This chapter is just going to be a quick history of the Lovelace's. I didn't think it would make sense to put this within another chapter.

~The Lovelace's Story~

It had been Margaret Lovelace's intention that her daughter, Ada, be programmed to be as exceptionally bright as Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, the renown 19th century British mathematician from Earth, or the "Real World" as Cyber-citizens would say.

There are many options when a cyborg is ready to make another cyborg. They can choose to have it be "born" (meaning the new cyborg is booted as an infant). This is when the creator's intent is to raise a family. The creator can also choose to have it designed at an older age in the need of an assistant of some sorts. After that, the creator may choose if the new cyborg will have certain traits and abilities programmed into them, or if their traits and abilities will be a surprise, something the creator did not already intend for his/her creation to attain. Looks can also be the creator's choice or something they will not know until after the new cyborg comes out of its "shell." In addition, if this new cyborg is meant to be booted as an infant or child, there is the "parent" option. This procedure would cause the cyborg's development to be like that of mammals, where the "DNA" of their family tree is passed onto them. This is almost always the option that those intending to have a son or daughter will choose.

Margaret Lovelace had chosen the "infant" option when creating her daughter six years ago. The female cyborg had great admiration for the Lady Lovelace of Britain, Earth, so much so that she had changed her own surname after the famous mathematician. To further her tribute to the first computer programmer, Margaret programmed Ada so that she would grow up to have just as much knowledge in technology and mathematics as Lady Lovelace and that she would be able to absorb everything taught to her exceptionally fast. This was the only trait that Ada was programmed with. Everything else would remain a surprise to the single mother.

What Margaret Lovelace did not intend on though was her daughter actually being a cyber-parallel of the first Lady Lovelace. Was it the same soul reincarnated? No. However it had become quite evident quite quickly that she was "Real World" Ada's alternate. When Margaret Lovelace became aware of this, she adjusted their lifestyle to that of the life "Real World" Ada would've grown up in. The mother and daughter dressed in 1800s style attire, had an 1800s style house, and moved to Cybersite Helping Hand Land. The Cybersite itself did not have an 1800s theme, however manners and graciousness were of high value, due to the site being founded by a group of Catholic Cyber-Nuns some seventy years ago. Thus, making it the best place for the Lovelaces to live.

However, Margaret Lovelace was the assistant technician at Control Central as well as a spy, and therefore had to be away from home often. To solve this problem she created a sort of nanny-cyborg, equipped with all the traits necessary to raise a child. She cared for Ada when Margaret was at Control Central. But once Abaddon's rebellion group started to arise three years ago, the female cyborg immediately retired and returned to Helping Hand Land. True, the army Abaddon was slowly building was of no threat at the time, but Margaret preferred to leave her job in case they eventually became stronger and began searching for her the way they had with her late friend, Clyde, and his darling wife.

This proved to be a good move.

When Margaret returned home she took up a part-time job as a computer technician so that she could still make a living and raise her daughter at the same time. The nanny remained living with the two, working more as a maid than anything else, but still played a minor role in bringing Ada up.

Ada Lovelace, alternate of Augusta Ada Byron, was taught at a private Catholic seminary, which also taught their students social etiquette and how to be poised. The girls and boys were separated during gym class. The boy students went to the type of P.E that most people are familiar with, while the girls' P.E class was more of a dance class that taught all sorts of different traditional dances: Ballet, Ballroom, Tap, Irish Step Dance, Minuet, Cotillion, Quadrille, Mazurka and various Reels. The type of dance taught varied every week or so and by grade five, the girls would be tested on two of their choice.

Ada Lovelace flourished in her school academically. She excelled in science and mathematics due to her specific programming, but also was wonderful in her English, French, and dancing. (The Minuet and the Waltz being her favorites). She was, in fact, so academically gifted that she was placed two grades beyond her age.

Socially, Ada got along well with her classmates despite them all being two years older than her. She was at first teased for accent, which had developed partially because of who her alternate was but also because Margaret's lifelong obsession with the mathematician had caused her to develop a slight British accent, which she passed down to her daughter. However, her undeniable charm, wittiness, and girliness eventually pretty much forced her into popularity. All of this was, again, the result of being a cyber parallel of the famous computer programmer. But thankfully, two traits of her real world alternate were never inherited: poor health and lack of commitment in a relationship. (But that last part is something that need not be discussed until later).

This was the life of the Lovelaces. This was the life that, even before little Ada was booted, the late Clyde Benson could see in his friend Margaret's future. When his precious daughter was booted two years before Margaret's daughter, he already knew that Margaret was going to be a good family woman and that he could trust her with his own offspring if the unthinkable ever happened.

And now that the unthinkable has happened, he is looking down from Heaven knowing that his two darling children will be taken care of.

The life the Lovelaces live is the life of peace, love, and etiquette. They are a small, but happy family. And it is this life of happiness and formality that Melissa and Marbles Benson will now be a part of...

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