The day was sunny, warmer than expected for a late winter, being how it was
January already. The sky was cloudless, the air so crisp, it had to be one
of the most perfect days ever. Nothing could stop people from going outside
and enjoying it, nothing.
Two girls were running down a sidewalk chasing each other out of pure fun. One was taller than the other, with long black hair with fiery red dyed ends tied back into pig tails. She wore a tight black shirt with a playboy bunny on it and long black pants with rhinestones in the shape of fire. She had on long circular earrings and lots of bracelets and necklaces. She was catching up to her friend.
The other girl was running quickly, moving with ease as she started to zig- zag in and out of people, apologizing if she bumped into them. Her hair was also tied back into pigtails, dark brown with white streaks and purple tipped ends. She wore a baseball-T and long, baggy cargo jeans. The only jewelry on her was a single puka shell necklace, with three turquoise jewels in the middle. The girl being chased turned a corner and bumped into something, falling hard. She blinked twice and looked up, seeing that she had run into a pole.
"That was sooo smart, Millie." Her friend said, standing there laughing at her as Millie just sat on the ground.
"I'm so glad your first reaction was if I was alright. 'Oh yes, Momo, I'm just fine and dandy. Thanks for checking on me!" Millie glared up at her friend, who after a long giggle fit helped her friend up. "C'mon, I want to take you some where for a surprise."
"Where are you taking me? What's the surprise? Where? Where?" Momo asked quickly, all excited once again. She started bouncing as she followed Millie down the street, repeating the words "Tell me tell me tell me" over and over again.
"Where, Millie? Tell me, please? Please, please, please?" Momo whined. She must have had some kind of angel protecting her then, because Millie was about five seconds away from strangling her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "We're here, Momo, so shut up." Millie sighed annoyed. She shut out her tongue at Momo, who returned it, and both laughed. Millie walked in first, holding it open for Momo, who followed. The door swung close, revealing a sign that had a large red rose on it and the word "Ayame".
"Hello! Welcome to Ayame! I'm Mine and I will be assisting you today!" A cheerful young woman in maid's costume came from the back shop.
"Hi, I'm Millie Thompson-Nash; I'm here to pick up an order?" Millie asked blankly, gazing at all the fabric in the shop.
Mine nodded. "Oh yes, the owner is just finishing it up now. I'll go see if he's ready." Momo had made her way over to some shiny looking dresses, if you'd call them that, and reached out a hand to touch them.
"Momo, no touchy." Millie said calmly, looking at a book on the counter, her back towards her. Momo blinked in confusion. She turned her view back towards the 'dress thingy' and reached out to touch it again. "Momo, no touchy." This time the voice was in her ear, freaking Momo out. She jumped and fell back onto the gown, clutching her heart.
"How'd you do that?" Momo asked, shocked.
"Do what?" Millie asked, helping her up.
"Get over here so quickly."
".I walked."
"You couldn't have! You teleported! You did, didn't you! Tell me how, please?!" Momo began to beg to know her secret.
"Momo," Millie said calmly. "I walked five steps to the North. Then hopped once to the South-East, and then twirled counter clockwise three times."
"Oh! That's sooo cool! Let me try!" Momo curved and lifted a foot very high off the ground to take a step, but stopped.
"What's wrong?" Millie asked curiously, gazing at how hard Momo was trying to concentrate.
"..um..which way is North?" Momo asked, tilting her head to the side. Millie did a sweat drop at that and pointed to her right. "Okay." Momo then went to take another big step, but tripped over a shoe lace and fell over just as the owner was coming out of the shop.
"Oh, Mine! Look, my customers love me so much, they bow at my feet!" A man with long white-silver hair walked up, faux tears running down his face in pure bliss.
"..." Millie blinked at him blankly. The owner caught sight of her after pulling Momo up and rushed over, kneeling and taking her hand. "....Hi..?" Momo kept popping around him, gazing at his long hair. "Ooooo..." She went to touch it, but Millie's look stopped her.
The tears had disappeared from his face and nothing more than an excited smile shown. "Thank you for choosing me, Ayame of Ayame Shops, with such an honor of creating two dresses for you!"
"um...one's for Momo, right Millie?" Momo began to look worried at the words this man spoke.
"Of coarse Momo. No worries. Mr. Ayame, this is my friend, Momo Mitsimuri." She wiggled her hand out of his grasp and walked to stand next to Momo. Mine and Ayame clasped their hands together in pure delight. "Oh goody! You both will love my designs! Now go try them on! Go on, shoo!" He ushered them into the changing rooms.
Mine's glasses flashed with an evil smile. "They would be perfect to try on some of your latest designs, sir."
Ayame returned the look with a simple mysterious smile. "Yes, well, maybe. We don't want to scare them off now, do we?"
Mine walked to the dressing rooms five minutes later. "How are the dresses coming?"
"Good..I think. I hope" Millie stepped out in a most interesting piece. It was an all white suit skirt, except for the black onyx buttons and little black threaded dragon design running across her chest; it stopped about three inches above her knees, revealing her long tanned legs. The skirt was very puffy, with many layers of frills underneath. Her hair was hidden under a giant chief cap.
"Oh, you look fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!" Mine exclaimed. "How is your dressing coming along, Ms. Momo?"
"I can't find the zipper." Momo's voice echoed under the door.
"How can you not find the zipper, Momo?" Millie asked curiously. "It should be right there."
"I mean I can't find the freakin' zipper." Momo repeated.
"It's behind the black sash." Mine called, going on tip toes.
"Oh...I sees it now." Momo stated. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Another five minutes passed before Momo stepped out. Her dress was all black and lace; with puffy sleeves and a pig bow in the back of the dress. There was also another one in the back of her hair, connected to a black and white laced cap. A silk white apron seemed to hover in the blackness of the dress and white silk gloves cover her hands; both trimmed in white lace.
"Oh, Momo." Millie said, biting her lip from laughing. "You look so cute." Momo glared at her. "It's poofy."
"But you look so cute!" Ayame squealed, running forward to look at them both. "Absolutely fabulous! I say work well done, Mine!"
Mine's eyes grew wide behind her glasses. "The great Ayame complimented me! Oh what news!" She looked at her watch. "Sorry sir, but I'm off, my shift is over now!"
"Good bye, Mine." Ayame waved good-bye to his long time assistant.
"Bye-bye." Momo said, waving a covered hand after Mine.
"So I take it you like it?" Millie asked, turning her own poofy covered outfit towards Momo.
"Yea...but it's poofy."
"I know that already. But you look cute in it."
"It's poofy."
Ayame ignored their conversation and pushed both back into the dressing rooms. "Now once you've taken those off, I'll go wrap them up for you!"
Two dresses were passed threw the small space above the doors and Ayame skipped off.
"Thank you, Ayame!" Momo said, bouncing up and down once more. Millie walked up and suddenly tripped due to Momo, falling onto Ayame.
Millie sat up and coughed, a large cloud of smoke rising from the ground. "I am sooo sorry, Mr. Ayame!" She looked around, blinking. "Where'd he go?"
"I'm right here, Ms. Millie. Could you please get off my tail?" A white snake appeared from the neck of Ayame's robes.
"Ooo! A snake! And it's not an albino either!" Momo giggled as she knelt down and gazed at him.
"Oh...my...god..."Millie screamed very loudly and ran into a corner, hiding.
"Is she alright?" The snake asked gazing over at her.
"Yep, she just doesn't like snakes much." Momo stated matter-of-factly. She picked the snake up, letting him curl around her neck, and then moved towards Millie. "It's okay Millie. He won't hurt you."
"....You replaced Ayame. Where did he go?" Millie asked, scooting more into the corner.
The snake blinked at her. "I am Ayame."
Momo knelt down next to Millie. Millie freaked out as Ayame's tongue appeared then disappeared repeatedly. "Ewww..ewww...ewww!!!!" She jumped up, running from them both and towards the exit. She opened the door just as a boy with black and white hair, a leather vest, jeans, chaps, pierced ears, and many spiked jewelry walked threw the door. She knocked into him, making him too to go poof.
Momo ran forward to see if Millie was okay. She stopped short when seeing a black and white cow in front of her.
Millie looked up at the cow shocked, and scrambled backwards.
"Hello, Hatsuharu." Ayame said, waving his tail from around Momo's neck.
"...Hi..." The cow replied. He looked over at Millie, who was back against the counter.
"The world is ending." A look of psychotic reason appeared on her face as her eyes twirled round and round. "Yes, that's it...the world is ending and everyone is turning into animals."
Two girls were running down a sidewalk chasing each other out of pure fun. One was taller than the other, with long black hair with fiery red dyed ends tied back into pig tails. She wore a tight black shirt with a playboy bunny on it and long black pants with rhinestones in the shape of fire. She had on long circular earrings and lots of bracelets and necklaces. She was catching up to her friend.
The other girl was running quickly, moving with ease as she started to zig- zag in and out of people, apologizing if she bumped into them. Her hair was also tied back into pigtails, dark brown with white streaks and purple tipped ends. She wore a baseball-T and long, baggy cargo jeans. The only jewelry on her was a single puka shell necklace, with three turquoise jewels in the middle. The girl being chased turned a corner and bumped into something, falling hard. She blinked twice and looked up, seeing that she had run into a pole.
"That was sooo smart, Millie." Her friend said, standing there laughing at her as Millie just sat on the ground.
"I'm so glad your first reaction was if I was alright. 'Oh yes, Momo, I'm just fine and dandy. Thanks for checking on me!" Millie glared up at her friend, who after a long giggle fit helped her friend up. "C'mon, I want to take you some where for a surprise."
"Where are you taking me? What's the surprise? Where? Where?" Momo asked quickly, all excited once again. She started bouncing as she followed Millie down the street, repeating the words "Tell me tell me tell me" over and over again.
"Where, Millie? Tell me, please? Please, please, please?" Momo whined. She must have had some kind of angel protecting her then, because Millie was about five seconds away from strangling her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "We're here, Momo, so shut up." Millie sighed annoyed. She shut out her tongue at Momo, who returned it, and both laughed. Millie walked in first, holding it open for Momo, who followed. The door swung close, revealing a sign that had a large red rose on it and the word "Ayame".
"Hello! Welcome to Ayame! I'm Mine and I will be assisting you today!" A cheerful young woman in maid's costume came from the back shop.
"Hi, I'm Millie Thompson-Nash; I'm here to pick up an order?" Millie asked blankly, gazing at all the fabric in the shop.
Mine nodded. "Oh yes, the owner is just finishing it up now. I'll go see if he's ready." Momo had made her way over to some shiny looking dresses, if you'd call them that, and reached out a hand to touch them.
"Momo, no touchy." Millie said calmly, looking at a book on the counter, her back towards her. Momo blinked in confusion. She turned her view back towards the 'dress thingy' and reached out to touch it again. "Momo, no touchy." This time the voice was in her ear, freaking Momo out. She jumped and fell back onto the gown, clutching her heart.
"How'd you do that?" Momo asked, shocked.
"Do what?" Millie asked, helping her up.
"Get over here so quickly."
".I walked."
"You couldn't have! You teleported! You did, didn't you! Tell me how, please?!" Momo began to beg to know her secret.
"Momo," Millie said calmly. "I walked five steps to the North. Then hopped once to the South-East, and then twirled counter clockwise three times."
"Oh! That's sooo cool! Let me try!" Momo curved and lifted a foot very high off the ground to take a step, but stopped.
"What's wrong?" Millie asked curiously, gazing at how hard Momo was trying to concentrate.
"..um..which way is North?" Momo asked, tilting her head to the side. Millie did a sweat drop at that and pointed to her right. "Okay." Momo then went to take another big step, but tripped over a shoe lace and fell over just as the owner was coming out of the shop.
"Oh, Mine! Look, my customers love me so much, they bow at my feet!" A man with long white-silver hair walked up, faux tears running down his face in pure bliss.
"..." Millie blinked at him blankly. The owner caught sight of her after pulling Momo up and rushed over, kneeling and taking her hand. "....Hi..?" Momo kept popping around him, gazing at his long hair. "Ooooo..." She went to touch it, but Millie's look stopped her.
The tears had disappeared from his face and nothing more than an excited smile shown. "Thank you for choosing me, Ayame of Ayame Shops, with such an honor of creating two dresses for you!"
"um...one's for Momo, right Millie?" Momo began to look worried at the words this man spoke.
"Of coarse Momo. No worries. Mr. Ayame, this is my friend, Momo Mitsimuri." She wiggled her hand out of his grasp and walked to stand next to Momo. Mine and Ayame clasped their hands together in pure delight. "Oh goody! You both will love my designs! Now go try them on! Go on, shoo!" He ushered them into the changing rooms.
Mine's glasses flashed with an evil smile. "They would be perfect to try on some of your latest designs, sir."
Ayame returned the look with a simple mysterious smile. "Yes, well, maybe. We don't want to scare them off now, do we?"
Mine walked to the dressing rooms five minutes later. "How are the dresses coming?"
"Good..I think. I hope" Millie stepped out in a most interesting piece. It was an all white suit skirt, except for the black onyx buttons and little black threaded dragon design running across her chest; it stopped about three inches above her knees, revealing her long tanned legs. The skirt was very puffy, with many layers of frills underneath. Her hair was hidden under a giant chief cap.
"Oh, you look fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!" Mine exclaimed. "How is your dressing coming along, Ms. Momo?"
"I can't find the zipper." Momo's voice echoed under the door.
"How can you not find the zipper, Momo?" Millie asked curiously. "It should be right there."
"I mean I can't find the freakin' zipper." Momo repeated.
"It's behind the black sash." Mine called, going on tip toes.
"Oh...I sees it now." Momo stated. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Another five minutes passed before Momo stepped out. Her dress was all black and lace; with puffy sleeves and a pig bow in the back of the dress. There was also another one in the back of her hair, connected to a black and white laced cap. A silk white apron seemed to hover in the blackness of the dress and white silk gloves cover her hands; both trimmed in white lace.
"Oh, Momo." Millie said, biting her lip from laughing. "You look so cute." Momo glared at her. "It's poofy."
"But you look so cute!" Ayame squealed, running forward to look at them both. "Absolutely fabulous! I say work well done, Mine!"
Mine's eyes grew wide behind her glasses. "The great Ayame complimented me! Oh what news!" She looked at her watch. "Sorry sir, but I'm off, my shift is over now!"
"Good bye, Mine." Ayame waved good-bye to his long time assistant.
"Bye-bye." Momo said, waving a covered hand after Mine.
"So I take it you like it?" Millie asked, turning her own poofy covered outfit towards Momo.
"Yea...but it's poofy."
"I know that already. But you look cute in it."
"It's poofy."
Ayame ignored their conversation and pushed both back into the dressing rooms. "Now once you've taken those off, I'll go wrap them up for you!"
Two dresses were passed threw the small space above the doors and Ayame skipped off.
"Thank you, Ayame!" Momo said, bouncing up and down once more. Millie walked up and suddenly tripped due to Momo, falling onto Ayame.
Millie sat up and coughed, a large cloud of smoke rising from the ground. "I am sooo sorry, Mr. Ayame!" She looked around, blinking. "Where'd he go?"
"I'm right here, Ms. Millie. Could you please get off my tail?" A white snake appeared from the neck of Ayame's robes.
"Ooo! A snake! And it's not an albino either!" Momo giggled as she knelt down and gazed at him.
"Oh...my...god..."Millie screamed very loudly and ran into a corner, hiding.
"Is she alright?" The snake asked gazing over at her.
"Yep, she just doesn't like snakes much." Momo stated matter-of-factly. She picked the snake up, letting him curl around her neck, and then moved towards Millie. "It's okay Millie. He won't hurt you."
"....You replaced Ayame. Where did he go?" Millie asked, scooting more into the corner.
The snake blinked at her. "I am Ayame."
Momo knelt down next to Millie. Millie freaked out as Ayame's tongue appeared then disappeared repeatedly. "Ewww..ewww...ewww!!!!" She jumped up, running from them both and towards the exit. She opened the door just as a boy with black and white hair, a leather vest, jeans, chaps, pierced ears, and many spiked jewelry walked threw the door. She knocked into him, making him too to go poof.
Momo ran forward to see if Millie was okay. She stopped short when seeing a black and white cow in front of her.
Millie looked up at the cow shocked, and scrambled backwards.
"Hello, Hatsuharu." Ayame said, waving his tail from around Momo's neck.
"...Hi..." The cow replied. He looked over at Millie, who was back against the counter.
"The world is ending." A look of psychotic reason appeared on her face as her eyes twirled round and round. "Yes, that's it...the world is ending and everyone is turning into animals."