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Princess Jeanette was the second sovereign princess of Centralia, best known for her progressive views and dedication to social reforms.

Arrival on Earth and adoption

The Asterian who would come to be known as Jeanette was the second Asterian to arrive on Earth, a few hundred years after PrincessMeredith. Unlike Meredith, who arrived as an adult, Jeanette arrived on Earth with the physical form and mental state of a small child. Meredith's close friend and life partner, AdorabelleWallace, convinced Meredith that the two should take Jeanette in and raise her together, effectively making her their adopted daughter. At Adorabelle's urging, Jeanette later attended DameAdorabellesAcademy to learn how to control her powers.

Because Jeanette spent her formative years on Earth, Jeanette had a much better understanding of human culture and customs than Princess Meredith. Jeanette often acted as Meredith's informal guide to life on Earth, especially during the time when Dame Adorabelle was away from the palace teaching at her boarding school. It was this relationship (and the crazy powerful magic that comes along with being an Asterian) that led Meredith to appoint Jeanette as her successor, after her first choice, Adorabelle herself, declined.

Reign

Following the Christmas Eve incident, in which Princess Meredith attacked SantaClaus because she incorrectly believed he was a pretender to the throne and planned to stage a coup, Meredith abdicated on December 31st. The next day, on January 1st, Princess Jeanette acceded to the throne, becoming the second sovereign princess of Centralia.

As ruler of Centralia, Princess Jeanette was largely known for her progressive social reforms. Jeanette went to great lengths to implement a robust welfare state across Centralia, unifying the smaller social programs that had varied across the prefectures during Meredith's reign. It was also under Jeanette's rule that Centralia adopted the metric system, replacing the bizarre customary system introduced by Meredith, in which measurements were typically based on comparisons to an average porcupine, which Meredith called a "pointyboy". (For the curious, 1 Centralian pointyboy = 33 inches = 0.8382 meters.)

Relationship with Cherry Blossom

Jeanette's royal Unicorn during her reign was CherryBlossom. Although the two presented their relationship as strictly professional, Jeanette and Cherry Blossom were deeply in love with each other. Unbeknownst to others, Cherry Blossom possessed an ability unique among unicorns: shapeshifting. Cherry Blossom often assumed the form of a human to go on romantic outings with Jeanette. These outings quickly became a topic of gossip, not only among members of the public, but also among other members of the royal court, who speculated about the identity of Jeanette's "secret lover" but never managed to deduce that they were, in fact, Cherry Blossom the royal unicorn.

Disappearance

Unlike Meredith, who was reluctant to name an heir to the throne because she intended to rule forever, Princess Jeanette named her successor very early on in her reign, much to the surprise of the other members of the royal court. Her chosen successor was Alice, another Asterian. In making her selection, Jeanette acknowledged that Alice was lacking in leadership skills, but believed that her magic--the most powerful anyone on Earth had ever seen, rivaling even the other princesses--would be a great asset for the safety and protection of Centralia and her subjects.

One chilly October morning, a handmaid at the PalaceOfSerenity went to wake up Princess Jeanette, only to find that she was not in her bed. The handmaid reported the princess's absence to the CentraliaHonorGuard, and the commander-in-chief of the CentralianGuardForces immediately commenced a nationwide search for Princess Jeanette, believing her to have been kidnapped. Eventually it was discovered that the royal unicorn, Cherry Blossom, had gone missing as well. The search for Princess Jeanette and her unicorn was a massive coordinated effort at all levels of government, from local police departments all the way up to the CGF, and dominated headlines not only across Centralia but throughout the entire region.

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Journey to the strange nonmagical world

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While Jeanette made no attempt to hide her nature as a divine magical entity from another universe, most inhabitants of the strange world, who were conditioned to disbelieve in magic, did not recognize her magical powers as genuine, instead assuming she was merely an eccentric young woman very dedicated to roleplaying.

• Professor: Oh, you made my coffee cup "levitate"! How did you do that? I can't feel any strings or anything.

  Jeanette: I already told you. I am an omnipotent extraterrestrial princess from another universe!

  Professor: You sure do have an vivid imagination, Jeanette.

  Jeanette: (groans)

Cherry Blossom often felt the need to clarify that Jeanette, despite her claims, was not quite omnipotent, though they acknowledged that compared to the humans in the nonmagical world, the distinction was largely academic. Also, nobody believed in Jeanette's powers anyway, so there was little point in arguing over what to call them.

• Classmate: If you're really as powerful as you say you are, why haven't you done anything with it? Why don't you reshape the world in your image for something?

  Jeanette: In my own universe, I did that. But in your universe, I am strictly an observer. My objective is to learn about this world, not change it.

  Classmate: So it's like 3rd Rock from the Sun?

  Jeanette: I do not know what that means, and if previous conversations on this matter are any indication, I do not want to know.

  Classmate: I thought you said you wanted to learn about our world!

  Jeanette: Yes, but not from you.

Miscellaneous

• PrincessJeanettePlaza in QueenCity was named in her honor.

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