Avenge the Shadows (I)

:: 1.5 ::

CATHERINE'S POV

My biggest fear had always been to be in some place and not knowing a single soul, but thanks to Charlotte it would not be a room full of unknown people. I would have at least one person that I actually liked. "C'mon, we need to get ready for tonight's dinner." I started jumping and she just took my arm and pulled me to her room. The decoration of the room was very Charlotte, a very complex combination of colors that somehow matched. There was a record player and a wall-to-wall shelf full with vinyl of multiple mundane artists. On the other side of the room, there was a bookshelf full of mundane books and I was impressed that she could have those books and vinyl in there. "How?" I wondered as I let myself get lost in the room. "Let's say, my brothers have a special place for me in their hearts." A girl entered the room and closed the door right after her. "Cath, meet the best physiologist of the institute and fake big sister."

Charlotte introduced her and she went to hug me. Just like Charlotte, I felt at ease around her, around them. "We can use the Shadow Hunter mail line to get you books." Charlotte spoke looking at Izzy, almost as if she was asking for permission and Izzy just nodded. "You can even glamourize them, so no one knows you're getting mundanized." Izzy joked and we all laughed. "Okay, stop talking and start to get ready." Izzy talked again and Charlotte walked to her wardrobe. "I imagine you didn't bring clothes to party." Charlotte said and looked me up and down. I shook my head, a bit confused. "Hold on, can you wear other than that?" She asked again; panic in her eyes as Izzy held an outfit. "I'm not sure how these things work. It's the very first time I ever leave my institute." That was true and both looked at me confused. "Never as ever? What about missions? Surveillance? Something?" Izzy asked horrified by my answer.

"I'll be right back, hold on. In the meantime, take a shower before everyone starts using the water." Charlotte disappeared from the room and I just stared at Izzy. "She's very diverse, you'll never get bored." She laughed as she got to the closet and took out some other outfit. I followed Charlotte's advice and went to the shower. Charlotte had lots of hair products on the shower and I used almost everything. At the end, I had a very nice hair, a very soft skin and I felt very good with myself. When I went out, Charlotte was pairing an outfit with shoes as Izzy nodded and I smiled. "That seems like something I'd use if I could." I spoke as I walked closer to the girls. "Good, because you're wearing this." I looked at them, the outfit and back at them. "You'll use a glamour on top, so your group will see your normal outfit, but the rest will see this." I touched the outfit as my inner self jumped happily.

"I'm going to need help with this." I added and the girls nodded. And so, I started to get dressed and Charlotte zipped me up. Izzy sat me down in front of the mirror and started applying makeup. After a little bit, I was ready and as soon as I stood in front of the mirror, I felt weird, but awesome at the same time. I was looking at myself, but it seemed like an updated version of me and I liked that. I felt confident on this. "You are just missing one thing." Izzy said and draw a rune above my knee. Suddenly, I was in the mirror wearing my normal clothes, but if I looked at myself, I was wearing the tight dress. "How?" I asked once again, shocked that they were actually able to pull this off. "Having over-protective brothers make you look for ways to be sexy for you and be modest for them." Izzy replied with a knowing smile. Izzy was ready and as we waited for Charlotte, she snapped pictures of me, with and without the glamour.

I felt so good about myself and it showed. After a while, Charlotte got out of the bathroom and she looked gorgeous. "It seems to me you want to impress someone." I found myself talking and Izzy chuckled at that. "Oh, I am. Not here though. I'm planning on meeting someone later!" She spoke with a smile as she put her hair in a messy bun.

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