Man in the Mirror
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 16
Christmas morning Sasporilla woke early. She wanted to have a good hot relaxing bath to start her day before the excited hectic pace of Karry and Zacs wedding took hold. As much as she'd grown used to the short hair, she hoped there was something, Madame Jizel, the beautician in Hogsmead, to do to give her a bit more length for a fuller updo style. Sassy dropped a bath bomb in the water and the whole bathroom smelled of Vanilla and strawberries. Sasporilla sank into the bath water up to her shoulders and let the hot water cleanse her to her very soul.
She stayed in the bath until her skin threatened to prune. She wrapped herself in a Hufflepuff yellow and black house towel and reached for her wand. Once a month, like most girls her age, Sasporilla used the spell "Dermi Epilatia" on her legs and under arms. She heard muggle girls used chemicals or worse sharpened razors to shave! The thought made her laugh. How silly and barbaric some muggle ways were.
Sassy put on the lingerie Karry had helped her pick out to go with the dress. Of course she didn't see the point of frilly undies that no one else was ever going to see, under a dress she was only going to wear once. However if wearing them on her special day was going to make Karry happy on her special day then that was good enough.
Sassy put on her robes on over a pair of jeans and an ugly Christmas jumper, grabbed a bag of gifts that had sat wrapped under the tree in her living room, and headed into the great hall for breakfast.
Sasporilla ate light, not wanting to have a food baby bump under her dress. She stuck to toast and juice, and snuck two apples into her bag for later.
"Happy Christmas Sasporilla." Melvin said st
Christmas present for Melvin sitting in beside her. He put a package wrapped in gold foil paper with a large red ribbon and bow.
"Happy Christmas Melvin." Sassy smiled pulling the top package out of the bag and handing it to Melvin.
"Open yours first." Melvin insisted.
"Ok." Sasporilla said wiping the crumbs from her hands and pulling open the ribbon. Inside the box was a heavy metal bar with two metal clamp ends, Sasporilla couldn't lift it, so she had to levitate it out. Along with it was a leather kit, containing crystals and metal tips.
"It's very impressive Melvin." Sasporilla smiled, "but I have to ask... what is it?"
"It's a wand lathe." Melvin smiled. "You pur the wood into it and, place a design crystal you want the wand to come out as and the lathe turns and shapes the wood into the wand style you want!"
"That's amazing Melvin!" Sassy smiled. "That way can create a set of styles and do them in any woods I want, and then hand carve special ones. It's brilliant! I love it!"
"I'm glad!" Melvin smiled.
"Now open yours." Sasporilla said excitedly.
Melvin pulled the plain Christmas paper off the leather case inside.
"A brief case." Melvin smiled. "I will certainly need one when I'm an engineer."
"Open the case silly." Sassy smiled.
Melvin snapped open the clasps to see it wasn't actually just a brief case. Inside were many of the tools he would need to become a magical engineer.
"A Schnidermans tool, a built in multiphasic mirroscope, a Abbicum with polyphasic lensing built in?"
"And it does something called M.A.D?" Sasporilla said. "Have you heard of that?"
"Magically Aided Design!?!" Melvin said excitedly. "That means I can design it on the Abbicum and then hook to various magical devices to produce it exactly from the design!"
"Is that good?" Sasporilla smiled.
"Sassy," Melvin said. "We can design wands on this and load the designs into the memory gems! Your lathe will then make them for you based on the designs from the kit you bought me!"
"Really?" Sassy smiled. "This is amazing."
"Sassy this kit is very expensive and state of the art!" Melvin said. "It's too much."
"No!" Sasporilla said. "Engineering is your passion."
"One of two." Melvin said shyly.
"Consider it an investment in your future." Sassy said. "By the time you get to university you'll be years ahead of the others."
"I really do love it." Melvin smiled and hugged the older girl.
"And I love the lathe." Sasporilla said. "Thank you so much."
Melvin pulled back a bit. Their eyes locked and in that second Sasporilla felt the depth and intensity of his love for her. Melvin wanted to kiss her but he waited past that moment.
"So um," Melvin smiled nervously. "What is the plan? For the wedding I mean? To meet up in town."
"You remember Professor Lee-Ashwolf?" Sasporilla asked a bit relieved he'd broken off.
"Yes." Melvin smiled. "She's your friend!"
"Yes that's right," Sasporilla said taking Melvins hands. "She's popping by the school about Noon. Be ready in the hall way and you can escort her into town. Then I'll meet up with you at the church. We'll walk in together and get a seat, then I have to pop out to my ceremonial duties. After as the wedding party leaves the church we will proudly take each others arm and you can escort me back here for the reception. You'll be sitting with me at the head table."
"I will?" Melvin said nervously.
"Of course!" Sassy said. "You're my date. I can't let some one else sit beside me and put their hand on my knee all night."
"I... what?" Melvin said.
"I'm playing Melvin." Sasporilla said. "I expect you'd be far to much more of a gentlemen for something like that."
"Oh of course." Melvin said. "Unless you want me to then I'm totally into it."
Sasporilla laughed heartily at the boys frankness.
"Well at least you're honest." Sassy smiled. "Melvin if you follow your heart, and do what it tells you is right, I know any girl would gladly accept your attentions. Unless you go farther than you should and then the girl will punch your lights out."
"Wow!" Melvin said. "You totally inspired confidence in me and in the same breath totally knee capped me!"
"Good!" Sassy laughed. "That's my forthright feminine mystique. Oh goodness it's quarter of nine. I need to be in town in fifteen minutes."
Without thinking Sasporilla kissed Melvin on the lips, finished her juice and headed off. She turned around and snapped her fingers. The lathe disappeared off the table and was placed under the tree in her caravans living room.
Sassy made it just outside of the front gates when she apparated and reappeared in front of the beauty parlor in Hogsmead. By and far Sasporilla preferred flying her broom from place to place as apposed to the stretching disorientation of apparition.
The bridal party was already inside having their hair done.
"Sasporilla!" Karry smiled. "I knew you'd be a few minutes early so we all got in before you."
"Well it's only fair." Sassy smiled taking a seat in front. "You all need it so much more than me."
"You saucy cow!" Kay laughed.
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful." Sasporilla laughed.
Madame Jizel was the beautician scheduled for Sasporilla. The rather large woman looked over Sassys short pink hair.
"You do not leave me much to work with!" Madame Jizel said.
"I had long hair at the beginning of the year but a nasty curse buggered me up!" Sasporilla said.
"Well I could lengthen your hair but then what to do with it?" The beautician said.
"I was hoping for something like an up do." Sasporilla said.
"I am a beautician, not a miracle worker." The large woman smiled.
Three spells elongated Sasporillas hair to a manageable length. Madame Jizel was able to sculpt the pink locks into a beautiful Braided French twist. Sasporilla absolutely loved it.
"Now we do the make up." Madame Jizel said. "This is where I earn my money today."
Creams, masks, powders and plucking followed by pencils jabbed in her eye and small torture devices to curl her eye lashes.
When it was all done Sasporilla saw herself in the mirror and couldn't believe the transformation. She was beautiful. At best she only ever felt sort of pretty on her best day.
Karrys fair hair was done up in multiple braids, wound around her head, with flowers inter woven. Mrs.Curtiss went for a simple matronly bun while Kay just went for a bit of extra body and curl in her spectacular long black hair. A quick cast of "Tempermenentia" set the hair and make up magically in place for twenty four hours.
Next the girls headed to the dress shop. Mrs.Dubittle was waiting for them with Flutes of French Champagne. Mrs.Curtiss and Kay imbibed but Karry and Sasporilla passed. The dresses were fitted to the women in order of their importance in the wedding party.
Karrys white gown was beautiful. Sassys black and pink gown looked perfect on her and really suited her with her hair and make up. Mrs.Curtiss and Kays red Christmas time dresses looked very festive. Mrs.Dubittle was proud to escort the bridal party to the chapel helping to levitate their hems off the ground.
Sassy went with the girls into the brides ready room, a small alcove of the front left of the chapel. From their they could watch the comings and goings off all guests and the grooms party. There were a few family members coming in from various parts of the country. Most of Hogsmead was invited and of course any and all Hogwarts students who didn't go home for the Christmas break.
As Sasporilla looked out at the town, snow started to gently waft down from the heavens. It was proving to be a most amazing day.
Christmas morning Sasporilla woke early. She wanted to have a good hot relaxing bath to start her day before the excited hectic pace of Karry and Zacs wedding took hold. As much as she'd grown used to the short hair, she hoped there was something, Madame Jizel, the beautician in Hogsmead, to do to give her a bit more length for a fuller updo style. Sassy dropped a bath bomb in the water and the whole bathroom smelled of Vanilla and strawberries. Sasporilla sank into the bath water up to her shoulders and let the hot water cleanse her to her very soul.
She stayed in the bath until her skin threatened to prune. She wrapped herself in a Hufflepuff yellow and black house towel and reached for her wand. Once a month, like most girls her age, Sasporilla used the spell "Dermi Epilatia" on her legs and under arms. She heard muggle girls used chemicals or worse sharpened razors to shave! The thought made her laugh. How silly and barbaric some muggle ways were.
Sassy put on the lingerie Karry had helped her pick out to go with the dress. Of course she didn't see the point of frilly undies that no one else was ever going to see, under a dress she was only going to wear once. However if wearing them on her special day was going to make Karry happy on her special day then that was good enough.
Sassy put on her robes on over a pair of jeans and an ugly Christmas jumper, grabbed a bag of gifts that had sat wrapped under the tree in her living room, and headed into the great hall for breakfast.
Sasporilla ate light, not wanting to have a food baby bump under her dress. She stuck to toast and juice, and snuck two apples into her bag for later.
"Happy Christmas Sasporilla." Melvin said st
Christmas present for Melvin sitting in beside her. He put a package wrapped in gold foil paper with a large red ribbon and bow.
"Happy Christmas Melvin." Sassy smiled pulling the top package out of the bag and handing it to Melvin.
"Open yours first." Melvin insisted.
"Ok." Sasporilla said wiping the crumbs from her hands and pulling open the ribbon. Inside the box was a heavy metal bar with two metal clamp ends, Sasporilla couldn't lift it, so she had to levitate it out. Along with it was a leather kit, containing crystals and metal tips.
"It's very impressive Melvin." Sasporilla smiled, "but I have to ask... what is it?"
"It's a wand lathe." Melvin smiled. "You pur the wood into it and, place a design crystal you want the wand to come out as and the lathe turns and shapes the wood into the wand style you want!"
"That's amazing Melvin!" Sassy smiled. "That way can create a set of styles and do them in any woods I want, and then hand carve special ones. It's brilliant! I love it!"
"I'm glad!" Melvin smiled.
"Now open yours." Sasporilla said excitedly.
Melvin pulled the plain Christmas paper off the leather case inside.
"A brief case." Melvin smiled. "I will certainly need one when I'm an engineer."
"Open the case silly." Sassy smiled.
Melvin snapped open the clasps to see it wasn't actually just a brief case. Inside were many of the tools he would need to become a magical engineer.
"A Schnidermans tool, a built in multiphasic mirroscope, a Abbicum with polyphasic lensing built in?"
"And it does something called M.A.D?" Sasporilla said. "Have you heard of that?"
"Magically Aided Design!?!" Melvin said excitedly. "That means I can design it on the Abbicum and then hook to various magical devices to produce it exactly from the design!"
"Is that good?" Sasporilla smiled.
"Sassy," Melvin said. "We can design wands on this and load the designs into the memory gems! Your lathe will then make them for you based on the designs from the kit you bought me!"
"Really?" Sassy smiled. "This is amazing."
"Sassy this kit is very expensive and state of the art!" Melvin said. "It's too much."
"No!" Sasporilla said. "Engineering is your passion."
"One of two." Melvin said shyly.
"Consider it an investment in your future." Sassy said. "By the time you get to university you'll be years ahead of the others."
"I really do love it." Melvin smiled and hugged the older girl.
"And I love the lathe." Sasporilla said. "Thank you so much."
Melvin pulled back a bit. Their eyes locked and in that second Sasporilla felt the depth and intensity of his love for her. Melvin wanted to kiss her but he waited past that moment.
"So um," Melvin smiled nervously. "What is the plan? For the wedding I mean? To meet up in town."
"You remember Professor Lee-Ashwolf?" Sasporilla asked a bit relieved he'd broken off.
"Yes." Melvin smiled. "She's your friend!"
"Yes that's right," Sasporilla said taking Melvins hands. "She's popping by the school about Noon. Be ready in the hall way and you can escort her into town. Then I'll meet up with you at the church. We'll walk in together and get a seat, then I have to pop out to my ceremonial duties. After as the wedding party leaves the church we will proudly take each others arm and you can escort me back here for the reception. You'll be sitting with me at the head table."
"I will?" Melvin said nervously.
"Of course!" Sassy said. "You're my date. I can't let some one else sit beside me and put their hand on my knee all night."
"I... what?" Melvin said.
"I'm playing Melvin." Sasporilla said. "I expect you'd be far to much more of a gentlemen for something like that."
"Oh of course." Melvin said. "Unless you want me to then I'm totally into it."
Sasporilla laughed heartily at the boys frankness.
"Well at least you're honest." Sassy smiled. "Melvin if you follow your heart, and do what it tells you is right, I know any girl would gladly accept your attentions. Unless you go farther than you should and then the girl will punch your lights out."
"Wow!" Melvin said. "You totally inspired confidence in me and in the same breath totally knee capped me!"
"Good!" Sassy laughed. "That's my forthright feminine mystique. Oh goodness it's quarter of nine. I need to be in town in fifteen minutes."
Without thinking Sasporilla kissed Melvin on the lips, finished her juice and headed off. She turned around and snapped her fingers. The lathe disappeared off the table and was placed under the tree in her caravans living room.
Sassy made it just outside of the front gates when she apparated and reappeared in front of the beauty parlor in Hogsmead. By and far Sasporilla preferred flying her broom from place to place as apposed to the stretching disorientation of apparition.
The bridal party was already inside having their hair done.
"Sasporilla!" Karry smiled. "I knew you'd be a few minutes early so we all got in before you."
"Well it's only fair." Sassy smiled taking a seat in front. "You all need it so much more than me."
"You saucy cow!" Kay laughed.
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful." Sasporilla laughed.
Madame Jizel was the beautician scheduled for Sasporilla. The rather large woman looked over Sassys short pink hair.
"You do not leave me much to work with!" Madame Jizel said.
"I had long hair at the beginning of the year but a nasty curse buggered me up!" Sasporilla said.
"Well I could lengthen your hair but then what to do with it?" The beautician said.
"I was hoping for something like an up do." Sasporilla said.
"I am a beautician, not a miracle worker." The large woman smiled.
Three spells elongated Sasporillas hair to a manageable length. Madame Jizel was able to sculpt the pink locks into a beautiful Braided French twist. Sasporilla absolutely loved it.
"Now we do the make up." Madame Jizel said. "This is where I earn my money today."
Creams, masks, powders and plucking followed by pencils jabbed in her eye and small torture devices to curl her eye lashes.
When it was all done Sasporilla saw herself in the mirror and couldn't believe the transformation. She was beautiful. At best she only ever felt sort of pretty on her best day.
Karrys fair hair was done up in multiple braids, wound around her head, with flowers inter woven. Mrs.Curtiss went for a simple matronly bun while Kay just went for a bit of extra body and curl in her spectacular long black hair. A quick cast of "Tempermenentia" set the hair and make up magically in place for twenty four hours.
Next the girls headed to the dress shop. Mrs.Dubittle was waiting for them with Flutes of French Champagne. Mrs.Curtiss and Kay imbibed but Karry and Sasporilla passed. The dresses were fitted to the women in order of their importance in the wedding party.
Karrys white gown was beautiful. Sassys black and pink gown looked perfect on her and really suited her with her hair and make up. Mrs.Curtiss and Kays red Christmas time dresses looked very festive. Mrs.Dubittle was proud to escort the bridal party to the chapel helping to levitate their hems off the ground.
Sassy went with the girls into the brides ready room, a small alcove of the front left of the chapel. From their they could watch the comings and goings off all guests and the grooms party. There were a few family members coming in from various parts of the country. Most of Hogsmead was invited and of course any and all Hogwarts students who didn't go home for the Christmas break.
As Sasporilla looked out at the town, snow started to gently waft down from the heavens. It was proving to be a most amazing day.
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.