Melody Chao

Melody Chao is a character from the Manik the Hedgehog series. She is a Hero Chao in the form of Melody herself. She's usually at home with Melody's parents while she's out saving the world, but she will appear with Melody on some occasions.

Concept and Creation
Melody Chao was created during localization for Manik Adventure in honor of Mary Kay Bergman reprising her role in the English version of the games until her death in 2001 (1999 real-life). The Chao was removed from the international version of the game, but was kept in the games from Manik Adventure 2 onwards.

After Mary Kay Bergman's death in 2001, Keji Yamoto decided to canonizies the character in Melody Heroes since it was Melody's first traditional console game since SegaMelody the Hedgehog back in 1997.

Appearance
Melody Chao is a Hero Chao in the shape of Melody down to her hair, rings, and even her clothing (mainly her shirt). She is a darker shade of Purple similar to Melody's hair with the tip of her arm and feet colored the same as her shoes and gloves.

In Melody Heroes, she was shaped in the same way as Metal Melody's first form before taking Melody's form.

Personality
Not much of her personality is known in the games, but the few time she make an appearance her personality was almost 1:1 with Melody's. She seem to get along great with Manik and Melody's future daughter.

History
At the start of Melody Heroes, Melody Chao was working alongside Metal Melody until the Egg Knight boss fight where a Hero Chao emerge as Metal Melody Chao before morphing into Melody. She help her during the final boss with Metal Angel and been with Melody ever since.

Powers and Abilities
Melody Chao has the same power and ability as Melody. She moved at half the speed of Melody due to flying in the air for most of it and can turn into a ball like Melody, but is actually stronger and faster due to her light-weight and small sizes making her a speeding bullet.

When in contact with all seven time stones and/or Chaos Emeralds she transform into a Super Chao just like Melody used to prior to Melody Heroes.