Well, gosh, hi there, y'all! My name's Arielle Cloud, but most folks call me Arielle, or just plain Ari. I come from the way South of Neopia, I reckon along near Mystery Island or whereabouts. I'm a blue Shryou, brand new and born into this world not a week ago! My ma and pa and all my brothers and sisters were so glad to have another Shryou in the Cloud family!

My family is the greatest—both the surrogate family that I live with now, and my real family! Gosh, my ma and pa were so kind to me while I was still at home! They bought Cherry Pies and Cheeseburgers (my FAVORITE! ^^) and all sorts of goodies for me and my siblings! I used to get mad, though, because my brothers and sisters are older then me and got more stuff then I did—it wasn't fair! But, I guess one day when I'm finally bigger then they are I'll be able to show them!

I LOVE my life now, though! I've got the best human in the world, and I've made two really neat friends! When I first came into their Neohome, I was a little bit nervous…ya know, low man on the totem pole and all. But boy! I was sure surprised at how nice everyone was to me! There's a wise, old purple Kau named Lily, and boy, does she know a lot! She's been along for over a YEAR! I can't imagine ever getting to be that old! I really look up to Lily, and she's taken me under her hoof to teach me all she knows about the ways of Neopia!

And then, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a faerie Neopet! It was so amazing! I would love to have faerie wings instead of the drab, boring wings I reckon I've got right now…but I don't think I could have looked as nice as she looked! Her name is Diggerella and she's really pretty and smart! She's tough, too—trying to beat that rascally Ash Cheekum in the Battledome all the time! The way she talks about him! I think she secretly has a crush on him. ^_^;;

Our Neohome is full of so many adventures! I can't wait to see what tomorrow is going to bring! I think I'm going to learn a lot here…but aw, man! Look at the time! Diggerella said she was going to try to teach me how to use the Circlet of the Air Faerie five minutes ago! I better get going…she gets awful mad when I'm not right on time! Y'all come back now, ya hear? ^^ See ya!