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Name: Velvet Star Fedorov

Age: 23 years

Gender: Female

Race: Humanised Alicorn

Appearance: Her skin is lavender purple and covered in a fine, silky peach fuzz and she has a sparkly crystal unicorn horn on her forehead that twists in a spiral to a sharp point and makes rainbows when it catches the light, like when sunlight shines on a dewdrop. She also has some lovely purple feather wings. She has soft, velvety pony ears on the top of her head that can move around to catch sounds. She has a literal pony tail at her back near her tailbone and long hair that reaches to mid back, both pastel rainbows of mostly white and pale lavender with some other soft colours. She has long graceful half-equine legs and instead of feet, she has hooves that are shiny pearlescent white. Her eyes are bright forest green.

Powers/Abilities: magic that lets her heal minor wounds, knows a few common spells such as magic missile, can use magical telekinesis to pick up and move or manipulate objects or living beings, magic glows around her horn when she uses it. She would love to learn more spells and she has the power to do them, she’s just inexperienced.

Short Bio: Velvet used to be an alicorn with human level intelligence (like My Little Pony) and her husband met her when he was looking for a particular kind of monster to capture and tame for a client. She was with her herd in the countryside and he came to ask the ponies for information about the monster he was hunting. She thought he was cute and ended up helping him and they got to know each other through talking.He found and caught the monster with her help and they brought it to his farm to hold in the training paddock and tame it over time with compassion and firm but loving methods. She traveled the country with her husband, letting him ride on her back as she flew or trotted him to different places for his work. They fell in love and sought a wizard who could turn her into a more human body, which they had to pay a lot of gold for. Both of them worked hard to save up. Once the spell transformed her, they got married and she left her herd to live with him in Cherry Blossom Valley. The herd are still her friends and family and she does go to visit them often. They were blessed with their first child 6 years ago, the second child 4 years after the firstborn.

Her husband has died, and she is looking for a new partner. The kids miss their dad. Sorbet doesn’t understand where he went but he knows he’s not coming back. He asks why sometimes. Aaric got eaten by a monster as he was a monster trainer and was trying to tame a new aggressive monster that had been brought into his workplace.

Mate/Partner: Aaric Fedorov (Deceased). Race of husband: Cattian (snow leopard cat furry) His parents live in the neighbouring country, one a snow leopard furry and the other a snowshoe breed cat furry. They plan to come visit their grandchildren and daughter in law. Aaric had pale blue eyes.

Children: Flourish (6) he knows the color spray spell here, Sorbet (2 ½ ) he knows zap, but it usually activates when his emotions are strong here.

Race of kids: Cattalicorns - basically winged cat furries with unicorn horns. They have soft, plush fur and feline paw feet and paw hands with retractable claws. Their wings are silky and fluffy feathers. They have some sharp cat teeth but also flatter molars as they are omnivores. One has a pony’s tail and hooves like mama (Sorbet, 2 and a ½ yr old), the other has a long cat tail that’s pastel rainbow colours and paw feet (Flourish, 6 yr old). Both of them have ears that are crossed between pony and cat ears. Flourish has green eyes but his little brother Sorbet has pale blue, like their father’s. With such an odd mix of races they do have some racial confusion and conflicting instincts at times. They have dark purple leopard rosettes on their ears, backs, arms and tails, sprinkled where they would be on a leopard. Their hair and tails are pastel rainbow colours.

Velvet had texted Nao after he gave her his contact details that day. He must have been a busy man, because it did take a couple of days for him to respond. However, Velvet expected that and she was a busy Mom of two, so she understood and didn't mind waiting.

She was hanging out clean laundry on the clothesline outside and humming a soft song when she heard her phone chime cutely. Velvet paused in hanging up a tiny tee shirt and slipped the phone from her dress pocket, brushing back a strand of hair blown into her face by the soft spring breeze. She smiled at the message and paused in thought. Flourish was at elementary school right now and her littlest one was at home with her, currently watching a Disney movie while playing in the expansive 'great room' aka family room of the home.

She texted back

*Would this afternoon after Flourish gets home from school be okay? He finishes at 3:30pm and he has homework most days, so how about 4:30 or 5pm? As for the type of magic, we know some of the first class Wizard spells from my family of ponies and the old magic spell book I got from my grandmare. So I think lower level wizard spells would be best.

Do you think we could hold lessons three days a week? Perhaps Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays? Or one day a week would also be fine, I don't want to overtax you. Whatever suits you best. Please let me know the standard fees, I am happy to pay. Thank you again for your generous offer of tutoring my sons - smile *

The smiley she put at the end had a dash or line above it signifying her unicorn horn. It was a cute little touch.

Velvet hung out two more little clothes and then heard her phone ping again. She stopped to look at it once more, eyes lighting up at the reply. She quickly texted back, holding her phone in both hands and tapping the screen keyboard with her thumbs.

*That's wonderful, thank you! 4:30 works good for me and the kids. And sure, we can discuss those when you arrive*

She was glad he'd given her some time to get ready for his visit. She wondered if she'd have to buy notebooks or wands or magic components. She supposed Nao would let her know.

Velvet finished hanging out all the family's washing, enjoying the blue sky and birdsong and the blossoming cherry trees in her own back yard. There tended to be a lot of laundry with two young children in the house but laundry happened to be one of the Alicorn's favourite chores. It was relaxing and smelled nice.

The 23 year old woman clipclopped back inside and went to check on Sorbet. He was making animals and buildings from Duplo Lego while watching The Little Mermaid. It was around 2:30pm. She knelt down beside her son and petted his soft hair and ears. "Hey baby, what'cha making? Looks like you're having fun. Do you want to help Mommy choose what to make for snack today? Your big brother Flourish is coming home soon and he'll need snacks after school. What should we do? Mini pizzas, or cinnamon rolls?"

Sorbet happily looked up at his Mommy, then pointed to his castle tower "I makin' a dower, Mommy! Biiiiig one!" he squealed, stretching his hand up as high above his head as he could reach. "And poniesh...poniesh wike Mommy!" he picked up one of the mishapen block creatures to show her, putting it in her face and making a drawn out 'Neiiiiggggh!' sound. It looked nothing like a pony but it was a colourful cluster. Velvet made noises of enthusiastic interest and praised his efforts.

"Oooh! Well done, baby! That IS a big tower. I bet it'll reach alll the way to the sky when you're finished. Oh - ponies! That's lovely, sweetie! You always love making ponies with your blockies, don't you?" she grinned, tickling her son playfully and pulling him into a hug to plant kisses on his neck and face, making the baby erupt with delightful laughter and wriggles.

When she'd asked him what to make for snack, Sorbet's answer was immediate and excited. "Bee-za, bee-za, wets make BEE-ZA~!" he cheered, bouncing on his padded butt and making Velvet laugh.

"Okay sugarbun! We'll do mini pizzas! And will Sorbet be Mommy's good little helper and help tidy up the house too? We have a special friend coming to visit once Flourish comes home from school. Remember Fluffy Man? You want to see Fluffy Man again, don't you?" she asked, beaming as she used a name Sorbet would recognise to hopefully remember Nao in that little toddler mind of his. "Fluffy Man is coming to teach us magic. Won't that be fun!?"