Here's where everything starts. I hope you enjoy it. Send in reviews, no Flames!
Oh and the bold is the Hay Lin's play, ok? Just so you won't get confused.
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The Next Day...
7:32 a.m., Hay Lin thought. She was holding her binder with one arm and a pen in the other; she was putting the finishing touches on the play. "Hey, Hay!", Irma said walking beisdes her. "Hi, Irma. What's up?", Hay Lin said, not leaving her eyesight from the paper. "Nothin much, I'm guessing that you're writing the play, right?", Irma said trying to look at the pieces of paper. "Actually...I'm...done!", she said clicking the pen and putting it away. "That's so cool! Can I read it?", Irma asked trying to grab the papers. "Not yet! You're gonna have to wait", Hay Lin said, moving the papers away from Irma's grasp. "Oh fine", Irma complained.
The two girls walked into the gates of Sheffield Institute and saw Will, Taranee, and Cornelia sitting down under a tree and talking. "Hi guys!", Irma waved at them. "Hi Irma, hi Hay Lin", Taranee waved back. Hay Lin and Irma joined their friends and sat down on the grass. "So, Hay Lin, why don't you tell them about your news?", Irma suggested. The girls looked at Hay Lin. "I'm done with the school play!", Hay Lin cheered. "That's great, Hay Lin, can we see it?", Taranee said. "Not yet!", HayLin giggled. "Aw, but we're your friends", Will complained. "Nope", Hay Lin still said. Dring!, the bell rang. "Well, the bell saved me, gotta go, bye!", Hay Lin quickly got up and ran to her class. The girls ran after her.
After School...
Everyone was gathered in Hay Lin's locker. "Hay Lin! You have to show us! Please?", Irma pleaded. "Sorry, I have to show it to Mrs. Knickerbocker first", Hay Lin slammed her locker shut and smiled. "Why not show us, we'll judge it", Will said. "No way, you guys go home, I'll e-mail you to tell you if she said ok. I have to go to her office, bye guys!", Hay Lin said as she ran to the principal's office.
Hay Lin stopped in her door as she knocked, "Come in". Hay Lin opened the door and pocked her head in, "Um, is now a good time?". "Oh, Hay Lin, of course, come in", Mrs. Knickerbocker said putting her pen down. Hay Lin came in and sat down. She opened her backpack and got out the pieces of papers. Mrs. Knickerbocker gasped, "Is that...the play?". "Yes ma'am", Hay Lin responded handing her the papers. "Outstanding! I expected you to finish much later", Mrs. Knickerbocker exclaimed. "I will tell you the results tomorrow. I'm going to read it right now", Mrs. Knickerbocker said, adjusting her reading glasses."If you don't mind, ma'am, I would like to stay...", Hay Lin said quietly. "Well, alright, if you have nothing to do", Mrs. Knickerbocker said.
Hay Lin stayed there and watched as Mrs. Knickerbocker's face changed from time to time, from happy, to sad, to googly eyes. They were there for about one hour. When Mrs. Knickerbocker reached the last page, she put it down and smiled for a second at Hay Lin. "Hay Lin...did you do this all by yourself?", she breathed. Hay Lin nodded happily. "This is amazing, how much creativity a 13 year old girl could have!", Mrs. Knickerbocker got up and smiled joyfully. Hay Lin was twice as excited, but stayed still and smiled wide. "I approve, now you just need to make another version, script style, and make copies of the amount of characters. You could then hold the audition when you want, just tell the lady to announce it in the morning announcments", Mrs. Knickerbocker said, handing Hay Lin her play. "You're a very talented girl, Hay Lin", Mrs. Knickerbocker complimented. "Why thank you, I'll make the scripts right now! I'll tell the lady to announce it when I'm on my way out. Thanx, Mrs. Knickerbocker!", Hay Lin said as she ran out the door.
"YES!", Hay Lin jumped as she ran. She started twirling and making music with her voice. She saw the lady who made the announcments lock the door behind her. "Hey ma'am!", Hay Lin shouted. The lady turned around. "Could you possibly say this in tomorrow's morning announcments?", Hay Lin handed her a piece of paper she had written in Mrs. Knickerbocker's office. The lady read it, "You have permission from the principal, yes?". Hay Lin nodded. "Alright, I'll announce it tomorrow", the lady said, putting it in her purse. "Thanks!", Hay Lin said as she ran home.
Hay Lin walked into the Silver Dragon and saw that the whole restaurant was empty, except for the girls and Caleb eating almond cookies. "Hay Lin! How'd it go?", Irma asked, waving at her from her seat. "She said that she loved it! I'm going to cast the auditions tomorrow", Hay Lin cheered. "That's great, so now will you tell us what it's about?", Cornelia smiled. "What is she talking about?", Caleb asked Cornelia. "Oh, right. You see, every year, the school holds a play", Cornelia started. "A play?", Caleb asked in confusion. "Yeah, it's when a ton of people act like another person...it's like acting a story that someone writes. In this case, Hay Lin wrote the play, but she wouldn't tell us about it", Cornelia smiled. "Oh, ok", Caleb smiled back. "You know, in Meridean, I was a great actor...well I still am", Caleb announced to Cornelia. "You? An actor?", Cornelia grinned. "Yeah, we would sometimes do these...play things, except they weren't exactly plays", Caleb said. Cornelia giggled and looked at Hay Lin.
"Well, I guess I can tell you now", Hay Lin said, putting a chair out and sitting in it. The girls and Caleb put on happy faces. "Yes! Finally", Irma yelled. Hay Lin smiled and laughed. "Ok, here's the story...so there's this prince, his name is Bernardo, but they called him Berny", Hay Lin laughed. The rest also giggled. "Well anyway, he was 16 years old, this story takes place way back, so a prince always had to at least be engaged by the age of 16 or 17. Everyday, his parents would pick out a set of princeses so that he could pick one to marry, but he never chose one. He didn't like any of them. So his parents got angry with him. They told him that they were having a party for his dad's birthday, and they wanted him to find someone in the party. The whole town was going to be there", Hay Lin was getting into it.
Everyone could imagine these people with big puffy dresses, and a big castle, and tonz of princeses with tiaras and puffier dresses. "So then, they had the party, everyone was there. Berny kept looking and looking around for someone of his pleasing, but he couldn't. He said that he couldn't find the perfect one because he only wanted to see the inside of the girl, you know. So he went outside of the ball room to the gate of the castle to get some fresh air. When he stepped out of the door, he sees a girl walking around on the other side of the gate. The girl had beautiful blond hair, shining blue eyes, and a beautiful pink dress", everyone looked at Cornelia. "This is gonna be you, Corny", Hay Lin said. Cornelia smiled.
"So anyway, Berny sees her and goes to the gate to talk to her. The girl said that her name was Rose and she was new and didn't know anything about the party. So the two of them started talking and find themselves falling in love", Hay Lin giggled. "The next day, he told his parents that he had finally found the girl he was looking for. Their parents wanted to meet her, so Berny went in search of Rose. He walked all over town until he found Rose sitting next to a lake. He asks her if it was ok to meet his parents, she said that she didn't know, but bla bla bla, she goes to meet them", Hay Lin continued. Everyone was caught up in the story (I don't care if it sounds bad or anything! Plz don't flame me for the play! I beg you).
"Ok, I'm not gonna say so much detail anymore, but his parents did not accept her because she came from Europe, their enemy in a war they were having. But Berny refused their decision and then bla bla bla, he tells her, bla bla bla, and they run away together. But then somehow, Berny's parents along with a thousand soldiers, and Rose's parents, witha thousand soldiers as well found them", Hay Lin exclaimed. "Wait, how could Rose's parents have soldiers?", Will asked. "Oh right, I forgot to mention, Rose's parents were sorta like the rulers over Europe, in the play, each continent is ruled by...rulers, ok?", Hay Lin said. "Oh, ok, continue", Will said.
"So then Europe and France, which was Berny's...continent, started fighting", Hay Lin said. "Oh and no they don't speak french or european", she pointed out. Everyone else nodded. "But before any of this happened, Berny found out that Rose had these special powers. Berny said that he wanted to combine her power with his soul, so they could stop the war that was happening. So they both somehow become one and form a pink crystal. They stop the war and both Europe and France were astonished that their princess and prince where both now a non-living thing...or so they thought. Because of what happened, France and Europe signed a peace treaty. They both had a giant funeral for Rose and Berny. They put the giant crystal in the middle. When the King and Queen of Europe and France regret ever refusing their offspring's love for each other, the crystal turns Rose and Berny back into human forms. And bla bla bla, details details details, and they get married and live in a castle in the middle of the ocean that divides the U.S. from all the rest. The End!", Hay Lin concluded.
The girls and Caleb clapped. "Dang, if you didn't cut out the details, it would've been an hour! We've been here for 30 minutes!", Taranee exclaimed. "Yeah, but that was amazing, Hay Lin, I wonder what it's gonna be like WITH the details", Cornelia said with a smile on her face. Hay Lin smiled and jumped up and down. "Oh and the story is called, The Heart of Rose, and you'll find out why it's called that later", Hay Lin grinned as she went into the kitchen. "What? So it's not over! Hay Lin!", Irma yelled. "No! Until later you'll know the rest. Bye now!", Hay Lin said, locking the door to her house. "Aw man", they all yelled.
"So, who do you think is gonna be Berny?", Irma asked as she looked at Cornelia. "I don't know, but yesterday, I called Hay Lin and just told me that there was going to be a kissing scene", Cornelia said. Caleb's eyes went wide and looked at Cornelia. "And...you're...Rose, right?", he said slowly. Cornelia nodded, "That's why I hope that Hay Lin doesn't get a geek to be Berny". "Wow, Corny, haha! You're gonna have an intense part", Will said. "Yeah, well, I have to go now, I'll see you guys tomorrow!", Cornelia said, as she left the doors and went home.
"Caleb", everyone said. "What?", he asked. "That is going to be hard to watch",Taranee said. "What are you talking about?", Caleb asked. "Oh come on, "And...you're...Rose, right?", Irma mimiked. "I wasjust curious", Caleb said. "No you weren't, why can't you just say that you like her and that's it. At least tell us! Admit it", Will said. "...I don't like her...I love her", Caleb whispered. "Finally!", Hay Lin said, coming through the door. "I'm sorry I had to put the kissing scene with Cornelia and...whatever guy", Hay Lin said. Caleb looked down in sadness.
"Oh my gosh! I just had an awsome idea!", Irma exclaimed. Everyone looked at Irma. "Hay Lin, you turn down all the people who audition as Berny. Tell Mrs. Knickerbocker that none of them fit Berny's character, and ask that your...cousin, Caleb, play it! Cornelia can't refuse!", Irma grinned. "What do you mean, she can't refuse?", Caleb asked. "Open your eyes! She likes, no, loves you!", Hay Lin said. "She does!", Caleb smiled. "Yeah, so Cornelia would be happy to know that you'll be Berny! And besides, you said you were a good actor, right?", Will asked. Caleb nodded. "Perfect! But we have to make sure that Cornelia doesn't know, ok?", Hay Lin said. Everyone nodded and smiled.
"Oh yay! We're finally gonna see you and Cornelia together! That would be, like, the perfect time to tell her that you love her!", Irma screamed. "Yeah...it would", Caleb smiled.
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Yay! I finished chapter two! No flames about the play, I'm not much of a play-creator, and I didn't wanna use Romeo and Juliet cause Chelsea Wellhord, my awsome penpal, already has that idea (sorta), and I didn't wanna copy her. Send in reviews, no flames!