Chapter 21: Amber

"No, no, no, no, no! Tell me you're not serious, oh gosh!" I practically screamed.

"You have to take care of your skin!" Jo snapped, "Here, do it yourself, or I'll do it for you."

"Oh, god, please, don't!" I pleaded, begged or whatever.

"Shit, just do it!"

"NO!"

"You forced me to do this, Amber, don't blame me!" Jo grinned smugly.

She grabbed my hands and legs to prevent me from squirming. I hesitated as her other hand came closer and closer, when she was within one centimetre away from me, I screamed, but that doesn't stop her. I stared at her, horrified as she came closer and closer. And great, she has done it. She smeared that disgusting cucumber face mask on my face. Oh gosh, it's disgusting!

"Eew, this is gross!" I struggled to wipe it off but Jo caught my hand in time.

"Oh no, Amber, wipe it off and you're dead."

"You can't, Jo, what if these," I pointed at the mask on my face, "made my face worst than it is now?!"

"Trust me, I've used this before."

"I don't." I muttered.

"That's your problem." She chuckled jokingly but her smile faded as she looks into the clothes I've brought. "Oh, god. Are you seriously from this planet?!"

"Sorry, no." I muttered under my breath.

"Yes, what?" From what I hear, she seems to be flipping through her closet (The stupid cucumber is blocking my sight.).

"Nothing," Hoping to convince her, "what are you doing?"

"Finding clothes for your perfect body," She took out her clothes one by one, "it's a waste if you wear only t-shirt and jeans. Ah, this would be perfect."

I spent a total of ten minutes trying to get rid of the disgusting face mask. But, it does make my face look shiny. I smile sweetly at my reflection, and I saw, in the reflection, was Anastasia smirking. I swing my head around and staring right at me was nothing. I've got a bad feeling about this, but I brushed off the bad feeling.

"Here," Jo handed me a pink singlet and a black mini skirt, "Wear this."

I did as instructed and put it on.

"As expected, you look damn pretty." She smiled, proud of her masterpiece.

"But the skirt is too short, and the shirt is too revealing." Pulling down the skirt and pulling up the singlet.

"That's the good point, you ass." She handed me a vest, which I wore over the singlet.

She clapped her hands together and grinned widely. After an hour of waiting, she finally found her perfect outfit.

"Now is the time for make-up!" She got a stick which I've seen Abby using to apply on her lips and pass it to me. I tried applying it myself, as how I've seen Abby applied hers. But I guess I've messed it up.

"Gosh, Amber," Jo frowned, "has you ever once applied make-up?"

"Sorry," I apologised, "to disappoint you."

She grabbed the lipstick and helped me apply on my lips. Soon, she pulled away and stared into my face and said, "You probably do not need any make-up… Do you?" She tossed out all of her make-up in her make-up box and took out a few other stuffs. "Hmm…" She stared at the item, then at me. "How about some eyeliner?" Although I had completely no idea what she's talking about, I just nodded.

After 2 hours of doing nothing, we're finally heading out, though it's still one hour earlier. So we've decided to hang around first.

"Jo!" A brunette appeared, "Wow, you brought such a cute girl along…" She seemed disappointed.

"We've lost the battle even before entering the battle field." A blonde girl murmured.

"Sorry…" I apologised without thinking.

The brunette chuckled, "Why did you apologise? Anyway, I've been wanting to ask. Where can you get this colour contacts?"

The blonde got closer and murmured, "Interesting. And that dye."

"It's natural, Erina, Jan." Jo answered for me.

I gave her a thumbs up and mouthed, "Nice follow-up."

She gave me a wink and introduced us. It seems that they were surprised that it's natural. Surprisingly, I feel like I know why they are surprised. Which freak has this kind of natural hair colour and eye colour? I'm a mermaid princess and I mustn't forget this fact. Not to mention the fact that I came here, on land, to run away from Anastasia.

"Amber…?" Jo's voice broke into my thoughts, "Why are you standing over there, dazing off? We're going to leave you there if you continue to daze off."

"Oh, sorry." I rush off in a hurry, which almost made me miss out the Anastasia standing beside the signboard.

"Princessss Amberrrr, it had been a lonnggg timeee…" She spoke under her breath but loud enough for me to hear.

"Anastasia!" I shouted without warning.

As quickly as she appeared, she disappeared. I glared at the empty spot after her as I ran after the rest. What was that? In Jo's bathroom too, it couldn't be Jo, I believe that. Could it be what the mirror told me? Wendy, nah, it might be impossible. I brushed off the uneasy feeling that have been bugging me.