Phoebe V.

Phoebe V. is a fifth grader and Queen of Phoebelandia. While she is not part of the student government of PPA, Phoebe runs everything else to keep the country in check. Phoebe is also one of the only people able to tell Veronica C. off.

Appearance
Phoebe is a tall girl. This is something that bothers her, but only when people bring up her height does Phoebe get annoyed. Phoebe has short brown to blonde hair with what used to be bangs that hang down to just below her head. At school, Phoebe often wears her hair in a ponytail with a pink scrunchie that had polka-dots on it. The hair that used to be bangs really bothers Phoebe when it’s all in her face, but she is used to it. Sometimes this hair hangs in front of her face, but usually is either behind her ears or hanging down. Phoebe also wears a black yukata with pink flower blossom print with an orange obi and black and brown sandals when out with Satomi Sakayama. She also wears a red kimono on special occasions too.

Personality
Phoebe is a straightforward person who enjoys school very much. Phoebe tries to act presentable so as to not come off as rude. Phoebe is a good friend who will never leave her true friends. At the same time, Phoebe tries to choose good friends because she does not like rocky friendships.

1st Grade
It was the first day of 1st grade, and Phoebe was sitting at her desk. Phoebe wasn’t really paying attention until she heard Miss Jorgenson say, “Number 20?” It was the first time Phoebe heard Miss Jorgenson say “Number 20”, and Phoebe noticed the number 20 colored in black marker on her desk, so she said, “Here.” While everyone was getting their items into their desk, Phoebe noticed an old classmate of hers, Wyatt from kindergarten. In kindergarten, Wyatt was known as the annoying, trouble-making kid, so Phoebe told Miss Jorgenson to be careful with Wyatt. Miss Jorgenson said “Okay” to that and Phoebe continued unpacking. Later that morning, the classroom phone rang. One of the kids said that he thought that it was a phonecall telling Miss Jorgenson that she was getting fired.

Sometime around 3 to 6 weeks of the school year beginning, a girl named Reya started bullying Phoebe. Phoebe had a friend from preschool and kindergarten named Johannah. Phoebe did not know this at the time, but Reya was a helicopter over Johannah and refused to let anyone else play with her at recess. Everytime that Phoebe tried to play with Johannah, Reya would freak out.

Reya had quite a few friends. Because Reya was so mad at Phoebe because she was friends with Johannah, Reya told her friends lies, and Reya’s friends told other people lies. Miss Jorgenson heard the lies and she slowly began to get a bad image of Phoebe. Everyone just believed the lies without seeing anything happen firsthand. Phoebe was very sad that everything was being made so difficult for her.

One of Reya’s friends, Maya, was always by Reya’s side and wouldn’t stop putting Phoebe down. Reya and Phoebe sat at the same table in art class, along with Maya and Johannah (maybe). One day, while Phoebe was drawing on a piece of paper with a crayon, Reya looked up and started pretending that Phoebe was invisible. Reya kept insisting that the crayon moving across the paper was floating. Phoebe tearfully told Reya that she wasn’t invisible but Reya just ignored her and said that the crayon was floating. Phoebe moved her chair away, but Reya moved it up to Phoebe and kept on pretending that she was invisible.

Things began to get increasingly worse for Phoebe as Miss Jorgenson

6th Grade
Phoebe went to play ROBLOX with her friend, Lilyana. They went to a restaurant and Lily and Phoebe talked about drama and middle school, specifically Reya. Lily said that Reya was indeed going to PHMS, which Phoebe had guessed before because Reya’s mother worked there. Lily said that they had to do everything to avoid Reya because she was so toxic. Phoebe also wanted nothing to do with Reya after she bullied her so mercilessly. The next day Phoebe watched I Am Legend with her brother and father. After the movie was finished, Phoebe watched the alternate ending of the movie on her IPad. It was nothing that she had expected.

Gemma O.
Gemma O. is one of Phoebe’s longest lasting friends in her life. They met each other in kindergarten and have been friends ever since. When they were younger the girls would get into fights sometimes of course, but always made up in the end. One time however, Phoebe shared a secret with Edom H. that revolved around Gemma and Phoebe. Unfortunately, Edom told people the secret and it took quite a while for Gemma and Phoebe to make up. Thankfully, Gemma said that they just had to act like nothing ever happened in the end. So now the girls, even after they made up, hate to talk about the incident because they so badly want to forget it ever happened.

Clara H.
Clara H. is another one of Phoebe’s longest lasting friends. Although Phoebe sometimes comes off as annoying to Clara, they never get into fights and are okay most of the time. Phoebe has respect for Clara because she was one of her only friends in kindergarten in the midst of bullying.

Ila C.
Ila C. is a former bully of Phoebe’s. As it turns out though, Ila was the only person to really ever apologize for her actions and become one of Phoebe’s real friends on steady foundations. They never get into fights anymore since they became friends and don’t talk about what happened in 3rd grade. Phoebe genuinely forgave Ila and really does care about her. Their relationship is good and there are no problems whatsoever.

Wyatt Z.
Phoebe has known Wyatt Z. since kindergarten and although they are not close friends Phoebe still likes him a little bit. Everyone in the class regarded Wyatt as an annoying kid, and Phoebe, to some extent, agreed with her classmates. One day, one of Phoebe’s friends was very excited and said that Whart would not be going to their middle school. Phoebe was a bit happy because Wyatt was indeed annoying at times, but she completely understood her classmates’ feelings too.

Lincoln A.
Lincoln A. is an acquantance of Phoebe’s. They both share a love of anime and Lincoln is the first person Phoebe sat next to in class. The two are not very good friends because they do not know each other too well, but are more of acquaintances.

Veronica C.
Veronica C. is a former bully of Phoebe’s. In 5th grade the girls made up and are now able to relate to each other more instead of looking at the differences. The beginning of 5th grade was a little rocky, but the two got to it and didn’t say rude things to each other anymore. Although Veronica does have her moments sometimes, Phoebe is happy enough that she doesn’t hate her like she used to think. Phoebe believes that Veronica will change eventually and be a nice kid again.

Angel C.
Angel C. is a former friend of Phoebe’s. They split ties after an argument. Phoebe remarked how Angel had made her life a living hell and that she needed to get out of the situation. The relationship before their breakup was very rocky indeed. Angel caused terrible things to happen to Phoebe, called her a bully and ruined her completely to the point where Phoebe could not be herself anymore. Phoebe did eventually forgive Angel but does not believe she deserves redemption for anything. Phoebe says that she gave Angel forgiveness, nobody else did. So if Angel gets hate, she deserved it and it is just.

Endreas A.
Phoebe had a crush on Endreas A. for a short period of time until she chose to be on friendship terms with him. Endreas never liked Phoebe back, but surprisingly, Phoebe didn’t feel any heartbreak from that and was okay. After all, she told him after she stopped crushing on him. They are still friends and were on the student council together in 5th grade.

Jane V.
Jane V. is Phoebe’s mother and the one who Phoebe loves and cherishes very much, but also the exact same person who broke Phoebe’s heart. In 3rd grade when Phoebe wanted to die, she finally came out about her feeling and both the counselor and Jane didn’t believe her. Instead, Phoebe got a scolding from Jane and since then Phoebe feels sick to her stomach reliving the events. The incident has affected Phoebe greatly, and because of Jane’s actions Phoebe believes that her mother is undeserving of redemption or forgiveness. Even then Phoebe still praises Jane for all the other good things she has done, but holds ill feelings against her when talking about her suicidal thoughts.

Greg V.
Phoebe is mostly meek around her father, Greg V. It appears that he has never known about the dark thoughts that Phoebe used to have, and Phoebe considers herself lucky that Greg doesn’t know. Every Saturday Phoebe and Greg watch Violet Evergarden & The Twilight Zone on their smart TV in their basement. The two have a special bond and because of Phoebe’s meekness, they don’t get into fights very often but Phoebe does not like how impatient he is and how he expects Phoebe and her brother to be polite but Greg does the exact opposite.

Trivia

 * Phoebe means shining, radiance.
 * Phoebe has synesthesia.
 * In The S.S. Garry, Phoebe was a sniper and one of the two survivors of the shipwreck alongside Kiebron M.
 * Phoebe (菲備) in Chinese kanjis means <菲> fragrant，luxuriant; the Philippines; <備> prepare，ready，perfect; "
 * Phoebe (芙偉微) in Japanese kanjis means “lotus, Fu of Mt. Fuji (芙) admirable (偉) delicate, minuteness (微)”