Divine Diva

Chapter 3

Stage 1/Stage 2

Third Chapter! Oh my Gosh, I am so happy. Don't ask why.

Song used: departures あなたにおくるアイの歌, Love Story

I just love this song. Irony did a cover of it, I think. You know, Dawn's voice…

Dawn waited until the class was over. She felt even more nervous than the day she tried out. She bit the tip of her pencil as the teacher kept on explaining about why x2+ax+b's quadratic formula was . "Ms. Berlitz?" She almost jumped as the teacher called her name. "Yes, sir." She said, standing up. "Can you solve this problem by using quadratic formula?" He asked. She gulped and looked at Marina for help. Marina shrugged. "Umm, I guess so." She said. The teacher gestured her to come up.

Dawn slowly walked toward the blackboard, she saw Ursula smirking at her. She picked up a pink chalk and was about to write on the board when the bell rang loudly. She beamed and put the chalk down. The students started to stand up and leave the classroom. "Sorry sir. Maybe next time." Dawn said to her teacher, ran down to the desk, picked up her bag and books then sprang out of the door with Marina.

Dawn and Marina walked down the hallway when Ursula confronted them. "I bet 10 dollars that you were going to fail. So you'd better fail." Ursula said. "Why don't you shut your mouth and mind your own business? Why are you so obsessed with ruining my life when you can't even make your life better?" Dawn asked. "Oh I will concentrate on that matter after I am done with ruining your life." Ursula spat and walked away. "Ignore her Dawn, she's not worth it." Marina told her. "Yeah, I know…." Dawn said clenching her fists.

Dawn and Marina met their friends on the hallway and walked into their dorm room. "Turn the computer on, Zoey!" Dawn said as she climbed onto her bed. "It's laptop." Zoey corrected as she climbed onto her bunk and turned the laptop on. The girls were sitting on their bed and waited until Zoey could login to her e-mail. Marina covered her ears and eyes with her blanket and pillow. Misty prayed, mumbling the prayer. Leaf hugged her legs and stared at Zoey. Dawn and May, being below Zoey's bunk, couldn't see her so they just spaced out, waiting.

"Found it!" The girls' head jolted up as they climbed down from their bed to go up to Zoey's. "Hey! It's getting crowded here!" Zoey complained, pushing her friends' faces away from the screen. "Stop that!" Leaf said. "Will you guys please be quiet?" Zoey said reading through the mail. She mumbled the first parts of the mail and then skimmed it to the end and then, "I am pleased to say that 'Divine Diva' has passed the tryout and had made it to the first stage!" The girls screamed in excitement and cheered.

"Oh My God! Oh my God! We passed!" Dawn squealed. The girls laughed and screamed and cheered. The girls who were next door possibly thought that our heroines were losing their right mind. "Okay, what should we do now?" May asked after long 5 minutes of screaming. "Pick the next song, duh." Dawn said as she looked up her music track list to look for another amazing song for them to sing later.

"Ooh, Ooh, what about this song?" Leaf asked. She turned the music on from her white iPhone and the girls listened to it carefully. "It's too slow." Misty pouted. "You sang the other song without complaining, hon." Leaf said sweetly. "But this one is too slow. Slowest song evah." Misty said frowning. "What about you guys?" Leaf asked the other girls. "I think its fine." Marina answered, getting a deadly glare from her cousin. "Well, I think so." She said. "I think its fine too." Dawn answered and May agreed.

"Ugh!" Misty groaned but finally agreed to sing this song. "Like half of the candidates failed to pass the tryout. And we are like one of the, I mean, five of the 100 people who made it." Dawn said. "Maybe we were lucky but we need to practice more until Sunday." The girls nodded. Misty groaned a bit. "So what we are doing today is dividing the parts up." Dawn said as she wrote the lyrics down on a blank sheet of paper and discussed the parts with her friends.

Few minutes later Zoey returned with 10 bucks on her hand. "Tomorrow's lunch is on me!" She said. "Where did you get that?" Dawn asked, bit puzzled. "I had a bet with Ursula. She betted 10 dollars for your loss, I betted 20 dollars for you guys to pass." Zoey said proudly. They sweatdropped and told Zoey that they didn't want Zoey to have a bet on them. "Oh, sorry." Zoey said. "But still, tomorrow's lunch is on me." Zoey said with a smile and the others smiled.

During the classes May could hardly concentrate. For the whole week she was. And May was sure that most of her friends felt the same way. She kept biting on her fingers and shook her legs a lot. "Ms. Maple! Please stop biting your fingernails and look up!" Her science teacher shrieked, making May jump and look up. "Oh, sorry sir." She said as she 'paid attention' to the class but all she practically did was to space out and the teacher finally gave in on bringing May back from Andromeda.

May returned to her dorm room later and found Zoey writing something. "What cha doing?" May said. Zoey almost jumped as she turned around to face the brunette. "May, you freaked me out!" Zoey said. "Whatever. What are you writing?" May asked again. "Writing songs. Not for you to sing during the audition though. For you to sing when you become really popular and stuff. This is like a secret weapon." Zoey said with an almost evil smile. "Right….." May sweatdropped and went to her bed. "So, what is the song about?" May asked. Zoey went over to the edge of her bed and looked down, for May's was right below her. "Sex." Zoey snickered.

May's face turned really bright, "WHAT!" She screamed, almost slapping Zoey's face but Zoey dodged it. "Haha, you missed it!" Zoey said, laughing hysterically. May growled as she climbed the ladder to attack Zoey. "Aah! Help!" Zoe shouted, trying to get away from May. "What's going on?" Leaf asked as she entered the room. "Zoey here is being a pervert!" May said. "I'm sure it will gain you guys more popularity from boys!" Zoey said, now under May, with May almost strangling her.

"What….?" Leaf asked, confused. She looked up at the bunk. "Zoey wrote a song about sex and said that we will have to sing it." May explained, "Ack! Ack!" Zoey gagged. "Is it good?" Leaf asked, suspiciously. May let go of Zoey for her to answer. Zoey panted for a brief moment and nodded. "The song's okay. But the lyrics are very seductive." Zoey explained, pushing May away from her and sitting up. May humphed and returned to her bunk.

"Oh and I planned out some duets as well! Like Male x Female. Just in case you get famous and who knows? Maybe you can duet with the members of BLACK ROCK SHOOTER!" Zoey exclaimed. Leaf climbed onto her bunk and looked at her weirdly. "It's not like we won but you are already acting like we are top stars." She said, looking at Zoey strangely. "Well, you'd better! I betted 50 bucks on you guys winning!" Zoey said and Leaf gaped at her. "You've got to be kidding me." Zoey shook her head. "She's crazy." May said.

"Well, let's hear it though. What's mine?" Leaf asked. Zoey typed in her laptop. "If I plan it, you would do it with Gary. May, you will do it Drew. But I am never going to spoil it until that days comes." Zoey said, sticking her tongue out at Leaf, who rolled her eyes. "What about Dawn? I mean, she's like Divine Diva's leader, right?" May asked. "Yeah, shouldn't leader have a duet with the leader?" May asked. "Since who decided that I'm the leader?" Dawn asked as she entered. "Since this moment. Anyway, Zoey's planned out a duet for us, to sing with the members of BLACK ROCK SHOOTER. What's got into her?" May said. "Really? Well, let's hope that day ever comes since that will mean that we are mega popular. Who did you signed me up with?"

"Yeah, leader and leader." Zoey muttered. "But Drew seemed to be better with May's song so I put Paul and you together." Zoey explained. Dawn rolled her eyes as she sat on her bed. "What about the others? What's the song about?" Dawn asked. Zoey chuckled. "No spoilers." She said. "Meanie." Dawn pouted but of course, Zoey couldn't see that. "Hey guys!" Marina entered with Misty. "Hey girls!" May said. "Oh, Zoey did something very stupid." May said.

"What is it?" Zoey was about to stop May from telling but too late. "Zoey betted 50 dollars that we are going to sin Sinnoh Idol. And she wrote a song about the S word and we are going to sing it!" May said it really fast. The girls stared at Zoey, except for May and Leaf. Dawn got off of her bed to glare up at her best friend. Zoey developed a sudden interest in her shoes as she climbed down the ladders, getting glares from her friends. She then sprinted out the door with her laptop under her arms. Misty sprang after her friend. The two made a quiet show on the hallway because there were screaming, shouting, cursing, and swearing all over the hallway and earned themselves a detention.

When they returned from detention it was 7 p.m. Meaning dinner time. "Come on, let's go to cafeteria." May said. May said. But the other girls weren't done with Zoey. They accused her, demanding an explanation. "Guys, I can write any songs that I want. And it's not like I will make you sing that in audition. It's like a secret weapon or something. I am not letting you guys look like a group of sluts in the audition. You will sing it after you gain your popularity and stuffs like that, you got it?" Zoey asked, thinking that she persuaded her friends. "NO!" Her friends screamed and started to scold at once. Zoey let the words go through her head and spaced out. May sighed as she dragged 5 girls to cafeteria.

The day came and the girls went to the same building where they did the tryout. "Did you girls memorize the song?" Dawn asked, acting like their mother. "Um, Dawn? We sang this song for a week; of course we memorized our parts." May said. "And it's rather short." Leaf said. "Oh, right." Dawn seemed pretty nervous now that her friends had set Dawn as Divine Diva's leader. "We will do great. I'm sure of it." The girls nodded and walked into the waiting room.

The girls' turn came and they walked to a different hall than the last time. "Wow." May gasped. It was the same size but this time the curtains were red. Not blue, like the last time.

"Please start." Said the female judge. The girls gasped as they recognized her. She was Adelheit, a popular pop star in Sinnoh. The girls gulped at the sight of her. She smiled at the girls and told them to start. Dawn took a deep breath, held her hand up, three, two, ONE!

"I'm no longer loved by you… I'm no longer needed by you. And thus, just like this…. I'm alone." Dawn sang quietly. She looked down.

"What was it that you said back then? Those words which didn't reach me now dance in the heavens. Although I know it very well, I continue…. To make a wish that will never come true." May sang and did a faint smile.

"Don't let go…. Hold my hand tight…. Say we will continue being together, our held hands used to be so warm and so tender." She and Dawn sang together and backed up.

"You were always like that, making me angry in the end, making me cry." Misty stepped up and sang this time, also looking sad, like she was about to cry.

"But afterwards, you would apologize. I loved your face while doing so…" Marina sang, stepping up.

"Don't let go…. Hold me with all your might. I want to stay in your arms, I want us to sleep with our foreheads together." The two cousins sang together, holding hands.

"Did you know we would never see each other again?" Leaf sang, sadly and pleading.

There was interlude.

"Don't let go, hold me tightly… I love you…. But you will not smile for me ever again…." Dawn sang as she held out her hand and after grasping the air, she put her clenched hand on her chest.

All 5 girls started singing, as they all stepped forward, "So before your warmth disappears, hold me in your arms….." It was a short song, but pleading and sad. (A/N I recommend you listening to this song for better understanding.)

The judges clapped. "Nice performance. And we will notice you by the e-mail. You girls are dismissed." Adelheit said as the girls vowed and exited. "I can't believe we were nervous for the whole week because of this 3 minutes." Misty said, grumbling. "And when we pass our nervousness will even more grow." Dawn pointed out. Misty groaned at this. "I think we've done good job. I hope we will make it to the broadcasting part." May said. "Yeah, I hope so. Now that we are really into this, we need to get to at least TOP 5." Leaf said. "You are over expecting." Dawn told her who shrugged and shook her head. "We can't make Zoey lose 50 bucks, though. Right?" Leaf said, the girls cracked up as Zoey walked toward them. "What's so funny?" She asked. "Oh, nothing. Don't worry." Marina said through her giggles.

Dawn and her friends spent the whole Sunday looking for the song for them to sing at the next stage. "I hope we made it." Dawn said. "I'm sure we did. I mean, we did fine." Leaf said. "But they don't want fine. They want excellent!" May exclaimed. "Fine was good enough." Leaf said. "I'm sure you girls all made it." Zoey said. "Oh, don't say any word when you weren't there." Misty growled at Zoey. "Are you still mad at me for writing an inappropriate song? Zoey asked, her hands on her waist. "Well, duh!" Misty growled and went through her track list all over again to see what she had missed. "Zoey." Dawn called.

"Yeah?"

"Can I hear that song you wrote? You know…."

Zoey blinked and shook her head. "I told you, it's like a secret weapon. I will show it to you when you guys really need it." Zoey said looking through her list of the songs.

"Meanie. Is it that good or is it that inappropriate." Zoey flinched. "Both, I guess?" The girls decided to forgive her because she said it was good. "You know, it would be nice if you guys have a boyfriend. So it will make them super jealous when you sing that song. Because practically all the boys in the world would want to sleep with you after it." Zoey said and the girls decided to kill her.

Dawn looked at the clock every 5 seconds when it was the last period. "Do you have any problem, Ms. Berlitz?" Her teacher finally asked. "No sir." Dawn said, shaking her head. The teacher sighed, "I know that you are nervous but you should follow your friend's example-" The teacher was about to point out that Marina wasn't constantly looking at the clock but when he spotted Marina almost spaced out like out of the world, spaced out and shaking her legs he stopped himself and returned to the class. The other students snickered.

When the class bell rang, Dawn and Marina launched theirselves out of their seats and ran to their dorm room. They opened the door, spotted Zoey's laptop and turned it on until they realized they needed the password for it. "Ugh! I am seriously going to kill Zoey when she gets here." Dawn said. "She did a lot of things that gave us reasonable reasons for us to kill her." Marina growled. Dawn agreed. The door opened and May entered, tripping herself, making an entrance.

"Did we pass?" She looked up and asked. "Um, the laptop's locked so we don't know." Dawn explained. "Let's kill Zoey after we see the result." May said. "We will have to wait until the Sinnoh Idol is all over because all of our results will be sent to Zoey's e-mail address." Dawn joked. "Right. Let's kill her after she earns her stupid money." Leaf said as she entered, not happy that Zoey wasn't there. "How are we going to kill her?" May asked, still on the floor.

"Kill who?" Misty asked. The rest of the girls groaned, giving Misty a disappointment. "What? Why?" Misty demanded. "Zoey's not here." Dawn said. "And her laptop's locked." Marina continued. "Oh, we can kill her by drowning her in the pool." Misty suggested. "Or not giving her food." May said. "Or I can lecture her about it." Leaf and Marina said. "Or I can make her look so girly that she wants to suicide." Dawn giggled.

"Girls! I'm here!" As soon as Zoey entered the room, Misty personally delivered her to the bunk and practically threw her on Dawn's bed and demanded the password. "Geez, got it. But not like you guys aren't going to pass, you guys are main characters."

"What?" The girls asked.

"Oops, just broke the 4th wall…. What I mean was that you will need my e-mail address and the password to look at the result as well." Zoey said as she accessed to the Internet and to her e-mail. She felt pressures upon her as she typed in the password. "Ooh, here it is." Zoey said as she clicked it. The girls read through it quickly and saw the word 'passed'.

The screaming and squealing filled the whole room as the girls pranced around the room, excited. "Okay. Practicing starts now! We all know this song, after all, right?" Dawn asked. Excitement slowly faded away and the girls nodded. "Yeah we should practice it like every day and Zoey you should act like the judges as well. You can do that, right?"

"Well, you know I got lots of songs to compose and rewrite so please ask someone else to act as your judge, please." Zoey said. "Then we are not going to sing your songs." Leaf said. Zoey took a deep breath, sighed, and wondered to herself why did she volunteer. "Oh, alright. I will do it…" Zoey groaned and cursed herself. "Yes!" The other girls cheered. "We finally defeated mighty Zoey!" Dawn cheered and slightly punched Zoey's arm. "Jeez…." Zoey didn't look too happy though.

Luckily for the girls the students didn't really annoyed them for they knew the girls would start to kick their asses and obviously they didn't want that. "November, already." Dawn murmured to herself. She shook her head. "Don't think about it." She told herself and hummed the song she will be singing.

The day came very quickly as the girl stepped into the hall, looking more confident they were all wearing white one pieced outfit and white sandal. Adelheit was there again with a smile. "Good luck. Now, shall we hear it?" The girls took deep breath as the music started to play. This time, May was the first one to sing.

"We were both young when I first saw you, you closed my eyes and a flashback starts I'm standing there." May closed her eyes, "On a balcony in summer air."

"See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns. See you make your way through the crowd and say hello, little did I know…" Misty sang, her hand on her chest, eyes closed.

"That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said stay away from Juliet. And I was staying on the staircase begging you please don't go." Marina sang, her hands on the chest as well, she looked like she was begging as well.

The three girls started to sing, "And I said; Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone. I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run. You will be the prince and I'll be the princess. It's a love story, baby just say yes." The three girls stepped back as the rest two stepped forward.

"So I sneak out to the garden to see you. We keep quiet cause we're if they knew so close your eyes." Leaf closed her eyes by closing her eyelids with her fingers. "Escape this town for a little while…." She almost whispered that part. "Oh, oh oh!"

"Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter and my daddy said stay away from Juliet but you were everything to me, I was begging you please don't go~!" Dawn begged as she clenched her fist and put it on her chest.

The two started to sing, "And I said, Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone, I will be waiting all there's left to do is run. You will be the prince and I will be the Princess, it's a love story baby just say yes."

Marina and Misty started singing, "Romeo save me, they're tryin to tell me how to feel. This love is difficult, but it's real!"

May sang, "Don't be afraid, we will make it out of this mess it's a love story baby just say yes."

"Oh, oh…."

Leaf started singing, "I got tired of waiting….. Wondering if you were ever coming around. My faith in you was, fading. When I met you on the outskirt town, and I said."

Dawn sang, "Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone. I keep waiting for you never come. Is this in my head? I don't know what to think. He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said,"

All five started singing, "Marry me Juliet. You will never have to be alone. I love you and that's all I really know I talked to your dad; go pick out a white dress. It's a love story baby just say yes."

"Oh oh… Oh oh…."

May finished, "Cause we were both young when I first saw you…."

The girls bowed and looked up at the judges. They talked to each other for a moment. "You girls know how to enjoy the stage." Adelheit said, smiling at them. "Thank you ma'am." Dawn said. "You guys are dismissed. I do have to tell you that you girls are the ones with most potentials." Adelheit's black eyes sparkled as she spoke. "Thank you!" The girls showed their gratitude and left the stage.

As they were out of the hall, May collapsed on the ground. "May!" Misty helped her up but putting the fallen girl's arm around her own neck. May looked pretty shocked. "I can't believe I heard a compliment from my favorite singer!" May said. The other girls sweatdropped. "Yeah…. We are honored and all. I just hope the other judged felt that way as well." Dawn said as they walked to the lobby. Zoey ran up to them and saw May hanging on Misty. "Is she okay?" She asked. "Well, yeah. We got complimented by Adelheit herself. That's why she fainted." Zoey gaped at them. "Really? Adelheit?" Zoey looked really shocked. "Yeah, we are definitely shocked too, just, you know, keeping it low." Leaf said, still she looked like she could scream until the whole city blows away.

After the audition Adelheit headed to her nephew's house. She rang the bell and the door opened, showing a grumpy looking plumhead. "Paul! How have you been, sweetheart?" Adelheit squealed as she hugged her nephew tightly. "Will you please let me go? Guys are looking at me!" Paul gagged as his friends snickered at him. "Oops! Sorry. Where's Reggie?" She looked for her other nephew. "Kitchen." Paul gagged some more. Adelheit finally released him and went to kitchen. Paul returned to living room.

"Why are you here anyway?" Paul asked. "To give you this." Adelheit said as she put 8 rather big shopping bags on the counter. "You bought us clothes?" Gary asked. Ash narrowed his eyes until Paul could swear that it looked like a line instead of eyes. "That's not a cloth brand! That's, that's…..!" He gasped and jumped up like a rocket, "Pariorama, the most expensive and awesome and delicious macaroon in the whole Sinnoh, I mean the world!" Ash ran to the kitchen and gave a puppy dog eyes up at Adelheit with his two knuckles in front of his chin, looking like a kitten.

Adelheit laughed and patted his head then gave him the bag. He returned to the living room and pulled out a big box of macaroon. He carefully opened it, covered his eyes with his arm like there was a beam of light coming out of it. The rest sweatdropped at his over-reaction. Ash then carefully picked up a pink colored one and slowly took a bite. "This is like sweet, crunchy, yet soft and somewhat sticky. Oh, this is soooooo good!" He said slowly munching it. The other guys stood up to get their own share.

Drew was about to pick up a bag but Adelheit slapped it away. "Nu huh, you saw what Ash did for it. You will have to do the same or similar thing." They stared at her like she was crazy but when they saw Reggie doing it they stared at him if he was crazy. Adelheit patted Reggie's head and gave him the bag. Reggie walked upstairs, looking slightly embarrassed. They turned to Ash, who was happily enjoying the snack. "Is it worth it?" Drew asked. Ash answered, almost looking like he could cry. "I can die now!" He said. "We can try it, and when we think it's not worth it, let's kill him." Gary suggested.

Gary stepped over to Adelheit. He puffed his cheek and put both of his index fingers on his cheeks. The guys felt like they could throw up. Adelheit laughed and handed Gary the bag. "You guys should be used to this by now. I mean, I always demanded something like this whenever I bought you something." Adelheit said. Jimmy hugged Adelheit, "A ne chan~!" (Japanese for calling older sister or older woman) Adelheit looked really happy and handed Jimmy the bag. Only ones left were Drew and Paul. Adelheit only saw Paul doing once. When she brought a very expensive headphone that he wanted for a long time. He's still using it.

Drew looked at Gary, who had thumbs up. "Worth it. Definitely worth it. Even Ash's saving it up!" He pointed at Ash who was carefully taking each bite, savoring all the tastes in his mouth. Drew and Paul couldn't believe that they were seeing Ash like that. Drew finally gave in and made a rabbit of himself with his fingers. Drew always did it and Adelheit always found it cute. "Here ya go!" Drew grabbed the bag and walked to the living room. The only guy left were Paul and he didn't even budged. He glanced at everyone who was now all acting like Ash.

"Are you guys sure about it?" Paul asked. "Paul, sometimes your pride and ego has to be thrown away." Gary said slowly eating a chocolate colored macaroon. Paul glared at him and sighed. "This is seriously going to be the last time…" He grumbled. "Uhm, you said that when you were getting the headphone." Adelheit said. Paul took a deep breath, closed his eyes.

He puffed his cheek, his fists over them (although they looked like you can punch anyone) and twisted them a little. Adelheit started to nosebleed as she handed him the bag. "Can you stop acting like a shotacon? I am freakin' 16!" Paul grumbled. "But you are still a sweet little Paul to me." Adelheit squealed. Paul sighed, feeling a huge dent in his ego, walked to the living room. Adelheit followed him.

"I did the judge on Sinnoh Idol Stages and saw these 5 girls." She said, sitting down next to Paul. "Were they cute?" Gary asked. "They were pretty." Adelheit said. "Go on." Gary said, moving his hand. "They sang beautifully. I'm sure with professional training they will become wonderful singers." Adelheit said. "Girls so much with potentials." She sighed, dreamingly. The last time I saw that was when you guys first told me that you will be forming a band. And it's just like that! Déjà vu, they call it, right?"

Adelheit picked up a white macaroon from Paul's box and ate it. "Hey!" Paul said. "What? Little Paul is too greedy that he can't even give his aunt a small piece of macaroon." Adelheit pouted. Paul sighed and decided to leave it this way and closed the box lid. "So I was thinking that these girls may become your rivals if they survive Sinnoh Idol. I wish I can stay as the judge and bring them up to the final round but how sad… I can't do that. As soon as the TOP 10 starts they will change the judges." Adelheit pouted sadly and looked out the window.

"What made you think they are so special?" Drew asked. "Well, just feeling. Like I saw you guys. And look where you are." She said her hand spread and pointed at the boys. The boys nodded. There were few cases that proved Adelheit's senses were pretty sharp when it comes to these things. "I will arrange a meeting for you later when they make it." She said as she stood up. "What meeting?" Drew asked. "For you and them. Well, see ya later! Oh, and give a bag to Kenny and Henry when they visit." Adelheit quickly left the house without waiting for the answer.

That was the longest chapter I wrote. I was about to break them into two but decided to make two chapters into one. I hope you all enjoyed it and when you did, please review.

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After the stage 2, the girls will finally going to be on TV!