WARNING: SHORT, FUNNY CHAPTER AHEAD!
"Wait..." Lucy suddenly remembered something, scanning the piece of paper quickly. "What about a dress? It says you must be in a dress to be in the ball. I only have my bodysuit."
Everybody thought for a moment, but Mira was the one who spoke. "Here's your fairy godmother!" She cried cheerily, going into the living room section. Elfman looked at her skeptically.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Oh yes Elfman, I'm quite sure. They'll look quite good in them and I trust Lisanna and Spirit to take good care of them," she said, bending down and tapping the wall. To the youngest girls surprise, a square appeared in the wood and opened up a secret section of the house. It was a small, dark chamber, and in it were bundles of... Lucy couldn't make them out.
Elfman helped his sister pull the things out. Lucy looked at the giant bundles of cloth in their arms, and Mira held them up. The silver-haired and blonde's eyes widened.
"Pretty!" they exclaimed.
In Mira's hands were two lovely dresses, one a velvety red and the other a midnight black.
The strapless first one, the red one, was made of what looked like red velvet. It went a little lower than the wearer's knees, the skirt having two layers and the ends frilled a bit. Around the waist was a large white ribbon, tied in a bow on the side. It was a very cute but elegant dress.
The other dress was mostly black, even shorter than the first. It almost had the appearance of a shirt and skirt that reached only barely to her knees. The outfit was black and blue, the sky-colour making a cute little butterfly design, lining the short sleeves and horizontal neckline. The skirt was pleated, butterflies moving across it.
"So, what do you think?" Mira asked, handing the red to Lisanna and the black to Lucy. "they're not too long, so you could outrun the guards if need be, and I think they would look stunning on you!" she smiled, hauling the two on their feet and pushing them to the bedroom. [Lucy had learned that despite her dainty looks, Mira was anything but weak.]
Lisanna and Lucy went into the bathroom, and Lucy continued walking to the bathroom. It was small but clean, so the bandit slipped out of her bodysuit and into the dress, staring at the mirror. She didn't look bad, if she said so herself. She spun around in front of the mirror, checking herself out.
Lucy knocked on the door. "Hey Li-chan, you done?"
"Yeah!"
Lucy opened the door, and the girls simultaneously gasped, looking at each other.
"You look great!"
"Thanks, but you! Seriously, you look really good in that!"
Both girls blushed, and Mira clapped. "I'm so happy for you two!" she exclaimed. "You'll go, wearing these!"
Lucy turned red at her words. "Are you sure..? I mean, something might happen to them."
The woman shook her head. "No, Lisanna's is an old dress of mine and yours is our mothers." Lucy remembered Lisanna explaining that their parents had died in an accident. She looked down.
"Are you—"
"Yes, yes! Spirit, I'm not gonna use them anymore!" Mira tutted, shaking her head. Even though Lucy was a bandit, simply asking for things was embarrassing for her. Spirit gave up protesting and looked at herself one last time.
Back at the castle, everyone was freaking out. Natsu was sick of it.
He had gotten six new outfits to try, he was rushed all around the castle, and everyone was preparing for his oh-so Big Day that he didn't even want happening. Of course, this meant Grandine and Igneel keeping a special eye on him, since Wendy was too sad about losing her new playmate.
No, she had not found Michelle.
"Okay, okay, it doesn't need to fit perFECTLY!" the ending of his sentence ended up high-pitched, because the tailor had tugged a string too tight and it was squeezing his insides out. The tailor sent him an apologetic glance and loosened the strings.
"Sorry, Prince Dragneel." The man said, looking down at the pants the pink-haired man was wearing. This design Igneel and Grandine had finally chosen, and now Natsu had to sit still and be tugged and pulled on while the tailor did his work. The Lord of the castle had threatened if he burned this outfit, even in the slightest, he would take away his fire-food for a year.
A whole freakin year.
So, Natsu had to hold still while the tailor poked and prodded him, resisting to growl as he was tugged one way again.
"Sorry, Prince Dragneel," the tailor said, continuing his work. Natsu rolled his eyes. It was the only thing this man had said so far, other than his name, which was long ago and Natsu could no longer remember. Plus, he was getting hungry. His stomach growled, almost on cue.
"Are we almost done?" he asked.
"Only a few more hours, Prince Dragneel. My deepest apologies."
The pink-haired prince groaned.
"Okay, so, to use Transformation Magic, you have to store energy, and think hard about the person you want to be. Then release the stored Magic. At first, you won't be able to change clothing, only form, but soon, you could be able to change into animals and gain abilities depending on the form you take. Mira explained.
Lucy watched interestingly as the silver-haired mage poofed out of view, turning into Natsu in the cook's dress. Lisanna and Lucy laughed, and then Mira turned into the pink-haired man in his own vest. The youngest silver-haired Take-Over mage giggled at the bandit's wrinkled nose.
Lisanna had decided to join for a refresh, and to help her friend out. Both were sitting on the floor, watching Mira turn into a bizarre change of animals. Prince Natsu included.
"Could you go back to him in a dress?" Spirit raised her hand and asked.
Mira cracked a smile, but continued. "Okay, first, Spirit, you'll take the form of Lisanna. It's usually easier to change into people you know best first." Natsu/Mira explained to the two.
Both students stood up, facing each other. "First, take in the details of Lisanna. Focus on lines, marks, angles, or just to begin with, general details." The Stellar Spirit mage tried to ignore the fact she was being trained by what looked like Prince Dragneel.
Lucy looked at Lisanna, and the girl smiled back. The bandit looked around with narrowed eyes.
"I think I got it." Silver hair, blue eyes, pale skin.
"Now, focus the energy into a single point, hold it in while thinking of who you want to be, and then, release!" Prince Dragneel cried, very out of character, throwing his hands in the air.
"Could you change back to your normal form? That kinda gets... irritating. I can't stop wanting to punch you in the face."
Natsu rolled his eyes, letting out a huff of flame. "Like you could kick my ass, Lucy." The girl shivered at the accuracy of it, and then she realized it.
"How'd you know my name's really Lucy?" she asked.
"The day he came in eating breakfast? He kept calling you Lucy, but then replaced it with Spirit." Lisanna pointed out. Lucy oh-ed, then ducked her head from embarrassment.
"Sorry for not telling you my real name. It's just the name I use for bandit stuff." Lisanna waved it off.
"Whatever. Name shmame. Who cares?"
Lucy smiled, cheeks turning red. "Okay, you guys can call me whatever you want. Let's get back to training."
Back at the castle, Natsu sneezed.
"Someone must be talking about me," he muttered, looking around.
"Please do not move, Prince Dragneel. Sorry."
Once again, he groaned.
After the sixth try, Lucy had finally changed.
"Err... not quite." Mira swallowed. "you're still missing... some things." In the background, Lisanna giggled.
Lucy had silver hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. Other than that, her features didn't change. She looked like a silver-haired, blue eyed, really pale Celestial Spirit mage bandit.
The previous blonde looked in the mirror and smirked. "Hello Prince Natsu. I'm Lisanna, your childhood friend." Lucy did a fancy hand wave, eye brow raised, lips pressed together, and Mira and Lisanna burst into giggles.
I only noticed after I edited it, but the tailor is not Aries. The 'Sorry's are similar and I didn't give a description, [too lazy.] BUT THIS IS NOT ARIES. This was honestly the shortest chapter I've written so far. Honestly kinda pointless, just for laughs. Meh, whatever! We're getting into the fun stuff soon, so be prepared!
So, I need some Females for this story. I have decided to let you readers choose! There is a poll on my page, but you can just put the name in the review box if you want. I need Females! [no OCs, sorry.]
I'm thinking I need a nice girl, a cute girl, a *blank* girl, a b**chy [pardon my language,] girl, and someone to come along with the b**ch. To all you younger readers, I wrote beach. A beach girl.
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