Professor Kirke turned to the vacant spot. He still had his pipe lit and he took it out of his mouth to speak. "Oh, you're back, eh? Well, I know I need no introduction to you but this red head beauty beside me is Lily-Rose-Raven-Francesca- Evie- Sif- Zena- Darlene- Bethany- Linette- Cristalle- Merete- Andromeda- Ianthe- Zabel- Ana- Cassandra- Chrysteena- Sopheea- Ke'randah- Larahnda – Ringo- Hell Spaz- Sashonda- La'tanda- Joronda- Delphiea- oh crime in Italy! If I say her full name, I'll be dead! And I'm on borrowed time already. For all purposes, just call her Misty."

"Hey!" Misty interjected with her large grin.

"As you can tell, Misty is a Mary Sue. Our purpose over these next few chapters is to turn Misty from a M.S. to a completely original character. And it is my hope, and the entire staff of this project, that this fic will help you with your ocs as well."

"Yep." Misty added.

The professor took a puff on his pipe and continued. "Now, this chapter we will talk about a character's name. We cannot do this unless we talk about her origins." He crossed the room and sat down in the black leather chair behind his desk. "Now, Misty," he began, "Tell me, and all the readers, about you."

"Well, I was born on a cold September Night in the slums of NYC. My mother was a Broadway star but she died due to unknown circumstances. So I am an orphan. But I inherited my mother's singing voice." She paused and continued, singing, "Memo-"

"That's quite enough." Professor Kirke cut in. "Is there any-non musical information you can give me?"

"Well, I somehow ended up in England where I found two very odd rings. When I tried them on, poof! I was in Narnia. Oh! Did I mention I have special powers? Cause I do. And I can fight anyone, dead or alive."

"And win?" The professor wondered.

"Well, half the time." She answered as a drum sounded.

"And I guess you were made Queen of Narnia, then?" he prompted.

"Well, no. A kindly retired knight took me in and I grew up along with the Pevensies in the Golden Age, though we never met. And then, I finally convinced the knight to take me to a joust at Cair Paravel, but what he didn't know is I entered the joust disguised as a knight and fought King Peter himself! When Peter found out who I was he fell in love-"

"Hold! You, my dear, are getting into plot, which is an entire kettle of fish in itself. Now, Misty said she was American who traveled here, which is all fine and dandy if the canon characters are international or American. However, we here are British-cheerio, ta-ta, God save the Queen, spot of tea…quite rightly. And it is very rare for the Yankees to fly across the pond in times of war to the source of the action. So, avoid making your oc American, unless you are writing satire or if a canon character is traveling to the Americas.

So, now we have two options, make Misty a loyal British subject or make her Narnian born. There never were any reports of children entering Narnia during the Golden Age or before. And if they ever did enter before Jadis's reign, they would have been killed, undoubtedly. And due to that, any character made whose age is the same as the four Pevensies, would have to have been born in Archenland or another neighbor country to Narnia. To this effect, any British character would have to be placed before the White Witch's reign or post-Golden Age.

So, for creativity's sake, Misty will be British."

The professor was interrupted by a loud pop along with a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared, Misty stood, wearing a plaid jumper and a light blue blouse. "I have a strange urge for fish and finger pie." She said in a perfect cockney accent.

Professor Kirke nodded and continued, "Now, just because we're British does not mean we don't have funny names. Like Winifred! Ha! Oh, jolly good, that's always a laugh. Anyway, look for traditional British names. They're everywhere. There are name books on that thing you call a computer. Use it if you want an interesting name for your character. But I must suggest that you use mainly British names. Another aspect you might look into is Biblical names, seeing that a lot of traditional English names are derived from there.

To this extent, Misty will need a new name. A proper English name, at that. I was always partial to Verity (it means truth) so let's go with that." He paused and scribbled something hastily on a piece of paper and then pinned it on Misty's shirt.

"Schmooy?" she questioned, "Whot kind of a name is that?"

"It says Verity." He corrected. Then he turned back to the space. "Well, there you have it. I must go, Mrs. Macready has set out my dinner. We will resume this later, when we talk of character's looks and skills."

"Cheerios! Fruit Loops!" The Mary Sue formerly known as Misty but now called Verity said completely composed with a small wave.

"Well, she's certainly British…but she's still as empty headed as ever. I better have my port waiting for me…" He muttered then added brightly, "Stick around for doughnuts after the whole process is complete. And for a brief note," The Professor walked on over to his icebox and opened it

"Reviews are good too." Mr. Tumnus added. "If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see in Verity, please review. Know that Yoo-hoo luverw.legs is by no way attacking mary-sue authors or shippers. And please get me out of this torture cell!"

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Well, here's the second chapter. I'm scared about posting this. I've never posted anything like this before. Please tell me what you think and suggestions are always welcome. Rebuilding is still in the works, I just felt the urge to write something lighter. Thanks!