking, and talking. She also taught him how to spell his name. He will never forget the little secret she told him about their names. He is still wholly devoted to her memory, and on occasion that "bad" or impulsive streak she had appears in him. In some ways it is as if she still lives inside of him. He father sees it, his grandparents saw it as well. In addition to the magic he inherited from his father it is the reason they turned him away.

Wizarding School
He was sorted into Slytherin, despite completely expecting to find himself with a tower view among a horde of other book lovers he pretends not to be surprised he is one of many half-bloods tossed in to the dungeon.

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Personality
He ended up with a mildly frightening, but still completely useful mix of personalities from both of his parents. He has his father's ambition, likely to continue something regardless of how fruitless his attempts may seem to others. He also harbors his mother's strength of will, he is unbearable when told he cannot do something, because he is going to do it whether or not he gets caught. He pays a great deal of attention to everything that happens around him, there are times where he will not say a single word even when prompted to do so. He has a complex, and utterly confusing sense of duality, he is both cautious, and reckless.

Sometimes, he can will be fully aware of the consequences of his actions, and still make the "incorrect" choice. He has to learn from the experience to understand whether the action was worth the consequence. His idea of negative and positive association is a bit askew. He could have been warned a million times or not at all, it would not have made him waver from the decision he chose to make. He would do it time, and time again. Unless something has physically prevented him for doing it again, the one thing to count on is that he most likely will make that same "incorrect" choice.

He is quite moody, and while he does have a tendency to "fake it" or pretend that he feels nothing. He is quite heavily buried in his emotions. He still suffers greatly from his mother's loss, he will do so for the rest of his natural life. He is also haunted by a feeling of inadequacy. Even at young age he sighed listlessly while describing feels rendering an ambitious desire to be whole. Has suffered deeply, and although his pain can be seen clear as day in his eyes he hides it well with blank stares, furrowed brows, deep scowls, a little smirks, and even the occasional smiles.

Although he is creative and insightful he has a bad habit of using his brilliance in the wrong way. His more impulsive nature is his true gift from his mother. She was the only person to ever stoke such flames. When he was distracted she did not drag his back to reality, she flew away with him to the next shiny object he was headed towards. Despite no longer knowing what it feels like to be familiar with someone taking an interest in what he thinks, or how he feels when he thinks or feels it. He can still sometimes hear his mother's voice guiding him in the way he thinks she would have. It often leads to trouble.

Appearance
Max Burkholder/Spencer Boldman/Thomas McDonell

Kyle has been told before that he is funny looking, he has also heard that he is creepy. He once made a little girl cry when he tried to smile at her. Truth be told he looks a lot like his mother, more so than his father. His father has much fairer features, not many of which save for skin tone did Kyle inherit. He has a small, and slightly pointed nose, and he also has rather deep set eyes. Like his mother Kelsey, Kyle has dark brown hair, it is think, and somewhat curly. He has big, brown eyes as well. Another trait that came from his mother. Kyle has a light splash of freckles as well those came from his father.

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Spellbook
