A\N: More Skilene! ^y^ I hope this is okay, I´m not so good with doing Marlene. Thnx to those who reviewed. ;)
Marlene walked through the door, thinking she was the first one here. The otter stepped up on the stage, eyes flying over the sheet. She kinda missed having Fey here. It´s not like AT was a bad director, but still. Marlene shook it off. Probably Fey will be here when they actually perform it. The otter looked out at the chairs, imagining there´s a crowd there and that Skipper is here with her. She looked back at her sheet and cleared her throat. "We´re soarin´. Flyin´. There´s not a star in heaven that we can´t reach. If we´re tryin´. So we´re breaking free…" Marlene´s voice trailed off, then with more courage, began singing again. "You know the world can see us. In ways that´s different than who we are. Creating space between us, till we´re separate hear-" A cough interrupted the otter. "Skipper?" Marlene squinted into the dimness of the room.
The penguin sat on the far end, cowering next to a heater. "Sorry, Marlene." Skipper said as the girl headed over to her. "How long have you been here?" "Thirty minutes to be exact." The leader replied. Marlene frowned. "Why are you hugging the heater?" Skipper´s eyes narrowed. "Let me give you a piece of advice, Marlene. Never try anything on AT!" He shivered. "What happened?" "One word, marinating." Some silence followed after that. Skipper decided to break the ice. "You have a beautiful voice." Marlene blushed a bit, then shook her head. "It´s an average singing voice." "Marlene, I heard many voices before, and believe me. That was not an average voice." Skipper responded. "Oh, stop." Marlene laughed. Skipper joined her, then began coughing again.
Troy closed his locker as Chad came up from behind him. "Yo! Sup, man?" The scarred penguin punched Skipper playfully. "Tha wole team´s hitding tha gym durin´ free perod. What do yu want uos run? (the whole team´s hitting the gym during free period. What do you want us run?)" "Dude, y´know I can´t make it. I gotta catch up with some homework." "Wha?" Rico chuckled unbelievable. "It´z ony tha second day bak. I´m not behin homwok jet. I´fe been behin sinz prescull. (What? It´s only the second day back. I´m not behind homework yet. I´ve been behind since preschool)" Troy laughed, then stopped Rico with his flipper. "That´s hilarious, I´ll catch you then." Skipper passed his friend and continued down the hall. Rico´s smile faded. "Homwok? Dere´z no wai. (Homework? There´s no way)" Skipper hurried forward, knowing Rico was following him. He escaped into a class and greeted another team member.
Rico stood by the doorway, watching Skipper. "Wat´s he doin´?" Just then Mort passed by. "Hi!" He yelled, hugging Rico´s webbed foot. Rico glanced down. AT opened her mouth, then decided it doesn´t matter. Rico looked back up and realized he had missed Skipper leave. Rico turned looking down the hall, then bending forward into the class. Skipper sneaked behind his back, quickly racing to the stairs. Rico headed toward the stairs, then realized Mort was still on his foot. Without a second thought, the penguin kicked forwards, causing the light body to fly through the studio. "WEEEEEEEEE!" Mort laughed. Everyone watched him fly over their heads. "KING JULIAN! CATCH ME!" Mort sang. "Yeah, I´m not touching that." Julian replied with a grossed out voice. The mouse lemur crashed somewhere in the back of the studio. For a second nothing happened till a huge explosion set out. AT handed Private her stuff, then went back to see what damage the hyper actor caused.
Skipper had managed to get away without Chad seeing him. Just when he thought the danger had passed, his dad came out. Troy tried to hide behind a nook in the wall, but the coach was already coming toward him. Skipper slid out of sight, hiding behind a car. Maurice swept his gaze over the place for another second before coming up with the conclusion that he had just seen things, that his son was not sneaking away or anything. After the coast cleared, the penguin continued moving through the mess of people and some vehicles that are being fixed. Skipper finally got to the theatre. He grabbed a cleaning wagon and pretended to be here for a purpose, to clean.
The whole tryout crew had just entered, chattering quietly. Roger stepped up on stage, clapping his hands a few times for attention. Private was standing next to him, looking rather tiny in comparison to the alligator. "This is where the true expression of the artist is realized!" Darbus began, swinging his arms for more effect. Skipper moved to a place where he could see better. "Where inner truth is revealed through the actor´s journey-" A ringing interrupted his speech. The dreamy, joyful expression faded as Roger glared at his listeners. "Was that a cell phone?" Julian patted his jacket as all the others searched their pockets. Private leaned in a little.
"No, ma´am, sir…ma´am?" He looked at AT. "Ma´am, for now." "No ma´am that was the warning bell." Roger smiled sweetly again as he re-adjusted his glasses. "Those audi-" Julian interrupted everything again with a, "No, mom! Don´t call me! Yes, the creepy lady wants me to turn it off." "Ahem!" Roger glared again. Antonio nudged the other slightly. Julian´s yellow eyes traveled from his nails to Roger to the others then back to his nails. "Okay, gotta go, bye mom!" He kissed the phone then obediently set it in his lap. Roger cleared his throat before continuing. "Those audi-" "Hello?" Everyone groaned and Stacy reached over and plucked the cell phone from the lemur´s paw. Julian started to protest but before a whine escaped his chapped lips, the phone was thrown over the badger´s shoulder all the way to the other side of the room…straight into a lamp. "Go on!" Becky replied. Roger gave everyone another look before returning to his act.
"Those auditioning must understand that time is of the essence. We have many roles to cast and final call-backs will be next week. First you will sing a few bars and I will give you a sense of whether or not the theatre is your calling." Roger glanced at everyone over his glasses. "Better to hear it from me now then from your friends later." A snicker was heard in the crowd. "Our composer Kelsi Neilson," Private took a shy bow. "Will accompany you and be available for rehearsals prior to call-backs. Shall we?"
"It´s hard to believe! That I couldn´t see, that you were always there beside me!" Becky was singing her heart out, in a cute little brown skirt, a brown curly wig and hard-to-see freckles on her face. A red wig sat on her skull swaying with her. "This feeling´s like no other! I want you to know!" She smiled, cocking her head to the side, trying to remember. "Uh-huh, yes thank you. Next!" Roger passed her on, unimpressed.
Kowalski appeared, in a brown coat and a red tie, fumbling nervously with his clothes. "It´s hard to believe," He began, off-key. Badly off-key. He looked up and saw AT sitting in the back chair, watching him interest. Since some lights shining towards the stage, was kinda blinding him, he only saw a bit from her. Now he suddenly realized how much she looked like her sister. "That I couldn´t sneeze-" His ears caught up with his brain, and the penguin quickly corrected himself. "See." He looked back up. It almost looked like Fey was sitting there, smiling…at him….
"That you were always right there, next to, beside me." He sang dreamily. "Alan, I admire your pluck." The drama teacher began. "As to your singing-" "This feeling´s like no other." Kowalski didn´t hear anything until-"That´s a wonderful tie your wearing." Huh? The scientist didn´t have time to register his mistakes before, "Next!" Kowalski stared a few seconds before trotting off the stage. "You okay?" AT asked as he passed her. "Yeah." Seriously! What´s wrong with me? Ko shook his head lightly. He really has to pay attention.
"It´s hard to believe. That I couldn´t see," Stacy looked similar to her sister, only that she was wearing pink and had a pink rose on her head. She smiled gave Roger a charming smile. "That you were always there beside me." She winked at the alligator, who returned with a bit of trouble the gesture. "This feeling´s like no other. I want you to know!" Another wink, but it didn´t cover her mistakes in singing. "Ah, stop." Roger smiled. Suddenly, a strange, very high voice joined into the piano intro. "So lonely before, I finally fo-ound! What I´ve been looking…FRR!" Everyone´s paws\hand\flippers, ect shot to their hearing entrances. After a second of recovering, they looked up to see their mystery person was...
"Lulu?" Private asked. "I was strolling by and thought I´d pay you guys a visit. Then I found an empty zoo and a full theatre. "You´re always welcomed here." Phil signed. "Okay, continue, and Lulu…" While AT was talking to the new girl, the show continued. Wait a sec! Skipper thought. Strolling by? Since when do zoo animals, stroll by? Surely their zookeeper must know, unless….they don´t have one or worse! Used to have one! A crash ripped him out of his thoughts. Apparently the next contestant tried ballet and stumbled into a pile of…stuff. Everyone rose out of their seats to see if he\she\it? was okay. The piano tuned up again. Bada and Bing were standing on stage, singing very unenthusiastically. Bada began. "It´s hard to believe, that I couldn´t see." Bing: "Can´t see." "That you were right beside me." "Beside me." "Thought I was alone." "Alone." "With no one to hold." "To hold." Everyone sat like paralyzed in their seats. "Ohhhhh!" Mort commented from where he was tightly bounded next to AT. "But you were right beside me." "Beside me." The gorillas finished, both holding up a sign that read: Save the planet!
"Uh, okay?" AT looked at her sheet. That wasn´t the plan…but good enough. Except that sign… "BORING!" Julian yelled from his seat. Without moving a muscle in their depressed faces, the gorillas raised their fist. "EEP!" Julian hid behind Antonio, who rolled his eyes and muttered something. "Next." Roger responded. With heavy thuds, the mammals disappeared.
"Hey!" It suddenly made very close to Skipper´s earhole. The penguin jumped as he spun around, ready to attack the intruder. "Marlene!" The otter smiled apologetically. "So, you´ve decided to sign up for something?" "Uh..no…you?" "No. Um, why are you hiding behind a mop?" Skipper didn´t respond at first as he awkwardly pushed the cart away. The other grinned. "Your friends don´t know you´re here, right?" "Right."
Leonard opened his mouth to sing, but something was very imitating at the sight of a humongous alligator sitting not too far from him, his beady eyes trained on the Koloa. "Thank you. Next!" Roger made a dismissing hand movement and Leonard was out of there in no time.
"Miss…mister…Darbus is a little harsh." Skipper commented to Marlene. The girl raised an eyebrow. "The wild cat super star is..afraid?" "No! No, not afraid…." Skipper looked back to the stage. "Just…scared…" "Me too….usually." Marlene confessed.
"And for the lead roles of Arnold and Minnie we only have one couple singed up." The two students jumped slightly at the unexpected voice and Skipper pulled the cart in front of them, hoping to be shielded. "Sharpay and Ryan, I think I might be useful for you to give us a sense of why we gather in this hallowed hall." Julian was immediately up. Antonio was just about to take the lead, when a furry paw with glittery nails stopped him. Sharpay walked past him, missing the way Anotnio (and several others) rolled their eyes. Skipper grabbed Marlene´s hand without knowing it and sneaked to the last row with her. Just as Antonio was passing the piano, Private rose and stopped him. "What key?" "Oh, we had our rehearsal pianist do an arrangement." Ryan replied. "Oh."
Julian snapped his fingers and the curtains rolled in. "He´s surprisingly good at playing Sharpay." AT commented. "Yeah, it´s creepy!" Skipper retorted from the back row.
Antonio gracefully put his cap on his head. They turned around, facing the backstage people. Antonio, who had done his homework, began whinnying like a horse. He caught the stare from Julian. "Right…." "Mac!" The lemur made, snap his fingers into the others face, then shook his shoulders out of any cramps. "Go!" He and Antonio spun back around and stuck their paws through the curtain, snapping their fingers in time to the rhythm.
A delighted smile formed on Roger´s lips. Antonio took the microphone and began singing. "It´s hard to believe, that I couldn´t see," Julian joined in, "You were always there beside me. Thought I was alone, with no one to hold." Both wandered around aimlessly on the stage. "But you were always right beside me!" They ´found´ each other, then posed with their arms out, Ryan at the back, then vice versa. "This feeling´s like no other! I want you to know!" They both began dancing. "I never had someone, that knows me like you do! The way you do!" Ryan pointed at his sister with a smile.
"I never had someone, as good for me as you! No one like you!" Julian turned, pointing at the air before Antonio tapped him and the lemur quickly changed hands. "So lonely before, I finally found, what I´ve been looking for!" It was obvious Roger hadn´t liked any of the performance from before like this. He was even mouthing the words. Julian started tapping dancing, clicking his high heels as loud as possible. Skipper snorted quietly. Marlene also laughed next to him. The king continued singing, holding Ryan´s microphone. "So good to be seen, so good to be heard." The otter boy did a cart wheel, his tail accidently coming down onto the piano. Private jumped back in fright. Both started singing again. "Don´t have to say a word!" While Ryan sang alone, Julian went behind, covering\uncovering his eyes. "So long I was lost, so good to be found. I´m lovin´-" Julian tapped his shoulder and then pulled him close. He joined in again. "Having you around." Ryan: "This feeling´s like no other!" Both: "I want you to know! I´ve never had someone that knows me like you do. The way you do! I´ve never had someone as good as me for you." Ryan got kinda carried away in the dancing and started dancing into Julian, who immediately grabbed his arm and sent him a small glare. "No one like you! So lonely before, I finally found…what I´ve been looking for!"
They gripped each other´s microphones and skipped. "Do-do-do-do. Do-do-do-do-do. Oh whoa-oh-oh-oh. Do-do-do-do. Do-do-do-do-do-do. Oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh!" As the final notes were ending, they posed differently, before finally ending up together, Julian having one leg in the air as he placed on of his hands on Ryan´s shoulder. They beamed into the audience. "I was telling you not to do the jazz square thingy." Julian whispered. "It´s a crowd favorite, everyone loves a good jazz square." They smiled till Julian realized it was too quiet and glared at Private. The penguin immediately began clapping. The couple bowed elegantly.
"CUT! For now!" AT shouted. "Everyone take ten."
A\: I decided to end here, or else I wouldn´t have it finished today. Anyway, about the songs, I´m trying out a few things about how to write explaining what´s happening during a song, so I know it might have sucked. xD There are going to be major Skilene, KowalskixFey, SharpayxTroy and maybe even other stuff. R&R! (S:D)