Hey guys! So once upon a time, I tried to focus on other fanfics that aren't this. I failed. It's just so fun to write…

Chapter 4: Song, Stories Of The Showcase Of Talent

Tomorrow is the talent show! Show off your true talents and see who wins this

competition! You can join the show by submitting a form to the Town Hall, or

you can watch from the audience. The competition will be going on all week

long. There will also be another non-competitive day afterwards. Have fun!

This was posted onto the bulletin board. Obviously, many villagers wanted to join. Of course, including one particular human. Natallia. She was going to sing. Like most everyone else. How cliche.

There was only one issue.

Natallia face-desked again.

"Craaap, there are so many!"

She didn't know which song to sing. Yep, she was being cliche and couldn't even think of a unique twist to put on the cliche to make it slightly more bearable.

The soft and rhythmic sound of Natallia's head on her desk sounded again. "There are so many good ones! UHHHG!"

Natallia knew there was only one solution.

…

"Hey, um, are you allowed to sing a different song each day of the week…?"

…

Well, okay, thank goodness. If that wasn't a thing she could do she didn't know what she'd do. She might even chicken out! Yeah, her self esteem isn't the best. I mean, it wasn't as if she was super shy, but singing? In front of an entire town?

That consisted of, what, 17 people?

She'd be okay.

Unless a ton of people from other towns come here.

"... Crap…"

Natallia groaned and face-desked again. Ugh.

…

Bones was just taking a walk when he heard an odd thunking noise from Natallia's house.

Thunk.

Thunk.

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

Bones knocked on the door, concerned and wondering what the noise was. "Just come innnn…." A depressed sounding Natallia called. Bones did as he was instructed.

Thunk.

Thunk.

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

Oh. Oh. Natallia was repeatedly face-desking. "Again?"

"Uhhhhhhggggg….."

Bones sighed. "Please, I don't want you to bruise your forehead again. What's up?" Natallia sighed. "I signed up for the talent show competition thing." Bones raised an eyebrow, and an ear, making him look like an adorable, confused dog.

Which he was.

But, like, I'm talking about the regular animal dogs and not the villager ones.

...I saw a dog house in Tom Nook's store.

BECAUSE LOGIC!

Anyway.

"Oh, really? The competition or the non-competitive part?" Bones asked curiously. "Both." Natallia sighed. "So?" Bones asked, still not seeing the problem. Natallia stared at him right in the face.

"Because I'm nervous, and I'm singing, and that's cliche, and I don't know what I want to sing first, and damn it.."

Bones saw the problem. "Aww, you'll be fine! Come on, I bet you're great at singing!" Natallia's shoulders tensed. "But what if I'm not? What if I just thought I was okay at singing, but really I suck? And then I'll get a nickname like Miley Cyrus and everyone will call me it forever like when Lucy started calling me "Muffin" back when she was here and then everyone else did even though I hated it.."

"You hated the nickname Muffin?"

"YES!"

Bones sighed. "Come on. It won't be that bad." Natallia gave him a look that said everything. Bones face-palmed. "Dude, if your friends are really and actually your friends, they will NOT call you Miley Cyrus for the rest of your life."

"Fine, okay, I'll trust you. But I swear if I suck I will never be the same again." Bones sighed. "I know, but it'll be fine."

…

Bones sat in the audience for the first day of the talent show. Groucho told jokes, they were kinda lame, a few animals sang, Aurora and Purrl reenacted a scene in Frozen, Aurora as Elsa and Purrl as Anna. A few out of towners even performed, even though they didn't live in the town it was allowed. The Annual Lavryn Talent Show was kinda a big deal. Then, came Natallia.

Everyone who knew her and didn't know she was performing gasped in shock and awe.

She was in a dress, it was strapless and pink. It also looked oddly fluffy. She looked really nice!

She grabbed the microphone. "Uhh, hey, I don't uh, know what I'm supposed to say before the song starts. I'm kinda new at this.. So, uh, enjoy? Don't be mean please.. Uh, this song is called "Shower"." She cleared her throat and the music started.

It was an upbeat tune. She started to sing.

"I don't know, there's just something about ya, got me feeling like I can't be without ya. Anytime someone mentions your name, I be feeling as if I'm around ya."

Bones blinked. Wow, she was pretty good. The song was pretty fast paced, but Natallia was able to keep up with it, a bit shyly though.

"Ain't no words to describe you, baby. All I know is that you take me high. Can you tell that you drive me crazy? Cause I can't get you out my mind."

The song slowed down a bit after those lines.

"Think of you when I'm going to bed. When I wake up, think of you again. You are my homie, lover and friend. Exactly why.."

"You light me up inside, like the 4th of July! Whenever you're around I always seem to smile! And people ask me how, well you're the reason why I'm.."

"Dancing in the mirror!"

"Singing in the shower!"

"La da de, la da da, la da da.. Singing in the shower! La da de, la da da, la la da da! Singing in the shower!"

Bones listened intently to the song Natallia was singing. He'd never heard it before now, but it was pretty good. Although, he didn't exactly expect the first song Natallia sang to be a love song. Huh.

You know, the more he thought about it the more that dress kinda looked like a towel. Huh! Natallia actually designed a dress that looked like a fluffy pink towel just for this! She went all out!

The pace of the song picked up again.

"All I want, all I need is your loving. Baby, you make me hot like an oven. Since you came you know what I've discovered? Baby, I don't need me another No, no, all I know, only you got me feeling so. And you know that I got to have ya, and I don't plan to let you go!"

The beat slowed.

"Think of you when I'm going to bed. When I wake up, think of you again. You are my homie, lover and friend. Exactly why.."

"You light me up inside, like the 4th of July! Whenever you're around I always seem to smile! And people ask me how, well you're the reason why I'm.."

"Dancing in the mirror!"

"Singing in the shower!"

"La da de, la da da, la da da.. Singing in the shower! La da de, la da da, la la da da! Singing in the shower!"

The beat remained slow, and a bit less upbeat and a bit more sincere.

"There ain't no guarantee, but I'll take a chance on we. Baby let's take our time."

"Singing in the shower.."

Natallia's confidence seemed to boost a bit as as a few people started clapping along to the beat.

"And when the times get rough, there ain't no giving up. Cause it just feels so right."

"Singing in the shower.."

"Don't care what others say, if I got you I'm stray, you bring my heart to life, yeah."

Now the mostly the whole audience, including Bones, were clapping along to the beat.

"You light me up inside, like the 4th of July. Whenever you're around I always seem to smile. And people ask me how, well you're the reason why I'm.."

"Dancing in the mirror!"

"Singing in the shower!"

"La da de, la da da, la da da.. Singing in the shower! La da de, la da da, la la da da! You got me singing in the shower! La da de, la da da, la da da.. Singing in the shower! La da de, la da da, la la da da!"

The song ended, and everyone applauded loudly. Natallia smiled brightly. "Uh, thank you! I'll be here all week! Well, unless I get eliminated from the competition. Uh, oh gosh.. Point being, uh, see you all again hopefully!"

She bowed gratefully, and went backstage.

But before she did, Bones noticed a lot of the people of Lavryn staring at him and her with smug smirks on their faces. He had no clue why, and barely noticed.

Natallia, however, blushed slightly, and matched her pale pink dress. She bowed, and went backstage.

"Well, I guess my crush on Bones is kinda obvious. Good thing he's kiiinda dense…" She thought.

…

After changing from her custom dress into her casual clothes, Natallia went to join the audience. She quickly got her phone from her mom, who was in town for her show, and made sure the entire thing was recorded. She gave her a hug, and went to sit by her crush, who, little did he know, was the reason she chose to sing that song first.

Along the way, she got plenty of compliments and high-fives. She grinned ecstatically.

She sat by an open spot next to Bones.

"Man, that was awesome!" He yipped enthusiastically. Natallia blushed shyly. "Thanks.." "And the dress you made that kinda looked like a towel? Wow! You've really outdone yourself!" Natallia blushed harder. "Th-thank you…"

Natallia smiled, anticipating what's to come.

That was one song out of 6. Unless she got eliminated.

And so starts a series of related chapters. I'm calling it the Musical Arc. I, uh, hope this is a good chapter. I'm not so sure about this one. Don't worry, if this was horrible I'll just have a horrible rainstorm hit. Lol! Point being, hoped ya liked it, there will be more to come. Be it more of the Musical Arc, or just a horrible rainstorm and more of the usual fluff.

Hope ya liked it, bye!

*Disclaimer, I don't own Animal Crossing, blah blah blah, you know the drill. More importantly, I don't own "Shower", and you should maybe look it up if you're interested. No pressure though.