Aurea Juniper (Shining Bonds)

**Professor Aurea Juniper** (Japanese: *Dr. Araragi Trina*) is a major character featured in *Shining Bonds a la Mode*. She is the godmother of Nanette and Marina and later Nicole.

Together with her Burst Partner, a Minccino (later Cinccino) named Cina, Aurea transforms into the Burst Warrior of Light, **Burst Cino**, a Minccino-themed (later Cinccino-themed) Burst Warrior whose theme colors are light gray and green. In *Shining Bonds a la Mode*, she is also a Professor who resides in the Unova region and specializes in the origins of Pokémon. She is a Light Elemental whose Elemental of Harmony is Magic.

## Bio

### **Appearance**

Aurea has light brown hair and cyan eyes. Her Harmony Mark, placed on the skirt or bottoms of whatever she's wearing, is a light gray Minccino head surrounded by mint green wings.

As seen in *Shining Bonds: Starlix Burst*, she is a 14 year-old girl whose hair is worn down. Her outfit consists of a white top with a red line and upper arm-length sleeves, and a dull sea green skirt with white tights underneath and red heels with green socks.

As seen in *Shining Bonds a la Mode* onwards, she is a 26 year-old woman whose hair is pulled into a bun. Her outfit consists of a light blue lab coat over a white top and a teal pencil skirt, and red and white sneakers.

As Burst Cino, her hair changes into a spring green waist-length ponytail with a fade of light gray and she gains a pair of Minccino/Cinccino ears. Her outfit is similar to Bloom's Cosmix form, but the star strands and the leggings are removed while the outfit has a few Minccino-like (later Cinccino-like) changes. The armwrappers from said design are replaced with white gloves with a cyan heart design and she also gets a Minccino/Cinccino tail. Her wings are similar to Bloom's Charmix wings, but are gray on the inside and green on the outside. Her eyelashes also turn green.

In her Innocent Harmony form, her hair turns pure white with bright green highlights and becomes a pair of thick inward-curling twintails resembling a Cinccino's head fur. Her armwarmers and legwarmers are very fluffy while her torso fabric is very pale gray and her heeled boots resemble Cinccino paws. She has a giant white bow while her tail becomes very fluffy and trailing. She also gains light green eyeshadow.

She retains her Burst Cino outfit in her Starlight Style, but now has a green star in her eyes, an enchaned version of her Harmony Mark appearing on her left cheek, light green eyeshadow (much like her Innocent Harmony form), and her entire outfit gains gold accents and her dress goes down to her feet, including a star-shaped bow on the back of her waist and light green lipstick. She gains a headband with small gold stars on it and star earrings.

In her Innocent Harmony Starlight Style, aspects of her Starlight Style and her Innocent Harmony form are combined, but her dress becomes wide and very fancy, decorated with gold lace and numerous ribbons while her hair goes down to her feet. Her shoes are still Cinccino paws but are now boots going up to her knees while her gloves are pure white and reach her forearms.

### **Personality**

Aurea is pleasant and mature. She willingly offers her assistance, even helping out fighting the monsters in the first four episodes of *Shining Bonds a la Mode* and when she agreed with Cina to become a Burst Warrior in "Time Skiddles" of *Shining Bonds: Starlix Burst*. She has a particular interest in the origins of Pokémon. As a Professor, Aurea is often busy with multiple projects at any given time, all of which require extensive fieldwork and data analysis back at the lab. She can get upset if someone mentions her age being very old but calms down if she is complimented. She also admits that some Trainers may need to learn more on their journeys, yet can get *a lot* impulsive for a Professor with an alter ego.

## History

### **Shining Bonds a la Mode: The Next Generation**

Prior to this series, Juniper gave the role of Professor to Bianca on the day the Starlix Club (except June, who has been repaired later on) lost their lives due to an evil monster's massive attack. Having oversaw the death, Nanette becomes so angry at losing her godmother and her biological mother that she completely overflowed her powers and stopped the evil being all by herself.

### **Shining Bonds a la Mode: 340 Years Later**

Burst Cino is sometimes seen depicted on various stained glass windows, and sometimes appears as a spirit summoned by Stargaze the unicorn.

## Trivia

* Whenever she's talking with Cina, Aurea often makes puns and end them with "~ci". Whenever Nicole overhears this, she always gets embarrassed.

* Aurea and her father were once Backpackers.

* Her father Cedric was good friends with Lalia Daisy. When Liam died a day after Nanette's birth, Aurea officially became the godmother of the Daisy Sisters and later Nicole after the Daisies took her in.

* Her team is the only group of Burst Warriors to have acess to the Fairy Forms, which may be odd.
* In *Shining Bonds a La Mode*, Aurea is revealed to have passed the Harmony Map to Nanette and friends, who in turn pass the map to Blissany and friends, which eventually gets passed to Amber and friends three centuries later.