Shadowcat

Kitty Pryde is a cute, young, blossoming teenage girl that has a genuis aptitude for computers, coming from a nice stable home. The perfect all-american geek girl

Background
Katherine Anne Pryde was born in a moderate household. One could call it normal, in fact, in almost every facet. A middle class life, with moral parents, of Jewish lineage and not taught to observe the religion too much. She was always a boisterous child, and showed remarkable insight in how things worked even in her youth. A prodigy, some might say. But, overall, she simply was a normal child who liked to have fun, who liked to live, find adventure, and experience it. All of that changed, however, as she began to develop from a girl into a woman. While manifesting perhaps a bit later than some, Kitty's mutancy was nothing less than impressive.

At sixteen, she had her first 'incident'. She began to develop severe headaches, and nothing could stop them. During one of these unfortunate cycles, she closed her eyes to will away the nauesating pain - and she found herself suddenly in the living room when she had only a few seconds before been in her own bedroom.

It was the first incident of her manifesting powers, but it certainly wouldn't be the last. The headaches would leave her for awhile, come, and go. And, occasionally now and again she would find herself in another room she hadn't been in when the headaches got bad. She wasn't sure what was going on, so kept it mostly to herself over the course of the next little while, only having an 'episode' every now and then, and not trying to lose control.

Finally forced to confide in her parents, whom she dearly loved, she was uncertain but hopeful what the future held for her. Worried that her life was going to change for the worst, she kept these thoughts away from her parents and merely hoped for the best. And, seeking to be alone and away from everyone else when her headaches would hit again.

She remains optimistic, happy, that something positive will come out of this. But, she's still a young girl, with a problem that most girls face; there's certainly no blog, or twitter for this kind of environment.

So, while she tries to solve this on her own, she remains unaware that there are people who are only now becoming aware of her, and may try to 'recruit' her and instead focuses all her energy on the things she loves and can lose herself in; like her computers...

Personality
Short Fuse: Easily able to fly off the handle, being a mutant, and being from a stable family has affected Kitty in a myriad of ways. One of which is that she cannot stand the less desirable traits of some people; bigotry, injustice, and mistreatment of others can easily get Kitty to fly off in a rage and cause her to do and say things that can either get her in trouble, or that she might later regret.

Protective: Not only of those who are mistreated for whatever reason, but also of her family or friends if they are insulted or slighted, sometimes to the smallest degree. Kitty will defend anyone close to her, to the utmost degree.

Curiousity: Aptly fitting her namesake, Kitty is indeed a curious one; moreso for technology, and advancements in that field or science as it applies than anything else. However, she is still young, and inquisitive about a great many things and she's not about to let anyone stop her from figuring out or solving whatever riddle or new experience is just over the horizon.

Fundamentally Good: While matters in her life may affect her, Kitty remains an overall good person. She may lie, or stab people in the back, but she'll never risk innocent people being hurt, or go so far as to take someone else's life and she'll always defend people who can't defend themselves because it is simply the right thing to do. She is extremely compassionate, and has glorified views of justice, what is right and wrong, and the power of the purity of heart. These views may become skewed as she gets older, but they will always fundamentally remain with her as a part of herself.

Fun-Loving: Nobody loves fun as much as Kitty. She's somewhat of a prankster at heart, still in that phase of a not-quite woman, and with a bit of imp inside her. Usually, this is the Kitty people get to experience, a fun, young woman who simply loves life and wants to explore everything about it.

Soft-Hearted: Kitty is a 'softie'. She loves animals, people, babies, ... space dragons? And is a sap for romance. Naturally, this is likely a way she can easily get hurt, but she's still young. This affects many of her other moods, and how she reacts to people and partially why she can have such a short temper at times.