Authors Notes: Hiya, Well... We're just getting to the mushy and adventure and excitement in the next two chapters ^_^ Okee.. Let me point out something... Unless everyone keeps reviewing and stuff, I'll update once a WEEK on here instead of 2-3 times a day. >:P I would appreciate it very much, because if you notice, people that do that get more reviews than the people like me who are nice enough to put so many up ^_^ Okay... So READ AND REVIEW.. or else Selece, Windam, and Rayearth will split you into three and roast you for dinner, plus I'll quit writing... What more do you need to encourage you
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The Party Begins and a Stranger Apears
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They had finaly gotten out of the bath, and it was time to start actually getting ready for the party itself.
"I wonder what they picked us out to wear..." Hikaru mummbled, her towel wrapped around her.
"I don't know.." Umi held up her dress... or what she thought was her dress. Several other parts of the outfit fell off onto the floor. Umi looked at all the pieces to the outfit...
"I think we need help..." Hikaru mummbled as she saw her and Fuu's outfits were much the same as Umi's. Umi and Fuu both nodded in agreement.
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Two hours later, Presea came in to find the girls still trying to get their dresses on, Umi was trying to put her head through her sleave openings.. She sweat dropped.
"You STILL aren't ready?" Presea shook her head.
"I can't help it.." Umi and Hikaru both whined.
"Oh alright.." Presea helped each one of them with their dresses until everyone was ready. They had been so busy trying to get them on, They hadn't had a chance to actually look at them. Presea motioned them over to the full length mirror. Umi gaped at her reflection,As did Fuu and Hikaru. The outfits were beautiful...
"Where.. Where did you find these?" Umi blinked at her reflection again. She could tell they had been made to match eachother. Her outfit was a floor length skirt that was very loose, whisps of silk were all over it, giving it the feel and look of water, and there was a dark blue sash tied around her waste. The neckline was just below her collarbone, and there was a golden ring fastend to it as a sleeve that held it up, light blue whisps of sleeves came from where it was fastend to the dress and hung down very low on her shoulders, leaving her arms bare. Hikarus was the same, with the exception that it was a light pinkish red with a dark red sash, and hers had a large bow in the back that made her look especially cute, and Fuus was also slightly different, She had a white layer up under her green, making it look much more elegant. Hers also had elbow length gloves, as did Umi, except hers were white and Umi's was a light blue with gold trimming. ((Think of the picture of Umi infront of the water dragon, holding the little reef of blue flowers, and the flowers in her hair. That's the outfit I'm describing, except with light blue gloves and knee length matching blue boots. For Hikaru, think of her outfit when shes sitting beside Rayearth and his horn is going through the little reef of flowers, the light pink outfit, except with a longer skirt and a bow in the back. For Fuu, it's the exact same picture's outfit, Her with Windam and flowers. It's the green and white outfit, except with white gloves that come to her elbows ^_^))

"You like it?" Presea said, grinning.
"Like it? We love it! It's beautiful! Who made it?" Hikaru said, jumping up and down.
"A little girl from a neighboring village... She's to grow into a seamstress. She sent it to us a year ago, and in the letter she said that she knew you'd come back, and everyone would be celebrating. She told me to give you these" Presea smiled. Hikaru smiled.
"We're going to have to go thank her!" Hikaru, Fuu, and Umi all nodded in agreement. The dresses were the most beautiful ones that had ever seen, even in fantasy stories.
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As they entered the huge room, it made all three of the girls gasp. It was beautiful, a golden chandelier hung from the cieling and tables of food was set up around the right side of the room. There was a long stairway in the left side of the room that led up to the throne, in which Ferio sat looking miserable. There was women lined up all up and down the stair case. Fuu, Umi, and Hikaru sweat dropped.
"Umn.. Fuu-chan... I think you might not better plan on getting first dance..." Hikaru blinked. Fuu nodded in agreement. That was alright, she could wait.
"Uh.. Guys... Look" Umi looked around them. All the guys in the room were standing staring at them, and a line had already formed infront of them.
"Oh dear.." Fuu mummbled, sighing to herself.
"Why don't you go ahead and go get in line for Ferio, Fuu-chan?" Hikaru looked at Fuu, and she nodded before pushing her way through the men to go see Ferio. Hikaru hopped up and down on the floor to see over the men. Umi burst out laughing, and Hikaru shot her a glare.
"He's over there..." Umi pointed twords the food tables. Poor Hikaru, She thought to herself in amusement as she tried to push past the taller men. She smiled though, as she saw Lantis turn and sit down his drink to dance with Hikaru.
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Ferio stood from his throne and glanced down the long line of girls...
"This is going to be a long night..." He thought to himself miserably, but his face broke out in a smile as he saw a blonde curly head at the center of the line up the stairs. She was too polite to come up here... He couldn't help but grin even wider though. He sighed and waved the next girl off and then started down the stairs twords the head he had seen. All the girls turned to see who he could possibly be going to meet, and all the girls parted when he stopped at Fuu.
"Would you care to dance?" He asked, bowing deeply to Fuu and holding his hand out to her. Fuu's cheeks lit up brightly, And she nodded. They went hand in hand down the stairs, leaving the girls gazing at them from behind.
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Hikaru smiled, gazing up at Lantis, who was still gazing into her eyes.
"You look beautiful tonight... Presea tortured you as she did us, right?" Lantis smiled gently at her, making Hikaru blush slightly, but she nodded. Hikaru moved closer to him when a slower song started, and she layed her head against his chest, smiling still as she did so. Everyone around them was watching Fuu and Ferio, as well as Hikaru and Lantis.
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Umi smiled at her two friends... no, her four friends that were dancing with one another. She was happy for them, She was happy for herself.
"Well... As long as I'm here... I might as well dance..." She mummbled under her breath, although she hated to take her eyes off her friends. She turned, and nearly fell when she saw a tall man infront of her, probably a good four years older than her... His eyes looked strange, she thought. A very un-natural color of blue, almost like hers... but something was different. He smiled gently, a confident smile if she didn't mistake it, and bowed to her so that his white-blonde hair fell over his face slightly. The man held out his hand to Umi.
"Care to dance?"
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Authors Notes: OoOoOo... Who is the new comer, and will Umi dance with him? And where is Clef when you need him? Review, and you shall find out! If not, you'll never know and you'll always be sorry you didn't. This was a shorty. 2 pages even ^_~ R&R
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