Chapter 4: Show Time!

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"You feeling OK, Nicole?" asked Niklas as he stretched. "The shows gonna start soon." He was wearing a blue clown costume that fit pretty tight and had a white moon painted over one eye.

Nicole sighed. "I hope I'll be all right..." she muttered, adjusting her pink shoes. She had a sun over her eye, and they were supposed to be dolls. She wasn't sure if she could pull their act off.

"You'll all do great!" Sora, Anna, and Mia all said encouragingly.

"You guys are up!" Ken called.

Charlette and Julie laughed. "Break a leg, literally!"

Niklas gave them a cold look. "We'll look so much better than you booger breaths!"

Nicole was in higher spirits now because of the looks on the two jerks' faces. She nodded to Niklas when they went out onto the trampoline. Cheers rang throughout the crowd.

The music started, and they both hopped up and down until they were a couple feet up. To Nicole, it felt like miles. She HAD to get this right, or she'd ruin it for Niklas. Niklas did his back flip, and she did her spin. Suddenly, Niklas fell and landed on his back on the trampoline.

A hush came from the crowd as Niklas struggled to get up. Did he hurt himself? Nicole landed next to him, and but that made Niklas lose his balance again and fall. He grinned and hit himself lightly on the head, as if saying he meant to do that for the show! Now Nicole understood! He purposely did that to play the part of the clown! Staying in character, she did some spins toward him, and helped him up.

The crowd cheered at the two, as if they were the only things in the entire world at that moment. Nicole felt light as a feather now; she wasn't afraid anymore, wasn't going to cry anymore. She did a back flip and a spin at the same time, just like they had practiced.

Sora, who was watching from the sidelines gasped. Now, Nicole had large wings! That wasn't part of the show, was it?
"What's wrong Sora?" Ken asked, confused. He obviously couldn't see her wings, so Sora didn't mention it.

"Um... They're just doing a lot better than I thought they would!" Sora lied.

Mia agreed, "Yeah! I thought Nicole would be too nervous to do anything!"

Fool floated next to Sora. "It seems she changed her future, or maybe Niklas did," he said, calmly. "Before you ask, those wings are the legendary Wings of Dreams. Anyone who watches her will feel that they can do anything that they put they put their mind to."

"Sora, what're you looking at?" Anna asked, noticing that Sora was staring at the wings that she couldn't see.

"Huh? Nothing!" Sora laughed.

Fool bowed and left. "See you later Sora!"

Layla walked up to them just then. "They're pretty good for a couple of kids," she said.

"I know! Aren't they?" Charlette asked.

"I thought before you were saying they should break their legs," said Yuri calmly.

You could see the huge anime sweat drops hover over Charlette and Julie's heads at that moment. "Well, er... Later!" They dashed off as quickly as possible.

Nicole and Niklas bowed and hurried off the stage. After being congratulated by everyone on the wonderful performance, Nicole knew more than ever that she wanted to be a Kaleido Star like Layla and the soon to be Sora. She just knew it!

"Nicole! Can you come over here for a moment?" Kalos called.

The now 16 Nicole ambled over and smiled. She was now a Kaleido Star with Niklas, Sora and some others. She and Niklas were the best trampoline people in the show. Even though they concentrated on show openers, they were still famous all over the world. "What can I do for you, Boss?"

Kalos pulled out some tickets and smiled. "You, Niklas, Sora, Anna, and Mia are going to go to Japan and do some shows there. We're starting a new stage over there, and we need some experienced performers to draw enough attention."

"Of course I'll go!" Nicole exclaimed. She already had heard some news from Sora about them all being chosen, and of course they all had said yes to stay in Japan for a year or two.

"Great. You'll have to start packing, since these tickets are for next week. Good luck in Japan, all right?"

Nicole smiled and nodded. She wasn't frightened by new places or people she didn't know any longer. As long as someone came to see the show, she would always put on her best performance. She jumped up into the air. She'd never forget what she learned from her friends at this Kaleido Stage. Her dreams were her wings as she raced toward the sky.

I'd like to thank:

My friend Steph who kept pushing me to write a Kaleido Star fic

My compy for at least cooperating enough to let me update

The Time Traveler for reading and reviewing every chapter

Fiery Koneko for being the first reviewer and saying this fic was any good. If it weren't for you, I might have actually deleted this!

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And everyone who reads this fic in the future!

Thank you everyone! I was happy to write this fic for everyone, and it gave me a lot of practice in writing something that wasn't comedic, even though there were some spots... Heh heh, booger breaths... Anywho, I'm glad you liked this fic. I hope you all read my other fics, and goodbye to you all, until we meet again. Ja ne!