She got the idea more or less out of desperation, but the more she thought about it, the better she liked it. Last year she and been a fairy, and gotten a lot of grief over it. (Including one older girl who Informed her that fairies didn't wear clothes and she should be naked.) It's amazing what people will tease you over.


So she went through the list of truly naff ideas that her classmates we're talking about and picked out the Black Cat. Then she added white, and made it a skunk. She started giggling as soon as she had the idea, so it must have been the right one.


A regulation Kitties costume of black tights, black turtleneck sweater, black pussie-cat ears and domino mask had been altered with two big white stripes down the back, white tummy, and super fluffy black and white tail.


And just to make sure she wasn't given any grief, she'd managed to get ahold of two dung-bombs to add the finishing touch, if she needed to make a point.


Thus equipped she waked into the Great Hall to test the delights of the Halloween Masque for the second time.