It's time for chapter 7

It's time for chapter 7! The one you've all been waiting for, "Welcome to the Moulin Rouge!" Well, this story is winding down since I only plan to have one or two more chapters. And sorry for the delay but this took a while for me to do because 1) writing it , 2) editing it and 3) HOMEWORK! Homework is the source of all evil! Ha, but enough of that, Here it its! Enjoy!

Oh but before I forget ! StrawberryPavlova made a AWESOME doujinshi ( fan-makde manga) of Lady Marmalade: Sweet Sweet Revenge! She's the best! Plus Suwamoto made a INCREDIBLE fanart too! Both of you guys rock! Links can be found in my profile!

HARVESTGIRL10 DOES NOT OWN POKEMON, ITS CHARACTERS, OR THE SONGS LADY MARMALADE OR FACE DOWN, OR THE BEND AND SNAP SONG.

Lady Marmalade: Performed by Mya, Pink, Lil Kim, Missy Elliot, and Christina Aguilera!

Face Down: Performed by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. (The non-scream version please…XD)

Bend and Snap: From Legally Blonde the Musical, performed by the Greek Muses. (I actually prefer the live performance audio than the CD audio, lol)

It'll add atmosphere if you listen to the songs while reading the performances!

42 pages….that's nearly double of what I normally write! ( sweat-drops)


"Dawn, hold your breath!" Daisy instructed as she tried her best to tighten the corset over Dawn's chest. Dawn held on for dear life to Leaf's shoulders! Everyone was in their full attire already but sadly, Dawn insisted on putting on the corset at the last minute so suspense was in the air.

"I AM!" Dawn lashed back, annoyed how incredibly painful this was.

'Dawn, it has to be tighter for the performance. UGH! YOU WEAR IT THEN!' Dawn mocked in her head as she recalled how Misty's sisters kept telling her that it had to be tight. And when they meant tight, they meant TIGHT!

"So Dawn, any comments on our oh so lovely performance?" May asked as she stuck her infamous camcorder into Dawn's face. Dawn sweat-dropped.

"May, y-your not recording are you?" She stuttered, and to her horror, May nodded.

"Of course! I need to make an excellent video for film class and what better subject could I film then the pre-show jitters that we all are experiencing?" She chirped.

"Well not when I'm in the middle of this torture-AH!!" Dawn screamed as Daisy got fed up with Dawn's talking. She pulled the corset as hard as she could, frankly, she could now care less about Dawn's comfort.

"All done!" She said in a sing-song voice as she rubbed her hands, a pleasant tone in her voice.

Dawn let go of Leaf's shoulders and stood there, gasping for air. She looked in the mirror and sighed, but when she did, she quickly sucked in her breath. She could barely breathe!

"How can I sing when I can barely even breathe?!" Dawn complained as she took a good look at herself in the mirror. Everything was in order, her costume was fully on and her makeup looked fantastic. All she needed now was to go up on that stage and perform.

Perform.

"Relax Dawn, if you can talk, you can sing." Misty reassured as she patted Dawn's back.

"That's right!" Leaf agreed.

"And not to mention how irresistible you look!" May complimented from behind her camcorder. "Spin around for the camera dah-ling!" She added in a mock accent, Dawn just smiled and turned around, fully displaying her 'outfit'.

"Oh! OH! Us too!" Leaf giggled as she grabbed Misty as they both struck poses for May's camera.

"Marvelous! Hello A+!" May cheered as she captured the footage.

"Enough Girls," Violet instructed. "Now, we have to go to check to make sure that the props are on their way to the school so stay put!" The girls left in single file, and as they did, the other resumed back to their tasks.

"So Dawn, you still haven't answered my question. Any comments?" May once again asked Dawn, who was a bit preoccupied with fiddling with her corset, trying anything to make it more comfortable.

"Um," She started as she looked into the camcorder, "Not really. Just gonna say, be prepared." She winked as she added the last part suggestively, blowing a kiss in the process.

"Ooh! My film class would love that remark!" May cooed as she walked away, Dawn shrieked.

"YOU CAN NOT SHOW THAT TO ANYONE! CUT IT!" She screamed as she tried desperately to snatch the camcorder from May. However, May gleefully avoided the effort by jumping to the side. Pretty soon, Dawn was chasing May around the dressing room!

"Gimme that back!" Dawn called after May.

"No!" May remarked teasingly, "The audience will love your smexiness!" She giggled. Leaf and Misty almost fell over from laughing! The scene was too funny!

Dawn turned red at the remark, "C'mon May!" She whined as she gave up and sat on a chair.

"Don't worry Dawn, this cheer you up!" Leaf said as she pushed the play button on their small stereo in the room. A catchy beat began to play as May, Leaf, and Misty began to brighten up.

"No way! You think I can actually perform well under all this pressure?!" Dawn began to protest as she turned the song off, red in the face. "Not now!"

"C'mon Dawn! We'll follow just do it! I guarantee it'll cheer you up! " Misty pleaded as she got behind Dawn.

"It'll be fun! Don't be a party-pooper! We always do it at sleepovers! And remember cheer camp?" Leaf giggled as she joined Misty.

"But-!"

"Here, I'll do it too!" May said as she placed the camcorder on the table and joined the trio. Nonetheless, it was still on.

"Ugh, fine. But just this once. " Dawn sighed, all her friends cheered. She pushed the Play button once again on the stereo and the song began to play once more.

"Ready? Okay!" Dawn began in mock peppiness, hitting off the number. The others just rolled theirs eyes, Dawn would get over it.

Once it began, the four girls, in synch, rocked their hips from side to side. And after each two beats, they clapped their hands from before continuing to rock back and fourth.

"Look,"Dawn began as she placed two peace sign fingers near her two eyes.

"At. My,"She trailed them down to her hips…

"Ass, Look at my Thighs!" She cheered as she bumped her butt to the side and ran her left hand down her thigh. The others followed her steps in perfect synch.

"I'm catnip to the guys," She placed her hands on her hips and shimmied, an irresistible look on her face.

"They chase my tail, they drool and pant." Dawn spun around to the right and crouched down, sliding up suggestively.

"Wanna touch this, but they can't!" She giggled as she wiggled her fingers, winking.

"No!" May, Leaf, and Misty chorused as they turned to their sides, holding their hands up in a halting position, Dawn led by shaking her head, giggling.

"All the boys want to come and play, snap my fingers and they obey!" Dawn sung as she walked towards the left where Leaf was and snapped her fingers.

"Why do they follow me around all day?" Dawn asked the others as she put her hands up in an I-don't-know gesture, approaching the other side to May.

"Watch me walk while I walk away and I-"

"Bend and -SNAP!" The four sung as they all slid their hands down their thighs towards their legs, then snapping back up in a perfect straight pose.

"Feel how hot it's getting!" Dawn fanned herself.

"Bend and-SNAP!" They repeated again, doing the same movements only to the opposite side.

"And when you got 'em sweating!" Dawn cheered as she wiped her brow, kicking up one of her legs.

"Spring the trap!" All four girls mock-pounced.

"They cheer and clap!" May, Leaf, Misty, and Dawn then clapped, trying their best from bursting into giggles.

"No Time Man!" Leaf and Misty sung as they bent down.

"Candy Man!" Dawn and May sung as they did the same.

"It's the BEND AND SNAP!" They all finally cheered as they snapped back up into four poses. After that, May pushed the STOP button and giggled.

"See, wasn't that fun Dawn?" She asked as she picked up her camcorder.

"What?" Dawn asked as she was panting out of breath, she couldn't breathe because she was laughing so hard!

That and maybe the corset…..

"See, told you we would have fun!" Leaf rejoiced as she hugged Dawn. Dawn didn't bother to shake her off.

"Can I come in?" A voice asked as the door knocked. The four girls slipped on their black robes before opening the door only to find Zoey, still wearing her attire, standing there with a blue paper bag in her hands.

"Got the goods?" Dawn asked in an all serious voice, the others stood behind her with the same expressions on their faces.

"Yup!" She laughed, "Now you guys better it eat it quickly, I think I saw your sisters on the way here." She added, informing the last part to Misty.

The four girls fiercely shook their heads as they quickly snatched the contents out of Zoey's bag. In each of their hands was a HUGE chocolate bar. Before they could even cherish the moment, they quickly tore open the wrapper and dug into the irresistible treat.


Ever since they started practices, Misty's sisters BANNED anything unhealthy or fattening. They claimed that it would go all right down to their thighs and waistlines, and since the clothes were very revealing, they had to listen!

No exceptions.

"From now on, all four of you shall be on a strict diet. No fast food, no ice cream,"

Misty shrieked.

"No soda, anything fried, and most certainly, NO CHOCOLATE!" All three valley girls commanded, causing all four girls to shriek in terror!

"EVIL! PURE REINCARNATED EVIL!" Dawn bellowed as demon eyes appeared on her face, her friends had to hold her back from killing the trio! The three just stood there, however, smirking.

They all actually found this quite amusing.


"It's been so long!" Misty sighed as she finished her bar. Of course, since she had to live with her sisters, it was VERY difficult to cheat on the strict diet.

"I know!" May moaned in delight, suddenly though, her ears perked up. A sly look was on her face.

"Please be fortunate that I was able to get these! Do you know how many stares I got in the convenience store? Wearing this?!" Zoey displayed, showing off her somewhat revealing outfit.

"Well, be lucky that you're not wet! I heard that it's supposed to downpour tonight." Leaf mentioned as she ate her bar happily.

"I heard that too! They said that it's probably going to be the heaviest rainfall this year!" Misty added.

"Hey Zoey, want to see our dance?" May snickered as she picked up the camcorder from the table and ended the recording session, causing the device to make a small plink noise.

"EH?! You recorded that?! I don't want anyone to see how idiotic and foolish I look!" Dawn once again, shrieked, dropping her wrapper on the ground from shock.

"Calm down girl, just look." Misty insisted as May began the video. Dawn watched, humiliated, as the video played. It showed her blow a kiss at the camera, and then it got all shaking when May began to run around the room, and then it showed their dance. Dawn's eyes widened in fascination, did she really look that confident?

"See? Why are you so nervous? You look totally confident in this video and you definitely will look confident on stage." Zoey smiled, Dawn sniffed as she looked at her four friends.

"You Guys!" She cried as she hugged her friends into a big group hug. She saw what they were doing. They wanted to show her that there was no reason to be nervous, that she really was amazing, and that she shouldn't let anything bring her down.

WHAM!

The girls broke apart in surprise as the door opened. Turns out, Drew slammed open the door with his foot, an annoyed expression on his face. The other guys soon followed in.

"What are you guys doing?!" May yelled.

"Nothing." Drew said as he looked the other way, slightly smirking. May furiously fumed.

"What are you talking about Drew? Just before you said you wanted to go see May-OW!" Ash cried as Drew sharply elbowed him in the stomach, May turned a light pink.

"Ooh, so that's how it is." Leaf, Misty, and Dawn cooed towards May and Drew. May turned a deep red while Drew clenched his teeth, trying his best not to blush.

"Hey May, how do you turn this off?" Zoey asked as she tried her best fiddling with the camcorder. May, almost too quickly, directed her attention towards Zoey's request.

She was a little bit too anxious to get out of that scenario!

"You just push this and then ta-dah!" May cheered, a little bit too loud as she raised her hands up in a ta-dah pose. Everyone sweat-dropped as May began to giggle awkwardly, she really was trying her best to get over the incident!

"What were you guys even doing with a camcorder?" Drew asked, clearing the awkward silence.

"It's nothing, just for my film class." May fumbled as she looked down at her camcorder, blushing. Drew slightly smiled at her.

Dawn saw this and smiled secretly. She knew that May liked Drew, and she knew that Drew liked May. Even though they would fight or bicker towards each other, they still had that attraction. An attraction that was stronger than anything. They reminded her so much of…him…and…herselfwhen they were close

Dawn took a quick glance at Paul, who was leaning against the doorframe, emotionless like always. She couldn't help but be a bit envious of her friend…

"Hey, aren't you guys heading on stage soon?" Leaf asked Gary, who nodded.

"Are you guys going to watch from the sidelines, cheering?" He smirked, Leaf's brow furrowed.

"Yeah, of course we will." She reassured sarcastically, Gary rolled his eyes. However, a blush was slightly visible on both their faces.

Dawn once again, secretly smiled.

Once again, she envied.

"Um, by the way Mist, did your sisters order that thing yet?" Zoey asked, Misty thought for a while and nodded happily.

"Yup! It'll be on the way!" She giggled.

"What are you guys talking about?" May asked, Misty whispered into her ear before May began to smile brightly, Leaf overheard and smiled too.

"Just pray that it's the right size!" Leaf added.

"Um, can you guys clue me in?" Dawn asked, her hands on her hips.

"Clue you in on what?" They all asked obliviously as if they never had the discussion, which caused Dawn to sweat-drop!

"Next up! Gary, Ash, Paul, and Gary!" Kenny's voice echoed throughout backstage.

"Looks like you guys have to go." Dawn said, trying her best to avoid eye contact with Paul. Her heart was still recovering from before!

'I don't want to ruin that gaze…' That kind image of Paul once again entered her mind and her heart fluttered. 'I don't want to ruin it with another scorn!' She cried.

"Let's rock!" Ash cheered as the guys turned to exit. Paul, like he always does, slapped Ash against his head for the remark.

"Ow! What the-?!"

"Rock on, Ash!" Misty suddenly cheered. Ash looked back and stared at Misty in awe. Misty stood there and blushed.

Did Misty just support one of his stupid remarks?!

"Yeah, rock on." He said in almost a whisper. Misty looked down at her feet, and blushed a bit.

'She looks nice with long hair…' Ash thought with a smile.

And with that the guys turned, and left into the darkness of the backstage.

"Hey, what are you guys waiting for?! Let's go watch them!" May laughed happily as she rushed out of the dressing room, after the guys.

"Hey, wait for us!" Leaf called after the brunette, dragging Misty with her.

It was only Dawn and Zoey left in the room…

"C'mon, we better make sure they don't break something." Dawn giggled as she was about to leave the room but Zoey grabbed her wrist, preventing her from leaving. Dawn looked back at her friend in surprise.

"Are you alright?" She asked, like a concerned friend should.

"I-I'm fine." Dawn replied, her voice a little shaky.

"Things are going to be alright Dawn. I…I saw how you looked at May the others… Zoey murmured.

"O-Oh, that. Zoey, I'm happy for them, I truly am." Dawn weakly smiled, Zoey saw this and smiled.

"You know, you remind me a lot like that actress in that movie. You're really strong." Zoey kindly remarked. Dawn was about to tear up!

"Zoey!" she cried as she embraced her friend, her friend warmly hugged her back.

"Dawn…I don't think he hates you…I really don't…"Zoey began; Dawn slowly, doubtfully, nodded as she broke from the hug.

"Zoey…" Dawn began; Zoey looked at her.

"I…" The soft whisper of Paul's words echoed through her heart.

"I'm here…"

"I really…don't know…what to think anymore." Dawn finally said as she tried her best from tears to spill from her cerulean eyes.


Dawn and Zoey barely managed to find their way through the darkness of the backstage, with only a blue dim light for support. Once they finally reached the others, Dawn heaved a sigh of relief!

"There you guys are!" Dawn laughed as she gave her friends each a hug. Leaf, May, and Misty were already on the deck, right behind the curtains of the stage. They all were anxiously awaiting the performance of the guys, even though, they wouldn't admit it.

"Oh god…look at them…" May rolled her eyes as she caught a glimpse of Drew completely goofing off around with Ash on the stage behind the closed curtains. Drew apparently stole one of Ash's drumsticks and he was playing a fun little game of keep-away from the black-headed boy.

"I know…so immature right?" Misty added, both brunette and red head stared at the two in awe.

"Hellooooo? Earth to Misty and May? Snap out of it!" Dawn snapped her fingers in front of the two, who jumped. They looked quickly back and forth before putting their glare faces back on the guys, restoring the whole "i-can't-stand-them" feel. Leaf, Zoey, and Dawn just sighed.

Completely and hopeless in love the two were.

"I just can't believe how dark it is back here, Dawn you never told us!" Leaf mentioned, Dawn's eye twitched.

"Yeah…last year…don't really wanna talk about it…."Dawn mumbled.

"Oh! I'm sorry Dawn! So Sorry!" Leaf apologized. She knew better than to bring up that subject!

"Hey look, there starting!" Zoey pointed out, they girls quit their talking as the curtains opened, and the whole place was hushed.

"May I present, Drew, Paul, Gary, and Ash!" Kenny announced as he walked off the stage. Suddenly, the spotlight hit Drew, who smirked. The entire female audience screamed and cheered.

"We love you Drew!!" A group of fan girls cried.

"No, you!" Drew smirked, flicking is hair. This caused everyone to cry and shout again!

May fumed from behind the scenes, she had to restrain herself from tackling Drew on the spot!

'So obnoxious!' May clenched her teeth.

"May, your blushing." Zoey remarked, May silently shrieked as she regained her composure!


There the guys stood on the stage, completely basking in their glory. On the right stood Paul, looking completely bored, holding up his black electric guitar and on the left stood Gary, smirking, holding up his base guitar. In the back, but yet could still be scene clearly, was Ash, holding up his drumsticks in a victory pose. And finally, stood Drew in the middle of them all, standing there with a mic stand in front of him.

Dawn looked at Paul secretly from behind the new stage curtains…


"You know, I always wanted to play guitar." An 8-year old Paul said as he and Dawn swung on the swings, the blue-headed child just giggled.

"What's so funny?!" Paul turned red, Dawn laughed even harder!

"You'd make a great guitarist, Paul!" She said cheekily as she smiled brightly. Paul turned a light pink before looking down at his feet and saying, "And I think you'd be a good singer too."

"Hee! Thanks Paul!" Dawn cheered as she jumped off her swing to hug Paul.

"We should make a band!" She kept giggling and giggling.

"…Whatever." Paul said, still pink-faced, trying to shove Dawn off.

She wouldn't budge.

"We should name it the Cupcakes!" Dawn suggested, still giggling.

"NO!" Paul almost screamed.

"Pleassseeeee!" Dawn begged.

"If you stop begging and forget the name, I'll bring you a cupcake tomorrow." Paul mentioned, Dawn smiled!

"Okay!" She hugged her friend once more, completely forgetting the idea of a band.

"Let's go home, it's getting late." Paul said as he took note how the sun was setting.

"Fine. But don't forget, I want chocolate!" Dawn called after him as she tried catching up with Paul, who already started heading home.

Things were so simple back then…


"Dawn!" Misty whispered loudly, causing Dawn to break from her memory.

"Wha…?" Dawn asked, still in a daze.

"You okay?" Misty asked as she tilted her head, Dawn was quick to nod!

The two, along with the other girls, directed their attention back on stage.

Ash began to bang on his drums in a catchy rhythm while Drew took hold of the mic, waiting patiently for his turn. Paul strummed onto his power chords, causing the whole room to burst into lyrical rhythm. Gary followed with his base.

'Why does my mind always drift to you…?' Dawn thought as she watched Paul, a sorrowful and daze-filled expression on her face.

"Hey girl you know you drive me crazy" Drew sung has he clutched the microphone stand with both hands, his fedora slightly slanted over his left eye.

"Ack! They're good! Drew! He stole my bit! He stole my bit!" May gasped her hand to her mouth in shock, referring to how Drew's fedora was now slanted to the side like hers. The others stood there, their mouths in perfect Os. However, Dawn stood there, her eyes were solemn and a small blush crept over her face.

Why this song…why?

"One look puts the rhythm in my hand" Paul and Gary followed while they still strummed heavily on their chords,

"Still I'll never understand why you hang around,"

"I see what's going down." Drew sung as she looked on to the audience, nodding his head in understanding.

Just then, Paul ripped on his chords, his guitar blasting.

"Cover up with make-up in the mirror," Drew sung, Dawn's heart began to beat fast!

Dawn stood at her reflection in awe; it didn't seem like her at all. She wore a light pink glossy shade of lip gloss on her lips, heavy mascara, and over exaggerated shades of pink eye shadow.

"Tell yourself it's never gonna happen again,"

Dawn closed her eyes, her body shaking.

'Not this song, please not this song!' She begged.

"You cry alone," pounded on his drums harder as the other guys kept in beat with the music, Paul ripping on his chords. Hurtful memories filled Dawn's mind and heart.

"WHY THE HELL AM I STILL IN LOVE WITH HIM?!" She finally cried, her knees falling to the floor.

"And then, He swears he loves you!" Drew sung loudly into the mic, raising his fist into the air. The female population in the audience now had hearts all over their eyes, all chanting his name.

"I'll always protect you."

"D-Dawn?" Leaf asked as she got a glimpse of Dawn, shaking. However, Dawn couldn't hear her.

"Do you feel like a man?" Drew sung as he burst into the refrain. Paul and Gary followed in a perfect melody; Ash continued to beat hard on the drums.

"I-I missed you so much!" Dawn said, as she saw his eyes flicker into an angry glare. She didn't know how to react, what was WRONG with him?!

"When you push her around?" Drew continued to sing. Dawn's heart began to break. She could no longer stop the painful images from flooding into her head.

"Do you feel better now?"

"No! Paul!" Dawn shouted as she lunged after him, arm out, tears in her eyes. She grasped his arm, and caught hold on him.

"As she falls to the ground," Drew sung as she swayed slowly from side to side, moving the mic stand with him.

He gave her an angry glare as he shoved her off, causing Dawn to fall to the ground in pain.

"Ah!" She cried out in pain.

"Well I'll tell you my friend," Drew declared as he pointed out towards the audience. The rest of the guys continued to pound on their instruments.

"One day this world's going to end!"

Dawn kept her eyes on Paul, her eyes were tearing up!

"And as your lies crumble down," Drew sung as he motioned his left hand down.

"Remember," Paul whispered to her softly as he pointed to the necklace, "As long as I'm here and as long as you want it, I'll forever keep that promise." Paul reassured her, referring to his and Dawn's engagement.

"A new life she has found!" Drew sung out loud as he carried the note.

Paul strummed his guitar heavily as sweat began to trip of his forehead, Gary followed soon with his base.

"A pebble in the water makes a ribble effect," Drew sung as a dozen of lights began to flicker onto the band.

"Every action in this world will bear a consequence!" Drew declared as he pumped his fists into the air.

"If you wade around forever, you will surely drown!"

I see what's going down." Drew sung as he once again nodded his head in understanding.

"I see the way you go and say your right again,"

'Paul…' Dawn cried as she tried her best for tears not to trickle down her eyes.

"Say your right again,"

'Paul…!" Dawn's gaze drifted towards Paul, who was too occupied in his guitar to notice her.

"Heed my lecture!"

'Are you even listening to the song you are playing?!' Dawn cried.

"Do you feel like a man?" Drew continued to sing as he narrowed his eyes at the audience.

"Oh now I remember, that annoying girl who lived across from me, who wouldn't leave me alone."

"When you push her around?"

"What are you saying?!" Dawn cried, trying not to break down. Why was he doing this?! To her?!

"Do you feel better now?"

"I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" He bellowed as he began to walk away.

"As she falls to the ground," Drew sung.

He gave her an angry glare as he shoved her off, causing Dawn to fall to the ground in pain.

Dawn began to shake her head slowly; she covered her temples with her hands!

Her friends saw this and they put an arm around hers for comfort. However, Dawn could not feel the embrace. All she could feel was cold.

"Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end!"

"As your lies crumble down, a new life she has found!"

"Face down in the dirt," Drew sang as he took the mic off the stand and held it to his mouth in all seriousness. Paul strummed a little bit slower on his guitar, and Gary added a few strong power chords into the mix. Ash beat fervently on his drums.

"Paul…Why?" Dawn murmured to as she pushed her arms up, so that she was partially lying on the cold concrete. She looked up to Paul, crying, and only to find him with a smug smile on his face.

"She said, this doesn't hurt!"

"I-I'm fine." Dawn replied, her voice a little shaky.

"She said," Drew once again carried the note.

I finally had enough!!" He shouted. Dawn felt woozy but her friends held her up, making sure she stays well. She could not stop the painful images…

"I…want that revenge…I WANT IT SO BADLY!" Dawn finally screamed in her tears, it was just so hard. Why did it have to be this hard?! And now, Paul Shinji is going to regret everything he's down to her, every time he made her cry her heart out.

"Face down in the dirt,"

Dawn helped herself up off the toilet seat she was sitting on and looked in the mirror, only to find herself with a tear-stained face.

"She said this doesn't hurt!"

"Get lost pathetic girl, you already wasted enough of my time." Paul finally said as he walked away from the scene. Dawn's vision blurred from tears as she saw Paul's back walking away from her.

"She said,"

"ARGH!" Dawn screamed as she chucked the necklace at her vanity, becoming forever lost in the clutter that was settled upon it.

'I finally had enough!!"

"I…don't want it!" Dawn shouted to herself, hoping for her words to make truth.

But the thing was, Dawn wanted it.

And She Wanted it Badly.

"One day. She will. Tell you. That she. Has had. Enough!" Both Gary and Drew sang powerfully into the mic as Drew had ran over to Gary's area for him to sing.

"It's coming 'round again!" Drew sang as he ran over back to where he originally was.

"Do you feel like a man
When you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
As your lies crumble down, a new life she has found!"

Drew continued to sing as he placed the mic back on the mic stand , clutching it tightly. Gary and Ash both began to chorus with Drew.

"Do you feel like a man?"

"When you push her around?"

'Oh…" Ash and Gary sang,Paul just concentrated on playing heavily on his guitar.

"Do you fell better now?!" Drew painfully sung.

"Oh…" Gary and Ash still sang,

"As she falls to the ground?!" Paul pounded harder and harder on his guitar, his eyes had somewhat of a determined expression on them.

"Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end

Dawn couldn't take this….

"As your lies crumble down a new life she has found!"

"Face down in the dirt!"Drew swayed back and forth with the mic stand.

Dawn couldn't take it anymore! She flung back the comforting arms of her friends and ran back to the dark backstage, tears streaking her face and makeup!

"She says, this doesn't hurt!"

Dawn kept on running, she could still hear the song! She could still hear the powerful guitar, Paul's Guitar!

"She says, I finally had ENOUGH!"Drew finished by powerfully singing into the mic.

Dawn heard Paul end the note with a heavy key before finishing, but she didn't care. She kept running and running until she finally reached the dressing room, she stopped abruptly before falling to her knees and crying out a tearful scream.


"Wow! Wasn't that AMAZING?!" Kenny called to the audience as he jumped back on stage, a mic in his hands. The whole entire female audience SCREAMED!

"Drew!Drew!" They all chanted.

"Let's have a round of applause!" Kenny cheered.

Everyone burst into applause and the guys basked in it. Drew flicked his hair, Ash waved his drumsticks around, Gary smirked, but Paul just stood there.

He looked backstage where the girls were watching and noticed May, Leaf, Zoey, and Misty looking around.

Where was Dawn?

"Now we will now host a half hour intermission before our final act. Please do look forward to it!" Kenny shouted out to the audience, everyone cheered!

"She just bolted right out…" Leaf asked, stunned.

"It must have been too hard for her…" Misty murmured.

"Did you guys see her though? She was crying…" May added, tears forming up in her own eyes.

"Hey! Did you guys see us?" Drew asked as he ran up the girls, a big smile on his face.

"Yeah…" May whimpered. Zoey put a hand on her shoulder while the others tried not to stifle a cry.

"Something's wrong." Drew figured as Ash hand Gary joined them, the same worried look on their face.

"It's- It's Dawn, she was taking your song really hard. I guess…it brought terrible memories…" Leaf said as she folding her arms over her chest, a sad look in her eyes.

"Damn, I knew changing the song was a bad idea." Gary clenched his teeth.

"Don't worry though, with our plan, what could go wrong?" Zoey brought up, everyone's sad face turned bright.

"Right." They all said.

"What are you guys up to?" Paul asked as he approached the gang suspiciously.

"N-Nothing!"


"Now let's see…this went like this and that went like that. Perfect!" Dawn marveled at herself as she fixed her makeup perfectly from scratch!

Dawn was all alone in the dressing room and since all her tears streaked her makeup, she was forced to wipe it all over and reapply it!

"Is that skill or what?" Dawn giggled as she added the final touch to her eyes. She twirled around before the mirror, marveling her work. But before the happiness and giggles could even last, Dawn frowned.

What had come over her? It was as if almost of those painful memories flooded back to her…she just couldn't handle it…

"Relax Dawn, it'll only make you stronger…"Dawn reassured yourself as she looked in the mirror, as if talking to herself.

"Dawn!"

Dawn jumped from what she was doing and turned around to see May, Misty, Leaf, and Zoey waiting for her!

"Oh, hey guys!" She greeted, a smile on her face.

"Your okay?" Misty asked, stunned.

"Hm? Oh, yeah. No need to worry!" Dawn laughed.

"That's when we worry the most…" Her friends sweat-dropped, Dawn laughed nervously!

"But hey, about twenty more minutes and we'll be on the stage, owning it." May reassured as she patted Dawn's back.

"Oh My God!" A voice from outside the room screamed, the five girls looked out the door curiously.

There stood Drew, Ash, Gary, and Paul, all looking very disturbed.

"Oh God, What's wrong now?" Zoey asked as she placed her hands on her hips. The five girls walked out into the halls and stood before the four guys.

"Look at the window! There are at least 5 moving vans out there! And they're all unloading props!" Ash shouted, all the girls snickered.

"What's so funny?" Gary asked, annoyed.

"Nothing…" May giggled, trying her best not to laugh. "Nothing!" She laughed out, unsuccessfully.

Just then Zoey's cell phone rang! The red head curiously checked the ID, smirked, the flipped opened her phone. "Hello?" She answered coolly.

"Mmhm, yeah sure, we're right outside the door of the dressing room…" Zoey said as she replied to the speaker on the phone, everyone looked at her, wondering who she was talking to.

"Oh Yeah! I can't wait to see their faces, alright Bye." Zoey closed her phone and looked at the girls.

"Your sisters are back…" She told towards Misty, the four girls moaned.

"Your little managers?" Paul smirked.

"…and they brought you guys' presents." Zoey then snickered; the girls gave a confused look.

"Presents?" They all asked in unison, even the guys looked stumped!

All of a sudden, HUGE screams of fan girls echoed through the backstage.

"Um…Drew?" Leaf asked curiously towards the green teenager, Drew shrugged his shoulders.

"Don't look at us, we're not over there!" He stated, slightly jealous that some else was getting the attention.

"Excuse us, coming through!" Lily cried as she and her sisters pushed through the mob of girls, who were all circled around whatever was causing all the attention.

The three Sensational Sisters brushed their skirts before looked at the four girls, a big grin on their faces.

"What's going on?" Dawn asked, taking extra precaution in her voice. Seriously, what is up?!

"Um…"Misty stuttered as she looked at her sisters, who where just staring at them, BIG grins still on their faces.

"Zoey," Daisy began sweetly, "Did you tell them?"

"Nope!" Zoey laughed, Dawn, May, Leaf, and Misty snapped their heads towards the redhead!

"Tell us!" The protested.

"Are we missing something?" Ash asked as he looked at Gary and Drew, who just shrugged their shoulders as they watched Dawn and co. press questions on Zoey. Paul stood there, arms crossed and annoyed like always.

"I highly doubt that it should concern us." He stated, annoyed.

Oh, was he WRONG.

"Girls, may we present…"The sensational Sister said in unison as they stood side by side, "A Present from Us to You!" They moved aside, hands in a "here- it- gesture!"

Dawn, May, Misty, and Leaf flinched. "You're giving us fan girls?" They asked as they only saw a mob of fan girls in front of them.

"What…? Oh for the love of-!" Violet cursed as she dispersed the crowd of girls by screaming and hollering at them. The rest of her sisters and the others stared at her, shocked.

Well at least we all now know that Misty ain't the only one who gets happy with a mallet in the family.

"Hmmm, wonder where they went." She pouted as she came to soon realize that "the girls' presents" just disappeared as the girls went away!

"I'm sure they maybe got lost…." Dawn said as she tried to calm down Daisy, Lily, and Violet.

'Ugh, C'mon girls. Let's go find them!" Daisy moaned as she dragged her sisters down the halls and out of sight.

"Do you think they'll find them?" Leaf asked, concerned.

"No need to worry!" Dawn giggled loudly, putting a bright smile on her face.

"And that's when I worry the most…" Paul muttered. Dawn turned around to face him, her eyes wide.

Paul stared at her, those soft eyes once returning .Dawn's heart began to beat rapidly, and the whole area was hushed.

"Paul…" Dawn began but all of a sudden, Dawn felt a huge rush. Something stuck in between her legs and jolted her up, WAY UP!

"DeeDee!!" A happy voice cried as Dawn was hoisted onto the person's shoulders into a sitting position.

Dawn looked down curiously on who just did so, and her eyes widened!

"N-No way…Damion?!" Dawn cried happily as she looked down at her old blonde childhood friend. A teenager around the age of Dawn smiled back up at her, his hazel eyes dazzling.

"In the flesh!" He laughed as he bounced Dawn up and down, "Who knew that one small gig would bring you and me together?"

"D-Damion! S-Stop bouncing me!" Dawn shouted as she pounded him hard on the head, "Ow!!" Damion cried.

Damion pouted as he carefully set her down like a perfect gentlemen, Dawn blushed!

Paul clenched his fist, restraining himself for pounding the living day life at of this so called "Damion". The way he looked at her! The way SHE looked at him! His blood was boiling, his eyes narrowed.

"I can't believe it's you!" Dawn rejoiced as she hugged her childhood friend, a bright smile on her face. Damion grinned mischievously.

"I can't believe that this is you!" He mischievously said as he pulled opened her robe slightly, looking down to see her figure. "Since when did you get so developed?!" He laughed.

"PERVERT!!" Dawn screamed as she slapped his away, blushing. Damion just stood there, smirking.

Paul, once again, stood there FURIOUS! Ash and Drew had to almost restrain him from killing Damion!

"Dawn? Who's this?" Misty finally asked.

"Yes, please do tell." Paul asked wryly, his voice vicious.

"Oh…oh!" Dawn cried as she came into realization of the people around her. Meanwhile, Damion was hugging her protectively.

"This is Damion. I met him at summer camp the summer when I was ten." She said as she tried to struggle out of Damion's grasp. Damion held on tighter!

"And Dawn is probably one of the best girls I've ever met!" Damion cheered as he nuzzled her neck, Dawn didn't seem fazed by it. She was used to Damion's affection, after all, 6 years is a long time.

This caused for Paul's blood to boil even more!

"What where you talking about a gig?" Zoey asked, approaching the two.

"Oh, the guys and I got hired for some extra thing tonight. You know, it pays bills." Damion shrugged, Dawn started to laugh!

"No way! You're our male extras?"

"Is that a problem?" Damion smirked as he held onto Dawn even tighter!

Paul clenched his teeth.

"But the others…" Misty asked, confused.

"Oh we had to split up because of the fan girls, and when I heard that infamous 'No need to worry!' I just had to see it to believe it!"

"Yup, fan girls. What are you gonna do?" Drew said, May just glared at him!

"You guys really seem close." Ash said, Damion nodded.

"I was her first kiss!!" He bragged, Dawn blushed the darkest crimson you could imagine! Immediately she broke from his grasp, and looked down to the floor!

"HE DID NOT JUST SAY THAT! IN FRONT OF PAUL!!" Dawn cried as she nervously looked at Paul, who surprisingly, wasn't surprised. His arms where just crossed and that same annoyed expression was plastered on his face.

But on the inside…

Paul's heart broke. He looked at Dawn and at Damion, he couldn't get the image of them kissing out of his mind!

"Kiss? Tell!" May practically begged.

"Well you see," Damion began but Dawn cut him off!

"Shut it!" She cried! However, Damion ignored her by putting his hands on her mouth.

"You see, it was the summer when we were 14, was it? Yeah I think so, and we were at the camp. Close by they had this town and many cafes where there! You should have seen it!" Damion began, May's eyes twinkled! The café-lover listened intently to the storyteller, as well as the others.

Except Dawn and Paul.

Paul stared at her and Dawn stared back, scared.

"So he'll find out…"

"The one café, an ice cream parlor, had this wicked ice cream special for couples only and well of course, I had to have it! So Dawn and I pretended to be a couple!" Damion finished cheekily.

"And?" The girls pressed on. The guys gathered behind Paul, they knew their friend was fuming and they knew that his heart was breaking…

He needed the support.

Dawn saw this and shut her eyes closed, "That's enough Damion!" She finally cried out.

"We're not even at the best part yet!" Damion fought back, Dawn had a desperate look in her eyes! She glanced back at Paul, her heart skipping a million beats.

"And the shop owner didn't believe we were a couple so I just grabbed her and kissed her!" Damion continued. "But the thing was…"

"Damion, don't!!" Dawn begged.

"Dawn didn't like it…"He finished, a little bit disappointed. "She said that she rather have someone else…I forget his name…but that summer Dawn was a wreck." Damion tightened his fist. Paul stared intently at the two.

"During camp, she just wasn't her happy self. Lucas and I got very worried; it was so unlike her….She would just start crying for no apparent reason, and whenever we tried consoling her, nothing would work! " He sighed.

"If I ever find the guy who has done that to Dawn, I swear I'll pound him into the dirt!" He cursed as he pounded his one fist into the other, Dawn looked at Paul.

She couldn't read his expression…and she was glad. She did not want to know what was going through his mind right now…now that he has known the truth.

"Ah! Finally! We're back!" Daisy said as she and her sisters rejoined with the group just a few minutes later, behind her she had black collar around three guys' necks!

"What the- Slave traders?" Misty asked, her hands on her hips.

"No silly! These are your extras!" Lily giggled as she released the locks on the boy's necks. "It was like rallying cattle to get them! They wouldn't stand still!"

"Maybe if you would stop giving us death threats, then maybe we would have cooperated!" The boy known as Brendan counted harshly.

"Aw, hush!" Daisy fought back, slapping him.

"Um, care to explain all this?" Gary asked annoyed, edging a little but closer to Leaf. He didn't like the way Leaf was looking at the one guy!

"Um…you see….we kinda have male extras for our performance…." Leaf giggled nervously.

"And Let us introduce! Red!" Daisy began as she put her hands in a ta-dah! pose. In front of her stood Red, wearing regular clothes, his red hair under a red hat. His blue eyes stared dreamily at Leaf, whose eyes glistened!

Gary felt his eyes twitch, his blood boiling!

"Brendan!" A boy who had spoke up from earlier approached May and kissed her hand! His white, not gray, hair dangled slightly over a red headband, his red eyes staring intently at her.

"An honor to meet such a lady," He flirted, Drew clenched his fist! His teeth clenched!

'Charmed." May giggled, raising her eyebrows towards Drew as if saying "Jealous?"

"And Lucas!" A boy with blue hair and cerulean eyes approached the group, smiling.

"Holy-! Lucas?!" Dawn laughed as she embraced her friend.

"Another one?" Paul wryly said.

"Deedee-OOf!" Lucas began,

"Don't call me that!" Dawn countered as she harshly punched him in the gut.

"Hey Damion!" Lucas called out towards Damion, who was behind Dawn.

"Hey! Can you believe that our little Dawn is going to be performing, and we're her extras?" He laughed.

"No way!" Lucas laughed as he patted Dawn on the head.

"Alright, so everyone listen up!" Daisy spoke up, clapping her hands. Red, your going to be Leaf's extra! Brendan, you go with May! And Lucas and Damion, you're with Dawn!"

"What about me?!" Misty asked, her voice full of anger.

"Like little sis! Your role doesn't call for an extra…technically you are the mother of the house remember?"

"ARGH! Whatever!" She crossed her arms and looked to the side, annoyed.

"Wait a minute…I get two?" Dawn asked, confused.

"Of course! Since you're the lead!" Violet said as she fixed a little but of Dawn's hair.

"Oh…"

"Lucas! We're going to be Dawn's lead!" Damion said as he high-fived his friend, "Can you believe it?"

"Yeah!" Lucas laughed.

Dawn watched the scene before her. She saw Drew jealous, Gary jealous, and Ash consoling Misty, yet secretly happy. She looked at Paul, and once again, his expression was blank! He wasn't jealous at all….

"Oh! Look at the time! 10 minutes before Showtime! Guys, get into costume!" Lily dictated as she ordered the guys into a dressing room. Once they were gone, The three sisters glared at the girls.

"You! You guys gotta get those robes off and onto the stage, and don't forget the garter belts! And you guys!" They began as they pointed at Gary, Ash, Drew, and Paul, "You four in the auditorium! We have four seats reserved for you in the front!"

"Alright, let's do this people! Chop-Chop!" Violet called out happily, clapping her hands. May, Leaf, Zoey, and Misty both left for the stage while Gary Drew, and Gary left for the auditorium. The three sisters left as well to the backstage to set some last minute details up and it was just Paul and Dawn left in the hallway….

"Well…I guess I have to go…" Dawn murmured as she began to walk away. Her bangs covered her eyes, her heart racing. Now that he knows…what hope could she have?

"Wait," Paul said as he grabbed her arm, preventing her from leaving.

"…." Dawn hesitated as she looked at arm then at Paul. "So what…" She said, breaking free from the grasp. Her voice was cracking, tears were on the verge!

"I have to go get ready. Enjoy the show." Was all she said as she left, leaving Paul alone. Her voice was sad, he could tell, and now was not the time.

Not the time to tell her all the pain that he has endured those past years.

Because of Her.


"Kya! I'm so nervous!" May giggled as she pounced up and down from the dark dim lights of backstage. The four girls were out of their robes and their costumes were exposed. They couldn't help but refrain from giggles when the stage hands stared at them.

"You guys are gonna put on quite a show!" Zoey giggled, who was still in her outfit, all ready to head out. "I'm kinda relieved I have a small part."

"There are no small parts Zoey! You're very important! "Leaf added, Zoey shrugged her shoulders.

"I just want to get this over with!" Dawn complained as she fiddled with her necklace, it laid nicely on her neck, accenting her figure.

"Dawn, your going to enjoy this and like it!" Misty pressed on, rolling her eyes. Dawn frowned and sighed, giving up.

"Do you know what I heard," May began, " It heard that it'll help if you look directly at the audience cause the lights are so bright that you can't see them!"

"Phew! That's a relief!" Dawn sighed as she fiddled with her corset.

"Dawn! Stop that! If you keep loosening, it'll fall off on stage!" Misty yelled as she went behind Dawn and tightened the corset very tight!

"AH!" Dawn cried, echoing throughout the whole auditorium!

Dawn slapped a hand over her mouth and everyone giggled.

"I seriously need to be quieter." Dawn sighed as she looked down at her feet.

"DeeDee!!" Two voices cried as arms where locked around Dawn's two arms. Dawn shrieked as she looked behind her, only seeing Damion and Lucas giving her two adorable puppy-dog faces.

"Q-Quit it!" Dawn hissed, the two boys just laughed. They both Damion and Lucas stood, where black suit pants, white oxford shirts with the tops unbuttoned, and a black tied loosely hanging off them. Top of that, they each had one red lip print mark on the right side of their cheeks for effects.

"You guys look so cool!" Leaf marveled as she looked at the two, Damion and Lucas just smirked. Apparently, they saw Dawn's outfit.

"That's definitely not the Dawn we know." Lucas teased as they both eyed Dawn's outfit. Dawn blushed then punched him!

"Well take a picture because this will be the last time you're seeing this." Dawn said as she rubbed her hand, sore from hitting him so hard!

"There you guys are!" Brendan cried out as he and Red rushed towards the group, wearing the same outfits as Damion and Red.

"Oh Hey Brendan!" May waved as she ushered him over, she slipped him a five and smiled.

"What's that for?" Zoey asked, May just started to laugh!

"I paid him to flirt with me to get Drew jealous! I wanted to see if he would turned greener than his hair and he did!" May winked.

Everyone laughed as they checked the audience.

"Man, it's packed." Red mentioned as he took a peek from behind the curtain.

"And look, the guys are in the front row!" Dawn said, her voice more shocked than excited. Her face turned beat red….Paul was right there!

--Meanwhile--

"Woah, look at this!" Ash said in awe, looking at the auditorium. Apparently, Misty's sisters not only decorated the stage but the whole area! Red silk draped the walls of the room while golden pearls hung off the edges. The stage's border had a classic 1920s design printed across it, and diamonds were embedded into it. And to top it all off, A GIANT chandelier hung from the ceiling.

"What kind of talent is this? The art of expensive decorating?" Gary asked as he too looked around.

"Let's just see if our little girls could handle the pressure." Drew smirked as he rested his elbow on the armrest. The boys sat in the front row, awaiting the performance. On the left was Gary, then Paul, then Ash, and then Drew.

"Hey Ash, what's that huge sign up on the stage say?" Gary asked as he observed the stage. The special dark red curtains were closed and on top of them hung a huge sign saying " WELCOME TO THE MOULIN ROUGE!"

"Um, welcome to the Moulin Rouge?" Ash read, Paul's eyes snapped open.

"What." He clenched his teeth.

"Something wrong Paul?" Drew asked, his eyebrow raised.

"She wouldn't-" Paul spat under his breathe, he knew what was coming next!

Meanwhile Dawn hid behind the curtains of the backstage, her heart racing.

The thing was she would, and she was going to do it right this time!


The whole auditorium dimmed a dark black as Kenny entered on stage, the spotlight shining.

"Everyone, we are glad that you all stayed for our final act. It will surely be like no other. Please, sit back and relax as we-OOF!" Kenny was pushed to the side as Misty's three sisters came onto the stage, wearing three cute little black dresses. The whole crowd went crazy!

Apparently back when Misty's sisters went to High School, they were quite popular.

"Thanks Kenny! We'll take it from here!" The all chirped into the mic.

"Everyone…We are proud to bring you Team Marmalade! The finest of the fine." Lily declared.

"The peak of all desires!" Violet added.

"And the very heart of the show! Now as we introduce our ladies, we would like to say-!" they all chorused as they walked off the stage.

All of a sudden, the lights turned dark and there before in the spotlight, in the middle of the stage, stood Zoey, an old fashioned mic in her hands.

"-Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome…to the Moulin Rouge!" Zoey welcomed as she stepped off the stage, completing the Sensational Sister's statement.

The red velvet curtains pulled back and the audience gasped in awe! The stage was elaborately decorated to fit the Moulin Rouge. In bright lights, the Words "Moulin Rouge" that the boys had noticed earlier shone brightly onto the stage.

On the stage, a mini stage was set up with two floors. The top floor was just one large room that was completely cloaked in sheer sparkling, but not transparent, drapes. Down to the bottom floor was a giant red and gold grand staircase that took up the entire middle area. The bottom floor, aka the actual stage itself, was lavished with hanging silks and diamonds. There where other scenery too but the light wasn't spot-lighted on them, so they have yet to be made out. Out of all of it, lights of all seductive colors lit the area.

It totally had the New Orleans- French Appeal.

To the left area of the stage, a silhouette of a dark woman was visible. She was reclining on a dark red couch and she held a red fan in her left hand, fanning herself. All around her, red pillows were scattered and it gave off the effect that within the huge "Moulin Rouge.", that area was a smaller room.

"What the-?" Ash began as he squinted, sipping on a soda he picked up from the concession stand.

Pretty soon, snapping could be heard.

"Where are my soul sisters?" Misty sung as she snapped, becoming fully visible to the audience. Ash spit out his drink! "Let me hear ya flow sistas!"

Suddenly, three seductive voices echoed throughout the stage, seducing the audience. Misty's steady snapping kept them on key.

"Hey Sista!" They sung as the stage flashed green.

"Go Sista!" The stage flashed blue.

"Soul Sista!" The stage flashed pink.

"Flow Sista!" The all sung together as the stage flashed all the colors.

Ash's mouth went dry as he stared at Misty, his hand gripping his soda tight! Gary saw this and smirked.

"Can't handle it, Ash?" He teased as he tried hard not to laugh.

"Hey Sista! Go Sista! Soul Sista! Flow Sista!" The three melodic voices continued to chant. Misty winked at the crowd before suddenly disappearing from a cloud of steam and as the steam settled, the lights darkened to a dark blue and a lone figure. The lights shone brightly and the figure turned around and…

"He met Marmalade down in Ol' Moulin Rouge!" Leaf sung seductively as she walked out of the darkness, an irresistible look on her face. She held a whip in her hand and held one edge on the handle and the other on the other end. She spun around and touched the floor, before seductively sliding back up, winking at the crowd.

Gary jolted from his seat!

"Strutting her stuff on the street!" She spun around once more than armed her whip and pointed it at the crowd, rocked her hips, and pretended to shoot it like a gun. The entire stage was flashing different shades of green, letting everyone know that this was Leaf: The boy teaser.

Gary stood there in awe before rising from his seat, Drew sighed before heaving his arm onto his shoulder and forcing him back down.

"She said 'Hello, hey Joe.'" Leaf faced to the back of the stage and looked back to the audience, running her hands down her body.

"You wanna give it a go?" She giggled as she bent down towards the audience and wiggling her butt, using her whip as support.

'That did it!' Gary fumed as he felt his nose running, he wiped it and looked down.

Blood.

"Hey Gary, who's Joe?" Ash whispered.

"Someone dead!" Gary harshly whispered back as he quick stuck a tissue up his nose.

"Gitchie Gitchie Ya Ya Ta Ta!" Leaf turned around, slightly blushing as she saw Gary, she shimmied across the stage.

"Hey Hey Hey!" Leaf sung as she rocked her hips and flung her hands into the air, cracking her whip.

Meanwhile, Misty appeared on the sidelines of the stage with a feathered clipboard in her hands. Standing besides her was Red.

"Gitchie Gitchie Ya Ya Here!" Leaf shimmed down, crouching on the floor. She separated her legs her legs, closed them, and then popped right up! She did this all in one swift movement.

(Here, Here, Here…)

Leaf then caught sight of Red and smiled suggestively as she cat-walked towards him.

"Mocha Choco lata Ya Ya," She sung as she snapped her whip to the floor, Red gulped! Meanwhile, Gary fumed in his seat.

So that was the purpose of the male extras.

(Oh yeah)

"Creole Lady Marmalade!" Leaf finished as she grabbed Red by the tie, addressing the part to him. Misty winked as she marked something on her board and left the stage.

"What What, What What" Misty's voice could be heard from backstage.

"Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Ce soir." Leaf took Red by the tie and threw him onto an armchair. A seductive look was on her face.

"Voulez vous coucher avec moi?" She sung, as well as the other two voices, as she spun the chair around, since the bottom had wheels on it, and secretly, but yet still seen by the audience, she snatched a huge wad of cash from Red's pocket.

"Yeah Yeah Yeah!" Leaf winked towards the crowd as she wheeled Red off suggestively, giving the intention that she ready to "get-to-work".

As Leaf disappeared, Gary was sweating!

"Looks like Mr. Pervert here ain't the only who likes it dirty." Drew teased; Gary shot him an angry glare!

Suddenly, the stage began to flash a multitude of reds as the scene was quick to change. The lights shone on another part of the stage where there was a huge canopy bed with black satin sheets, and a large multitude of pillows all over! Over the bed there was a large red transparent canopy and diamonds trickled off it.

And nonetheless, guess whose scene this was?

"He sat in her boudior as she refreshed up," May cat-walked out in front of the bed, her hat slated to the side. She saw the crowd and wiggled her finger, gesturing for them to come closer.

"MAY?!" Drewliterally screamed as he blushed a many shades of crimson, his heart pounding.

May saw this and giggled before she continued. She jumped on to bed and stood on top of it, holding the canopy frames for support.

"Boy drank all at Magnolia wine," May gestured a drinking move as she shimmed around on the frame, separating her legs as she crouched down. Drew felt some blood trickle down his nose.

'Oh Crap!' He thought. Drew, the heartthrob, immune to all girls' temptations, can NOT be shown with a simple nosebleed!

"Oh, her black satin sheets…" May ran her legs down her black sheets, tempting the audience.

"Swear he started to freak, YEAH!"She sung as she found a green body pillow, kicking it, and managing it to hit Drew right in the face! May saw this and grinned triumphantly.

"Gitchie Gitchie Ya Ya Ta Ta!" May slinked down smoothly to the covers and rolled on her side before lounging down.

"Ta Ta Ta!"

Suddenly, Drew felt a little bit too happy in a certain area, if you catch the drift.

"Gitchie Gitchie Ya Ya Here!" She rolled around, a suggestive look on her face.

Suddenly, Brendan appeared as he walked into the area, looking around, unaware of where he was.

"Mocha Choco Lata ya ya (yeah)"May chorused as she looked out of the bed, onto Brendan. She smiled like a Predator would smile when spotting its prey.

Drew's eyes narrowed. She wouldn't!

Oh, but SHE WILL!

"Creole Lady Marmalade!" May wiggled her finger towards Brendan, who unlike Red, boldly approached her.

"Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Ce soir." May sung as she grabbed Brendan by the shirt collar and threw him onto the bed.

"Voulez vous coucher avec moi," She sung as she got on top of him, a devious look in her eyes, and closing the curtains so that they no longer could be seen by the audience.Drew was ready to jump on that stage but Ash and Gary had to restrain him!

The bed was wheeled out and the lights began to shine a mix of white and yellows.

"Hmm, that French phrase sounds familiar…" Ash pondered as she cupped his chin.

"What?!" Gary and Drew harshly spat as they all glared at Ash. Of course, they wanted to know what the two girls meant by the phrase!

"Yeah Yeah…Yeah Yeah!"

"I think it means-" Ash began but once again, spit out his drink.

"We come through with the money and the garter bags!"Misty rapped as she strutted her stuff onto the stage, a confident smile on her face.

"Misty?!" Ash thought as he blushed, completely forgetting Gary and Drew's request.

"Let them know we got the cake, straight up the gate!" She rapped as she did a dance, shaking her body.

"We independent women, some mistakes for whores," She winked as she lounged on her red sofa, picking through a wad of cash that Leaf earlier received.

'When saying, 'why spend mine?'" She played through it,

"When I can spend yours!" A beautiful voice sung from off-stage. Misty took that as the cue to chuck the wad of cash up into the air, making it rain money.

Paul's eyes widened at the sound of the voice from off-stage.

'That better not be!' He fumed.

She wouldn't dare!

"Disagree? Well that's you, and I'm sorry!" Misty sung as chucked some money over her shoulder like it was nothing, an annoyed look on her face.

"I'm going to keep playing these cats-" Misty got up from the sofa and pranced her way to the middle of the stage, Ash gulped.

"Like Atari!" The beautiful voice sung once more, once more, Paul cringed.

"High heel shoes," Misty kicked up herleft foot, "Get love from the dudes!" Misty winked towards Ash, who turned bright red!

"Four badass chicks from the Moulin-Rouge!" Misty sung as she stuck out four fingers. Ash gulped, suddenly he felt very hot.

"Hey Sistas! Soul Sistas!" Misty paraded around the stage, seductively.

"Better get that dough sistas!"She ordered as she pointed to the floor, as if saying, NOW!

"We drink wine with diamonds in the glass," Misty sung as she sat back down, fully exposing her figure, drinking champagne. "Bottle case the meaning of expensive taste!"

"We wanna Gitchie Gitchie Ya Ya, Mocha Choco Lata!" Misty grooved as she once more, exposed her figure.

"Creole lady Marmalade." She eyed Ash, and winked, as if only to him. She loved the way he just jumped!

(What What, What What)

"One more time, C'mon Now!"Misty pounced up and snapped her fingers, giving the signal that it was all coming down to the finale.

"Marmalade…" The audience heard Leaf and May sing as the stage dimmed, the spotlight beginning to center on the upper floor, on top of sheer curtains.

"Ooh" A seductive voice sang. Paul's attention increased.

"Lady…Marmalade…" They continued to sing as a beautiful dark silhouette of a woman appeared from the curtains in all perfection.

"Marmalade…"

"Ooh yeah…" Meanwhile, Dawn behind the curtain's heart began to beat like a drum! She could barely see Lucas and Damion next to her from the darkness.

"Hey," She sung confidently, although her expression did not show it.

'Troublesome.'Paul's painful words echoed.

"HEY," Dawn sung louder.

"You've already wasted enough of my time." It came louder and louder! Dawn's rage began to pile up and up!

"HEY!!" Dawn bellowed beautifully as the sheer curtains opened to reveal Dawn in all her glory, sitting a huge pink throne with Damion and Lucas at her side like pets.

Paul's eyes snapped open, his heart racing!

"Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth," Dawn purred as she bent forward towards the crowd, Lucas and Damion both began to touch her skin, cravingly. Dawn simply ignored it, as if she loved being in control.

"Color of café au lait!"Dawn playfully swatted the boys' arms away, she ran her fingers along her delicate figure, and over her corset, which fully drawn attention to her chest. Dawn giggled quietly to herself as she caught a quick glimpse at Paul.

His eyes were fuming, hatred was boiling up! He looked around and did not like the way everyone looked at her! They way they envisioned her!

"Alright," Dawn got up from her throne and it was only just then that Paul noticed what she was wearing.

SNAP!

Paul's anger reached an all time high, but he had to contain it. At least until the show was over…

Oh, but then his hormones kicked in and he had to restrain himself from literally jumping onto that stage!

"Savage beast inside," Dawn sung seductively as she strutted slowly down the middle of the grand staircase to the main floor, Damion and Lucas followed closely behind. The lights dimmed and the flashed on Dawn and only on DAWN.

"Roar until he cried!" The lights flashed more and more, Dawn's eyes piercing the crowd!

Dawn made her way to the main stage as Damion walked on her right and Lucas on her left. They both looked at her in awe as if she were a wonderful sex-goddess. Paul dug his nails into the armrests, he gritted his teeth!

"More…"May sung as she appeared the right of the stage.

"More." Dawn echoed as she slipped off her right glove.

"More…"Leaf sung as she appeared on the left of the stage.

"More." Dawn echoed as she, too, slipped of her left glove.

"More!!"All three sung as Dawn waved her gloves in the air before throwing both off stage. She had thrown one onto the left and one onto the right, which caused Damion and Lucas to run desperately backstage to fetch them.

"Hey!" Dawn sung as she smiled triumphantly; glad to know that those two would do anything for her.

"Now He's back home doing Nine to Five!" May sung as she joined Dawn on the left, sticking out her hand to symbolize number five. Drew jolted!

Just when he thought he recovered!

"Nine to five," Dawn harmonized as flipped her hair, she checked her nails as if she was bored.

"Living the Grey-flannel Life!" Leaf sing-songed as she joined Dawn on the right, tossing back a shirt to a shirtless Red who was leaving the stage, giving the idea that "the deed has been done". The whole female crowd roared at the sight of a shirtless Red and Gary cringed!

Dawn then smirked.

"But when he," Dawn's eye once again pierced the crowd as a cat-like smile appeared on her face, she gently made a nudged May and Leaf to the side as she appeared on the front and center of the stage.

"Turns off to sleep," Dawn sung as she motioned down towards the floor, her figure slightly bending down. She grinned as she caught a look from Paul, whose eyes were blazing from fury but yet trying so hard not to show it. The lights dimmed completely dark, only centering spotlights on Leaf, May, and Dawn.

"Memories keep!" She sung as the lights only centered on her, she bit her finger suggestively. Whistles and cheers could be heard throughout the audience!

"More…" Leaf and May chorused as they stepped forward towards the audience in perfect synch, moving their hands gracefully as they performing a gesture that looked like pulling a rope.

As if they were pulling the audience in.

"More…"Dawn harmonized, following their footsteps in the center.

"More…" May and Leaf continued.

"More." Dawn once again chorused, her eyes now glued to Paul.

"More!!" They all bellowed as they turned their backs to the crowd in perfect synch. The lights immediately began to flash bright seductive and out of now where, Misty appeared at their side.

"Gitchie Gitchie Ya Ya Ta Ta!" They all purred as they looked back at the audience in perfect synch, their hands on their hips. They placed their hands on their upper crouch area before rocking their bodies to the left.

"Ta Ta!" Dawn sung as she became visible in the middle, obviously leading the group.

"Gitchie Gitchie Ya Ya Here!"They all crouched to the floor, separated their legs, and popped back up in perfect synch. Paul and the others jolted!

"Ooh!" Dawn sung.

"Uh huh!" Leaf chorused.

"Mocha Choco Lata Ya Ya!" They all spun around, and faced the crowd before slowly rolling their thighs in a seductive move.

"Creole Lady Marmalade!" Dawn belted out a huge note as she and the other girls lowered themselves to the floor in a line, the spotlight shining on them. Paul gulped.

"Voulez," Leaf sung as she popped up.

"Vous," May sung as she popped up

"Coucher," Dawn sung as she popped up

"Avec moi," Misty sung as she popped up.

"Ce soir," May sang as she put a finger to her lips in an innocent look.

Paul gritted his teeth as he stared at Dawn.

"Ash…WHAT.DO.THOSE.WORDS.MEAN?!" He spat from under his breath.

Ash stood there, thinking. Maybe sleeping in French class wasn't a good thing after all…

"Voulez vous coucher avec moi," The girls continued to chant as they now paraded around the stage, giving flirtatious winks to other boys in the audience.

"All my sistas yeah!" Leaf declared as she stretched out her hands warmly.

"Um…" Ash pondered, Gary and Drew were trying to shake it out of him while blushing madly! Paul sat there, ready to murder Ash with his glare.

"Voulez vous coucher avec moi," Dawn sung solely, Paul glared angrily at her! Why would she do this?!

"Voulez…coucher…avec…!"Ash suddenly jolted from his sleep, bright red in the face.

He finally remembered what those words meant…

"Ce soir," Dawn purred. Leaf and May slowly vanished into the darkness.

"What does it mean?!" Paul now threatened, grabbing Ash by the color.

"It-It means!" Ash began, still blushing for the shock of it all.

"Voulez vous coucher avec moi," Dawn continued to chant. Misty grinned as she too disappeared into the darkness.

"WHAT?!" Paul shook him.

"I think it means, "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?" Ash gasped, trying his best to breathe.

"WHAT?!" Paul screamed as he stood from his seat, however, this did not stop the show.

"Oh…" Dawn smiled victoriously as she disappeared into the darkness.

The dark red velvet curtains closed and the seductive music still played as the spotlight began to dance all around.

"Dawn," Zoey introduced as she once again, became visible onto the stage, she extended out her hand as the curtains reopened and there Dawn stood, sitting on her huge throne with Lucas and Damion by her side.

"Oh Leeea Oh," She song as she lounged on her throne, kicking one of her slender legs into the air,

"May,"Zoey introduced as May appeared on Dawn right, with Brendan wrapped around her little fingers.

"Lady Marmalade!" She sung confidently.

"Misty,"

"Hey Hey! Uh huh huh huh!" Misty wrapped as she appeared from on top of the throne, a wad of cash still her hands.

"Leaf," Zoey sang as she made her way to the throne.

"Oh Oh, yeah!" Leaf appeared on Dawn's left, holding Red by his tie. She winked suggestively at the crowd.

"Rot wailer baby," Zoey gestured to herself as she winked.

(Baby)

"Moulin Rouge!" She sung.

"Ooh!" Dawn snapped her fingers in the air, causing money and confetti to fall from the ceiling.

"Misdemeanor here, " Zoey chanted.

"Creole Lady Marmalade!" All the girls finally bellowed, raising their hands in the air.

"Yes-ah!" Dawn sang as the lights all of a sudden turned off, the last image of Dawn on her throne.

The WHOLE AUDIENCE BURST INTO APPLAUSE!

'Why would she do this?!' Paul cringed as he dug his nails into the armrest of the chairs. Everyone around him stood up and cheered, even Ash and co. bashfully clapped.

Everyone except Paul that is.

'HOW COULD SHE DO THIS?!'


From behind the curtains, Dawn sat there on her throne panting from out of breathe.

She couldn't hear the " Job Well Dones" or the " Congratulations", the only words that she could hear was the sound of her thoughts.

"Take that Paul," She panted as she tried her best to breathe from all the dancing and singing,

"Take that…" She murmured as she stared at the closed curtains. She couldn't help but deny a few tears from strolling down her cheeks.

What was wrong with her? She should feel happy and glad! Revenge should be sweet!

"Revenge…should be sweet!" She tried telling her self, her eyes still traced onto the curtains, disbelieving.

What has she done? Why does her heart still pain so?

"That look in his eyes…" She mind quickly rushed to when Paul first saw her, how angry he was…how shameful he was….

Suddenly, tears overwhelmed Dawn as she flung her face into her hands, tears freely rolling off her cheeks.

'Oh God…What have I done?'


FINALLY IT IS DONE! This is like double of what I normally post! I really hope you guys liked it! When I wrote it, I wasn't quite so sure how to describe it. But I think it turned out okay. Oh, and the Bend and Snap part. When I wrote that I was highly addicted to the song plus I was high on sugar, yum. But it kinda fits right? It adds humor.

I thank all of you guys for being so patient and I really want to thank all the members of the SPPF ikarishipping thread, you guys encouraged me so much!

I would also like to thank naru-chan13 for giving me ideas to add the male extras.

The next chapter is when it all wraps up! Please look forward to it!

Ow…42 pages…my hand hurts….