*I do not own any of the Kaleido Star characters just my own, also I'll be adding my own little things that wasn't in the anime so I hope you enjoy!*
Chapter 1
It happened to be a bright sunny day at Cape Merry, there at the world famous Kaleido Stage they were holding auditions for new performers. Inside the auditioning room, a woman by the name of Jennifer Harrington was sitting with her best friend Layla Hamilton in the audience, observing the performers. Right now they had finished watching the last audition and had chosen the people who will join Kaleido Stage. "When will this be over with? I always hate attending auditions they're practically get boring within the first few minutes." sighed Jennifer, Layla touched her shoulder "Don't worry it's getting close to being finished just wait a bit longer my best friend." while the stage manager Ken Robbins was talking to the auditioners, everyone heard a knock on the door. They all looked to see a girl with magenta hair enter giving a sigh of relief "Oh thank god I'm here!" "Uh…and you are?" asked Ken "Uh…My name is Sora Naegino sir, I apologize for my tardiness." "Oh I'm sorry Miss but the auditions are already done with." "Huh? But I came all the way from Japan just to be in these auditions!" "Huh? Well perhaps we have time for just one more performance." "Oh thank you so much! You won't regret it this-" "No." interrupted Layla who stood up "Oh Miss Layla…" said Ken, the blonde looked at Sora "The auditions are over." "Ah! But wait! There's a reason why I'm late!" "Don't you know that a stage production always start on time?" "But I…" "Go back home." "Geez always rough to the newcomers…Why don't you give her a chance Layla? I'm pretty she has something in store for us." said Jennifer who stood up and turned towards Sora smiling a bit. Sora happened to be surprised once she saw her "That's…Miss Jennifer Harrington…I can't believe I'm seeing my two favorite idols in one day!" thought the Japanese girl, Layla started walking away "Like I said before Jennifer the auditions are over, the girl needs to go home now lets go." the black hair woman simply shrugged her shoulders "Fine whatever." she began following Layla out of the room along with some of the workers of Kaleido Stage.
Later as Kaleido Stage's current show; Romeo and Juliet was showing, backstage Jennifer was in her costume watching the show waiting for her part to come. "Enjoying yourself?" asked a voice, Jennifer looked to see her side to see a blonde man who goes by the name of Yuri Killian approach her wearing his Romeo costume "Oh Yuri…" "Something bothering you?" "No not really…" "I heard what happened at the end of the auditions." "Kind of figured you would…Though I wish Layla could have given that girl a chance…I mean she came all the way from Japan, she looked like a sweet girl too…" "Did this girl have magenta hair?" "Yes she did why?" "I believe I saw her backstage just before the production started Ken was most likely showing her around." "Oh…How sweet of Ken…" Jennifer then looked back as she heard crying and found a female performer sitting on the floor crying while gripping her left arm. Jennifer then spotted Sora kneeling by the girl's side, looking a bit panic and tried apologizing to the girl who just yelled at her. She sighed and made her way over to the commotion "What in the world is going on here?" the female performer continued to cry while pointing at Sora "That girl twisted my arm! I'll never forgive her for this!" noticing the rope around the girl's arm made Jennifer sigh once more and place her hands on her hips "How many times do we have to tell you to not touch the sets because they're dangerous?" "But Ms. Harrington she's the one that's dangerous! I can't go onstage like this!" "Enough of your crying! It's starting to give me a headache! Honestly a performer shouldn't be acting this way!" Ken sighed too and contacted a stage tech through his headset "This isn't good…There's a problem we need a new trampoline cast member right away!" "There's no need for that." everyone looked to find a man wearing shorts and a maroon shirt along with sunglasses, making their way over to them. "Hey! What is that creep doing here?" demanded Sora "The boss…" answered Ken only to have the Japanese girl stare at him in shock "The boss?" "And just what are you planning to do Karlos? The next scene is coming up soon." questioned Jennifer "She will fill the role for now." answered Karlos, thus making everyone look at him and Sora in disbelief while Jennifer chuckled a bit "Well now…I wasn't expecting that at all."
2 minutes later out in the front lobby were Ken and Jennifer confronting Karlos on his recent decision. "Excuse me for asking sir but…What are you thinking? There's no way an amateur could just jump into a show cold!" told Ken "Is that what Layla said?" questioned Karlos "Well…No…" "Then you need not concern yourself with this matter." "But Karlos I kind of agree with Ken…Do you really believe that this girl-" "Sora." "Right…Sora could actually perform well in the show right off the bat?" "We just have to wait and see Jennifer, now go your scene is coming up soon." "Right…" and she made her way backstage to wait for the upcoming scene. While she waited Jennifer soon heard the voice of Layla from behind "You!" she turned around to find her best friend confronting Sora who now wore a bunny costume "You're the girl who was late for the audition. Why are you here?" Jennifer quickly made her way over and stood by Sora's side "She's going to be appearing in the trampoline act with me and the others Layla." "Hmph…I want her to take off that costume. The stage is not so easy for some amateur that can just hop on." "Layla I wouldn't do that if I were you." she ignored her best friend's warning and glared at Sora "Didn't you hear me?" "No, I didn't!" her answer happened to surprise everyone who was there watching. "Please let me do this Ms. Layla to show you I can do this right!" told Sora, soon Karlos showed up backstage "And besides I'm the one who told her to do the show." Layla looked at him a bit in shock "Karlos!" the Kaleido Stage boss just ignored her and turned to Sora "Now go!" Jennifer grabbed her hand and began leading her away "You heard the boss now let's move girlie!"
Out onstage the whole setting changed into a forest and a huge trampoline set appeared with Jennifer, Sora and the other performers on it. Though as Jennifer and the other performers started their trampoline routine, right off the bat Sora immediately messed up having the audience laugh at her. "Oh…Well this is not going good." thought Jennifer as she watched Sora from the corner of her eye, all of a sudden she noticed a change in Sora who began doing the routine "Well now…That's was pretty quick…This girl is something else…" Jennifer's eyes then widen in surprise as she watched Sora began falling towards the ground "No! She must've timed her jump wrong, instead of hitting the trampoline she's heading straight towards the ground!" Soon a movement from the corner caught Jennifer's attention and thus made her sigh in relief as she watched Yuri catch Sora and landed right next to her along with the other performers. The audience cheered once the scene was over and the performers made their way backstage, Jennifer passed by Yuri and patted him on the back "Nice catch Yuri." "Why thank you Jennifer." Once she reached backstage, she again found Layla confronting Sora who's with Ken "Don't compliment her! How dare you make the mockery of the stage just before my act?" the Japanese girl bowed her head in shame "I-I'm sorry…I just wanted to be part of the Kaleido Stage so badly…" "Oh and that's reason enough for our audience to be subjected to such a disgraceful performance? You're a naïve little girl, don't you understand that by now?" "Yeah…" "There's no place for you here." tears came to Sora's eyes and soon began falling down here face, though Layla chose to ignore it "I think you should go now." with that Sora dashed off crying, Ken tried to go after her but Layla stopped him "Let her go." Jennifer frowned at this and approached her friend "You know Layla…You need to learn how not to be so cruel to people, it sickens me to be near you right now." "Jennifer!" she simply scoff and brush pass Layla who stared after her friend feeling a bit shocked at what just happened.
Later as the show was over and done with Jennifer had already changed out of her costume and began leaving her dressing room when Karlos approached her "Jennifer…Can I talk to you for a minute?" "Sure Karlos." "About Sora…You happened to sense something about her didn't you?" "Now how did you guess that?" "I took notice of how you acted around her…You were a bit more excited and happier than usual." she chuckled and crossed her arms over her chest "I suppose you're right about that…Unfortunately Layla made the sweet girl cry and run off." "Did she now?" "Yes." "Jennifer…I want you to go after Sora and stop her, tell her she can stay and that she also passed." "Well now…It'll be my pleasure." she started to make her leave when Karlos stopped her "Before you go…I have one more question to ask you Jennifer…" "Ask away." "Do you believe that one day the audience will come here just to see Sora and not Layla or you?" "Oddly enough…I do…The girl looks like she has the potential to become a big star here." "I see…" "Now if you'll excuse me Karlos I've got a upcoming star to catch!" Karlos smiled a bit as he watched Jennifer jog off to find the sweet Japanese girl.
Out in front of Kaleido Stage Jennifer had just came out of the building, panting a bit. She looked around until she spotted Sora's figure at the front gate, slowly making her leave with her luggage in hand "Ah! There she is!" Jennifer quickly began running towards to the Japanese girl and while the performer ran, she called out her name "Sora! Hey Sora!" hearing her call, Sora stopped in her tracks and turned around "Huh?" "Hey wait up girlie! You don't have to go back home!" soon Jennifer reached Sora who stared at her in surprise "M-Miss Jennifer! What are you doing out here?" "Karlos sent me…The boss said you don't have to go back home since you passed." "I-I did? Is it true?" "Yes that's what Karlos told me." "But…Miss Jennifer are you sure?" she gave Sora a small smile and ruffled her hair "Of course I'm sure girlie! Have some confidence in yourself besides I'm glad we don't have to say good bye." "R-Really you're glad?" "Yeah you seem like a pretty interesting girl so I want to get to know you more!" "W-Wow! I'm so happy to hear that!" "Sora!" the girls looked to find a police officer standing a few feet away by a truck, smiling and waving. "Mr. Police man!" exclaimed Sora who ran over to the man and tackled him in a hug, Jennifer chuckled a bit as she saw this and thought "Well now…It looks like an exciting adventure is about to unfold for Sora…And I can't wait to see what happens…"