Untitled Helga's Dream

Helga was by a river, she didn't know what river, but there was a bunch of spotlights coming from nowhere on her. It was nighttime and it started to rain, but it was a calm drizzle. She was standing on silver pavement. She then spotted Arnold from a distance. He was near a tree that, even though it was dark, it was full of starlight. Then she heard a voice. A voice that sounded so familiar.This voice was so beautiful and singing such a beautiful song. Arnold was looking right at her now, and something had come over Helga and she asked him to dance. He agreed. All of a sudden that feeling came back to her and that voice she heard became her own. She was now in Arnold's arms, singing to him. Now, Helga thought this was all strange, and she began to listen to herself. She had heard this song before, but couldn't make out what it was. Arnold smiled at her, and she smiled back. Helga was getting really nervous now, but she enjoyed it.

All of a sudden, she saw a shadow in a misty cloud. As soon as it came into the clearing it revealed a tall, brown-haired, braces-wearing older girl. Helga knew in an instant who this girl was. It was none other than Ruth, the girl Arnold's had a crush on for as long as she could remember. Once Arnold spotted Ruth, he left Helga and began to talk and dance with Ruth. Ruth began to laugh and smile, as did Arnold, both without aknowledging Helga. At this point, Helga was still singing, but even though it was the same song, it was still instead of a happy tune it became sad and depressing. She looked back down at the river, and she could no longer see the light that glistened in the river. She looked back over at the tree, where Arnold and Ruth were slowly fading off. She watched them as they, paying no attention to her, danced off into the darkness.

"Beep! Beep! Hello and good morning from - " Helga turned off her radio. Took her a few seconds to realize what had "happened" was actually a dream. Helga laid in bed for a few minutes to recover. She got up and got dressed. She really didn't know how to react to that dream. So, she just acted like it was any other day, though she felt a little confused.

"Can you believe it's finally Friday? Boy, the week sure goes by fast." said Phoebe to Helga as they were walking to school.

"Sure, Phoebe." Helga was too preoccupied with that dream.

"Helga what's wrong?" Phoebe said.

"Oh, nothing.......Hey, Phoebe?"

"Yes, Helga."

"I was wondering.." Helga stopped to think. " ...do we have a river with a silver road or something somewhere near-by?"

"No, not that I know of, Helga. Why?"

"No reason." As they were getting near to PS 118, Olga came over to them, all in her usual perky mood. Olga was ranting on how she had been awarded the "Most successful person in the whole town award." Helga rolled her eyes at her and ignored her. Olga continued.

"I'm sorry, but we gotta get to school, Olga." Helga told her as she rushed off with Phoebe.

All day people were talking about Olga and how she's so perfect. This really annoyed Helga, but today more than ever. She overhead some people in town say "Why can't Olga's little sister, what's her name, Hesta, be like Olga?"

"Guess every families got at least one bad apple." responded one lady. That was it. After school, Helga marched straight down to Brain's office and told him to make sure she's signed up for the karaoke that night.

"Great!" said Brian. But some how Helga knew he had already signed her up behind her back.

"So, what song are you planing on singing?" asked Brian. Helga thought hard. It didn't occur to her she had to pick a song. She remembered her dream.

"On My Own from Les Miserables." responded Helga.

"Ahhh, yes. That's a beautiful song. If anyone, I'm sure you can handle it." Helga nodded and walked out of the room. As Helga walked home she was starting to question what she did. In fact, she was beginning to regret it.

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