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The Day of Glitter Horror

Night was just begging to fall and the small band of heroes decided to make camp. Lloyd gathered up the firewood and the others started on fixing dinner. It was Colette's turn.

"Can't I cook tonight?" Genis pleaded with Raine. He was still wary of Colette after their little walk a few weeks ago. "I'm sure Colette wouldn't mind."

"Your cooking skills are horrendous!" Raine said, peeling a potato.

"So are yours," he muttered under his breath.

"I don't mind cooking at all!" Colette said cheerfully, then adding so only Genis could hear. "It'll be to die for."

Genis whimpered slightly and moved away from Colette. Presea was slicing carrots and tossing them into the pot over the fire. Zelos was talking to Sheena, who looked as if she would smack him soon, and Regal was busy with his meditation. No one noticed Colette pulling a small vile out of her pocket and pouring some of its contents into the pot. Well, no one except Genis, that is.

"Secret ingredient!" she giggled, glaring daggers at the poor half-elf.

The Next Day

The heroes had set off again and Genis was surprised that no one was dead from Colette's "secret ingredient". She was acting as sweetly as ever, but he noticed there was something clutched in her hands. But the only thing he found unusual about her that day was the fact that she had moved to the very back of the group and was smiling too much.

"Colette," he ventured carefully. "How are you feeling today?"

"Oh, just wonderful!" she said, no signs of malice given. "It's such a wonderful day! I wish we were on vacation…this would be the perfect day for a picnic!"

"…yeah, it would," Genis agreed, confused by her seemingly changed attitude.

"Hey! I have a great idea!" she continued, the faint glimmer of evil coming over her eyes. "Look over there, Genis!"

"Huh?" said Genis, turning in the direction Colette had pointed.

"Ha!" Colette laughed, blowing a handful of glitter on him. "You are now cursed!"

"What!" Genis gasped, brushing franticly at the glitter and succeeding in only spreading it. "Why won't it come off! What have you done!"

"Remember my 'secret ingredient'?" Colette explained. "Well, it was a vial of Ever-Cling! What ever gets on you is stuck on you…FOREVER! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Genis gaped in horror and then scrambled to his sister. But before he had the chance to tell her anything, Colette had dumped most of the glitter on her chakram and thrown it over their heads. The glitter spewed all over them, sticking to their clothes and skin and hair. While they panicked, she retrieved her chakram and dumped the rest of the glitter on herself. Smiling slyly at Genis, she pretended to be just as confused as her companions.

"I think it was some sort of glitter monster!" Colette said, brushing at the glitter in her hair. "It flew over so fast! I should have done something…I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Colette," Lloyd assured her, scratching at the glitter on his boot. "No one else saw it, even. I'm sure this won't last forever!"

"Tee hee!" Colette laughed, smiling in triumph. "I'm sure it won't either! But…we look ridiculous! And it's impossible to get it off! Hee, I bet you'd go crazy after a while…with it getting up your nose and in you mouth and on you eyes…hee hee."

"Did you say something?" asked Lloyd, who had been getting glitter out of his ear.

"Oh nothing…nothing at all," Colette smirked.

And so Colette's plan had been set into motion. What would she do next?