Hi guys, PLEASE READ:
The next chapter is indeed a prom chapter and I know you guys have been excited about this and I'm so glad you've enjoyed the story so far etc. but I'd like to say that this chapter and the next one will come along slowly so thank you for being patient. I want them to be well written because I know the last few haven't been very well written. So look forward to lots of clothes descriptions
Oh yeah I accidentally said Gothel made candles but previously said she ran anti ageing cream ah sorry. Let's just go with the anti-ageing cream OK.
So anyway, please enjoy :) Thank you
The seniors rushed home from the school auditorium ready for prom. Along with the few Juniors who had been asked. She was happy to be going but to say Gothel was overly protective was an understatement. Even as a child Rapunzel wasn't aloud to the park for fear of germs on the swing chains and falling over on the wood chips or the artificial sand. It was a sheltered life and since coming to Disney High last year Rapunzel seriously began questioning whether it was right or not, what her mother had been doing by hiding her away. Prom was later too and Gothel had picked her out a dress. It was fairly pretty, very conservative and was a deep red, long sleeved and a size too big. Rapunzel wouldn't have chosen it for herself but refrained from arguing, she was just happy to be going. When she got home from the play, where her mother had waited in the parking lot for the entire three hours it lasted, she showered and headed into her room, away from her Mother.
She sat in her towel just staring at the painting on her wall she had done a few years ago. A huge golden sunshine. She thought about her mother next door and all the times she had convinced her the world was dangerous, and how terrible everybody was. She remembered all the lonely days growing up, no friends, no classmates. All of her hobbies were done at home too... Rapunzel began to realise slowly that that way of life wasn't a proper one. Gothel's words from the years rang in her head,
"Getting kind of chubby"
"Oh Rapunzel, that painting is absolutely disastrous!"
"It is sweet dear that you've tried to grow your hair, but we should really just chop it all off"
"No no, there is only God and you cannot question that"
"Internet? No we're not using that it's too dangerous"
"You really do say some stupid things sometimes"
Rapunzel sighed. It wasn't right... and she had to do something.
It was a beautiful afternoon and Tiana was so proud of herself and her co-stars for doing such a brilliant job on the play! And what was keeping her in even higher spirits, was the way that Vanessa had been completely penalised in front of the school. She felt slightly guilty that it gave her so much pleasure, but it meant that her dishonest behaviour may mean a bad reference for Harvard which was good for Tiana. Her mother had been so excited for prom for her daughter, she was a little upset that she didn't have a date but she was still proud of her daughter.
"Hey, Mama" Tiana called, closing the door shut behind her in the little house downtown,
"Tiana, I'm just in the kitchen" her mother replied.
Tiana headed through to the kitchen where her mother was stood with a tape measure curled around her neck and a fabric pen in her hand. She was circling a small mannequin, a child's dress was on it, missing a sleeve and looking very bare. Her mother was a seamstress, a great one, and usually the kitchen table was full of fabrics and scissors and sewing kits, books and old cups of coffee. Tiana knew where her caffeine addiction came from for sure.
"What are you working on, Mama?" she asked, popping some bread into the toaster
"Oh just this dress for a rich girl uptown, Jenny Foxworth. It's her 8th birthday soon and the little thing wants a new red dress"
"Foxworth?" Tiana asked, "Aren't her parents those Wall Street Tycoons?"
"They left for Paris last week" Eudora confirmed, "Oh! But how was the play!"
"Oh it was amazing Mama" Tiana smiled, "Everyone loved it!"
"Tiana, I am so proud of you" she beamed and she sat down at the table chair, taking a large gulp of coffee
"Are you excited for Prom?" she asked,
Tiana buttered her toast and sat beside her mother, "Not really" she shrugged, "Charlotte's super excited but I don't know, it's just not for me"
"Tiana" her mother sighed, "Is it about the dress?"
Tiana stayed silent,
"I said I had no problem buying you one, dear" Eudora frowned, "I said I'd even make one!"
"Oh Mama, you're so busy" Tiana tried, "All your hard work means something, you can't just waste money on an old prom dress"
"Tiana" her mother said sternly, "You worry too much about money, it isn't too late. We can go buy a dress!"
"No, no" Tiana shook her head, "I have the yellow one from that wedding, I can make it work"
"I really wish you'd let me buy you a dress-"
"Please Mama," Tiana kissed her mothers forehead, "It's not worth it"
Eudora just sighed, she did try and help but Tiana was too hard headed, she knew it wasn't worth the argument
"Well I'm going to have a shower" Tiana smiled, "I won't be long"
"OK my dear" Eudora smiled and began snipping excess fabric from Jenny Foxworth's dress.
Tiana got out of the shower and curled her hair, corkscrew style. She never wore her hair down and she figured tonight was the night, even if she did burn her fingers a few too many times. She placed the curlers down having completed half of her head with aching arms and warm hair and she headed downstairs for another cup of coffee.
"Looking gorgeous!" her mother cooed, now sewing the second sleeve with tired eyes,
"It doesn't look to 80's?"
"It looks perfect" her mother confirmed, "It's so lovely to see your hair out"
Tiana smiled, pouring a cappuccino, when there was a heavy knock on the door.
"Is that a customer?" Tiana asked,
Her mother shook her head, "I'm not expecting anyone"
Tiana shuffled to the front door, her hair half frizzy the other half curled and a grey dressing gown wrapped around her.
"Tiana Green?" she opened the front door and saw a little man stood there, short and old,
"Can I help you?" she asked, pulling her dressing gown tighter
"I have this for you" he said and he handed her a huge square box, relatively flat with a golden ribbon around it
"I-I didn't order anything" she replied politely,
"I just deliver" the man shrugged moodily, and he walked off leaving her with the big box. Tiana didn't head back through to her mother, instead she went through into her bedroom and sat gracefully on her bed by the window and placed the box in front of her. She had never received a parcel before, she was hesitant. She traced the ribbon with her finger and was ready to unfold the corner of the lid when-
Her phone blared loudly and Charlotte's face appeared as Caller ID.
"Charlotte! How's it going?" Tiana asked, she half expected Charlotte to cry out about the parcel and ask if she had gotten it, but Charlotte sounded less than excited
"Tiana, thank God you answered!"
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Oh- nothing nothing just... I'm freakin' out oh my dear Lord"
"But why? Is it Prom?"
"It's my hair!" she cried, "It's not getting to the height, even my stylist is struggling to get it up! We've been tryin' for an hour so now we gotta wash it all over again! And my favourite lipstick has run out, 'Aphrodite Pink' I just use it so much I never thought to replace it so now my maid has gone to get me some more but Tiana all this bad luck got me sweatin' like a sinner in church!"
"Charlotte calm down!" Tiana soothed, "You know your hair always looks great! If your stylist is there she will make it work don't worry!"
Charlotte's hyperventilating calmed down somewhat,
"Besides you wear that lipstick every day, I think you should switch it up for 'Sparkling strawberry' for Prom, you know it'll match your heels better!"
"Oh what a great idea!" Charlotte gasped, "I completely forgot I own that one!"
"You're going to look beautiful Charlotte I promise" Tiana assured her, "And you know I'm right here to talk if you need it"
"Thank you so much Tia, you really are amazing... but there's one more thing"
"What is it?"
"I feel so guilty" she exclaimed, "Cause I'm totally grateful, but it's Naveen"
Tiana's heart skipped a beat, her mouth went dry. Did Charlotte know about their kiss?
"What about Naveen?"
"Well he sure is a sweetheart and so handsome too, but we just never talk!"
Tiana waited for the inevitable rant,
"We never laugh and I don't want to spend my evening making boring conversation, he doesn't even find me funny can you believe it!"
"So what are you going to do?" Tiana frowned
"Well I'm gonna have to go... but that Kronk guy asked me to prom last week and I had to turn him down it was so sad!"
Tiana's eyes widened, "Kronk asked you?"
"Yeah"
"No way! I had no idea he liked you!"
"Neither did I! He is dashing- I so do wish he had asked me first... Is that mean?"
"That's not mean" Tiana nodded, "It's OK to change your mind"
"OK good cause' I text him yesterday to come to Prom"
Tiana gulped
"You what?"
"Well I didn't want to go with Naveen so-"
"So you've told Naveen right?"
Charlotte, for once, had nothing to say
"Right?" Tiana repeated
"Well..."
"Charlotte please tell me that you haven't got two prom dates tonight"
Charlotte giggled awkwardly,
"Charlotte!" Tiana cried, "You can't do that!"
"I know I know!" Charlotte whimpered, "I don't know what to do!"
"You need to turn one guy down!" Tiana said firmly, "Or it's going to be a bad night!"
"I just thought I'd tell Naveen when we got there" Charlotte said slowly, knowing Tiana would disagree "I mean he can have any girl he wants anyway so-"
"Lottie, you know that would be mean" Tiana sighed
Charlotte was quiet for a moment, "You're right" she drew a deep breathe "I'll text him now, it wasn't fair for me to have said yes"
"Good" Tiana nodded, "Wait- who are you going to take to Prom then?"
"The right guy" Charlotte answered mysteriously, "Thanks for all your help, Tia, remember we'll come pick you up in the limo at 5:50!"
"Sure, you're welcome! But-"
Tiana needed to know, she had to know who Charlotte was taking but Charlotte in all of her excitement for now wearing 'Sparkling Strawberry' had hung up.
Tiana winced at how the evening was about to go for her blonde friend and threw her phone to the other side of the bed.
She looked down at the box. She had completely forgotten about it and now she looked down, even more confusion built up. She felt the edge and pulled the lid of slowly. She didn't know what she expected, she really didn't. She didn't really expect anything as beautiful as what was there.
A green sparkling fabric greeted her. She couldn't quite make out what the rest of the fabric was... but she had a theory. She gently tugged at it and it spilled out of the box like a delicate stream of springtime.
She laid the dress onto her purple bed sheets and she gasped. Her hand covered her mouth and a tear pricked her eye. The lily-pad gown was sparkling green and strapless, sleeveless. The petticoat was a light yellow and the entire gown sparkled almost naturally. Attached to the dress' coat hanger were a pair of light green opera gloves and lily pad tiara. Tiana thought it was absolutely breathtaking.
She peered into the box again and saw a little piece of parchment, sprawled with un-joined round handwriting.
Tiana,
I'm sorry I couldn't do more for you. You deserve more than what you settle for, but you will look beautiful tonight.
You are Ma Belle Evangeline,
Naveen.
Tiana's brown eyes glistened, tears fell down her cheeks. Naveen! Naveen! Kronk wasn't wrong, he had liked her, it didn't explain why he had asked Charlotte but the dress did explain some things. And it wasn't just any dress either, it was the one she had dreamed of! The dress like a flower, green and yellow that she had told him about. He listened, he cared.
She read the last line... Evangeline? Kronk had said something about Evangeline didn't he? She faintly remembered it now... She picked her phone back up and googled it the three words, 'Ma Belle Evangeline' and immediately results showed a poem by 'Ray Fly'. She read it and grinned... she read it twice, three times, four times. She couldn't stop reading the short poem. She cried a little bit more and then finally, wiped her tears, curled her hair and put on the beautiful sparkling gown.
Hercules looked rather dapper in his suit. His tux was light brown, almost beige and his tie was deep brown matching his shoes. He checked himself in the mirror several times, happy with how his muscles were showing in the suit jacket. Then he used some more breath spray and headed downstairs where his mother took almost a hundred photos,
"Oh my little son, all grown up!"
"Hmph, little?!" his father boomed, "He's far from little, aren't ya my boy!"
Hercules thanked his parents and kissed his mother goodbye before borrowing his brothers nice car and heading down to Meg's.
Her mother opened the door, lively and excited.
"Hercules! You look so handsome, do come in"
"Thank you! Is she ready yet?"
"Not in a million years" Meg's mother chuckled, "Would you like some champagne?"
Hercules sat down on the couch, rigidly for fear of spilling his champagne or creasing his tux. They chuckled every now and then and stared at 'The Fresh Prince'. They could hear Meg upstairs. They heard the shower turn off and the doors open, they heard her walk across from bathroom to bedroom, and her curlers beep and finally they heard her heels clicking.
"OK, I'm ready!" she called,
"Finally!" her mother replied, "Come on then, Hercules and I have been waiting for an hour and a half"
"Hercules?" Meg asked, "How long has he been here?"
"Long enough!" Hercules called, "Now come on!"
Meg giggled and then started walking down the stairs.
Her deep purple gown clung to her long, toned arms and off-the shoulder showed off her collar bones and slender neck. It hugged her small waist and was all completely velvet, 90's style. Her makeup too, wasn't its usual purple. Her eye shadow was shimmering gold to match her clutch and her lips were deep red. Her hair was in its signature ponytail of course, but the ends were curled more prominently, edging outwards.
"Meg!" Hercules gasped, "You look beautiful!"
Meg blushed, "You don't look too bad yourself, Wonder Boy"
"Oh my darling" her mother cried, "You look wonderful, can I get some photos?"
"If you must" Meg muttered, and she watched as her mother ran off to fetch a camera
"You are so beautiful honestly" he repeated to her, "I-I can't believe it"
"Thank you" she said quietly, "You clean up real nice too" and she straightened his tie.
They waited as the camera clicked and another hundred photos were taken on phones, "Oh Meg, I am so proud!"
"Well, we've actually got some time to kill now" Hercules clapped, "More champagne?"
"Only a tad- remember your driving!" Meg smiled slightly. Hercules headed over and poured three small glasses,
Meg pulled her phone out and looked at some of the photos her mum had taken, she carefully chose her favourite and posted it to Instagram,
"Look beautiful!" Esmeralda commented,
"We'll have to get a group photo later, you guys look adorable!" Charlotte commented,
Meg went to put her phone away but then a text came through from an unsaved number.
"Happy Prom Night. See you later" She didn't know who it was, but she didn't need to guess. She recognised the last three digits... Hades. She gulped a bit, but thought nothing of it. Teachers were chaperoning, it was no big deal. It was her prom night and he was not going to ruin it.
Rapunzel mustered up her courage and in a nightgown and slippers, shuffled through to her mother who was on the sofa, calculating some tax numbers.
"Where's your dress?" she asked sternly,
Rapunzel was meek, she didn't know how to reply
"You don't like it? Well it's all you're getting so-"
"It isn't the dress" Rapunzel interrupted
"Speak up Rapunzel you know how I hate mumbling"
"It isn't the dress" Rapunzel snapped, her mother's eyes widened at the tone before they narrowed again into a scowl
"I beg your pardon?" she asked
"It isn't the dress!" she repeated angrily, "It's everything, it's this! It's these curtains, it's my clothes it's my sheltering... the mistreatment!"
"Mistreatment" Gothel repeated, "Mistreatment?"
Rapunzel gulped but it was too late now. What was said was said, she couldn't quite take it back.
"You-I- I never had friends, you taught me the world was cruel!"
"It is cruel! You stupid girl! How dare you!"
"No!" Rapunzel argued, "You were wrong about the world, and you were wrong about me and I'm not staying here anymore!"
"There's a boy isn't there" Gothel stood up, towering her slightly... "Where will you go? He won't be there for you"
Rapunzel sighed, she felt her face redden...
"There- there is no boy. This is not about boys" While true, there was a boy... this was not about Flynn. This was about her, about her friends, the people she'd met and things she had learned.
"Well it's definitely not about me" Gothel half chuckled, "Now get to your room until-"
"No" Rapunzel said "No, I'm not"
Gothel gasped, she grabbed at Rapunzel's arm. Her nails dug in and her teeth gritted
"You dare backchat me! I will-"
There was a loud knock on the door and the two women stared at the direction of the noise... just waiting.
"Who is that?" Gothel asked angrily,
"I- I don't know" Rapunzel stammered honestly,
Gothel slowly let go of her daughters arm and made her way to the door. She swung it open and heard Gothel's tone change drastically. It must have been a client. Gothel and an older blonde lady swept into the room where Gothel whipped out a bag of her products,
"Rapunzel mummy's doing business, now go get ready" she said with a false smile
"Yes mother" Rapunzel said, and she headed through to her bedroom but she was not getting ready for Prom.
She pulled out her phone and called Jasmine, she didn't have texts and her phone was way outdated so she couldn't access the internet.
"Rapunzel, what's up?"
"I have to be quiet... Jasmine I want to leave home and-"
"Are you crazy?" Jasmine asked, "Prom's in an hour and-"
"Jasmine please, you guys have said yourself you think she's too much!"
"Of course I do, I think she's emotionally manipulative and over protective but now probably isn't the best time"
"Oh no"
"Why, what have you done?"
"I've told her I'm leaving"
Jasmine sighed and was quite for a moment, "I'll pick you up in twenty minutes get your things ready to go... and be safe" and she hung up.
Rapunzel began to sweat, she was incredibly nervous now. If her mother walked in she'd be punished and she knew it, she'd be hit. She remembered when she was ten, she ran down the road on the way home from the grocers shop and her mother locked her in her bedroom for 24 hours, with no food. She said it 'built character', Rapunzel cried the whole time and threw up. She didn't want that to happen again. She also remembered when she was 13, she had accidentally picked up a pair of sunglasses in a store and without evening thinking, she had walked out with them. The security guard let her off, seeing it was an honest mistake, but Gothel slapped Rapunzel when they got home and sent her to her room.
She pulled her backpack out and squashed some of her clothes in with her school things, her jeans and sweaters were in now with her pencils and notepads. She grabbed another bag and squashed her toothbrush, toiletries, her three books and some more clothes. With her two backpacks on her shoulder, dressed in her nightgown and sneakers Rapunzel just waited.
Twenty minutes took too long, her mother and the client were giggling and Rapunzel could hear Gothel discussing the benefits of her products. After fifteen minutes, Jasmine text. "I'm outside" and Rapunzel grabbed her things, she didn't even think about noise. She threw her door open then pulled the front door open, she ran out, caring not for if Gothel heard or not. She raced down the corridor, out down the apartment building stairs and outside. Jasmine's chauffeur driven car was right outside the building and Rapunzel threw the door open,
"RAPUNZEL" Gothel yelled angrily out of the high building window "GET BACK HERE NOW!"
"Rapunzel, quick!" Jasmine said and Rapunzel threw her bags into the car, fell into the seat and drove away.
"You're bright red!" Jasmine said, "Are you OK?"
"I can't thank you enough" Rapunzel sighed, "I just- need to catch my breath"
Jasmine was sat in a gold night robe, her hair was wet and she had a nose strip on
"I'm sorry I interrupted you"
Jasmine shook her head, "Rapunzel, what are you going to do? If you go back she'll never let you leave again!"
"She'll lock me in my room" Rapunzel frowned, a few tears fell
"You can stay with me" Jasmine said, "She doesn't know where I live, right?"
Rapunzel nodded.
"We'll go to Prom and tomorrow we'll go the police station, we'll see what they can do"
Rapunzel nodded, "Thank you so much Jasmine I-"
"Don't mention it, you're my friend! Right, now let's go enjoy our night. No more worrying about old mother Gothel"
Esmeralda rushed home, running for the first time in her life. As soon as she was out of the shower she let her frizzy hair dry, knowing that there was no way of taming it, and then she got excited, ready to choose a dress... two hours before Prom. Pocahontas and Aurora seemed quite concerned, but Esmeralda felt relaxed about it. She knew exactly what she was doing.
She headed through to her parents room. Hanzi was sat in a big orange arm chair, marking some history papers and his hair braided while Mala was searching under the bed for God knows what.
"Esmeralda" Mala smiled warmly, "Aren't you getting dressed?"
"I need help" Esmeralda admitted,
"I see" Mala said, "Hanzi, could you do that work downstairs my darling?"
Hanzi hauled himself up, pulling the huge wad of work with him "Of course, sweetheart" and he left the room,
"Now what's the problem?" her mother asked, "aren't you wearing that lovely purple dress"
"Actually, I wandered about that white dress of yours?"
Her mothers dark eyes twinkled, "The illegitimate one?"
"I wish you wouldn't call it that, Mum" Esmeralda sighed, "It makes it sound like evidence from a crime scene"
"Well of course! Why didn't you ask earlier!"
When Mala and Hanzi met, the two were students travelling around. They met in Morocco at nineteen and married whimsically a month later. Or as Mala called it, the 'illegitimate marriage'. She had worn an old handmade dress from a market stall for the ceremony that wasn't legal, and when they returned home they married in a proper church in a proper gown. Her 'illegitimate gown' however was, despite pretty cheap, plainly beautiful. It was linen, it was crew neck and had long sleeves that were licate. It fell straight, not sticking entirely to her figure but allowing her bus and hips to display their shape. It was plain and yet so beautiful.
"This is the dress you want, Es?" her mother asked, looking at her in her white dress
"Don't you like it?"
"It's dazzling on you" her mother nodded, "I just thought you'd like something brighter"
"This is it" Esmeralda nodded, "I want a change"
"Well you look beautiful, like a pretty snow drop" her mother beamed, "Now let's find you some shoes
Esmeralda stood in the delicate white gown. Her willowy neck stood out and the dress made her dark skin look even richer. Her bushy, curled hair was behind her shoulders, pinned back to keep it out of her face. She paired the model-like long dress with some bronzed heels and clutch and she looked like some sort of 1997 Vogue model, like Georgina Grenville in a plain white gown. She loved it. She loved not wearing a bright red red dress with a bright lipstick. She opted for neutral shades for her makeup and the plainness of it all made her feel somewhat vulnerable, but she liked it.
She was stood in the hallway of her house now, her mother and father were finished taking photos and she was waiting for her friends to pick her up. She had to admit, she had imagined the night slightly differently. She always imagined a sort of party before, stood around with Pocahontas, Flynn, Aladdin and Phoebus taking photos before they rushed off in the limo. But it wasn't like that. Everybody had dates, everybody but Phoebus and herself, and they were busy. She didn't know what to expect now, even though the venue was enchanting... it didn't mean the night would be.
Aurora Briar couldn't wait for Prom... she really couldn't. She was meeting Charlotte and Tiana there early so as too make sure the venue was impeccable. Her aunts had come to the house to take photos and help her get ready, and even though she loved them with all her heart their bickering was not welcomed. Her mother and father waited patiently in the lounge for her to be ready, but her aunts were waltzing around and squabbling. Aunt Fauna was in her favourite green dress and cardigan. Inside Aurora's huge walk in wardrobe. Aurora was sat in front of her mirror at her dressing table with Fauna who was motherly combing her nieces hair and gently curling it into sunshine gold ringlets.
"Thank you, Aunt Fauna it looks gorgeous!"
"It's your hair!" her aunt cooed, "it's like silk!"
Out in Aurora's gown section of her large wardrobe, Flora and Merryweather were audible, debating with each other.
"I still think she should wear pink!"
"No, blue!"
"Pink!"
"Blue!"
"Oh those two" Fauna sighed, "I asked them not to argue"
"Not to worry, besides I've already decided on pink"
"There" Fauna finished, "All curled and lovely,"
Aurora beamed, admiring her newly curled hair in the mirror,
"Now where's the tiara?" Fauna pandered around the wardrobe, searching for the golden tiara,
Flora and Merryweather then rushed in,
"Aurora please wear blue!" Merryweather pleaded,
"I'm so sorry, Aunt Merryweather" she frowned, "but my best friend is wearing blue, I don't want to look too similar"
Merryweather furrowed her brow, "Oh!"
"I promise to wear blue to graduation" Aurora offered and she hugged her little, frustrated aunt
"Now!" Flora grinned victoriously "Pink it is!"
"Don't tease Merryweather" Fauna warned, heading in with Aurora's golden crown and necklace, her pink dress over her arm.
Aurora pulled off her night robe and then stepped into the pink gown, and Fauna buttoned it for her. The beautiful rose pink gown had an a-line petal over skirt, the bodice matched with long triangular sleeves and the under petticoat was white, with the medieval like white collar poking out to highlight Aurora's sharp chin and collar bones and triangulated golden necklace.
"Fit for a princess" Merryweather beamed,
"Beautiful!" Flora agreed,
"Seems only yesterday you were a tiny baby!" Fauna wiped a tear from her eye,
"Now let's show you off to your parents!" They all agreed, tugging her down the stairs.
"Adam, stop faffing around!" Mrs Potts said exasperated,
Adam was ready in his suit. Cogsworth had been very adamant about getting him a very expensive one. In a navy suit with a very pale yellow shirt underneath and matching pocket. It was very fashionable, the pants were slim fit with pockets and the suit jacket was unbuttoned leaving the fitted shirt on display.
"You look so handsome!" Mrs Potts cooed, "Like some sort of model"
His hair was pulled back into a low, neat ponytaill and he grinned,
"Thanks Mrs Potts"
"You have such a lovely smile" she said, giving him a quick hug
He groaned a little bit, but they headed downstairs
"You look great!" Lumiere strolled in, "Trendy!"
"Yes, Yes I knew it, I knew it" Cogsworth grinned, "The suit looks remarkable, yes Sir, very good!"
"I think Master Adam makes the suit look great, any suit for that matter" Lumiere said
"Are you saying that the suit isn't even that nice?"
"I'm saying I would have chosen better- Adam looks handsome sure but would you suit it, Cogsworth? No"
"I would!" Cogsworth fell to the bait, "I'd look great!"
"You two that is enough!" Mrs Potts said, "Our boy looks wonderful, let him have his moment!"
"Now that's what its all about" Cogsworth agreed, "You do look great, Belle will be delighted!"
"Delighted indeed!" Lumiere nodded.
A loud and exhausted engine was heard outside and the four people indoors stared out of the window,
"She's here! She's here!" Mrs Potts cried, pushing at Adam to stand by the stairwell.
There was a light knock on the door,
"Everyone calm down!" Cogsworth snapped to the calm room,
Cogsworth graciously opened the front door,
"Ah Belle" Cogsworth smiled, "come in, please! You look lovely if I may say so"
"You may not say so, Cogsworth" Lumiere said, "But Belle, you do look lovely!" and he kissed her hand,
"Thank you, thank you- Oh Adam you look so handsome!"
"Thanks- Belle you look wonderful I- I'm speechless"
"Oh well thank you!" she beamed, "you do look very smart"
Belle looked very pretty. Even though the past year Adam had only seen her in those expensive gowns he'd bought her, this one was slightly different.
Most of Belle's long brown hair was trailing down her neck in a beautiful, flowing motion, resembling her classic low ponytail while the rest was in a neat bun. Her dress was golden yellow, simply designed at the bodice and a an a-line skirt but fell just before her ankle, 60's style. Simple and hugging her hips, while the spaghetti straps kept her dress up modestly. Adam was quite glad she hadn't worn some ridiculous huge ball gown, he knew it wasn't very representative of her personality. Her hazel eyes were being emphasised with some light glitter eye shadow and her full lips were a faint rosy shade. She looked absolutely, modestly stunning.
"I can't believe how pretty you are, Belle"
Belle blushed, "Honestly, Adam thank you!" she grinned, "we better be off"
And the lovely couple headed into Adam's pick up truck off to Disney Palace for Prom.
Pocahontas' dress was completely successful. The strapless beige bodice and the layering, altering laces for the skirt were so beautiful and bohemian she felt like she was floating around. Her Grandmother adored it, and her father took lots of photographs. Her lips were naturally quite dark and her lipstick was a deep brown with shimmering eye shadow. Her clutch and shoes were bronze and her sleek hair was in its natural state, straight and behind her. She did truly look gorgeous.
She was sat waiting for John Rolfe to pick her up, when John Smith text her,
Hey! Happy Prom! Have a good time!
Since she admitted she missed him, they had been texting more frequently. She quickly tapped her phone and instead of a reply sent a photo of her in her dress that her father had taken. He replied moments later,
You look stunning! Wish I was there, wow! All eyes are going to be on you for sure!
She grinned at her phone, he was so sweet! God she wished he were here, she felt a lump in her throat and had to swallow it quickly. Sometimes she wondered why it had to be so difficult, if maybe it would have been better if they'd not met... but she tried to stay positive.
"Now now" Grandmother Willow said, coming down the stairs "You'll have a wonderful night and then you can tell him all about it, can't you"
Pocahontas nodded,
"Now dry those eyes, you've got a prom to get too!"
Jasmine took Rapunzel home and explained the situation to her father who was very welcoming. He was always quick to help those in need and make his daughter happy. So Rapunzel was set up in a guest room opposite to Jasmines, but she felt pretty lonely sat in the white and gold room. Jasmine stripped off her nose strip and her night robe and began to get ready. Rapunzel was sat in the wardrobe with Jasmine on the small sofa in there, Jasmine was applying her makeup and brushing her hair and Rapunzel sat, still in her old nightgown.
"Rapunzel, I swear you're welcome to borrow any dress"
"I know" Rapunzel nodded, "But I'm not sure what colour I want"
"I have the perfect thing" Jasmine jumped up and then returned with a pretty skater style dress. The skirt pleated outward and it had cap sleeves. It was in a beautiful shade of lilac and Jasmine was holding a pair of lilac heels.
"Aladdin told me Flynn's wearing navy, this will look great together"
"Oh yes! It's gorgeous!"
The two girls quickly dressed, as they had after all little time to get dressed due to Rapunzel practically running away from home. Jasmine wore the most beautiful teal two-piece. Her top was off the shoulder in a startling teal. Her gold chain necklace that she had received as a 15th birthday present was prettily around her neck. The skirt covered what was left of her stomach, it was wide hemmed, a huge gown-like skirt in the exact same teal that brought out the dark, dark ebony of her sleek hair that she had tied into three large sections of ponytail. She also wore a golden arm cuff, golden strappy sandals and a golden, sparkled clutch.
"Jasmine you look like a princess!" Rapunzel complimented, cleaning up very gorgeously in her lilac cap sleeves skater dress with a baby pink clutch and lilac heels and rosy lips.
"Beautiful!" Jasmine's father complimented, taking photos of them with Jasmine's phone. They stood by Jasmine's fireplace, gold marble and white background made the two girls absolutely pop and Jasmine immediately uploaded to Instagram and Facebook.
"Oh, Aladdin's here!" Jasmine oohed, hearing the door knock. The butler strolled in, accompanying Aladdin inside who was looking around and whistling lowly
"Wow, what a great place- Mr Ragbah, Sir! Nice to meet you!" He quickly put his arm out, and Sultan Ragbah took it slowly
"Nice to meet you too, my boy! You look quite smart, I must say"
Aladdin was wearing a burgundy suit, with a black shirt underneath and burgundy tie. Looking somewhat like Johnny Depp,
"You do, you look very handsome" Jasmine smiled
"Jasmine!" Aladdin said, "You! You look perfect!"
"Now I hope you have her home relatively early" Mr Ragbah said, "And tell me son, what is it your parents do?"
Jasmine looked slightly concerned,
"My- my mother-"
he paused and glanced at Jasmine.
No more lies. She thought,
"She works in the ice cream store downtown, my father sadly passed away... and we are far from rich"
Jasmine's father's eyes widened, "Right" he said slowly,
"I'm sorry Sir, that I can't offer your daughter more riches and achievements then some may be capable of... but I can offer her my love whole-heartedly and I will always be there to make her happy"
Jasmine smiled, earnestly proud and smitten to hear those words. He did know he loved her, even if her father disapproved... she wanted him.
"Well my boy" Sultan said, "I love an honest man! Besides, riches aren't everything, why I myself started from nothing. It's ambition that's important after all! Now you two have a good time, and next week you should come to dinner, lad!"
Jasmine hugged her father tightly,
"I love you father"
"And I love you, now go! Have fun! Goodbye you two, Goodbye Rapunzel!"
The three of them headed outside, Jasmine and Aladdin were hand in hand and Rapunzel was gushing about what she thought the venue would be like. And as soon as the engine revved, there were butterflies in all of their stomachs.
Mulan was sat at home, digging into the pasta her mum had made. Jasmine had text her about Rapunzel's misfortune and Mulan was worried, but then Jasmine sent her a photograph of the two in their dresses and didn't worry too much. They looked absolutely gorgeous after all.
A part of her wanted to be with them, even though her Prom was only a year away, she wanted to be in the photos and dancing with them later on. She sighed and ate some more pasta. Oh well.
"Mulan!" Her mother rushed in,
"I did my laundry- well I'm going too!" she said quickly
"What?- Oh no no not that!" her mother cooed, and then her Grandmother ran in
"There is a very handsome man at the door!"
"Mulan, It's your school friend from soccer!"
Mulan picked a piece of pasta off of her pyjama bottoms, "What? Who?"
"Oh Mulan he is a hunk!" Grandmother chuckled
"Grandma!" she cried, jumping up and running to the door. If it really was Shang she didn't want him hearing her grandmother call him that.
She pulled the door open and-
What do you know? It really was Shang. He was stood, quite awkwardly, his hair was pulled neatly back and he was wearing a traditional tux. Black and white, with a black tie.
"Mulan!" he half yelled, "How- how are you?"
"I'm good thank you" she said with a small smile, she felt quite uncomfortable now in her baggy pyjamas and pasta breath.
"Listen I didn't tell you well enough but-but... you know" he stammered, making lots of hand gestures as he spoke
Mulan just frowned, confused
"What I mean is, I know it's pretty late- well actually we have an hour- but do you want to come to my prom with me?"
Mulan's mouth fell open,
"You're kidding?" she asked
"You're kidding!" her grandmother called from the kitchen
Shang chuckled, "I know it's a bit late and please- by all means say no-"
"Do come in!" Mulan's mother rounded the corner and pulled Shang inside,
"We can get you dressed within the hour right Mulan?" Grandmother asked
"Er well-"
"Come along then, we'll find you a dress!"
"Yes, yes Shang- sorry- I'd love to come" Mulan called as her mother and grandmother dragged her up the stairs.
Mulan's gran rushed to find her a gown,
"Now we have this one you wore to the Matchmaker restaurant a few years ago"
Mulan grimaced,
"No no, I don't like that one either"
"Now there's this one" she held up an old navy dress, it was pretty ugly and she'd never worn it
"No, thanks"
"Oh I have it!" she said, "That bridesmaids dress you wore to your cousins wedding!"
"Grandma it has that huge bow on it!"
"Oh now, we'll take care of that" and she rushed off with the apple green gown.
"Now your hair... hmm" her mother pondered,
"Mum, he's seen me sweaty and muddy chasing a ball I don't think he cares"
"Nonsense" she scolded, "We'll straighten it I think- curls won't become you"
So Mulan sat while her mother straightened her hair and then pulled some of it back into a ponytail. Her Gran had practically ripped the bow off the dress. It was A-Line and spaghetti strapped and fell straight to the floor. It had a pretty sheer shawl to go with it in matching apple green and Mulan did honestly look beautiful.
"Mulan, wow!" Shang blinked, "I- I think... You look honestly gorgeous"
"Whoa, thanks Shang" she blushed
"No I mean- truly you are stunning"
Mulan blushed again,
"What a gentleman!" Mother said behind them,
"And look at Mulan, she is the prettiest thing!"
"OK, we better get going" she whispered, "Or they'll end up following us to Prom!"
Shang chuckled, "OK, OK, let's go"
Hey, hope all the dresses were explained OK etc. Aurora and Tiana are wearing their movie dresses in case you didn't know. I don't want you thinking Mulan and Belle look to similar btw they don't in my head...SO YEAH. Hope you enjoyed this so far