Chapter 3: On the Outside

The next morning after eating breakfast, getting cleaned up, and dressed, Gazelle, Trevor, Sophie, Victor, and the tigers left for the theater. As Rosita was arriving at the theater, she saw Gazelle's pink limo pull up.

"Oh my." she said, she'd never seen a limo in that color before. Victor stepped out of the vehicle, and let the passengers out. "Oh, good morning, Rosita." greeted Gazelle. "Morning, I just couldn't notice your limo." said Rosita.

"Nice isn't it?" asked Gazelle. "Yeah, I've never seen a pink limo before." said Rosita. "Well, pink is Gazelle's favorite color." said Trevor. "Yeah, we went down to the place where they sold limousines, I asked for one in pink, and they gave it to me." Gazelle explained.

"They just gave it to you?" asked Rosita suspiciously. "Well I had to pay for it of course, see you inside." said Gazelle, and she and the others went inside. Buster was showing them the rehearsal rooms, and Gazelle admired them.

"These are nice rooms, Mr. Moon." said Gazelle. "Thank you, Miss Gazelle, this will be your room, here." said Buster, referring to an empty rehearsal room. "Great, but is there like a dressing room?" asked Trevor.

"We do have a small one, why?" asked Buster. "Gazelle's stylists will have to have space to make her over before her performance." Sophie explained. "Well, in that case, I'll make sure the room's clear." said Buster.

So Gazelle went into her room to start rehearsing. Two guards were inside with her practicing their dance moves, and the other two stood outside the door. Trevor talked with Buster about the show, while Sophie looked at things that Gazelle would want to visit.

As she scheduled things on her ipad, Sophie accidentally bumped into Ash. "Oops, sorry." said Sophie, putting her glasses back in place. "That's all right. Who are you anyway, I've never seen you around here before." said Ash.

"I'm Sophie, I'm Gazelle's personal assistant." Sophie explained. "Her personal assistant?" asked Ash. "Yeah, I keep her on schedule, plan out her events for the day, and make sure she's where she's supposed to be at the right time everyday."

"You do all that for her?" asked Ash. "Well of course. You can't expect her to keep track of everything herself." said Sophie. "Other people seem to be able to do it." Ash pointed out. "True, but other people aren't pop stars." said Sophie.

Suddenly, Trevor came up to them. "Sophie, take this call." he said, giving her his cell phone. "Excuse me." said Sophie to Ash. "Hello, yes, this is Gazelle's personal assistant." said Sophie on the phone.

"Gee, must be nice to have someone to do all your planning for you." said Ash, in a bit of a nasty voice.

A while later Mike had talked Johnny into helping him spy on Gazelle. "I still don't see why we have to do this." said Johnny. "We have to get a look at her act, if she's good, Moon's gonna kick us to curb." Mike explained.

"I don't think that would happen." said Johnny. "Just be quiet, and give me a boost." said Mike. Johnny held out his hand, and let Mike get on it, then he lifted Mike up so he could see through the glass.

Inside he saw Gazelle practicing her dancing, along with her two tiger guards. "Those guys dance too." said Mike. Suddenly they felt something come up behind them, they turned around and saw the other two tigers glaring at him.

"Uh, hey guys." said Johnny nervously. "What are you doing, spying on Gazelle?" asked one of the tigers. "W-we were simply admiring her dance skills." said Mike. "You may also see Gazelle when she wants to see you." said the other tiger.

Hearing that made the two hurry away. "Jeez, those guys are bit grumpy." said Johnny. "See I told you she was stuck up." said Mike. "I have to admit you may be right, Mike. I mean what kind of person needs four large tigers as bodyguards?" asked Johnny.


Meanwhile Eddie was visiting his grandma, Nana Noodleman at her mansion. "So this has been a great visit, Nana, but I gotta go." said Eddie. "Edward, what is the rush? You've only been here for twenty minutes." asked Nana.

"Buster got this celebrity named Gazelle to come from a far away city called Zootopia, to come perform at his theater." explained Eddie. "Celebrity, but you're in the presence of one right now." said Nana referring to herself.

"I know, but Gazelle's a pop star. She's really famous, and she's also a model, an actress, an activist." said Eddie. But little did he know as he named all the things Gazelle was, his grandma was getting irritated.

"That's it." she said, loudly. "What's wrong, Nana?" asked Eddie. "You and I are going to Moon Theater right now. I want to see this Gazelle for myself." said Nana, heading for the door. Eddie could tell that Gazelle was already on his grandma's bad side, a side no one wanted to be on.


At the theater everyone was practicing their singing, and it was Meena's turn. Although she sang at the big show, she still had a bit of stage fright. "Okay, Gazelle would you like to go instead? asked Buster.

"Of course." said Gazelle, and she walked out onto the stage. "Hmmph, I could've gone next, I just wasn't ready yet." Meena grumbled. Gazelle sang a part of her song, and when she finished, Nana and Eddie came through the doors.

"Eddie, Nana, just in time." said Buster. "Hey, Buster." greeted Eddie. "Gazelle, this is my friend, Eddie Noodleman, and his grandmother Nana Noodleman, our own celebrity of Animalia." said Buster.

"Hello, Eddie." said Gazelle, offering her hoof. "Hi." said Eddie, shaking it. "And it's nice to meet your Miss Noodleman." said Gazelle. But Nana Noodleman didn't shake her hoof. "So you're the newest celebrity in town." she said.

"I suppose, but I'm just here for while." said Gazelle. Before Nana could say anything else, Trevor and Sophie walked onto the stage. "Excuse me Gazelle, but I just got off the phone with a reporter from Animalia's newspaper they want to interview you." said Trevor.

"That's quite an honor, I'd love to do it." said Gazelle. "I thought you'd say that, Sophie's already looking for a time." said Trevor. "See if we reschedule your tour of Animalia for tomorrow, and push back your spa appointment we should be able to squeeze in the interview at 3:30." said Sophie.

As Gazelle spoke with her manager and personal assistant, Nana Noodleman, and the other performers minus Gunter gave her a dirty look. As everyone left the talked about Gazelle. "Did you see how treat her?" asked Rosita.

"Yeah, she doesn't even have to lift a finger." said Mike. "And she doesn't even have to think about her day, her personal assistant does that for her." said Ash. "How about those bodyguards they follow her everywhere." said Johnny.

"How about how confident she is, she brushed passed me like she was on top of the world." said Meena. "Guys, I think you're overreacting. Gazelle's absolutely fabulous. She has style, a great voice, and mean dance skills." said Gunter.

"Yeah, yeah, she's talented and pretty, but mark my words, that pop star is nothing but a snob." said Mike. And the others agreed, Gazelle did seem snobbish.

That's chapter 3, plz review