Behold, The One {Book 1 Of The Behold Series}

~Chapter 14~ The Makeover

Previously On Behold, The One:
Celestine gets her well deserved rest, sleeping for the rest of the afternoon. That night, she was presented to perform a sword dance on stage as one of the items for the celebration of Diana's return. She gave one of her angel feathers as a sign of gratitude to Alexander and to give him a boost of items for his quest.

Chapter 13's Ending:
Was that really Celestine?
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   There she was, in lightweight armor and covered shoes. In her hand was a sleek sword, different from her normal one. In front of her was basically another version of herself, one that looked like a crystal hologram. It's eyes were red as it attacked Celestine. Her eyes tense as she lowered her body. The hologram striked from above, its sword coming down on Celestine.

   She rolled over to her right, swiftly jabbing the hologram from the side. Her sword pierced through the hologram's waist, causing it to disappear into thin air. Celestine claimed victory, bowing as she acknowledged the round of applause from the audience. Short and sweet.

   She jumped of the stage, still in her battle gear as she did so. After a glass of fruit punch to drink, she went to sit on one of the booths where Diana was sitting on.

   The gear was starting to get unconfortable and Celestine thought about changing into a gown multiple times. After congratulating Diana on her return, she got up and excused herself to meet the others.

   Before she could even greet Alexander though, she was pulled away from the Dining Hall and into her room. Something was different about it this time though, a good difference that is.

   "Celestine, as you know, I regard you like my sister." Electra started as she closed the room's door behind us.

   "Oh Electra, of course I know that!"

   She glanced at the door and peered outside to make sure nobody was there before continuing to speak.

   "I know you like Alexander, and I found out that he is available tonight. For the past few years when we held dances, you have never went into the dance floor. Today, I'm giving you this chance." Electra explained, bringing out a set of five dresses.

   Celestine gawked at the selection giving to her, then snapping back to reality and shaking her head sideways.

   "I'm fine not dancing again this year. Besides, some prince as handsome as him probably has another date by now." Celestine replied, blushing as she tried to exit the room.

   Not willing to give up, Electra dragged her back in and did her signature puppy eyes. What is she up to?! Celestine fumed worryingly.

   "Pleeaase? I really want you to dance with Alexander. Besides, he will feel very awkward without a partner. Plus, it would be a good choice to get out of your combat gear." Electra pleaded, whining.

   What can I say? She made three very good points. He will feel awkward and I do want to change out of this gear. And I do kind of like hanging out with him... Okay, maybe I'd want to just think of sticking to the first two points... Celestine debated, blushing as she reluctantly agreed.

   "Finally! Thank you." Electra exclaimed swiftly as she presented several dresses in the colours of white, cream, cyan, silver and black.

   They were all floor length and extremely comfortable. It was all made of silk and had a transparent, crystal and frost like coating or covering to make it better. Judging by the looks of the gowns, they should have cost about fifty dollars. That is really expensive if you counted all five dresses. Two hundred and fifty dollars! How in the world did Electra get all that money?

   "Take your pick!" Electra offered cheerfully, reminding Celestine of what someone else had told her in the past.

   Flashback:
"Take your pick!" Eric suggested, beaming with pride and joy.

I looked at the vast collection of jewellery he had in his Tribe Room, made of rare floral jewels or flowers itself. Wondering why he brought me here, I gave him a questioning look.

"Why? I just want to know which one to give you as during the proposal." Eric explained breifly, dragging my hand.

Now who gave him permission to grab me, I simply have no clue.

"Who said anything about a proposal? What are you talking about?" I asked in my signature annoyed tone, raising an eyebrow.

He gave me a weird look, as if I should know. He then tried to grab my hand away but I brought it behind me. Nobody should touch a lady without permission, esspecially if she is defenceless. Fearful of what he was going to do to me, I ran away at the fastest speed I could go. His speed was obviously faster than mine and I saw that he was catching up.

Reluctantly, I formed wings on my back which carried me all the way back to the Sky Tribe where I broke down right before Electra and Crystalite. Ever since then, I regarded them as my birth sisters. Well, Crystalite is my birth sister while Electra is not. From then on, I started to to learn how to fight.
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   That was when I was ten. Right now, I was afraid history would repeat itself...

   Snapping back into reality, Celestine chose the dress which had the shade of Pearl White as its base. It had a layer of translucent cyan covering the skirt of the dress. At the top, the dress was covered in transparent beads. It was also sleeveless, and strapless. That meant that I had to be careful. And I wore crystal heels to match. Simply putting on a layer of glitter lip gloss, which was pink in colour, and curling my hair slightly, I was looking perfect!

   "You look fabulous. Now, have the time of your life!" Electra teased as she brought Celestine into the Dining Hall.

   Upon reaching, she recieved awed gasps from the audience and tribe members. Seconds later, Alexander approached her.

   "May I have this dance?" He asked with a great bristish accent.

   Please accept. If you reject, I would literally lose face... Alexander thought, secretly wishing that she would say yes to his request. Judging by the look on his face, Celestine knew what he wanted to hear.

   "With great pleasure." Celestine replied mockingly as she took Alexander's arm.

   They started to sing to the classical music, where Diana was playing the keyboard. Crystalite happened to be playing the flute along with Diana as she sang and played.

   Alexander knew that Celestine accepted to save him from utter humiliation. What he did not know was that she liked him. Why would a warrior tribe leader like her want to be in a relationship with a weak prince?

   Throughout the whole journey which was only about two weeks, Alexander had been saved by Celestine at least three times. At least.

   Alexander owed Celestine a lot, and he owed her greatly.