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Dance Precisions

Chapter 1

Dance is Life

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All my life I wanted to be a dancer, just like my mom was before she quit. See, my mom was, in my eyes, the best dancer to grace this earth. Night after night, I'd watch her dance in the studio that she taught in. She was my hero. I loved to watch her dance. Her movements were so graceful, so light, and perfect. All of her jumps made her look like she was flying; her turns so crisp and clean. When she danced, it made me want to join in. It made me feel alive just watching her. When she suffered an injury that ruined her dance career, she decided to give up and quit. Now, she's a business woman, never at home anymore and she wants nothing to do with dance anymore. Whenever I asked her about dance she always got angry. A few months after her injury she closed down the studio, I temporary lost my love for dance. The day I gained that love back was when Destiny High's dance team preformed at our middle school.

Destiny High School's dance team, Precision of Movement Dance Company, PMDC was one of the best dance companies in the state. They won all kinds of awards and even performed at All worlds dance challenge, which is one of the biggest dance competitions ever.

The day they came was during an extracurricular fair for us eighth graders who were going to be freshmen the next year. All different types of extracurricular activities were showcased there. Different types of sports, clubs; everything really.

I already knew Namine was going to be on the team. Namine was a sort of expert at dance, especially ballet, and she came from a family of dancers. Everyone in her family were dancers, even her dad, Luxord used to be a professional dancer in Great Britain. Her older sister, Larxene was a member and co-captain of PDMC.

Everyone was signing up for all different kinds of things even my brothers. I had four brothers; I know that's a lot right? My brothers Sora, Roxas, Ventus, and Vanitas were all going to sign up for sports conditioning. Sora was doing Basketball, Roxas was doing Soccer, Ventus baseball, and Vanitas track.

While we were looking over at some clubs, the dance team decided to give us a little performance. Everyone in the gym stopped what they were doing and turned to look at the dance team performance. The radio in the gym started to blast Britney Spears and Will I AM's "Scream and Shout". When the girls started dancing, I knew at that moment it was going to be extremely difficult getting on that dance team. The dancer's movements were crisp and clean. All of the girls were on beat. Not one of them messed up, and if they did, they didn't show it. Their jumps were all sharp and on point, nobody looked sloppy. The dancers all had great stage presence. Their dancing made everyone want to get on the floor and dance with them. I knew that they were real good, but I didn't expect them to be so close to expert level. The girls' one the team were probably getting ready to dance professional after high school. After watching the performance, I knew that they didn't just let any girl join the team. If I wanted to be one the team next year I had to work hard this summer. No matter what, I was determined to get a spot on the team. This team was going to extremely challenging to get on. Especially because of the captains and the coach who ran the team.

The two captains were Larxene Strikes and Lightning Farron. Both of them looked like it was all business and no play for them. Larxene, Naminè sister was one of the best dancers on the team. Even though her personality wasn't all that great, her dancing skills were. Larxene was good at all types of dance; she won almost ever competition she was in. To Larxene, dance was life.

Lightning Farron, another extremely talented dancer, was also involved with other sports. Lightning did track, volleyball, basketball, and all other kinds of sports. Lightning took whatever she did seriously. From the way she danced you could tell that she worked hard in everything that she did. They were my idols.

The coach Ms. Beatrice seemed like the kind of women you wouldn't want to mess with. She looked as if she was hard and strict on her dancers. I knew she really meant business. Her dancers danced like you could tell she knew what she was doing. With her coaching, I knew why they made it to nationals every year. Herself, Larxene and Lightning were probably the reasons why the team were so successful.

After their performance, I wanted to start dancing right away. After school, Kairi, Naminè, and I, went to Namine's house. Namine and Kairi were going to help me with my dance skills. I was just a little bit rusty. Naminè plugged her iPhone into her speakers and selected Lady Gaga's "Do what you want with my body".

While Naminè was helping me with some dance moves, Larxene came out the house.

"What are you losers doing now?" Larxene smirked.

"Kairi and Namine are teaching me how to dance." I told her.

"You're letting these two losers teach you how to dance?" Larxene exclaimed.

"HEY!" both Kairi and Naminè yelled in unison, both offended by Larxene's comment.

"What's wrong with their dancing?" I asked.

"Nothing, but you should learn from an expert like me." Larxene stated.

"You're going to teach me, Larxene?" I questioned.

"Yeah, now stand up." Larxene ordered. Larxene went over to the radio and turned it off.

"Before you dance you have to learn the basics first. Larxene told us. Learning the basics took about an hour. Afterwards, Larxene wanted us to repeat them without her helping me.

"Xion, that was good, but you need to point your feet, and when you do a pirouette don't tuck your leg behind your knee! Kairi this isn't cheerleading stop being so stiff! Naminè, add some style to it! Now then. I think you're ready to learn a little routine." Larxene finished. Larxene went over to the speakers and changed it to Ciara's "Get up." Larxene went over the routine by herself before teaching us. As I watched her, I imagined it was me who was dancing like that and teaching someone else the routine.

When Larxene was done reviewing the dance, she pointed to three spots where Kairi, Namine, and I were supposed to stand.

"Ok. I'll teach you the first eight counts, and when I see that you've perfected it we'll move on."

Larxene made us do the routine multiple times. She even made us stand up and do it in front of each other. After performing it for the billionth time we were all tired, sore, and sweaty. Larxene was a hard teacher, but she was a good one. By the time we did it the last time the sun had gone down. I had to be home before the street light came on. Before I left, Larxene came up to me holding some kind of flyer.

"Hey Xion. If you really want to improve your dancing, you should go to Destiny Island Dance Camp. It's one of the best dance camps out there." Larxene added.

"Thanks Larxene, I'll think about it. Namine and Kairi are all going too." I replied.

"I can't, this year I got cheerleading camp." Kairi frowned.

"Of course I'm going, I go every year." Namine stated proudly.

When I went home, I went straight to my dad's room and asked him to let me go to the dance camp. He agreed. I jumped up, ran to my dad and gave him the biggest hug ever. When I left his room, I decided to go watch videos of different dance routines. While watching them, I decided I was going to try to be as good as those girls in the video. As good as the girls in PMDC.