Vol. 3

Chapter 14

In the evening, Selina was walking with Luna along the downtown streets. "Today is the day where Ellie and Manny are going to 'perform' their embarrassing act." Selina said, Luna stopped walking.

"Do we have to go?" Luna complained.

"You don't have to come, but Ellie and Manny wants me to see their act."

"Let me guess, you figured maybe they needed a little break, so you put up with it but..."

"Hey, so you do understand what I'm dealing with here."

"But this isn't just a little break, they're serious about becoming stars!"

"They're going to eventually realized that this whole shenanigans is all one messed up dream."

"I don't think so."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Hello, they're applying for a big deal talent show! Now is not the time to be goofing off! They should be studying. I say you go there and tell them to quit." Luna turned around to the direction of their home. "Now, I'm going to go home. Seriously, I don't have time for this and you too! You shouldn't put up with this crap!"

"Well, aren't you the mean one; but you're right I'll do just that then." Selina continued walking.

"That's a good girl, I'll see you later then." Luna walked on home. Selina was alone on this ridiculous drama.

"I wonder what made Luna so responsible. Something must have happened before, in her past." As she was walking, up ahead she saw the man that she always bumps into.

"Hey, there!" he greeted. Selina stopped her walking and turned to a corner to avoid him.

"I just had to bump into the man I didn't want to see." The man walked the same way as Selina, seeing her standing beside a building, hiding.

"I can see you, tomboy. Don't tell me you're going to that Cinderella Talent Show." Selina ignored him. He leaned against the building beside Selina."Well, I guess tomboy would have to compete with a comedy routine."

"Are you for real? Of course I'm not going! Got out of my way! I'm going home." Selina pushed the man out of her way and walked in the direction of her home. "Damn it, he's always butting into people's business!" The man just watched her go on walking away from him.

At the public park, the glass disco ball continues to radiate it's energy to the growing crowd below. Two students were up on stage performing a comedic stand up.

A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the little girl asked for cookies and her mother told her, "No." The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, "Now Monica, we just have half of the aisles left to go through - don't be upset. It won't be long now."

Soon, they came to the candy aisle and the little girl began to shout for candy. When told she couldn't have any, she began to cry. The mother said, "There, there, Monica, don't cry - only two more aisles to go and then we'll be checking out."

When they got to the checkout stand, the little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible tantrum upon discovering there'd be no gum purchased. The mother said serenely, "Monica, we'll be through this check out stand in 5 minutes and then you can go home and have a nice nap."

The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to compliment her. "I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with little Monica," he began.

The mother replied, "I'm Monica - my little girl's name is Tammy."

After the act, Cam rang the bell. "You pass! You're stars!" She gave the two students a pass for each to indicate that they've been qualified. The next act was Ellie and Manny's. Manny was DJ-ing a song while Ellie dances and sings all over the stage. After their act, Cam rang the bell. "Congratulations! You pass!" She gave the two also passes to go to the next round.

"Yes, we did it!" exclaimed Ellie

"It must be our talent!" Manny agrees.

"People who passed will be in a show, which will be held at Madison Square Garden next Saturday! From that moment on, all of you will be stars!" Cam announced to the crowd, The crowd cheered on. Cam put on a evil smirk knowing the plan is successful.

In the next day at the college, Selina was running to her classroom hoping that she made it on time. She went to open the back door of the classroom to avoid any disturbances, but the doorway was block by stacked up desks. "What the hell is going on?" Selina end up using the front door instead, when she enter into the classroom she walked into a awkward moment, in the middle of two students' comedic act in front of the class. "...and that's how you get a naked vulture, of course!" Selina was somewhat disturb after hearing that. She looked around the room seeing that the room was half cleared out, the other half was filled with stacked up desks and chairs. Selina eventually found Ellie sitting at a table, so she walked up to.

"Good morning, Ellie!" Ellie didn't respond, instead she continue to sign on blanks of paper one after the other.

"Next!" Selina looked over Ellie's shoulder seeing that she's been signing her name on the papers. "Next!"

"Okay, does everyone have a roll of streamer?" Manny walked around the classroom distributing rolls of streamers to each student. "Oh, Selina! Here, please throw this okay?" Manny walked up to Selina and gave her a roll of streamer. In a split second, Ellie jumps on top of her chair behind Selina, which startle her.

"Everyone, I'm going to be holding an autograph session now!" Ellie announced. Selina checked the time.

"Everyone, class is going to start!" Selina warned.

"Getting into the entertainment business isn't easy!" one student said.

"We don't have time for class!" the other said. Manny stood in front of the classroom trying to get everyone's attention.

"Okay, everyone, throw your streamers!" Manny announced. The class threw the variety of clolours of streamers. Selina threw her white streamer right on Manny's face. "Ouch! You shouldn't damage a star's face!" Selina completely disregard whatever Manny said and tried to figure out what's going on.

"Something is wring here."

During break, the class made a stage out of picnic tables outside at the college's parkette. Ellie was singing and dancing to whatever mashed up beat Manny put together up on top of those picnic tables. Selina watched the scenario from afar with Luna at a bench. "Don't you think they're acting a little weird?" asked Luna who's sitting calmly on the bench.

"Yeah." Selina was standing trying to think of the situation.

"Everyone around here is acting like divas. They all think they're becoming stars and they've stopped studying and working." Luna mentions as she watches the students do some embarrassing acts.

"I wonder if this is the doing of another monster?" Selina turned to Luna.

"They're all people who participated in the Cinderella Talent Show."

"Then, I almost became one of them, too."

"Oh, so you didn't go. Why is that?"

"I had a change of mind." Selina didn't mention anything of her encounter of the man.

"Oh, really. You should thank me."

"For what?"

"For getting you to change your mind of going to that place, of course!"

"You could say that you got in the way of me becoming bate."

"I can't believe you're going to stick with that."

"Please come to Madison Square Garden on Saturday. That's where our concert's going to be!" Announced Ellie as she stood on top of the picnic table.

"We still have more tickets!" yelled out Manny.

"What are you saying?" one of the students protest.

"We're the one's who are putting a show on at The Gardens!" the other goes. The two run up on top of the picnic table and start to argue with Ellie and Manny.

"Excuse me?" Ellie said.

"What did you just say, 'it will be our concert!'" the student said.

"No, it will be our live show!" yelled out Manny.

"No, it will be mine!" the other goes. Selina and Luna sitting on the bench just watch the students go hectic on something so stupid.

"Everyone seems to think they're the star." commented Selina.

"Yup." Luna agreed

The week flew and Saturday is here, Selina and Luna went to The Gardens to see whats really going on. They saw the banner of the Cinderella Talent Show posted up at the entrance looking pretty vacant. "'You, too, can be a star.' It's weird. There aren't any customers lined up." Selina noticed. Inside the arena, backstage everyone was getting anxious to start the show.

"Are you ready? Alright, everyone's show is going to start now! You can hear them, can't you? The audience is cheering!" Cam encouraged the 'showstoppers' by using a glass disco ball thats implanted at the top of the arena radiating down to the empty seats of the audience, creating an illusion is an audience being there. The curtain went up and the audience started to clap. "Let's do our best!" said a student. The performers saw that every seat was filled and everyone was clapping.

"At long last!" Ellie goes.

"I'm getting excited!" Manny replied. The passes the performers are wearing were starting to glow, sucking the energy of each person that's on stage. The police officer and the manager were performing their crazy act as Cam sat by with the 'audience' watching.

"I'm going to start taking your energy now." Cam was wearing a button on her orange dress, she turned it causing it to collect the energy from the performers. Beyond in the shadows, Jason was collecting his orb of energy from Cam.

Soon, I will be able to offer fresh energy to our great ruler. Jason thought to himself. The performers continue to perform their acts. Selina walked into the arena from the back to see if there is an actual show going on.

"What is that?" She asked Luna as she felt something off.

"It's strange, isn't it?" Luna felt the same way. Selina could see Cam all the way in the front row seats in front of the stage. Cam got up and twisted her head 180 degrees towards Selina and Luna appearing to have a face of snake instead of a woman.

"You saw me, didn't you?" the snake goes.

"HOLY SHIT! Cam is a..." Selina screamed in fear and ran to the exit.

"Selina!" Luna followed Selina. In the ladies washroom Selina was hiding in one of the stalls, Luna knocked to get her out. "Selina! Selina!" Selina was hyperventilating trying to calm herself down. "Now, transform into Guardian Moon!" Luna said outside of Selina's stall.

"Do I have to go there again?"

"Ellie and everybody else are in danger!" Selina finally being convinced came out of the stall.

"Okay, then. Under the Rule of Diana, Lend me Your Light!"

Back at the stage, the illusion of the audience continue to clap and the performers couldn't keep up with the audience since they are losing mass amounts of energy to the imposter Cam. Ellie collapsed as she was dancing, and the same with Manny. Eventually every performer is on the ground, Cam who is really Druid, collected all the energy that was out there. The glass disco ball stopped working catching Druid's attention. "What's going on?" The curtains on the stage slide closed.

"You're the bad person who tricks those who dream of becoming Cinderella with a pair of fake glass shoes!" Said a voice. Druid stood up still in it's Cam form.

"Who are you?" it demanded. The spotlight aimed right smack in the centre of the stage, reveling Selina.

"I'm the warrior of the Hunt and the Moon, Guardian of the Moon!" In the name of Diana, I will defeat you!"

"What!" Druid leaped in the air destroying it's disguise showing it's true form, a giant glass snake.

"I knew it! You're not Cam, are you?" goes Selina, Druid blew out a string of glass right at her. Selina dodge the attack and used her defense. "Blinding Moonlight, Shine!" She blinded the snake temporarily giving her enough time to run for cover among the audience seats.

"You won't escape from me!" Druid followed, looking through in each row of the seats by slithering through them. Selina crawled under the seats hiding from the monster. "Where did you go?" Druid continue searching.

"Luna, where are you? Oh, she's never around when I need her!" Selina looked desperately for her black wolf. Selina popped up her head to see f the coast is clear.

"I found you!" said the monster; of course, the coast was not cleared! Selina got caught off guard and Druid blew out more of it's string of glass. Selina tried to block the attack with her arm but instead her arm ended up being wrapped up in glass.

"What is this?" Selina wasn't sure what she's dealing with. Druid continue to blow out it's attack making sure that every part of Selina's body is completely covered in glass. "What the hell is going on?" Selina tried to move out of the glass but couldn't since the glass began to hardened around her body. "I can't move!" Druid continue to cover Selina by sealing up her face. "I can't breathe..." Druid finally completed the glass sculpture of Guardian Moon.

"You will die there." it said. A leaf came flying through the air hitting the glass statue on the hand, breaking the hand then slowly started to crack throughout the whole body, it then completely shattered. Selina fell on the floor being freed from the glass. "What? Who?" Druid was unhappy from what just happened. Druid looked up to see where the leaf might have came from. It saw a man in shades of green with a mask made out of vines standing at one of the top seats of the venue.

"Guardian Moon, you're the star of the show!" Selina recovered from the attack quickly

"You could have come sooner, Sir Guardian Earth!"

"Good luck!" he turned and disappeared running to the back of the venue

"How dare you interfere!" Druid followed the Earth Guardian to seek revenge, leaving Selina behind. Luna finally appeared in her wolf form.

"Guardian Moon, now it's a good time!" Luna yelled from afar.

"Stop!" Druid was still looking for Guardian Earth. Selina took her silver discus from her strapped leg and ready to attack.

"Silver Moon, Watch my Aim!" She threw the discus to her opponent creating impact from behind the snake. The discus made a hole then causing it to eventually crack throughout the snake's body, shattering into a million shards of glass, also destroying the button that was used to collect the energy. At the same time, the glass disco ball exploded into glitter, sprinkling over the performers, giving them back their energy. Ellie woke up.

"Huh? What am I doing here?" Manny woke up also.

"No! Why am I in this get up?"

"How did we all even get here?" A student said.

"I don't know." The two other students woke up too. Back at Cam's apartment, Cam was finally free from the binding of the glass, and just sat in her tub being confused.

At Selina's apartment, Selina lay down on her bed feeling worn out. "I'm tired."

"Nothing good ever happens if you're always goofing off." Said Luna as she sat beside Selina.

"Why don't you relax for once, you're always so busy doing something."

"Don't tell me to relax! Have you learned your lesson?" Selina got up and looked out the window for peace and quiet.