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Sheila Bennett

Biographical information
Born	Mid 1950s
Status	Deceased
Occupation	Occult Arts Teacher
Titles	Professor
Species	Witch Ghost
Gender	Female
Family information
Family members	Qetsiyah † (Maternal Ancestor) Ayana † (Maternal Ancestor) The Witch of The Five † (Maternal Ancestor) Emily Bennett † (Maternal Ancestor) Ernestine Bennett † (Maternal Ancestor) Amelia Bennett † (Maternal Ancestor) Abby Bennett Wilson (Daughter) Rudy Hopkins (Ex-Son-In-Law) Bonnie Bennett † (Granddaughter) Pauline (Maternal Ancestor) Joanna (Niece) Lucy (Distant Niece)
Supernatural information
Significant spells	Breaking Emily Bennett's tomb spell
Cause of death	Over-Exertion
Appearance
Played by	Jasmine Guy
First seen	You're Undead to Me
Last seen	Graduation (Ghost)
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“	You can do that. Expression is the manifestation of your will. You can do anything. I don't like it but sometimes there are no choices. But you are strong enough. You can do this.	”
	— Sheila to Bonnie in The Walking Dead

Sheila Bennett was the grandmother of Bonnie Bennett, mother of Abby Bennett, and also a very powerful witch.

This character was a member of the Bennett Family.

Season One

Sheila "Grams" Bennett was the warm and loving grandmother of Bonnie Bennett and also a descendant of a long and powerful line of witches. She knew that Bonnie was capable of being a powerful witch but her granddaughter didn't believe her until she came to realize her own abilities. Afterwards, she often went to Sheila for help.

As Sheila taught Bonnie about the dangers of witchcraft, she also trained Bonnie on how to control her magic. She insisted on Bonnie's wearing of a crystal that had belonged to their ancestor Emily Bennett which was later destroyed by Emily herself.

Sheila helped Stefan locate Bonnie and Elena who had both been kidnapped by Anna and Ben, later helping Bonnie open the tomb so Damon could get Katherine. She and Bonnie broke the spell sealing the vampires in the tomb to release Stefan and Damon, but the effort had greatly weakened her.

After performing the spell to open the doors of Fell's Church, Sheila was exhausted. She returned home where she slowly passed away due to overuse of magic.

Season Three

After the veil between the living and the dead is broken, a vast group of spirits return to Mystic Falls, including Sheila Bennett. After she reveals to Bonnie that the balance of nature has been offset, together, Bonnie and Sheila perform a spell that would destroy The Original Witch's Talisman.

Before her departure, Sheila gives words of encouragement to Bonnie, reminding her of her strength, and how proud she is of how far Bonnie has come.

Season Four

In Growing Pains, before Bonnie has the chance to bring Elena back, Shelia doesn't allow it and tells Bonnie the spirits will punish her in way she couldn't imagine if she uses dark magic and tells her to go back. When Bonnie comes back to Niklaus his body, Sheila appears again, warning to Bonnie, but when trying to stop her granddaughter, the darkness takes hold of her, causing her to suffer cruelly.

In Down the Rabbit Hole, Bonnie bleeds in the cave containing Silas' tomb, which allows him to project illusions into her mind. He creates an illusion of Sheila in order to try to get Bonnie to raise him, but Jeremy helps her fight it by telling her that he can't see Sheila, and that he is real where as Sheila is not. After that, the illusion disapears.

In The Walking Dead, after Bonnie dropped the veil to the Other Side Sheila returned when Bonnie was struggling to breath after Silas made her think that she can't breath. She helped Bonnie get what Silas made her think out of her head and then Bonnie hugged her. Bonnie told her she wanted to talk to Qetsiyah to learn how to stop Silas, but she tells her that she doesn't need her as she is already strong enough with her expression.

Later, she appeared again to Bonnie to tell her that she needed to close the veil. Bonnie kept saying that first she needed to bring Jeremy back. Sheila however, chastises her, saying that no magic can reverse death, causing Bonnie to start casting a spell using all three types of magic. Sheila begs her not to do it, but Bonnie refuses to listen and Sheila dissapears, while the spell killed Bonnie. Bonnie woke up as a ghost, and Sheila told her that she was dead.

Personality

Born and bred in the picturesque town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, Sheila was a level-headed and strong-willed sorceress, and also the Occult teacher at a local community college.

Physical Appearance

Sheila Bennett was well known for her almond brown eyes, coco brown skin, and curly long hair.

Powers and Abilities

Channeling: The act of channeling or drawing other forms of energy and power by focusing on celestial events.

Conjuration: The act of calling, commanding, or summoning an element, object, person, or spirit already in existence.

Elemental Control: The act of controlling and manipulating the elements of air, earth, fire, water, and weather.

Mind Control: The act of controlling and manipulating the minds of humans. (Similar to Compulsion)

Mind Stunning: The act of bemusing and rendering someone unconscious.

Pain Infliction: The act of creating and inflicting excruciating pain upon another person, especially vampires.

Precognition: The act of foreseeing future events and happenings.

Spell Casting: The act of changing and controlling events by magical influence.

Telekinesis: The act of controlling and manipulating the movements of objects and persons.

Witches Brew: The act of brewing and concocting supernatural elixirs and potions that contain mystical properties.

Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities

Fear: A distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the condition or feeling of being afraid could cause a witch to temporarily lose their powers.

Overuse Of Magic: The excessive use of magic could lead a witch to death from over-exertion

Tools

Candles: Witches use candles to draw energy from the flames and also enhance their spells.

Grimoires: Witches document their spells, rituals and recipes in books called Grimoires.

Stones & Herbs: Witches use stones and herbs to aid them as they have a magical entity.

Talismans: Witches use material items that can act as a talisman. It is said to be one of the most powerful tools used by a witch.

Appearances

Season 1

Season 3

Ghost World (Ghost)

Season 4

Growing Pains (Ghost)
Down the Rabbit Hole (Illusion)
The Walking Dead (Ghost)
Graduation (Ghost)

Name

Sheila is of anglicized form of "Cecilia", from the Roman "Coecus" meaning "blind".

Behind the scenes

In Bloodlines, Sheila mentions that she was barely a teenager in 1969, implying she was just over, or only just, thirteen, placing her birth date at about 1941, making her at least 68 at the time of her death in December 2009.

Trivia

From the first season, Sheila showed displeasure by getting involved in the business of the vampires. Even after her death, Sheila watches her granddaughter for not more involved in matters of greater danger, and in the end, she is the one who suffers the consequences of her granddaughter.
Sheila is the first ghost who suffered by the power of Dark Magic.
Sheila is the first to confirm that Nature has conscience, including a plan for vampires.
She is the first witch seen to die from magic over use.
- Chronologically, Sheila is the second to die from overuse of magic, Caitlin was the first.
Sheila mentions the four basic elements in preparing the spell and the pentagram, when trying to open the tomb, but she does not mention another element.
Sheila has an almost religious devototion to Nature and it's will. Even to the point of acting as liason to nature for Bonnie.
She is the only known Witch to appear as a Spirit whenver the veil has been weakened.