CENTER STAGE: SPOTLIGHT ACADEMY (CSSA)
Melody's POV
I woke up to cold water splashing on my face.
“Wake up, Pig!” – William
That’s my evil little brother, he's two years younger than me. We splash water to wake each other up. But I clearly remember I locked my bedroom door.
“How did you? - ” – I froze for a moment seeing my bedroom door is broken.
“Oh, yeah that’s on me” – William
My door, my precious door. What happened to you?
I looked at my brother in anger. He smiled before he ran outside my room.
“WILLIAM!!!!!” – I screamed out loud
I followed him downstairs with a broom in my hand. I found him hiding behind mom.
“Whoa sweetie, you're soaked with water again. What happened, what's with the broom, are you going to clean the house?” – Mom
“Your son just broke my bedroom door!” – I exclaimed
Mom looked at William and called his name.
“Fine, I’ll fix it” – He said while reaching his bag on the couch, “Tomorrow” – He added then ran outside
I tried to go after him but mom stop me. She pulled me closer to her and make me face her.
“Let him go” – Mom
“But what about my door?” – I said
“I’ll make him do it, I promise. But shouldn’t that be your concern right now?” – Mom said, she looked at me and smile.
“What’s with the look, Mom?” – I asked
“Forgetting something?” – Mom
“Forgetting what - ” – then I remember something, I looked at mom, she’s still smiling
“CSSA audition!” – I said
I immediately ran back to my room to get myself ready.
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Tina's POV
Me and my group together with the boy group The1, we enter the meeting room in our company. Just a minute later, Ms. Lucille arrived, she’s our manager. Ms. Lucille sat across us, she’s holding papers.
“Any idea why you guys are here?” – Ms. Lucille
“Contract signing of course, our contract will end next week, so we need a new one, right?” – Piper, she’s our group leader
“Yeah, what else could it be?” – Chris, he’s The1's leader
“Wrong” – Ms. Lucille
We all looked at Ms. Lucille confused. She just stared at us for a minute or so as if she’s trying to get an answer out of us. We looked at each other, not knowing what’s going on.
“Then why are we here, and what about our contract, did you forget about that?” – I broke out the silence
“I NEVER MISS ANYTHING, that’s why you won’t get a chance for a comeback” – Ms. Lucille
“WHAT!?” – We exclaimed
“That's not funny, Ms. Lucille, if this is a prank get over it, it’s not funny” – Reed
“Since when did I participate in your pranks? And in fact, I’m not a clown, am I, to make jokes or pranks?” – Ms. Lucille
The atmosphere got heavy. This can’t be happening, I can’t lose everything just like that!
“So, you’re saying this is the end of our careers. What about our fans?” - Carol
“Oh, I didn’t know you actually care for them, you just cursed one of your fan the other day, wow, that’s so much for caring” – Ms. Lucille
“You really let this happened, you can’t just let the group you created to just fall apart, you need to do something” – I said
“No, I was the one who asked the company for you not to have a comeback” – Ms. Lucille
“What, did you just betrayed us?” – Freya
“No, you did” – Ms. Lucille
We looked at each other, what did we do?
“Tina's right, I created this group and I won’t let this group to fall apart just like that” – Ms. Lucille
“Then why?” – Piper
“The group I created two years ago is gone, I choose you because I see potential talents, but I guess, I overlooked the characters. Over a year all of you had issues, your manners, your attitude, everyone has a problem with each of you, either a staff, actors, or your co-idols. Your scandals are all over the internet, you’re always the hot topic. So tell me, how would you fix all of that?” – Ms. Lucille
We stayed quiet, we know it’s true, but not all the issues are true.
“So you decided to end our careers here?” – Dylan
“No, I’m giving you all a chance to prove yourself and enhance your talents” – Ms. Lucille
“What do you mean?” – Carol
“I’m sending you to Center Stage: Spotlight Academy” – Ms. Lucille
WHAT!?
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Rix's POV
There are so many people who audition this year. I’m really nervous, what if I don’t pass this audition, I don’t want to disappoint my grandparents.
“Number 120” – Staff
That’s my number. I stand up nervously and approach the staff who called my number. She looked at my number.
“Okay, your next, get inside, bring your things that your need for your audition” – Staff
Then I went inside the audition room with my keyboard instrument. I’ll be playing while singing. When I get inside, all the CSSA teachers are there with the principal: Ms. Iris Chen, she’s the principal; Ms. Celine Park, Ms. Amy Clark, Mr. Rocky O'Neil, Mr. Cyrus Lincoln, and Mr. Mike David, they are the master teachers; Ms. Jenny Young, she’s the Dance Master; and finally Mr. Harrison Wayne, the Music Master.
Wow I finally got to see them face to face.
“Are you here to just stare or what?” – Ms. Jenny
I came back to my senses and set up my keyboard. I’m still nervous.
“Hey” – Ms. Amy called me, I nervously looked at her
“Don’t do that” – Ms. Amy
Do what? I can’t say it out loud. What did I do?
“Don’t be nervous, we all can see that you’re shaking out there, have at least a little confident young man” – Mr. Cyrus
Confidence, right, I need to calm myself and relax. I can do this, for grandpa and grandma. I breathe heavily before facing them.
“Mr. Miller” – Ms. Jenny
“Yes” – I respond
“Are you ready now?” – Ms. Jenny
“Yes, I am” – I said
“So you wrote here that your going to sing Daydream by Lily Meola, is that right?”- Ms. Jenny
“Yes, that’s right” – I said
“Okay, let’s hear it” – Mr. Rocky
Okay, I can do this!
I then start playing.
Song: Daydream by Lily Meola
Cover by: Hedrix Miller