Zarina and Cristian were in Naples, Florida for a casting audition for the summer reality show, "DJ Rise's Soundbooth." Cristian explained to her that after "Let's All Dance Until We're Sick" ended season 1, they'd get to reuse the mansion. They'd get to pick 18 kids to perform and stay at the mansion for the summer.

Then Zarina started to wonder who DJ Rise was. "He won four Harmony Hammers for Newest DJ, Best Male Performer, Best Song, and Best Music Video," Cristian explained, "and is an old friend of mine."

An African-American man with a blue fedora and hip hop fedora came in. "You must be DJ Rise," Zarina said.

"Correction," he said, "DJ Rise is my stage name. My real name is Leandro Kendal."

"My old 'Wild Boogie Garden' star," Cristian recalled as he gave his former costar a high five. "You're the reason my nephew Jalen became a DJ."

Zarina was surprised that Cristian knew DJ Rise. "Back in the '80s," explained DJ Rise, "We were 11-year-old street dancers auditioning for Jayson Quick's 'Wild Boogie Garden'. It was also there we met Julien Quick, Jayson's son and major disco dancer. After the three of us were auditioned in a troupe, nothing was the same anymore."

"Let me get this straight," Zarina said. "When casting for a new kids show, you go over the pictures, acting resumes, and see if their singing, dancing, and acting is good enough?"

"That's what we did when we auditioned for other shows," replied DJ Rise. "I remember the time when the three of us did a Chunky Puffs commercial."

XxoxX

Ten minutes later, Zarina, DJ Rise, and Cristian we're organizing their stuff when a bunch of boys came in. Two boys with brown hair and early 90s clothes came up, "I'm Braydon," said the eldest boy, "and this is my little brother Brysen."

"We're audition for 'Rise and Shine''s soundcheck," replied Brysen

"You mean 'DJ Rise's Soundbooth'," corrected Cristian.

"I'm a master of playing the drums," Braydon explained, "and Bry can play the ukelele."

A biracial Latino boy came up to the trio and said. "Hi. I'm Javion Contreras. I'm an acrobat."

Zanell was amazed because this reminded her of her self-defense lessons when she was a kid. Her father gave her non-stop defense lessons through acrobats and wrestling and they used the beat of the drums to focus. Despite her hard training, she didn't give up. On her mini-computer, she detected danger at the pier. She beamed, "Luckily, the audition doesn't start for another thirty minutes." As she teleported at Naples Pier, she spotted a strange-looking street-performer playing "Don't Want You Back" on a stolen keyboard dreadfully. She knew that it couldn't be right because the keyboard wouldn't fit in the guitar case.

A woman and her son were walking along the boardwalk when her son spotted the performer. "Hey, Mama!" he shouted, "There's a funny-looking man playing a funny keyboard!"

"Stay away, Otis," said his mom. "Street performer aren't to be messed with."

With a glimpse, Zanell quickly knew who he was. "Zayn the Ztreet Man," she recalled. "I was afraid I wouldn't see you again."

"Princess Zanell," replied Zayn. "Care to hear my version of 'Don't Want You Back'?"

"No," growled Zanell. "You're disturbing the patrons."

"You're on Earth," said Zayn. "Wait until your father hears about this."

Before he could attack, Zanell tossed an empty bucket at him. "You're not telling my father anything," growled Zanell as she loosened her hair.

Out of Zayn's guitar case came a laser gun. He tried to shoot her down, but she missed the shot. With her telekinetic powers, Zanell tossed some recyclables at him. Zayn was annoyed because she interrupted his performance. He bounced onto the railing of the boardwalk and played more dreadful notes. Thinking hard, Zanell thought up an idea on how to stop Zayn. "Boo!" she shouted.

Hearing the words, Zayn slipped and fell into the water. Out of the ocean, he felt upset, because his clothes and his keyboard were ruined. Then he tripped over and grabbed a bunch of balloons. Holding a bunch of balloons in his hands, he lifted up and up and up. Everyone laughed at the poor street performer.

With a smile on her face, Zanell decided to go back.

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As she got back to Studio New Realm, Cristian was feeling relaxed while the rest of the crew was starting to worry about Zarina. Zarina adjusted her hair, came out of the bleachers, and said, "Sorry I'm late. I had a little trouble with a street performer. Don't ask."

With one smile, Cristian was okay with it. "Listen up," he announced towards the kids. "We'll be using Backstreet Boy songs for the auditions. We won't announce whoever's in the cast until this May. Don't be discouraged if you don't get the part. We can always give all of you the latest DJ Rise CD."

First, they performed "All I Have To Give," "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)," "I Want It That Way," and finally "As Long As You Love Me." During their auditions, Brayden and Brysen played "Don't Want You Back" in their version while Javion did his acrobatic skills as he listened to "We've Got It Goin'."

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After two hours of the audition, Zarina and Cristian were finished. "Nice job being casting directors," DJ Rise said. "I think these guys have potential, especially those two brothers with the drums and ukelele and that acrobat."

"Same with us," replied Cristian.

"I'm going to let Braydon, Brysen, and Javion in," Zarina explained. "They kind of reminded me, DJ Rise, and Cristian from when we were on 'Wild Boogie Garden'."

Before they could leave, Brysen came up to them and gave her a drawing of the Backstreet Boys. "I made this yesterday," explained Brysen. "Braydon and I watched the piloted 'Plane of Sickness Dancy'."

"He means we saw the pilot of 'Lets All Dance Until We're Sick'," Braydon corrected. "My brother is still in kindergarten."

Zarina looked at the drawing and was amazed by how he got the features of the Backstreet Boys right from B-Rok's red hair to Kevin's facial hair. She was glad because this was the best fan art of the Backstreet Boys she'd ever got.

Javion came in because he forgot his backpack. Looking at him, Zarina gave him a hug for doing his best.

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The next day at Studio 25, Zanell was going over the auditioners while eating some Natural Terrace Tortellini and Tranquil Garden Salad that Chef Pablo made. Remembering the drawing, she decided that she should let those three boys in.

"Zarina," said Mr. Guidi as he finished his lunch, "shouldn't you be at the jewelry show for Tranquility Treasure?"

"Right," replied Zarina. "Forgive me. I couldn't get a bunch of boys out of my head."

The End.