Demiece Chevalier

'Demi' is the protagonist of the story. Demi is a naturally isolated and troubled person, and has been since childhood. After her parents discovered that she had an affinity for music at the age of 4, they decided to have her home-schooled so she would be in an environment where she could focus on music, granted, this is what her parents led her to believe her entire life. The truth is that even as a child, she was so clearly unable to socialize and get along with other children that it was easier for her parents to pull her out of the school institution completely than trying to help her adapt. At 16, Demi's life changes for the worse when she, her mother and her estranged aunt from Russia are all in a fatal car accident in which her aunt, Nadia, was said to have died upon the impact of the crash. The trauma of the accident and the family politics that ensue eventually lead Demi to be exiled from her family and sent to the boarding school that her cousin, the son of her 'late' aunt, has attended for years. When Demi arrives at Elizabeth Rose Convent she is a cynical atheist, but it does not take very long at all for her views to change once she experiences the notorious hauntings first-hand.