Chapter 2: Practice...

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"Alright, have you ever taken gymnastics?" Anna asked.

"No." Nicole answered.

"Dance?" Mia said hopefully.

"Nope." Nicole shook her head.

"Have you ever done anything?" Sora asked, her heart sinking. It was going to be a lot harder than she had thought.

"I used to jump on a trampoline." Nicole said, blushing.

"So no experience." Ken sighed.

"I'm sorry. You don't have to teach me anything." Nicole turned to leave.

"I wouldn't give up if I were you." A boy, about 12 laughed from the practice swings. He was sitting on top of it like it was a lawn chair!

"Careful up there!" Sora shouted, panicking.

The boy just waved and fell backward. Sora, Anna, Mia, and Nicole screamed, but he caught himself so he was hanging upside-down.

"That was close!" Mia cried.

'Come on Anna! Say something funny!' Anna racked her brain. "If he had fallen, he would have become a monkey pancake!"

"Not funny." Everyone said, except the boy, who was laughing extremely hard.

"That was a good one!" He breathed between laughs. He flipped back up. "Hey Ken! Is Kalos looking for an opening act yet?"

"No, sorry Niklas." Ken called back.

"Aw..." He hopped down. "My name's Niklas! The youngest daredevil ever!"

"You could have gotten hurt that time! You shouldn't scare people like that!" Ken scolded.

"Hmph! Someone needs to lighten up a little. Besides! My daring acts are always grabbing the audience."

Sora looked at him. "I've never seen you before..."

"That's because Kalos just hired him." Ken explained. "He used to be a street performer. Everyone loved him there."

"Yup! I could breathe fire and juggle and do almost anything!" Niklas grinned.

"Impressive." Nicole smiled. She had been doing that a little more often recently.

Niklas turned bright red and ran back to the swings to hide it. "Wanna see another trick I can do?" He asked.

"Don't do anything dangerous!" Ken called.

"I won't!" He climbed onto the low swings and did a flip off of them and onto the trampoline and flipped off into the splits on the mats. "Tadah!"

Sora just stared. 'I didn't think a guy could do that!' She thought.

Niklas stood up and beamed, waiting for the applause. It never came.

"What do you think you're doing kid?" Layla grabbed his shoulder. "You should be here."

Niklas smiled. "Layla Hamilton! Famous for her performances on the swings. Kalos just hired me yesterday!"

"Why does he keep bringing kids here?" Layla muttered to herself as she got onto the swings with Yuri.

"Are they practicing some kind of new show?" Niklas looked at Ken hopefully.

"Yes actually."

"Really? What's it going to be this time?" Sora, Anna, and Mia said excitedly.

"It's going to be an exclusive." Nicole answered for him. "About a fairy who loses her wings and a prince who helps her fly again."

"How do you know that?" Mia asked, surprised.

"I asked Kalos this morning." Nicole said, as if it were obvious. "They're practicing for the lead."

Niklas frowned. "I'm a lot more entertaining than that Yuri! I should be able to be in that too!" He muttered.

"You know, if you want a art, you should ask." Kalos said from behind them all.

Everyone jumped at least 6 feet into the air.

"B-Boss!" Sora said, trying to recover from the scare.

"Niklas, I was thinking you could teach Nicole something for the performance. If you can do that, you both will be in the opening act." Kalos went to the door. "Oh! Everyone's going to have a chance to get the part of the fairy. If you and your friends want to try, the try outs are in 3 days."

The two mean girls that always insult Sora stared after him. "Oh no... He'll put ideas in Sora's head. After all, Layla is the best!"

Niklas smirked at the girls. "How would two nose pickers like you know anything?" He asked. "Don't try to deny it! I was on the swings watchin' you the entire time!"

The girls glared at him and stormed off.

"Nice one!" Anna grinned. "I never thought of saying that!"

"Something's a little fishy here..." Mia mumbled. "You said you were practicing the whole time."

"So? I bluffed. It got rid of them, didn't it?"

"And here I thought I could laugh at them." Mia sighed.

Nicole grabbed Niklas's arm. "You heard Kalos! If you want to be on stage, we gotta come up with something!" She pulled him toward the trampoline.

"I've never seen her so happy since I knew her mother." Kalos said when he had gotten into his office.

"You really think so?" Yuri asked calmly following.

"I believe Sora and her friends are having a positive effect. If all works well, we'll have a new little star." Kalos smiled. "Plus, she should be able to unlock hidden talents in everyone, even you and Layla."

Yuri nodded. "I shouldn't tell anyone what we discussed, correct?"

"If you didn't mention it, I'd be grateful." Kalos nodded.

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