William Payne -District five-

William has tousled chestnut colored hair. His bangs usually cling to his forehead in unorganized tufts, but they do not cover his eyes. His hair sticks up at random places, giving him a messy bed head look, and it reaches below his ears, in hopes of covering them since they are quite big. William has wide set blue eyes that usually show off his emotions. It seems as if a smile is always plastered onto his face.The boy is kind of short for his age, he stands at 5'6 and weighs 120 lbs. He has a pale complexion from working in the electrical factory after school.

When embarrassed William's ears tend to go red and so does his face, he looks rather silly and childish when it happens.William isn't what you'd call muscular, he has a lean build and is quite fast, he can pull his own weight, but he isn't very strong. William’s arms and legs are firm from running around; he’d rather flee than fight. Despite being fifteen people sometimes mistake him for a thirteen year old. The way he dresses and his height tend to make him seem younger than he really is. When it comes to clothing William is usually seen in a dull grey jacket with a faded blue shirt inside, brown cargo pants and beat up sneakers that used to belong to someone else. He also has an old scarf his grandmother made for his 12th birthday, the color faded so to make it look more cheery he painted it a variety of different colors.

With his never faltering smile, William is what most would call an idiotic and childish fool. He always seems to have a silly grin on his face and he faces each day as if it were a game. But it may just be an act at times. He realized at a young age that if he acted stupid and tried to make people smile the bullies would just laugh at him rather than beat him up. Playing hero wouldn't help, so better to pretend you're not a threat and act like a clown.

That was William's conclusion. Despite his easy going and playful demeanour he is quite observant, he thinks things through before jumping into action. William hates it when he makes the people he cares about upset, so usually he tries to shrug things off with smiles and grins. It's a great way to mask all his troubles. William has a tendency to try shoving all his negative emotions away, but they are always there, just below the surface. He hates being alone because that's when all the pessimistic thoughts come back, he can't crack jokes when the only thing listening is the silence.

William isn't very brave, he prefers to act silly rather than fight back, but when someone he cares about is threatened he'll take a stand. He can be stubborn when he sets his mind onto things but he'll always stop to listen to reason. He likes it when he has plenty of options because usually he'll pick the one with less risks and challenges. He is much more cunning than he appears to be and he can be quite a good liar at times. He can be quite mischievous at times and usually does pranks as a way of having revenge, if it’s funny enough he probably won’t get strangled right?

He doesn’t like people who hurt those that are weaker than them, he’s been teased and made fun of a lot and even if he laughs and goes along with it on the inside it’s a different story. There’s hatred beneath his innocent smiles and laughs. Sometimes he’s disgusted by himself when the hate creeps in, William prefers to look at the brighter side of things so he tries to see the good in everyone and he gets disappointed when his emotions tell him to quit it and just see the person’s faults.

William was born to a family of three; he was the only child to two parents who worked at an electrical factory. His parents both loved each other and their son, they were a happy family but that changed when William turned five. His parents both died in an accidental explosion, since then he has been living with his grandmother. He loves her dearly and would do anything to make her happy. William works in the same electrical factory during his free time to help earn money for food and other daily needs. His grandmother who is good at sewing usually sews and knits to earn some money for herself and her grandson.

William would sometimes skip school and head to the factory. He was usually teased by the bigger guys, they would call him 'Elf' due to his large ears and the fact that he wasn't very tall. He would never fight back and instead laughed at and made a fool out of himself. One day however he saw a couple of the guys bullying an orange tabby, they were cruel to the animal and that was when William didn't play along or simply agree. He asked them nicely at first but it ended up with a fist fight, he got beat up but the cat was forgotten about and managed to run free. The same cat came back the other day and he managed to befriend the tabby. William brought it home and decided to name it Tiger.

Since that day William was picked on even more, so at school he became even more nervous and cautious towards others. He got average grades, he could have done better but he usually focused on his after class jobs more because they earned him money. William is usually seen at the factory during his free time, but sometimes he'll be running around after an orange tabby cat or taking a nice relaxing walk with his grandmother. The boy doesn't have very many friends but the ones he has he cares for like family and he'll do anything to keep a smile on their faces.