Disclaimer: Too tired… not mine
The lights blinded me and I was surprised. Here I was and no one laughed and I wanted to cry. So instead I began to move slowly then rapidly. The music was playing somewhere. My white dress encircled me and all I could think of was the past that lead me here.
The rubber shoes on her felt… weird to say the least. Eriol had handed them to her yesterday and told her to practice in them. It had been about a week since she had been discovered by him.
What are you talking about" asked innocent little sakura. One may have thought"aww... What a cute girl" but if you looked closely you could notice her small trembling, her pure eyes turning somewhat glassy, tears threatening to spill out. But you could also notice that she was shell-shocked. It was from a lot of things, but especially that hug he gave her. Yet his mysterious smile never wavered and that alone had kept her from running. Going to her mom or dad and hiding behind them, under the warm embrace of those she knew would never hurt her was a great temptation (Within Temptations… band I'm listening to hehehe).
Though despite her thoughts all jumbled up what Eriol said next registered and had her hooked.
"I can teach you how to dance in safety, a studio, with approval."
"Eriol-kun? Where are you?"
I was scared; he had taken me to this place, with these weird things and is that him? Came my sudden thoughts. Mom wanted me home by five and it was three. Small guilt prickled me. I hadn't told them about this. I'd never purposely avoided telling them something, but they would be happy to see me happy I reassured myself. Back to the subject though, I needed to tell him. And I didn't want to be alone, but I kept that to myself. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately and it scared me. A Lot.
I couldn't see Eriol now though and took a good look at my surroundings, I was in a narrow corridor and the walls were painted a light-ish dark-ish color, blue I think it was. It calmed me and I continued forward. Suddenly a soft tranquil sound was heard and I followed it, weaving in and out of each confusing corridor until I came upon a large beautiful marble room. There I saw Eriol with another person, a tall silver haired person and they were both discussing something meanwhile I looked and saw that someone else was playing the piano. But before I could really see the person I heard someone call my name. The silver haired person. It seemed gently and he was really… pretty, if I could say that. His voice made my heart race and I wondered what was wrong with me so I did the most logical thing, hit my chest.
It hurt and to say the truth I was-am- embarrassed. They were looking at me weird. I think Eriol wanted to laugh at me. That made me annoyed. I was about to say something but then the piano began to play again and the silver haired man told me to dance.
I was flustered and somewhat happy. I could dance in front of them and not get in trouble? Yay! So I did, I started out slowly, circling the room. I want to show them what I could do. I wanted to float. My dress was flowing around me and I was delighted and I really wanted to do some type of jump so I did. I seemingly crouched and then slowly came back up and elegantly jumped. I was so proud of myself! But then the music stopped and all of a sudden hands encircled my waist. It was Eriol and his scheming eyes that fascinated me. My face grew hot and I pushed him away asking him why he did that.
"To stop you. Sakura, you haven't listened to me. I told you to listen to your heart, not your wishes." He said this then chuckled darkly,
"I seemed to have forgotten to tell you something. You were being grades to see if you were worthy enough to be taught"
My heart stopped and looked to the man,
"I can't accept you."
My heart sank and I wanted to scream. I was so childish! I should have done better! I berate myself and slowly but surely tears came out. I felt hatred towards him and Eriol. He humiliated me. Let me think I had a chance and now I felt broken and I didn't know if I could pick up the pieces. Then the man began to walk away and I screamed for him to stop without thinking. Surprisingly, he did. I felt like I was trembling. I probably was but I didn't care. Why was I so naïve! Why. Tear drops began to fall and impatience finally took the man.
"Don't you have anything to say? You are a waste of my time"
Then I broke and began to speak without thinking,
"Anything! I'll do anything. Work night and day, work to the point of fatigue and onwards, I can do because I fell it in my chest. My heart feels light and I feel as if… as if I'm nothing. I feel as if I'm nothing and no one to dispute between what fulfills me. Even... even if I can't dance here I dance somewhere else. I'LL DANCE. I'll fulfill this feeling of longing no matter what because deep down I think I can do it. Because it's worth it."
I finally calmed down and noticed that he didn't seem to be paying attention. I got up slowly and weakly walked to the door but then I could hear laughing. The pianist was laughing, Eriol was laughing and I felt worse.
Suddenly Eriol spoke,
"You pass. You pass because of your passion that was the test all along! You have talent we'll just have too break it down some, mold it."
I was in shock and then seriously happy and then the silver haired man spoke,
"I'll take you for your word"
I looked towards him and saw he was walking toward me. As soon as he was near his slim arms grabbed my chin and pulled it up,
"I'll take you and work you. You'll cry more than you did now. You'll want to quit and when you do I'll have the satisfaction of seeing it. But if you make it through you'll prove to me that I didn't waste my time. Do that. But remember, you'll cry, you'll be sore and bleed. Are you willing?"
I looked at him and said yes wholesomely. I suddenly felt older and wondered if this is what I would always feel while fighting for my dream. But I'd work. No matter how hard.
Finally updated. Yay! Its 12:11 and I'm tired but thank you for reviewing dbzgtfan2004 and lovin girl. You guys supported me and I'll always remember you all. Oh yeah and that guy is Yue. Sorry for any grammatical mistakes and I hope you all have a good Christmas.