Queen Manaphy Samiya

Queen Manaphy Samiya is one of the rulers of the Kingdom of Samiya, located underwater in no specific reigon. Her king is a Lanturn and they have an adopted Phione and twin Horsea princes as their children.

Appearance
The Queen is very open about the wearing of waterproof fabrics underwater. She popularized the idea of "jammies", as she calls them, for wearing to bed no matter the age of the residents. She's also worn fancy dresses, including one for her royal wedding, given to her by her father. She didn't have this sort of fashion sense as a Phione, unfortunately.

Personality
As a Phione, the then-princess was very enthusiastic about starting her own queendom. She exercised her ability to get Water-types to do her bidding by using the gem on her chest. She would often speak loudly and laugh with a distinctive "Phihihi". When serious situations came about, she would often not know how to handle them and overreact.

She learned to actually rule and work better upon becoming a Manaphy. She is still very young-minded in her nature and loves to use her distinctive Heart Swap for both fun and for pranking on occasion, on herself and anybody she finds fun.

King Layton Samiya
The then-Phione met the then-Chinchou on a sea route in Sinnoh. The young Water-type was shy and very lonely, and she helped him out by granting him a home when his friends began to dissapear and his enemies were closing in. Layton, or Chin as he was known, developed a very "love at first sight" relationship with her, but she was not willing to accept him until more time had passed and they could build a better relationship. Layton has grown to like swaps despite being uncomfortable with them before, as now he realizes that it is okay to let oneself go and adapt the personality of the new body temporarily.

Jirachi
Phione met Jirachi early on in her Twitter career, and he granted her a wish so that she could use Heart Swap before she would technically have learned it. She loved him and tried to show him with her "super special sweet" (a kiss), but he was conflicted as a Reshiram had also offered him her love. They agreed to stay friends even though he broke it off with the Reshiram. The two love to play together, as both are fun-loving tiny legendaries.

King Manaphy Sr.
Though without a Twitter account, Manaphy often talks about her father, the Manaphy shown in the anime's ninth movie. They have a healthy relationship and he blessed the union of her and Layton. At the moment he is retired as King, and usually is elsewhere, exploring the sea now that he has no duties.

Palkia and Dialga
Looked up to like a god in the queendom, when Manaphy actually met Palkia she was disgusted by how often he would argue with Dialga and how he didn't seem to live up to the image portrayed in castle legend. So, she organized a trick where she managed to swap him with Layton, and herself with Dialga. Once this passed, Palkia's anger faded and he thanked Manaphy for her rash, but beneficial action. She's currently trying to get him to lighten up even further.

Pre-Twitter
Born as a Phione to the king of Samiya, the little Princess lived a carefree and pampered life. Her father would often read to her stories about strong and influential Pokemon and their histories, like Lugia, Palkia, and Kyogre. She aspired to be a Queen someday and would often read up on proper etiquette for their kind, and the basic life of a Princess. Once she turned 120, her father allowed her to set off on her own in order to establish a new castle and rule within the boundaries of Samiya. This is where her story starts.

Twitter
Phione was hard-pressed to find strong Water-types to build a castle for her until she came across a certain Wartortle that seemed to have amazing strength. He built most of the castle foundation, and Phione was pleased and honored him. Around this time she also met the Jirachi that gave her the ability to Heart Swap.

Most of her exploits around this time involved her learning more about the surface world, not even knowing what a "human" was until meeting one. She would hang out with a group of people often enough, finding it okay to leave her castle as she was still a Princess and could put somebody else in charge if need be. She'd also play with Heart Swap, trying it on a variety of Pokemon and people, attempting to master its use like she knew her father was able to.

It came to be that she would spend more time underwater once she met Layton, who was a Chinchou. The two established a basic friendship and slowly progressed into more than that. Everything seemed fine until messengers from the Senior Castle (where the King worked) told Phione that she had become eligible to evolve into a Queen. For that reason, she had to go there and train on her own. As a sign of incredible trust she put Layton in charge of the castle while she was gone.

On the day of her coronation, the princess invited Layton and Jirachi, who watched her turn into a Manaphy via an incredible ceremony. On that same day, however, an attempt was made on her riches and life by a certain bitter Floatzel, who she had banished from the kingdom for cheating on his girlfriend. This event caused her to disrespect almost every Floatzel by default, unfortunately. She quietly returned to rule with the non-royal Layton still at her side, ever so cautious.

Later on, Manaphy wanted to focus on mastering Heart Swap, so she worked Layton into her experiments to see how much he could resist the personality of the body he was in. This made him start to dislike swaps, as he was continually losing his sense of self. This culminated when the two swapped into Frillish of the corresponding gender and went off on a trip together, both of them beginning to think more like ghosts. Layton resisted this as much as he could, despite his new form requiring him to kill Pokemon in order to survive (he was a vegetarian). They found their way home, but Manaphy's body had fallen ill, so in order to keep her from wasting too much energy the real Manaphy had her only swap Layton back.

Manaphy, still a Frillish, tried to pretend that she had also swapped back too in order to not worry him. But adapting to her form too much caused her to completely lose herself, killing some Pokemon in front of Layton and engaging in unsavory action with the male Frillish. Layton attempted to banish her from the kingdom but she realized that she was not a Frillish, and pleaded with Layton to forgive her. It was at this point that Layton decided to marry her so that they could have children of their own. The next morning, Manaphy was able to return to her old body, and the two planned for a future swap that would allow the normally incompatible species to have intercourse and produce children.

The two got married a week afterwards and decided on Seadra for her and Golduck for him. Layton loved being Golduck, as he was a musclar, confident, and attractive Pokemon. Manaphy was not as fond of Seadra because of the limiting activity one's body was able to be involved in. She was able to produce two eggs after some time, which was painful for her. Seadra was thusly never considered for her to be in a swap again. Golduck, however, had no problem. The eggs hatched after some time, and the twin Horsea brothers were christened Augustus and Julius.

Some time later after having Jordan and Victoria back in the castle for a while, Manaphy followed them back to Forina and started what she called a "Swap-a-thon". She managed to swap with a Latias and enjoy her time immensely, especially with the power to turn invisible. The swaps generally lasted for around a week and a half. She also had a falling-out with Dana, Vincent's girlfriend, and has decided to just leave her alone forever. Some time later she returned to Forina for a second "Swap-a-thon" and hopes to make it a tradition. That time she swapped with an Emboar named Tep. Manaphy and Layton's current life is mostly based around caring for Augustus and Julius and making them into proper princes. At this moment, she's decided she's spent too much time in Forina and now would like to focus on expanding the kingdom to greater distances and to hold more residents. She's also considering adding Ghost-types to the kingdom, since they can survive underwater. Finding ones that aren't pure mischief will prove challenging, however.

Trivia

 * Sami was made on January 27, 2012. At the beginning of September 2013, her average tweets per day were around 79.
 * Since her creation, Sami has gained an average of 1.3 followers per day.
 * Sami's handle was originally "RegalRookie", chosen for its alliteration and reference to her just starting to be a true Princess. It changed to the straightforward "SamiyanQueen" when she "evolved".