Ashley

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Ashley is very kind and motherly. She worries a lot, and tends to get emotional without intending to. She is young at heart, despite having lost some of her former innocence and naivety. She is a vegetarian, has a difficult time figuring out what she wants, and has a partially split mind. She believes in good, despite being a member of Team Rocket, bakes a lot, and plays the flute.

History
Ashley’s grandmother, Miriam, was an excellent Kanto trainer. She met her husband, Orsen, while exploring the Johto region, and when they married she retired from her trainer career and settled in her hometown of Cerulean, Kanto. Orsen and Miriam gave birth to a daughter, Elana. Elana never exhibited much interest in the gym challenges, but she did raise a few electric-type Pokémon and worked in a power plant not far from home. At the age of twenty, Elana became pregnant with Ashley. She would not say who the father was, and to this day that remains a mystery. Ashley was born on July 15th, 1992, and a year later her mother, Elana, was killed during a mysterious power plant malfunction (since they did not know who her father was, it was assumed that he worked alongside Elana and was killed also). Devastated at the loss of their daughter, Miriam and Orsen moved to Orsen’s hometown of Cherrygrove, Johto, where they raised Ashley. When Ashley was five years of age, she learned the truth about her mother. She began her schooling, and as such learned that other children her age had parents, and were not raised by their grandparents. Several other girls taunted Ashley, but in time she was able to make friends. Though Miriam had retired as a trainer, she kept a few Pokémon as companions, and taught Ashley early the importance of being a good trainer. “Kindness, understanding, and teamwork are the key components,” she liked to say. “Your team will be just as much your family as your grandfather and I.” As it was, Miriam had great hopes that Ashley would become a great trainer, just as she had done. Growing up, Ashley was influenced greatly by her grandparents. Proper, old-fashioned, she learned to be respectful and ladylike. Her grandmother would often take her to neighboring cities and towns, and together they would explore antique shops. Ashley would marvel at the old, once loved treasures, sensing a mystique about them that kept her entranced for years and years. Her grandmother also had a strong love for Cherry Blossoms, which Ashley, too, picked up quite early. Ashley’s grandfather had never been much of a trainer, preferring to read and write stories about those he had met. He kept countless books, and encouraged Ashley to read as many and as often as possible. She did, and she loved it. Her favorite types of books being fictional, enchanting stories, like fairytales. Orsen also had a strong love of tea. He would wake up early in the mornings and have a cup while the day was still quiet. Sometimes, he would take walks around the town and surrounding area, teacup in hand. If Ashley could awaken early enough (as she often did once she grew older), she would sit with him in the kitchen and drink tea with him. Sometimes they sat in silence, oftentimes they shared dreams, or thoughts, or stories. There was even a game they played when Ashley was younger. They would drink in silence and study everything around them. Then they would share with each other what they could see. Whoever saw the smallest, most insignificant, yet most beautiful thing won. Orsen won often, but as she grew older Ashley began to beat him more and more.

At ten years of age, and after completing Trainer’s School, Ashley was able to leave home and be a trainer. Her grandmother was thrilled; it was what she had wanted for Ashley since she’d been born, especially since Elana had never chosen to follow in Miriam’s footsteps. However, as young as she was (and with her vivid imagination), Ashley knew how heartbroken her grandparents had been at the death of her mother. She wanted to become a trainer- she truly did- but something within Ashley made her refuse to leave. She preferred to remain with her grandparents, keep them company, and continue learning at home. Her grandfather was glad she had chosen to stay, but her grandmother was disappointed. It took a while for her to accept Ashley’s decision, and when she did, she purchased Ashley a flute and lessons. Since Ashley chose not to leave home, she became lonely. The few friends she’d made had all left, leaving her with no one her own age to keep her company. Thus, she delved herself into her books and music, and missed out on many pre-teen and teenager experiences.

As time passed Miriam grew ill. It was not an illness that bore a name other than ‘old age’. She grew weaker, more exhausted. She was unable to travel to antique shops with Ashley, and sometimes she wouldn’t even get out of bed. Ashley was seventeen when she passed away. This was a difficult time for Ashley. Her grandmother had been in the hospital often, but the hospital had become a hell to the young woman. The walls and floors began to feel like they were breathing, moving. Ashley would become claustrophobic and nauseas. It grew so terrible that Ashley finally refused to see her grandmother the night before she died. She was too afraid to see her grandmother like that, in that place of sickness and death, where the walls breathed and Ashley fought the urge to stop and laugh. This caused a deep quilt within her.

In her passing, and with the hopes that one day Ashley would become a trainer, Miriam left Ashley a Pokémon: Togetic. Togetic was not a Pokémon Ashley had ever seen within the house before, and it is unknown when and where Miriam caught her. Nevertheless, Togetic’s happiness helped ease the grief Ashley felt. Within the next year Ashley spent her time getting to know Togetic and re-studying what she had learned during her Trainer School years. At the age of eighteen, Orsen purchased Ashley a Pokegear and she finally left home with the dreams of being a great trainer and making her diseased grandmother proud.

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