Miguel, Oscar, Steve, and Lyla Boogie Down

About 9:30, Toros came back inside. He had been gone for about an hour with Oscar and a few other friends from his days at the academy. They had been having a small reunion, for most of them had seen each other in about 21 years. But after an hour, they had decided to break up their little party and go back inside. When he saw the action going on, Toros began to get curious. After all, he had missed the whole contest while he was outside. So he went to find someone to ask. "Hey Jamie," he called.

Jamie turned up his head, "Hey Doc, dad. What's up?"

"Who won?" asked Oscar, "We missed it."

Jamie replied, "Well, Leon and Julianna took third place. Brad and Naomi took second place. And Bit and Leena took first place. You should have been there, Harry got knocked over during 'The Electric Slide' by Bit and Leena."

Oscar began to laugh. But Toros just sighed. "It's just like what happened at the dance 23 years ago. Want me to tell you the story?"

"Sure," said Jamie, "I'll get the others."

So Jamie got Leon, Julianna, Brad, Naomi, Bit, and Leena. They all settled down on the bleachers. Then, Toros began to tell his tale.

"It all started at the dance 23 years ago. Layon, Oscar, and myself had gone to the dance with a bunch of our academy friends. What we didn't know was that it would be the beginning of the rift between Layon and me…" said Toros.

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"Hey Miguel," said Oscar to Layon, "Have you noticed there's a lot of cute girls at this dance? Especially the brunette in the red dress."

Layon looked up from his soda. "Yeah, I like the girl with the long magenta hair and the weird hairpiece. What about you Steve?"

"Well, I think I'll agree with you Miguel. She is pretty," replied Toros.

At that moment, the girl in question came over to the three boys. "Hello, my name is Lyla. What're your names boys?" she asked.

Toros and Layon both tried to answer at once. Lyla began to laugh. "I'd like to know if any of you would be my partner. Of course, I'll dance with you all to see who dances the best."

So she led the trio on the floor one by one. It was the disco era, and so each song was filled with plenty of twisting and turning. After everyone had finished, the four of them sat down on the bleachers.

"I've decided to dance with Steve," replied Lyla, "He's the best out of you all when it comes to dancing." And with that, they went to sign up.

The contest was about as action packed as the ones of today. Oscar and Layon had each found a girl to dance with, and had all gotten out on the floor as well. Toros and Lyla were just absolutely amazing with their style of dance. Though Layon threw several dirty looks at Toros.

Finally the winners were announced. The third place couple came from the Shrike Team, which specialized in air Zoids. The second place couple were a cross between the Raptors Team, which used Gunsnipers and Rev Raptors, and Liger Team, which used Blade and Shield Ligers.

"And now our first place winners. He is a student at the Zoid academy who just loves playing with models. She is the Pteras pilot for the Lunar Team, which consists of herself, her brother, and her sister. Please give a big hand for Steve Toros and Lyla Lunar."

Everyone began to clap. Toros and Lyla were given their gold medals and crowns. But when Toros looked at Layon, he could see an angry glare on his friend's face.

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"And that's how we all met your mother Leena," said Toros. "She visited us many times after that. Layon and I had both fallen for her after a while. In fact, his asking me to write the letter was a test of my loyalty. I couldn't betray Layon, but I didn't feel right about telling my crush that someone else liked her. That's why I asked Oscar to write it."

Leena began to laugh. When her father asked what was wrong, she replied, "Layon's first name is Miguel?!" Then, she began to laugh even harder.

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I had to think of a first name for Layon somehow. Well, this is my whole take on how they met Leena's mom in the first place. And why Toros couldn't write the letter himself. Also how he ended up with her when she didn't want Layon. I thought he needed to have some feelings for her, or he would've tried to hook her up with Layon instead of marrying her himself.