The first  dress, the one she bypassed for the second!

Sorry, this might be a bit long... 

~ Galexia ~ 

I strain up arms, trying to reach a comfy-looking windowseat. I notice Phoenix reclining on the bed and call him over for help.

"I can't reach it, Nixie!"

He walks over and stands on his tip-toes to look out.

"Tell me what fairyland looks like!"

"Would you like me to describe it to you, or should I go find you a box?" He asks, laughing and toying with my pigtails.

"Can you lift me up?" I ask, reaching up my arms as if for a hug.

He smiles and nods, heaving my up under my arms and tossing me onto the window seat, "There you go."

I have a sudden vision of Andromeda, Phoenix, and me, playing together in the park when we were little.

"Lift me up, lift me up!" I cried, reaching out my arms towards Andromeda. Phoenix was off somewhere pretending to be a secret agent. Andromeda smiled and tossed and messy braid over her shoulder. She heaved me up and put me on the swings, "There you go."

Then she gently began to push me.

"Higher! Higher!" I squealed with laughter.

She obliged, but gave me a warning, "Careful, now, Galexia, don't want you to fall off."

I looked down, and suddenly the ground seemed so far away.

"Stop!" I cried, flailing my arms. Andromeda leapt forward and caught me, holding me to her chest.

"I've got you, baby, I've got you."

I nestled in her arms, laying my head on her shoulder. I had no doubt that my big sister would always be there for me. She would always love me. She would always catch me when I fell.

"Galexia? Galexia!" Phoenix snaps his fingers in front of my face. I blink out of my memory.

Phoenix opens his mouth to ask me a question, but I cut him off, "When's Andromeda coming back?"

He blinks, surprised, "I-I, well, um, soon."

"How soon?"

There's something guarded in his expression, "She'll be back, Galexia. Don't worry."

I twirl my pigtail, a nervous habit of mine, and look out the window at the majestic kingdom below me. Multicolored fairies are fluttering around everywhere, covering the green land in a wave of color. In the distance is the forest we came out of. Some kind of festive dance seems to be going on in the town square involving ribbons and lots of twirling. It looks like a nice enough place. I wonder if Saphira had been serious about the man-eating squirrels and carnivorous flowers. Maybe she'd just been "sarcastic," which was a older-kid thing that I didn't quite understand yet. My mind wanders... and returns to my favorite sister.

"I miss her," I say quietly.

Phoenix places a hand on my shoulder, "I know. I do too. Hey, do you want to check out the wardrobe?"

I look up, hesitant, "Wardrobe?"

"You want to look good for tonight's royal fairy ball, don't you?"

A smile touches my lips. Phoenix is better at cheering me up than I expected, "Of course."

He lifts me down from the window seat and brings me over to the wardrobe. He throws the doors open and my eyes widen.

The rows of clothes stretch on for what seems like forever. There are shoes, dresses, shirts, pants... hats, socks... hairbands, jewelry... bandanas, skirts... so many different colors greet my eyes as I look around in awe.

"Wow!"

"Go pick out your clothes for the ball."

I smile and run off into the wardrobe. 

Dathan~

I knock on the double doors at the end of the hallway. Inside, I hear the little girl--Galexia--squealing excitedly. The doors are flung open by Phoenix, who looks surprised but not annoyed. I stand there for a moment, feeling awkward.
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"Hi," I say finally, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure!" he says, pulling me into the room and shutting the door behind us. "Whassup?"

"Well," I begin, then stop. This is a lot harder than I expected. I fidget for a second. "I was just wondering about Jewel Academy," I tell him, "I mean, it's kind of an awkward situation. I don't really have a way to get back home, and even if I did, the Officials wouldn't exactly give me my job back. We kind of blew up the ship."

Phoenix considers this. "The ship looked really cool when it exploded," he says.

Strangely, I don't feel exasperated. Actually, I agree with him. "Yeah, it did," I agree, "The shock wave was the best part. But now it's gone, and I'm unofficially fired."

"Oh," Phoenix says, "Sorry? Hey, what was the question you were going to ask me?"

"Nixie!" Galexia exclaims, "Look at this!" She twirls around excitedly in a glittery purple dress. 

"Cool," Phoenix says. He looks at me. "Girls and their glitter."

"Nah, I get it," I tell him, "I have sisters."

"You do? What were you going to ask me?" he presses. I had to give it to him, the guy sure didn't give up easily. 

"Well, I mean," I start again, "I know Jewel Academy is for magical people."

"Yup," Phoenix concedes.

"And I'm definately not magical. In any shape or form or color. So I guess the question is, can I come? With you guys?" I stop there, waiting for his answer. He looks at me. 

"How old are you?" he asks randomly.

"Just turned seventeen," I say, "Why?"

"Just wondering," he says.

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I'm going to let ya'll decide if he can come. Technically, that's the only good way to keep him in the story, but I'll let Rose bud decide how Phoenix answers, if he does. :) 

Saphira~~~

AFter a long consversation with my mom she finally agrees not to lock up my friends. I fly to my room and open up the wardrobe. Sighing I pull out a long, tight-fiting, deep blue, dress with muted sparkles. I pull on some long, white, gloves and high heels so tall I feel like a breeze could nock me over. I twirl magic over my hair, curling it and pulling it up in an elaborate hairdoo. I swoop out of the room, calling to everybody that if they want to make it to the ball in time they should get going. I fly through the casle until I finally reach the outside ball.