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The trio walked through the halls, Roxas being silent and listening while Axel and Xion told stories about all that they had done back in Traverse Town. Roxas had a smile on his face.

He had been so worried about his sister, thankfully she seemed to have made a friend in the Olette girl and she already had a friend in Axel. Xion was going to be okay.

"Remember that time that we snuck into Kairi's practice?" Axel asked with a smile. Xion laughed and finished.

"Yeah, and we got kicked out because we were too loud since we laughed whenever they tried to throw Yuna up and she fell flat on her face," both friends dissolved into laughter. Roxas smiled.

"What class do you have next, Xion?" Roxas asked. The bell was about to ring, so they had to get her to her class since she had no idea where it was at.

"Oh...erm...Pre-Cal with Mr. Highwind," Xion answered. Roxas grinned.

"We're not too far from there. It's just around the corner," Xion smiled at him.

"Thanks Roxas."

Axel looked on with a smile as the siblings shared a moment. He knew that he was Roxas's closest friend besides his brothers and he also knew that Xion was only friends with his family back in Traverse. Both of the Strife's were so terribly alike, yet they had never met before until last night.

"Axel, could you bring Xion home?" Roxas asked. "Last night, you said that you were in theatre," Roxas explained to a confused looking Xion, "Axel's part of theatre here - so he could get you in." Xion smiled at Axel with hope in her eyes. The red head grinned.

"Oh yeah, sure," he assured. "You thinking of auditioning?" Xion shrugged.

"Not really...I mean, I love Sweeney Todd, but there is a system here that I don't want to screw up. It sounds dumb, but to me it makes sense," she explained. "Olette said that Mr. Raulaim would make me audition for a part if he saw talent in me, but other than that I won't."

"Who would you audition as?" Roxas questioned, curious. Xion smiled.

"Johanna Barker," Axel grinned.

"If we both got it, you'd be my daughter," Xion laughed.

"Mr. Todd," Xion teased, still laughing. Both of the old friends looked back at Roxas since it seemed like he had invisible question marks floating around his head. They laughed and grabbed him by his arms.

The two walked Xion to her class, where the bell rang and they scurried off to the other end of the school.

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"Wow this place is huge," Xion remarked once her and Olette walked into the school's auditorium. The room sloped down, with at least a thousand seats all lined up in neat perfect rows. The stage was amazing in and of itself. It's main curtain was a dark purple with a gold trim, while the back curtain was a light pink with tan trim. It was bigger than Traverse Town's stage, but it also couldn't be as old.

"Well well well," a voice called throughout the room. "Olette, who is it that you have brought?" Olette stepped to the side to let Xion walk though and up to the director. She smiled at him.

"Hi, I'm Xion Strife - the new student," a few nearby people gasped at hearing the last name but Mr. Raulaim stopped them.

"Do you like theatre than, Miss Strife?" Xion nodded.

"I was in all of Traverse Town's productions since I was seven. I got the lead in a few of them," Mr. Raulaim's eyebrows raised.

"You wouldn't happen to be the same Xion Strife who was Mimi in Traverse Town's production of RENT, were you?" Xion blushed. Mr. Raulaim smiled and clapped brilliantly.

"That was a wonderful show!" he exclaimed. "I took my troupe here to see it, they were all in tears by the end of it. I think I jokingly poked at your teacher if I could steal you. You were an excellent Mimi, my dear," Xion blushed. "You have a lovely soprano voice."

"Thank you," Xion said with a quick bow of her head to hide her quickly reddening cheeks. She could never take praise well, something almost exactly like her mother.

Now everyone had gathered around to see what the commotion of the new girl was all about. A few girls looked on enviously while a few had their eyebrows raised in appreciation. Axel was standing in the back with the world's biggest smirk on his face.

"Now Miss Strife," Mr Raulaim started. "We will be doing Stephan Sondhaim's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Since your soprano voice is just lovely, I'm asking if you'd like to try out for Johanna this coming Friday." Xion nodded.

"I'd love to," the pink haired director smiled again.

"Excellent! You'll need to have a lyrical ready and also some dialogue, but that probably won't be any trouble for you. It'll be a private audition in front of me. You could do a duet with someone who is being Anthony, but your best bet would be to sing privately first." Xion nodded. Mr. Raulaim turned back to the troupe who was standing around.

"Alright then! Let's get to work!"

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