Both Katie and Paige marched me out of school, and straight for the mall. It took us fifteen minutes, and by the time we reached it, i felt tired, as if my previous lack of fitness had reassorted itself. It didn't help that I was shorter than my 'friends' or that I felt increasingly self conscious about my uniform. I looked, and felt, every bit a St Mary's student, and I was worried about being stared at, especially by the boys. Fortunately, there weren't many around to gawk at me, or my friends. I needed to get out of the uniform fast. before some guy tried to chat me up. I didn't need much; just some jeans, a hoodie to cover the rest of me, and some shoes that didn't click every time I took a step. Of course, such an outfit made me think of Karyn.
The other thing that was worrying me was Zoe. Katie had mentioned 'my mom working at St Mary's'. Who knew what kind of transformation Zoe had undergone, or whether she was even aware of it. The second we were outside the mall's entrance, I pulled out my phone and checked the contacts. Ominously, 'Zoe' had vanished, but others had appeared, all girls from my new school. Karyn was still there, which was some comfort.
"Have you done anything to my phone? Somethings missing" I asked.
"No" Katie said, though I could tell she had wanted to.
I gulped; another case of the delayed magic of the stone, something both girls noticed, but assumed it was all part of me not being 'myself'. Something that made me even more nervous. i took a couple of steps towards a store that i knew sold some jeans, but Paige blocked me.
"You need your hair done first, Anna" Paige insisted.
"My hair? What is wrong with my hair?" I enquired. While, I wanted to change my hair from its pigtailed state, it was lower on my priorities. Besides, that's what the hoodie was for.
"Nothing, Annie, but since you're getting a facial, you're get our hair done too. And a massage. You seem tense" Katie said.
"Facial? I can't afford all this" I protested. I was concerned too, with them using 'you're' and not 'we'
Neither Katie or Paige seemed too concerned and half dragged me to the salon, where, to my surprise, not only they could do my hair right then, but the girls prepaid for me. In the back of my mind, i wondered if this was the stone's doing, since it was all too convenient, but of course, I couldn't protest. Not even about the payment, since both Katie and Paige seemed to had vanished. Which was concerning, since they seemed to want to give me a makeover. I felt a slight tug as my ribbons were removed, and someone started washing my hair. It felt nice, and to my surprise, I started to relax. Too much. i quickly fell asleep.
I heard someone call 'Anna' and felt someone shake me. Instantly, i opened my eyes. and panicked. I had fallen asleep, and who knows what had been done to me. It was not a positive sign to have Paige staring at me, even though she was completely friendly. "Wow. You really needed that, Anna. Good thing you did have that panic attack. You would had been injured for sure."
"Yeah" I agreed "Is there a mirror?"
"Not yet. Close your eyes and let Katie and I dress you and you'll see the complete makeover" Paige urged. I felt a slight urge of panic at the idea that I had lost my clothing whilst I was out, but one twist of my body told me I was still in my uniform. I sighed internally, but gave a nod, which triggered two excited squeals. Instantly I regretted it, as i felt the tug of clothes getting removed, as well as new ones being put on. After a minute, Paige told me to open my eyes, which I did. Instantly, I froze, shocked and horrified at what they had done to me.
"My hair!" I stammered, horrified by it being just as blonde as Zoe's. Worse, something must had thought it funny to retie my hair into pigtails, only this time, they seemed flouncier than ever. My lips were pink, and as I licked my lips, I could definitely taste strawberry.. My earrings had also been changed out, now heart shaped like both Paige's and Katie's. Combined, it made me look as much as a ditzy airhead as them.
"I told you we could undo the damage" Katie said.
"Damage?" I said as I placed my now pink nailed hands to my face.
"God, you're such a ditz, Annie" Katie said, seemingly oblivious to my horror. "We told you we could undo your ill fated attempts at dying your hair"
My clothes were even worse, since they were all pink, and much too revealing for my liking. Short skirt, or at least one that ended mid thigh, a pair of pink heels and worse, a midriff exposing pink spaghetti strap top that also showed too much of my breasts, which were aided by the fact one of my 'friends' had switched out my bra for a push up one. It was the clothes of a girly, airheaded girl that was trying maybe slightly too hard to get attention. Both Paige and Katie were dressed similarly. I gulped, wondering how to get out of this without either Zoe or Karyn seeing me.
