"Okay so how are we going to do this?" Alya asked me. It was nearly time for that thing to happen and we were already halfway to the Akuma. Alya took her mom's car while she was sleeping. Now driving down the highway into the unknown in the pitch black darkness, something in my mind at the time should have said this is weird and wrong. But, I was not a thinker at the time.

"I go in, perform, get money, get out!" I said.

"And you're going to be wearing THAT?" She said. I nod my head as I looked down at what I was wearing. My god, I am blushing at the thought as we speak when I remembered this. The drive there was long, but we made it. I had told my parents that I was spending the night at Alya, which was half true. I did, then we snuck out since her parents are heavy sleepers. No serious, an earthquake could happen and they wouldn't wake up. So when left the car, I nearly felt my spirit leave my body. This place is not what I expected, then again, I wasn't expecting much.

A large building with purple butterflies lights shining on its black painted walls. A two-door entrance with a sign that read: AKUMA. In big bold purple letters. All around were two types of people, high Richie looking men in suits while their young woman wore diamonds and cocktail dresses. It looked so fancy, and I was here in a ladybug leotard that made my ass looked like a bubble but that was hidden under black stockings. Alya slams her car door as she walks up next to me.

"Wow, I can smell bullshit left to right here." Alya said as she gives me my back. "Good luck girl, and remember if you want to leave, I am a call away!"

"Right!" I told her before we went our separate ways. I was instructed, when I signed up for this online, to go to the back of the dressing rooms. Doing so, I tried to avoid the staring eyes of the rich people waiting outside to do god knows what. All of them made snickering sounds at me as I head to the back. I knew I wasn't part of their group, and I didn't care! Get the money and get out, that what mattered! So, when I found my way to the back, I found a man sitting in front of a silver door that had the words DRESSING ROOM on it. I approached the man and said:

"Hi! I am performing tonight!" I said with a smile on my face. The man stands up from his chair…and wow! He is a tall person!

"Performance number please?" He asked, his voice sounded like a frog choking on its own ego. I pulled out my phone and showed him the confirmation I got in an email when I signed up. Scanning the screen, he nods his head to me before opening the door to let me into a dressing room of some sort. A BUNCH of men and women either naked, half naked or dressed beyond that of even my common sense were in this room. All screaming, running around or practicing their singing. They all looked like professions, and here I was in the last minute outfit I had to pull out my ass just for tonight.

I was wearing a ladybug print leotard with my mother's red pumps she barely wore when she was younger. The top part was strapless with a black ribbon that was tied under my breast that hanged. Wearing black stocking on my legs and ladybug printed gloves that went above my elbow. I felt a very cold in this outfit, especially with the painted ladybug mask on my face. I didn't have enough cloth to make a mask, so I just drew on my face, the dots matched perfectly with the outfit.

"Oh my god! It's a noob everyone!" A woman…or man. I am so sorry but I could not tell this person gender, they looked like a drag queen, the problem is I could never tell the difference. Soon after a bunch of eyes were on me, making mine widen in fear as they stand to their feet and approached me. One in a sparkly dress opens her/his mouth to say:

"Well looky here, little ladybug came strolling into a spider's web." The woman/man said. I am not trying to offend, I honestly didn't know the gender. "Coming up in here like you own the damn place."

"I bet you she got her outfit from goodwill!" A woman shouted, it amazed me, I was only in here for two seconds and I was already being bullied.

"Okay, humiliate the newcomer, I get it!" I said. I was trying to laugh these people off and be on my way, but something was telling me it was not going to end that easily.

"Girl listen here!" One of them started as they approached me. This one looked like a burlesque dancer, I must say her legs looked amazing. "Aint nobody going to be playing with you, so listen up! If you even think you can come on here and take miss fox's title, bitch you better be thinking again."

"Who?" I asked, the next second the whole room goes silent. I feel like I am in church and I sneezed during prayer.

"Oh my god…" A man responded. "She hasn't even heard about the queen!"

"Am I missing something?" I asked. One of these people were about to say something, but was stopped when a red-haired female enters the room to shout out:

"Calm down Uniqua!" The red-haired woman shouted as she walks in between the two of us. "Or else I will throw you out this building."

"But she-NO BUTS!" The red-haired woman shouted. She then turns her attention to the other's and shouted: "We go on in five, the cherry starts first!"

"Cherry?" I asked.

"Yes honey, the newcomers always go first." The woman responded, she didn't even bother to look at me. "We like to single out the talent from the none talent. You're first because you came late, so enjoy."

She said before walking out, oh my god. I am up already?! I need time to prepare! I need time to memorize the lyrics! Oh crap, I think Alya was right! I can't do this! I need to get out of here! At that second, I was too scared to even leave! So in a scurry, I walked towards the nearest door I could find, which lead to the stage where the tortures magic were to begins. Dropping my bag to the ground, I walked over to red curtain to peek at the audience that was on the other side.

"Holy shit!" I thought to myself, I saw hundreds of people sitting at tables of gold. Drinking, talking, eating and possible foundling with the help. I saw so many laws being broken in one night here then I have more of my life!

"I can't do this." I muttered to myself. Turning my body back to the door, I run walk to my bag and picked it up, reaching for the knob, the door swung open with two green eyes staring down at me. It was a male with black hair and a black suit.

"Oh, you're the cherry." He said to me. My eyes widen to the size of plates at this moment. I could die right now and not even find any fault but my own. I didn't want to be here anymore, I wanted to go home! Alya was right!

"You're up in a minute, have something to give me?" He asked me. I was staring into those green eyes for a second before realizing the question. I reached into my cleavage and gave him Nino's flash drive.

"Track 8." I told him. Let the chaos begin because I knew in my heart that I was never going to be able to walk , this was happening so fast! Extremely fast! Like, can't wrap my brain around fast, holy crap! The curtains are opening!


Kikkie: XD