(Amy's perspective)

4:00 p.m

A full week has passed, and my friends and I are still in school doing rehearsals in the multi-use room. We finally finished writing our new song last weekend, and it's really awesome.

"Names?" the rehearsal instructor, Ms. Belle (human) asks us, bringing me back to reality.

"Oh...right," I say awkwardly, "Amy Rose, Cream Carson, Rouge Bayle, and Blaze Farrell."

Ms. Belle writes down our names on her clipboard and tells us to get on stage. Of course, we get on stage and wait nervously for the next thing she's gonna say.

"Okay ladies," says Ms. Belle as she sits down on a chair, "What are you doing for the talent show?"

"Well, we're gonna sing a song that I wrote-" I start to say, but get interrupted by Ms. Belle.

"You wrote your own song?" she wonders, "That's amazing!"

"I helped out," Rouge chips in, answering the instructor's question.

"Our song is called 'Coming Together'," I say.

"'Coming Together'..." says Ms. Belle, "That's really nice. Blow me away, girls!"

That's when Blaze and Cream begin harmonizing the 'ooh...' sound. Then Rouge begins rapping in a mellow tone to blend in with the harmonizing.

"Why are we all not the same?" Rouge starts to rap, "If we were, life would be lame."

So yeah...this is us. Rouge is the one who mainly raps, Cream and Blaze sing some lines, but they mostly do adlibs, and I'm the main star. I sing and rap (occasionally)!

I'll also talk briefly about our song 'Coming Together.' It's about how it's okay to be different from everyone else, but also okay to fit into life. The inspiration came from how my friends and I act around each other.

After three minutes of auditioning, Ms. Belle happily claps her hands.

"Bravo! Bravo!" she cheers, "You four did amazing!"

We all smile. Cream then asks, "Does that mean we're in the talent show?"

"Of course it does!" the instructor yells with glee, "I can already tell you four are gonna get a record deal!"

And just like that, we all cheer loudly and jump around while hugging each other.

Ms. Belle just smiles and shakes her head saying, "Being in the talent show isn't that big a deal. Besides that, you girls are very talented."

We stop cheering and jumping as Blaze says, "We're sorry. It's just that we've wanted to be singers for so long!"

Just then, my phone buzzed from the back of my pants pocket. I pull it out and see that Mom has texted me, "Shadow and I are in the car in front of the school."

Since we're done with our audition, I figure that it would be okay to go home. I turn to my friends and ask, "Hey, I'm gonna go home. Do any of you want to come with me?"

"Can't," says Rouge, "I have a 5:30 appointment for a mani-pedi."

As Rouge walks away, Cream answers to me, "I wish I could, but I promised my mom I would spend time with her."

Blaze just shruggs and says, "Eh. I have nothing better to do. I'll come over, Amy."

"Cool!" I respond as Blaze and I walk out of the multi-use room. We walk outside to see Mom's black BMW in the parking lot.

We enter the backseat, only to see Mom in the driver's seat and Shadow in the passenger's seat.

"Hi Mom!" I say.

"Hello Ms. Rose," says Blaze.

"Hi Amy; hi Blaze," says Mom as she turns around to see us, "How was the audition?"

"It was amazing!" I smile, "We're gonna be in the talent show!"

"Ms. Belle loved us and said that she could tell that we're gonna get a record deal!" Blaze smiles along.

Then Shadow decides to ruin this beautiful moment by saying, "With those voices, you four have no chance of getting a record deal."

Blaze gasps at that horrible comment, and I kick Shadow's seat really hard.

"That was uncalled for, Shadow!" I scream at him.

Mom looks over at me and says, "I'm sorry Amy. Shadow's just in a bad mood today."

"He's always in a bad mood," Blaze mutters under her breath.

"And besides," I say, "just because Shadow's in a bad mood doesn't mean he has to blame it on me!"

"Well Amy, maybe he's just jealous that you're finding a purpose in life and he isn't," says Mom.

"I'm not jealous," Shadow denies, "I just want to grow up and stop being so positive."

"Being positive is a good thing!" I begin to argue.

"Yeah, but there's this thing called being too positive," says Shadow, "That's why I'm normal compared to you."

I stop trying to argue with him and glare out the window. No one is normal, Shadow. If everyone was normal, life would be boring. Everyone would be the same and no one will learn anything new. And he thinks he's the normal one... We'll see about that.

Hi! I'm sorry I haven't uploaded in a while. I've been busy with life. Next chapter will be Girl Power preparing for the talent show! Remember to write a review and I will see you in Chapter 4!