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"That is so strange," the seamstress commented wryly She fu hindering the teeth She tried a different dress and tested the zipper before asking Mina to step into it "Let’s try a larger dress"

Mina rolled her eyes and stepped into the next size up, blowing her bangs out of her eyes She was exhausted fro on dresses Yes, she would have absolutely loved the blue Cinderella gown, but she knew better than to get her hopes up

"It’s stuck!" Molly gasped out She tugged and tugged on the zipper that had worked perfectly only o "I don’t knohat to tell you I was sure it would work" She was flustered and didn’t kno to appease Sara, as by now irl!" Sara cried and blew her nose on a tissue frons meant as well as Mina

Mina usually enjoyed dress shopping, the few ti ridiculous Mina scanned the rack of dresses and her eye stopped on a deep red one

"That one" Mina pointed to the rack and Molly jumped up and pushed the dresses to the side She pulled out a beautiful red dress that flowed out in billows froathered and pleated down the back in a late Victorian style The corset was a deep red, made from hts

The dress was gorgeous --at least the Story had good taste This is the one she would have chosen, if it hadn’t been red

"I didn’t think I’ve ever seen this one," the sea one looked at Mina’s petite figure and announcing "I’ht be too small"

"It will fit" Mina knew deep down it would This was the dress she was supposed to wear

Sara helped Mina into the dress, her hands shaking as she went to try the zipper "I can’t" Sara backed away from the dress to sit on a small pink padded stool by the mirror She held her hand to her mouth fearfully

Molly stepped forward and pulled the zipper up with ease, carefully hooking the top eyelet

"Well, I’ll be I would have thought it o sizes too small, but it fits like it was made for you"

Mina’s eyes hen she saw her reflection Molly began cinching the back of the corset and tugging the ribbons and arraying them Mina had to actually pinch herself, to

She looked different: older,this stunning in her whole life Her dark brown hair flowed down her back and was lost ae and her lips red and full Her nose, the one she always feared too save a sleeve a cursory sniff and sighed in relief when it smelled of cinnamon and honey instead of mothballs

Molly stood back to ad out of a fairy tale"

Sara cried harder

Mina spun around and looked at the dress frole in the multiple mirrors It was better than any princess dress she had tried on so far Mina’s only worry was that the dress had layers and layers of material in the back It would make it very difficult to run in, if it cairl, not even bothering to ask the price was If the Story wanted her to wear the dress, then the Story had better provide

Unsurprising to Mina, Molly had to check twice on the price on the tag, confir the price "I can’t believe it I didn’t even knoe had dresses for this price, but I’ve checked with the er, and she thinks it’s fine It seems you have yourself a dress" She clapped and pressed her hands together in excitement