Literature
Bloodlines- Sydney making up a plan to deal with Laurel and stop her bullying Jill. She gets a friend to switch Laurel's shampoo with one that's filled with an Alchemist formula that makes Laurel's hair oily for quite a while. She then makes sure that her friends tell Laurel that Sydney can help her fix her hair and then tells Laurel in exchange for that, she'll have to leave Jill alone or Sydney might do something even worse.Laurel: You know, you can be scary as hell sometimes.
- Sydney busting the tattooists and Keith and turning them in to the Alchemists, making sure that Keith finally gets some of what he deserves.
- Sydney standing up to Abe and telling him that she doesn't owe him anything anymore as she has already repaid him a hundred times over.
- Shy little Jill bursting through the door and looking like she's ready to fight someone. She then uses her power to control water by shaping the water into a club, runs towards one of the Strigoi and attacks her twice with it. Then she dodges the Strigoi's attack and backs away to let Eddie kill her.
- Though it was unintentional and Sydney only meant to distract the Strigoi, her actually managing to use some sort of innate magic to set the Strigoi on fire is still awesome.
The Golden Lily
- Sydney's bravery in going to reason with the Warriors. At the same time, her taking precautions and successfully sneaking in multiple defensive spells to use if things go south, seeing her purposefully use magic for the first time, and very well, too.
- Angeline keeping up with the trained guardians during the raid.
- Dimitri taking out the Warriors attacking Sydney and Sonya with ease.
The Indigo Spell
- Sydney taking on an experienced, powerful witch and winning.
- Ms Terwilliger using up all her energy casting protection spells for Sydney, also doubling with a Heartwarming Moment.
The Fiery Heart
- Jill successfully distacting a powerful Strigoi, allowing Eddie to take him down. Eddie, Neil and Sydney surviving against such a powerful Strigoi is also impressive.
- Sydney successfully finding a way to prevent compulsion via tattooing, entirely through her own intellect.
Silver Shadows
- Sydney setting the roof on fire to keep Adrian safe.
- The cavalry arriving to rescue Sydney, taking down the Re-education facility in one swoop.
- Lissa exercising her queenly power to place Sydney under her protection and claiming her as a Moroi citizen following her and Adrian's marriage.
- Everything about Carly. When Adrian and Marcus meet with her, they see that she's fierce, strong, and determined to stop what happened to her from happening to any other girls. She expresses disgust about Keith and reveals that she refused his pleas to turn him over to the human authorities, so that he can live in fear just like she used to.
The Ruby Circle
- Sydney, Ms Terwilliger and Eddie taking on all the traps Alicia left for them.
- Rose and Sydney rescuing Jill.
- Olive turning Nina's spirit dreams against her. On the flip side, Nina's utter determination to find her sister and keep her safe.
