Hello out there Bon Temps! My name is Holly London! I hale from Baton Rouge and love the New Orleans Saints! I lost my home during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (didn’t we all lose a little bit of something?) and my business soon went under. I ran a little shop called “The Goddess”. I had anything you could ever need in there ranging from bath salts to lotions and incantations to necromancy. Yes that’s right; I’m a Witch and a powerful one at that. I did my studies mainly on my own and remember having these powers as early as 6 years of age. My mother was quite abusive towards me, but more abusive to herself w/ alcohol. My father wasn't around much as he was always working. The day my mom tried to kill me, well, let's say he seldom left our side. After my mother passed on my father came back around, taking me and my brother, Greg, in. He worked hard on making things right for us, never wanting us to go without. I learned I was special one day when my mother came after me w/ a belt. She was swinging it towards me when I held my hands up and said “NO MORE!” She stopped still in her tracks and didn’t budge; except for her eyes. Her eyes followed me around the room when I circled her. I was shocked myself as to what had just happened. As soon as the concentration stopped she was free to move. My mother dropped to the ground and began crying. She then grabbed & shook me saying, “You are not right or natural! What the hell are you?” Of course to a 6 year old girl I was devastated and did not know what to do or where to turn. I tried the church but that was not the best place to start. Imagine being 6 years old and confiding in the priest you have powers. Nice move, right? Not really… He called the local authorities who sent out CPS to my mother’s house. They investigated her and my daddy finding them of sane mind and body. They figured I was a child w/ a wild imagination. Sometimes I felt like Drew Barrymore from Fire Starter. Mess w/me enough I might just set fire to you! All seriousness aside learning to control your abilities can be as hard as a child learning Karate. You want to kick the shit out of someone because you know you can, but should you? As I grew older, I learned that focusing on my fear, anxieties and that little voice in our head called our subconscious, helped me control my powers. By the age of 10 I could levitate items, stop a person COLD in their tracks and learned basic spell casting (erasing a teacher’s memory of a test, stuff like that). By the time I was 15 I started charging for my services to my friends and referrals; building up some savings for myself. I found people wanted money or love spells the most. I provided a warning: “Anytime you ask for something it can come back on you 10 fold. Be careful what you ask for.” They did not care because they wanted the star HS quarterback to be their boyfriend or to win the lottery. In the end the boy that was charmed became so obsessed w/ the girl it became close to stalking and in some cases, abusive. The bum turned billionaire lost everything to a crashing stock market. These people must understand they get what they ask for. Gentle soles can turn violent. Violent soles can turn murderous. It’s a cycle that will need to run its course once it has been executed. It’s the law of nature.*shrugs* Fast forwarding to 10 years ago I saved up enough of my own money and opened up my own shop, “The Goddess”. People always wanted to know their future, wanted the same lottery numbers and women, no matter their age, still wanted love spells. Some wanted their tarot cards read and others their palms. Honestly this is all fun and has an entertaining factor but this is not what I excel in (it’s a waste of time). I had someone once come to me and ask to have their baby blessed while she was still pregnant. She was worried that “the guy who knocked her up was not worthy.” I agreed and did the service and suggested she really think about who her “baby daddy” will be moving forward. “Look for Mr. Right, not Mr. Right Now” I said. She laughed and had me do the service. The baby turned out just fine and today, is a star student in his elementary school. I’m so proud! I am more into creating new spells undiscovered. I'm also a conjuror and necromancer but I do not practice the dark... black magic. There have been times when provocked I've been known to dabble... but we'll get into that another time. In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina I lost everything; my home and my emporium. Which brings us today! I packed up the little pieces I had left of my life and moved here to Bon Temps. I have been through good and bad times in my life and hope to make a great life for myself here. I reopened my shop and call it “Witch Haven and Moon Dust”. I now have a very close relationship with my brother, Greg, who thankfully, is not a warlock. My father also does not have magic in him. They come to see me often and I hope to have them closer to me in Bon Temps at some point. After moving to the area and opening Witch Haven and Moon Dust I happened across a young man who has absolutely stolen my heart. His name is Seth London ( @Seth__London). We married on April 28, 2012.