The American Dragon

Shopping and People

Athena had dragged Melody from the comfort of her room to go clothes shopping. Even if it wasn't her photographer's idea, she still would have forced the poor girl to bask in the pool of people who were more than likely shopping around for the festival.

Melody is glad that nobody recognizes her considering her line of work. Her producer has made sure that everything looked different. From the style of her hair, strips of color added, clothing, and they even caked her in make-up. Oh how she loathed make-up.

"Okay. Try on this outfit." Athena says as she tosses more clothes over the dressing room door. "I'm going to go find myself an outfit real quick, so when you're done changing, stay put and I'll be back."

The blonde could hear the tapping of feet fading.

Melody and Athena have been looking for outfits to wear to the festival. So far for Melody's outfit, nothing too long nor too short. It has to a color that compliments her skin tone but it can't wash her out either. So that crosses out any shade of blue, red, and orange.

Melody refuses to wear pink, so that's out of the question. That left purple, yellow, and green. Athena declined purple since it would be dark and all the lighter shades were either gone or didn't look good.

Yellow is a pretty color but Athena said that it washed out her features and blended with her hair. Thus leaving green. A lantern green. It isn't too bold yet it looked nice. Melody liked it. The cloth is smooth and has a gentle texture to it.

The sleeves come past her finger tips by two inches. It even fit her figure snuggly. Though the only thing she doesn't like about it, is the shorts that go alone with it. Given that the bruises have healed and there's only a few scrapes left to remember him by. Otherwise she would just say she's modest about her body.

"Okay I'm back. I've got matching blue shoes that you slip on and have open toe so that's good. I've got my outfit so you ready?" Athena's voice broke her train of thought. Quickly and quietly, Melody grabbed all the clothes in her arms.

Once she came out Athena grabbed the clothes and laid them on her arm, linking her other with Melody's arm. She immediately started up again.

"I was thinking that when we do your hair- because I'm doing your hair- that we'd put it into a bun with a long silky ribbon tied into a bow. It'll have to be pink because you have to wear some form of noticeable pink on you. That's just for girls though."

Athena rambles on and on about what they should do for the festival. From the small games to the food and then the fireworks. Melody didn't mind though. Even if her friend's voice would have blended with the background noise.

The next week is consisted of touring and photo shoots. The photo shoots usually take all day, so having them in consistent days can be tiring. That's also including changing from outfit to outfit, removing make-up to only add more, and striking pose after pose, and then editing them.

Athena never seemed to mind, whenever she joined her at the studio- which is practically all the time.

Sofia of course will always follow her to the studio. Her producer has worked out that she inland posing for anyone or anything if her dog is allowed on the premises. Since she's such a big star now, people who want her to model something for them accept the terms.

The girls went to a indoors restaurant for lunch. That's when they're supposed to meet her producer to go over some ideas for this concert she's suppose to be promoting.

She knows whose performing: Lúcio. A famous pop signer that once captured her ears with his amazing tunes. Now? Everything falls upon deaf ears.

She hadn't noticed but Athena had stopped talking and walked into the restaurant. They took their seats and waited from then on. She tried to look normal but it isn't working.