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Continuation…

It has been one and a half months since the fight between Sora and May happened in the high school clinic. Everybody's busy in the preparation of the Competition Month. Competition Month is an annual academy festival for showing every Kaleido student's abilities and talents and his/her learning throughout his/her studies in the academy. As of the new students, this festival is going to test their learnings, abilities and talents of their previous school. Everyone's excited and are now preparing for the festival.

One Tuesday afternoon, the academy is not closing until 7 o'clock in the evening and for the following days. This curfew started two weeks ago for the preparation of the Competition Month. Some students run along to the Music Room, the others to the library, others to the Computer Room, to the Swimming Court, other sports courts, Library and other places in the academy. Almost all students are running towards two or three different rooms. Who on earth would want to pay 100 dollars just for a one-group category?

Ami, still taking her afternoon recess (which is allowable since everyone will be so tired on preparing), asked Sara, "Hey, Sara, what's your group?"

"I'm not into anything," Sara said, studying for a History test within the next day.

"Aw, c'mon, Sara! You can't pay two hundred dollars for a non-group category!" Ami said with burger on her mouth.

"I'm not interested. And besides, I don't have any single idea about this Competition Month thing," Sara said, closing her History book and placed it in her bag.

"Then, what are you going to do the whole afternoon? Secretly going inside the Library? Give me a break, Sara! Maybe you'll get caught. Remember, you've been in detention twice last week because of that secret-going to the library," Ami said.

"Maybe, I'll go to…somewhere around the campus," Sara said, leaving Ami behind.

"

Music Room

(A/N: italicized words are sung..)

"On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, five golden rings!!!!!!" The choir sang but was out of tune as they sung the last three words.

"No, no, no!!! You're doing it wrong again! But, at least it was better than the previous round you've had," A blonde girl said.

"Aw, c'mon, Catherine! You can't be that serious! You're the only one who can reach that high tone!" Another girl said.

"Yeah," Another one said.

"I know, I know, but at least try your best to reach that tone," Catherine, the blonde girl, said, "Let's do it one more time,"

The music of the piano and the guitar started, "On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love said to me, five golden ri…." The choir stopped as they spotted Sara standing, listening to them.

"Why did you stop?" Catherine asked as she stared at the direction of the choir's stare. It was Sara.

"Hey! You were the girl in the canteen a month ago!!" The guy on the guitar said.

"Yeah! The one who've had a fight with the Oswald girl!" The girl in the piano said.

"Uhm….looks like it," Sara said speechlessly.

"What are you doing here?" Catherine asked.

"I've got nothing to do so, I've decided to stroll around the campus for now,"

"You mean you haven't joined any group for the Competition Month?" The brown-haired girl asked.

"Uhm…no…." Sara said.

"Then, why don't you join the choir?" Catherine offered.

"Huh?" Sara wanted confirmation about what Catherine just mentioned.

"Yeah, dudette! Join the choir! It's fun I tell you!" The purple-haired girl said.

"Yeah, speak for yourself," The brown-haired girl said.

"Uhm, thanks for the offer but…I can't,"

"Huh?" The others asked.

"Why not?" Catherine asked.

"I'm not good in singing…" Sara said.

"Aw, c'mon… It's not about how nice your voice is, it's about how you're going to manage it," Catherine said.

"But…"

"C'mon! If you're not going to join any group then, you're going to pay two hundred dollars!" The purple-haired girl said.

"Oh please, that's a huge amount of money!!!!" The brown-haired girl said.

"Well, unless you're that rich," The guy in the guitar said.

"Well…"

"Please? We're short-handed. Please?" Catherine pleaded.

"Well…okay…" Sara approved.

"Alright!!" The others cheered.

After that particular moment, everybody went back to practice as Sara practiced on her own. Then, the choir separated themselves to practice on their own for the next few lines.

"Uhm, Catherine," Sara asked, "What do you mean you're 'short-handed'?"

"Well, we used to have 2 pianists, 2 guitarists, 2 violinist, 2 flutist and 10 members of the choir, including me, last year but, some of them transferred to other groups," Catherine explained.

"Ohh…"

"Let me introduce to you the members of Music Army,

"The girl in the piano is Rachel. The guy playing the guitar is Raymond. Both of them are siblings."

"Whoa, amazing!"

"Okay, the brown-haired girl is Betty. The purple-haired girl is Nicole. The girl beside Nicole is Wendy, then Sandy, Drake, Jason, Roderick, and Eric,"

"Whoa," Sara was stunned about the members' names.

The choir continued to practice. Sara can't believe that she'll be included in a set of new friends for her new school year in Kaleido Academy. Now, she realized how friendship is really important in some set of matters. According to her point of view, little Catherine must've been a great leader, even though her height is just below Sara's ear… Too short for a freshman.

Rachel and Raymond are good partners when it comes to music. Their rhythm impresses Sara and as the choir reached every high tone, the music reached their performance level. Betty and Nicole have louder voices. They're the second voices of the choir while the other girls sing the melodic tone of the song. The boys, on the other hand, are really good in managing their voices with the echo effects. A really, really, good group lead by an outstanding, short, blonde.

It's already 6 o'clock, an hour before the campus closing. The choir just had their 15-minute break in the cafeteria and now they went back to the Music Room.

"Okay, guys. Let's start from the beginning," Catherine said (AN: Sara didn't join with the choir singing practice at that time. She's still observing and listening to the choir's practice for that particular day)

The piano and guitar played. (AN: B stands for boys, G stands for girls, T stands for both, underlined words are echo effects of the song)

B: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: a partridge in a pare tree.

G: On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: two turtle doves

T: and a partridge in a pare tree.

B: On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: three French hens

G: two turtle doves

T: And a partridge in a pare tree.

G: On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: four calling birds

B: three French hens

G: two turtle doves

T: and a partridge in a pare tree

B: On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: five golden rings

G: four calling birds

B: three French hens

G: two turtle doves

T: and a partridge in a pare tree.

The piano and the guitar played another tune.

G: Dashing throw the snow (B: woooshh) in a one horse open sleigh, o'er fields we blow, laughing all the way (B: haha!) Bells on bobtail ring (B: dingdong) Making spirits bright, what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight!

G: Jingle bell (B: dingdong), Jingle bell (B: dingdong), jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. Jingle bell (B: dingdong), Jingle bell (B: dingdong), jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!

The piano and the guitar played another tune. The Christmas medley continued until the 6:30 pm alarm on Raymond's watch twitched.

"Hey, guys! It's 30 minutes to seven!" Raymond said.

"It's almost time!" Nicole said.

The choir gathered their things, turned off the electricity and left the Music Room.

"That was a fun practice, Catherine!" Sara commented.

"Why, thanks! That's not the only medley we'll sing. That's only for the Christmas Medley category,"

"You mean, there are still other categories on the way?"

"Yeah. We have… Asian Song category and Disney Medley category," Catherine said.

"Whoa…"

"Well, worry not, we're already accustomed to these festivals. I'm sure you'll cope up,"

"Well…I hope so," Sara said.

"Well then, see you tomorrow, Sara!" Catherine went ahead.

"Yeah…see you!" Sara bid goodbye.

"And…Sara!" Catherine looked back, "Welcome to Music Army."

Locker Room

"That was amazing, Heather!! Really, REALLY, amazing!!" Ami greeted her new friend from Dazzle Models.

"Yeah, I know," Heather, a long blond haired girl, flipper her hair and agreed, "Well, then, see you tomorrow, Ami!"

"Yeah!! See ya!" Ami bid goodbye.

"Heather?" Sara, whose locker is beside Ami, asked.

"Yeah, from Dazzle Models. She made a great runway in the Auditorium!! That was superb!!" Ami's eyes dazzled like stars from her impression on Heather.

"So, how's your afternoon today?" Ami changed the topic.

"I got in Music Army today,"

"Music Army?? Whoa, Sara, you didn't tell me you're good in singing," Ami said.

"Well, Catherine said that it's not about how nice your voice is, but how you manage it," Sara repeated what Catherine just told her awhile ago.

"Catherine?" Ami asked.

"The blonde freshman that leads the Music Army,"

"You've gotta be kidding me, Sara. The only Catherine in our freshman batch is not included in Music Army! She's in Cyber Knights," Ami said, raising an eyebrow.

"Huh?"

"And besides, Catherine doesn't have a blond hair, she's a redhead!"

"But…how come??"

Just then, Nicole and Betty arrived in the Locker Room, "Hey, Sara!"

"Oh, hey!"

"Friends of yours?" Ami asked.

"yeah…from Music Army," Sara said.

"By the way, Sara, we'll all go to Rachel's residence after practice tomorrow. That okay with you?" Betty asked.

"Well…okay. Uhm, Betty, Nicole," Both girls looked back at Sara, "Isn't Catherine a freshman?"

"Well…no, she's not," Betty said.

"I thought she was a freshman," Sara said.

"Well, it's something so…embarrassing to admit," Nicole said.

"Why?" Ami asked, entering the trio's suspense conversation.

"She's still in the seventh grade," Betty said.

"Seventh grade?? I thought she was a freshman,"

"I thought she was a junior. When I knew that she was a seventh grader, I couldn't believe that a girl like her would lead so well than a sophomore like me," Betty said.

"I thought she was a short senior. I, as a junior, was incredibly shocked about it," Nicole said.

"We're newcomers in that particular group, Sara," Nicole said.

"Yeah, we were from Circus Stars but…" Betty stopped.

"But what?" Ami and Sara asked.

"Maya Oswald, the group leader of Circus Stars, said that the group is already occupied and has too many members. She kicked 10 members out," Betty said.

"And Betty and I were two of those ten," Nicole said.

"Oh, that bitch—" Ami said.

"C'mon, Ami, give her a chance," Sara said. Ami sighed.

"Well, see you tomorrow, Sara! We got to go!" Betty and Nicole bid goodbye to Sara and to Ami.

The two had silence.

"Whoa, a seventh grader leads Music Army! Wow!" Ami said, impressed by the Music Army's leader's status.

"Now, why don't we go home?" Sara said, carrying her bag and books.

"Okay, okay, wait up!" Ami said, having a hard time managing her heavy history book. The two walked in the grounds of the campus. The lights of the school are so bright you'll imagine you're in Kaleido Stage. Just then, a person blocked their way.

"Uhm, Sara," Leo said.

"Leo! What a surprise," Sara said.

"Uhm, can we talk?" Leo asked.

"I'm sorry, Leo, but we'll go home now—"

"It's okay, Sara! I'll go home by myself! Besides, I'll meet a few Dazzle Models in a café nearby! See you in the hotel!!" Ami said, running along, leaving those two lovebirds, as what she had described, alone.

"Uhm, sounds like a yes," Sara said.

The two had an awkward silence.

"What is it that you want to talk about?" Sara asked.

To be continued…

Whew! This is just a remake of my original chapter. It was deleted by my cousin here. *glares at cousin* hehehe, anyway, I hope you've enjoyed the chapter!