River Schnieder~District 1 (COMPLETE)

River Schnieder~D1~Age 17

APPEARANCE:

If you happened to be walking by and saw a girl strutting down the road and twirling her hair, you probably saw River Schnieder. She has shoulder length, choppy looking brown hair, with streaks of honey-blond and burgundy. River has a tiny height of 5'2, and normally tries to make up for that with high heeled boots, to no avail.

River rarely tans, giving her a fairly average skin tone. She has a partially round head with small lips and a large nose. River always keeps her nails fairly cleaned and painted, and hair is almost always down.

When River was small, she ran into a metal door frame, causing her a fairly noticeable scar on her lower lip, which she tries her best to cover up. She's thin and fairly 'developed', but she does have dark elbows and knobby fingers, which she tries her best not to show with long sleeves and jackets. She also would prove very fit from a healthy diet and occasional walks.

This girl will almost always be wearing jewelry and pair of rhinestone jeans. She has a small ring on her middle finger of her left hand that her best friend, Sammi, made for her. She usually wears fairly natural make-up with lots of mascara and eye-liner.

PERSONALITY:

Rambunctious, cruel, and self-centered, are a few of River's traits. She is certainly a selfish and stubborn person. River if usually picky when it comes to food, clothes, or even people. She appears overly confident, and that everyone must know her opinion, or the world might stop spinning.

River is most afraid of owls and snakes. She also is disgusted by other things like bugs and moldy food, but they still aren't the same. She tends to snap easily, and is sometimes overly flirty. Not too mention loud, annoying, and just won't shut up when needed.

Her favorite food is probably a mango parfait. Ever since she tasted her first mango from a tree in her backyard, she has never grown apart from them. She hates mint, and is extremely allergic to nuts.

River may seem to preoccupied with herself to have any hobbies other than friends and parties, but she definitely does! She loves to sing and garden, which she is both excellent at. She's not a very good artist but she can write any piece of music within a few days and have it sounding nearly perfect! She learned gardening from her mother, and loves crossing and creating different breeds. Her main goals in life, are to become a professional singer or actress. Or perhaps to create a new hybrid fruit everyone in all of Panem would love!

HISTORY:

River was born and raised in a rich family. They a had a three story, large house, with a fairly average sized backyard and small gardening boxes. Her father was gone working as a jewel crafter, and her mother, gone with friends and shopping. She was raised by her nanny, who really wasn't much help to her either.

River was actually a very weak and sensitive child, no one ever paid much attention to her, and she usually sat in the back yard, gardening or singing the silly songs stuck in her head. At school, she was bullied and made fun of, but then she met her soon to be best friend, Sammi.

Sammi was the girl who felt pity for River, and taught her the truth of the world, and how to teach those bullies who's boss. Even though Sammi was two years older than her, River didn't mind, it was nice having a friend. She suddenly got a confidence she had never known before. Sammi was like her new found mother and role model. She loved her like no other.

River was kind and sweet to others, until suddenly, at the age of fourteen, Sammi fell and cut her knees and scraped her hands on sharp rocks. Most would think it wasn't such a big deal, but Sammi bruised easily. And when she bled, it wouldn't stop. Eventually, she bled to death, and River was heart broken.

Ever since then, River was emotionally weak, and had much more of a reason to keep her shell now. She became bitter and angry at herself for not being able to ever do anything. She began pushing people out of her life when they got too close, and was quiet and lonely.

Today, she has evolved enough to let friends into her life, but not nearly as close as she was to Sammi. She struts and sasses because of her greatest fear. It isn't spiders, or snakes, or anything else that would creep her out. It was discovering who she really was. And even more so, having others know it.