Melanie Stryder:
Melanie Stryder is one of the wild humans that has survived the invasion of souls. She was caught and my body was given to a soul named Wanderer, but Melanie refused to fade away and resented Wanderer until they became friends, eventually becoming closer then sisters. Melanie conned Wanderer into traveling through the desert to find her brother, Jamie, and boyfriend/soul mate, Jared. There was only one time that Melanie almost faded away was when Wanderer told her to shut up after Walter died. At the end of The Host, Wanderer decides to give up her life to give Melanie back her body but Melanie and the other humans do not let Wanderer give up her life. Wanderer and Melanie now both have their own bodies, Melanie with Jared and Wanderer with Ian.