Author: grace is an author
Date: November 19, 2004
Disclaimer: All rights go JK Rowling, Warner Bros, and whomever else owns them. All characters, places, etc. (other than my original characters) belong to JK Rowling. No money is being made from this!
Author's Note: Sorry, itÕs been awhile since I restarted writing the second chapter for this fic! I totally forgot about it, being so busy and all.... Please review!!!
Chapter Two
No, no, no!
"No, no, no! You have it all wrong!" Mrs. Chang giggled deliciously and smacked the back of her hand against the folded parchment in her hand. Her hot pink nails grazed the edge of the yellow edges as she sat down gracefully onto the velvet royal blue arm chair. "Oh, Narcissa, you will be the death of me!" Lien smiled to herself as she reread the elegant writing and straightened the hem of her light pink robe. "Oh this is wonderful!" She clapped her hands excitingly and bounced up and down in her seat. "Cho? Cho, darling?" Mrs. Chang snapped her fingers sharply. "Are you really yet?"
"Yes, Mother. I have been ready for almost an hour."
Cho descended from the grand marble staircase, a scowl pressing together wrinkles on her forehead and her pink mouth turned upside down in a frown.
Mrs. Chang got up and shook the piece of parchment in ChoÕs face. "You are so inconsiderate! Mrs. Malfoy has been kind enough to set aside time from her very very busy schedule to let us have a little date with her! Now, let me see." She folded the parchment and placed it delicately in the red dragon hide purse hanging from her shoulder. The scarlet and gold tipped scales sprouting from the skin glinted under the glow of sunlight peeking from behind the satin curtains.
"Oh no!" Mrs. Chang's eyes widened as she got a good look of her daughter. Her perfectly manicured nail touched the rim of her mouth. "You canÕt go out like that!"
"What?" Cho asked innocently, looking down at her plain gray robes and scuffled leather shoes. Her long hair brushed her arms as she checked to see if there was any lint on her pants.
"No, no, no!" Mrs. Chang cried. "This is all wrong!" She waved hand in her face and closed her eyes as if she was going to faint. "I need sit to down!" With a dramatic look on her face she dropped onto the sofa and groaned. "Take deep breaths. Take deep breaths. Take deep breaths." Slowly, she inhaled and exhaled three times before her eyes fluttered open. "Young lady, we need to talk!"
Cho stomped her feet angrily. "I am seventeen, Mother! I will go out whatever I feel like dressing in!"
"Oh no, you wonÕt!" Mrs. Chang sprang up from the couch suddenly filled with energy. She pulled out her white wood wand and aimed it at Cho. "First things first." She waved her wand in to air.
"Lenocinor!"
"No!" Cho wailed as brush and full line of expensive Solless Goddess bottled perfume and make up appeared out of nowhere and surrounded her. Green brushes swept up pink powdered blush and dabbed ChoÕs cheeks despite her effort to seize them. Cho flailed her arms wildly as the flying makeup flew in a whirlwind around her, dodging dangerously as she tried to grasp them in her hands. Black gooey mascara flew through the air and swooped down gracefully curling and thickening ChoÕs lashes perfectly and lip gloss glided over her lips making them look pouty with a hint of glitter. Cho coughed as she was doused with perfume. The smell of a sweet summerÕs breeze filled her nose and lungs.
"See thatÕs so much better!" Lien Chang sighed and touched Cho chin. "You look so much more mature now. See, look." A big ornate mirror appeared in front of them and in the suspended glass framed with silver Cho could see how the make up enhanced her eyes and made them look bigger and the blush which brought out the soft color in her cheeks.
Cho shook her head and clenched her fists angrily.
"You donÕt like it?" Mrs. Chang blinked. "Oh, but it makes you look so beautiful, like your mum, doesnÕt it?" She fluffed her black ringlets in the mirror than clucked. "Now about your clothes." Lien touched the frayed hem of ChoÕs robe distastefully. "I definitely canÕt say I like your taste, dear. No, not at all." She stood back and gave her wand a quick swishing motion. "Ornatus!"
Cho looked down to see herself dressed in forest green robes. The light silky material gilded against her skin as she moved her arms and crisp white pants with black high heeled shoes. Cho gritted her teeth and stamped her foot angrily trying to shake off the high heeled shoes that were already starting to dig into her feet. "Maybe, you donÕt know. But, I find this highly uncomfortable!"
"Highly uncomfortable!" Mrs. Chang scoffed and waved a hand in her face. "Of course, theyÕre highly uncomfortable. But we have to make you look good!"
"Look good for what?" Cho whined. "I'm just spending some time with you and your friends. How dressed up do we need to be?"
"Oh darling, we need to look good. I mean good."
Cho groaned and shrugged out of her motherÕs arms. "I just donÕt see the point..." She grumbled.
"DonÕt be a spoil sport! Now, all we have to do..." Mrs. Chang slowly circled Cho like a hawk. "Yes...yes...no...yes..." She clapped her hands delightedly. "Oh, this is so much fun! DonÕt worry, weÕre almost done! Crispus!Ó
Cho screeched as her straight locks began to curl into perfect glossy ringlets around her face. "What are you doing!" She shouted as she tried to smooth down the shiny curls.
"Well you can be much more appreciative!" Mrs. Chang screeched back before she stopped frowning to prevent the wrinkles forming on her peach colored skin. "Now look what you've done!" She removed a creamy paste from her purse and rubbed it onto her forehead. "YouÕre making the little wrinkles appear! You know how I try so hard to prevent them!"
Cho rolled her eyes and roughly brushed away the hair in her face.
Mrs. ChangÕs bottom lip trembled. "YouÕll be nice to the ladies for me, wonÕt you?" Her large round pupils were quivering with tears.
Cho looked away, trying not to fall into the snare her mother had made.
"Please?" Mrs. Chang clasped her daughterÕs face into her hands. "YouÕll do it for your mum, right?"
Cho shifted uncomfortably. "Of course, I will."
"Oh, look at the time!" Mrs. Chang quickly sprang up glancing at her diamond studded watch. "We only have three minutes to get to Madame Messillinas Boutique! Vas scrinium!"
A bubble liquid like glass with fresh air encased Cho and rolled smooth around her as she walked around the living room.
"You will need to get there by Floo powder. The bubble is so you wonÕt get your clothes dirty." Mrs. Chang removed a porcelain pot and threw the powder into fireplace. The flames flared up and turned green.
"IÕll meet you at the store!" Mrs. Chang gave a quick wave and disapparated.
Cho inhaled deeply and said with a clear voice, "Madame Messillinas Boutique!" She stepped into the fire and closed her eyes as the wind picked and she felt herself being transported. She slid onto the floor of a bright pink parlor. The bubble twinkled around her in the light as she got and hurried over to the two women chattering in loud voices.
"There she is!" Both of the women quickly surrounded her twittering happily.
"Perfectus!"
The bubble popped and Cho smiled shakily as Narcissa darted around patting her shoulder and giggling. The woman had a high pointy nose and and icy blue gray eyes that pierced her. She had long pale blond hair and was dressed in green velvet. "Cho!" Mrs. Malfoy enfolded her in a hug. "Darling! You look so beautiful! Just like your mum."
"Oh, Narcissa!" Mrs. Chang giggled and leaned over to whisper in Mrs. Malfoy ear. Both giggled loudly like girls.
"Oh darling, itÕs been a whole year since IÕve last seen you." Mrs. Malfoy pouted.
"Hello, do you need any help?" A pink cheek witch with gray hair and black rimmed glasses hobbled from behind a large selection of fancy robes.
"No...thank you. Not from here." Narcissa smirked, her voice was icy and cold.
"LetÕs go." Mrs. Chang grabbed ChoÕs arm and hastily headed towards the entrance.
On the cobbled street there were a thousands stores with wizards, witches, and a many assortment of creatures.
"Dear, do you remember my son Draco? Surely, youÕve seen him around school?" Mrs. Malfoy smiled sweetly and craned her head to look around.
"Yes, I have seen him...here and there."
Mrs. Chang giggled. "Just admit it, dear! HeÕs absolutely gorgeous! A charming too!"
Narcissa Malfoy smiled and called out, "Draco? Draco, dear?"
A tall boy with blond hair sipping a chocolate malt joined his mother. She brushed the shoulder of his robes motherly and smiled. "IÕm sure you remember Cho, Draco. You two were such a pair, growing up. Remember?"
Cho felt the smile frozen on her face she looked up into the handsome face of Draco Malfoy.
A/N Sorry I had to repost this chapter because I realized the text file deleted all my quotation marks. Thank you my lovely reviewers who r&r the first chapter!!