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Reflection
She breathed in and out for a few moments while trying to will the butterflies in her stomach to disappear. She opened her emerald eyes and observed the reflection of herself in the overly large mirror. She smiled and slowly did a thorough observation of herself. Her hair was loosely swept up with small yellow flowers positioned throughout it. Painted on her lips was very subtle and soft pink lipstick. Her face had just a touch of foundation and powder to keep her skin from becoming shiny. The need for this would be necessary due to the many pictures she would be taking throughout the day.
Above her eyes a touch of green eye shadow to complement the color of her eyes with the same subtleness as the rest of her makeup. She also observed the few brushes of mascara on her eyelashes which helped show off the length that they have. Laying gently below her neck she wears her lovingly nicknamed necklace Starburst, given to her by Yuffie and Tifa. She smirked slightly remembering Yuffie's description of the crystal necklace. Just as it did now, the first time she had put it on the lights in the room hit the crystal necklace to develop an array of colors that sparkled from every part of the object.
The design looked like when you observe a star twinkling in the sky but in Yuffie's excitement she had squealed "It looks like the star necklace is bursting, look it is so pretty!" Thus the name was born and had stuck ever since. She had also found out sometime later that in actuality Tifa and Yuffie were not the only ones the necklace was from, Cid and Leon had helped pick it out and purchase it but made the girls promise to never tell her. They should have known better she thought to herself.
Finally, her eyes then moved down to her dress. Perfect, that was the only word to describe it; it was even better than she had pictured in her dreams. She felt like a princess, though her dress was not as elaborate as Belle's or Cinderella's. The design was simple, an A-line dress with sheer fabric crossing over her arms and falling just below the shoulder. The only other accent was a little bit of sparkle at the top and bottom of the dress.
She felt a little cold air on her back, from the neck to below her shoulder blades because though she was not a stranger of halter tops and such, normally her hair was either down or in a long braided ponytail which helped cover her back. Breathing deeply she looked over her whole appearance and allowed the vision of what she looked like to sink in.
All the dreaming and waiting was about to be over. Aeris Gainsborough was about to become Aeris Strife.