Ariel stood in front of her half-broken mirror that evening, looking at her reflection and admiring her beauty.

"Wow I look stunning," she said, turning back and observing how she looked from there.

She was wearing a blue gown, the only evening gown she had. She had packed her hair up, putting in a few cheap silver hair clips she had bought a few weeks ago.

She took out her old Android phone and took a picture. It wasn't very often that she dressed like this. Though she knew she was not going to fit in much at the event, she knew she did not look too bad.

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