You'd think that as a daughter of Aphrodite, Ani would have better control over her emotions. However, she's always been sensitive, since childhood. Perhaps it helps her be better in tune with others emotions, but it also means that Ani takes things to heart very easily; while she rarely holds grudges, it doesn't take much to upset the girl. Due to this, a lot of people have taken to babying Ani which only reinforces her sensitivity as she's never been told to suck it up or get over it.
Now, it's not like Ani goes around crying constantly if someone doesn't like the way her hair looks, but even things as simple as other peoples emotions are strong enough to influence Ani's. For example, if someone around her is sad, she feels that emotion so strongly that it almost passes on to her and then she will become saddened. Ani feels things very intensely, so it really should be no surprise that she'd be such a delicate soul.

Ani is far more like her mother in the sense that she has a huge heart. Ani loves very easily, and very quickly, which is not necessarily a good thing. This opens the young girl up to a lot of manipulation and some people take such great advantage of this, that Ani has learnt not to trust people too easily, even those she has a deep love for. However Ani has a lot of time for those she deems trustworthy and she places all her faith in them, the betrayal of someone Ani trusts would quite possibly be the biggest blow she could be dealt.

Passion runs through the veins of all of Aphrodite's children, and Ani is no exception. Anything she does, she does with so much passion that it can - at times - be overwhelming. When Ani talks about something she loves, there's this bubble of excitement that grows and grows inside her and makes it hard for the person she's talking to not to fall in love. Unfortunately, Ani hasn't learnt how to fully control her 'cupid' power, meaning that some of this could be due to the fact she is using her abilities - unbeknownst to her.

Fickleness is perhaps Ani's worst trait. It's hard to keep the girls attention for long because her eyes wander and her mind drifts to other plains. Sometimes people comment on how they're surprised she's not Hypnos' daughter by the way her mind always seems to be elsewhere, almost like she's in a dream. When it comes to lovers, Ani does not do commitment. Partially because she's scared, although that's something the girl would never admit. She doesn't see the point in monogamy when there are so many beautiful people in this world. The amount of attention Ani gets, however, doesn't help with her mounting vanity. She doesn't stop to constantly stare at her reflection, but it's obvious the girl definitely cares a lot about her appearance.

Ani started her life in Honolulu's only orphanage. It was a large, cold place, despite the constant sun from the warm Hawaiian weather. No one knew much about her parentage, not even the orphanage staff. Ani had arrived overnight, a heavy knock on the door luckily alerted a member of staff to her presence, or the baby would've been out in the night air for hours. That member of staff would soon become Ani's closest and only friend. She was an elderly lady named Nana, which quickly became very fitting as she took on Ani as if the girl were her granddaughter. Being tiny since birth, the staff worried she was premature and so had to keep a close eye on the girl. As she grew, however, it became apparent that Ani was strong despite her size - not physically but mentally. Ani was rather adept at drawing people in and captivating them which soon earned her the favour of most of the orphanage staff and she was quickly the favourite (not that they could ever admit that).

Having arrived with nothing but a name, Kalani - meaning 'the heavens'. The staff would come to find that there was not a more fitting name for the little girl. She was a gift from the heavens, however what they didn't realise was quite how literal the name was.

As Ani continued to grow, she became increasingly more and more interested in her family. Above her little rickety framed bed hung a drawing of a beautiful woman Ani had seen in a dream and was convinced it was her mother. This woman began frequenting her dreams and while she would say nothing to the little girl, Ani felt such a strong connection that she had to be the woman who gave Ani up at birth. Nana became increasingly more concerned about Ani's obsession with this figment of a woman and tried to steer her toward hobbies that could consume her time rather than giving her hours to think about her parents. This was where Ani found her passion of singing.
After try and failing with countless instruments, Ani finally found that her voice was the best instrument of all. It caught people's attention like nothing ever had, and other children in the orphanage would come to Ani, asking her to sing them a lullaby as they drifted off to sleep.

During her seventeenth year at the orphanage, Ani would fall in love. He was tall and handsome, working just outside at a small flower stall, Ani would watch the man from her window as he sold husbands 'forgive me' bouquets and new lovers the sweetest red roses. Ani's obsession changed from her dream mother to this new, mysterious flower seller. Flowers quickly became Ani's favourite thing and she would fill up her room with roses, sunflowers and Hawaii's national flower - the hibiscus. Frequenting his stall in the hopes that one day he would stop and ask her just why she needed so many flowers.

For months, that day never came, until Hawaii was entering winter - which really was no winter at all, the breeze still held a warm current and the sky was still a bright blue. Ani sat on the steps that led out from the orphanage, singing to herself as she often did. Hearing this, the man suddenly felt the urge to find out who that beautiful voice belonged to. Following all the way to Ani's feet, he smiled at her; the first time he'd ever even properly acknowledged Ani. She felt her heart melt at that toothy grin, I love this man! Was all she could think. Days passed by and the pair spent all their time together, Ani would sing to him and he would fall just that little bit more in love. She thought that he just loved her voice, what Ani didn't realise was that he loved her because her voice was making him. As soon as she stopped singing, he would stiffen a little, almost as if he had fallen out of a trance.

Days turned into months and as Ani neared her eighteenth birthday, she knew that she would have to find a place to live outside of the orphanages walls, but she was frightened, she'd lived in the same little room all her life and couldn't stand the thought of leaving - especially because she'd have to leave Nana. The woman was old and frail by now, and Ani feared that leaving would break Nana's heart beyond repair. But what could she do? Ani had to leave; she was too old to stay. It was then the best idea struck her, Ani quickly ran to her lover, asking him to move to a new home with her, where they could look after her sickly Nana and live together happily.

He rejected her. Ani was confused, what had she done? They seemed so in love before and now, he didn't want anything to do with her. He told her she was a witch, an evil witch who had put him under her spell for too long. Heartbroken that the man she loved had rejected her so harshly, she packed up her belongings and left. Not wanting to stay in this awful place any longer. Ani left her friends, her ex-lover and even Nana behind her as she went. Leaving the elderly lady with only a promise of her return and a kiss on the forehead before she vanished.

Lost and broken hearted, Ani had no clear plan on where she was even going. The girl walked for hours until exhaustion washed over her, finding refuge in a small bed and breakfast, Ani payed the owners the little money she had saved to keep her there for a few nights. However, on the first night of her stay, as Ani drifted off to sleep, she was once again greeted by that face she had seen so long ago. There was a place, her mother told her, where she could go and be with people like herself. What was she? Ani asked the figment. A Demigod.

Resolving to find this place her mother had told her about, and perhaps even see Aphrodite in person for once; Ani used her newfound abilities and a little extra money to make her way to Camp Athens.