Moralix
Book One- The Chimera of Dispair
Written By: Lynn Cameron
Edited by: Sweetangel823
Chapter Five
Magic at the Dance
'Ugh... I am so tired; why did we have to be here at nine o'clock? Noon would have been just fine. The dance doesn't start until seven tonight', I think to myself as I hold the ladder still for Astra who ishanging up streamers. The colors for the dance represented each school, pink for Alfea, red for Red Fountain, dark purple for Cloud Tower, and a bright lime green for the new school of Oironin. Thankfully,we only had to decorate the ballroom and entrance. Oironin students and staff had decorated the other areas of the school yesterday. Aside of me and my room mates, one other group from Alfea came, two from Cloud Tower, and one from Red Fountain. The Red Fountain group is working on setting up the stage for tonight's music group the 'Pond' which is an up and coming group in Magix. Some of the Oironin students are working on the lights for the stage, but most are finishing the hallway decorations and helping the cooks prepare for tonight's party. The Witches that are helping out in the Ballroom aresetting up the tables around the edge of the room. Vesta and Alisa are helping out with the streams, while Raine and Ivory are working on blowing up balloons.
"Alright", Astra says and gets off the ladder. "Onto the next column."
"At least we are halfway done... with this at least." I tell her as we walk the few feet to the next column.
"Yeah", she says and climbs back up the ladder. "We will probably have to help Raine and Ivory with the balloons when we are done."
It turns out she was right, but for only five minutes. We are approached by one of the Oironin professors. His name is Yang and he has long white blonde hair that is in a high ponytail that looks handsome not feminine, gray eyes, pale skin, very tall and muscular. He is dressed in a very fancy navy dressy shirt with black and silver runes and ancient symbols decorating it, white dress pants, black dress shoes, and he has a staff in his hand that is tall and made of cherry wood, there is a bright green gem that is settled in a twisted knot near the top of the staff.
"Hey Professor Yang. Is there anything we can do for you?" Raine asks from her spot on the floor where we are all blowing balloons.
"Yes Ladies, I have a small task for three of you to do then you can all go back to your school and rest for the day." The Professor says before asking, "which three would like to go?"
"Raine and I will be two. We could both go for a break from these balloons", Ivory volunteers.
"I'll be the third", I say and stand up giving Ivory and Raine a hand.
"Good, you three will do just nicely. Now as for the errand. I need you three to go into town and pick up a special order. It was supposed to be delivered, but the store's vehicle is having some complications and their teleportation device is broken so it needs to be picked up at the store", the Professor explains.
"What is it that we will be picking up?" Ivory asks. " If you don't mind me asking?"
"I don't mind the question, but it is a surprise for our guests so I cannot tell you the details. Just go to 'Ukaleptus' in downtown Magix and give them this note", Professor Yang says giving the me a note.
"Ukaleptus? Are you serious?" Astra exclaims with an exited squeal. "That's the best gift store in all the realms!"
"Well, they have a store on every realm, so it's not that surprising that they are so popular." Vesta states and rolls her eyes at Astra.
"You think she would be slightly happy, she gets to see Tristan tonight." Astra huffs and crosses her arms.
"Alright, Ladies, I'll leave you to your errands", Professor Yang says and walks off.
"Bye Professor it was nice getting to meet you", I tell him and wave. "Alright Raine and Ivory let's get out of here and check out 'Ukaleptus'."
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Unfortunately, we have missed the bus to Magix by about five minutes, so we decide to transform and fly there. It turns out that flying is faster than the bus and it is a lot of fun getting to fly high up in the sky. Raine's outfit is a sparkly teal dress with a circle neckline, 3/4 sleeves, and a long petal skirt. She has light pink petal wings and teal ankle wedge boots. Ivory's outfit consist of dark blue sparkly shorts and a matching tube top. She also has a pair of knee-high white wedge boots, white arm bands that start at her elbows and end at her wrist, pale blue wings that look like an icy wind. My outfit consist of a yellow corset top with some dark purple trim, a mini yellow pleated skirt and a slightly longer dark purple one under it, two dark purple arm bands on my left arm one near my shoulder the other on my wrist, some dark purple wedge boots, and some pale yellow wings that are pointy and crystal like at the tips. We locate the store, and land near it, detransforming. Walking inside we see cards, snow globes, books, small figurines, candy, and other gifts lining the shelves of the store. The store has some customers walking around and a couple are checking out, so we get in line behind them. It doesn't take long to get to the front of the line.
"Hi, we were sent here to pick some stuff up for Oironin and were given this note." I say to the clerk whose name, according to her name tag, is 'Jamie'.
"Um... I have to show this to the manager. I'll be right back", Jamie says and walks to the back of the store and through a door. After a few minutes Jamie returns with an older female with graying hair and using a cane to assist her.
"You girls are here for the Oironin packages?" The elderly lady asks.
"Yes ma'am. We where helping them decorate the school for tonight's dance when we were asked to come here", Ivory answers.
"Alright but before I can give you the Package I need a name", She says.
"Well I'm Anastasia-" I start to say when Ivory stops me by placing a hand on my shoulder.
"She wants the name of Professor Yang not ours," Ivory explains to me before speaking to the Lady. "Professor Yang from Oironin sent us here, ma'am."
"Thank you. Now along with the package, which you should take straight to him, I need some paper work filled out. I will give you girls the forms and you can tell the Professor to mail them back to me." She taps her cane on the ground where three crates and a large vanilla envelope appear. "Be careful on your way back, ladies." She says and goes back to the room she was in.
Each of us grab a crate and leave the store.
"So are we going to fly back or wait for a bus?" I ask.
"We should take the bus. These aren't really heavy but what if they are fragile? We could easily break them while flying even if we don't drop them", Raine answers.
"She is right and it shouldn't be more than a 15 minute wait for the bus." Ivory says agreeing with Raine.
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We finally arrive back at Oironin where Professor Yang, Vesta, Alisa, and Astra are waiting for us.
"Welcome back girls, and thank you for doing this for me", Professor Yang says as we get off the bus.
"No problem Professor Yang, we are happy to help", Raine says after getting off the bus and sets down her crate.
"Sir, the owner of the store insisted that you fill out some paper work and send them to her when you get a chance." Ivory sets her crate on top of Raine's and hands Professor Yang the vanilla envelope.
"Thank you. I will fill them out first thing tomorrow morning." The Professor says taking the envelope from Ivory.
"Anything else we can do for you?" I ask setting down my crate beside the other two.
"No, you girls are finished. Thank you for all your help. I will see you young ladies at the dance this evening." The Professor says and snaps his fingers sending the crates away before turning around and heading back into the school.
"Alright, back to Alfea to get ready for the dance!" Astra yells once the Professor is a few feet away.
We all laugh at her excitement before transforming and flying back to Alfea.
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Hours later, we are back at the school hurrying to finish getting ready for the night. I am currently braiding my hair while weaving a purple ribbon into it, before I pull it over to rest on my right shoulder. I am already dressed in my yellow dress with one sleeve that reaches my wrist and a three-layer skirt that ends at my knees with the middle layer a deep purple color. I wrap a purple ribbon around my throat,turning it into a choker and slip on some purple heels. I begin to work on my make up; evening out my skin tone and covering up the few zits I have. I apply some pale yellow eye shadow and some black eyeliner to my eyes, and finally puts on some pale pink lipstick.
"Alright Astra, I'm done. How do I look?" I ask my roommate.
"Yeah great." She answers, without even looking at me as she rummages through her closet. She is dressed in a pale pink strapless dress with a pleated mini skirt and some navy lace trim and a navy belt. Her hair is down, but pulled back a little on the left side by a rose hair pin.
"Astra what are you looking for?" I ask and walk over. "And don't tell me you don't have shoes to wear. You have over a hundred pairs."
"I have a pair of silver heals with pink gems on them but I can't find them. I set them out on the chair last night with my dress. You know how I lay out my clothes for the next before bed? Well that's what I did last night for the dance but the shoes are no where to be found!" Astra yells in her panic.
"Calm down, and check the chair again." I tell her, but I am already walking over to look. Astra is always so picky about her look; normally the last two hours before lights out, she is always getting her clothes planned for the next day.
"I checked, and checked! They aren't over there." She continues to look through her closet.
There is a jacket draped over the seat of the chair. I pick it up and look under the chair, where I find one of the silver heels she is talking about. "I found one heel." As I speak, she jumps up and rushes towards me.
"Where was it?" She asks taking it from me.
"Under the chair", I answer and look around at some of the clothes on the floor to see if any might be hiding the other. "Maybe you should check under the bed, in case you accidentally kicked it under there or something."
"Doubt that, but it's worth a shot," Astra asks as she checks under her bed. "Nope, not here but I think I found it." She says picking up a shirt next to her bed uncovering her other shoe. "Now I have an idea how it got over here."
"It's fine", I tell her and roll my eyes. "I'm going to check on everyone else." Walking out of the room I find Vesta sitting on the couch. She is wearing a tank top dress with one sleeve and a skirt that's longer in the back than the front. It is black but there are gold sparkles on the skirt that are sparse at the top of the skirt and gradually get more frequent further down. She is also wearing some gold heels. "That's a beautiful dress, Vesta."
"Yeah, is Astra ready?" Vesta asks.
"Yep", I reply. "She just had to find her shoes. Is everyone else ready?"
"Ivory and Raine are working on Alisa's hair and make up", she answers.
"Alright, I'm ready to go!" Astra says walking out of our room before looking around. "Wait there are the others?"
"They are in Raine's and Alisa's room, working on Alisa." Vesta stands up.
"I'll go see if they are ready. The Red fountain ships should be here soon." I say as I walk to their door and knock.
"Come in." I hear Raine call so I open the door. Alisa is sitting in a chair with Raine behind her working on her wild light brown hair and Ivory in front of her working on her makeup. Raine is wearing the dress she got yesterday with some silver wedge heels, her caramel brown hair is down in slight waves that reach the middle of her back. Ivory's hair is down with her bangs pulled back by a silver tiara withamethysts and pearls decorating it. Her dress is a dark blue color with an asymmetric skirt that is shorter on the left side and longer on the right with a floor length ice blue skirt under it that looks rather flowy. The sleeves are thin straps, and she has some white heels on and is wearing her silver charm bracelet. Alisa is also wearing the dress she bought yesterday. Raine is working on putting Alisa's hair up in a bun.
"I know you are the fairy of wolves, but that is no reason to have mats of fur in your hair." Raine says as she struggles with the brush.
"Ha ha, very funny", Alisa says. "I told you that I have really bad knots in my hair. You should just have let me spelled it."
"I told you; spelling your hair just knots it up even more. Good for you is that tomorrow I have to go to the store for more shampoo and conditioner. I know a 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner that will work great on your hair. I'll by it for you and you better use it." Ivory says as she finishes up Alisa's make up.
"If it works, then I'll be happy to", Alisa says and looks at her makeup after she summons a mirror. "If I was more of a girly girl I would have you teach me. My makeup looks amazing", Alisa compliments Ivory's work.
"Thanks." Ivory then turns to me. "You look great Anastasia! Sorry if we are taking to long."
"It's fine. I just wanted to tell ya'll the ships should be here soon so you might want hurry up." I say and leave the room.
"Five minutes and we'll be done", Raine calls from behind me.
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We finally get to Oironin for the second time of the day. The school looks so different at night, especially with the lights and decorations.
"This almost looks like a prom on Earth", Alisa says as she looks around. Raine finally got her hair styled in a loose, but elegant bun.
"Wow this is so amazing. Do you think next years first dance will be here again?" Astra asks.
"Nope, it will be at Cloud Tower next year", Ivory replies. "The schools decided to rotate each year so students could better understand the differences between each school, besides the more obvious ones."
"Ivory this is so not the time for a history lesson. It is time to dance the night away. After I find Raine's brother that is." Astra says mumbling the last part to herself or so she thinks.
"Astra, did you fall for my brother's old fashioned rugged looks?" Raine asks.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Astra responds nonchalantly, before pushing us through the doors and all the way to the dance floor. We danced and laughed for a while before Raine's brother, Jhon, and his group approached us. Each of them where dressed in the classic white and blue Red Fountain uniform, and the only difference are the gem clasp color. Jhon has a red clasp, while Tristan's is a dark blue clasp, Jayce has a gold colored gem, Tony's is a lime green gem, Aaron has a teal gem, and Ryder's is a orange color.
"Wow, Raine, you look amazing. As do the rest of you lovely young ladies", Jhon says and hugs his sister. "Now Raine if you don't mind I would like to dance with my sister."
"Alright girls, I'll be back", Raine says as her brother takes her to a less crowded area while the rest of us leave the dance floor for a break and to talk with the guys.
"How are you ladies liking the dance?" Tony asks.
"It's really nice", Alisa answers before asking, "How are you guys liking the dance?"
"It's a lot better now with you girls around." Ryder answers with a smirk.
"Sure it is." I answer with a roll of my eyes and a giggle.
"He's right you know." Tristan says, pulling Vesta next to him in a one arm hug.
"I know my night is better now with you here." Vesta tells him and leans her head on his shoulder.
"Dances are boring. Most of the girls are giggly and want to dance. It's kind of annoying that we have to go, and aren't given the choice to not attend." Jayce grumbles to himself.
"I know what you mean Jayce," Ivory tries to reason with him, "but it really isn't that bad."
"How is it not that bad? Maybe it's not to you, but it is definitely not true for me", Jayce tells her getting mad.
"She was just trying to reason with you. Since when do you get so angry so fast?" Vesta asks.
"Same can be said about you", Jayce bites back before walking off.
"Jerk. He is the worst room mate ever", Tristan says.
"I'm going to try and calm him down." Ivory says before taking off to find Jayce.
"Be careful. He has a very bad temper", Tony warns her.
"Ivory might be shy and childish, but she does have a back bone, so she won't let him walk all over her", Vesta says. The two have had a few fights and even though Ivory has cried during all of them, she makes sure Vesta understands her point of view.
"Vesta, Jayce is way worse then you ever have been", Tristan tells her. "At least based off of how you have acted around me."
"Vesta does have quite the temper," Astra counters. "If Ivory can live with her, then Jayce should be a walk in the park for her." Astra says.
"Oh shut up, Astra." Vesta glares at the blonde haired girl.
"Really? I can't leave you guys for five minutes, without you causing a fight", Jhon says as him and Raine come back.
"But the girls are arguing not us!" Tony protests.
"Which means that you caused the argument to start or else you would have intervened."
"Jayce started it, and then walked off." Aaron explains. "The rest was the girls bickering."
"You boys have a lot to learn." Jhon shakes his head.
"Now that you're back Jhon, it's my turn for a dance!" Astra says dragging him off right when a slow song starts.
Raine giggles. "Well it's pretty obvious who likes my brother."
"But she does have the right idea, my lady", Aaron says, taking her hand and leading her to the dance floor and Tristan and Vesta follows behind them. Looking beside me, Tony and Ryder are the only guys left with me and Alisa.
"Alright which of you two lovely ladies would like to join me?" Tony asks and holds out his hand.
"I'll take you up on that offer." Alisa takes his hand. The two walk off, and Ryder stands in front of me.
"Would you like to dance?" he asks holding out his hand with a bow.
"It would be my pleasure", I say and take his hand.