Name: Serenity

Nicknames: Serena, Periwinkle

Gender: Female

Species: Unicorn

Age: 16

Sexuality: Asexual

Place of birth: Forest outside of Ponyville

Currently lives: Ponyville

Personality: Very peaceful, calm, and kind. She rarely expresses her emotions (such as happiness, anger, etc.) to extremes. She is also very friendly and cares about others' wellbeing.

Likes: Peace, periwinkle flowers, Zeyanna, tea, music, nature, her friends and family.

Dislikes: Chaos, conflict, pollution, poaching, crime, bullying, and prejudice.

Hobbies: Playing woodwind instruments, gardening, taking care of plants and animals, taking naps, spending time with Zeyanna

Talent/ability: Environmentalist, member of Alyssa Rice and Friends

Backstory: Serenity was born and raised by a family of hippies who constantly travelled all over Equestria for a good home. Eventually they settled into the forests of Ponyville, where Serenity was introduced to the wonders of peace and nature.

While growing up, Serenity befriended Zeyanna, a zebra whose family lived very close to Serenity's. Their friendship eventually grew into sisterhood, and the friendly bond between their families proved it. Because her family was mostly peaceful, Serenity would be shocked whenever someone would express their emotions to extremes.

Despite living a mostly peaceful life, like Zeyanna, Serenity also faced problems. She had faced bullying from a female Pegasus named Juno, who would later become her friend after her redemption. Serenity believed that anyone is capable of change as long as it was genuine and not forced.

As Serenity got older, she and Zeyanna eventually lived with each other. While Zeyanna was away to sell tea, Serenity would spend most of her time planting periwinkle flowers in their garden. One day, when Serenity was at home while happy that Zeyanna had a job at the Mushroom Cafe, the latter told her about the love story of Prince Flaring Shield and Princess Blossom. Serenity found the story to be very intriguing, and started to yearn more information on the royal couple, together with the help of Zeyanna.

Later, Serenity and Zeyanna met up with Alyssa Rice, Anthony, Black Thunder, Juno, and Julia after the group was able to help Julia. Upon the revelation that the seven friends all had something in connection with Prince Flaring Shield and Princess Blossom, they teamed up as Alyssa Rice and Friends. After some time, the group had travelled to the Jungle and Sky Kingdoms with Flaring Shield and Blossom. While there, Serenity learned that periwinkle flowers were very popular with both kingdoms. During Lord Draven's defeat, Serenity helped Prince Flaring Shield and Princess Blossom stand up to him in a peaceful manner, and peace was restored within the two kingdoms.

Serenity has been an advocate for world peace ever since she was born. She was also the pacifist among Alyssa Rice and Friends, and would usually solve arguments between friends. She also looks up to Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the Mane 6 in hopes that someday, there will be peace and harmony all over Equestria forever.

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Last one, but not least, of the Alyssa Rice and Friends redesign series! I am a dummy!

To those of you who are wondering, yes, Serenity is her new name, it's not Shaley anymore.

I know that a lot of people would think that out of the group, Black Thunder received the most changes in terms of design, but personally, I think it's Serenity. Back when I made her, my skills in digital art were limited, and I used the Pony Creator v3 (May that and the rest of the Flash games rest in peace :( (Sad)) to make her (along with the rest of her friends). Not to mention, Serenity's old necklace (especially the charm, which was a black flower-shaped jewel) was very difficult for me to draw. However, now that I've been improving in digital art, and I've done research on the flowers that symbolize peace (the periwinkle being an example), I've decided to change Serenity once again to make her character more accurate.

Feel free to draw Serenity, or any of my OCs if you like! :) (Smile)

I hope you enjoy, and more art will be coming soon! peace sign with stars emoji