Masked Rider Wizard 2: The Primordial Mage Chapter 14: Valentine's Day Concert, a kamen rider fanfic

Author's Note: Hi guys so this is going to be a pretty much light and nice feeling chapter after how dark Wizard has gotten and how a bit heavy Dino Thunder has been, which if you haven't read that go and read it. But I want to make mention about this chapter so you get the full experience. There will be two songs that I've put the lyrics in here and it would be best for you to listen to the songs as you read. The songs and artists are as follows in order of appearance:

Superhero-Simon Lee Curtis

Stand By You-(A cover song)-Marlisa

Please listen to those songs as soon as you get to the person who will sing them in order to get a good effect on the chapter. I will be a bit late on getting Chapter 15 of Wizard up which will be focused on wrapping up Mark and Travis's backstory on what happened in their childhood that caused them to split apart. That chapter will have another twist in the story that wasn't done in the original Kamen Rider Wizard show and is entirely creative. So I'm hoping you enjoy that. Thanks so much for reading and enjoy this chapter!

(Manuela's Viewpoint)

February had finally rolled around for all of us. The recent Phantom attacks had stopped as well as Ghouls. When Travis came back from using the Time Ring he had mentioned a group of colored heroes known as the Power Rangers were fighting a battle with an evil entity known as Mesogog. In their world Masked Riders don't exist, and we came to a realization that in our world Power Rangers don't exist. Each side's heroes were nothing more than a TV show in the other's world. The thought of another evil lurking had bothered Mark. He had thought that we should go help them, but Travis decided that it would be best if they let them fight their own battles since we were already busy dealing with something in our world.

February 7th rolled around and I had slept in than normal. I had a moment in the middle of the night where I had dreamt of my sister. Ever since I saw Maria standing by Makoto's side it's been rough on me, especially since I had accepted her death but to see her standing there without a mark on her body was something that mentally messed with me. The nightmares I was having started getting worst as the days went on and Travis had to help calm me down at one point.

I had woken up to a text from Travis, "Hey heading out to the store with Robin. Do you want anything?" I was still tired but I reached out for the phone and began texting back.

"My head is killing me. I think we are out of Tylenol, could you get some for me?" I said as I held my head. Travis texted back saying he could and I got up to try and start my day.

I took a hot shower that was in the room. I took a shower longer than normal as I was thinking about a lot of stuff that had been on my mind. My mind was obviously focused on my sister, "I can't believe she didn't notice me. She's never been like that. Plus with how she was obeying Makoto's orders, she seemed more like a doll on a string. Plus Travis was telling me about how he found that picture of us in the woods. Could DJ also be in the same state as her? Which doesn't make any sense, all of us saw DJ die. There is no way he could live after what Vanity did to him." I thought. More of my thoughts began flowing in my mind as I saw Maria die at the hospital with her wounds on her chest when the doctors pulled up her shirt. Remembering how DJ sacrificed himself to save Mark. I ended up knocking my shampoo bottle onto the floor and when I bent down to pick it up, I ended up falling and banging my head on the wall. My vision started going blurry and I heard a pounding on the door. I tried to speak out but blacked out before I could.

I was dreaming and in my dream I was standing in a grassy field that was covered in fog. "Where am I?" I said as I tried looking all over. I didn't know where I was and then I heard someone groaning in pain. About twenty feet behind me was a log and someone's back was up against it. The source of the breathing was coming from that direction. I ran up to the log and the closer I got to the log, I had begun to know who was laying up against the log. It was Travis.

I ran around the log to see him covered in blood from the stomach down. He had bruises all over his body. I reached out and grabbed his hand, "Travis! What the hell happened to you?! Who did this to you?" I asked him. He just kept breathing heavily as he didn't even recognize me.

"I find it ironic that this is how I am going to die." He said. I then noticed that he wasn't looking at me, but at the person standing behind me. I let go of his hands as I turned around slowly and when I looked at the person behind me, my eyes widened. The person was me with the same doll like expression as Maria. My right hand covered in Travis's blood. I watched as my other-self walked up to Travis and raised him up in the air.

"No! Stop it!" I said as I kicked my other self in the side but my foot went right through the body. I was looking at the ground as I heard a loud snap and when I fell to the ground, I woke up from my dream.

I was thrashing all about scared but someone was holding my arms and when I calmed down enough I saw Travis holding me down. "Hey! Manuela calm down! Just calm down! You're okay I'm right here!" Travis said. Hearing that he was alright calmed me down. He held me up against his chest as I began to cry. "What's gotten you so upset? What happened?" He said concerned.

Tears were running down my face and I was shivering a bit since my body was a bit cold. "I thought you died." I said to him choking up on the last word. "I saw myself kill you. You were bleeding out and I killed you." I said to him. He stroked my head as he just sat there holding me.

"It was just a dream. Just your brain playing tricks on you. We've all been going through a lot in the past two and a half weeks." He said. I was wrapped in one of the big towels that we had from my chest down and when I had finally calmed down I got up and went to the bathroom. I put my clothes on and fixed up my hair.

I put on some make up and hung the towel on the hanger on the wall. I then turned around to see Travis holding a bright green colored bag. "So I got some stuff for you while I was out." He said as he handed me the bag.

"Shoot you didn't have to give it to me in a flashy looking bag." I said to him laughing. I reached into the bag as I pulled out some medicine, my favorite bag of M&M's, and a stuffed animal that was a small Chihuahua. It looked like the one you would see on the Taco Bell commercials. "Oh my goodness I love it." I said with a huge smile on my face.

"Oh hey you got something in the mail today too. It was in a very nice looking envelope." He said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a turquoise colored envelope.

"Huh I wasn't expecting anything. Who would send me a fancy letter?" I wondered. I flipped the envelope around to only see my name and the address. But there was no name for who sent it. I opened up the envelope and saw an invitation card. The card was white with gold seams and I opened it and inside the card was two tickets as well as a laminated badge with the numbers 023 on them. The letter said this:

Dear Manuela Urbieta,

You have been selected by popularity vote to represent Bowling Green to participate in the Ohio's Best Vocalists. We have chosen a group of people with singing talents across the State of Ohio to participate in this grand event. The top 3 runner ups will receive the following:

First Place: 10,000 Dollars

Second Place: 5,000 Dollars

Third Place: 2,000 Dollars

Each Placed Winner will receive an award as well as a recommendation to any college pursuing a Musical Arts Degree. I would suggest to respond within the next day at the number located at the end if you want to participate. We will also be holding the competition in Bowling Green at the Stroh Center. In this envelope along with your badge, you should have two free tickets to the even to bring someone with you. At the door the tickets will be $35 dollars for Students and $45 for Non-students. The tickets will allow the people you choose to sit up front for the entire performance. The event will also take place at exactly 5PM, February 14th 2015.

Best Regards and we hope to hear from you soon,

Vincent Richardson

P.S. When you call to schedule and confirm you would like to take part in this competition, please make sure you allow us to know what song you will be singing so we can have the music ready for when you go up on stage.

I folded the letter as I started getting really excited. I began squealing as I jumped up and down on and then tackle hugged Travis. "Oh my God! This is great! If I can win that competition I'll be able to start my music career! This is great! Oh I have to go tell everyone!" I said as I let go of him and ran out the bedroom door. I ran into the living room as everyone was surprised to see how excited I was. Mark had this look on his face.

"Wow and you guys say I'm uncontrolling when I have too much sugar intake." He said with a well performed surprised look on his face.

"Guys! Guys! You won't believe what I just got! I got invited to perform in Ohio's Best Vocalists! If I can get first place I'll have enough money to start my music career! OMG! I'm so pumped!" I said excited beyond belief.

Robin came up and hugged me. Mark threw the box of popcorn up in the air as he heard this.

"Oh I'm feeling one of my bear hugs coming on!" Mark said as he ran towards me. "Come here girl!" He said as he hugged me and then lifted me up into the air. "This is great news! Our little chica gonna be a major star!" He said swinging me around. I was starting to feel a bit dizzy and he put me down. Everyone began surrounding me as they all were excited for me.

"So I'm taking it you're going to accept the invitation?" Travis said coming into the room with a smile on his face.

"I think I will. This is a golden chance if I can pull it off." I said to him. Travis then tossed me my cell phone.

"Well get to it Chica." He said with a smile on his face.

I called them and told them I was accepting their offer. When they asked what song I was going to sing I turned around and asked Travis to cover his ears.

"Why?" He asked.

"Because the song I'm going to choose will be a song that I'm dedicating to you. I want you to hear that song when I perform it." I said to him with my face beaming red.

"Okay. I will." He said as he closed his ears.

I ended up telling the people the song as and when I hung up the phone I asked everyone to not tell Travis what the song was. I then ran straight up to Travis as I grabbed his hands.

"You can finally get to hear me sing for the first time." I said to him cheerfully.

"Yea I will. I'll make sure I'm there." He said rubbing the side of my face.

"Promise?" I asked.

"I promise." He said back. I then jumped up and kissed him on the cheek.

"Okay I have to go and practice! I'm going outside to practice because I don't want you to hear the song either. I only have a week left to go! Alright see ya babe!" I said as I grabbed my jacket and ran out into the snowy countryside.

Days had gone by very quickly. I had worked very hard at singing and on the night before the 14th I gave one last hour practice but this time I did it in the basement because of the snowstorm we had gotten that day. When I was done I walked upstairs to get some sleep. Travis was out and about as well as everyone else. The only person left in the house was Karina.

"Do you think you'll do well tomorrow?" Karina asked me as I entered the room.

"Yea I think I should be all set. I don't really think I can do much anymore." I said to her. She was staring into her crystal ball as she kept an eye on Travis in it. She had given out a sigh like she was bored. I walked up behind her as I placed my hands on her shoulder, "Do you love him too?" I asked her. Karina got startled as the crystal ball faded out.

"I-I-Don't know wh-what you're talking about?" She said stuttering.

"You don't have to lie to me, I've known since I first met you guys. So tell me why you're attached to him." I asked her. "I mean I can keep a secret and it's just us girls here." I added on.

Karina looked down at the ground and then all over the place as she tried to gather her thoughts. "Well he's the first person I became friends with when I came here. He was kind of cold to me when we first met and when I stayed at his house the day he had gotten his powers I noticed how lonely he was. I knew that feeling too, for a long time. When I despaired I was thinking he would leave me, just like everyone else. Everyone kind of leaves when I'm not able to be strong anymore. He then did his best to save me. When I died and then came back as well as waking up here at DJ's, Travis was the first person I saw first. DJ had told me that he carried me to his house before Travis collapsed onto the floor. I've never had someone go that far for me before. My bond with him got even deeper as we all worked on fighting Phantoms, and the more friends we had. Because of him, my world that was just black and grey became colorful with the more friends we had met. That's why when DJ was killed in front of us I felt something rip me apart. If Travis wasn't around or Mark I would start seeping back into that old world of mine." She said with a concerned expression.

"Did you ever tell Travis how you felt about him?" I asked her.

"I've been too nervous to ask especially with everything going on. I kind of lost that chance when you came along. But at that time I was content on just being a close friend of his. I think I knew I wasn't supposed to date him, since we came to DJ's I've called him Bro and have turned a lot of my love for him to a more family love. Sometimes I get that spark but I think I know deep down that I will always be his best friend, and family to him. Almost all of the time I'm perfectly okay with that. It feels natural if you know what I mean." She asked me.

"Yeah it does." I responded back in a deep thought about what she had said.

"What about you? What has Travis done to make you fall in love with him?" Karina asked me. I had not expected that question to be thrown back at me and I had to take a moment to calm my mind.

"I'll have to tell you that another time. What I can tell you is that Travis has been helping me pick up my broken pieces and thanks to him I'm able to see a brand new me." I said to her with a smile.

"I think no matter what, you'll be a good match for him. You've been the only one who's brought the best out of him compared to the rest of us." Karina said. I walked over to the window as I looked out into the snowy landscape.

"I want to think that it wasn't just me. But all of you guys as well." I said to her as I looked out the window.

Travis had come home late that night. Apparently he and Mark had dealt with a random Phantom and were able to stop it before it did any harm. I told him that night that I gave Karina the other ticket for her to come to the performance. Everyone that night had bought their tickets and I was able to get them as close as they could to the front row. I had told Travis and Mark that I was going to be going to the Stroh Center early for the makeup and everything so we can be presentable. He told me that he would be there.

The next day Travis and I went out to breakfast. We had gotten up pretty early and headed out one of the Big Boy's restaurants. We both had gotten pancakes and while sitting in the old diner like store I was just staring at Travis eating. It took him a bit but he noticed this.

"Are you going to eat?" He asked.

"Yeah. I've just been thinking about stuff." I said back to him.

"Oh? Is it about the competition tonight?" He asked me.

"Nah it's not that. I've been thinking about us." I said blushing.

"Umm the only ring I have for this situation is an Engage Ring that you already wear…" He said shocked.

"Hahahahaha! Oh Lord no! I'm not thinking of pushing our relationship that far yet. Hahahaha!" I said unable to control my laughter. I finally stopped laughing. "I've been thinking about how lucky I am to have met you. You've done so much than anybody else. You saved me from becoming a monster, you've helped me with getting over my sister's death, you've taught me how to fight so I can defend myself, and you have helped me break out of my shell. Not a lot of people could do those things. Especially with last summer, after what I did to you I'm surprised that I'm here with you right now." I said to him.

Travis reached out and grabbed my hands, "If there was a way I could've brought back the people who mattered a lot to me, I would do it. I'd give up my life if I could have my parent's back. I may have taken my frustration out on you when I found out, but I know if I was in your shoes I would've done the same thing." He said in a kind voice.

"There are times in the back of my head that I still kind of beat myself up for what I did. I'm guessing I haven't fully moved on yet." I said.

"I'd suggest you to try. There was a lot that happened last year. But you've come along way since then, I don't thin, you should let it haunt you anymore." He said looking at me in the eyes.

"You promise you'll be at the competition tonight?" I asked him.

"Yea I'll be right up front." He said to me.

I smiled as I poured the syrup on my pancakes and began eating. I didn't practice for the rest of the day but I did replay the song in my head so I could have the lyric's mastered. Then about two hours before the competition Travis gave me a ride to the Stroh Center and when I walked in I got to meet the some of the competitors. Everybody there was extremely friendly and the room we were in was really fancy looking. I was the last contestant for the show and it took about an hour for all of us to look great. They even had a wardrobe for all of us to choose what we were going to wear for the performance. I had found a nice black dress that had straps that went over my shoulders, and then wrap around my upper arm. It would cover my chest while leaving the area between my breasts open, and then goes all the way down to my feet. The black dress exposed my left leg and the fabric was like silk. From the waist down there was glitter on the dress which made it look really bright. "I wonder what Travis would think of me in this dress?" I wondered.

I walked out into a hallway where I saw a guy who sitting on the floor with his hands closed together and based on what he was saying, it sounded like he was praying. He had some tears in his eyes and I walked over to him. The man was white skinned, brown short hair, silver ear piercings with a clean shaved face. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a red undershirt and a crimson colored tie to match. He had black leather shoes on and a silver watch on his left wrist.

I kneeled down next to him, "Hey sir are you okay? Are you nervous about the competition?" I asked him.

He was a bit startled but he calmed down when he saw me. "I think I feel more concerned if anything else." He said with a country accent.

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

"My fiancé was supposed to be here tonight and I just got a call that she just got admitted into the hospital for some disease or something wrong with her body. It would seem she needs to have surgery done in order to save her life but I don't know where I'm going to get the money. I can try and win this thing but I don't know if it's even possible because I'm not sure if I'll be able to win. I'm so shaken up I'm not sure if I'll be able to focus let alone win 3rd place." He said as a few more tears came down his face.

I didn't know what to do or what to say. "I wish Travis was here cause he would know what to do." I thought to myself. I felt like I needed to say something because this guy was breaking. I calmed my mind down and thought about what I could say. I reached out and put my hand on his shoulder.

"I'm not really good at things like this but I can tell that you could use some. This is the only way to make enough money for you to help save your fiancé right? What I suggest is you go out there and you do your best. Whenever I have sung in front of people when I have a lot going on, I use that stress and channel it into my singing. It's what has helped me greatly. I'm sure your fiancé would love that as well." I said to him. He wiped the tears off his face and then looked up at me.

"I'm sorry you had to go out of your way for me." He said with a little smile on his face.

"You don't need to worry about it. There was a time when I had a similar moment and someone gave me the strength to stand back up again." I said to him.

"What did you do when that person did that for you?" He asked.

"I fell in love with him." I responded back.

I then heard a guy speaking wanting everyone to go to the makeup artist so we can get ready for the performance. When I was walking away the man stopped me, "Hey, what was that thing that you thought I could use?" He asked. I turned around and looked at him in the eyes.

"Hope." I said to him as I smiled and walked into a room.

It took me a while to get ready and we began the contestants on this giant stage. There was a red curtain that surrounded the stage to hide the contestants. There were TVs that were posted everywhere so people could see who was performing. The people who were given the special admission tickets were right up front of the stage. After every ten people there would be an intermission. Whenever a contestant would appear on stage we got an introduction as well as getting to know a bit of who they are.

We finally gotten to the last two contestants which was me and the guy I was talking to in the hallway.

"Next up is Richard Marshal! He will be singing Die For You by Starset. But now let's have an introduction from Richard himself. We've had a lot of moving intros from these young stars. Go ahead Richard! Take to the stage!" The announcer said as Richard jogged out to center stage and then stood there. He held the microphone to his mouth and right when he looked up you could see a tear going down his face on the monitors. He took a moment before he spoke so he wouldn't choke on what he wanted to say.

"Five years ago I fell in love with a woman. She was just a normal friend, she helped me through high school and part of college. Then one day her parents got into a car accident and had died. This left her destroyed and with her part time job she became homeless. I took her in as a way to help payback everything she did for me, and the time she made for me. I was never good with the ladies and was not interested in being loved by someone. But I helped her overcome her stress and helped her stand back on her two feet. I would do things for her and was always by her side. I took up singing because it was something that she enjoyed and told me that it made her life full of color again. Last week we got engaged and were planning on being married at the start of the new year. But just a couple hours ago she became extremely ill and I can save her life if I had enough money. I'm not saying this to make you guys vote for me to be the winner, I'm saying this because I have a lot on my mind right now and I originally was going to leave and be by her side. But a certain girl told me that I should try my best at this competition. Because of her giving me some hope I have gathered the strength to come up here and do my best. At last second I was able to change my song that I was going to sing, to the song the announcer said. This is a song that my fiancé loved to hear me sing and because of that I will do my best here tonight."

After that a hyping rock song began to sound as Richard's entire atmosphere became still to an emotional feeling. A few seconds into the start of the music, Richard began to sing.

"Oh Oh Oooh!

Oh Oh Oohh!

Stand up, everybody look alive,

Said come on! come on! come on!

We gonna get it now!

Hands up if you're ready for a fight, Said come on come on We gonna win now

I don't need you to believe in me

I know how to change my destiny. Sit down about to rewrite our history, rewrite our history

We can change the whole world!

Gonna take it over!

Gonna start it over! Don't you know who we could be?

Fight until we're winning! Tell me that you're in it!

Don't you wanna be

A superhero

A superhero!

Don't you wanna be a superhero!

A super hero

A super hero!

Anybody could be

Anybody could be!

Rip it off, show the symbol on your chest!

Said come and show the world who you really are!

It's not enough to be better than the rest

Gotta take it to the top and make yourself a superstar!

You don't need them to believe in you!

Get your mission on lock and see it through!

You've got all the power you need in you, power you need in you

We can change the whole world! Gonna take it over! Gonna start it over!

Don't you know what we could be?

A new beginning, fight until we're winning, tell me that you're in it

Don't you wanna be a superhero! A superhero! A superhero. Anybody could be!

Oooooh, aaaah, oh, ah, oh, ah oh oh oh!

Oh, ah, oh, ah, oh, ah, oh oh, oh oh!

We can change the whole world! Gonna take it over! Gonna start it over!

Don't you know what we could be?

A new beginning, fight until we're winning, tell me that you're in it

Don't you wanna be…A superhero! A superhero! A superhero!

Don't you wanna be a…Superhero! A Superhero! A superhero!

We can change the whole world gonna take it over! Gonna start it over! Don't you know what we could be?!

A new beginning! Fight until we're winning! Tell me that you're in it!

Don't you wanna be…A superhero! A superhero! A superhero!

Anybody could be a superhero!

Richard ended the song with throwing his fist up in the air as the instrumental music began to slowly fade and when the song ended there was quietness in the air as Richard's feelings for his fiancé just washed over everyone. Looking into the crowd you could see people who held up lighters during the song and others jumping and acting crazy at Richard's singing. I got a look at Karina and Travis at the front row. Travis had raised his fist in the air as he was really moved by the song. Karina had this huge excitement on his face. All of my other friends who had shown up were also pretty pumped. A group of people started chanting Richard's name as his song got everyone pumped. Richard was breathing heavily as sweat was rolling down his face. The excitement in the crowd was a bit intense.

"After seeing everyone perform I wonder if I can even win." I wondered. I had noticed that Richard had probably beaten at least seven of the contestants. Richard gave a small bow as he walked towards me. He had a smile on his face as he walked by.

"Next up is our final contestant! A girl who has been living in this city and winning the hearts of it's citizens! Our youngest contestant at 15, you guy's chose her, Manuela Urbieta!" The announcer said as I walked out. I was a bit nervous for I wasn't used to performing for this huge group of people. I then looked at the front line as Travis and everyone had this huge smile on their faces…And then there was Mark.

"WHOOO! Yeah! The chick I've been waiting all night for! Oh shit!" Mark was immediately grabbed from behind by Robin as she got him to fall in his seat. I had a chuckle from seeing that.

I grabbed the microphone off this table as I put it up to my mouth.

"I want to thank everyone for helping me get here. I wasn't aware of a poll for people to vote for in order to get to an event like this. I'm hoping that you guys will enjoy me performing. The song I have chosen is aimed at someone who has given me hope, been there for me during a death in my family, and when he lost his way I was able to be there to bring him back. He has become someone very special and somebody that I will stand by." I said.

A slow and then steady beat began to play and just a few seconds in the song turned into a fast pop song.

"The hurt in your eyes will never disguise

The spark that lived there before

And I know that you're so much more

Than you're showin'

The clouds in your hair will bring you to tears

But I will catch every drop, even if it don't ever stop

'Cause you're worth, you're worth it

When you fight for every breath

And the waves are overhead

Let me lay your mind to re-e-st

I will stand by you

When all of your dreams are shattered!

And your world is left in tatters!

When you're lost, we're lost together!

I'll stand by, I will stand by you!

If black is your brightest color!

If hurt is your only lover!

When you fight, we fight together!

I'll stand by you! I will standby you!

I will stand by you

The war in your head will shoot you down dead

So don't even try to win

Is it worth it all in the end?

I don't think so

Try to embrace the lines in your face, the story of who you are

'Cause I love what I've read so far

I mean it…I mean it

When you fight for every breath, and the waves are overhead

Let my lay your mind to rest

I will stand by you!

When all of your dreams are shattered!

And your world is left in tatters!

When you're lost, we're lost together!

I'll stand by, I will stand by you!

I will stand by you

When you fight for every breath…And the wavers are overhead…Let me lay your mind to rest…

I will stand by you

When all of your dreams are shattered! (Yeaaah)

And your world is left in tatters!

When you're lost, we're lost together

I'll stand by, I will stand by you

If black is your brightest color!

If hurt is your only lover!

When you fight we fight together!

I'll stand by, I will stand by y-o-ou!

I will stand by you!

I will stand you!

I will stand by you!

I will stand by-y yo-u!

The moment I finished the song I pointed at Travis and lifted my finger up above my head. Once I gave the final word everyone in the entire arena got extremely excited and started chanting my name over and over again. People were jumping out of their seats but I think Mark was the most excited. My friends were participating in the chants and I could see a lot of people crying while having huge smiles on their faces. You could just feel how well I did by the immense excitement emanating throughout the entire stadium. It was so loud with everyone hooting and hollering and my heart was beating pretty fast as I was excited at how much I moved them.

"Oh my goodness this is pretty amazing feeling." I thought as people began flashing their cameras. Even the other contestants were moved by my singing. Even Richard who was clapping at me as he and the others walked out onto the stage. The others were all clapping and a few gave me a hug telling me how moved they were from my performance as well as the song I just sung.

"That was the most enthusiastic and great performance I've heard all night." The announcer said. "Let's hear it for our contestants ladies and gentleman!" He said as everyone got up from their seats and began giving all of us a round of applause with more hooting and hollering.

"This is what I want my life to be like. To have moments like these. This is my motivation to be a singer, and I know I can do this." I said to myself as everyone gave a bow and then got in a straight line as we all stood there with huge smiles on our faces. The announcer then came onto the stage with a black suit, slit black blonde hair, white skin and blue eyes.

"All right everyone! You all received a little touch screen device that should have numbers 1-23 on them. What I want all of you to do is to punch one number and when you do it will ask you if you want to confirm your entry. You will hit okay and your vote will get tallied in. Please make your choices now. When all of your votes have been entered the device will then become inactive. Once every device has become inactive the screen behind me will show only the top 3 contestants based on the votes. Now there is a total of 1150 people here, so without further ado let's get this show on the road! Vote now!" The announcer said.

All of began twiddling our thumbs, or standing there feeling very nervous at what the results will be. I was having butterflies in my stomach as I began to mentally pray in hoping I will come out in the top 3. I almost wished I could see the future just so I could get rid of this weird feeling as I heard a beep emanating around the stadium. "I'm so nervous right now. I have to stay calm." I said to myself as I began rubbing my hands together.

"TIME!" The announcer said.

"Alright, it's showtime." I said to myself as every contestant turned around and faced the screen. The top 3 contestants were:

Third: Victoria Manson

Second: Collen Stanford

First: Manuela Urbieta

The moment I saw my name the feeling in me became an overwhelming joy. Everyone in the stadium roared and began clapping their hands in excitement. I jumped up and down on the stage excited as I can be.

"That's it folks! You're winners are present. Top 3 Contestants please accept your spoils. In these envelopes holds your prize money as well as the Best Vocalist Trophy. You all should be proud. Also for the top 3 you are allowed to keep the dress that you had picked out for yourselves! Congratulations for everyone who performed! I hope to see you all in the future!" He said as everyone gave one more round of applause.

I had taken the glass trophy and we all exited the stage. I walked to the front of the stage as Travis, Mark, Robin, Karina, and Shawn came running towards me. Travis was in front of them all. I jumped off the stage and Travis quickly reached his arms out as he caught me. He spun me around and I began to hug him as hard as I could.

"I knew you could do it. Now you have enough money to make your dream come true." He said to me.

"I know I'm pretty excite-." I stopped as Richard shot across my mind. "There's something I need to do." I said as I looked around but couldn't find Richard anywhere. "Travis come with me for a sec." I said as I grabbed his wrist and dragged him to the changing rooms.

"Manuela what are we doing?!" He asked as he and I ran. We got up to the rooms and I opened the door to see the clothes Richard was wearing just thrown on the floor.

"Travis we need to find Richard. But I don't know where he went." I said begging him to do something.

" I have an idea. Hold onto me." He said. He reached into his pocket and took out his Time Ring. He then looked around to see if anyone was watching or coming.

"Time, please."

A ticking clock noise was made as Travis had us slowly go back about five minutes. We just stood there with people going through us and then I saw Richard leaving the dressing room. He seemed like he was broken. He was also on the phone.

"I didn't win babe…No please don't talk like that right now it's hard for me right now…I know…The announcer said I was at least 1 vote away from even hitting top 3…Yes I know…I have to go babe…" He said on the phone. He then began crying as he ran out the door and went down the hall.

"He's heading to the back entrance." Travis said.

We returned back to our normal time as we ran to find him. We got out the back entrance of the stadium. He was sitting in his car with his hands clutched on the steering wheel. We walked up to his car and I knocked on the window. He looked at us as his face was red from the tears he was pouring. He rolled down the window and began drying up his face. When the window was fully down I handed him the envelope with the check still in it.

"Wh-What?" He said stuttering.

"I want you to have it." I said to him.

"Wh-Why would yo-you d-do this f-for me?" He asked.

"I think a life is more important than my dream. I'm 15 years old and have my entire life ahead of me. You're fiancé doesn't have that time. This money will help save her." I said to him.

"Are you sure you want to do this? You don't even know me." He asked so confused.

"Yes." I said back with a smile.

The man then got out of the car as he accepted the envelope and wrapped his arms around me as he began crying again. "Thank you so much! I don't know what to say! My fiancé will be able to keep living again." He said. He let me go as he called his fiancé. "Babe! You won't believe what just happened. You're going to keep living!" He said into the phone. Travis came up and grabbed my hand.

"We should get going back to our friends they are probably wondering where we are." He said comforting.

I walked over to Richard as I gave him my phone number. "I want to be there for you when the surgery happens. Call me at this number when they do it and we'll be there." I said as I looked at Travis.

"I would be happy to be there as some type of support." Travis said to him.

We turned around and began walking away as Richard yelled his final goodbyes to us. Travis held my hand tight, "You know I didn't think you would go that far out to help someone. You pretty much gave up on your dream to become reality tonight." He said with a gentle tone in his voice. I stopped moving as Travis faced me.

"That's probably because I have a boyfriend who has shown me that caring for others isn't really a bad thing. I think being someone's hope is more rewarding than any dream I could ever have." I said to him as I stood on my toes, wrapped my arms around the back of his neck and gave him a long kiss.

"Happy Valentine's Day Travis." I said to him standing back down on my feet with a huge smile on my face.

"Happy Valentine's Day Manuela." He said back to me. We then heard a door open behind Travis as all of our friends had come rushing to find us.

"Oh so this is where you guys were at?" Robin said.

"We thought a Phantom had attacked you guys." Karina said.

"No we're good. Hey so I just won and would like something to eat. Who all wants to go out to Old Towne Buffet?" I asked everyone.

"Oh hell yea! That's my kind of girl!" Mark said.

"Everyone to Robin's van! We going out!" Shawn said jumping up in the air. He forgot there was ice on the ground as he slipped and fell the moment his feet touched the ground.

We all began laughing and started throwing snowballs at each other before we even got to Robin's van. The rest of our night was perfect. After snowball fighting we finally got out to the buffet, stuffed our stomachs, and then we all gathered up back at the house to watch comedy movies until we all passed out in the living room. I didn't have any more bad dreams that night as I was cuddled up against Travis on the couch.