A/N: This is the third chapter for this drabble/ficlet collection that serves as my entry to a fanfiction contest in the Hey Arnold! Creative Ideas Group. Song used for this chapter is Fighter by Christina Aguilera. For the record, I don't own Hey Arnold!, it's a proerty of Nickelodeon and Viacom and the song used for this chapter is a property of RCA Records and Christina Aguilera.
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Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Helga and Courtney, the most popular girl in Hillwood High who was a year older than her always had tight competition in the softball team. Both were fighting for the MVP spot and not just that, they compete in almost every single thing. Looking back into the wrong things that Sandy has done to her, including the incident where Courtney "accidentaly" stained Helga's new dress with a bucket of mud which caused everyone during their school dance to make fun of Helga, and there were even more incidents where Helga was humiliated by the same person, she decided to use those events to help her become better than Courtney in everything.
"That social climber...she really thinks she's better than every single person in this school. I'm going to show her who's the better girl." Helga said to herself as she stepped into the softball field
She went to her position and she could hear the crowd cheering for their school which gave her more strength to do well in the game.
"You better not screw this up, Pataki, and oh, I'll still be better than you are." Courtney said
"Watch me, Powderpuff." Helga said as she positioned her bat in preparation for the incoming ball
Helga hit the softball during the first pitch, and also in the succeeding pitches but just as the second half started, she started to miss some pitches and when time-out came, Courtney used this to demoralize Helga, especially because their team was almost losing already.
"You know what Pataki, you might as well give up and ask someone else to substitute you. You already screwed up and we wouldn't want you to screw up this game any longer." Courtney said as she drank her water
"Really Courtney? You think I'm that easy to demoralize. You better bury that down your freaking brain, I'll win this game before you can even say that you won another MVP award." Helga said as she walked back to the softball field just in time for the the game to continue
Helga wasn't able to hit the first pitch right after the time-out but after a few pitches, she was able to hit the ball again like she did in the first half and their team won and there was also another good news, she has been awarded as the MVP of the game.
"B...Bu...But that's impossible. The results must have been rigged." Courtney said as tears started to flow from her eyes
"I told you I'd win this game." Helga said as she walked away
"I...I...was wrong about what I said...I'm sorry." Courtney said
"Yeah. Whatever." Helga said