Marina is a book-only character and the biological mother of Melody Carver. She loves her daughter with all her heart, which is why she had to give her up, not comfortable knowing how she would be treated like all sirens are treated. She met Melody as a teenage in "Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way". Melody found out about her through Manu.
Character[]
Personality[]
She loves her daughter with all her heart, which is why she had to give her up, not comfortable knowing how she would be treated like all sirens are treated.
Appearance[]
Like Melody, Marina is said to be bird-like. But not much else is described about her appearance.
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She is the biological mother of Melody Carver.
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In "Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way", Candace and Melody are back at home, where Melody is desperately trying to call Jackson and Candace is eating pistachios, when their front door suddenly opens. The girls fear they will be taken into custody for associating with the RADs, though their fears are quickly soothed when their mom, Glory, comes in, eager to hear Melody, having rushed from a book club. Melody, however, is none too eager to share the terrible news about the RADs and the nightmare they are surely facing, and her growing doubt planted by Manu, Cleo's butler, that Glory was not her real mother. Glory picks up on Melody's mood and becomes confused as to why she is not celebrating, but then reveals her excitement over Melody having gained her singing voice back, confusing Melody. Their father, Beau, comes back home, having come late from his office after fielding an enormous amount of phone calls from people asking him to give them things such as fangs, horns, and tails, wanting to look just like RADs.
Melody gets a text to sit with a black-haired man named Rick. The man reveals himself as Jackson, under a new name, with dyed black hair, no glasses, and a scar. Melody is relieved and talks to him about the things that had happened at the Teen Vogue shoot, including having gotten her singing voice back and having reason to believe that Glory is not her real mom. When asked why she had not confronted Glory about the news, however, Melody points out that she was too busy worrying over Jackson and whether he was safe. Jackson reveals his mom's plans to take him to London, despite his best efforts to convince her to stay in Salem. Melody convinces him to keep trying, but Jackson agrees only if Melody is there as well. Ms. J comes back from the bathroom, and Melody begins trying to convince her to stay, reminding her that as a teacher and scientist, she was a role model for both humans and RADs and that by staying, it gave the remaining RADs someone to look up to, and showed Jackson that his mother wasn't afraid to fight. Ms. J agrees, on the condition that no one can know they were still there and that Jackson maintains his disguise and be sent to a different school. The two agree to the conditions, and Melody leaves the coffee shop after wishing the Jekyll's good luck, in a much more hopeful mood.
With Jackson staying in Salem, Melody turns her focus on the next crisis: her birth mother. After replaying the conversation with Manu in her head about Marina, she spends most of Sunday foraging through her old scrapbooks and finding pictures of her with her old nose that resembled camel humps, trying to find support for Manu's claims, but also not finding any evidence to the contrary. Glory and Candace argue over a white tunic that Glory plans on packing along with a purse of essentials, despite Glory and Beau's anniversary tradition to pack each other's bags, when Beau comes back with news of the Hideout Inn being closed for a function, thus being unable to get food to pass off as Glory's own cooking for when the Kramer's, a family whose father works with Beau, come over. Beau suspects that many of the restaurants in town were also owned by RADs, thus why they are suddenly closed. Glory is indifferent to the situation, believing RADs to be harmless unless they do something to directly affect her life. Glory orders Candace to tell Melody to get ready for the Kramers. Melody decides to take the time to tell Candace why she asked her about Marina, revealing the conversation she had with Manu. Candace suggests asking Glory outright if she is her birth mother, though Melody is secretly afraid of the truth. Taking matters into her own hands, Candace calls their parents up to Melody's room, forcing her to ask them about Marina. Glory and Beau do not know who she is, much to Melody's relief, but with the biggest question yet to be asked, Melody quickly rushes to ask Glory if she is her birth mother. Glory and Beau react with shock, confirming Melody's fears, and after putting on a hoodie and flip-flops, she rushes out of the house.
Manu answers the door and is about to answer Melody's questions concerning Marina when Cleo comes back from school, shocked at seeing Melody. Manu answers Melody's question by telling her that a person does not have to be biologically linked to a child to be a parent and find the courage to seek answers about her biological parents from her adoptive parents. Cleo mistakes this hidden conversation between the two to be about her and dispels any worries about being raised mostly by Manu. Manu leaves while Cleo and Melody are left to converse when the girls suddenly hear Bekka's voice. Rushing outside, they see Bekka conducting tours of the RADs houses, encouraging the people who paid for the tour to take items from Lala's house, the place they are currently visiting. Cleo confronts Bekka, threatening to call the police, though Bekka reveals having gotten a permit to conduct such a tour. Melody also tries to speak up to make Bekka and the other people leave, though Bekka quickly deduces that because Melody and Cleo also live on the same street as the other RADs, they too are monsters. Cleo becomes shocked at the accusation, unable to retort, but Melody becomes angry, reminding Haylee and the group how the RADs had tried to show they are harmless with the movie, but instead of accepting them, they responded with anger and now vandalism. Melody orders the group to leave, and much to everyone's shock, they do as she says. Two green, blue, and gold feathers drift onto Melody's shoulders, which Cleo immediately picks up, intending to turn it into jewelry, while also expressing her shock at Melody's newfound voice. Cleo heads back home while Bekka threatens to prove the two girls are monsters and expose them.
Cleo approaches Melody, having heard the full story about searching for her birth mom from Manu, and sent on his behalf to make sure she is okay.
Melody sees a woman leaving Ms. J's house and calls out to her, assuming it to be Ms. J. However, the woman walks away faster and doesn't stop when Melody commands her, unlike everyone else, and Melody cannot catch up to her.
On Saturday night, Candace is getting ready for a date with a guy named Shane, a literature major attending Willamette University, who believes that Candace lives alone in her house and that she is a senior at the same university. Candace pretends that she sees the same woman Melody saw the other night leaving her house again to trick her into leaving. Melody hurries out, but when she does not see the woman, she rings the doorbell, thinking she had gone back inside. Melody, realizing that Candace had tricked her and locked her out of the house, stands fuming in front of Ms. J's door when the woman from the previous night answers the doorbell. Melody introduces herself, then questions where Jackson or Ms. J had gone. The woman answers that she has no idea, as she is renting the house month to month. Melody uses her powers to try and get answers from the woman, but unlike the others, the woman is unfazed by her quickly asked questions and is seemingly unwavered by her voice. After answering one of Melody's questions about why the house is dark, she answers that she is green, and Melody mistakes the answer to mean she was a RAD like Frankie and tries to offer her help. Melody confesses to the stranger about her power, but much to her surprise, the woman responds that Melody's power sounds dangerous, believing that people should be free to make their own decisions. Melody becomes frustrated over the woman's displeasure over her power and her rejection of Melody's idea to use her voice to convince Principal Weeks to get Ms. J her job back. The woman urges Melody to try convincing the principal using a different method, and Melody reluctantly promises. After being taken away by her mother, Melody heard a haunting voice, prompting her to investigate. Drawn by the sound, she follows the song down Radcliffe Way, but it soon stops, and Melody realizes the voice led her to Ms. J's house. Melody becomes confused and turns away to leave, not wanting a lecture from the woman, when the door suddenly opens, and Ms. J appears. Melody hugs her out of relief, and Ms. J explains how she and Jackson were getting ready to take off when they received a text from Mr. D with the RADs now ready to stand in solidarity. Ms. J also explains how she blasted Jackson with heat for two weeks, turning him into DJ, because she didn't want Melody to know where they were, as they needed to stay hidden, and she knew Jackson would find a way to contact her; thus he was upstairs taking a shower after being constantly sweaty for two weeks. Melody asks about the woman that was renting the house, to which Ms. J replies that she does not know but hands her a letter the woman left behind. The letter explains how a great mother does what's best for her child, even when it isn't good for her, and that was the reason why she had given Melody up for adoption. Melody discovers she is a siren, a bird-woman with a powerful voice that can get people to do anything, and that her mother's voice was more powerful, but that destiny was not there's to control; she wanted Melody to be able to make her own decisions without her influence. The letter is signed by Melody's birth mother, Marina, and ends with an explanation on how, after breaking her nose while playing football, Beau fixed her up, and, after hearing that the Carvers were looking to adopt, she gave Melody to them. Melody laughs, a reaction she is surprised at but is also relieved that all her questions are answered. Melody finally realizes that her place truly was with the RADs, as she was one of them, and that her new life would soon truly start.