Dance Shopping

[Fionna White]

"Meeooowww?" Cake watched her owner with curiosity as she walked down the streets of Hogsmeade. Fionna glanced over her shoulder at the cat, and grinned. "What? You know where we're going. I've gotta get our costumes for the dance!"

Excitedly, Cake jumped onto Fionna's shoulder, and rubbed her furry cheek against the warm skin. Fionna laughed and petted her head softly. "Yeah, yeah. You wanna be a dog, right?" Cake meowed in agreement. "Good. I think you'd make a good Pomeranian."

As she spoke to the cat, Fionna's eyes flicked around to the various stores, trying to find one that may be good for Halloween costumes. She had invited some female friends to come, and told them to bring female friends too, for a girl's day out. It wasn't something she normally did-she was more of a tomboy-but no boy would be able to help her pick out a good princess costume. Well, maybe Gumball, but she kinda wanted to surprise him. She hoped the girls would find her, but since Hogsmeade was kinda small and everything was close together, she didn't think they'd have a hard time. Her eyes fell on a store, and she beamed, before trotting in the door.

[Isabela Rivaini]

Isabela was already inside, marveling at the selection the small Hogsmeade shop had. They even had costumes for pets! She was considering putting Anders in a dress and bringing him along, but that would require either him riding on her shoulder (which was not proper etiquette for a formal costume ball) or would require her to wear a costume with pockets.

And that would not fly, because Isabela wanted her costume to fit her curves as much as possible.

She saw Fiona, and waved. "Fiona dear! Hello!" She smiled, and Anders, who was perched on her shoulder, gave a nod to Cake.

[Mimiko Katsuragi]

Mimiko walked into the store, utterly at a loss for what to wear. Obviously, she wanted to impress Doyle. But, as a teacher, she didn't want to be completely scandolous, and that wasn't her style either. There was also the fact that teachers could go either formal or in costume, and she couldn't remember for her life which Doyle had mentioned he was going in!

What if she showed up as a Mermaid, and Doyle was in a tux? That's be an awkward scene.

Frustrated, she sighed. This whole dance business was so confusing and new to her. She'd never really had dances at Beauxbatons, because everyone was female pretty much, except for special cases. It was like a twenty to one ratio there, and being the quiet, studious, girl-in-the-background hadn't helped.

She saw some students greeting each other, and was glad she'd offered to chaperone. At least she could help THEM decide what looked best.

[Violet Parr]

Violet had been in Hogsmeade for a while, but had yet to spot any of the girls who were supposed to be coming for this shopping trip. Finding a promising store, she wandered in. Fionna and Isabela were already there, so she walked up to greet them. "Um, hey, Isabela, Fionna..." She had absolutely no clue what she wanted to wear to the dance, so she simply looked around at the giant selection, hoping the other girls could help her.

[Fionna White]

Fionna giggled and squirmed with excitement as girls she knew began to show up. "Hey guys! I'm glad you all came! Who's ready for Halloween?" she spun around in circles, as if dancing to silent music. "I'm so psyched! What do you wanna be?" she asked, her eyes on Isabella. The question was directed to everyone, but Isabella seemed to be the only one who knew what she wanted. As she awaited her answer, Fionna began rummaging through some costumes, searching for a princess costume. She found a zombie princess costume, but that seemed to cool to be girly. She looked at Cake, and the cat shook her head. "Okay, uh..." She continued searching, while Cake stared at Anders, a sly kitty smile on her face.

[Anri Sonohara]

Arriving after the others, Anri waved at her fellow students and wandered into the back of the shop, stopping here and there as she considered a few costume items.

[Shion Sonozaki]

Shion was frazzled; Hogsmeade was so small and crowded, and she didn't even know where to go. Was she supposed to guess and hope her friends were there? With a frustrated growl, she stopped in the middle of the street. Mion flew high above her, but didn't go out of her sight.

As Shion stopped, Mion dropped down and perched on her shoulder, looking at her in confusion. Shion glanced up at her bird, then back towards the crowd. "Find them." With that, the magnificent hawk spread her wings and took flight, her eyes scanning the crowds for anyone she could recognize. It was then she saw Anri walking into a store. The hawk stooped down and landed on a sign that hung outside of the store, displaying its name, and cawed loudly.

At Mion's call, Shion smirked and ran towards the noise. "Good girl!" She spotted her companion, and tossed up a dead rat for her to munch on. Panting, Shion galloped into the store, glancing around for her friends. Mion flew in behind her, and took her previous spot on her owner's shoulder.

[Anri Sonohara]

Jumping slightly when she heard a loud caw, Anri nearly dropped the cat ears she was inspecting. Looking to the entrance, she saw a frumpy looking Shion and her hawk Mion. It crossed her mind that they needed to discuss the possible identity switch, so she headed in Shion's direction.

[Shion Sonozaki]

When she saw Anri approaching, Shion smiled, and Mion ruffled her wings. She bobbed her head a little, looking Anri up and down, but then relaxed against Shion. She stroked the bird's feathers, keeping her eyes on Anri. "Hey Anri-chan. Any luck finding anything?

[Anri Sonohara]

Holding up the cat ears, Anri shrugged. Then, leaning forward, she whispered, "If you're willing to do the switch with me, the potion's almost done." The fluxweed and lacewing flies were already well stewed, and the powdered bicorn horn had mixed very well with the knotgrass.

[Shion Sonozaki]

Shion blinked a bit, trying to remember the potion she was speaking of. Suddenly, it came back to her. "Ah, yeah! I definitely do! But, I'm a prefect, so I have to chaperone; I might not be much fun." Her eyes briefly scanned some costumes, before a small blush arose on her cheeks. "Ah, I was just kidding about the whole 'having a date' thing earlier. I was kinda hoping..." she cut herself off, her cheeks growing redder, "ah, never mind."

[Anri Sonohara]

"Oh, I'm a prefect too." Anri realized, trying to think if there had been any chaperoning duties she had forgotten about. "I don't think the younger students will mind if we wander off in the crowd, they probably want to do their own thing with their friends too." Come to think of it, there was that one thing about escorting the younger Ravenclaw girls to the Great Hall, but aside from that there hadn't been any concrete instructions.

[Isabela Rivaini]

Isabela turned to Fiona. "I want to be a black cat. Or... maybe... A Vampire Queen. Something deadly or sexy." She winked slyly.

Anders gazed at Cake, and waved a tiny paw.

[Fionna White]

Cake waved the tip of her tail, before rubbing her cheek against Fionna's. The girl smile and began to pet the cat. "That's cool. Looking to impress someone?" She grinned. "I'm just kidding. I wanna be a princess. It's totally opposite me." Cake rolled her eyes; she knew Fionna had an ulterior motive, but being a cat, she couldn't say anything.

[Isabela Rivaini]

Isabela watched Fiona. There was obviously an ulterior motive behind her words. Fiona would simply never dress as a Princess if she didn't want to.

Then she had an idea. "What do you think Marshall would like?"