The Luna Choosing Game

Charlotte and I scoured through some magazines, looking at design ideas for new gowns for the Second

Ball.

Since us candidates needed to conceal our true identities as part of the challenge, Elva and I couldn’t match this time. Therefore, every time we saw a cute kids‘ costume, I showed Elva to see if she cared for

We passed by several options. An owl with lots of feathers. A baby seal with pearly white fur trim. A

chameleon with shimmering fabric that changed colors in different lighting.

Finally, halfway through the third magazine, I stopped at a particular striking gown. It was a butterfly

design, bold and beautiful with wings and an assortment of colors.

“Look at this one.” I turned the magazine to Charlotte, who immediately perked upon seeing it.

“Wow! That’s gorgeous!”

With a butterfly, I liked the theme of rebirth. It felt fitting somehow, to go from my old life as a lowly

caterpillar to someone who could dare to dream of flying among the star–like princes.

Someday soon, I would have to transition again back into a butterfly. But for now, I could don my 1

and fly. 1

wings

many seams of the gown. The

of smaller fabric swatches, all sewn together

well on the previous gowns we’ve

we would need is some wire for the wings,

scrounge some from around her somewhere.”

adamantly search for Elva’s design. So far, she had turned down the bumblebee,

she sighed. “Why would I be a cat, Mommy? I want

and I glanced at each other. Then we poured through the

faux–fur trimmed dress with a mask in the shape of a wolf

face.

She grabbed the magazine from my hands and held it to her

This one, Mommy!”

magazine again, Charlotte and I

and the patterns,

don’t have the correct materials to replicate the fur,” Charlotte said. She walked up

covered in all our remnants. “We’d have

approaching, and with my luck, I wasn’t sure we would get what we needed in

better idea,” I

the door where Mark was diligently keeping

the matter, Piper?”

just wondering if I could go shopping. We need some things for Elva’s