Hannah Elizabeth

Hannah Elizabeth Marie Lawrence is the older of Carmen's children. When their mother unintentionally leaves them on an island occupied by only a harsh orphanage that forces the children to earn their keep by sending them out to collect things for The Matron, (Carmen thought it was a nice place where The Academy wouldn't find her five and two year old daughters), Hannah Elizabeth grew very protective of her little sister. In the sister's introducing scene in The Academy Gen. 2, Hannah Elizabeth sees Helen (Her younger sister) Climbing a cliff to collect the rare minerals that cling to the rock faces, she yells for her sister to get down, startling Helen so badly she nearly falls into the ocean. Hannah Elizabeth and her sister have drifted apart over the years of living on the island, and fight often. At the end of one of their spats, Hannah Elizabeth reveals that the reason she does not want to leave the island is because their mother PROMISED she would come back for them one day, when it was safe. Helen, who has no memories of her mother, doesn't care much and wants to leave with the Government Official, yelling: "This is our one chance to get off this desolate rock. Our ONE CHANCE. I don't CARE if our fantasy mother who ABANDONED us is coming back here to get us one day, because by then I will be long gone." The man who came to collect them then says "I know where she is.", causing both girls to go with him in exchange for information about their parents. They learned that their father and mother were criminals who were on the run from the law, but they are "... safely locked up now, in a top security prison." He also tells them that they have and uncle named Camren and a very little cousin named Aria. Hannah Elizabeth begs to see her mother, and they are allowed, after they get cleaned up. They both receive new clothes and their hair is washed, brushed, and done up. After that they are taken to see their mother. Carmen is in a filthy, empty cell, and her hair is short and uneven. She is thin and weak. She leans against the bars of the cell with her eyes closed. The guard kicks the bar she is leaning on and she wakes up. She sees her daughters and realizes who they are. She and Hannah Elizabeth both begin to cry. Carmen explains that their father betrayed them and told the Government where they all lived