Of Fairies and Noontime

Dress

Hadley remembered to keep her wings on and keep her hair in front of her ears when Catra and Lue made it to Ellabelle's house. Now that she knew the truth about Ellabelle and Lue being siblings, she was having a hard time holding in the secret. She was also starting to see more and more similarities between the two of them, which was not helping her case.

"Let's draw up some 'blueprints.'" Ellabelle said with a smile, pulling out a giant stack of paper from a drawer. She sat down at her desk, grabbed a pencil, and looked at her friends. "What are some things you guys want for your outfits this year?"

"It doesn't even matter what I say anymore, you always find a way to make everything look beautiful." Catra said with a smile. Ellabelle blushed.

"Aww, thanks Cat." She said, drawing out little people to model their outfits. "Are you thinking of anything specific?"

Catra shrugged. "Butterflies?"

Ellabelle smiled. "Ooh, that sounds pretty. Go on."

"Maybe the sleeves could drape down as monarch wings, and then the dress could go just past my knees with the same pattern."

"Long sleeves?"

"Yes ma'am."

Ellabelle sketched out a cute looking dress. "I'll make the dress just a little bit poofy, so it's more formal."

She showed the sketch to Catra, who gave her a thumbs up.

Ellabelle looked at Lue, and their eyesight connected. Now that she knew, now that all the puzzle pieces were in their place, a little something about everything was changed. She would find time to tell him. Just not now.

"Did you have anything in mind, Lue?"

He shrugged. "Maybe a green suit that fades into blue, if that's possible,"

"Anything is possible with Ella. She'll whip that up in two flaps of a fairy's wings." Catra smiled, crossing her arms.

Ellabelle turned finally to Hadley. "Hadley?"

"Yellow."

"Yellow what?"

"Ball gown. Anything yellow."

"Anything?"

"Anything."

Ellabelle started on some sketches, and she drew out two poofy sleeves and a long, flowing yellow skirt. It would look perfect on Hadley.

"Can you add some glitter as well?" Hadley asked, smiling with a childlike happiness.

"Of course, I thought you'd never ask." Ellabelle said with a wink.

After all the ooh-ing and ahh-ing over their formal outfits was complete, Hadley piped up.

"What are you gonna wear, Ellabelle?" Hadley asked.

Ellabelle thought for a moment. She'd never really taken requests for herself.

"Um... well, I was just planning on wearing this.." she said, gently tugging the seam of her white dress.

Hadley put her hands on her hips. "You deserve a pretty dress as much as the rest of us do. Come on." She said with a smile. She then asked to borrow Ellabelle's pencil, and began sketching a dress that looked fit for a queen.

"I dunno, I've never really dressed this... elegant." Ellabelle said, scrunching up her nose.

"You're gonna look great, Ella." Catra nodded.

Ellabelle smiled, when really she just wanted to cry. Never before had she had people like this that loved and cared for her so much.

This was her family now. They were more family than her parents had ever been.

Not to mention her biological brother was standing literally right in front of her, but that was besides the point.

"Alright, gang, let's start sewing!"