Walking into the transfiguration classroom Cyprien could hardly wait. He had enjoyed the first lesson and was sure that the 2nd lesson would be equally as entertaining as well as educational. His plate was piling up with so many subjects it was hard to find time to do homework however he was managing and that was what was important.

....... Who was this woman and what had she done with Professor Bellaire? Because uh, this was definitely not the woman he had seen last lesson that was for sure. Even though her smile seemed less for than it had in the past-- those moments when she did actually smile, at least-- it was still really creepy. Zander didn't like it, not one bit. It was kind of throwing him off actually.

But wait a minute? They were still going to use the clothes that they were working on? Well.... But... Wait a minute. Were they going to have to wear it in front of everyone!? And where's Kyroh!! Zander didn't see the second year at all and he was supposed to be working with the Gryffindor and now Zander had to wear a superhero costume all by himself... Uh oh.

And uh, he still had some stuff to work on too. The fourth year decided to pull out what he had already done, which were the pants and looked around to see how far everyone else had gotten. Well really he just needed some kind of shirt and then a cape... And possibly a mask or something depending on how much time he had left.

Well there was a logical reason if she'd ever heard one. Lottie would be forced to work with someone else if Lex happened to conveniently drop dead before they could get through the show and who knows what kind of idiot her bestfriend would be stuck with. For her sake, she'd do that living thing. "Don't reckon it's too late to make an escape. People are still working on pieces," apparently, "no one would even notice." Least of all the Professor who would have been too busy watching everyone else.

When you got to your Seventh Year you were allowed to skip classes. It was like some form of unspoken rule or something but the Gryffindor was very much aware of it.

Lottie's confirmation that it wasn't a joke only hit hard after Bellaire mentioned the word show. Show WHAT exactly? Or no, she meant show like with the catwalk and the strutting and all the things that weren't gonna happen.

"Again, it's not too late to make for the door. I don't actually suspect she'll mind too less brains to hammer knowledge into." So...they could go. See?

Come on, Lottie or were they staying?

Eden had been here the whole time. And once more she was nervous for this class because Bellaire was so..harsh most time. The professor DID seem like she was in a much better mood this time around, though, thankfully, and Eden glanced around for anyone she knew. However, she wasn't in the best of moods either. Maybe she shouldn't force herself to talk to someone else...hmm.

Her partner didn't seem to be anywhere? Norah? right? Eden looked around for her and didn't see the younger girl--but she did go collect their items of clothing and was happy with the jean idea she'd had. She was comfortable in jeans, yes. The top...well...it had been more the younger girl's idea, but Eden didn't mind it so much. The size still looked questionable--plus Eden was an older, thicker girl than Norah. So maybe she should adjust the size a bit? Yeah?

Mackenzie was steady staring at her feet as more and more of her classmates began to file into the room. She had her creation and to be honest she loved it. Gold and black had been the colors she had chosen, the gold lace shimmered in the light perfectly.

A voice that she instantly knew pulled her from her thoughts and without looking up she whispered "Hello Zander." Honestly she wasn't sure what to say to the other Gryffindor, beside the fact that they hadn't spoken since she had ran away crying.. yeah this was A W K W A R D!!


Oh, great!! Now there would be time for small talk for those that were finished.. She wasn't expecting this to be so hard. Truth be told the blonde was already looking forward to her afternoon nap. And she could tell this was going to be an emotionally taxing class.

OOH. So they got time to finish what they'd not managed last time? PERFECT. Toby still had some adjusting he wanted to do of the clothes he'd already made, and he still had a coat that didn't even exist yet. Well, good job he'd gone and brought that fabric along then, in the hopes that Bellaire would allow them some extra time.

Tobias set his back down on the floor and took a seat. He carefully piled the folded clothes onto the seat beside him until at last he was left with the final piece of fabric. There were no mannequins here, but that was okay, Toby simple draped it up and over his shoulders and around his back and used himself as the mannequin.

The Hufflepuff paused suddenly, and frowned in thought. Could he remember the spell without checking his notes? It would be good practice, just in case it all came up in the OWL exams. As he thought, Toby got his wand from his holster and tapped it in his palm, another fidgety habit that had recently developed.

And then, aha! He knew what it was, 'cause it was the same as the one that made a vest, and that was what Bellaire had first demonstrated with.

"Summus Vestis," Toby said confidentally, pointing his wand back at himself with some difficulty and trying to do that backwards Z (from his hand's perspective at least) and aim at the fabric. It was ridiculously fiddly, but he tried his best and focused on the coat he wanted to make and waited for it to work so he could get on with the other adjustments.

Honestly, the Gryffindor wasn't really sure as to where he stood with Mackenzie anymore. She had ran away from him and never really got to explaining herself. It was all a bit weird for him and he didn't even realize how uncomfortable he just made the situation. Whooops. Heh. "I-uh-I see you have your creation?" Yuuuup. Not awkward at all.

LOL. Um back to business? With fabric in hand and wand in the other, Zander paused for a moment. Wait, what kind of shirt did he even want to make to go along with this? And since when did those pants seem like a good idea? And no. He had time, he'd start from scratch. Taking the piece of fabric, he made a Z-motion, no wait, BACKWARDS Z with his wand, "Summus Vestis!" Right. There. Now how to do the pants? Um. AHA! This time he simply pointed his wand, "Summitto Vestis!!" And now that he had shorts... He'd make some tights/longer pants to go underneath them? "Summitto Vestis," there, perfect.

As for the cape.... Nah, there wasn't really a spell for that so he just started cutting up a long piece of fabric for that.

Uhhhhh...... make adjustments? He didn't need to do any adjustments, nope... that was what OUT OF CLASS time had been for. Yep. No, he was totally ready for this, or at least, as ready as he ever would be, all things considered.

He did have a question though...

"Professor?" he asked, approaching her, "do we change now? Or soon?" he asked. Totally needed to know that.

Professor Bellaire seemed rather perky today.......which was strange. She was even giving them time to finish working on their creations. Jasmine had finished her outfit during the last class, although it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to look it over. You never know, there just may be something that needed fixing or adjusting.

Jasmine retrieved her clothes and took a moment to inspect them. Everything seemed to be in order, as far as she could tell anyway. All in all, she was satisfied with her work. Whether or not Bellaire would be happy with it was another story entirely. Jasmine was definitely unsure about this whole modeling thing, but she supposed that she could go into performance mode......just this once. Now she just had to wait to hear what the next step would be.

Ian gathered up his completed outfit. He wasn't terribly worried. It would either be acceptable or it wouldn't. It wasn't like he'd come to Hogwarts School for Witches and Wizards to become a seamstress or fashion designer. Come to think of it, why had he decided this was a good idea to continue. Things recently had caused him to question his choice to stay.

He looked at his vest...and his shirt....and the denim pants he had made with the assistance of Zeke. Stitches still worked, buttons still present and whether the colors matched was immaterial to Ian. He was just glad he had a completed outfit.

Last minute adjustments, hm? Maddie had taken care of that OUTSIDE of class. All she'd really needed to do was adjust the long sleeve shirt she'd made. A series of engorgement and shrinking charms later and she'd successfully managed to fix the problem, though it had been a PROCESS. She was confident about her work, though. Her long sleeve shirt was a bit more formfitting than she was COMFORTABLE with but it WAS the right size. As were here jeans that she'd be modeling. All in all, she was pretty sure her look was polished. Maybe not as FANCY as some of the others, but work she was proud of.

The second year shifted from one foot to the other and continued her wait, anxious to get this whole modeling business over with. They'd be starting soon, right?

Taking the shirt she and Norah had made, Eden set it on the table and duplicated it, so that she would have one and Norah would have one. Then she tapped her wand on the garment and sighed. She had to just resay the spell and it SHOULD turn into her size, right? She and Norah had done that last time...so she just cleared her throat, and with authority, said, "Summus Vestis!" and did the weird Z thing with her wand. The shirt instantly became bigger, more suited for Eden. Oh good.

Now for the pants. She wondered if Norah had to do those to make them her size? She wasn't really sure how this all worked..but...whatever. She tapped her wand to the jeans and duplicated those, as well. She wasn't looking forward to the fashion show at all.

It would be torture.

Watching the rest of the students Bay couldn't help but get zoned out and proud that all the younger students were doing so well.. Taking out his wand he followed suit (he he he) and said "Summus Vestis" to his top and laughed because he remembered that Lux had called him "ERIC" she was always an odd ball but thats one of the main reasons why he loved her so much.. Winking at her, then he concentrated back on finishing that top… he wanted to make sure everything was okay.

Awesome, they were going to get started soon. Lux was excited to do a fashion show And fortunately had no adjustments that needed to be made so she'd just watch instead. Seeing Bay wink at her, she smiled and winked back. They sure loved winking at each other. "Awesome job," she said approvingly as she watched him work.

Making clothes wasn't his strong suit but he tried his best and all he really needed to do was to fix the top a little bit more, watching Lux stare down at him he instantly became nervous.. "do you think this is alright?" not the job that he was doing.. but the style of clothing that he made… some might not like the odd angles and shapes.

Awww, he looked nervous. Lux didn't like that. She gave Bay a big smile hoping it would help him relax again. "I think it looks great. I love the shapes and odd angles." It was really cool.

Reaching into her bag, she pulled out the blue dress she worked on last class. "What do you think of mine?" Were the flowers pretty? She hoped he liked it because his opinion was important to her.

Looking over her dress, she inspected it to see if there was anything that needed fixing.

Just like that, Toby was suddenly wearing the coat he wanted, transfigured out of that fabric he'd brought along. It was a little big, sure, but nothing like the times he'd tried on his dad's coats or whatever. It would do.

So, now just to make those little adjustments and he'd be all set. But that made Toby think, because there was one thing his coat didn't have; buttons. But he also didn't have any of those beetles to hand to try and transfigure, and he wasn't sure he could conjure a set of buttons out of thin air. Maybe he could just go buttonless but call it fashion. That could work.

The rest of the clothes then. For the next few minutes Toby worked on tidying up all the clothes he'd now transfigured, whilst still wearing his fashionable new coat. The trousers needed shortening, as did the sleeves of the shirt he'd made. All in all it seemed as though Tobias had overestimated just how tall he was when creating all this stuff, but he figured it was better to overdo it than go the other way. Something told him that the engorgement charm just wouldn't be quite right for this task.

As he worked on it, using little charms just to tidy everything up, Toby sort of assessed his own work. All in all, it wasn't too bad. Not something you'd find in a good clothes shop, but still not a bad outfit. If they got to keep this stuff, he'd totally wear it places, though maybe after some help from his grandma to tidy up the parts he just couldn't do.

The more time went on, the higher Toby's levels of distraction went, and after a few minutes he found himself more focused on curiously looking at what everyone else was doing than working on his own stuff. It was all very interesting, seeing what people had made, and wondering about their own creative process.

Sophia was buzzing around the classroom, helping a few hapless souls here and there. Wasn't this grand? Obviously they were all enjoying it because what could be more relevant than learning how to clothe oneself?

She paused when she heard a little voice.

"No. There will be no changing into your outfit until you are ready to hit the stage..." Speaking...

"Okay..everyone! Time's up!. If your outfit isn't finished, tough luck because you will be presenting it as it. First person go get ready!"

ooc: So here's how this will go...once you decide that you are ready, post your charries modeling and showing off their designs. You do not have to wait until the other person is finished..just please number your posts so I can follow.

Okay, it was time. Maddie figured that SHE'D be one of the first to go since SHE wanted to get this whole thing over with. And so the second year disappeared for a few minutes to change into the outfit she'd made, satisfied that it was enough like her sketch to earn her a good grade. And though she'd opted NOT to make the blazer bit, she was still looking pretty good when she returned to the stage area and peeked out at the students and Professor Bellaire. Okay, this was no biggy. She was ALREADY fabulous so there was no need to be nervous about seeming so.

Confidence, Cooper.

And off she went, starting her walk down the runway.

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Well there was a logical reason if she'd ever heard one. Lottie would be forced to work with someone else if Lex happened to conveniently drop dead before they could get through the show and who knows what kind of idiot her bestfriend would be stuck with. For her sake, she'd do that living thing. "Don't reckon it's too late to make an escape. People are still working on pieces," apparently, "no one would even notice." Least of all the Professor who would have been too busy watching everyone else.

When you got to your Seventh Year you were allowed to skip classes. It was like some form of unspoken rule or something but the Gryffindor was very much aware of it.

Lottie's confirmation that it wasn't a joke only hit hard after Bellaire mentioned the word show. Show WHAT exactly? Or no, she meant show like with the catwalk and the strutting and all the things that weren't gonna happen.

"Again, it's not too late to make for the door. I don't actually suspect she'll mind too less brains to hammer knowledge into." So...they could go. See?

Come on, Lottie or were they staying?

This was seriously considered, by the way. Leaving the room as inconspicuously as possible. It wouldn't have been much of a big deal, quite frankly, surely Bellaire wouldn't miss them, maybe just Lex. Head Girl and all, you know. Also, pretty positive they could make a run for it now, especially since Bellaire was announcing that they could start...

...well, interesting.

What knowledge was Lex speaking of, though? They weren't going to learn any spells or anything, so, all they had to was model. Hmmmm. Yeah, she wasn't sure still, but she poked her bestie lightly on the shoulder. Kyroh's friend was already going up there. Would Lex do it? It wasn't a difficult thing to do, really...

...so they could stay.

Right, this wasn't awkward. Maddie figured she'd have to get used to people watching her if she was going to rule the world someday but STILL, it made her mildly uncomfortable knowing that the majority of people HERE weren't people she knew well at all. They were going to be judgey, yes? Good thing her outfit was great.

Once she made it to the end of the runway, Maddie made sure to pause and do a slow turn, fingers hooked around the belt loops of her jeans. This way Bellaire could get the full view of her work and grade as she saw fit. She even managed a confident smile before she started back towards the backstage area.

This whole modeling thing wasn't for her, just saying. NEXT!

Adi did not want to move. This was not happening, this was NOT happening. Of course, he supposed he could always stay where he was or make a quick break for the door. Meh. But nooooo. This Puffer never ran away from anything so he might as well get this thing over with.

"Going to go get changed so I can just get this out of the way,'' Adi told Benny, AJ and Angel. Maybe he could just do a really fast walk down the runway? That way he could get it over with in like five seconds. Hehe.

Apparently she was not the only one who was NOT looking forward to the whole modeling thing. In fact, Angel was the only one in the group who was looking forward to it. AJ was sure her face mirrored Benny and Adi's.

Her boyfriend was just about to walk away to get changed, when she stopped him. "Wait..." They all had to do it, there was obviously NO getting out of that, but maybe they could make this a bit less painful. "Neither one of us really wants to do this, so do you wanna suffer together?" Her smile was firmly in place. "Care to escort a lady?" Lady used in reference to AJ was a stretch.

Maybe then Angel and Benny could follow them and model together too. They could make this as fun as possible. If fun was even possible. Oh, who was she kidding? AJ could make anything fun. So what do you say, Rehman?

Adi turned when he heard AJ's voice. Ohh. Modelling together was a great idea! The thought made him feel more comfortable with the entire situation. But of course he had to get some teasing in there. He arranged his face into a confused look.

"Uh, sure. But are you talking about Angel or Lux? They're the only ladies I see here.'' Hehe. The girlfriend was amazing and everything but she was not that much of a lady. But it suited him fine.

Adi grinned. "Kidding. Sure. Let's suffer together.'' This should be fun.

The longer they stood there was the more Lex came to understand that in fact they were not escaping Bellaire's class. No mistaking it, despite the clear avenue of retreat Lottie was still standing there and in fact looking like maybe she was already figuring out the game plan for this modelling thing which meant she really was stuck here--because you didn't escape without the bestfriend. That was bad form and anyway what would you do while your bestie was still in class? Die of boredom, that's what, so fine she was staying too.

"I guess we should get changed then?" You know, since they weren't doing that getting out of here as fast as possible thing she'd been hoping for.

Lex yanked her dress from the mannequin then nodded toward the cheering area for Lottie to follow. They were modelling together at least, right....? No way was she going down that cat walk alone. She'd sooner sneak out to fetch Felix and have him walk the show with her. She liked to think he wouldn't mind and at least it'd be a distraction from all THIS.

So yeah, her and Lottie in this thing together to make it a little more tolerable 'cause they were staying.

Ugh.