So as the title implies, it's not exactly how the Big Showcase went in the first episode of Victorious. But hey, this is fanfiction and I can do what I want so enjoy ;)

I do not own Victorious, although I wish I did (it would have had a proper finale).

A Different Big Showcase

Cat's PoV

Boy was I excited... Today was the Big Showcase and I was in a hurry to get dressed, because my friends would pick me up in ten minutes. I wiggled into my tight blue dress and put on my black high heels. I had to admit I looked pretty good. My long red hair was flowing down my back, my happy face in the mirror was smiling back at me.

I loved the Big Showcase. I never actually stood on stage and performed but that was because I preferred to sit in the audience and watch my friends and classmates show their talents. Don't get me wrong, I loved acting and singing and dancing and all that stuff but I've just never been that big of a show-off. To be honest, I was a little scared to perform in front of so many people. I was okay with singing while people were watching and I knew that I was good at what I was doing but it still got my stomach in a knot just thinking about standing in front of so many people.

I took a last glance at the clock that was hanging on my bedroom wall and rushed down to my front-door. I shouted a quick and cheerful "bye Mum, bye Dad!" and went outside. The second the door closed Beck's car pulled up into my driveway. Jade, Beck's girlfriend, was sitting in the front row while Robbie and André were sitting in the back, waving for me to get in.

"Hey guys!" I called cheery and gave each of them a big smile. "Are you excited?"

Robbie was the first that answered. "A little. I just hope Rex won't do anything embarrassing on stage." Rex was his puppet. I didn't like him. He was way to mean to everybody but I could understand how people thought that Robbie and Rex were funny on stage. It just wasn't as funny when you had to listen to their arguing all day long.

"I'm just gonna leave the stage as soon as the song is over." André said darkly.

"What? Why? I thought your song was great?" I asked him confused.

"Oh trust me. It's a great song. It's just that there is no song out in this world great enough for Trina Vega not to ruin it. I swear I have no freakin' idea how that girl got in a school like Hollywood Arts!" He sounded disheartened.

"Come on... She can't be that bad..." Beck tried to build him up even though he didn't believe what he was saying himself. Everybody in school knew about Trina Vega's absence of talent. I wondered why they let her go on stage...

"I'm going to clap anyway. Just for you." I patted his shoulder.

"Thanks, little Red." He sighted.

The rest of the car drive went by in a comfortable silence. We arrived at HA a lot earlier than most guests did since Robbie and André had to be there almost an hour before the show started. We wished them good luck and searched for convenient seats. Fortunately, most of them were still free and we managed to get some in the center of the third row. I searched for a program but I couldn't find one so I asked Jade.

"Hey Jadey!" I tapped her shoulder to get her attention.

"What is it, Cat? I told you not to call me that in public. I got a reputation to uphold." She reminded me. I never understood why she did that. Jade wasn't as mean and bitchy as she tried to make everybody believe.

"Sorry, I forgot... I just wanted to know if you know who is going to perform today." I looked at her expectantly.

"I have not idea. Those idiots forgot to hand out the progams." She grumbled. Seemed like I had to be patient and let myself be surprised.

When the curtains finally opened and the lights got turned on the audience went silent. Robbie was sitting on a simple chair in the middle of the stage with Rex on his lap. Everybody started clapping according to custom. I though that this was nice. It's like greeting somebody on stage. Hi Robbie.

"Are they clapping for you?" Rex asked disbelieving. "Get a life!" He shouted at the audience. Laughter erupted from the audience.

"Rex please be nice." Robbie begged.

"What? You think you can tell me what to do just because you got your hand up my-"

"REX!" Robbie interrupted him. Again people were screaming with laughter. I had to admit they did a great job and earned a lot of clapping and screaming at the end of their performance.

Next was a pretty blonde girl. She was singing one of her own songs accompanied by herself on the piano. She did okay but her voice had nothing... special. After that there were a dance group, a stunt show and Sinjin doing some weird stuff that nobody really liked but people clapped anyway.

Sinjin had just emptied the stage when Lane, our school guidance counsellor, stepped into the stage light.

"I am very sorry to tell you that we are having some... problems backstage. We are doing our best to continue the show as soon as possible." with that he left.

After a few minutes I saw André walking to the keyboard that had been put up on stage. He looked nervous, which was odd because André was never nervous before a performance. Then somebody got pushed on stage. That wasn't Trina Vega. That girl was... drop dead gorgeous. The music started playing and when she opened her mouth... I mean... damn it that girl could sing! And man did she pull it off. After the last note the whole audience was giving her a standing ovation. Myself included.

How come I've never seen her in school? A girl like her must've caught my attention.

"Jade, Jade, Jade!" I shouted over the constant screams and claps.

"What?" She called back.

"Do you know her?" I asked.

"I've never seen her before!"

"Beck!" Next attempt of finding out who that beauty was. He looked over to me. "Have you seen that girl before?" Beck just shook his head.

After the show I ran backstage and saw André packing up his stuff.

"André!" I ran to him with the biggest smile on my face. He lifted his head and grinned.

"What'd you think of my song?" He wanted to know.

"It was awesome! Who was the girl that sang it?" I asked eagerly.

"Her name's Tori. She's Trina's little sister. Trina had some weird thing with her tongue and couldn't perform and since Tori knew the song and the steps we... convinced her to fill in. I think now we know who got all the talent in her family, huh?" He laughed. Yeah and all the looks...

"There she is!" André exclaims. "Want me to introduce you?" He raised his eyebrows. I couldn't speak and just shook ma head 'yes'. Dang it, why was I so excited. I knew a lot of talented and good looking people.

"Tori!" André waved her over to us. "Tori, this is Cat. She's one of my best friends. Cat, this is Tori."

"Hey Cat." She gave me a warm smile.

"Hey." I squeaked. My heart was beating way to fast. It felt like it was going to jump right out of my chest.

"I'm glad I already know someone. It's gonna make things way easier on monday." She told André happily.

"What's on monday?" I asked confused.

"Well... Your headmaster asked me if I wanted to attend your school because he was very pleased with what he saw on stage back there." She explained. She's gonna go to Hollywood Arts! I made a little happy dance inside my mind.

"Sounds great! I could show you around if you want to...?" I asked a little bit cautious.

"Sure that'd be great!" She accepted my offer. We stood there smiling at each other.

"Soooo... Imma go search for my grandmother before something bad happens." He said and left us alone.

Tori and I walked around talking about HA and what it was like to go to school here. I tried to describe and explain everything the best I could.

"Oh and there is this one teacher, Sikowitz. He is always walking around barefoot and makes funny acting exercises with us. He seems a little crazy but in my opinion he's the best teacher at Hollywood Arts." I giggled at the thought of my favorite teacher. Now Tori was looking at me with a funny smile.

"What's wrong? Do I have something in my face?" I wondered insecure.

"No, no... it's just..." She started. "You seem to really like this school."

"I do. I love it." I smile at her but then my expression turned more serious. "Well I didn't really... get along at my old school."

"Why?" She asked full of sympathy.

"People didn't like me there. Didn't have any friends." I told her sadly.

"Really? I can't think of anything that's not to like about you." She gave me a charming smile. It made my heart rate speed up a notch. Was she flirting with me? No, that couldn't be.

By now we were sitting in the front row because we were tired of walking around.

"So I understand that there are many talented people going to this school. Would you do me a favor?" She asked.

"That depends..." I answered carefully.

"Would you sing for me?" Tori requested.

"What? Why?"

"I was just wondering if you could sing." Oh why couldn't she stop giving me those smiles? Well... there weren't many people left in the auditorium.

"Any song proposals?" I gave in and earned an even bigger smile from the beautiful girl.

"How about your favorite song." Not a bad idea actually. I got up, took her hand and pulled her up on stage with me. I needed music so it was rather convenient that there was a piano standing right in front of me.

"Don't laugh." I warned her.

"Why would I?" She asked perplexed.

"Let's just say it's not a typical favorite song for a teenager to have." I smirked and my fingers flew over the piano keys. "Have you seen Frozen yet?" I said before I sang the first line of Let It Go.

By the time I got to the chorus Tori's eyes and mouth were wide open. It seemed like she liked what she was hearing.

"What do you think?" I grinned when I was finished, already knowing what the answer would be. I could easily read it on her face.

"Wow. Cat... that was... remarkable!" She cheered.

"Ha! You should've seen yourself up on stage earlier." I told her with a big smile on my face "You were amazing."

"You really think so?" Now she seemed a bit scared. "What if I'm not good enough...?"

"Trust me." I said and looked into her eyes. "You are. I've never seen anyone as talented as you are." It was true. I've never met anyone that had blown my mind the way she had with her beautiful voice.

"Th-thanks." She blushed. How cute was that? I'll tell you. It was adorable.

"Cat!" I heard someone call. It was Beck, who was standing at the entrance of the auditorium. "Come on. We're leaving."

"I'm coming!" I shouted back and turned to Tori. "Sorry, seems like I gotta go." I sounded way more disappointed than I had expected.

"It's okay. I'll see you on monday, right?" She asked with a hopeful smile.

"Yeah, sure." The simple thought of it made me grin. "See you on monday."

I hope you liked it :)