Ashley

> "*I'm Ashley. And you are?" - Ashley (Warioware Gold)*
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"Hocus Pocus..."

**Ashley** (Full name: **Ashley Shiro**) is the witch in training residing in Diamond City. She lives in a haunted mansion with her imp familiar, Red, and performs lots of spooky spells, demon rituals, and potion making with her witchcraft. She works at Warioware Inc and attends Diamond Academy as a senior grade student. Ashley was only 10 years old when she started living in the haunted mansion but was lucky to have befriended Red in the mansion due to him being the one inhabitant within it.

## Background

Ashley was born in Yuyami Town to Sayoko and Hiroki. As a newborn, she was gifted with a stuffed bunny her mother had hand made herself and ever since, she had always kept that bunny in her arms no matter where she was. While she grew up, she often would sneak into her father's study to see what he was working on and her father would always show her some of the specters and demons he researched which always interested her to learn. She loved reading with her father during his breaks in between work as she would learn something new everyday. Her mother often would sing to Ashley to bed mainly due to how much she loved her mother's singing and lullabies in the night. Sayoko also would help Ashley get along with the stray cats that lived around town mainly due to how much Ashley always was interested in petting cats but was often scared to pet them. During her years of growing up, Ashley was often just hiding away behind her parents whenever she went out with them in town since she was super shy around strangers.

However, when she was 10 years old, She had a talk with her parents about buying the vacant mansion in Diamond City mainly due to how much her parents work was getting too dangerous for Ashley to stick around. As much as her parents didn't want to be separated from their daughter, Ashley told them both that she'll be alright even though she would miss them a lot. With having Ashley's confirmation, she soon moved into the vacant haunted mansion in Diamond City as her parents, though sorrowful, gave their farewells to Ashley and promised her that they will try to visit as often as they could. Ashley walked herself into the haunted mansion, though scared, she curiously walked around before spotting the library door being open. She walked into the library and spotted something hiding behind the bookshelf and was initially scared before seeing the thing introducing himself as Red. Red had been living in the mansion for a bit of a while before Ashley's parents bought it without knowing of a demonic tenant that was living in there initially. Upon Ashley asking what Red had been reading in the library, Red explained that he was reading books on witchcraft but he had told her that as much as he wanted to test the witchcraft magic, he needed a witch to perform them with him. Looking at the books, Ashley immediately got interested and told Red that she wanted to become a witch with confidence. That led to the two making a Demon-Witch contract with each other with Red's request for the contract being that him and Ashley be friends from now on to which Ashley happily agreed to the request and became friends with Red.

As Ashley grew up more into her teen years, her and Red began their practice in witch and demon craft magic. Their start was rather rough as the two often struggled in getting the spells to work but as time went on with reading and practicing spells before eventually Ashley got past the beginner and novice level spells to use them at her disposal. However, there was a day where she suddenly encountered Wario in front of her doorstep. Wario had arrived at the haunted mansion thinking there was treasure inside it but when he walked inside, he was immediately greeted with Ashley blasting him out of the house with a lightning spell. He wondered what the big deal was until he got frightened by Ashley growing very angry and her hair turning white as she told him she didn't like trespassers at all. Red tried his best with calming her down but Wario instantly begged for her not to zap him again with another spell as he would rather want to talk it out instead of getting attacked. With that response, Ashley calmed down and walked up to Wario asking him why he was at her mansion in the first place to which Wario replied, at the top of his head, that he was looking for another employee to hire and said that her and Red were perfect to join him, even though it was more of an excuse then a reason. Though she was confused at first, she asked him more about the whole employee hiring and she found out more about Warioware Inc from him. Even though she was initially going to decline it, Wario told her that she could be of great help to the company and even though she was skeptical, she decided to take on the job with Red. From that point, she met the rest of the crew and she was immediately taken aback by the liveliness the crew gave her in their welcome. Though Red was pleased with the welcome, Ashley however was not and just gave a simple hello before going to do her work in her new office. She was pretty adamant towards the other crew on wanting to get along right from the start due to how much she didn't like how lively they were but the main reason of her refusing to interact much with the crew was due to her shyness reflecting on her slight anti-social problem she inherited from her father. Though she tried her best as the days went on with work.

Eventually, as more crew members joined, namely Mike, Cricket, Mantis, Penny, 5-Volt and Lulu, Ashley started to open up a little more towards everyone, especially Young Cricket since he was someone that had her level of serious nature. Even though she won't fully admit it, Ashley really liked having the friends she had from the crew. Though at some point, Ashley had a visit from her parents after a while and though she was shocked, she was glad her parents were doing well even with their busy work schedule. She decided to have their phone numbers to call them often since she did want to at least keep in touch with them which made her feel better from how much she missed her parents.

## General Information

### Physical Appearance

Ashley is a rather petite girl with pale skin and black flowing hair tied in high twin tails in the back. She's often wearing a red long sleeved dress with a gold skull brooch holding the orange scarf in place that's around and behind her neck along with red shoes or flats and an orange tiara. Often times she's wearing black tights but she sometimes doesn't wear the tights. In the night she wears a white night dress with her hair untied. Ashley rarely wears anything girly or cute but she often would wear a red shirt and skirt on days where she just wanted to hang out with Cricket. Whenever Ashley were to get really mad, her hair will change colors from black to white to further increase the scary nature of her anger.

### Personality

Ashley generally is very quiet, reserved but also quite serious in nature. She rarely likes to converse with the crew but often times she can make exceptions when it involves having to talk about certain topics such as the next game in the works. Ashley rarely ever gives a smile, as her usual neutral expression is shown to be a slight frown. Ashley also gets angered really easily as anything can set her off whether it be slight annoyances or actual full on instances of getting insulted or bullied. However, Ashley also is shown to be often lonely due to missing her parents as both of her parents were busy with work despite doing their best with visiting her in Diamond City. Later on in her life in Diamond City, Ashley slowly opens up to the crew especially towards Cricket. Whenever she's around Cricket, she's shown to be a bit more easily embarrassed when he's giving her affection but she does crack a few genuine smiles towards him to show how much she likes his affection. Ashley also has a side of her that tends to strengthen with her anger that she got from her mother, that side being her yandere side. Her yandere side tends to lean towards being more creepy and scary and protective whenever other girls are trying to flirt on Cricket to gain his love. Ashley also gets jealous pretty easily mainly due to how Lulu clings onto Cricket a lot.

### Strengths, Weaknesses, Powers, Abilities

Being a witch in training, Ashley has a lot of magical powers to her disposal however are limited due to her current level as a trainee witch. Ashley can make potions and cast spells that are within novice, and amateur levels of trainee level but will struggle with performing witchcraft that are within advanced and professional witch level. Her spell casting also can either succeed or fail at a 40% succession rate. However despite her struggles, Ashley can perform demonic rituals and make gateways to the Demon World with ease as well as perform teleportation magic. Her witchcraft doesn't restrict to dark magic however as Ashley is able to perform light magic such as using healing spells or making healing potions. Being a witch, she is immune to the Demon World's suffocating demonic aura that most humans would die to due to her magic keeping her safe. Another part of her witchcraft is making contracts with demonic familiars such as the one contract she made with Red. Ashley's witchcraft however has it's limits as it cannot perform the forbidden witchcraft magic otherwise she'll suffer consequences on performing them.

## Witchcraft

### Potion Making

Ashley often is making potions for her general use or to use on others. Some potions include:

* Poison potions
* Paralysis potions
* Healing Potions
* Antidotes
* Love/Lust Potions
* Strength Potions
* Pain numbing potions
* Sleeping Potions

### Spells

Ashley casts spells with either Red when he's transformed into her wand or her spare wand that she uses sometimes when Red isn't transformed. Some spells include:

* Lightning spells
* Fire spells
* Teleportation spells
* Transformation spells
* Reflection Mirror spell - to oversee certain people or areas as well as communicate with people
* Barrier spells
* Healing spells
* Sleeping spells (can be activated with Lullabies)
* Ice spells

### Rituals and Contracts

Ashley has performed certain rituals and contracts that are involved in witchcraft. Some include:

* Demon summoning rituals
* Demon-Witch contract - a contract between witch and demon that instructs that a witch were to fulfill what their demon requests in return for their servitude. If a witch neglects the demon's request, they will be executed by Lucifer. Ashley's contract with Red has him being her familiar with the request from Red of wanting to be Ashley's friend.
* Witch-Human contract + Witch Mark - a contract between witch and human that allows a witch to keep a human for themselves. Doing so involves a witch planting a witch mark onto the human they want to keep thus making the human whatever they desire, whether lover, servant, bodyguard, etc. Ashley had successfully performed a witch-human contract with Cricket upon planting a witch mark on his collarbone (she replanted it onto his neck later on) and made him her lover and bodyguard. A witch mark can be removed via someone else kissing on the same spot the witch mark was placed to dispel the magic.

### Forbidden Magic

There is a book of forbidden witchcraft and demoncraft that Ashley, nor Red, cannot perform under the rules that Lucifer put onto the book. The book itself was written by Lucifer due to the amount of forbidden magic he knew of over the course of time and history. Consequences were to be inflicted onto the witch if the forbidden magic were to be performed whether successfully or not. The consequences that can happen are:

* comatose
* internal bleeding
* internal damage
* death

Some forbidden witchcraft and demoncraft that are written in the forbidden book are:

* Permanent Emotion nullifying spells
* Permanent mind, memory and personality altering potions
* Deadly Curses

## Relationships

### Red

Red is Ashley's best friend and contracted familiar. He was the one who looked over Ashley from the day she moved into the haunted mansion. Even though he was always constantly scared of Ashley getting mad at him for mistakes in their potion and spell practices, he still really cares for Ashley. Over the course of time, Red concealed the real reason as to why he had a scar on his horn that he had completely healed away from Ashley due to at the time of her initial asking, she was only 10 years old but when more and more trouble arose between them and the Demon World's inhabitants, he soon revealed to her and the crew on the real truth. Nevertheless, Ashley knows how much Red cares for her even if she does often scare him.

### Young Cricket

Back then, Ashley had little trust with Cricket when he first arrived at the company due to how much of a stranger he was. However as time grew on, the two eventually became friends and later on, Ashley developed feelings for Cricket that led to them becoming a couple later on after she taught him on romance. Due to how much she had fallen for Cricket, Ashley tends to get pretty protective to him since she doesn't want any other girls laying hands on her one true love. She also grew really fond of Cricket gently giving her head pats as she loves the gentleness he gives on her head. Cricket also loves to share meat dumplings with Ashley and often times he's always the one to console her as well as try and figure out why Ashley was in a bad mood. Ashley also feels more safe around Cricket due to his protective nature which makes her feel more secure outside.

### Hiroki + Sayoko

Hiroki and Sayoko are Ashley's parents that live in Yuyami Town. Both originally were born in Diamond City however moved to Yuyami Town to pursue their jobs as supernatural researchers. Both of them love Ashley dearly to the point they were really upset to part with her when she was 10 due to their work beginning to get more and more dangerous as time went on. Ashley knew her parents were really busy but she also knew that they still loved her but she always missed them whenever they couldn't make time to be with her. Though during the times that she got the chance to be with her parents, Hiroki often would get pretty protective of Ashley due to her being at the age of her potentially going down the route of love. Sayoko on the other hand would always try to help her with her confidence and always made sure that she was always loved.

### Juliet

Juliet works for Ashley's parents as their maid but she's also a maid to Ashley as well. Though Juliet doesn't visit often, Ashley usually doesn't mind her visiting the mansion as she can trust Juliet. The main reason is mainly due to Juliet's relationship with Red. Ashley also doesn't mind the amount of sweets and food Juliet brings to the mansion since she really like Juliet's cooking and baking skills. Often times Juliet tries to increase the friendship she has with Ashley and the two get along pretty well. Juliet's also helping Ashley get better at opening up to others outside of family in her own way.

### Warioware Crew

Ashley generally doesn't interact with the crew much but she has a clear distaste for Wario, mainly due to how annoying he can get as well as the amount of scams he tries to pull with delaying the crews pay checks for pay day. She often is usually seen talking with Cricket mainly but she sometimes talks with Penny mainly due to both of them going to Diamond Academy together and are on the same grade level of being senior students. Ashley also talks with Master Mantis from time to time considering he also tries to help Ashley with anything he can within his knowledge. Ashley's slowly starting to open up to the crew in general but she still shows to be quite isolated from them mainly due to how much she can get annoyed easily from their liveliness.

## Trivia

* Ashley is 15 years old currently
* Ashley tends to steer clear from having candy only because she rather prefer eating candy on Halloween. However she can make some exception with sweets from time to time.
* Due to her short height, people often mistook her for being younger then her current age which gets her pretty annoyed.
* Ashley often would hum her mother's lullabies that she listened to when she was a child. However, those lullabies often activates sleeping spells unknowingly. Red unfortunately experienced getting hit by a sleeping spell from Ashley humming or singing one of her mother's lullabies.
* Ashley's love for the paranormal and demons are from her parents love for the supernatural. Her father would often read to her about ghosts, spirits and demons he has found out before she was born.
* Ashley has a love for cats but she never really admitted it before to anyone. This is due to the amount of stray cats her mother would often take care of back in Yuyami Town. In her preference, Ashley often thinks about wanting a black cat as a pet.
* Ashley has a good enough spice tolerance but it doesn't match up to Cricket's tolerance level of spiciness.
* Ashley's got a pretty good cooking level due to the fact her and Red are the only one's living in the mansion. She gained the cooking lessons from 5-Volt and later on from Juliet as well. She usually cooks for her and Red mainly due to the fact she doesn't trust him cooking until he learned how to cook from Juliet.
* Since her parents both don't drink and have low alcohol tolerance, Ashley also has a low alcohol tolerance inherited by her parents. She can't really drink a full glass of alcohol without having to get drunk almost instantly from having a few sips.