Montana

**Montana (or Monty or Ana)** is a 15 year old girl from Amaya who summoned her spirit animal, Silver, a Gila monster. She was the fifth oldest of her family. She used to help run her parents' shop with her 11 other siblings before she summoned Silver.

## Appearance

Montana has sun-kissed skin with black hair that reaches her mid-back and honey brown eyes. Her eyes used to be green, but something went wrong with her bond and they slowly turned honey brown. Her hair is usually in low double Dutch braids, but she does wear it in a low ponytail on occasion. She's also seen without shoes most of the time. She's usually seen wearing a light purple cloak and a butterfly hair clip her older sister, Virginia, gave her with her outfit. Montana has a scar on her face that crosses her eye from an accident she had with her older brother, Texas. Silver's tattoo is located on her lower right thigh, near the knee. She chose for Silver's tattoo to be where most people would see her, as Montana usually keeps her in passive form.

## Personality

Montana has always been a shy and quiet girl, rarely talking to her own siblings. She also abhors violence and distrust. Despite her lack of speech, she's an incredibly loyal, trustworthy and honest person, never once betraying someone for her own selfish reasons and standing by what she thinks is right. She's very alert and observant, but can also be blunt sometimes. When she's with Virginia, Kiana or Texas, she's an adventurous and reckless person. She's always cheerful and clumsy around them, as she feels safe to express herself with them. This also means she's an incredibly creative and curious person around them, drawing and writing beautiful pieces of art and poetry.

## Relationships

### Silver

Her and Silver didn't start off on the right foot. Her family lived in an unpopular town in Southern Amaya that wasn't on most maps, so Montana summoned Silver without the Nectar, causing her to have the Bonding Sickness like most of the kids in the town. Silver would constantly hiss and bite her, her friends and family. Montana would regularly suffer from blackouts, seizures and acts of violence towards others. After the rebirth of the Evertree, their bond started to improve. Montana could finally get Silver into passive form without her begging for it. She could also pet Silver without fearing she'll get bitten. She can also have Silver around her friends and family without worrying about them. It took a long time for her and Silver to get along and they're still working things out, but they're happy that they're getting better.

### Kiana

Kiana is one of Montana's best friends and someone who also went through the bonding sickness. Kiana is two years older than Montana and had the bonding sickness much earlier, bonding to a chinchilla she named Andrés. Her sickness was a more mild version of Montana's, but she still had blackouts, random mumblings and intense mood swings. Kiana tried her best to help Montana and her family with anything she could, as she knew how hard it was to have five different children with the bonding sickness. Kiana and her family took in the twins, Carolina and Georgia when Montana's family asked them to. Before Montana had gotten the bonding sickness, she and Kiana would run around the town, rough-housing a lot of the time. They would also draw and play chess together (Kiana always won and the times she didn't was because she wanted Montana to win).

### Texas

Texas is Montana's older brother. Texas was the one who usually took care of her. They usually wrestled with their friends on either side, cheering them on. Montana usually vented to Texas and Virginia. She also spent most of her break time from working the shop with Texas to practicing fighting moves. She felt like she could trust Texas enough to sleep on his lap or chest a lot of the time. When Texas bonded with his spirit animal, a coyote, he named her Snow after Montana wanted him to and she, in turn, named her spirit animal after what Texas wanted. Montana took care of Texas when he had the bonding sickness where Montana got her scar. Texas apologized for it later. He almost took the Bile, but didn't per Montana's request. Texas recovered much faster than Montana, he helped her recover the rest of the way with Virginia at his side and he helped her with her spirit animal. They still wrestle and sleep together.

### Virginia

Virginia is Montana's older sister and the only one (besides Texas) that Montana trusts. Virginia drew and read to Montana when she was a young child. Virginia taught her how to read, write, draw, cook and clean. She also taught Montana some self-defense and some instruments. Fortunately, Virginia didn't summon a spirit animal, so she was able to read, draw and sing for Montana. She also helped with bathing Montana when she couldn't herself. She was the one who took care of Montana when she blacked out or had a seizure. When Virginia left to go to Concorba, Virginia gave Montana her butterfly hair clip. Montana still wears it, so she can carry Virginia with her everywhere.

### Augustine

Augustine is one of Texas' friends. Montana didn't really know him well, the only times she talked to him was when Texas was busy with something. When Montana had the bonding sickness, Augustine had told her that his family went to the nearest city with a Greencloak to get him the Nectar. She and Augustine hang out more, either when Texas is busy or Texas invites her.

### Her Other Siblings

Montana doesn't talk to her other siblings as much as she does with Virginia and Texas. She doesn't really know who they are and only takes care of them when asked to.

### Her Parents

Montana didn't really talk to her parents often and her parents often forgot she existed, as they did with a lot of her siblings. When she had the bonding sickness, her mother visited her when she was bed-ridden and gave her food, but her father never did. Her father died a month after her younger sister, Alabama was born because of the bonding sickness. She doesn't blame or hate them. They have 12 children and four of those children had bonding sickness including her husband, she knew it was a tall order for her mother to handle.