Cold November Rain [M. Shadows] [Story Info]

Name: Cyd Charisse DiBenedetto
Nicknames: Cyd, Char, CC, Senor Idioto
Age: 13 and three quarters
Info: Her father, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, left her mother Valary when she was sixteen and pregnant. She's seen every one of her father's music videos, and been to many of his concerts while trying to track him down, but she never got to see him. Cyd is a little bit on the chunky side, but more muscular than anything, because she does a lot of sports. Her best friendsare Lizzy Gray and Derek Acher.


Name: Matthew Sanders
Nicknames: Matt, Matty Boy, M. Shadows, Shadows, Shads
Age: 29
Info: He and Val had been going out for several years when she got pregnant. He left, and his band Avenged Sevenfold became world-famous. He never met his daughter, and he really doesn't want to, because he believes it will "screw up his plan" with his girlfriend, Bianca.


Name: Elizabeth Gray
Nicknames: Liz, Lizzy, Pooh, Septum
Age: 14
Info: She grew up without a mother and has been living with her somewhat overprotective dad. She likes getting piercings, even though her dad hates it, and has dyed her hair many times. Lizzy has gone to all the Avenged Sevenfold concerts in Massachusetts with Cyd to try and help her find her father. She also has a boyfriend of three years named Derek Acher.

Name: Valary DiBenedetto
Nicknames: DB, Val, Benny
Age: 28
Info: She became pregnant with Cyd just before her sixteenth birthday. The father, Matt, left shortly after he found out. She has raised Cyd all by herself and thinks she's done a damn good job at it. She works as a secretary at a business office and goes to night school.

Name: Derek Acher
Nicknames: D, Achman, Llama Boy, Penguin Dude, Dere-Bear
Age: 15
Info: He's been living with fostor parents since he was four. Both of his parents were killed in a taxi accident in New York City when a drunk truck driver hit them. He also goes to every A7X show in their state with Cyd and Lizzy. He likes pizza with M&Ms and hates his job at Jamba Juice.

Name: Brian Elwin Haner II
Nicknames: Synyster Gates, Synyster, Syn, Ellie, Junior
Age: 29
Info: He was best friends with Matt and Val when she got pregnant. His friendship with Matt became strained when he left, but they made up soon after. He has a wife, Michelle, and a baby daughter named Shawn. He thinks that Matt should find his daughter, and has told him this on several occasions, but Matt doesn't listen to him.

Name: James Sullivan
Nicknames: The Reverend Tholomew Plague, The Reverend, The Rev, Jimmy Boy, Jimbo, Taco Boy
Age: 29
Info: He's been best friends with Matt, Syn and Zacky since the first grade. He met Val in second grade, when he punched the kid who stole her Malibu Barbie. He likes getting drunk and riding motorcycles, but hasn't done it that much since his fiancee Leana became pregnant with twins.

Name: Zachary Baker
Nicknames: Zach, Zacky, Zacky Vengeance, Vengeance, Popcorn Bitch
Age: 28
Info: He met Jimmy in the first grade, when they ganged up on the school bully in a food fight and dumped chocolate milk all over his Transformers shirt. He has a wife of two years, Gena, and has two children: Marissa, age three, and Maverick, eight months. He and Matt have had several fights over whether or not he should meet his only daughter, and that usually ends in a blackened eye for poor Zacky.

Name: Jonathon Lewis Seward
Nicknames: Johnny Christ, Johnny, Jesus, Cracker, Christ
Age: 26
Info: Johnny usually gets picked on by the rest of the band since he's "the baby". He hasn't had a stable relationship in quite a while, ever since his girlfriend Lacey left him because of his drinkin problems. He thinks Shads shouldn't meet his daughter because it'll screw up him and the band.

FIRST CHAPTER COMING SOON!!!!!