Chapter 4: Ribbon Twirling and Date Outfits

MPOV(Maka's POV)

So, now that I'm in a beauty pageant, I needed help from the one magic cat who knew how to wow someone with her looks...Blair. She practically knew how to rock in the beauty and makeup department.

I had to talk to Blair later on when she got back from work. For now, I had to figure out where to take Soul out on a date later after school. I know that I'm still mad at him for saying that comment, but he's still my boyfriend and boyfriends needed to be forgiven somehow. Seeing as how we love Mexican food, I was thinking of taking him to Jalapeño Piñatas, that all-you-can-eat do-it-yourself Tex-Mex buffet place in Downtown Death City.

Anyway, I was standing along the school's balcony outside; looking at the rest of Death City from afar and thinking about both the dinner date and the beauty pageant. When I turned around, however, a girl with long dark purple hair with white streaks and holding two sticks with colorful ribbons appeared in front of me. I could see that she was a very cute girl; with a very petite figure and very clear skin complexion, beautiful curves, and a bust the same size of Tsubaki's. She also had beautiful purple eyes that shimmered in the sunlight and was wearing a pink and purple strapless jumpsuit (that captured her nice curves), a short-sleeved white jacket, and lilac ballet flats. All of a sudden, she began to dance and twirl her colorful ribbons into wonderful patterns. Her dancing skills were as graceful and balanced as could be. I was in awe with the colorful swirls and patterns she twirled as she danced around the balcony.

As soon as she finished, I clapped and said, "That was wonderful!"

The girl turned towards me and dropped her ribbons, blushed at my complement, and then responded, "Why, thank you. I didn't know that you were interested in ribbon twirling."

"Well, it was so pretty. You have a natural talent.", I said to the blushing girl, whose blush turned from pink to rose red.

"It wasn't like I had someone watch me.", the girl said. "My name is Penelope-Ling Pandera. But you can call me Penny-Ling for short."

Hmm...Penny-Ling. Oh! Her name was on the pageant sign-up sheet!

"Not to be rude or anything.", I began. "But, are you going to be participating in the Miss DWMA pageant?"

"Oh, yes! I'm entering the pageant. My meister is also entering, too."

"Oh! You're a weapon?"

"Yup. I'm a 1-starred chain scythe."

A chain scythe? That's Tsubaki's weapon form! I had to ask Penny-Ling if she knew her.

"Um, Penny-Ling?", I said.

"Yes, uhhh...I don't know your name. What is it?", she asked.

"Maka Albarn."

Then, Penny gasped and screeched, "MAKA ALBARN?! As in THE Maka Albarn? The one who saved the world from the Kinshin Asura and is dating her weapon partner turned DeathScythe, Soul Evans?"

"Why, yes.", I said modestly, seeing as how I got used to being fangirled(and fanboyed) all the time by my peers.

"Oh, ummm... I don't know what to say.", Penny-Ling said shyly, her cheeks turning pink again. "But, Zoe has wanted to meet you for the longest time."

"Zoe? Who's Zoe?"

"Zoe Starington. She's my meister. She's also entering the pageant; like I said before."

So that's why her name was on the sign-up sheet!, I thought.

"Anyway, She will be sooo excited to see you. She sees you as a role model."

Role model? Me? Well, I do study a lot and I'm on the top of my class. So, I'm not surprised when people say that. But I knew that in a couple of seconds, Penny was going to say-

"We should go over to where Zoe is; where I'll introduce her to you! She'll be super stoked!"

Of course. That's what she was going to say. Not that I had a problem when meeting new students who wanted to meet me for the first time.

"Well, what are we waiting for, Maka?", Penny said, as she picked up her ribbons. "Let's go meet my meister!"

And off we went to meet this Zoe girl.

As we were walking to go meet Zoe, Penny-Ling decided to tell me all about her and what's she is like as a meister and a friend.

"Zoe has this personality in which she loves to wear very cute clothes, loves to shop at the mall, and is a very good singer.", Penny explains.

"Is she good at singing?', I asked.

"Good at singing? She's FANTASTIC at singing. In fact, I'm surprised that she wanted to become a meister instead of a pop star."

"Well, with people like Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber surrounding the radio stations these days, she could have a 12% chance of making it to the top.", I joked.

Penny-Ling laughs and says, "Wow, Maka. You're funny. Zoe likes funny people, you know?"

"She does?"

"Yes, she does."

"So, how is she in the weapon wielding category?"

"Oh, she's really good at that! In fact, her skills are en pointe! She knows how to wield me in the right directions."

"Can you shape-shift into different weapons like my friend Tsubaki?", I ask.

"Well, yeah!", Penny says, smiling. "I can even transform into a blade fan."

Just as I was going to ask her what was a blade fan, I heard someone singing the chorus to Never Close Our Eyes by Adam Lambert.

"Oh, she must be in here.", I say, as I opened the door to Class Fairy Jewel; a classroom to be exact.

And there she was in the midst of it all; a tall and curvaceous tan-skinned girl with purple hair with one pink streak in her hair; wearing a black and white striped form-fitting tube top, a one-side white, one-side pink miniskirt, and a black beret; singing the song like she was on a concert stage instead of a classroom.

After singing the chorus, Zoe looked at Penny-Ling and paused the miniature pink karaoke machine she had on the teacher's desk.

"Oh, hey, Penny. What are you-", Zoe began, but then gasps when she looks at me.

"A-are y-y-you...M-m-Maka Albarn?"

"Yes. And you must be Zoe.", I said in a nonchalant way. "Your weapon has told me about how you and your fantastic singing skills."

At first, Zoe looked starstruck for a couple of seconds. But, afterwards, she walked over to me and shook my hand.

"I'msogladtomeetyou!", she said ecstatically, in one breath.

"You need to slow down. I couldn't understand what you said."

"I'm so glad to meet you. I apologize for my fast talk. It's just that...YOU ARE SO COOL!"

"Well, thanks.", I said, my cheeks turning pink.

"So, is it true that you are dating your weapon, Soul Eater Evans?", Zoe finally asked me, with a look of excitement in her blue eyes.

Whoa, didn't see that coming. A question about my boyfriend. Well, Penny told me that she's a fangirl and she doesn't look like she's a jealous fangirl.

Besides, the only people who are happy that I'm dating Soul are my friends and Sassy and Mina. So, I decide to say yes.

"Yes. I'm dating Soul. It's not a big deal.", I say modestly.

"NOT A BIG DEAL?!", Zoe yells, almost knocking out my hearing. "It's a huge deal, my dear Maka. You know how many of us would take our lives for a hottie like Soul? A lot of us. Right, Penny-Ling?"

"Um, yeah.", Penny said, her cheeks turning a light pink. "No offense, but I had a bit of a crush on him for a while. I thought that his teeth was very...sharp and his voice was very...deep."

"Oh.", I said. I never knew that she had feelings for my weapon, even though she's a weapon herself. "Well again, it's not a big deal for you to have feelings, even though we're dating."

"What are you doing tonight with Soul?", Zoe asked out of nowhere.

"Yes. We want to know. Not that it's important or anything.", added Penny-Ling.

I reluctantly sighed and then said, "We're going out to eat at the new restaurant that opened in Downtown Death City."

"Jalapeño Piñatas?", Penny asked. "We've been there before. Right, Zoe?"

"Yeah. It's FABULOUS!", Zoe exclaims. "The decorations are in perfection! And the food! Oh, the food! There's an all you can eat burrito stand and it's like...paradise!"

Hmm. Is it THAT good or is she just being dramatic?, I thought.

"I'm not being dramatic. It's that good!"

"Yeah. You can chose from tacos to enchiladas.", Penny added. "There's even a make-your-own dessert burrito bar. I won't tell you the details, but it's magnificent."

"It's that good?", I asked in curiosity.

"YES! And you're going to be taking your boyfriend there?!", asked an ecstatic Zoe.

"Um, yes."

All of a sudden, Zoe gasped again. Man, when Penny said that she was dramatic, she IS dramatic.

"You're not going to go on a date with Soul wearing THAT, Aren't you?!", she exclaimed, pointing to my Spartoi uniform.

"What's wrong with it?", I say, feeling a bit offended. When did she become DWMA's official fashion police?

"Maka, darling. You are going on a DATE! With one of the cutest boys at the academy. Of course your uniform looks smashing, but not for a DATE."

"Yeah.", Penny-Ling added. "No offense, but you have to dress to impress."

"Listen, my outfit is fine.", I say in defense. "Soul doesn't care about my looks or what I wear." Even though he said that a girl like me couldn't win a beauty pageant., I thought.

"Well, I have something to change your mind.", Zoe says. "I'll be right back.'

She then went back to her desk and got a pink and purple striped shopping bag that had the words Blythe Style on it. I knew that there was a new store at the Death City Mall with that name.

"This outfit will make Soul love you MORE than he ever did!", Zoe said, as she gave the bag to me.

"Um, thanks.", I say as I grabbed the handle to the bag. "But, you know I don't need this, right?"

She then winked at me and said, "You'll thank me later. Oh, and by the way, wear your hair down. Guys love their girlfriends even better with their hair down."

Then she left the room; leaving me in a confused state and Penny saying to me, "Well, that's Zoe for you."

I'm going to stop right here. But, there will be a new chapter. So, Stay Tuned!

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