GRYFFINDOR Fantasy and Sci Fi

Swift grinned slightly as she stood behind the stage. Now this was a category she'd enjoy. She glanced around, watching the models perpare for what could be the most fun category.

"So, what does it look like?"

"Back here?" Swift replied into the headset automatically; anything that was said into her ear never came as a surprise anymore. "Good, good. And out there?"

"Couldn't be better. Shame about the fantasy side, though."

"Yeah, I know, but I told you before why we had to. It still looks good, anyway."

As calls of 'hear, hear' sounded in the tech box, Swift sighed. They had managed to put up the sci-fi side of the stage just fine. The 'g' had been charmed to look metallic. Not the shiny silver kind, but a dull, grey, scratched surface, as though it had been in use for a long time. A sliding metal door had been fitted right at the entrance to the stage, opening every time a model entered or exited; it was even complete with the metal grinding sound, and the small flashing light above it was slightly cracked, giving the area an old futuristic type of feeling.

At the far side of the 'g', right at the back of the stage, a gold and maroon light sabre was floating above three others. The silver/green, yellow/black and blue/gold sabres cast only a dim glow of light, and hovered weakly below the Gryffindor Sword, as the cast and crew had so aptly named it. It pointed straight towards one of the fountains, which no longer had water running down the steps. Instead, just the one side of the fountain was completely frozen over, giving the appearance of a stop in time. This was just the effect that Swift was aiming for - making the sci-fi side of the stage look isolated, desolate, and empty.

"Now that looks good," a voice stated confidently in Swift's ear.

"Dude, stop reading my mind," came the absent-minded reply. As she cast a Silencing Charm around herself, Swift Apparated to the other side of backstage. She glanced at the stage itself - the 'g' was covered in a soft, pale green velvet, and a wild, overgrown forest grew around the sides of the stage, leaving an open view to the audience. Above, one half of the balcony was strewn with vines, hanging down like a waterfall. The waterfall itself was provided by the other fountain - a small pool of clear water collected in a specially-enlarged basin, bright lights shining down on it to give a slight blue colour.

"It looks good, you said so yourself."

"I know, I know... I just wish it could look like-"

"That one's going to look even better, Swift."

She sighed once more, and Apparated herself back to the models. Grinning, she gave them the 'all-set' look, and prepared for the show to begin.

"Good luck!"

June gaped at the stages' designs and turned to Swifty. "Wow Swifty! These stages are really good!" Swifty just smiled and gave June her cue. June apparated out onto the fantasy setting thinking, 'I hope I don't mess up...'

When June arrived onstage, the soundtrack from the 1999 movie, A Midsummer Night's Dream began to play as June floated down the g-shaped stage. AS she floated, June carried in her arms a golden harp and streams of rainbow flowed around her and it. June's long purple hair was charmed of course, but June loved its color and its silkiness. As she floated down the stage, June's hair was softly blown back, as if by an invisible and unfeelable breeze. On her back, a pair of little white wings were charmed on and it was those wings that enabled her to float above the ground. June posed in onde direction and then the other, as the commentary began.

"This outfit from G+G Fantasy is modeled by one of the Gryffindor Goddesses, June. This outfit is perfect for anyone out there who wishes to dress up or be a fairy for Halloween, though that's months away. This dress is pure white silk, giving off a feeling of innocence. Although simple, the dress has cap sleeves and has a slit that reaches mid-thigh. Along the sides of this dress, there are round ovals that show off a bit of skin. Form-fitting and gorgeous, this dress is priced at 85 galleons. G+G recommends that you accessorize it with a pair of silver corkscrew hair accessories for only 10 galleons and a pair of simpple, but elegant, drop-pearl earrings for 15 galleons. The white feather-light wings that June wears are animated and attach with a simple spell. Those are 60 galleons."

When her commentary ended, June smiled and kneeled down on the soft, grassy floor. She placed her golden harp in front of her and slowly and lovingly began to play it. The music from the harp mingled with the music wafting from the loudspeakers of A Midsummer Night's Dream and they harmonized beautifully together. After five minutes of pure song, June got to her feet, picked up her harp in her arms once more, and floated back up the stage, a triumphant smile on her face.

She apparated backstage and June carefully placed the harp on the ground. Looking around, June asked, "Who's next?"

"I am." Amber replied as she pushed a piece of hair behind her ear. This one had her a bit worried, she did fine modeling normal clothes, but this wasn't anything normal. After all the category was fantasy and sci-fi it wasn't suppose to be normal, but still. She'd have much preferred she was modeling regular clothes, instead of the outfit she was. She saw her cue and pushed those thoughts out of her mind as she headed unto stage.

She walked unto stage , putting a smile on her face as the music began to play. She was careful as she walked not to trip on her hair, which had been magically extended (They had actually wanted her to fly out as June had, but she couldn't pull it off in practices). It now fell past her ankles, and had streaks of pink it it. Her ears though, were beginning to bug her slightly. They had been charmed to turn to elf ears, and they stuck out pretty far, making her feel a bit uncomfortable. She posed and smiled, nonetheless.

"This G+G Fantasy wear is inspired by pixies everywhere. This is the perfect outfit for costume parties! The dress itself is a brilliant green, with blue at the bottom. The cut of the skirt makes for a very pixie effect, and can look great on anyone. It is only, the amazing low price of 75 Galleons! The wings are a green, yellow and pink bled that goes very well with the outfit, they can be charmed to make you fly, although our model choose not to fly don't be fooled, they come with the dress. The hair piece is a beautiful weaving of flowers, it is charmed so that the flowers won't die out and can be purchased additionally for 12 galleons. Also, available is a green chocker, which our model is currently wearing, that can be bought for 5 galleons."

Amber smiled again and posed a few more times, almost tripping on her hair once or twice. She headed backstage as she song ended and let out a sigh of relief that could have been so much worse then it turned out.

RPG:
June nervously adjusted her outfit for Science Fiction and walked over to the backstage for the sci-fi stage. When she saw her cue, June pressed a button and the silver door made of metal slid open sideways and in front of her, was the isolated, desolate-looking stage. June put on her practiced haughty/icy face and strutted down the g shaped stage. In all honesty, June detested this costume, but she couldn't let the audience know that. The lights were directed towards June and little silvery-blue sparkles floated in mid-air. As some song that perfectly fit the mood for this stage played, June posed and pivoted as cameras flashed. After she was done, June twirled around on one foot and strutted back up the stage once more. When she was backstage, June sighed in relief and with a wave of her wand, was free of that horrible costume and makeup.

Description:
This outfit from G+G's Sci-Fi line is made of satin. The long dark blue dress is overlapped with a length of golden satin that also lines the neckline of the dress. Around the neck area, a white material bunches together to form a small collar and is sewn into the main dress.This detailed dress is priced at 100 galleons and the pair of white suede boots are priced at 65 galleons. G+G recommends that you accessorize this outfit with a pair of blue embroidered white gloves for 20 galleons, an intricate leather belt for 40 galleons, and a bronze staff with a dark blue jewel for 58 galleons.

Cristina peeked onto the sci-fi stage while adjusting her elf ears, admiring June's Sci-fi costume and in a good mood after the girls' other fantastic Fantasy shows. She smiled to her own image in the mirror, arranged a few last nasty streak of her hair and looked to Smifty, who whispered excitedly, "Go!". She nodded eagerly, swooshed her wand, and apparated onto the Fantasy part of the stage.



She didn't even have time to walk two steps, that she realised she was being levitated by a member of the crew. She high-fived him to let him know she was going to give a perfect impression of flight and felt how her fine pink and yellow wing began to flutter. She smiled at the public and her smiled broadened as she heard "The Legend of Ashitaka" from the "Princess Mononoke" Soundtrack. It was only an instumental song, but it had just the right kind of fairy feeling to it. The song was indeed so beautiful that she felt sorry to have it spoiled by the comentator's loud voice, so she had asked the sound team to magically transmit his comment as a whisper only into the publics' ears. And into her own, of course. She landed softly in a spot of grass and moss, that was being lighted by an eerie light coming from the waterfall - a light sparkling with the dust of waterdrops. It smelled nice - fresh and innocent, just like in a saint forest known only to spirits and fairies. In this magical atmosphere, she didn't even feel like posing too much. She just waled around, casually welcoming a bird from time to time or wondering about a butterfly on her nose, while the public could hear a whispered comment.

"Pshh ... ladies and gentlemen, do not disturb this little place of heaven on earth.. let's peek in and see what our fariy wears, then let her go on about her fairy business, things to deep to unserstand for us humans... it's pretty simple: a short pink dress, with a light pink inner layer. It has got no straps - that makes it more comfortable to wear. As jewellry our fairy wears purple bracelets - one on top of her arm and other two at her other arm's wrist. And of course - for those of you who don't believe her wings are real, you can regard those light pink and yellow beauties as decoration, too.... although we advise you to believe in them... fairy magic exists, dear ladies and gentlemen. You're probably asking about the price now, aren't you? Our fairies consider money is something trivial - so all they will ask for this beautiful outfit is for you to do a good deed to somebody... not too much to ask, is it?"

Cristina listened as the song approached its end. She bowed her head only to raise it again and overwhelm the public with the beauty of her serene gaze, then spread her wings and flew up. Slowly, she reached the balcony, but didn't fly on top of it. Instead, she entered the waterfall of vines and made herself unseen.

June saw Cris appear after her modeling and whispered, "That was great!" to her sis. Having finished her sci-fi catwalk, June was suddenly surrounded by a team of Swifty's charmwork crew. In under 5 minutes, the normal human June, had been transformed into a gorgeous mermaid! When she was given the 'okay' signal from Swifty, June apparated into the waterfall/river that was part of the stage. When she appeared underwater, June saw that right next to her, was a dolphin! "Hello," she said and her eyes widened when it appeared that she could talk underwater... and be understood. June petted the dolphin and swam around a bit, enjoying her beautiful blue and violet tail. As she twisted and turned underwater, the bright lights from above made the water sparkle and it illuminated June's bright pink hair. The dolphin nudged June and she took that to mean, that it was now time to surface. She did so, and was shocked to hear the song: "Under the Sea" from the soundtrack of the Little Mermaid. She sighed as she realized that being underwater had kept her from hearing one of her favorite songs. 'Oh well,' June thought and smiled as the commentary started.

"This mermaid costume from G+G Fantasy is perfect if you ever want to enjoy the sea without having to breathe every 30 seconds or so. The tail is made of faux-mermaid scales and are charmed to their beautiful state in comparison to normal dull green mermaid scales. The outfit comes with a charm that G+G's wonderful spellmakers came up with. The charm allows you to breath underwater for up to 3 hours, without needing a bubblehead charm or that disgusting Gillyweed. The tail can be charmed on as well, and is comfortable and easy to use. The complete outfit is priced at 250 galleons."

While the commentary continued, June used her powerful mermaid tail to flip her into the air and back down to the water to applause. When the commentary had ended, June swam back up the river and regretfully apparated backstage... Nothing could compare to being a mermaid. June got backstage and was instantly un-mermaid-ized. Standing there normal once more, June was met by Swifty. "You have to get out there again June!" Swifty cried. "Why?" June asked. She'd been so looking forward to a rest. "Because everyone's late! Now change quickly and then go go go!!!" Swifty quickly rushed away, leaving June to roll her eyes, smile, and go find the outfit that she would be wearing next.



Finally, June found her outfit and quickly changed into it, carefully placing the crown of roses on her head. June sat at her vanity and carefully charmed her hair a chestnut brown with magically enhanced gorgeous curls. She put on a dab of pink grapefruit lipgloss and finished up her makeup. "All done!" June said to herself happily and apparated out onto the stage. Instantly, "Under the Sea" switched to "The Rose". As the song played, June''s commentary began.

"This next outfit from G+G Fantasy is meant to represent a Goddess of Roses. The outfit is simple, but beautiful, and is basically a dress made out of roses. The long skirt of the dress is made out of pink rose petals that have been charmed to always look and smell fresh and to never tear. The petals are flattened and sewn together by seamstresses that are experienced in sewing, charmwork, and flowers. The top of the dress is made of transparent material with preserved roses that are sewn on. The outfit is priced at 225 galleons and G+G recommends that you accessorize it with a crown of roses for only 30 galleons!"

June's commentary ended and she twirled once before apparating backstage. "Please don't tell me that I have to go again," she said to Swifty... her feet were killing her. "No,no," Swifty said absent-mindedly as she surveyed a checklist. 'Thank Merlin,' June thought and rushed off to change into normal clothes.