At Ms. Nordland's dance class, Candy was displaying "Swan Lake"'s pas de deux. After she finished, everyone applauded for her routine, except for Alice.

"Candy, Candy, Candy," growled Alice. "What is with that girl?"

"I don't know," a Japanese boy answered, "but she did the best 'Swan Lake' routine I've ever seen, even though I don't know what 'Swan Lake' is."

"It's unlike you being in a town with no talent," Alice insulted.

Ms. Nordland, Kiki, and Candy were annoyed by this while everyone else laughed at him, causing the Japanese boy to tear up. "Is that Daniel Kinji?" asked Candy to Ms. Nordland.

"That's him," Ms. Nordland explained. "He's having a hard time making friends here and finding his true talent. He's afraid that everyone will laugh at him as his old classmates did. Over the past week, students stole his lunch, ignored his needs, and purposefully called him names like 'Dull Danny' and 'No-Skill Nerd'."

"I know how he feels," Candy recalled. "I'll be his friend."

"Good luck with that," Kiki replied. "I have to help my mom with cleaning out the basement today."

"It's alright with me, Kiki," Candy replied.

XxoxX

After school, Candy insisted that she should come over to Daniel's home before dinner. Daniel had been having a hard time making friends, so he decided to let her come. On the bus, Daniel tried to get to his seat while spreading his arms out.

"Daniel is feeling like traveling tonight on a plane," Candy said to herself. "I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain."

Daniel remembered going on a family vacation in Spain, where he learned flamenco dancing. In Candy's imagination, both Candy and Daniel were both flying through the clouds.

As they were riding along, the driver looked through the mirror and got mad. "Miss Cherry, Mr. Kinji," shouted the bus driver, "stop dancing on the bus this instant!"

"Look at Dull Dan!" shouted a student. "He thinks he's an airplane!"

"Maybe he should fly to Inabitaly," insulted another student.

Everyone else started laughing at Daniel for not having a talent. Candy was irritated by the students. "Shame on you guys," snarled Candy, "making fun of Daniel, just because he hasn't found his talent yet."

"Why bother?" called a student in the back. "I know his little sister's ballet class. She told me that he once played one of the peasants at his old elementary school. You should see him say, 'Move to market'."

Candy and Daniel sat on the bus until they got back to his house. At they got into his home, they saw a Japanese woman, while a small Japanese girl was drawing some manga version of Elton John.

"This is my mom, Blaire," Daniel greeted, "and the little runt is my annoying little sister, Amaya."

"The same girl who told one of the classmates of his failure in the play production of 'Beauty and the Beast'?" asked Candy. Ms. Kinji was annoyed by this because she knew what a big tattletale Amaya can be.

"Could you help me with your homework, big bro?" Amaya asked. "I'm supposed to do a fill in the blank for nursery rhymes."

"Amaya," Daniel said to her, "you're six-years-old. Sometimes you must do it yourself. But if you want to, you can use my old nursery rhyme books to help."

"Thank you," Amaya replied as she hugged her brother.

Daniel showed Candy his room. Around the place, she saw that he had dance posters, violin gear, bilingual books, and dance mats.

"They say Spain is pretty, though I've never been there," Candy said to him. "Well, you say it's the best place that you've ever seen."

"Yeah," Daniel nervously replied. He could remember forgetting his lines and whispering towards the corner to ask what they were.

"Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal?" asked Candy.

Daniel nodded his head. That's when Candy got an idea. "I know what we can do to solve our problems," she said. "Use our imagination."

"Are you sure?" Daniel replied. "I sometimes feel unimaginative."

"Don't worry," Candy replied. "Why don't we imagine a big flurry, where the clouds block the way?"

XxoxX

Everything turned into a cold wasteland where they changed into winter apparel. "If we don't stop this winter now," Candy said to Daniel, "it'll be colds and flus everywhere."

"I can't believe you know I can't stand the cold," Daniel replied.

"I didn't," Candy replied. "It's all part of the world of imagination."

Daniel then unintentionally did some jazz squares, jetes, and stag leaps. Then he grabbed Candy and jumped into a save. When they got up, Candy told him that she saw him do jazz dance steps, and he said, "I always thought jazz was just music."

"Not really," Candy replied. "Jazz can be two things."

When they got out, they saw the sun coming out, clearing the snowstorm. "Saved by the sunshine" Daniel replied.

"I should know," Candy replied. "I've been there enough. Sometimes on snow days, Ronnie, Bennie, and I would help Aunt Regina and Aunt Davina shovel snow out of the way."

Daniel was amazed by this.

In front of them, they were a beautiful white castle. "There it is," Candy said as she pointed out to the castle. "The palace of the Ice Empress."

Then Daniel started to realize that Candy WAS using her imagination. So he decided to play along too, saying, "Maybe the guards should let us in nicely."

And he was right: the two guards opened up the door for them and said. "Welcome Candy and Daniel," said one of the guards.

In the palace, they saw an Alice dressed in white Japanese empire apparel. "Look at there," Candy replied. "Alice the empress."

"Who dares disturb the empress during her dinner?" asked Alice.

"It is us," Daniel nervously replied, "Daniel Kinji of the Kinji family and Candy Cherry of The Cherry family. I hope you don't mind, but Candy is helping me find my true talent."

"Well," Empress Alice replied, "Cherry thinks she is better than me, but no."

"The empress will not let you go unless you either admit that the empress is better than she or Daniel performs something," the guard said.

Empress Alice was horrified, because the guard gave them another option. "To be truthful," the guard replied, "it's because they take a very long time admitting that you're better than everyone else."

Daniel looked around to see one of the minstrels playing Daniel on the violin. Daniel decided to play the song for Alice while Candy danced to it. Everyone was amazed by Daniel's violin playing.

"Fine, fine," growled Empress Alice. "You two are free."

At the entrance, Candy requested that Daniel should perform the song again on the violin.

XxoxX

In the real world, Ms. Kinji told Candy and Daniel that dinner will be on the table in 30 minutes when she saw Daniel perform Elton John's "Daniel" on the violin. Amaya came up to hear the song and said, "Looks like Daniel has finally found his talent."

After Daniel finished the song, Amaya came up to him. "Oh-oh, Daniel, my brother, you are older than me," Amaya said. "Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal?"

"You can play the violin and are a master at jazz dancing," said Candy. "Your eyes have died, but you see more than I. Daniel, you're a star in the face of the sky."

"What does that mean?" Daniel asked.

"It means that you do have a talent," Candy answered. "You just didn't realize it yet."

Daniel smiled.

XxoxX

The next day in class, the school was doing a dance line. That's when Daniel shouted, "Stop!", and played a Broadway version of Elton John's "Daniel" on the violin.

"Look at Daniel," said a student. "He's got talent."

"Looks like we were wrong about him," replied another.

Then Daniel started doing jazz squares, jetes, and stag leaps, like in their imagination. Then he wrapped it all up with playing Daniel on the violin. Everyone but Alice applauded.

"Looks like Daniel finally found his talent," said Ms. Nordland.

"Oh, and I can see Daniel waving goodbye," Candy said. "Goo God. It looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes"

The End.