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'Devil Went Down to Georgia' belongs to Charlie Daniels Band

Luigi was born with an amazing gift. He was an amazing musician. He could play any instrument he wanted. Luigi's parents loved the fiddle, so Luigi wanted to play for them one day. He would practice the fiddle without anyone around. Part of him thought he was the best fiddle player in the world, but part of him never thought he was good enough. His parents spent a lot of money to get him into Hugh Hodgson's School of Music. They even sent Mario with him. Mostly because the school also had an excellent athletic program, so Mario could get his athletic degree, but also for moral support. Luigi decided to audition with the violin. He wanted to use his fiddle, but he knew the judges wouldn't be interested in a fiddle player. Upbeat country or bluegrass music was not what they were looking for. He played the best he could when it was his turn to audition. The song that he chose to play was Last of the Wilds by Nightwish. Truly a beautiful song to hear. The judges took a while before telling him that they would call him back later, with good news he hoped. Boy was he wrong. Later that night, Mario told him that the judges outright told him that he couldn't make it in, and that he should practice, and to come back in a few years.

"They told me that they would call me tonight" Luigi said "to tell me if I got in or not."

"Lucky" Mario said "maybe you'll make it in."

Luigi sighed and said "I really doubt it Mario, I heard some other kids saying that the spots are all filled up. Now they're just seeing who they could except into the place for next year."

"Well, they could have told us that before" Mario said.

Luigi just shook his head and said "they probably just didn't want to discourage anybody."

Mario picked up his sports magazine and said "well, why don't you find out if you're getting in next year or not?"

"I told you! I can't yet!" Luigi yelled "I have to wait until they call-"

Suddenly his cell phone rang.

He answered it and said "hello?"

"Mr. Luigi, we are ready to give you your results now. Please come back to the university" one of the judges said.

Mario grinned and said "time to find out, huh?"

"Are you psychic or something, Mario?" Luigi joked as he headed out the door.

At the University Luigi was standing nervously in front of the door, debating whether he should go in or not. Would Mario be proud of him? Would he be jealous? What if he didn't even like the University? Shaking himself, Luigi pushed the door open and walked in.

"Hello Luigi" one of the judges said.

Not a single hint in his voice whether he made it or not.

"Well, did I get in?" Luigi asked.

"Right to the point, I see" a judge said laughing.

Luigi just wrung his hands nervously as he waited for an answer.

The judge sighed and said "well Luigi, your performed very well, you played in key the whole time, and you hit almost every note, the ones you did miss were hardly noticeable and you played right through them. Over all, that was an excellent performance!"

Luigi bit his lip in worry.

"Look" Luigi said "I love that you're saying all of this, but did I get in?"

The judge sighed and said "no Luigi, you did not make it in. You can come back next year to try again."

Luigi's eyes filled up with tears He just nodded and waked out. He watched as someone else walk in, a few seconds later, he heard shrieks of joy from the girl who just walked in. Luigi slammed the door when he got back to the hotel. Then he realized that Mario was probably already asleep. Luigi sighed and grabbed his fiddle. He headed out deep into the forest behind the hotel. Little did he was about to get the bet of his life.