No One's POV
"Are you guys ready for this?" Blaine asks on the bus. They reached Dalton and began to exit the bus.
Everyone looked around in awe.
Dalton was gorgeous.
Kris looked around nervously.
Nick looked around skeptically.
Blaine looked around fondly.
It was just as he remembered it.
And he was proud, even though he was now against Dalton, for real.
They went to the changing room and got into their costumes.
They kids were all hyped up and ready to perform.
Blaine smiles.
"One...Two...Three!"
"LET'S GO GLEE!"
"Please welcome to the stage, the McKinley High New Directions, under the direction of Blaine Anderson and Rory Flanagan!" The audience cheered and the lights on stage go down.
The lights come up all of the kids are on stage. The music starts and Kris raises her head.
"I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address, in the torn up town
No post code envy
But every song's like" Dana Sierra, Natalie, and Fauna join her with harmonies.
"gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair"
"And we'll never be royals" Kris sings.
"Royals" Everyone answers back.
"It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler"
"Ruler."
"you can call me Queen B
And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)
Let me live that fantasy"
"My friends and I we've cracked the code
We count our dollars on the train to the party
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this
We didn't come from money" This time, Kris steps back and pushes McKayla forward to sing. Blaine and Rory look at each other. That was NOT part of the plan.
"But every song's like gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair" Kris just sings harmonies with the others while McKayla sings lead.
"And we'll never be royals
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B
And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)
Let me live that fantasy"
"We're bigger than we ever dreamed, and I'm in love with being queen
(Ooh ooh oh)
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair" The two sing together.
"And we'll never be royals
It don't run in our blood
That kind of lux just ain't for us
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler, you can call me Queen B
And baby I'll rule (I'll rule I'll rule I'll rule)
Let me live that fantasy" Kris finishes. The audience claps and Rory and Blaine sign in relief. The next song starts. The whole groups sings "Every Night." They finish their set list and McKinley takes their seats in the audience. Up next was the Dalton Academy Warblers. They start and they're already amazing.
"Look who's digging their own grave
That is what they all say
You'll drink yourself to death
Look who makes their own bed
Lies right down within it
And what will you have left?
Out on the front doorstep
Drinking from a paper cup
You won't remember this
Living beyond your years
Acting out all their fears
You feel it in your chest
Your hands protect the flames
From the wild winds around you" A boy finishes and the group, those not making beats and rythyms, joins in.
"Icarus is flying too close to the sun
And Icarus's life, it has only just begun
It's just begun"
"Standing on the cliff face
Highest foe you'll ever grace
It scares me half to death
Look out to the future
But it tells you nothing
So take another breath
Your hands protect the flames
From the wild winds around you" They do the same thing again.
"Icarus is flying too close to the sun
And Icarus's life, it has only just begun
This is how it feels to take a fall
Icarus is flying towards an early grave"
"You put up your defenses when you leave
You leave because you're certain
Of who you want to be
You're putting up your armor when you leave" The kid climbs on top of his teammates shoulders and spreads his arms.
"And you leave because you're certain
Of who you want to be, oh!" The kid falls forward and the others catch him. The crowd roars.
"Icarus is flying too close to the sun
And Icarus's life, it has only just begun
This is how it feels to take a fall
Icarus is flying towards an early grave" They finish an start up their next piece. All of them begin whistling.
"Ooh, crazy's what they think about me
Ain't gonna stop 'cause they tell me so
'Cause 99 miles per hour baby,
Is how fast that I like to go." Another boy sings. Then two boys sing together.
"Can't keep up with my rhythm
Though they keep trying.
Too quick for the lines they throw.
I walk to the sound of my own drum,
We go, they go, we go, hey yeah yeah yeah" The whole groups comes in.
"Hey, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, honey takes control
Really mean it, mean it"
"I wake up to the city of angels
To see my name headlining the coast
They say I'm a walking dreamer, baby
If I stop they would make the show" A third boys sing, and is then joined by another for the next part.
"Can't keep up with my rhythm
Though they keep trying.
Too quick for the lines they throw.
I walk to the sound of my own drum,
We go, they go, we go, hey yeah yeah yeah" And everyone comes in once again.
"Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, honey takes control
Really mean it, mean it
Hey, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, honey takes control
Really mean it, mean it" The boys make a line and start walking in time, dancing, singing. It's outstanding.
"Everybody walk
Everybody walk
Everybody walk, walk, walk
Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, honey takes control
Really mean it, mean it
Oh, here we go
Feel it in my soul
Really mean it, mean it, so go
Gotta feel it, honey takes control
Really mean it, mean it" Dalton finishes and the New, New Directions are scared.
100% TERRIFIED,
They had never gone up against Dalton before, and yes, Blaine had told them that the Warblers would, by far, be their biggest competition.
Even Blaine and Rory were scared.
There was nothing they could do now except hope.
The awards would could mean that they will be going home or heading to Nationals.
The awards decided their fate now.
"Today's first place prize goes to..." The announcer announces the winner.
It was like everything was going in slow motion.
The Warblers jumping up and down in the air.
Hunter being handed the first place trophy.
The New, New Directions hang their heads.
They had lost.