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Name: Chloe Ashwood
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Magic: Earth - Chloe focuses more on the plant side of the earth element she's good at helping things grow
Appearence:
Hair Color/Style: Long brown hair usually let down but sometimes kept in a long thin braid
Eyes Color: A sort of combination between soft Emerald Green and Spring Green
Skin Color: Light Tan
Hight: Adverage 13 year old
Clothing Style/Colors: Chloe wears the style kids wore in the 1870's usually in browns and greens though she wears silvers and golds too

Personality: Jolly, Sweet, Kind, Brave, Allittle Hyper at times, Curious, A bit Rash at times, Serious when she needs to be

Jolly Heart - Chloe is Jolly, sweet, kind, and playful she's hard to get down or sad and plays around alot she rarely gets time to actually play anymore but she loves to play with Amietta and Yukito whenever she can
Hyper! - Chloe has a tendency to get easily excited and will practically bounce off the walls when she's really excited this has gotten her in trouble a few times but usually nothing serious usually...
Friendship - Chloe cherishes friendship and is a fairly easy person to make friends with she however only cherishes Real, Best, and True friends and tries carefully not to make fake friends she has a casual friendship with many of her customers and some of the more loyal ones she's actually fairly good friends with
Nature Lover - Chloe loves to be out and about in nature which is good considering her job if she's feeling sad or upset she will often flee to the nearest place with nature in it be that a garden or a forest
Rashish - Because of her Hyperness she sometimes makes Rash decisions this applies to everything except bussiness she is always extremely careful about her decisions because she understands the wrong choice could ruin her bussiness however she isn't cold and calculating and if she feels the right choice is a rash one she'll go for it
Hopeful - Despite her parents being missing for over a year Chloe still has high hopes they will come back this however causes her to get kinda fussy and upset when her hope of they're return is challenged sometimes if she's feeling particularly lonely or on certain Holidays her hope will flag a bit but it usually doesn't take much to renew it

History:
Chloe is from a Disent Middle Class Branch of Ashwoods a old branch at that one that split from the main branch early in the families history her branch went the way of Shop Keepers and had run a well to do Herbal Shop in Arkenvale for generations

So Chloe lived a reletively normal middle class life her parents used what money they could spare to hire a tutor and she was well taught her parents also from a very early age began teaching her all about herbs, how to run a shop, how to cook basically everything she would need to take over the shop and live happily

This came in handy because a few days after Chloe turned 12 her parents told her they had to deliver a far away shipment so they said they're goodbyes and left well the day they were due to arrive came and went first days passed and she started getting worried then weeks passed and she was very worried finally months passed before long Chloe realized they might not be coming home to avoid fearing the worse she clung to the hope they would come home one day but she knew she would now have to step up and take over the shop

Now well over a year sense her parents dissapearence Chloe has Summoned Amietta, Bonded with Yukito, and fully taken over the Herbal Shop she renamed it the Silver and Gold Herbal Shop in honor of Amietta and changed it so that it's more of a "New Age" type shop wnich sells herbs dried and fresh, potions, books on herbs, incences, some spices, etc

Other Tidbits About Chloe
Home Sweet home - Chloe actually lives in the flat above the Shop it saves money and is where she's lived all her life
Herb Gatherer - Because Chloe sells fresh and dried herbs she often can be seen entering the woods around Arkenvale to get them she also has a little garden on top of the roof of her store where she lives using her Earth Magic she quickly grows basic things so she's never out of stock

The Summoning: (Amietta)
Chloe had heard the Tolling for as long as she could remember sometimes it was very quiet almost impossible to hear other times it was very loud and uncomfortable especially on Full Moons but typically it droned lightly in the backround of her mind she even found it to be a slightly comforting sound at times

January 5th did not start pleasently she woke up not in good sorts the Moon had been Full and the tolling very loud almost louder seeming then usual luckily it finally dimed near morning but she hadn't slept well this coupled with the fact that for the first time in her life she wasn't looking forward to January 5th left her feeling drained and sad but she had work to do and opened the shop as usual

The reason she wasn't looking forward to January 5th was because that was her Birthday and it would be her first Birthday spent without her parents who dissapeared just barely under a year ago as the day worn on she got sadder with each well wish and condolence she got quiet a few presents from some of her loyal customers and put on a happy face but at the end of the day she closed up early and retreated to her room before long she was crying consumed by sadness she had tried so hard to bury

After about a hour of this the tolling started up again with a vigor the likes of which she had yet to experience she clamped her hands over her ears as tears streamed down her face sorrowful and now fustrated by the now deafening tolling her head began to spin she finally layed her now thumping head on her desk in a nest made by her arms and closed her eyes in a attempt to get the tolling to stop to which much to her surprise it slowly did infact before long she felt strangely at ease everything had gone silent and she felt warm and at peace

However the feeling soon faded and as it did she realized she was no longer in her room above the herb shop but sitting on her knees in a cold and very dark cave she wasn't sure at first she had open her eyes until she held her hand closely infront of her face suddenly a warm metalic smell reached her nose and she looked down to see there was small shallow cauldron with a heartily bubbling mixture in it infront of her the mixture smelled like metal of some kind and she wonder how she got here and what happen

After glancing around the dark room a bit she started feeling sad and lonely again however she didn't have long to because the cauldron suddenly started bubbling intensely she looks at it in surprise for just a second before jerking her head up to look at a small circle of bright light that appeared and grew larger when the circlr reached a certain size a curtain of light rose from the rim of the circle the curtain of light was hazy and shimmering making it impossible to clearly see the center

She jumps up in surprise and takes a step back unsure of what to make of the circle as she stared at it for a few seconds the outline of a shape suddenly appeared it looked almost like the shape of a small puppy suddenly she heard a friendly almost hyper voice "Hi!" it said happily she looked around for the source of the voice but saw nothing but the shape in the circle infront of her thats when she realized she hadn't heard the voice physically she heard it mentally "Hello...?" she asks tenitively to the shape in the circle she could see the shape start to wiggle excitedly "Im your Hound!" it said in a happy hyper tone "My Hound?" she asks in confusion "Yes you Summoned me!" it says happily she blinks in confusion until she looked at the cauldron at her feet thats when it all clicked she remember reading a book she had recently put in stock at her shop it noted the old legends of the Hounds and Demons and how Summoners Summoned the Hounds to battle the demons after remembering this she glanced at the walls which were illuminated by the circle on them she saw paintings of huge Hounds and fierce Demons she after she glances up at the ceiling to see ancient words in a language she knew she'd never understand carved into the ceiling the runes glowed very faintly and wouldn't have been noticeable if not for the illuminate of the circle

Finally she looked back at the circle and the shape within and smiles "So how do I get you out?" she asks curiously despite the shapes hyperness it had waited patently for her to take everything in and reply upon her reply however it began wiggling even more hyperly like a very excited happy puppy "We need to make a pact! Then I can come out!" it says happily "A pact?" she asks in confusion feeling a bit of worry also as if the shape could sense this it quickly answers "Yes! I can be a object thats special to you that your willing to give up or something you want from me" it says in a happy tone she inwardly sighs a bit in relief then looks at the shape she didn't have a special object she could give "Something I want from you..." she mutters to herself as she thinks about what she might want from the Hound she looks at the hyper wiggling puppy shape in the circle then thinks about the friendly happy voice of the puppy her mind then drifts to the sorrow she felt shortly before meeting the puppy and her happy expression faded as if it could sense this change the puppy in the circle stopped wiggling and to her surprise she felt confusion and genuine concern coming from the puppy that's when she knew

She smiles and casts off the sorrow as she looks at the puppy "What I want from you is a True Friend someone who will always be there for me" she says hoping the Hound would accept it didn't take long for her to get her answer the puppy started hyperly wiggling happily and she felt waves of happiness and joy radiate from the puppy "Yes! I accept!" it said joyously then finally stepped out of the glowing circle the tiny puppy was gold and silver and had tiny wings which were folded neatly agenst it's sides the tiny puppy ran as fast as it's little legs could carry it over to her hopping over the cauldron right into her waiting arms she brought the puppy to her face nuzzling it happily as it nuzzled back finally she moved the puppy to cradle her in her arms and after taking one more short glance around she began heading for the exit "So what's your name little one?" she asks softly the little puppy began wiggling happily sending waves of happiness but to her surprise no words she frowns a bit in confusion until a name drifts into her she smiles and looks at the puppy "Is Amietta Amie for short ok?" she asks the tiny puppy it wiggled even more and barked happily sending a wave of happiness which told her she found the right name she smiles and nods to the tiny puppy "Nice to meet you Amietta im Chloe Chloe Ashwood" she says introducing herself

They finally reached the mouth of the tunnel just as the sun began to rise over the horizon she smiles down at the tiny puppy who smiles back then steps into the freshly fallen snow it was in that moment that she realized for the first time in her life the tolling had truly stopped

The Summoning: (Yukito)
It was a few days after she Summoned Amietta and she was still getting used to having a Hyper puppy bouncing around her store and home (quite literally at times) the air outside was cold and a fresh blanket of snow had just fallen on the city it had been a slow day as far as customers went due to the cold so she had just gone over to the door locked it and turned to make for the upstairs when a light tapping on the door got her attention

She turned around and looked to see a old woman in practically in rags standing in the snow she was shivering and mouthed that she'd like to come in frowning as she saw the old woman in the snow she quickly walks over then opens the door and let her in the woman thanked her and to the woman's surprise she immediently offered to let her stay the night the woman accepted

She herded the old woman and Amietta upstairs and lit the fireplace after which she headed into the kitchen to make tea the old woman settled comfortably in one of the chairs by the fireplace and just sat there for a moment enjoying the warmth and kindness until she felt sniffing at her ankel she looked down to see a tiny fluffy gold and silver puppy with of all things tiny wings the puppy sniffed the old woman's ankel again then looked at her with it's gold and silver eyes the woman smiled and scooped up the little puppy and put it on her lap the puppy became very hyper and bounced around a bit till it finally settled down to curl up in the womans lap

About that time Chloe returned with a tray full of tea and snacks she smiles as she notices Amietta had settled herself into the old womans lap then after pouring some tea and offering a snack began chatting with the old woman and before long was telling this strange woman she had never met about her parents dissapearence and the past year however she left out how exactly she got Amietta

Finally they both got sleep Chloe got blankets for the old woman and once she was comfortable she went to bed Amietta following suit the next morning Chloe and Amietta got up and entered the livingroom to find the old woman gone confusion and worry set in Chloe and Amietta both until Chloe noticed something on the tray that had been left on the table inbetween the two chairs

On the tray was a delicious looking bun and a note she picked up the note first and began to read

"Thank you so much dear for allowing me to stay at your home on this icy night I need to go but iv left a present for you a Bun but the Bun is not for you to eat dear leave it in a special place outside overnight and in the morning you will have a even better gift

With Love The Gifter"

Chloe blinked at the Bun then read the letter over again she sat down in one of the chairs baffled and alittle sad but happy for the gift after a valiant effort to climb up the chair into Chloe's lap Amietta was finally picked up and stroked absentmindedly as Chloe tried to think of a place to put the Bun finally she got a idea and carried Amietta and the Bun to the roof once there she walked to the center of her little rooftop garden which was being shielded from the snow by a make shift tent and placed the Bun down then after smiling to Amietta picked her up and began the day

The day went much like the last and she ended up closing early after completing her daily chores and checking her inventory she made dinner and went to bed both she and Amietta eager to see what awaited them in the morning the next morning came colder then the last but Chloe and Amietta were well on they're way to the roof when they got there and looked to the center of the garden Chlie frowned at first because it looked like a small mound of snow was sitting in her garden however Amietta knowing exactly what the white shape in the garden was became very hyper and ran over to the white mound confused by the hyper joy she receved from the pup she followed her when she got closer she realized it wasn't a mound of snow but a animal that was easily larger then the tiny pup whom was now bouncing excitedly all around the creature

All the commotion caused the sleeping creature to wake up it lifted its head slowly revealing it was a fox a strange colored fox with silvery snow colored fur and dark grey spots the fox looked at the hyper pup bouncing in its face curiously Chloe bit her lip nervously and took a step forward unsure if the fox would get irritated with Amietta however her fears were quelled when out of the blue the fox licks Amietta who gave a hyper puppy squeel of delight and bounced away towards Chloe she relaxed until the fox turn it's attention to her she froze a shiver running down her back as she gazes into the foxes icy blue eyes which glowed slightly

It was in that moment that she knew this was the gift the old woman had told her about carefully she walks over to the fox nearly tripping as Amietta bounced around her then kneeled down and reached out for the now sitting fox it watched her calmly with wise friendly eyes when her hand neared it pushed into her hand happily dispelling any more doubts about the friendliness of the fox

Before long the Fox and Amietta were running around the roof playing a hyper game of tag she sighs happy that she and Amietta had a new friend and Amietta a new playmate that would hopefully help the pup use up all that extra energy

Finally to her delight the pare ran down and both crowded onto her lap exhausted she pets the fox "What am I going to call you?" she finally asks the fox looks her in the eye and a name floats through her head "Yukito?" she asks rolling the name on her tongue it sounded foreign but it sounded fitting too the fox began wagging its tail and she nodded "Yukito it is then" she says happily then stands up both her charges in hand and makes for the stairs

"Lets go you two it's time to start the day" she says with a happy smile as she heads down the stairs

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