Warning: This is going to get a bit more dramatic from now on guys, and it probably will get darker with every chapter.

This chapter is short and may seem pointless, but it is a metaphor in disguise.

There is method to my madness, or madness to my method. I forget which!



Alterations



Lily was originally going to wear a set of sky-blue satin robes and a royal-blue cloak on top. The only problem being that Satin does not hide "imperfections" well. We decided, after many attempts that it simply wasn't possible for us to alter it so it looked natural and indeed, unaltered. I performed a charm on it to put it back the way it was, and placed it onto a dress model Lily had conjured up for us too use.

"Right. What are we going to do now?" Lily moaned, as she slumped back down onto her bed.

I perched on the end of the bed and put my arm around one of the old mahogany posts. It was a beautiful wood; so dark it was almost black. Black?

"Lil, we're saved!"

I rushed to my chest on the other side of the room and pulled out a pair of Romanian Dress Robes that I kept for when I went on holiday to visit my family. They were mostly black, and made of beautiful Velveteen material that was really hard to get hold of. There was also a beautiful embroidered pattern along the torso of the dress part, and along the hems of the matching cloak.

"Stand up!" I shouted almost hysterically. I was so happy that a small solution could be found to make life a bit easier.

I clicked my fingers and the robes held themselves up to Lily, and they would hide the bump perfectly. I did need to alter them a bit, as I was shade taller and thinner than Lily, but when they were done and she tried them on, she looked great. Why had I not thought of it before?

She stood up and admired herself in the mirror. She was awe struck by the thing and how great it looked on her.

"Thank you, Ren, it's beautiful"

I smiled, but as I did, I couldn't help but feel a little upset. I had been planning to wear it myself, but now it looked as though I was going to have to abandon my traditional black for Blue Satin.