All three girls stared in horror at their clothes.
"What happened?" Heather cried out, rushing to her bed, "They're all...look at them!" Slowly, the black-haired girl began to panic. "Oh no! We can't go to classes without uniform! And if we skip a class, we get a fail! We cannot fail so close to coronation! It's tomorrow!" It seemed as though she was hyperventilating.
Ruffnut glared at the ripped clothes. "Honestly, it was Rapunzel. I know it was. She's the queen of making Astrid feel inferior."
"No," Astrid said, firmly interrupting, "No one can make you feel inferior. Not without your consent. I don't know who did this, but…" She turned to her two friends. "We're princesses, right?"
"We don't even have our crowns yet," Ruff pointed out, "And you're a lady roy-"
She interrupted again. "I'm not talking about crowns. I'm talking about character. Now, the rules say we need to show up in uniform, right?"
"As you can see," said Heather, a little hysterically, holding her ripped skirt up, "They're a little breezy."
Astrid took the skirt from her. "They just need a little...alteration, that's all! Stormfly, Windshear, Barf!" The three fairies followed her to the bed, where she got out a needle and thread. Heather exchanged a bewildered look with Ruff.
"Won't that make them breezier?"
The castle was getting closer. Astrid stood out on the side of the carriage to let the wind whip through her face. She called out to the coach, "Faster, please! We cannot be late!" before sticking her head back in.
Ruff was grinning. "What do you think they're gonna say when they see us like this?"
"Hopefully, something good," Astrid responded, "We worked pretty hard on them."
"Selling yourself short, Ast?" Heather said with a small smile, "You worked pretty hard on them."
They arrived in the nick of time. Dame Gothel was closing one of the doors. Astrid jumped out of the carriage before it stopped and shouted, "Wait!"
Ruffnut and Heather joined her. "And what do you think you're wearing? Those aren't proper school uniforms!"
"Forgive me, madam," she answered dryly, stepping into the sunlight, "But you'll find that they are, entirely, made from pieces of our old uniform."
This was true, although it was impossible to tell at first sight.
Astrid was now wearing a rose red top, with a skeleton designed skirt. She'd added a few spikes and would even have added a fur hood had they not been pressed for time. Her shoes were still the heels from the uniform, but the girls had polished their shoes, in a crazy hope that it would ease the teachers into accepting their look. As for her hair, she'd decided that instead of leaving it open or in a ponytail, which was what most girls here did, she would do it in a braid over her shoulder. Ruff had helped with that, that girl knew how to braid.
Speaking of Ruffnut, she'd apparently decided that instead of glamming it up, like her roommates, she wanted to glam it down. A simple blue and green frock covered her now, no skirt, only the leggings. Her hair was done in two braids, two very long braids. All in all, even though the girl had not given much attention to her "glam factor", she looked supremely beautiful in her own right.
As did Heather. She had a silvery, metallic, look inspired by Windshear, and a braid similar to Astrid's, only a bit more simple. Her skirt was also silver, and much longer than the usual school uniform, but it had a more warrior feel to it than a princess one. And she said she was fine with that. Growing up with a half deranged brother did those kind of things to you.
Okay, so maybe they had used some material that wasn't from their original uniforms. But the teachers didn't need to know that.
"But that's against the rules!" Gothel protested.
"Actually, Dame Gothel," Toothiana interrupted with a small smile on her face. "There is no rule against what they've done."
"Exactly," Astrid conceded; Tooth had agreed, she knew they won this round, "We just used our skills to unlock our princess potential."
"And beautifully at that," Tooth said gently. "Come. Join the class."
The palace was grand. There was no other way to describe it. Just the front hall was bigger than twice the size of her house. As they got in, the whispers broke out. Interested, the girls began to ask where they got it from.
"We made them!"
"Astrid made them!"
"I want one!"
"Hey, will you make me one?"
Rapunzel surveyed them for a while before walking up to Astrid. "Not bad, lottery girl."
"You want one too?" Astrid teased.
"Please," she said, rolling her eyes, "I can sow. I certainly don't need your help for that."
"Suit yourself."
The chatter died down as Tooth stepped up to make an announcement. "Girls, girls. As a treat, we've decided that you can have an hour to explore the castle. Enjoy!" she said gallantly.
"Sweet," Heather said eagerly, "Palace secrets, here we come."
I SUCK AT DESCRIBING CLOTHES DEAR THOR
Also...
The rumored date for the new season of Race to the Edge is June 24th! I would be gallantly happy, only that's the holy month, for fasting and, y'know, NOT WATCHING DRAGON SHOWS CRI