Chapter 15: Stacy Fights Back

Stacy put her missing earring on, and left the dressing room. She began to walk back to the stage, when someone grabbed her arm. When she turned her head, she was shocked at who she saw.

"Father!?" Stacy said in shock.

"The one and the same." answered Mr. Supil.

"What're you doing here? H-how'd you find me?"

"You're quite the celebrity now, I saw you on TV, and you're coming back to Creatropolis."

He tried to drag her away.

"But I don't want to."

Mr. Supil looked at her with an angry face. He pushed her, and as she fell to the ground. But when she did, she accidentally turned on a camera that was connected to the big screen above the stage.

On stage Nancy just finished her gymnastics routine.

"Wasn't that great folks, and now here's Stacy." said Buster.

But to everyone's shock, Stacy didn't come on stage, but she and her father appeared on the big screen.

"What the?" he whispered, he looked at Eddie for an explanation, but Eddie just shrugged his shoulders.

"So now you want to grow some backbone?" Mr. Supil questioned.

Stacy got back up, but then Mr. Supil hit her with his cane. Norman told his kids to go to the bathroom, and Michael told Brianna and Cassia to go get some snacks from the concession stand. The other contestants were shocked, and so was the audience.

"Did you really think you could make something of yourself, did you think you could actually be a queen in this silly pageant? You can wear the nicest clothes, and hide behind all kinds of makeup and jewelry, but you're still a clumsy, worthless, good for nothing girl."

He whacked her in the leg, arm, and head with his cane. Once again pushed her down, and put his cane and foot on her back.

"Now you're going back." he threatened.

The others were about to go back to help her, but Stacy acted first. She wasn't scared of her father, she wasn't sad by his words, she was down right angry. She grabbed his cane, and got up.

"No I'm not. I'm not going back there. All my life you've hit me, belittled me, insulted me, treated me like servant." Stacy answered, as she used the cane to hold him back, then she hit him in the leg with it.

The two continued to fight, and Buster gave Eddie the signal to close the curtain.

"We'll get back to you in just a moment folks." Buster quickly informed.

And he hurried behind the curtain.

In the fight, Stacy knocked over the camera, and it broke leaving the screen nothing but static.

"All these years of your abuse and demanding ways. "Stacy do this, Stacy do that", well I've had enough." said Stacy.

Mr. Supil was about to say something when he grabbed his chest again.

"Father?" she whispered.

Mr. Supil continued to hold his chest and wheeze, until he passed out on the ground.

"Father." she whispered again, she nudged him with his cane, but he didn't move.

In shock Stacy didn't know what to do, she couldn't go back on stage, not the way she looked. Her makeup was all smudged, her fur was a mess, and her dress was dirty and torn. So she decided to just step outside for some air.

She walked outside the stage door, and breathed the warm evening air. Suddenly the door burst open, and Buster, Eddie, and the other contestants hurried over to her.

"Stacy!" they all shouted.

"Huh, what are you guys doing out here?" she asked.

"We wanted to make sure you were okay, we saw you in that fight." Buster told her.

"Fight, but how could you..."

Then Ash answered,

"We saw you on the big screen on stage. Was that your boyfriend?"

"Boyfriend?" wondered Buster confused.

"You see Mr. Moon while we were rehearsing we noticed, that she was jumpy, had bruises, and didn't have much freedom, we thought she left Creatropolis to get away from her boyfriend." explained Ms. Crawly.

"Is that true?" Eddie wanted to know.

"Well sorta, I was abused, belittled, and controlled by someone, but he wasn't my boyfriend."

"Your husband then?" asked Nancy.

"Actually, he was my...father." Stacy admitted.

"Your father?" everyone replied in surprise.

"Yes, I take it you heard about the abuse?" asked Stacy.

"We did? You really went through all that?" Rosita wanted to know.

"Yes, but that's a story for another time. You guys should get back to the pageant."

"But what about you?" asked Meena.

"Look at me, I'm a mess and I can't go back out there." Stacy told her, holding the skirt of her dress.

"There's a spare dress in one of the dressing rooms, why don't you get cleaned up, and we'll see you on stage for a minute." Buster suggested.

Stacy thought about it, and said,

"Okay."

They all went inside, and Buster called the police to come and take the body of Mr. Supil away.

The police came in through the back door, and Buster went back out on stage.

"Hello everyone, very sorry for the interruption, but we will be continuing with the pageant in just a couple minutes." said Buster.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the judges wave him over. He went down to them. They wanted to know what had happened, and Buster explained to them what Stacy had said.

A couple minutes later, Eddie opened the curtains, and all the contestants were wearing their evening gowns. Stacy had changed from her blue dress into a nice purple one.

"And now it's time to crown our new Miss Calatonia."

The audience applauded, and the contestants looked a combination of excitement and anxiety.

"Now you're all wonderful ladies, you have looks, a great mind, and talent. But only one can be the queen."

Nana Noodleman handed Buster an envelope, and he opened it and took out a piece of paper.

"And our Miss Calatonia is..."

The audience was on the edge of their seats wondering who was the winner, and the contestants were waiting to hear which one of them was it.

"Stacy."

Stacy was absolutely shocked, as the audience and other contestants cheered. Some animals came out with a rose bouquet, crown, sash, and check. But Stacy was so in shock, she didn't move.

Missy gave her a push, and she walked up to the center of the stage. The animals put the crown on her head, the sash around her, and gave her the check and bouquet. She looked out in the audience and saw everyone was taking pictures of her.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our Miss Calatonia." Buster introduced, and everyone clapped and continued snapping pictures.

"So Stacy, any words?"

He held the microphone up to her.

"I'm shocked and confused, how am I the winner, I didn't get to do my talent." Stacy mentioned.

"Well Stacy, the judges saw you on the screen, and they decided seeing you stand up to your father like that was the most talented thing they've ever seen. And I agree."

Stacy smiled, tears formed in her eyes, and she thanked everybody, and everybody including the other contestants clapped for her. This was no doubt the best moment of her life. As Buster watched Stacy have her moment, he realized she looked very pretty and had many great qualities.

That's chapter 15, plz review