I am so, so, so sorry for my horribleness at updating! On the upside, I have a job now. On the downside, it consumes my life and leaves little time for writing. However, we have had lots of snow days lately (I work at a school), so I've had a chance to finally get some writing done :)

Last Sonny chapter before she meets Chad face-to-face! Sonny is fifteen in this chapter and is in the first semester of her sophomore year of high school.

I made this chapter a bit different, as it is a series of shorter scenes, as opposed to one long scene. I really wanted to show Sonny's discovery of her love for acting and her development as an actress. Hopefully, it isn't too choppy.

All of the words in italics are from the play "The Knights of the Rad Table" by Pat Lyderson

Disclaimer: I don't own Sonny with a Chance or The Knights of the Rad Table.

Enjoy! :)

"Oh my gosh! I got a part! I got a part!" Sonny gripped her best friend's arm and squealed loudly. "I got a pa-art! I got a pa-art!" She moved her arms around in a circular motion and did a goofy dance in the hall.

She had spent weeks practicing her monologue for the audition. She had managed to rope her entire family into helping her practice. Connie had spent countless nights helping her learn her lines, while Andrew had reluctantly given his opinion on her hand gestures, and Alivia had approved of her audition outfit.

At first, she had been doing it for extra credit in her English class. But somewhere during those weeks, it had turned from an assignment into a joy. She had discovered that she absolutely loved acting. Sonny had had more fun learning her monologue than she had had in a very long time.

And now, she had landed a part in one of the fall one acts. Sure, it was just one of the supporting roles, but she was actually going to be able to perform before an audience and dazzle them with her acting skills. Or at least she hoped that they would be dazzled. A hand waving in front of her face drew her out of her thoughts,

"Hello? Earth to Sonny! The bell just rang, and we've got to get to science." Lucy grabbed Sonny's arm and began to pull her down the hall.

"Alright everyone, by now, you should have learned your lines. Let's start from the top, shall we?" Sonny tried to hide her smile as Ms. Barker tapped on the music stand and called for silence. As the music teacher, she had developed an obsession with directing and couldn't quite shake it to direct the play. As a result, she ran the play like a musical performance. However, she was an excellent director, and the students didn't really mind her odd ways.

Everyone hurried to take their places, either onstage, or backstage. Sonny stood at the side of the stage and waited impatiently for her first scene. Normally, she loved to watch the opening scene, but tonight, she was too distracted. Ms. Barker was known to be a stickler when it came to learning lines. Sonny had worked for the last few weeks to learn her lines, but tonight, she wouldn't have her trusty script to help her when she forgot a line.

She didn't watch the scene unfold before her, but closed her eyes and thought out all of her lines. Each one ran through her head. Connie had helped her learn the lines, and Sonny felt fairly confident in her memorization, but she was still nervous. Someone tapped her on the shoulder, and she jumped. She turned to see Jeff, the stage manager,

"Uh, Sonny. Your scene is next. Just thought you'd want to know." Sonny gave him a shaky smile,

"Thanks." He patted her on the shoulder and smiled reassuringly at her,

"You'll do fine. Don't sweat it." Sonny barely had time to realize what was happening before it was her turn to step onto the stage. However, the moment she was out on the stage, she ceased to be Sonny Munroe, high school sophomore. Instead, she was Morgan La Fey, the evil witch. She marched icily to the side of the stage and turned on the knight that had meekly followed behind her,

"Foolish knight! Do you think I, Morgan La Fey, give second chances? Tell him, ladies, what happens to those who betray me!" The words rolled easily off her tongue, and Sonny glared at the hapless knight. Inside, however, she was shouting with joy over her success in remembering her lines. She was so excited over it that she almost forgot her next line. The knight had been babbling on, and it was time to put him in his place.

The rest of the practice went fairly smoothly from there. Sonny only forgot one line, but the person standing next to her had helped her out before Ms. Barker could scold her for it.

"Alright, Sonny, now, we want to see just how evil Morgan can be. Why don't you enter Stage Left pulling Ethan by the hair." There were just a few more weeks before the big play, and Ms. Barker was working on everyone's stage directions.

Sonny gave a small smile in the direction of her character's victim. She really hated that she would have to drag him in by his hair, but it was only acting. Instead of forcefully gripping his hair and dragging him in, she would hold onto his hair and he would have to keep up with her as they marched onto the stage.

Instead of being bored by all of the stage directions, Sonny found herself enjoying them. Ms. Barker gave lots of directions, but she still allowed the students to have an input in how the play flowed. Sonny had lots of ideas and was eager to share them. Most of the students seemed to be interested in what she had to say, although the senior who was playing Gwen didn't seem to appreciate a freshman telling her what to do.

"...and then, you need to cut him off abruptly and give him a look that could kill. Sonny, are paying attention at all?" Sonny was brought back from her daydreaming to find the entire cast staring at her,

"Uh, right, I have to interrupt Ethan." A couple of the other cast members giggled. Ms. Barker sighed,

"Sonny, you are by far one of the most talented students in this play, but you are too prone to daydreaming. You must learn to focus. It will help you greatly in life. Now, if you are back with us, then we need to run through this scene. Let's start from the top."

Sonny moved to the side of the stage. Ms. Barker tapped her music stand to announce the beginning of the scene. When the moment came, Sonny marched angrily across the stage, pulling the poor knight by his hair. She paused to the left of center staged and dropped her hand,

"Foolish knight! Do you think I, Morgan La Fey, give second chances? Tell him, ladies, what happens to those who betray me!" Her two ladies-in-waiting began to speak, but Sonny didn't tune them out this time. Instead, she listened to each of their lines. When the knight began to reply, she was prepared to cut him off at exactly the right time,

"Silence! You have betrayed me, and now, you shall pay!" She swept him a look that dripped with disdain and anger.

"Excellent job, Sonny!" Ms. Barker clapped her hands twice, then moved on to direct the next cast members.

"Incompetent fool! Get up! Get up, I say, you worthless sack of unsightly scales!" Sonny reached out and yanked the unfortunate dragon to his feet. He let out a complaint about a headache, but she ignored him and continued her rant, "You'll have more than that before I'm done with you, you sniveling little lizard!"

The cast was running through their final dress rehearsal, and, so far, everything had run smoothly. The evil Morgan La Fey had cast her spell and whirled "King Artie" off to parts unknown and had thus far managed to outwit the knights of the "Rad Table." This part of the play, the knights had taken somewhat of an advantage by outwitting her dragon.

Sonny finished scolding the dragon, who moved slowly offstage to nurse his wounds, then turned to address the knights, who were scattered about the stage,

"You and your sorry group of knights got off easy with that dragon, but wait until you meet the Black Knight. He will not be defeated so easily. That I promise you!" Having delivered her final line of the scene, Sonny marched offstage.

The rest of the rehearsal went just as smoothly. After everyone had changed out of their costumes, Ms. Barker gathered them all together to give them final instructions,

"Alright, everyone. You have all done a splendid job on this play. I am quite pleased with your work. Remember, you are all to be here promptly at five tomorrow. Everyone has to be in their costumes with their make-up done by six so that we can do a quick mic check before the doors open at six-fifteen." She paused and smiled at the group of students, "Everyone is dismissed.

Sonny stood nervously behind the curtain, waiting for her first scene. Her hands were clammy and there were butterflies in her stomach. She reminded herself to just keep breathing. The two girls who played her ladies-in-waiting looked calm, but Ethan, the guy who played one of the knights, looked as nervous as Sonny felt. He swallowed hard, and Sonny gave him a weak smile,

"We can do this, right?" Her voice was barely a whisper, but Ethan looked a little less worried. Sonny took one more deep breath then marched out onto the stage.

She found that her nervousness faded the moment that she stepped out from the side of the stage. The bright stage lights hid the audience from view, so all she saw was the stage and the other actors. She felt like she really was Morgan La Fey, not Sonny Munroe. It was an exhilarating feeling to someone completely different for an hour. She delivered her lines with ease.

At last, it was time for the next to last scene. As she had practiced, Sonny inched out slowly onto the stage, listening to the conversation between some of the other characters. When Morgan's plot was foiled once again, she put a horrified look on her face and stamped her foot angrily. With her hands raised dramatically above her head, she cried out "Curses!" and marched off of the stage.

The final scene was Sonny's favorite. After the knights succeeded in their quest of finding King Artie, the wizard Merlin pulled Morgan onto the stage using magic. Sonny's job was to act as if she were being pulled by an invisible rope. She loved to struggle against the "rope" and had practiced for weeks to make it look believable. As the time came for Merlin to drag her to him, Sonny struggled across the stage, yelling in outrage at her foiled plans. Merlin looked at her and laughed,

"You lost fair and square, Morgan La Fey..."

"I'm telling you, Sonny, you were the best one in the entire play." Lucy and Sonny were lying on the grass under a huge tree in the Munroes' front yard. The play had been a couple of weeks ago, but the girls were still talking about it.

"I don't know about that, Lucy, but I did enjoy it." Sonny sighed, debating on whether or not to tell her friend about her idea.

"Spit it out, Sonny. I know that you have some idea in your head. You get this goofy look on your face when an idea comes to you."

"Well, I've been thinking about starting a comedy channel on YouTube. Something like that show, So Random! Obviously, I couldn't do all of the costumes and stuff, but I could play different characters." When Lucy didn't immediately respond, Sonny hurried on, "I know, it's a crazy idea. I just want to keep acting, you know?

"Sonny, I don't think it's a crazy idea at all." Lucy smiled reassuringly at her best friend, "C'mon, you are the funniest person I know. It's worth a shot at least."

"I don't know, Lucy. I mean, what if I don't get any hits? What if everyone says terrible things about me? I'm just not sure that I could handle being ridiculed by people that I don't even know."

"Sonny, you are the awesomest person that I know. Have some faith in yourself." Sonny sighed and looked at her best friend,

"Alright, Luc. I'll give it a try." Sonny was still doubtful as to whether or not she would be successful, but she figured that it was worth a shot.

And there is Chapter 9! The next chapter will hopefully be out soon!

Please review and let me know what you thought of this chapter :D