Hi everyone, what? Did you really think this story was dead? Not a chance, I still have plenty of stories to tell. It's just that I started a new fan fiction called My Ed Academia, go check it out, it's pretty cool. I hope you all had a happy new year and a wonderful holiday season.
But enough about that, let's get started.
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Chapter 5: Peach Creek Beauty Pageant
Summer days are always blissful in the Cul-De-Sac, and the weather is rarely a problem. Except for the occasional heatwave and summer rains that come and go as they please. But other than that the days are perfect for playing outside with friends. Like today.
Lola, Sarah, and Jimmy were currently having a marvelous tea party in Sarah's backyard. They were using but the finest plastic silverware and had the most important guests attending.
"More tea Mr. Yum Yum?" asked Lola as she held the teapot in front of the stuffed rabbit. After a second she then poured tea into Mr. Yum Yum's cup.
"Would Miss Sarah like a cookie?" asked Jimmy as he offered her a plate of chocolate chip cookies.
"But of course Mr. Jimmy," replied Sarah as she took a cookie.
Lola then turned to the rest of the guests, Polly Poo Poo, and Mr. Sprinkles as she asked, "How rude of me, would any of you care for a spot of tea?"
The three children started to giggle, immediately dropping their proper manners. In these past weeks, Lola had become very close to Sarah and Jimmy. They'd play dolls with each other, have tea parties like this one or whatever. It was nice considering Lana was now busy most of the time with Rolf.
After a few seconds, the giggling stopped, and the three children were in their seats, enjoying their tea and cookies. While they were busy enjoying their treats, Lola remembered something.
"Oh, have I told you the time when Lindsey Sweetwater stole my eyeliner?"
"Oooo, do tell," replied Jimmy.
Sarah just rolled her eyes and rested her head on her right hand, bracing herself for another pageant story. She liked hanging out with Lola, but there was one thing she couldn't stand, and that was Lola's pageant stories. They were total fibs, how could a six-year-old win so many pageants? And what's worse is Jimmy believed every story, as if they were true.
"So what did you do?" asked Jimmy who was on the edge of his seat.
"I had no proof she did it, so I did the only thing I could. I went on stage without it," answered Lola.
"Oh no!" responded Jimmy.
"Oh brother," said Sarah to herself.
Lola then continued her story with a prideful smirk, "But of course I won the judges over with my natural beauty. It felt so good when I walked away with the trophy and saw Lindsey's little shocked face. Hehehehe."
"Hehehe, you go, girl," said Jimmy.
Finally reaching her limit Sarah spoke up, "That's it. I can't take it anymore!"
"What's wrong Sarah?" asked Jimmy.
"Is there something wrong with the tea?" asked Lola as she inspected her cup.
"No, it's those stupid pageant stories you keep telling us about!" answered Sarah.
Offended by this, Lola asked with a raised eyebrow, "Excuse me?"
"Uh oh," said Jimmy as he tried to duck out of the way.
"You keep telling us those stupid fairy tales every day, and I'm sick of it!" exclaimed Sarah.
"Fairy tales?! All my stories are true!" replied Lola.
"Oh please, like I'll believe that. There's no way you won that many pageants. I doubt you've ever won any," said Sarah.
Lola then jumped on the table and yelled at Sarah with a fury that is almost otherworldly, "HOW DARE YOU!? I'VE SPENT YEARS PERFECTING MY CRAFT! I'VE WON SO MANY PAGEANTS THAT I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THEM!"
Sarah then retort, "Oh yeah, prove it."
"I! I….I….i…"
Lola's anger quickly melted away as sadness started to take over. Even if she REALLY wanted to, she can't prove it. All her proof was gone. All her sashes, all her 1st place tiaras, and all her trophies were gone. Everything was swept away in that accursed hurricane, including her reputation as Royal Woods' little pageant sweetheart. She was speechless and lost her aggressive posture as she looked down in sadness.
"Yeah, I thought so," said Sarah with a satisfied smirk.
Jimmy saw the saddened Lola and try to reach out and comfort her, but Sarah spoke again before he had the chance.
"I don't see what the big deal is. Anyone can just stand around in a cute dress."
Lola started to get some of her anger back as she replied, "Excuse me, I'll have you know beauty pageants are more than just looking pretty."
"Oh please, how hard can it be?" asked Sarah with little concern.
"Just enter one, and you'll see," said Lola with her anger slowly growing.
"Well sorry princess but there aren't any beauty pageants in Peach Creek. Even if they were I'd beat you easily," said Sarah.
Lola rolled her eyes as she responded, "Oh please, you'd be lucky if you made it to second last place."
Sarah began to glare with anger at Lola, and Lola returned the gesture. The two leaned closer, never breaking eye contact. Jimmy grew nervous as he tried to hide behind his chair, preparing himself for an eventual fight.
Sarah finally broke the intense silence, "I can beat you anytime, anywhere."
"Oh really?" replied Lola as a mischievous smile grew on her face.
"How about this? I'll arrange a little something for us tonight, and then we'll see who's better. Deal?" said Lola with a sweet smile.
Sarah then placed her finger on her chin, considering her offer.
"You'll get bragging rights, a huge trophy and I'll give you Mr. Sprinkles," said Lola as she crossed her arms.
"And if you win, you'll get all those things plus Polly Poo Poo. Deal?" Sarah said as she stretched out her arm to Lola.
Lola gladly accepted the offer as she shook Sarah's hand, "Deal."
The two glared at each other with determination, neither one of them willing to lose.
Both of them then departed and went their separate ways. Lola grabbed her stuff bear Mr. Sprinkles and Sarah grabbed Jimmy.
"Come on Jimmy, we'll show her," said Sarah.
"Well this escalated quickly," said Jimmy helplessly indifferent while Sarah dragged him along.
While walking Lola had a moment with her stuff bear, "Don't worry Mr. Sprinkles, there's no way she'll win."
There were a few seconds of silence before Lola spoke again, "Oh don't worry about the pageant."
Lola then spoke with a mischievous grin, "I know just the guys to help me."
(Later in Ed's room)
Ever since the Louds moved in, Ed always wanted to show Lincoln his room. He wanted to show him his collection of monster figures, sponges, and gravy. And most importantly, his comics.
Currently, the Eds and Lincoln were reading through the various piles of comic books. Lincoln was on Ed's bed, Double-D and Ed were on the floor, and Eddy was on the couch.
Lincoln was first disgusted by the room, but he got used to it after a few minutes. Living with Lana and Lynn made him use to some wretched odours. Also, he and his family had once lived in a trash pile for about a week. Lincoln will admit Ed had a few cool things in his room.
"Ed you got some pretty cool comics," said Lincoln as he held a comic titled Raging Ninja fish.
"Why thank you," said the goofy Ed while reading "The Blob from the muck."
Double-D was busy reading a novel titled "Tolerance," he then said, "Well I suppose it's nice that Ed finally found someone to share some of his interests with."
"This stinks!" said Eddy, catching everyone's attention.
"You got anything good to read Ed. There's nothing but this stupid junk. The Forbidden Hotspot of Area 626, The Ninja Monster of the multiverse," said Eddy as he rummaged through the pile of comics.
"And this, what is this? Goatee Alien Guy!?" asked Eddy as held a comic. The cover appeared to have a four-eyed alien riding a drawing tablet through space.
"Oh yeah! He's an alien that spreads the message of art throughout the stars. Hoping to inspire the galaxy that art has power!" answered Ed in excitement.
Eddy then threw the comic away as he said, "Sounds like a loser to me. I mean who am I to say? Since I'm the dumbest character in this whole fan fiction."
…
"Why did I just say that?" asked Eddy with a raised brow.
STOMP STOMP
Before asking more questions, they started to hear loud stomping noises. It was so loud the room began to vibrate, and the sound grew closer and closer.
"Oh great, it's your brat of a sister, Ed," said Eddy in annoyance.
"Um, that's not Sarah, Eddy," replied Ed.
"Then tell us Ed, who else could it be?" asked Double-D.
Lincoln grew a bit nervous as he said, "Uh oh."
Suddenly the door flew open, and standing there was none other than Lola Loud with her stuffed bear.
"Oh Lincoln~," said Lola in a sweat tone while flashing her evil grin.
"Oh great, it's the other brat," said Eddy.
Surprisingly Lola ignored him as she started walking towards her brother.
The Loud boy finally responded, "Yes, Lola?"
"I have a small favour to ask for the best brother in the world and his friends," said Lola in an overly sweet tone.
Not believing her nice act, Eddy asked, "What kind of favour?"
"Well I'm kinda bored, and I wanna be in a pageant again. But there aren't any pageants in Peach Creek," said Lola in a saddened tone.
"So I thought that my favourite big brother and his friends could arrange a pageant for me. Since you guys are the best at building stuff," said Lola with an overly sweet tone again.
"Aw shucks," said a bashful Ed.
Eddy still didn't believe her sweet tone, and neither did Lincoln. He knew Lola for six years, and he knows when she's hiding something.
"What's the real reason Lola?" asked Lincoln with his arms crossed.
Lola scoffed before answering, "Fine! Sarah doesn't believe I won any beauty pageants and she thinks they're easy. So I decided to prove her wrong, by beating her in one. And I want you guys to make that pageant happen!"
"Hahahahaha, fat chance Barbie. Today's our day off. There's no way we're doing anything for you," said Eddy before pretending to read a comic.
Lola gave him an unamused look as she pulled down the zipper on Mr. Sprinkles' back. She placed her hand in the bear and then pulled out a handful of dollar bills. "If you do this I'll pay you 20 dollars each," said Lola.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Come on Double-D, we got work to do," said Eddy with newfound excitement as he jumped off of the couch.
"Oh very well, it's not like I wanted to rest today," said Double-D sarcastically as he followed Eddy out the room.
The excited Ed followed shortly after, "Oh boy oh boy, I forgot what we're doing!"
The only ones left in the room was Lincoln and Lola. Lincoln looked towards his sister as she gave him puppy dog eyes.
"Dang it," said Lincoln in defeat as he walked out of the room.
(Meanwhile)
Sarah decided that she would practice in Jimmy's backyard with said boy helping her. Jimmy remembered there was a time when he was into beauty pageants, so he searched through the attic and found a bunch of books that could help them.
Unfortunately, it wasn't going well. Sarah put on high heels and her yellow dress to make her look cute. But what she hasn't accounted for was that high heels are hard to walk in. So, Sarah was still struggling with her basic introduction walk as she kept falling over.
"Remember what the book says, Sarah. To win the day, you must sashay!" said Jimmy quoting the book he held in his hand.
"WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN!?" exclaimed Sarah in frustration when she stood on her feet again.
Jimmy yelled back, "I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP!"
"THIS IS POINTLESS!" yelled Sarah as she took off her shoes and threw them away.
"Why do I even need to learn this stupid stuff? Pageants are easy. Plus, I'm super cute." said Sarah with an arrogant smile.
Jimmy rubbed the back of his head before answering, "To be honest Sarah, we do need a little help. If only we had someone as good as Lincoln."
Sarah turned towards Jimmy and raised a brow as she asked, "What?"
"Don't you remember Sarah? Lola said that Lincoln coaches her from time to time." Jimmy answered.
"Nah what that does he know about pageant shows?!" said Sarah, dismissing the idea.
"Well it won't hurt to try, right?" asked Jimmy somewhat nervously.
Sarah placed her hand on chin as she started pondering.
(Meanwhile)
In the middle of the Cul-De-Sac, the Eds and Lincoln were busy constructing the stage. Well, Lincoln stayed away from the actual building; he still gets anxious if he has to do woodwork. Ed and Double-D would handle putting the stage together. Lincoln would bring them the necessary tools and lumber, and Eddy supervised them from his beach chair.
Currently, Ed was on a ladder as he kept hammering a nail, and Double-D was doing a few measurements to make sure the stage is leveled.
"Hammer a nail, hammer a nail, hammer a nail, hammer a nail," said Ed as he continued to hammer one nail.
"Mmm, perfection," said a satisfied Double-D.
Eddy was wearing sunglasses and was busy slurping a glass of fruit juice through a straw.
Eddy took his shades off to admire the handy work before saying, "Looking good boys! Hey Lincoln, fetch more wood would ya."
"Eddy, I've been carrying planks all day. Why don't you do it?" asked Lincoln as he crossed his arms.
"I'm on my break, now move it!" said Eddy as he placed the shades back on.
Lincoln sighed in defeat as he walked towards the pile of wood.
Double-D made his way to Eddy with a smile on his face.
"The stage is nearly complete. After that is lights and the concession stand," said Double-D while scribbling down a few notes.
"Just imagine it Double-D, at the end of the day we'll be swimming in jawbreakers," Eddy stated with glee.
After taking a sip of his beverage, Eddy soon noticed the lack of new wood for the stage. He immediately shouted, "Hey Linc, where's the wood?!"
When he didn't hear a response, he asked again, "Yo Linc, wood?"
When he didn't respond again, Eddy took off his shades and looked to his left, "HEY LINCOLN! WHAT'S KEEPING YA?!"
But when Eddy stopped yelling and looked around, he only saw the pile of planks and no white-haired boy.
"Where'd he go," asked Eddy as he scratched his head.
(Jimmy's backyard)
Jimmy was busy reading more of the pageant books, in hopes of understanding it a bit better. But he found himself even more confused. Who knew beauty pageants were so elaborate? Before Jimmy could continue reading, he heard his back door open. He turned towards the door and saw Sarah dragging a big brown bag, and something was moving inside it.
"Um Sarah, what is that?" asked Jimmy somewhat fearfully.
Sarah didn't answer; she only opened the back and threw out its contents. And what was inside was none other than Lincoln himself.
When Lincoln landed on the grass on his face, he immediately stood up and frantically started to look around.
"What's going on? Where am I?"
"You kidnapped Lincoln?!" exclaimed Jimmy in disbelief.
Sarah answered in her sweet innocent voice, "What, no. Lincoln here said he'll help us. Isn't that right Lincoln?"
That's when Lincoln turned around and saw the red-headed girl.
"Wait, Sarah? Oh wait, I get it," said Lincoln as he stood up and dusted his pants off.
"So Lincoln, do you know anything about beauty pageants?" asked Sarah with her sweet tone.
Lincoln folded his arms as he answered, "I do actually. I was Lola's coach a few times."
"Told ya," said Jimmy, earning a glare from Sarah.
"Could you tell Jimmy that it's super easy to win a stupid pageant? And you don't need all these skills," asked Sarah.
"Oh no nonono, winning a beauty pageant takes a lot of skills. You need to impress the judges with your overall look, intelligence, and raw talent," said Lincoln as he walked towards the pile of books.
Lincoln opened a book as he continued, "These books will give you good advice, but without a coach, you won't know how to use them."
Sarah continued her sweet tone as she asked, "And can you be my coach?"
Lincoln turned to her with a raised brow, "And why exactly would I help the girl who kidnapped me?"
Just then Sarah grabbed Lincoln by his shirt and pulled him down to her eye level. Sarah than answered with anger that could rival Lola's, "Now you listen to me, snowflake! I'm sick and tired of that princess bragging on and on about how perfect she is and how many pageants she's won, which are lies! So I'm gonna show little miss perfect that anyone can win a stupid pageant! You're gonna help me, or there'll be one less Loud in Peach Creek. Got it?"
Lincoln started sweating bullets under her glare as he replied, "gulp… Y...Yes, ma'am."
"Good," said Sarah who returned to her sweet demeanour as she released Lincoln.
"Where should we start?" she asked as Lincoln straightened his shirt.
"Well for starters, we're gonna have to do something about your look," he answered as he gestured to Sarah's yellow dress.
Sarah became angry as she replied with venom in her tone, "And what's wrong with how I look?"
"No…nothing, it's just. Yeah, it's cute. But that's about it. We need something that'll make you irresistible if you want to beat Lola. So we need a new dress first,"
"Oh, can I design it?"
Sarah, Jimmy, and Lincoln jumped back at the sudden appearance of Leni.
"Leni? What are you doing here?" asked Lincoln.
"Oh, Lori told me to get lost, so I've been walking around for hours. Can you help me get back home?" asked the ditzy blonde. It earned her a few facepalms from Lincoln and company.
(Later that night – in the Cul-De-Sac)
The sun just set and the stage is complete. The scaffold was huge, had a round arc on the top and a sign that read, "Little Beauties of Peach Creek." The platform was also well decorated with various lights and spotlights on each side. Currently, the red curtains were closed, and the spectators were taking their seats on the folded chairs.
"Mooooom, why do we have to be here?" moaned Lynn as the Loud family took their seats.
"Now Lynn Jr. you know we should support all your sisters' activities," answered Rita while holding baby Lily.
Lynn continued to complain, "I know, but I could've been doing something so much better by now."
"I could've been writing a new poem on anguish and suffering, but instead, I'm living it. If one of us suffers, we all suffer," said Lucy who was sitting on Lynn's right.
Shake Shake
Just then the two girls turned to their right and saw Rolf was busy sprinkling Lucy with salt from a shaker.
"Um Rolf, what are you doing?" asked Lynn.
"Purifying the witch, of course, Rolf does not wish to receive bad juju while attending this social gathering," explained Rolf as he started to use a pepper grinder.
"She's not a witch dude," said Lynn with an unamused look.
"Fool!" replied Rolf as he continued.
That's when Leni joined the group.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late," said Leni as she took her seat.
"Where have you been, dude?" asked Luna.
"Me and Lincoln were a bit busy with something. I hope you guys like it," said Leni with excitement. Causing a few of the Louds to look at her with raised brows
Meanwhile backstage was Eddy, he was wearing a white tuxedo with a black bowtie and a red rose. He was currently pacing back and forth, growing more and more irritated. That's when Lincoln showed up.
"Hey, Eddy sorry I-"
"Where the heck have you been Lincoln? We had to finish everything without you," said Eddy, interrupting Lincoln's sentence.
"I-"
Eddy once again didn't let Lincoln finish as he spoke again, "Nevermind, look the show is about to start. You need to move it to the judge's table."
"Wait, what.."
"Just go!"
With that Eddy shoved Lincoln away. He then cleared his voice and quickly combed his hair back.
With a microphone in his right hand, he said with confidence, "It's, showtime."
Outside the stage, Double-D placed a cassette in a boom box, then when he pressed the play button music started playing. The spotlights then pointed towards the platform, and the curtains pulled back to reveal a charismatic Eddy who flashed the crowd with his winning smile.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first ever Little Beauties of Peach Creek pageant!" announced Eddy earning a few hand claps.
"Tonight, two girls will compete for the title of "Little Beauty Queen"! They will be judged by our expert panel of judges. Nazz, the local sweetheart. Double-D, the brains of the Cul-De-Sac. And last but not least, the man with a plan himself, Lincoln," said Eddy as he introduced the judges.
The judges' table was right in front of the stage. All judges waved at the spectators when their names were announced. Double-D was, of course, more nervous than the other two.
"And if you're feeling like chowing down on some grub, make your way to the concession stand on your right!" said Eddy as he pointed towards the stand.
There were various snacks and junk food that people could purchase such as soda, popcorn, hotdogs, chips, etc. And the one running the stand was none other than Ed.
"I'm the sales Ed!" exclaimed Ed with excitement.
"Now without further ado, let's get these lovely ladies up here! First up we have the cutie of Royal Woods, Lola Loud!"
As Eddy announced, Lola walked onto the stage and stopped on Eddy's right. She smiled and waved at the crowd as sweetly as possible, earning a few cheers and applause.
While smiling Eddy leaned towards Lola and whispered through his teeth, "Remember our deal, short stuff."
"I'll pay you when the pageant is over," answered Lola through her teeth.
"Looking good Lola, remember not to show too much teeth!" said Lincoln from his seat.
Double-D leaned towards Lincoln and asked, "Where were you today Lincoln? You just vanished without a trace."
"Oh, right. About that, umm…"
But before Lincoln could answer Eddy continued, "Now time for our next competitor, give it up for Sar- UH!?"
The crowd fell silent as their jaws dropped when they saw Sarah walking up to the stage. She had a dress that reached to her shins, and it was red at the top and black at the bottom. She was also wearing black high heels and eyeliner. Her hair was tied up into a bun on top of her head.
Dare they say; she actually looked cute.
Even Lola was shocked by how good she looked, but she had a hunch. She glanced at Lincoln, who in response gave her a nervous smile. "I'll deal with you later," whispered Lola to herself.
Sarah looked back at the crowd and smiled as she waved to them sweetly. Eddy was staring at her while scratching his head in confusion.
"Hey, Ed! Where's your loud mouth sister!? And who the heck is this!?" yelled Eddy in the microphone, causing a few people to cover their ears. Out of annoyance Sarah grabbed Eddy by his shirt and pulled him down to her eye level.
"It's me you horse head!" said Sarah with anger in her tone.
Eddy looked at her in disbelief as he said, "Really? Is it April Fools already?"
"Just get on with it, fat head," said Sarah as she released Eddy.
"Yup! It's you alright," said Eddy as he straightened his shirt.
Eddy cleared his throat before continuing, "Well, now that everyone's here. Let's begin!"
The crowd started applauding.
"She threatened you didn't she?" asked Double-D.
Lincoln only nodded.
"Thought so..."
(Minutes later)
"First of our competitions, The Evening Gown walkway! Our gorgeous little ladies will prove they can strut their stuff while wearing fabulous dresses!" announced Eddy with much enthusiasm.
Nazz leaned to her left towards Double-D and said, "Looks like Eddy's enjoying himself."
"Indeed, Eddy always gives a good performance in front of spectators," replied Double-D.
"First up, Lola!"
On Eddy's word, Lola walked out from behind the curtain and appeared on stage. She was wearing a red tango dress of some sorts, black high heels and wore gold bracelets on both arms. The outfit was also frilly at the bottom.
With style and grace, she walked down the catwalk, showing her beautiful dress to all the spectators. When she turned around and walked away, she gave the spectators a quick wink before walking back to the curtains.
"Now let's go to our judges," said Eddy.
The judges pulled out huge cards with numbers on them, with these the judges can rate the performance from 1 to 10 points each. The showed their cards.
Nazz: 8
Double-D: 7
Lincoln: 8
The crowd applauds, and a few of her family members cheered.
"Nice going Lola!" cheered Lincoln.
"You're doing great sweetie!" yelled Rita.
"Go Lola go, go Lola go!" cheered Leni.
Eddy cleared his throat before announcing, "Up next, Sarah!"
Sarah was wearing a long black dress, and her hair was down. She also wore a black choker and black long sleeve gloves on each hand. The young girl walked out on to the catwalk with as much grace as Lola, almost. She stumbled a bit while turning on her high heels.
When she went back behind the curtain, the judges showed their points.
Nazz: 5
Double-D: 6
Lincoln: 6
"Go Sarah go, go Sarah go!" cheered Leni.
"Leni, who are you cheering for?" asked Lori.
"For both of course silly," replied Leni, earning an unamused look from Lori.
Peeking through the curtain Sarah saw her score and was beginning to grow weary.
"Not so easy is it?" remarked a smug Lola who stood behind Sarah with arms crossed.
Sarah turned back and retorted, "This ain't over yet princess!"
(Minutes later)
After changing back into their former attire, both girls were now standing on stage next to each other.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen, we've seen that they're beautiful. But are they smart too? It's time for some questions!" announced Eddy.
"The dork is digging this way too much," said Kevin.
Eddy stood in front of Lola first with question cards in hand.
"Now Lola, your question. Can a child as young as you and younger help the... enveeo...envi...inferma..."
"Environment Eddy, environment," said Double-D to Eddy.
Eddy shrugged as he replied, "Whatever. So, what's your answer?"
Lola cleared her throat before speaking, "Honestly, I believe children of all ages can make a difference for the better. It doesn't have to be big jobs, but a lot of small jobs makes a BIG difference."
"Judges?" asked Eddy.
Nazz: 5
Double-D: 6
Lincoln: 7
Double-D looked at Nazz's score and asked her, "Why such a low score Nazz?"
"I've heard that song and dance before dude. It's nothing really special," she answered.
"I see..."
Eddy then walked towards Sarah as he said, " Alright Sarah, your question is. Do you think women should have equal power to men while in the gof...goveee...gopher..."
"Government Eddy, government!' corrected Double-D.
"What is with you and these stupid questions?" asked Eddy.
Sarah grabbed the microphone from Eddy's hand before speaking, "You wanna know what I think?"
And with that Sarah delivered the mother of all speeches to the audience of how women should have equal power and even higher power in some areas. No one in the history of the world has ever delivered a speech like her. Every president in history paled in comparison to her at that moment. Everyone was left speechless with their jaws hanging open.
The judges pulled out their cards.
Nazz: 10
Double-D: 10
Lincoln: 10
With a proud grin on her face, Sarah gave the microphone back and walked towards backstage, leaving everyone with their mouths still open.
(Minutes later)
"It's time for the grand finale folks! Our final competition, the talent show!" announced Eddy, earning him a few applause.
"Bleh. Lola's just gonna do her stupid ribbon dance again. You guys watch, I'm gonna get some grub," said Lynn as she stood up from her chair and made her way to the food stand.
Placing her arms on the counter, she spoke up, "Hey big Ed, get me a dog, would ya."
"Okee-dokee!" said Ed as he searched under the table.
Ed than came back up with a proud smile as he held the dog Charles in his hands.
"Here ya go, Miss. One dog, hold the onions," said Ed as he placed Charles on the counter. Charles had an annoyed look on his face.
"No Ed, I meant a hot dog," said Lynn.
"Oh right," said Ed as he dug threw under the table again.
He returned with a box of matches in his hand, "One hot dog coming up!"
Charles whimpered as he then tried to escape.
"Don't go, Chaplin!" exclaimed Ed as he chased Charles all around the stand, crashing into various things and earning a facepalm from Lynn.
Lola was first on the stage. She placed a cassette in the boom box, and it started to play the instrumental of Swan Lake. As the music played Lola, with her ribbon in hand started dancing to the rhythm. With each skillful step, she waved and twirled her ribbon in an almost hypnotic fashion. She ended her routine with her by spinning in a circle with her ribbon twisting around her.
After her performance she bowed to the crowd, earning herself a massive round of applause. She looked to the judges with anticipation.
Nazz: 7
Double-D: 7
Lincoln: 5
"5?! What the heck, Lincoln?!" yelled Lola in frustration.
"Look, Lola, you're a little rusty, and I've seen you do way better than that," said Lincoln who wasn't intimidated by Lola.
"I'll show you rusty after the show!" screamed Lola before she stomped her way backstage.
Now Lincoln was intimidated.
Next up, was Sarah. And Lincoln was not looking forward to this, because he knew what was coming.
Sarah placed a cassette in the boom box as well, and when the music played she started to... Irish dance?
"Um, Lincoln?" Double-D asked.
"We tried to make her choose something else, but she didn't want to listen," he answered.
She danced in rhythm with the music most of the time, missing a few beats and she almost stumbled once. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. After her performance a few people hesitantly applaud. And the judges gave their score.
Nazz: 4
Double-D: 4
Lincoln: 5
The results infuriated Sarah as she stomped her way backstage. Lincoln was now more fearful for his life than before.
(Minute Later)
Both girls were on stage with Eddy, who was holding a sash and golden plastic tiara.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's the moment you've been waiting for! It's time to see which one of these cuties won the title of "Little Beauty Queen!" said Eddy, earning applause.
"Thank goodness it's almost over," said Kevin who was utterly bored.
"We're getting to the good part Plank," said Johnny in excitement.
"And now, the winner is..." said Eddy as he started to open the envelope.
The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Both girls waited, glaring at each other showing that they're not backing down.
Eddy opened the envelope and read the winner, "A tie! Wait. What?!"
"WHAT?!" yelled Lola and Sarah in unison.
"What?!" yelled the spectators.
"Who?!" asked Ed, covered in bite marks and scratches.
"A tie?" asked Sarah in disbelief.
Lola was displeased as well when she yelled, "What do you mean it's a tie?!"
"Sorry dudes, that's how it is," said Nazz in response.
"Indeed, we summed up your points. And the overall score is even," explained Double-D.
"Looks like you both win," said Lincoln with a nervous smile.
His words however only made the girls angrier.
"NO! I'M THE WINNER! GIVE ME THAT!" yelled Lola as she tried to grab the tiara from Eddy.
"Hey, let go squirt!" yelled Eddy as held on the prize.
"NO IT'S MINE!" yelled Sarah as she tried to grab it as well.
It resulted in the three getting caught up in a fight cloud.
"Now that's entertainment!" said an amused Kevin.
"Lola Loud stop this at once!" yelled Rita as she stood from her seat.
"Young lady if you don't stop you'll-"
Before Lynn Senior could finish his sentence, the stage started to shake. With every passing second, the shaking grew more violent because of the fight cloud.
Double-D quickly made his way to Ed, and he asked, "Ed, you hammered the support beams like I said didn't you?"
"What's a support beam?"
"Oh no,"
And at that moment, the stage collapsed on itself, creating a massive cloud of dust and debris.
After a few seconds, the dust finally faded, through coughs and squinted eyes the spectators saw that all that was left was a large pile of rubble.
"Wow, they sure brought the house down. Hahaha, get it?" joked Luan earning groans from everyone around her.
"Oh dear, Eddy are you alright?!" yelled a concerned Double-D.
"MY BABY!" yelled Rita in sheer panic as she started searching through the rubble.
But this was proven unnecessary because Lola was starting to emerge from the rubble. Her hair was a complete mess and covered in dust — her tiara in ruins, and her dress torn in certain areas.
"AAAHHHH! MY DRESS IS RUINED!"
Lola realized that she wasn't the only one who said that. She turned to her left and saw Sarah was in bad shape too. The girls just stared at each other for a bit, neither one of them saying a word. Throughout most of the day, they were mad at each other, but after tonight, they started to see things differently.
Sarah now realizes that pageants aren't easy like she thought, and she admits Lola has skills. Lola saw that Sarah was actually pretty good for a rookie. And tonight, was actually fun. The two girls started to laugh; any negative feelings they had for each other now gone. They hugged each other and apologize for the trouble.
"I'm sorry," they both said in unison.
With that, the spectators departed and headed for their homes. Ed and Double-D stayed behind, hoping to find Eddy.
With his arm reaching out of the rubble, Eddy finally emerged from the wreckage like a zombie from one of Ed's films.
"It lives!" screamed Ed in fright. Then, as Eddy cleared off the dust and debris, Ed quickly recognized him. "Hiya Eddy!"
"Where is that good for nothing twerp?! SHE OWES ME MONEY!" yelled Eddy.
"I'm afraid Eddy, everyone left," explained Double-D.
It just added to Eddy's frustration, "AAAAAHHHH! Why didn't I charge admission!? WHY!?"
"Well Eddy, try to look on the bright side," said Double-D.
"What bright side? We wasted the whole day for nothing!" replied Eddy.
"I found a worm," said Ed as he held an earthworm in his hand.
...
Eddy finally said in defeat, "I'll take what I can get."
END OF CHAPTER
This chapter took way longer than it should've. I'd like to thank Hotspot for once again helping me with the editing and MaruisWales for the cover art. I appreciate them both. Now as for the next chapter. Stay tuned, I'm planning something fun.
Until next time.