Part One
"This
thing is itchy," Erik complained, tugging on the bright orange
coloured hem of his suit. Kara giggled and pinched her dress. It was
a cute frilly frock, a startling emerald green.
Several lacy
ribbons tied up her stout little pony tails, and her chunky power
boots were replaced with slimmer, more compact looking ones.
"I
don't know, big brother," Kara said, reaching down to smooth her
new boots, "I like this dress. And these boots are
so...comfortable!"
"You'd better be careful," Erik
warned, "It took me a long time to make those for you. Speaking
of which, wheres Seth and Mel?"
"Right here," a
voice behind them cut through. Seth scratched his suit, which was
plain and black with a long red tie.
"Wow, Seth!" Kara's
shrill voice chirped through, "Nice suit! Its better than
Erik's, anyway."
Erik scowled.
"Oh, very funny,"
he said, "Just remember I made those boots, and I can definitely
take them away."
"Wheres Mel?" Kara asked Seth,
ignoring Erik's torments. Seth folded his arms.
"She's
upstairs. Doing her hair. And wasting time."
Kara
sighed.
"She said she had a surprise for us! Aren't you guys
the teeny bit interested?"
Erik and Seth shook their heads
simultaenously.
"Nope," Erik said, "Who cares? This
SumYinnis ball sounds boring."
Kara frowned.
"We have
to go! It'll be exciting, don't you think? Its meant to unite all
corners of Rados as one. There'll be loads of people there! So many
new people to meet..."
Seth looked thoughtful.
"Well,
Professor Alnar mentioned that all the great Defenders attended the
SumYinnis ball. Its supposed to be held every twelve years. It was
created to bring peace and harmony throughout Rados and-" he
stopped in mid speech, "-whoa."
"What?" Erik
and Kara asked, in unison. Seth's eyes seemed to be fixed on
something behind him.
"Whats wrong? Huh-" Kara turned
around and gasped. It was Mel, but it wasn't. She looked different,
wearing a long glimmering blue gown, with a jewelled tiara around her
head. Her hair wasn't held up, but was let loose around her face. Her
face was flushed, and her mood cheery. Mel's arms held silver
bracelets and around her neck was a huge blue gem, obviously her
guardian medallion. Her ears had little sapphire jewelets hanging
from them.
"Well? What do you think?" she asked, turning
around, "It belonged to my grandmother! Professor Alnar said
something about it...which made me look in the dojo for awhile. I
guess it paid off."
Kara was the first one to come to her
senses.
"WOW, Mel, you look amazing! So different!" she
cried, breaking the ice.
"Yeah, Mel, it suits you. Its really
nice," was Eriks reply.
But Seth seemed to be in a state of
shock.
"Yes...it looks g-great, I mean -nice, I think, we
should go now." he wandered off in the direction of the sigil
stormers.
"What's his problem?" Mel scowled, "Did I
do something?"