Dancing Your Heart Out
by Gray Jester
The next morning, Shorty hopped out of bed in her pajamas. Little did her parents know that under her pajamas were her tacky swweatshirt which coverered her hands and her baggy jumpers. She ripped the bunny covered pajamas and kicked off the bunny slippers in which one of them slammed into Columbo's cage. Columbo suddenly came up to it's little feet and began looking around as if something was about to attack him. "Sorry, Columbo!" Shorty apologized as she grabbed a hold of Columbo's tail and took him out of the door and into the kitchen. "Good morning, Mosieur Shorty. Breakfazt?" Quincy asked as she held the frying pan with a pancake in it. "No thanks, Quinc. I'm too excited to eat. Today's the day." Shorty replied as butteflies began to grow within her. "You sure look excited, kiddo. But you have to eat a lot. You're going to need your energy today." Victoria said, sitting down. "She iz right. Where iz zis audition going to be at, anywayz?"Quincy asked as she observed the pancake turning gold. "It's near. It's going to be held at that one audotorium where you two snuck out to watch that concert." Shorty replied as she began to giggle. "Oi, there." Quincy sighed out. "I remember that place! It's hard not to remember that place after you got kicked out by the security members who were sent out by the band themselves." Victoria said in embarassment as she giggled. "You got kicked out? I thought you walked out yourselves?" Shorty asked as she held Columbo in her hand. "Oh well...er..." Victoria continued but then was interrupted by Shorty's laughing. "Tenx alot, Viccie. Now zhe knowz zi zecret we have been keeping frum her!" Quincy said as she crossed her arms. "No biggie, you two!" Shorty laughed out. "We'd better get going right now. Your parents aren't expected until six hours. Our trip to the audition is one hour, and who knows how many people are trying out. Your parents might get back from home with you not there, or even worse, we're racing back to the home with them behind us." Victoria said as she began fixing her hair. She stood up, not in her maid outfit, but with a leather jacket and leather pants with a white t-shirt inside. Quincy wore her traditional french hat with a long skirt and a sweatshirt. She packed the pancakes and drinks inside a bag and left for the door. Soon, both maids were inside the garage and it was only Shorty and Columbo. "Ok, Columbo. This is it. We're on our way to fame and fortune!" Shorty said as she stood up. "C'mon, Columbo, fame awaits us!" Shorty straightened up, chest up and justified. She made her way for the garage as Quincy was already in the front passenger seat reading a fashion magazine. "About time, Shorty. C'mon" Victoria said as she flipped the switch for the seat. Shorty got in the back seat with the two CD's." Victoria adjusted the driver's seat and sat down. She pressed the remote control for the garage as it opened up. Victoria turned the engine on and speeded out of the garage and towards the highway. "I'm really nervous." Shorty said with anxiety. "Don't be, mosieur Shorty. Thiz iz your big break. If you loze, it'z ok. If you win, then you've done zomething your parentz weren't able to do." Quincy said as she smiled at Shorty. "Although it would be nice to have a dancing winner in your family. Your parents reek. Your father has won the Musical Jammer award, King of Beat award, DJ God award, and the Spotlight Scratcher award. You're mother with the Miss America. Miss Universe, and then after being married, Mrs.World and Mrs.Youth. None in which have to do with dancing." Victoria said as she ran a red light by accident. "Heh...whoops" Victoria said. "Honezly, Viccie. How many redlightz haz it been?" Quincy interrogated. Victoria led out a cough and said, "50," then let out another cough. "Ayayay!" Quincy sighed out. Shorty laughed at Columbo made a scavenger hunt around the backseat. Shorty grabbed Columbo's tail and tossed him into the air. Shorty caught Columbo in her hands. "Now now, Columbo. You don't want to get lost." Shorty said. Columbo squeaked and let out a juvenile stomp. Shorty giggled and setted him in her jumper's pouch.
One hour later, the car was parked at the auditorium. She saw about twenty nine people seperated by a wall. She saw two people dancing on the stage as judges watched the competition. On the stage, there was a blonde haired woman with a pink baby outfit. She was fighting against some brunette girl who wore a big yellow dress. "Look at that blondie dance!" Victoria said. "A bit...dirty...izn't it?" Quincy asked as she arched a brow. "That girl's good!" Shorty said to herself. Columbo watched from her pouched, and squeaked. Suddenly, the blonde haired woman raised her hand into the air as sparks began to glow from her finger. She waved her hand around as three huge sparks appeared from the air. She suddenly threw her hands at the brunette. She beams slammed into the poor girl knocking her over into the ground. The sparks dissolved and turned into hearts which faded away. "Whoa...nice attack!" Shorty said. "Hey! What if I get attacked during the auditions? Did I bring anything?" Shorty questioned herself. She looked towards Columbo who pulled out a heavy amount of candy. "Well, this'll do" Shorty said. She sighed a bit and headed in line.
Shorty leaned on the wall, nervously. 'What if I get laughed at?' Shorty thought. 'What if I get attacked and get knocked out?' Shorty couldn't stop thinking. "Hey, sweetie" said a blue haired girl wearing an orange athletic top and blue athletic baggy pants. "You look nervous." Shorty looked up at her. "Yeah, of all dance competitions I've ever been in, this is the only one where I felt the most nervous in." The blue haired girl smiled. "Well, don't worry. Just try your hardest. I'm Frida by the way! Who're you?" Shorty smiled sweetly and said, "I'm Shorty!" The girl named Frida giggled. "That's sure a good name considering that you're a teen and everything." Frida giggled. "Well, you know some people. They have the habbit of giving you nicknames and soon you grow into them. Just then, you forget your real name. When you're parents bring them up, you don't know who the name belongs to, so you prefer your nickname." Shorty let out a short sigh. "That's a funny story." Frida said. "I haven't heard of those families before." Frida said as she giggled. Frida turned around afterwards finding herself next in line. "Good luck, Frida!" Shorty said as Frida climbed the stairs. "Thanks!" Frida screamed out.
Five minuts later, Frida hopped off the stage. She giggled and ran across the room to a baby-blue haired girl. They looked like eachother so they could've been sisters. "Mosieur, Shorty!" Quincy called out. "It'z your turn!" Shorty's attention quickly paced to the stage. There stood a girl. She was so into her vanity looks that she had to put on lipstick on the stage. "Well, this is it, Columbo. Let's do it!" Shorty said bravely. She got on the stage. She looked into the audience of those who won and those who didn't. There were only 30 people, so she didn't have much to look at. She saw Frida sitting next to her sister. Frida waved and gave Shorty a thumbs up. Suddenly, the music began to play. Her opponent beegan to groove to the beat. Shorty did the same. Suddenly the song got stronger. Shorty jumped up and landed on her feet. She grabbed her arm and winded it forwards and backwards. The opponent shook her hips and made a hawiiaan hand gesture by placing one hand on her head and her other arm in a twisting gesture. Shorty got on the ground and kicked one foot up, she immediently shot herself into the air and moved both arms across from left to right. Her opponent got on all fours and began making explicit movements. However, the judges' attention were on Shorty, which got the opponent mad. Her opponenent suddenly lifted her arm up into the air as suddenly a barrage of fireballs headed for Shorty's way. Shorty luckily backflipped and continued to dance. The opponent made a backflip and a breakdance manuever. Short, mad and frustrated with her opponent, ran around in a complete circle as five huge wrapped candies and gumballs came crashing unto her opponent. Shorty quickly finished the song with a FREEZE. "Mosieur, Shorty!" Quincy yelled. "You did it!" Shorty's jaw dropped. She was although frustrated, but she won. "Good job, Short!" Victoria yelled. Frida came to her feet and began applauding young Shorty. Shorty had done it. She made it to the top sixteen.
An hour later, the judges came out with papers. "Ladies and gentlemen!" one of the male judges yelled out. "Announcing the top sixteen." The dancers glanced over. "The first, Heat!" a boy wearing white sweatshirts and white jogging pants with emblems of fire all over it stood up and took his applaud. "The second, Comet!" Frida's sister stood up and began roller blading in a circle, as she bowed down to take her applaud. "The third, Kitty N!". A woman with a felion costume stood up. She had strange green hair with the pink attire she was wearing. "The fourth, Pinky!" a large tall ebony woman stood up, wearing everything from head to toe pink. She bowed down and unleashed tarot cards into the air which all said, "Dance Meister". "Fifth, Hiro-Kun!" a man with a visible hairy chest stood up, wearing a disco-outft. Suddenly, thousands of girls outside of the audotorium came out of no where barricaded the door with posters, kodak cams, and even autograph books. "Sixth, Bi-O! Seventh, Gas-O!" A zombie like person (whom was Bi-O) stood up and limped over to take his applause. A boy wearing a chemical protecting outfit rushed and shoved the zombie out of the way to take his applause. "Eigth is Kelly! Ninth, Strike!" The baby suited woman stood up and gave a cute "coo" to the audience. She gave blowing kisses. A thuggish man stood up and shoved Kelly out of the way to take his applause. "Hey!" the blondie yelled out. "Shut it, slut" the thug named Strike yelled out. Kelly loaded up her beams, but she was calmed down by security. She continued off. "Tenth is Capoeria! Eleventh is Tsutomu, Twelvth is Hamm!" Two aliens stood up (Capoeria) and began to walk around taking their applause and acting as if they were a mirror. A little boy skipped about (Tsutomu) and took his applause. A big fat 30 yr old stood up with his burgers took his applause and gave a loud belch. "Thirteenth is Frida! And the last contestant is Shorty!" Frida stood up with Shorty. They smiled and grinned and took their applause. Quincy and Victoria stood up and gave Shorty an applause. Shorty and Frida made their way up the stage with the other contestants. "I did it!" Shorty yelled to the maids. "I did it!"
by Gray Jester
The next morning, Shorty hopped out of bed in her pajamas. Little did her parents know that under her pajamas were her tacky swweatshirt which coverered her hands and her baggy jumpers. She ripped the bunny covered pajamas and kicked off the bunny slippers in which one of them slammed into Columbo's cage. Columbo suddenly came up to it's little feet and began looking around as if something was about to attack him. "Sorry, Columbo!" Shorty apologized as she grabbed a hold of Columbo's tail and took him out of the door and into the kitchen. "Good morning, Mosieur Shorty. Breakfazt?" Quincy asked as she held the frying pan with a pancake in it. "No thanks, Quinc. I'm too excited to eat. Today's the day." Shorty replied as butteflies began to grow within her. "You sure look excited, kiddo. But you have to eat a lot. You're going to need your energy today." Victoria said, sitting down. "She iz right. Where iz zis audition going to be at, anywayz?"Quincy asked as she observed the pancake turning gold. "It's near. It's going to be held at that one audotorium where you two snuck out to watch that concert." Shorty replied as she began to giggle. "Oi, there." Quincy sighed out. "I remember that place! It's hard not to remember that place after you got kicked out by the security members who were sent out by the band themselves." Victoria said in embarassment as she giggled. "You got kicked out? I thought you walked out yourselves?" Shorty asked as she held Columbo in her hand. "Oh well...er..." Victoria continued but then was interrupted by Shorty's laughing. "Tenx alot, Viccie. Now zhe knowz zi zecret we have been keeping frum her!" Quincy said as she crossed her arms. "No biggie, you two!" Shorty laughed out. "We'd better get going right now. Your parents aren't expected until six hours. Our trip to the audition is one hour, and who knows how many people are trying out. Your parents might get back from home with you not there, or even worse, we're racing back to the home with them behind us." Victoria said as she began fixing her hair. She stood up, not in her maid outfit, but with a leather jacket and leather pants with a white t-shirt inside. Quincy wore her traditional french hat with a long skirt and a sweatshirt. She packed the pancakes and drinks inside a bag and left for the door. Soon, both maids were inside the garage and it was only Shorty and Columbo. "Ok, Columbo. This is it. We're on our way to fame and fortune!" Shorty said as she stood up. "C'mon, Columbo, fame awaits us!" Shorty straightened up, chest up and justified. She made her way for the garage as Quincy was already in the front passenger seat reading a fashion magazine. "About time, Shorty. C'mon" Victoria said as she flipped the switch for the seat. Shorty got in the back seat with the two CD's." Victoria adjusted the driver's seat and sat down. She pressed the remote control for the garage as it opened up. Victoria turned the engine on and speeded out of the garage and towards the highway. "I'm really nervous." Shorty said with anxiety. "Don't be, mosieur Shorty. Thiz iz your big break. If you loze, it'z ok. If you win, then you've done zomething your parentz weren't able to do." Quincy said as she smiled at Shorty. "Although it would be nice to have a dancing winner in your family. Your parents reek. Your father has won the Musical Jammer award, King of Beat award, DJ God award, and the Spotlight Scratcher award. You're mother with the Miss America. Miss Universe, and then after being married, Mrs.World and Mrs.Youth. None in which have to do with dancing." Victoria said as she ran a red light by accident. "Heh...whoops" Victoria said. "Honezly, Viccie. How many redlightz haz it been?" Quincy interrogated. Victoria led out a cough and said, "50," then let out another cough. "Ayayay!" Quincy sighed out. Shorty laughed at Columbo made a scavenger hunt around the backseat. Shorty grabbed Columbo's tail and tossed him into the air. Shorty caught Columbo in her hands. "Now now, Columbo. You don't want to get lost." Shorty said. Columbo squeaked and let out a juvenile stomp. Shorty giggled and setted him in her jumper's pouch.
One hour later, the car was parked at the auditorium. She saw about twenty nine people seperated by a wall. She saw two people dancing on the stage as judges watched the competition. On the stage, there was a blonde haired woman with a pink baby outfit. She was fighting against some brunette girl who wore a big yellow dress. "Look at that blondie dance!" Victoria said. "A bit...dirty...izn't it?" Quincy asked as she arched a brow. "That girl's good!" Shorty said to herself. Columbo watched from her pouched, and squeaked. Suddenly, the blonde haired woman raised her hand into the air as sparks began to glow from her finger. She waved her hand around as three huge sparks appeared from the air. She suddenly threw her hands at the brunette. She beams slammed into the poor girl knocking her over into the ground. The sparks dissolved and turned into hearts which faded away. "Whoa...nice attack!" Shorty said. "Hey! What if I get attacked during the auditions? Did I bring anything?" Shorty questioned herself. She looked towards Columbo who pulled out a heavy amount of candy. "Well, this'll do" Shorty said. She sighed a bit and headed in line.
Shorty leaned on the wall, nervously. 'What if I get laughed at?' Shorty thought. 'What if I get attacked and get knocked out?' Shorty couldn't stop thinking. "Hey, sweetie" said a blue haired girl wearing an orange athletic top and blue athletic baggy pants. "You look nervous." Shorty looked up at her. "Yeah, of all dance competitions I've ever been in, this is the only one where I felt the most nervous in." The blue haired girl smiled. "Well, don't worry. Just try your hardest. I'm Frida by the way! Who're you?" Shorty smiled sweetly and said, "I'm Shorty!" The girl named Frida giggled. "That's sure a good name considering that you're a teen and everything." Frida giggled. "Well, you know some people. They have the habbit of giving you nicknames and soon you grow into them. Just then, you forget your real name. When you're parents bring them up, you don't know who the name belongs to, so you prefer your nickname." Shorty let out a short sigh. "That's a funny story." Frida said. "I haven't heard of those families before." Frida said as she giggled. Frida turned around afterwards finding herself next in line. "Good luck, Frida!" Shorty said as Frida climbed the stairs. "Thanks!" Frida screamed out.
Five minuts later, Frida hopped off the stage. She giggled and ran across the room to a baby-blue haired girl. They looked like eachother so they could've been sisters. "Mosieur, Shorty!" Quincy called out. "It'z your turn!" Shorty's attention quickly paced to the stage. There stood a girl. She was so into her vanity looks that she had to put on lipstick on the stage. "Well, this is it, Columbo. Let's do it!" Shorty said bravely. She got on the stage. She looked into the audience of those who won and those who didn't. There were only 30 people, so she didn't have much to look at. She saw Frida sitting next to her sister. Frida waved and gave Shorty a thumbs up. Suddenly, the music began to play. Her opponent beegan to groove to the beat. Shorty did the same. Suddenly the song got stronger. Shorty jumped up and landed on her feet. She grabbed her arm and winded it forwards and backwards. The opponent shook her hips and made a hawiiaan hand gesture by placing one hand on her head and her other arm in a twisting gesture. Shorty got on the ground and kicked one foot up, she immediently shot herself into the air and moved both arms across from left to right. Her opponent got on all fours and began making explicit movements. However, the judges' attention were on Shorty, which got the opponent mad. Her opponenent suddenly lifted her arm up into the air as suddenly a barrage of fireballs headed for Shorty's way. Shorty luckily backflipped and continued to dance. The opponent made a backflip and a breakdance manuever. Short, mad and frustrated with her opponent, ran around in a complete circle as five huge wrapped candies and gumballs came crashing unto her opponent. Shorty quickly finished the song with a FREEZE. "Mosieur, Shorty!" Quincy yelled. "You did it!" Shorty's jaw dropped. She was although frustrated, but she won. "Good job, Short!" Victoria yelled. Frida came to her feet and began applauding young Shorty. Shorty had done it. She made it to the top sixteen.
An hour later, the judges came out with papers. "Ladies and gentlemen!" one of the male judges yelled out. "Announcing the top sixteen." The dancers glanced over. "The first, Heat!" a boy wearing white sweatshirts and white jogging pants with emblems of fire all over it stood up and took his applaud. "The second, Comet!" Frida's sister stood up and began roller blading in a circle, as she bowed down to take her applaud. "The third, Kitty N!". A woman with a felion costume stood up. She had strange green hair with the pink attire she was wearing. "The fourth, Pinky!" a large tall ebony woman stood up, wearing everything from head to toe pink. She bowed down and unleashed tarot cards into the air which all said, "Dance Meister". "Fifth, Hiro-Kun!" a man with a visible hairy chest stood up, wearing a disco-outft. Suddenly, thousands of girls outside of the audotorium came out of no where barricaded the door with posters, kodak cams, and even autograph books. "Sixth, Bi-O! Seventh, Gas-O!" A zombie like person (whom was Bi-O) stood up and limped over to take his applause. A boy wearing a chemical protecting outfit rushed and shoved the zombie out of the way to take his applause. "Eigth is Kelly! Ninth, Strike!" The baby suited woman stood up and gave a cute "coo" to the audience. She gave blowing kisses. A thuggish man stood up and shoved Kelly out of the way to take his applause. "Hey!" the blondie yelled out. "Shut it, slut" the thug named Strike yelled out. Kelly loaded up her beams, but she was calmed down by security. She continued off. "Tenth is Capoeria! Eleventh is Tsutomu, Twelvth is Hamm!" Two aliens stood up (Capoeria) and began to walk around taking their applause and acting as if they were a mirror. A little boy skipped about (Tsutomu) and took his applause. A big fat 30 yr old stood up with his burgers took his applause and gave a loud belch. "Thirteenth is Frida! And the last contestant is Shorty!" Frida stood up with Shorty. They smiled and grinned and took their applause. Quincy and Victoria stood up and gave Shorty an applause. Shorty and Frida made their way up the stage with the other contestants. "I did it!" Shorty yelled to the maids. "I did it!"