Ruby the Cat

Princess Hóngbǎoshí "Ruby" Mao the Cat is an anthropomorphic 16-year old Chun-nanese red cat and the Keyboardist and "Down-To-Earth Girl" of the Funky Town Gang. She's the lost princess of the Native Gaian Felidae Tribe of rare red cats who lived in the far southeast. She was trapped in suspended animation and sent to Togerra before being awakened by the Funky Town Gang. She's gifted with the powers to create, control, and manipulate toxic gasses to her will.
Ruby is generally described as a calm yet hot-headed teenager, but is devoted to her friends and determined. She didn't understand the concepts of friendship or trust until she met the Funky Town Gang, becoming best friends with Becky. She eventually recognized the concept of love in Conner the Hedgehog, who she saw first when she awakened.
==Appearance==
Ruby is a red furred cat with purple hair on her head and at the tip of her tail. She has aqua eyes and a yellow tilac on her forehead. A small shock of red fur hangs over her eye. Her attire consists of an orange and gold, long sleeve sweater with black pants, purple shoes, and green bracelets.
==Personality==
Ruby is a generally very devoted member of the gang. She's hotheaded and determined to reach her goal, and she is very serious. Due to being so Down-To-Earth and into her duties, she didn't understand the concepts of friendship or relationships until she met the gang. She has a natural curiosity, hence that she's a cat, and is not afraid of following her nose. After first awakening, she was at first confused and had a child-like naivety about how the world had changed in the past two centuries. She hardly ever has a sense of humor, so she almost never laughs. There are times when she can be depressed over what happened to her people, and was especially heartbroken when she found out that she is the last red feline of Gaia. She is slightly embarrassed by her power to control toxic gasses, and therefore, hearing a gas joke makes her tick really easily.
As she is a cat, she displays feline behaviors. These include clawing, meowing, prowling, licking herself, hissing, and can't resist balls of yarn.
==History==
=200 Years Ago=
Ruby was born as the Princess of a tribe of Asian golden and red cats in the jungle of a mountainous region in southeastern Chun-Nan. She developed her unstable toxikinetic abilities at the age of three, and was trained to control it by monks. However, when she was turning sixteen, her tribe came under a tuberculosis epidemic and was dying. Her mother, the Queen, fled from the jungle during the epidemic, but her daughter followed her to a cave. The cave had a waterway, and a bird sorcerer was waiting. The Queen, desperate to save her people, explained to the sorcerer that she will offer herself as a sacrifice in return for her people to live. Little did the Queen know that the Sorcerer was in service to darkness and demons. Feigning pity, he agreed, and set about his ritual. The princess watched the terrifying ritual from the caves shadows, and as the ritual was concluded by a flash of lightning from the clouds through a hole in the ceiling, the Queen disappeared. Torn by grief and rage, the princess attacked the sorcerer. Recognizing her, he began another ritual. The girl soon began to experience light headedness, nausea, and headaches, but refused to give in. The spell finally set into place when she tripped and hit her head on a rock, causing her to fall into suspended animation. The sorcerer than sealed her in a waterproof coffin of stone. He gave the coffin to the remaining members of the tribe as a "sign of the future". The red cars took it and set sail for isle Togerra. However, the disease fought up with them, and the last members of the red cat tribe died. A crypt was carved into a mountain as their resting place, and the stone coffin was placed in as a shrine to the lastleadersof their tribe. There, the princess slept in suspended animation for two hundred years.
=Awakening=
The next thing the feline knew was waking up in the arms of Conner Flame the hedgehog. The poor cat, confused and not remembering who she was or how she got there, decided to befriend Conner and his friends. They gave her the nickname "Ruby" for her red fur. She became a good friend to the Funky Town Gang, as well as an amazing keyboardist, and a skilled fighter in her powers of controlling toxic gasses. Over time, Ruby develops feelings for Conner, and he felt the same way.
==Powers==
Ruby has the unusual power of controlling and creating toxic gasses using her hands. This power could have come from when her mother was pregnant with her. A gas bomb set off, and the Queen was exposed to the gas, but survived. Her purple hair may be another side effect of the gas exposure along with her powers. Because of her training with the monks, she is able to control them with relative ease. Due to her powers, she is immune to any poison.
==Skills==
Ruby is also a black belt in tai Keon do. As she is a cat, she has great agility, super flexibility, and keen hearing & eyesight.
==Weaknesses==
Ruby's toxikinetic powers are often seen as a joke, making he a subject of bullying and humiliation. She also suffers from the side effects of being trapped in suspended animation, including migraine headaches, flashbacks, and passing out randomly. She still carries the bourdon of losing her mother and her people, and wishes to change the past if it could be possible.
Category:Females
Category:Heroes
Category:Cats
Category:Native Gaians
Category:Toxikinetics
Category:Funky Town Gang
Category:Princesses
Category:Characters