Ellen Pond

## Sigil

**Ellen Pond/Mercury Courier** (More commonly referred to as Ellie) is a new Magical Girl and the newest member of Team Courier.

## Powers

Ellie's power, primarily, is to turn things from liquid to solid and vice-versa, which she cannot apply to anything organic.

Ellie has also found other ways to use her powers, such as reaching inside things she's made liquid or sliding along the ground by making the surface more liquid to gain speed.

## Physical Appearance

Ellie has a Latin complexion, and is taller than average for her age, being 161cm / 5'2 despite only being 13 years old. It's presumed by her family that she'll grow even taller. Ellie has a slim build. Prior to having the Dream, Ellie had black hair and light blue eyes. After having the Dream, her eyes and hair turned a bright silver. Ellie used to wear her long hair loose, but on suggestion from her friend has started wearing it in a braid. Ellie also has a slightly upturned nose.

Ellie's Magical Girl outfit consists of a long-sleeved ruffled dress going, in a gradient, from silver to dark green, with green embroidery flowing down the dress and a high collar, as well as green knee-high boots. After joining Team Courier, she has also started wearing a satchel bag to carry messages on.

When not transformed or at school, Ellie likes wearing skirts, sandals, and very silly t-shirts, specifically picked to annoy her friend Katia. She also enjoys wearing skinny jeans and off-the-shoulder shirts, and has an extensive dress wardrobe, owed to her love of fashion.

## Personality

Ellie is very perceptive and outspoken, which many times results in her speaking before thinking things through. She's a terrible liar, and cannot hide her own feelings or impressions.

Ellie is also very indecisive, as, if given the time to think a decision through, she will hesitate and overthink things. When not given the time, however, she tends to take actions that she considers brave and more immediately beneficial for all involved.

## History

Team Courier (Work)

Upon becoming a member of Team Courier, Ellie was paired with Dawn Roche, and the two were given Team Alchemical's route as a first patrol. By coincidence, Team Alchemical was under the Elevadeer's attack on that night, which led Ellie and Dawn to become targets of a pack of monsters, having to be saved from them by team leader Anne Ryder. Feeling bad for that, Ryder had Maddie and Phoebe teach Ellie the basics of the job on the next day, helping integrate her into the team. This also helped Ellie develop her relationship with Dawn further, as the two bonded over their opinions of the other teammembers.

Following the attack on Ryder, Ellie found herself distant from Dawn again. In an effort to understand Dawn and help her through her trouble, Ellie asked her about Dawn's former partner, and was told the story behind Celina's disappearance. Despite Dawn claiming that telling Ellie the story helped her cope, Ellie still felt uncertain about it, and, during a later disaster that night, worked out why: Dawn, understandably, was still scared of losing a partner, something she had to be confronted with when Ellie volunteered for a risky Run. After reassuring Dawn she would be fine, Ellie headed out into the night, carrying a small child on her back from one hospital to the other.

In said Run, Ellie was attacked by a Limbcopse, against which she triumphed, if by the skin of her teeth. In the aftermath of her succesfull Run, Ryder, having recently been convinced to ask for help with her situation, invited Ellie to her house on the next day. Once there, Ellie was first trained by Ryder's grandmother Fan Yáo, who helped her understand her own powers better. Once that was done, Ryder told her the truth about the recent attempt on her life, and recruited Ellie to help her investigate Team Courier, in order to find the culprit.

## Appears in

* *Team Courier*
* *Magical Girl Interview Network* #4