Nala Everest

Nala Everest has been a Snrubville resident since October 2004. She lives and works with her mother Toria Everest at Cents and Sensibility, and currently attends Snrubville High School.

## Appearance

Nala is an extremely pale girl of medium height and toned fitness. Her blonde hair is barely chin-length and buzzed short on the left side of her head. Her eyes are a shade of lavender. She normally dresses in fitness tank tops and biker shorts of various pastel shades, as well as mint green sneakers. The whole ensemble is topped with a white cat-ear headband and a thin haze of cigarette smoke.

## Personality

Nala tries her best to be pleasant to the customers at her mother's convenience store {they do, after all, fund her whole life}, but after stifling the urge to bludgeon crooks, thieves, and generally nasty people alike over the head with a broom for so long, she really can't be bothered. She applies this no-care attitude to most aspects of her life, save her single passion: Warriors. Nala would rather be curled up in her basement bedroom drawing emo-haired, anime-eyed cats than anywhere else in the world. Unless that place had tropical Skittles or really good milkshakes, then she'd be there in a heartbeat. Some of her least favourite things are peppermint gum, woollen sweaters, and irrationally judgemental people.

## History

Nala was born in Sanderstown, Canada, but moved to Snrubville with her mother, Toria, at only three months of age. Growing up in a single-parent household, Nala wasn't very well off, and often got teased for it in school. As a result, she often found herself hiding in the school library, where she first picked up the Warriors series and an obsession with the society of wild cats. At fifteen, she took a chance at redeeming her reputation by stealing a pack of cigarettes off her mother's nightstand. As is obvious by her current situation, this act lead to nothing but a smoking addiction for poor Nala. Until she graduates from Snrubville Highschool, Nala is manning the cash part-time for her mother. Looking forward, she still hasn't decided if she will stick around to help her mother or pursue an English Literature degree.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Toria Everest

Nala loves her mother and appreciates her laidback parenting, as she got away with a lot as a child. Due to the smaller age gap between them compared to other mother-daughter pairs, Toria sometimes feels more like an older sister to Nala.

#### Edvard Lindholm

Nala cannot remember her father and hopes she never sees the man again, after the stories her mother told her. Deep down, she hopes he either suffered horribly for his actions and managed to redeem himself and find happiness in life. Either way, she very well hopes he's haunted by her memory.

### Friends

#### Carlotta Mutone

Nala met Carlotta in third grade, during a mixed class favourite book swap. The two girls were called out for both having put down Warriors: Into the Wild as their pick. They meet often to work on their fully illustrated multi-chapter fanfiction together.

## Trivia

* Nala was designed by Citrine Shoelace.
* Nala's love of the Warriors series was inspired by how her hair resembles the typical "emo haircuts" many fan artists give the cats.