Editing Stitch in Time

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| timeline            = 19&mdash;20 August [[3028]]
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'''''Stitch in Time''''' is a short story by [[Dayle A. Dermatis]] that was published online on [[BattleCorps]] on 31 August 2005.

==Teaser text==
{{quote|''Dayle Dermatis weaves us a tale of shear bravery and bravado.''}}

==Plot summary==
Like something out of a fairy tale, [[Melissa Steiner-Davion|Melissa Steiner]], daughter of [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]], had spotted a dress she loved in the window of a dressmakers shop whilst passing in a limousine one day. Stopping to investigate further, Melissa had quickly bundles the seamstress responsible for the dress, Kaylin, into her limousine and hired her for a singular job - to make the wedding dress Melissa would wear during her wedding on [[Terra]] to [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] of the [[Federated Suns]].

Finishing the work on Terra, having been allowed into the Hilton Head facility as a part of the Lyran Commonwealth delegation, Kaylin is entertaining dreams of what it might be like to actually be allowed to attend the wedding when she's left alone by Melissa's chamberlain with a damaged dress to repair - and in a moment of daring, repairs the dress and uses it to disguise herself as a guest, so that she can see Melissa firsthand as she walks to the altar in the dress Kaylin made.

Kaylin expects to be discovered at any moment, but is instead met by the charming Lawrence Kennersley, who sweeps her off her feet during the wedding and insists on escorting her into the reception - only to then force her to escort him into the presence of Melissa as the infamous wedding toasts are made. Using a concealed knife to control Kaylin, Lawrence is on the verge of getting close enough to Melissa to harm her when Kaylin manages to momentarily distract him, and stabs him in the side with a small pair of sewing scissors, causing enough noise that a guard spots Kennersley and intercepts him.

A subsequent investigation - and a petition from Melissa herself - leads to Kaylin being found innocent of any charges of willingly assisting Kennersely in his assassination attempt, and Kaylin is richly rewarded for her heroics - and required to sign a strict confidentiality agreement, binding her to never disclose what had happened. Offered employment by the Steiner-Davions, Kaylin declines, determined to seek her fortune elsewhere ... based on her newfound reputation as the visionary responsible for Melissa's wedding dress.

[[Category:BattleCorps publications]]
[[Category:Short Stories]]
[[Category:Works by Dayle A. Dermatis]]