Beautiful Dreamer | A Beth Allen Fansite |

Bellevue Heights was a suburb that had it all. Beautiful gardens, treehouses, swimming pools, and a 'village centre' where glamorous mothers used to meet for coffee, manicures and gossip. Amber loved her home. She had an amazing bedroom with all mod cons – an ensuite bathroom, a walk-in wardrobe, a TV and VCR, a top of the range stereo. And the best view of the Bellevue Hills anyone could ask for. She got on really well with her sister, Solaris who lived in the flat above the garage.

Solaris had moved out here when their new stepmother had moved in. Lucy was okay, Amber got on with her but there was a bit of friction between her and Solaris. Lucy had been the nurse that had cared for their mother Dianne during her years of suffering from a crippling disease. It was only natural that the whole family bonded with this woman who had cared for Dianne so sincerely right to the very end. Jim felt that it was a progression of his love for Dianne that he developed a relationship with Lucy after Dianne had gone. He thought that the girls needed a mother figure and Jim went out of his way to make sure that Lucy was accepted whilst also ensuring that Dianne would never be forgotten. Lucy was a good woman and Solaris liked her well enough but still found it hard to come to terms with the fact that another woman had taken the place of her mother.

Amber had a happy life. She had many memories of Dianne and happy family holidays that they had all enjoyed together before Mum got so ill. Beach holidays were a favourite, the best times were when they made campfires or when they sat in the sun-warmed water that pooled in the holes they had dug in the sand. Amber clung on to these memories of her mother. She would never forget her but she was also realistic enough to believe what Dianne had said to her before she died – that life was for the living. With this in mind she developed and enjoyed a relationship with her stepmother without guilt.

School was good. Amber was an A-grade student without much effort needed and she had heaps of friends. She was a popular girl, always well dressed, happy to share her time with friends and hang out at the Mall with them. There were lots of sleep-overs and movie nights and Amber always tried to include the 'outsiders' in these events, make the less popular kids at school feel that they had a place in life and people to share their hopes, fears and dreams with. She had always been sincere in her interest in people and maybe this was because she had learnt that life was so precious at an early age when her Mum became ill and bedridden. She was a rich kid, yeah, but she wasn¹t stuck up at all and people responded to her personality, her sincerity and her sense of justice.

Ambers's best friend was in fact a boy - Dal, who was a year younger than Amber but very smart and they just "clicked". They met during a Spelling Competition at school. The whole school participated and Amber and Dal were finalists. Amber liked Dal for his kindness and good natured personality - he was always friendly to new pupils and although he was very smart for his age he never thought of himself as better than anyone else.

Dal admired Amber's compassion and sense of justice. If someone at school was being picked on or bullied she had a great way of showing the bully the injustice he was doing and turning them completely around. It didn't always work but most of the time it did. She had strong morals and was a force to be reckoned with if you got on the wrong side of her.

Dal and Amber also liked to share a good laugh together. They hung out after school and spent time together during the weekends. There was never anything romantic between Amber and Dal but Dal did like Amber.They often talked about the future. Dal wanted to go to University and study to become a Doctor like his parents (they were very succesful). Amber was unsure what she wanted to do and was waiting for something to enlighten her that would tell her in which direction she should head.

Their thoughts of the future were turned upside down with the onset of the virus. As the world collapsed around them it turned into a nightmare.

One day at school there was a special assembly held. Amber was well aware of what the topic would be. The Virus. She had been avidly watching the news over the past couple of months, seen the destruction and devastation take its effect on the world, wreaking havoc on civilization. Many people in Bellevue Heights thought that they would be safe from The Virus. They lived in a prosperous and exclusive area where private health care soon dealt with any epidemics or other health problems that came up. Amber didn't hold this view and neither did her friend Dal. His parents were doctors who had recently been working night and day to try to save the lives of many people in the poorer parts of the City who had contracted the Virus.

The assembly was meant to be a well informed meeting about The Virus with a visual display of the signs and symptoms but panic soon developed and kids started breaking down in tears and hysteria, unable to get the images of such horrific deaths out of their heads and the realization that this could happen to their own loved ones. Dal went home with Amber that afternoon and they two of them spent the rest of the day in the garage flat with Solaris, debating how they could survive in a world without adults. If the worst case scenario panned out as feared they would soon find themselves directly affected by the events that were unfolding at a rapid and terrifying rate around the globe.

A lot can happen in a month and Amber learnt this all too well.Solaris had gone north to help out as a nursing assistant where the virus had struck down most of the adult populace already. Nobody had heard from her since.Communications were practically nonexistent. The lines that were still up and running being held open for the use of the government and other officials as well as emergency forces.

Bellevue Heights was no longer such an exclusive area. Many homes had been broken in to and vandalized. Families had moved away to the fresh air surrounding their summer homes outside of the city in the hope that this would be enough to protect them from the grip of death that was taking hold of the world.

Amber and Dal spent a lot more time together. Dal's parents had perished quickly after they inevitably caught the virus from working with so many sick people and Dal needed all the support he could get. Amber's parents had decided that the time had now come for them to get on their boat and try to find a safe place to moor. Life around these parts wasn't easy and they lived in the constant fear of being robbed or hurt. There were ever increasing groups of street kids that were roaming around the suburbs looking for food, shelter ... and anything else that they happened upon.

Jim and Lucy started to load up their boat with supplies and in a few days they would be ready to set off for the welcoming waters off the coast. Lucy started to feel pretty sick but put her illness down to the fact that she had been lugging supplies back and forth in the heat.She was really just denying the inevitable - she was going to die.

Jim stepped up the pace and loaded the rest of the supplies himself while Lucy rested at home. He too was starting to feel rough but he wouldn't give up and pursued his dream of escape with a passion.The day for the departure came and at sunrise it was clear and bright. But Lucy wasn't destined to see the dawn of this new day. She had slipped away into unconsciousness during the still of the night and had passed to the other side before the birds started to sing. Jim was devastated. To him this meant more than losing a wife and companion. It signaled to him that his own time was drawing to an end. He couldn't run, he couldn't hide. He had to face his own mortality and prepare himself for the worst.
But before he could just give in and die he had to prepare his daughter. He had to make sure that she would be okay. That she would survive.

Amber surprised her father. He had always known that she had a strong personality but her calmness and strength really shone through in his darkest hour. As he was burying his second wife, as Amber was supporting him physically and mentally, Jim realized that his daughter had grown up. She would be okay.Like many parents who had gone before him, Jim had no desire for his daughter to watch him fade away to nothing and die. He convinced Amber to say good-bye to him while he could still manage to hug her and hear her words and he watched her go one evening. She disappeared into the sunset with her friend Dal and neither of them looked back, just as they had promised him.

This is sort of pre-tribe section,where I have gathered the information about characters. In case someone has had a baby later, I´ve added it ,though.

Elizabeth Grace Nell Allen (28.05.1984) plays
Amber Martins (Amber - meaning heaven or amber)
Mum: Dianne
Dad: Jim
Sister (older): Solaris
Stepmother (after Dianne´s death): Lucy
Home: Bellevue Heights
Best friend: Dal
Personality: sincere, genuine, compassionate, charming, has a good sense of justice, fiery, intelligent, natural leader, sensitive, maternal.There is a certain sense of calmness in her
Son: Bray

Antonia Mary Prebble (06.06.1984) plays
Trudy Taylor (Gertrude - meaning beloved warrior)
Family : Mum and Dad who were very close to her. She was an only child and that might be one of the reasons for her need to belong. 
Personality: sensible, quiet, innocent, wide-eyed. She also had to deal with pregnancy at the time when virus hit: Trudy was only 14 when she gave birth to her daughter, Brady.
Daughter: Brady

Dwayne Cameron (28.11.1982) plays:
Bray Fielding
Mum: Leila Fielding
Dad: Mack Fielding
Brother: Martin (later known as Zoot)

Victoria Spence (30.04.1984) plays
Salene (Salina - solemn,dignified or Selena - godess of the moon)
Family: Mum, Dad,
Two sisters (older): Sahara and Devon
Hobby: horsebackriding
Personality: caring, gentle, loves children, unconfident, vulnerable.

Meryl Cassie plays
Ebony
Mother: Adah - vey good-looking and attractive
Biological Father: A rich diplomate Christopher Rafael (had an affair with Ebony's mother)
Daniel Hayes:  father of Java and Siva
Sisters: Java (four years older) and Siva (three years older)
Home: A small castle owned by Christopher, where they moved to when Adah was pregnant with Ebony.
Other:Oh her heathbed, Adah told Ebony how she hated her, because she had left Daniel -the man she really loved, only to move in with Christopher. That had a devastating effect on Ebony.

 
Jaimee-Kaire Kataulu (07.04.1987) plays
Cloe
Mum: Dessie
Dad: Larrie 
Best friend: Sylvie
Other: the family was rather poor, Cloe's father drank a lot and loved to bet on horses. Her mother had to work a lot. Cloe saw both of her parents die.
Personality: Can be very fortright and feisty, gets along with animals better than with humans, loves animals a lot.

Sarah Major (22.08.1988) plays
Patsy
Mum: Martha
Dad: Andrew
Twin brother: Paul (who was born deaf)
Older sister: Penny who was the first to get the virus. Later, both Patsy and Paul were sent to care center, here they stay until the virus has finished it's path.
Home: Riverleigh. Patsy came from a well-off family
Bob: the pet, that they found one day, sick on the streets.
Personality: very timid of this new world, but yet has a lively sense of fun.

Michelle Ang (17.10.1983) plays
Tai-San
Family: two younger sisters and two younger brothers , grandma Lily she loved deeply, but who died when she was little
Personality: she can be somewhat aloof, very sure in herself, very spiritual

Michael Wesley Smith (02.12.1983) plays
Jack
Family: Mum, Dad.  Had a 15 years older brother Duncan, older brother, his parents had married at a young age.
Other:  His father worked in an electronics shop at the Phoenix Mall, and that's why Jack stayed there after the virus
Personality: Studious, intelligent, sometimes overbearing and dogmatic, a bit stubborn

Amy Morrison (18.07 1094) plays
Alexandra Renee Goldhart (Zandra)
Family: Mum, Dad
Sister: Kitty
Other: Shadowed by her older sister, Zandra often acted out to get attention
Personality: Attractive, but dizzy, naive, dependent, yet kind at heart. A fashion junkie who lives in her own imaginary world most of the time. 

Fleur Saville (14.07.1984) plays 
Ruby Wallace:
Dad: Health minister Benjamin Wallace - one of the men that knew a little something about the fact that they tried to develop an anti-aging formula.
Mum: Andrea
Brother: Blake, two years younger than Ruby.
Personality: independent, quick-witted, humorous, inventive, shrewd and resourceful.She still has a vulnerability and is sensitive to other people's needs as well as to her own.

Ashwath Sundaresan (12.02.1986) plays 
 Dal Najeeb:
Family: Dad -  Dr. Najeeb at Group 9 Hospital in sector 15 and Mum, also a doctor. He lived in Bellevue Heights like Amber and went to the same school with her. He first met her during a spelling competition at school. Though Dal was a year younger, they got along well from the start.
Personality: sensible and practical. A down-to-earth jack-of-all-trades handyman. Loves the country-life.

Tom Hern  (10.12.1982) plays 
Ram:
Family: Dad - involved in military, a scientist. Mum - career woman. His father was into integrating computer technology with biology and with this came Virtual Reality. The military wanted computers to be able to hook into the mind's subconscious. The long term goals were to help pilots learn how to fly and to fly dangerous missions from the comfort of a VR machine. They could be put into all sorts of situations - not just flying - and their ability, focus and mental alertness could be monitored.The miltary were also working on laser prototypes. These new-age weapons were supposed to be the weapon of the future. The wrist mounted lasers had high and low settings to suit the occasion of using them. With one hit you could disable someone and with another you could render them lifeless.A sound weapon was also made - but not quite finished.