Chapter 2
Amy's POV
We had arrived at Madrigal Island only ten minutes earlier and Dan and I were already preparing for the show. I walked onto the giant stage and gasped. The stage was at least 30 feet high and had an isle for you to walk down. And it even had a judge's table with the two judge's names written in golden lettering. I walked down to the judges table to see who would be judging us and sucked in my breath. Nellie and Jonah? Why didn't they tell me!
"Dan! Guess who's judging? Nellie and Jonah!" I screamed over my shoulder as I headed for the little door on the side of the stage. When I opened it, there was the little dweeb smiling like he did something that I would try to kill him for.
"I know they're judging, I hired them." Then Sinead, Natalie and Reagan showed up and Dan sprinted away before they could try to kill him.
"Amy! Can you believe this? We have to sing in front of people!" said Sinead as she ran up to me.
"I know! That dweeb of a brother of mine is going to suffer!"
"Where is Daniel? I want to test out one of my newest poisons." Said Natalie as she and Reagan walked over.
"Yeah, where is he? I need to practice my punches." Said Reagan as she demenstraighted.
"He went that way," I said as I pointed to the door that Dan had gone through.
After Natalie and Reagan had run off to murder my brother, I told Sinead about the judges.
"You're kidding, right?"
I shook my head. After about ten seconds in awkward silence, guess who came toward me. Ian Kabra.
"Hello love."
"Don't call me that."
"Whatever love. Did Daniel tell you that I'll be helping you with your attire?"
"No."
"Oh, well now you know. Have you decided on your song yet?"
"No."
"Well you might want to, because the show starts in 6 hours."
"6 What?"
Sinead's POV
I thought I was going to faint. 6 hours to get ready, get dressed, find a way to hide my scars, choose a song, rehearse it, and sing it in front of Cahills. You've got to be kidding me.
"I'm not kidding you."
Guess I said that out loud, oops. "What are we going to do first?"
"Song selection. Then makeup and hair, then clothes and then we rehearse."
"Looks before practice? Makes perfect sense."
"Thought you would agree. Let's get started."
After we chose our songs and Natalie and Reagan joined us, we went with Ian and did our make-up. I just tuned out the entire time he talked about foundations and eye shadow. Then he showed us the dresses we would be wearing. I have to hand it to him, he knows how to pick clothes. Amy got a knee length Jade green dress that only had one shoulder strap, Natalie got a knee length strapless Purple dress that scrunched up around the torso, Reagan got a spaghetti strapped knee length Dark blue dress that was covered in glitter, and I got an ankle length strapless light blue dress that flowed around my hips down. We all looked beautiful.
Amy and Natalie were twirling around in front of the mirrors and Reagan was looking down at her dress in disgust. I just stood there looking at myself, when I realized that my scars stood out, big time. I ran over to Ian as fast as a girl in an ankle length dress can run and asked him if there was any way I could cover up my scars.
"Of course there is! A couple layers of foundation should do the trick, and they say you Ekatrinas are geniuses."
I ran off and looked at Amy and my jaw dropped.
"Amy, you look amazing!" She turned around and her jaw dropped as well.
"Sinead, you look even better!" I blushed.
"No I don't."
"Yes you do."
"No I do…" Then I was interrupted by Ian.
"Girls! Time to decide on your hair! You all look barbaric!"
Great, just great. And Ian might want to watch his back, because this barbarian knows how to use a stunner.
Reagan's POV
As if making me wear a dress wasn't bad enough, now Ian's going to do my hair. He made us all follow him into this room that looked exactly like a salon. After we had sat down, he ran out of the room and two minutes later returned with some hair spray and stuff like that. He started with Amy and straightened her hair to the point where the ends looked pointy. Natalie curled her hair and put so much hair spray in it that I almost gagged from the smell. Ian put Sinead's hair in a messy bun and let her curls hang in her face. Then he brushed my hair out and nearly ripped the skin off my skull. Who knew that not brushing your hair for five months had its consequences? Then he curled it with the curling iron, and put some kind of spray in it. Luckily he didn't put as much as Natalie, so I was only mildly poisoned. Then I stood up and walked in front of the large mirror, and I was shocked. I looked beautiful, and that's coming from a Holt. My hair was in beautiful golden curls and the color of my dress matched my eyes. I twirled around in it and then I saw Ian coming toward me with a box of what looked like "gulp" high heels.
"Here put these on and spin for me," he handed me a pair of dark blue high heels.
After I had managed to stand up in the things, I tried to spin, and fell face first in the carpet. I quickly scrambled to my feet and tried spinning a little slower instead, this time I made a full circle. Ian nodded in approval and headed over to Sinead. Then I decided to try walking in these heels and nearly landed right on Amy.
When I finally manage to walk across the room I notice that Ian is putting some kind of cream on Sinead's arms. I watch as the scars disappear on her arms. I still felt guilty about the explosion. After we all were ready Nellie came running in.
"You girls only have 3 hours be… Whoa. You girls look awesome!" She stood there for about twenty seconds just staring at us before she finally rushed us into the practice room. Well she rushed us as fast as she could with us wearing the annoying high heels and all. When we arrived in the practice room my eyes went as wide as saucers. This place was like a recording studio! Nellie made me sing first, and the entire time I thought I was going to faint. When I finished I was showered in praise.
"Oh my goodness Reagan! That was so good!"
"You never told us you could sing like that!"
"That was okay for a peasant," was Natalie's response.
Natalie's POV
Wow, the peasant can sing, but I won't give her the pleasure of knowing that though. Next was that American Amy. The girl Ian was smitten with. When she started to sing my jaw dropped. She was great, even I might not have a chance of beating that. When she finished Sinead looked awestruck and so did Nellie. Even Reagan looked impressed.
"Oh my gosh Amy! You never told me you could sing like that!" said Sinead as she and Nellie swarmed Amy.
After they calmed down it was Sinead's turn. She was resisting but Nellie finally convinced her. Okay now I thought the surprises were over but oh no, now even the genius could sing. Well. So now I have three great singers to go against. After Sinead came out Amy went crazy and I went in. I thought my voice was okay, but nothing compared to the other's. Nellie gave me the thumbs up and I began to sing. The words came easily to me because I had sung them for four hours straight at home. After I finished the girls were all gaping at me in amazement. I walked out and started to blush when Nellie started laughing.
"I can't wait for this competition to begin, you all can sing, you're all beautiful, and you all just downright rock!"
Then some guy with an earpiece on ran in. "Show time people!"
Amy's POV
I listened to Jonah make all the announcements and when he announced my name I reluctantly came out from the side of the stage. There were so many people that I almost froze right there. They were all looking at me expectantly and I was trying not to blush. I also prayed that I wouldn't stutter and my voice wouldn't crack while I sang. Then Jonah walked down to the judges table, sat down, and nodded my way.
"You can start yo."
The music started and I began to sing. And my voice didn't crack.
Amy sings White Horse by Taylor Swift.
Sinead's POV
Amy sounded so good that I wanted to rush out on stage and congratulate her, but I resisted that urge. I looked at my arms to make sure the scars are still well concealed. Good, they are.
"Are you sure that this stuff will last through the performance?" I asked Ian.
"Yes," He said simply. "Now it's your turn."
Then I heard Jonah announce me and I walked onto the stage. Amy was already backstage so everyone's eyes were on me. I smiled confidently, this might actually be fun.
"You can start yo."
The music began and I started to sing. And I almost forgot there were other people watching.
Sinead sings Breathe by Taylor Swift.
Reagan's POV
I listened to the Amy and Sinead sing and wanted to throw up. They sounded so good, what if I sounded terrible or made a huge mistake? I'm a Holt and we don't lose. Then Jonah announced me and I walked onto the stage. I focused all my thoughts on not falling in my high heels. Oh how I hate these shoes. Once I reached the front of the stage, Jonah told me to begin.
I sang the entire song without falling in my high heels so I'd say I did a good job.
Reagan san Crazier by Taylor Swift.
Natalie's POV
I watched all the other's performances and started to sweat witch isn't Kabra like. Mum taught us… I'm not going to think about Mum. I'm never going to think about her again. Then Jonah called me onto the stage and all my nervousness disappeared. I was used to crowds and I actually enjoyed them.
"You can start yo."
Doesn't he saw that to everyone? Who cares. I started to sing and almost forgot about the fact that I'm on stage.
Natalie sings Better Than Revenge by Taylor Swift.
I just wanted to thank everyone who reviewed and gave me ideas! I'm sorry if I didn't use your idea but there were so many ideas it was hard to choose! The next round will be Taylor Swift again so give me a song suggestion for who you want to win! Please vote!
Thanks for reading!
Starlinglover
