Josephine Laghari

## Josephine Laghari / Cure Snake

"The Gem Dragon, guardian of sacred treasure!"

Willow Laghari (Sister, 25)

Gemstones/Precious Metals

Venom

Enhanced Smell & Touch

Enhanced Reflexes

Josephine "Josie" Laghari is a main character in and Pretty Cure on the team of **Roar! Mighty Dragon Precure**. Her theme color is purple, with gold and silver as sub colors.

She is the reincarnation of the Elder One Naga.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Josie is a tall, well-kept young woman with long, curly black hair down to her shoulder blades. She has grey eyes, and wears her Gilded Scale as a *bindi*. She takes care of hear appearance as well as she can, though she has trouble managing her hair. She enjoys wearing all types of clothes, and also has several piercings. She has her ears, nose, and belly button pierced.

### Cure Snake

As Cure Snake, Josie's hair becomes a soft lavender color with darker purple tips. It also becomes long, all the way down to her ankles, and is tied up in a large braid. Her eyes become purple, and her ears become pointed. She also keeps her piercings. In her powered-up form, she has scales under her eyes, fangs similar to a snake's, and reptilian eyes.

## Personality

*"How can I call myself a human being if I ignore their suffering? How can* you *call yourself one?"*

Josie is an intelligent, upbeat, go-getting type person who finds joy in all aspects of life. She is positive and outgoing, finding as many friends as she can, whenever she can. She wishes to bring love and happiness to those around her, and always follows a personal path to make others happy. She does have a tendency to worry over others and become somewhat of a mother hen, as well as become overprotective and even aggressive at times when she's concerned for somebody's well-being. She expresses a desire to help others, but she considers this aggressive, temperamental streak a "defect" and hates that part of herself. As Cure Snake, she becomes proud and almost cocky, and is always ready to support her friends in battle.

Josie is spiritual, as is the rest of her family. She also enjoys reading books, and collecting things like stamps and coins. Josie also prides herself of being a proper lady. She fluently speaks both Hindi and English.

## History

Josephine was born in Birmingham, England, but moved to Freedom's Grove, Texas when she was 12 due to her parents' work. She grew up in a warm, loving and accepting household, with a good relationship with her sister and parents. As she got older, she was shocked to learn a healthy family dynamic wasn't shared by everyone. As such, she made it her personal goal to spread love to those around her. She became a "problem solver," and took others' burdens on as her own in order to help them. She took pride in this, and still tries to help as many people as she possibly can. When she moved, she kept her chin up and tried to do her best to help others, though she didn't always understand some of the American values. Eventually, she decided she wanted to go to medical school, and focused more on herself and her studies, so she could help her mission of spreading love by becoming a pediatrician. Her dream became one of setting up a clinic to help those who otherwise couldn't afford one.

In her Senior year in high school, she met the other Cures, and discovered she was the reincarnation of the Elder One, Naga. She takes her Oath happily, wishing to help the Dragons as her first real "mission of love."

## Cure Snake

*"Roar, the Heart of a Dragon! ... The Gem Dragon, guardian of sacred treasure! Cure Snake!"*

### Transformation

* **Transformation Item**: Gem Scale
* **Transformation Call**: “Roar, the heart of a dragon!”
* **Tagline**: “The Gem Dragon, guardian of sacred treasure! Cure Snake!”

### Powers

**Abilities**

* **Enhanced Reflexes**: Cure Snake is several times faster than a normal human, able to react to attacks or other stimuli at unprecedented speeds.
* **Enhanced Smell & Touch**: Much like an actual snake, Cure Snake's sense of smell is heightened, able to sniff out people or other scents miles away, and she can also sense things from the same large distances by feeling the ground.
* **Earth Manipulation**: Cure Snake can construct and manipulate earth and rock in most forms, as well as use terrain to her advantage by doing things like tunneling through it or using it to sense opponents.
* **Crystal Manipulation**: Technically a subset of Earth Manipulation, however Cure Snake also has the ability to turn regular earth and rock into sparkling crystals or gemstones. These also have different properties depending on their color, and can do different things.
	+ Purple: The standard color crystal, which doesn't do anything.
	+ Blue: Blue crystals, when shattered, pour out water to help Cure Swell in battle.
	+ Red: Red crystals, when shattered, erupt into flames to help restore Cure Torch.
	+ Green: Green crystals can float, and give Cure Feather places to land in the air.
	+ Orange: Orange crystals disrupt the flow of time and slows down enemies while speeding up Cure Alchemy. Alchemy can also transmute them into different things.
* **Venom**: Cure Snake's bite is venomous, and so is her Cure Weapon.

**Finishing Moves**

* **Gem Spear** (1st Finisher)
	+ **Call**: "Protect what you cherish! Precure... Gem Spear!"
	+ Producing a spear from her Scale, Cure Snake stabs it into the ground. From it, a massive crack in the ground appears in a straight line to the Panoply. Giant purple crystals grow from the crack in the ground, attacking the Panoply and purifying it.
* **Gem Cocoon** (2nd Finisher)
	+ **Call**: "Protect what you cherish! Precure... Gem Cocoon!"
	+ Using her spear, Cure Snake launches it at the Panoply. It lands in the monster's chest, and from it, massive chunks of multicolored crystals grow and encase it. Once it's fully covered in the crystals, it shatters, purifying it.

## Relationships

* **Fayre McCoy**: Josie is grateful to Fayre for introducing her to the Dragons, and is happy to help her and even looks up to her as a leader. However, Josie can't help but worry over her and just wants Fayre to feel cared for as much as Fayre cares for the others.
* **Yaretzi Vasquez**: Josie relates to Yaretzi a lot in terms of being family oriented, and the two get along well because of it. However, they tend to worry over each other, and can sometimes go back and forth about if they're causing each other stress. Despite this, they get along great and do well in battle together.
* **Zhilan Ouyang**: She and Zhilan can butt heads sometimes, as she wants to protect them but they insist they don't need protecting, and they don't like being worried about or fussed over. They understand each other, though, and get along despite their conflicting personalities most of the time. Josie appreciates Zhilan's forward demeanor and being told when she's being too much.
* **Charity Howell**: Josie acts like a mama bear around Charity, often making sure she's cared for and has everything she needs. She never treats her as fragile, though, respecting her as a person and a Cure. She and Charity get along very well, and love to hang out together. They also do well in battle together, often teaming up.
* **Tarragon Drake**: She and Tarragon have a mutual respect for one another, and she wishes to help him as much as she's able. She sees him as a strong and capable king, but also knows he is the same age as her, and wants him to have something of a normal life. She often invites him along to do everyday tasks like grocery shopping just to let him experience things when he's able.

## Trivia

* Josie was originally going to be the water-themed Cure, as Nagas in mythology are typically water deities, however Charity took that place. She became the earth-themed cure as Nagas are said to make their homes in caves and protect treasure. Naga is also referred to as the Gem Dragon because of this.
* Cure Snake is called this because the word *Naga* in sanskrit literally means 'snake' or 'cobra.'
* Cure Snake is the only Cure on the team with only one Gilded Scale.