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The Spring Festival (& Play) pt.1

"Hey, check this out!" Odd said, pointing at the bulletin board in the school entrance.
"The school will be holding auditions for the new play to be held during the annual spring festival. All interested should go to the auditorium." Odd read.
"What do you think?" he asked.
"Count me out" Ulrich said "After last year's fiasco I've had all I can't take of plays"
"Yeah, me too" Jeremie said. "Standing in front of all of those people... Uh uh"
"I'm going to see if they need any musical assistance" Odd said.
"Aelita?" he asked.
"Hmm, I don't know..." she said
"Ah, come on. It'll be great"
"Ok, Ok, I'll go with you" she sighed.
"Great. I'll see you there during break".

"Ready?" Odd asked, his guitar slung over his shoulder.
"Would it matter if I said no?" Aelita asked.
"Oh no you don't" Odd said, grabbing her arm and steering her towards the doors of the auditorium.
"Wow, look how many people there are" He said as he and Aelita walked in.
They went to the back of the line. While they were waiting Odd started talking to the kid in front of him.
"So what kind of play is this?" he asked.
"It's some kind of musical fairy tale, I think" the guy said.
"In the beginning and end there'll be some singing by a choir, and in between some love story involving a princess, prince and a witch."
"Singing huh?" Odd said, looking at Aelita.
"Hey, guess whose aiming for the princess role already?" the kid said, poking Odd in the ribs.
"I should have guessed" Odd said as Sissi stepped up.
"And your here for ?" The arts teacher asked.
"The role of Alexia the princess" Sissi said, flipping her hair.
"Sorry, but that roles all ready been taking. Next"
Odd laughed as Sissi walked away in shock.
"I wonder who got the role?" Aelita wondered.
The line trickled out until only a few kids where left.
Odd played his guitar while Aelita sang a few bars. They both got an applause from the teacher who signed their names to his list.
"See, I told you you had nothing to worry about" Odd said as he packed away his guitar. "Oh, I can't wait to tell Jeremie" Aelita said.
"Sigh" they heard behind them. They turned around and saw the teacher slumped slightly in his chair.
"Uh sir, is anything wrong?" Odd asked.
"Hm? oh, not much" the teacher said. "I just haven't been able to find the perfect prince today. Only one kid came close. some guy called William" he said, checking his list.
"Sorry to ask, but can you tell us who the princess is going to be?" Aelita asked.
"Sure, it's going to be..."

"Hi Ulrich"
"Hi Yumi. Boy, you sure look down in the dumps"
"Yeah. You won't believe what happened to me today."
"Ulrich, Yumi!" They looked up and saw Odd running towards them, Aelita trailing behind him.
Odd ran up to them, gasping. "Hey Odd, how'd it go with the play?" Ulrich asked.
"Have you told him yet?" Odd said, ignoring Ulrich
Yumi shook her head.
"What? Tell me what?" Ulrich asked, look at Odd and Yumi.
"Say hello to Princess Yumi" Odd said, smiling broadly.

"Your in the play?" Ulrich asked, eyes wide in shock.
"How?"
Yumi look at the ground in embarrassment.
"Gustave Chardin, the arts teacher, auditioned every one in on our class this morning" she said. "He said I would make the best princess and wouldn't take no for an answer"
"Well at least it'll only be this once" Ulrich said.
"Uh Ulrich, William's got the part of the prince" Aelita said.
"William?" Ulrich said angrily.
"We'll just see about that" he said, running off to the auditorium.
"Do you think he has a chance?" Aelita said as they watched him go.
"Does Xana rule the world?" Odd said.

"Understudy?" Ulrich asked, staring at Mr. Chardin.
"Yes. You're not too bad, but William's still just a bit better.
Thanks for auditioning" he said, and started packing up his stuff.
Dejected, Ulrich walked back to his room.
"So how'd it go?" Odd asked when he walked in.
"That bad huh?" he said as Ulrich fell face down on his bed.
"He made me understudy to his royal pain William" Ulrich mumbled.
"Well that's not too bad. At least you can still rehearse will Yumi"
"Hey, you're right" Ulrich said, looking up.
He reached for his mobile and quickly dialed Yumi.
"Hey Yumi, it's me. I made understudy. Yeah. Hey, can I come over to your house tomorrow to go over the lines? Sure, I'll be there then. See you tomorrow"
He put down his phone and lay back down on his bed, hands behind his head.
"I've got a feeling this is going to be good" Odd said.

Ulrich walked down the street towards Yumi's house. He was filled with mixed emotions. He was happy that he could be with Yumi and that they'd be rehearsing together. But then he remembered that Yumi'd be in the play with William and that in the final scene they'd have to...
"Don't think about that Ulrich" he said.
He walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. "Uh oh" he thought to himself as Hiroki opened the door, a big grin on his face.
"Oh hi Ulrich, are you here to see Yumi?" he asked innocently.
"Hi Hiroki. Yeah, is she here?" he asked.
"Let me check. Yumi, your boyfriend is here!" Hiroki shouted into the house.
"Hiroki!" Yumi growled, walking up to the door. Hiroki ran away laughing.
"Sorry about that, Ulrich" she said, blushing slightly.
"No problem" Ulrich said as he walked in and followed her up to her room.
"Oh boy" Ulrich thought, gulping.