Outside Studio 1

A Troupe dancers were told Nationals auditions were being held at Studio 1 but then Ryan and Piper saw that the door was locked.

and there was a sign that read 'B Troupe DANCERS ONLY STRICTLY OFFLIMITS FOR A TROUPE DANCERS'.

"A Troupe auditions are in Studio A Follow me". said Amy (New Co-Studio Head of The Next Step) Noah and Ryan were excited to get the auditions done.

At Studio A

"The auditions will be split into two groups- Group 1 will be: Piper, Ryan, Tommy, David, Taylor,

and Group Two will be: Chad, Becca, Anna, Alice, Michelle, Emily, Hunter, ". said Amy.

Group 1 started dancing to the song 'Flying' , Piper knew she had to give it 100% she wanted to make it to Nationals this year.

Ryan, Tommy and David were doing big jumps in the air, and Taylor was joining in with Piper and doing a solo part of the dance.

Amy was impressed, Noah walks out of his office into Studio A, To see the auditions.

"Group two please" said Amy, group two begun dancing to the song 'Clouds will Roll', Hunter was missing the steps, Emily begun jumping in the air and doing a solo, Anna was dancing she had to make it to A Troupe she wanted to be part of this time but so did Alice, Hunter done a big lift.

"Thank You everybody we will make our decision in my office" said Noah, Amy and Noah exit Studio A To make their first Decisions as Co-Studio heads.

At Studio A, Noah's Office

"Tommy is a good dancer I know that for sure" commented Amy, "Yes but that's the thing they are all good dancers but they have to be perfect dancers they have to make us impressed" . said Noah, "Well who are you going to put on A Troupe?" asked Amy, "we have to decide as we both are Studio heads". said Noah.

Noah and Amy finally after deciding who makes A Troupe they finally decided who will be on their Nationals team.

At Studio A

"the dancers for our A Troupe is - Taylor, Tommy, David, Anna, Alice, Piper, and Ryan". said Noah, Taylor was so happy but Emily, Michelle and Hunter were so disappointed that they didn't make it onto the Nationals team.

"Wait we didn't make it onto the Nationals team?" asked Hunter, "I am sorry Hunter but those dancers we called out are our A Troupe so now you must leave the studio". said Amy, "but I worked so hard for everything". said Hunter, "Come on Hunter let's go" said Emily supporting Hunter through this bad time.

"Who's going to be the new Dance Captain?" asked Taylor, "We will be holding a vote you will all vote for who you believe should be your new Dance Captain this year the person who gets the correct number of votes will be your Captain!" exclaimed Noah.

"come to the office - if you are interested in being Dance Captain" said Amy.

At Studio A, Noah's Office

David walks into Noah's office, because David has worked hard to be a technique skilled dancer, he knows he will be perfect candidate for Dance Captain.

Taylor walks into Noah's office too.

"Okay can somebody tell me what you both want?" asked Noah, "I want to be Dance Captain My sister was the Dance Captain of A Troupe last year and now she's hurt I want to do her proud I want to do The Next Step proud". said Taylor.

"Well I am technique skilled dancer - I am sure that i will be a great Dance Captain, i know i can lead The Next Step because when i am Dance Captain there will be no breaks, just full out dancing the entire day". said David.

"thanks you two but you really need to ask your follow dancers who they will vote for and you don't have that long so hurry". said Noah.

Taylor and David rush out of the office.

"so who do you think is going to be Dance Captain?" asked Amy, "I think Taylor because David is a bit intense". said Noah.

"well we will see ". said Amy.

At Studio A.

"Can I count on your votes?" asked Taylor, "Taylor sure you can count on my vote". said Piper, "Mine too" said Ryan, David walks up to Tommy , "if you don't vote for me as Dance Captain I will never feature you in any of the dances". said David, Piper overheard everything and she saw that David was very mean.

"David I have had enough of this ever since you joined The Next Step you have been always thinking you are better than any other dancer well we are going to test it apparently you can't do hip hop so after the vote we are going to do a hip hop only Dance Captain battle the winner becomes Dance Captain". said Piper.

after Noah overhears this he begins to think maybe he shouldn't of been the Studio Head, Noah overheard everything that David said to Tommy but Noah didn't know how to handle the situation.

Noah finally knows what he wants to do with his future.

At Studio A, Noah's Office

Noah had called Miss Kate into his office to discuss the future of The Next Step, "what's Miss Kate doing here?" asked Amy, "I am sorry Amy but you and Noah won't be Studio heads anymore Noah has told me about Piper defending a follow dancer against someone who wanted to be a Dance Captain So Noah thinks Piper would be a great Studio Head". said Kate.

"it's time for us to leave the studio Amy - we all had the time of our lives at Regionals and with Piper as The new Studio Head the studio will make it to Internationals I am sure of that". said Noah.

"Okay let's call her in shall we". said Kate, Kate knocks on the glass window and Piper walks into the office.

"what is it?" asked Piper, "Piper you were very brave today you spoke out like a real leader so me and Amy are resigning as Studio Heads of The Next Step and we want you to take over as The new Studio Head of This studio". said Noah.

"but I have a boyfriend". said Piper, "your boyfriend is Ryan right? see I have heard about him he was at Regionals I think he would be a great candidate for Head Choreographer". said Kate.

"Okay Thank you". said Piper.

At Studio A

"Right A Troupe listen up You now have a new Studio Head - Miss Piper will be leading you to Nationals and she will be leading The Next Step to a future so we have decided to give her the choice of who she wants as Dance Captain". said Noah.

Piper knows who is going to be Dance Captain of A Troupe "The answer is simple she's hard working she likes to work as a team the new Dance Captain of THE NEXT STEP IS - TAYLOR" Announced Piper.

"I am Your new Head Choreographer ". said Ryan.

Taylor was so excited that she became Dance Captain of The Next Step Dance Studio, David was disappointed and cross that he wasn't Dance Captain.

Noah and Amy leave the studio, "Good Luck Piper". said Kate as she exits the studio.

"Why aren't I Dance Captain?" asked David, "because you are very intense and A Dance Captain needs to be supportive of their team and If I made you Dance Captain you would boss people around that's not the reason people are appointed Dance Captain they don't just do it to boss people around they do it for the team and to be a leader". said Piper.

"so what do we do now your Studio Head?" asked Taylor (newly Appointed Dance Captain) "Well I will be holding auditions For new dancers". said Piper (New Studio Head) Ryan and Piper walk into the office.

Studio A, Piper's Office.

Piper was so excited to be the Studio Head and Ryan was happy to help Piper as Head Choreographer.

Piper gets a phone call from the office phone, "Miley?" asked Piper in shock, she received a phone call after a couple of days rest Miley is now better.

"Miley is coming back to the studio tomorrow". said Piper, Ryan and Piper were happy that Miley was fully rested.

Richelle returns to the Studio A, "Piper I am back!" said Richelle, "Richelle what about your snapping hip syndrome?" asked Piper, "who's this?" asked Ryan, "She's on A Troupe she's been away for a long time because she hide her injury". said Piper.

"Who's this?" asked Richelle, "This is my boyfriend Ryan The Head Choreographer I am Now the new Studio Head of The Next Step". said Piper, "you deserve it Piper" said Richelle.