Before I leave Cerulean

Two

"That's my dress!"
The ladies in the castle where at it again. Iris and May were fighting over a beautiful gown the color of sky blue decorated with a sea blue shawl. Ironically, all the 10 year old princesses wore the same sized dress, so when washed, they would end up in different closets which made the girls freak out.
It didn't matter to Misty.
She got another hand-me-down. This time from Daisy. A pink dress decorated with white thin and thick laces. She wore her white flats to go along with the dress and an old pink and white headband.

"Give it here! It's mine!" May shouted.
"No it isn't!" Iris yelled. "It's mine! I can tell because it came all the way from Unova and Unova makes the finest clothes!"
"So does Hoenn!"
Misty sighed. She stepped into the room and snatched the dress. She looked into the tab. Each dress had the person's name on it, but nobody bothered to look.
"This is Dawn's dress!" Misty said. "Don't you know how to read tags? It shouldn't be in Iris' closet. You both have your own dresses."
Iris and May looked at each other.
Misty looked in the closet and pulled down another dress. This one was a yellow gown. Nothing special about it.
"Get out!" Iris yelled.
"This dress belongs to May," Misty said, ignoring Iris' command. She plopped the yellow dress into May's hands and May looked at it in disgust.
Misty looked into the closet again and pulled out a beautiful Irish green dress decorated with dark green sparkles and mint green laces.
"This is also Dawn's dress," Misty explained. "You should know because Dawn's mother is usually traveling the world and buying her dresses everywhere she goes."
Dawn's father had died 4 years ago when she was still back in Sinnoh. She was only 6 at the time so she hardly remembered what happened. The last thing she had gotten from him was a beautiful sun hat decorated with her favorite flowers. Delia's, violets, lilies, and Poppy's.

"The rest of these are your dresses, Iris," Misty said, closing the closet doors. "You ladies do a horrid job at reading name tags. It's that simple."
Misty picked up the dresses and knocked on Dawn's door. She laid the dresses down and walked away, only to bump into Violet.
"Oh Misty!" Violet grumbled. "Please watch where you're going! I heard screaming and shouting. What's going on? You haven't caused trouble, have you?"

Misty shook her head.
"Misty was touching our dresses!" Iris whined. "Such a little kid! She even claimed that we couldn't read!"
"That's not true!" Misty snapped. "You girls do a horrible job at organizing your dresses! How did you end up with one of May's dress and two of Dawn's?"
At that moment, Dawn came out of her room. Iris and May hid in Iris' room. She then looked down in horror.
"My dresses! My beautiful dresses!" She yelled. "That horrible maid dropped them on the floor. They're getting dirty!"
Dawn whipped her dresses off the floor and slammed the door.
"You are causing trouble, aren't you?" Violet asked, her hands on her hips.
"No I am not!" Misty protested. "I was trying to be helpful. Isn't that what a lady supposed to do?"
Misty picked up her skirts and was about to go to her room until Violet clapped her hands.
"Settle down, settle down," Violet said. "Ladies, get your sun hats or umbrellas. We are going to the shops today."

The ladies wasted no time coming out their rooms with their sunhats and umbrellas. Lily and Daisy appeared in no time. Lily looked at Misty's dress in disgust.
"That's such an ugly gown," Lily sneered.
"It wouldn't be so ugly if Violet had worn it," Misty mumbled.
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"I could not stop thinking about Ash," Mallow said. "Such a young boy he is and very fancy too. I'd love to spend a day with him."
"So would I," Iris said. "I hope Cilan doesn't mind. He's been worrying about me non-stop."
The girls bursted into laughter. Misty said nothing and walked properly. Her head up high and her perfect smile nose touching the sky. Spring was slowly turning into to summer. The warm heat gave out the hint.

"Hello ladies! Lovely to see you again!"
Jessie Musashi's eyes glittered when she saw the girls appearing. "You all have grown up! I couldn't tell if that was actually the 3 Waterflower Girls!"
Misty scooted out of the line.
"Oh dear!" Jessie said. "I forgot. I deeply apologize, little Misty." She pinched Misty's cheek and gave her a kiss.
"I've bet you've come to see my new designs," Jessie guessed, showing them the dresses hanging on the racks. "I've worked my fingers to no end making them. I'd say almost 2 months."