Leafsong Kleek

"'You need to learn some respect. You put on a good show, but I can see the trembling little rodent in you...Don't let him disrespect you like that. And stop apologizing.'"

"- Leafsong to Sylas and Usa, respectively"

Leafsong Kleek is an adolescent skeefer attending Aksel School of Elite Education. She is gifted with manipulator powers and is in training to become a spark watcher.

Appearance
Leafsong has forest green fur, dark green wings, and a muscular build. She has yellow eyes and a "wiry brown mane" and feather crest. She often wears vests, including a bright pink one.

Personality
Leafsong is sarcastic and rebellious, unafraid to challenge authority and often reveling in breaking the rules. She is prone to petty vengeance against her enemies, such as when she ate Sayra's lunch.

Growing up with a mother who was passive toward injustice prompted opposite traits in Leafsong herself. She is unafraid to snap at others, even at risk to herself. Power and authority don't prevent her from fighting back, whether through pranks or through verbal snarks.

However, she is loyal and defensive of her friends and family. If those she loves are threatened she is quick to defend them. She also cares for them by showing affection and attention to their needs, such as encouraging Summer to take breaks and bringing gifts.

Her personal loyalties always take precidence over outside authority. She snuck out of Aksel to visit Summer in the hospital, and even snapped back at Eeksa when she disagreed with her methods. She often fails to learn from her mistakes, such as continually talking in class even after being reprimanded, and doesn't view her disobedience as a major flaw.

She has a sense of humor based on sarcasm and teasing, although never to the point of viciousness. She has an antagonistic streak even toward her friends, such as calling Summer "Hacker" to annoy her.

Beneath her apparent cynicism, she is trusting once someone gains her confidence. She is willing to confide in those closest to her even at risk of betrayal. Once she bonds with someone, she gives all her effort into maintaining a supportive and positive relationship.

Abilities and Skills
Leafsong is a manipulator of betweenspace, able to travel to places at her will if given a Gateway. She can also render herself invisible. She trains for physical combat and can hold her own in a fight, such as in the fight with the seelm on Phaphara.

Moonwafer
Leafsong is Moonwafer's twin brother and is unusually close to him. She often intentionally annoys and squabbles with him, but is very defensive when he is being bullied and works to include him with her friends. She leans on him for emotional support and seeks his advice when she is unsure of how to proceed.

Summer
Leafsong is Summer's best friend. The two are highly bonded and Leafsong goes out of her way to care for Summer. Like with everyone she cares for, she often tries to annoy Summer, calling her "Hacker" when Summer insists she isn't one. The two take action to help each other, such as when Summer saved Leafsong's life, and Leafsong gives Summer gifts and works to help her and cheer her up. When Summer was expelled, Leafsong offered to be roommates with her, but the two were seperated.

Early Life
Leafsong was born in Vakria's stack roosts along with her twin brother Moonwafer to mother Smola Kleek and father Yeem Kleek. She grew up in the stack roosts with her parents, having a loving relationship with all of them. Smola introduced her to geenwalf and she became a fan of the Shadow Dogs team, along with Smola. Her life was uneventful until her father was caught in a riot and was sent to prison despite his innocence.

Afterward, life grew hard for the family and Leafsong grew increasingly seperated from her mother. She relied on Moonwafer for emotional support and grew interested in the spark watcher program. The family sunk into poverty, but Leafsong maintained the hope that she could attend Aksel to fulfill her dream.

Yeem returned after many years, but their relationship was fractured. He had developed agoraphobia due to the cause of his imprisonment, and Leafsong was unable to connect with him. Distanced from her parents, she grew more determined to make a career for herself. With the money the prison sent to compensate for their father's wrongful conviction, she applied and was accepted to Aksel.

Gateway
At Aksel, Leafsong ran into trouble almost immediately. She developed a hostile relationship with Sylas after standing up to his prejudice. She met Summer while fleeing from Sylas's friend group, and after Summer lied to keep Leafsong out of trouble, they became fast friends.

Leafsong made another enemy in Sayra, who she despised due to her authoritarian teaching style. Leafsong did fairly well in most of her classes, but had a tendency to talk to her friends rather than listen to the lectures.

She met Eeksa by chance when Eeksa met with Reema. After discovering that they were both manipulators, she enlisted Summer's help to seek out information on Eeksa. Eeksa trained her and helped hone her abilities, particularly in regards to controlling the Gateway Network.

She and Summer continued making contact with Eeksa until the attack on Phaphara, where Leafsong realized the full scope of MiliLabs' evil. Her life grew worse from then on. Leafsong was subjected to Sayra's usage of xeodis in her training lessons, which fueled Leafsong's anger at the teacher. She grew distant from Summer after Summer used xeodis on a skeefer.

Determined to fight back, Leafsong chose to spy on Sayra using her invisibility powers. She discovered Sayra's connection to Rebel Heart, but was locked in the office. She managed to escape the office and passed off her ventures as midnight wanderings, but was sentenced to detention during the Union Day dance.

She informed Moonwafer of Rebel Heart's plan to eliminate Reema, and after her detention she reconnected with Summer and danced with her. When Summer refused to shoot Leafsong during their finals, Leafsong attempted to defend her, but the effort was in vain. While Summer was expelled, Leafsong got to remain at Aksel with a warning.

Quotes
Student: "It was a joke. You laughed at her too.”

Leafsong: ''“And are you me? Do you even know her?”''

Student: "No.”

Leafsong: ''“Exactly. So your argument is irrelevant.”''

- Leafsong defending Summer