It was nearly the end of the month, by now Vanellope had gone to visit Mettaton nearly everyday; on school days, just hanging around in the clearing while visiting his house on Saturdays, with Mettaton being kind enough to allow her to stay with her family and visit her other school friends.

One day, at school, Vanellope walked in to see a group of students, mostly girls, crowded around the front desk. She sighed, giving an unamused shrug when Abby suddenly rushed in front of her and shook her.

"Val, isn't it great!?" She cheered, giving a big smile to her.

"What is?" Vanellope asked bored, noticing the crowd starting to back away with letters.

"The school's show has been announced!" She smiled, pointing to the sign. " 'Annie'! One of the greatest musicals ever!" She jumped up and down.

"Oh really? Never heard of it." Val shrugged, walking up to the desk and picking up one of the letters. "Is that the one with the orphan red head?"

"Yep!"

"Intresting…"

"You should totally audition for her! You'd be perfect for her!" Abby smiled, before the two heard a wicked voice from behind them.

"Don't hold your breath, she'd never get a perfect role like that." It laughed and caused the two friends to turn round to find Ceria and Millie holding the letters with one hand. "So, you think that this freak is going to get the main role. Please, we both know that I'M going to get the main role of Annie as if I didn't, the school will have a bad time." She smirked.

"You're a bitch, you know that Ceria!?" Abby responded. "I mean, threatening the school if you don't get the main part in the play!? That's just low!" Abby growled.

"Oh, guess someone's just jealous of my great acting and singing talents." Ceria smiled, before walking away from them.

Abby sighed and looked at the letter Vanellope held. "Hey, auditions are tomorrow, you should defiantly go and kick that bitch in the ass to get back at her!"

"Um…yeah…" Vanellope smiled, tucking the letting in her bag and following Abby to their first lesson of the day. True, Val still had her slight stage fright with her but knowing that was able to sing and chat with a 50ft robot, she would be able to perform in front of an audience.

Once school ended, Vanellope ran straight into the woods back towards where Mettaton was waiting for her. She was excited to tell him the exciting news. "OMG, Mettaton!" She shouted, running through the woods towards the clearing.

As she was running, Mettaton sensed her and layed down in the line of where she was running in, a smirk appearing on his face as he opened and mouth and waited.

Val unknowingly was about to run straight into his mouth when she opened her eyes, seeing it and she slowly stopped, screaming as she nearly leaned into it in cartoon fashion. "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!" She squealed, wagging her arms and shaking.

Mettaton saw and chuckled as he used this as a chance to close his mouth and to give her a quick kiss on her stomach. "Hello there little Thumbelina~" He purred, sitting up while picking Val up and holding her gently.

"God dam it Mettaton! You need to stop scaring me!" Val playfully shouted, still a little bit gigglish.

"Sorry, just the performer in me~" He smiled, petting her hair. "Now, what's gotten you all excited Darling?" He asked.

"Well…." She smiled and pulled out her letter, giving it to the giant robot. "It's my school's annual play audition. My friends have gotten me to go and try for the main character." She explained, watching the robot's eye move from the left to the right as he read it.

Val saw a gently smile appear on him, making her smile back. "Seems like you're take my lessons to heart…" Mettaton smiled, feeling touched in a way he never felt before, giving her another kiss on the cheek. "Wanna practice before the audition tomorrow?" He asked, smiling.

"Yeah! Why wouldn't I come here in the first place!?" She asked playfully, jumping up and down in his palm. The pair of them rested in the grass and Mettaton helped Vanellope prepare herself for the audition before she had to go home.

The next day came, Vanellope waited with her friends as they were auditioning too. Luckily, there were planning to audition for some of the smaller roles and not the main role. They had finished their try outs, since the school normally did the main character auditions last.

"Oh…guys…what if I don't do well..?" Vanellope asked, slightly shaking.

"Of course you'll do well!" They shouted, smiling and hugged her.

"You're great!" Tia and Abby cheered.

"Yeah! And super sweet!" The two brothers smiled.

"And poor." Ceria spoke out, making her way to the door. "Now, if you excuse me, I'm off to get this role in the bag." She smirked, walking through the doors into the auditorium. Vanellope's curiosity made her press her ear against the door.

"Um…I would not do that if I was you…" Tia said, cringing at the sight.

"What's wrong with…" At that point, Vanellope's eyes widened as she heard Ceria's singing and gave a face of disgust and cringe.

"Yeah…"

"How'd she manage to get parts before!?" Vanellope whispered.

"Um…by getting her dad to pay the school to let her." Abby whispered in a bitter tone.

"But wouldn't that…"

"Yes, the shows S-U-C-K-E-D!" Sam whispered back.

The five continued to whisper to each other about how bad Ceria has performed in other shows just as she re-entered the room. "So, try to beat that Radio Freak." Ceria crackled, waving her hand at her in disgust just as the judges called her in.

"Wish me luck guys…" Vanellope replied, smiling as she entered the auditorium with the sounds of her friends cheering.

When she entered, Vanellope felt her stomach drop. She was nervous of performing, even if it was in front of two people, but thinking that behind them was Mettaton somehow squished inside the room watching her, it gave her the confidence to perform and sing her audition.

She soon came out the room, right into the embraces of her friends.

"How'd it go!?"

"Ya think you did well!?"

"Yeah, how was it!?"

"I hope you did better than Cunt-face other there!"

"Me too…" Vanellope smiled, looking and blushing. "I felt a soul…with me…" She blushed and sighed dreamily, thinking of her giant robot 'best friend'.

"M-M-M-M-METTATON!" Vanellope screamed, running her way towards the clearing where Mettaton was waiting for her, excited about the possible good news. She ran into the clearing, seeing the giant friend on his hands and knees, staring down at her.

"Hi darling~" He smiled, slowly and carefully heading towards the ground to lay down in the grass, making sure that Val could walk over to his face. "So, how was it?"

"Well…" She then gave him the casting list, Mettaton staring at it hard to read it.

'Annie: cast list

Lily – Millie Webster

Rooster Hannigan – Brandon Dusty

Molly – Cassandra Dusty

Pepper – Penelope Lightblaze

Duffy – Abby Filesh

Kate – Katie Greenway

July – Isabella Bluebelle

Tessie – Brittany Alley

Oliver Warbucks – Sam Seamli

Grace Farrell – Tia Dreem

Miss Hannigan – Ceria Dearm

Annie – Vanellope Foxtrot

Other students who auditioned – Esemble'

Mettaton gasped and smiled as Val beamed. "You're…the main star…?" Mettaton asked happily, Vanellope nodded.

"Yep!" The pair cheered and celebrated. Vanellope ran up to him to give him a hug while he went to give her a kiss, however, due to unfortunate timing, Mettaton's lips made contact with her whole face. When they realized, Mettaton quickly removed his lip and rubbed the back of his head while Val was just in shock. "Wait…did you…?"

"Did I just…?" Mettaton asked himself, but before he could finish, he looked down to find Vanellope knocked out. "Oh dear!" He gasped, quickly scooping her up and rushing back to his cabin in order to help wake up Vanellope.

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And in case you're wondering about the ship name, it's "Mettal" (Mettaton X Val), which is pronounced as 'Metal' :3