CHAPTER SIX:
THE AWARD OF BEST FANGIRL GOES TO. . . CANDY?!
"Hello Fiore," Violet stood in the crowded, dark room with a stage. "I'm Violet and this little girl joining me is Lux." A small blonde child looked up at Violet as though she were crazy. "So Lux, who do you think is going to win, Sabertooth or Fairy Tail Team A?"
"Sabertooth." She replied as though it was obvious.
"Why?"
"Because Fairy Tail forgot about Lucy, Wendy and Master Levy."
"Do you think that L.S. is going to when against Fairy Tail Team B?"
The girl sighed, this was taking too much time. "Of course."
"Why's that?"
"Duh, this is Lucy Heart, covergirl for Sorcerer Weekly. As of last week, she has officially beaten Mirajane in terms of most covers for the magazine. I think she can do anything, with that kind of recognition."
"Oh, and what about Lamia Scale vs. Wolf Clan?"
The girl howled and made sign with her figures sticking up her first and fourth digit, when reading from the pinky on either hand, and pinching her remaining appendages to create an 'O' shape. "Wolf Clan."
"And that would be because?"
"Everyone loves a good underdog story." The small girl rolled her eyes.
"And lastly, what is your opinion on the sing off between Mermaid Heel and Blue Pegasus?" Violet was taking this interview very seriously even if her interviewee was a sassy ten year old.
"Blue Pegasus."
Violet laughed "You really think that Thing could win anything?" The older woman addressed Ichya as Thing due to her disgust at the thought of him. At the current moment she was trying her hardest not to puke.
"I was talking about the Trimens."
"Oh." Violet looked taken aback for a second, she hadn't thought about the Trimens and their ability to sing, "But their song, from what I heard, is depressing, and the Trimens are so upbeat."
"They are still performers, and performance is a majority of the scoring." The blonde informed.
"That makes sense. Thank you Lux for talking with me, but now we're going to Josh while he introduces the judges. Then it's sing-off time!"
"Thank you Violet." Josh stood in front of a table behind which sat a stereotypical array of five judges. A gray haired man sat stiff in the center of the table with an air of purpose and dignity unheard of in the stuffy room. On either side of the man were two woman one smiling and the second seemed to be questioning her decision primarily the decision to let her agent book her this job. On either side of these women sat two non-descript men.
"Here we have Mr. Yoshi," Josh started the introduction from the left side of the table with the non-descript man. "Next is Ms. Soshi, a.k.a Miss Fiore."
"Oh, please call me Candy." The smiling woman said.
"Following her is SaimonkÅu~eru" The frowning man nodded showing no emotion expect distaste. "And, I know you've all heard of Wolf Clan's Macy's sister, Popstar Shoko." Josh quickly moved from the grumpy man.
"Thanks for having me." The girl told Josh in false giddiness. "I will judge fairly even if my sister is one of the competitors." Shoko winked at the cameras and Josh.
"Moving on," Josh ignored her. "The owner of the Salt Lamp Company and our generous sponsor, Kyle E. Hart. That's it for our judges."
"Now to begin the sing-off," A wild Violet appears. "First group Sabertooth vs. Fairy Tail Team A, starting with Sabertooth." Sting uses Shirtless Attack...it's very effective. Violet fainted at the sight of a shirtless Sting as did a majority of the females in the room minus Shoko who seemed to be unphased by everything and was frowning again.
"Nine years have done nothing to you Sting, you're still as beautiful as ever." Candy cried blood dripped from his nose onto her scoring sheets.
"Thank you, Miss Candy; I will sing this song for you." A song began to play in the background. The track including clapping, light guitar strumming and some whistling sounds.
"If you love somebody," Sting began. "Better tell them while they're here 'cause they just might run away from you~"
"You'll never quite know when, well then again it just depends how long of time is left for you~" Rouge sang the next lines with his deeper bass tonality.
"I've had the highest mountains," Sting stepped ahead of Rogue.
"I've had the deepest rivers," Rouge shift causing him to be in front of his counterpart. Sting showed minor annoyance at his partner's actions.
"You can have it all but life keeps moving." A woman with long hair steps out from behind Sting and Rogue.
"I take it in but don't look down." Rufus sang before all hell broke loose as Orga came out of the stage in a spray of sparks.
"'Cause I'm on top of the world, 'ay
I'm on top of the world, 'ay
Waiting on this for a while now
Paying my dues to the dirt
I've been waiting to smile, 'ay
Been holding it in for a while, 'ay
Take you with me if I can
Been dreaming of this since a child
I'm on top of the world." The whole team sang the chorus to the rowdy applause of the audience in the surprisingly large room. Unbeknownst to them, thousand were watching on screens across the country.
"I tried to cut these corners," Minerva sang.
"Try to take the easy way out," Rufus released.
"I kept on falling short of something." Sting and Rouge sang both trying to best the other or so Sting thought. Rouge, however, was just singing and not really caring about anything. The bored expression on his face made one girl backstage to faint. No, the girl wasn't Violet, the purple haired woman was still on the ground beside the Judges' table in the center of the audience surrounded by the essence of her nosebleed, the girl in question bore black hair and strange eyes.
"I coulda gave up then but." voiced Sting.
"Then again I couldn't have 'cause," Rouge again bested Sting without trying.
"I traveled all this was for something." The duo sang out to the waiting crowd.
"I take it in but don't look down." Minerva's sung words left the room's occupants waiting. Then, the chorus began five Sabertooth member singing it in harmony..
"'Cause I'm on top of the world, 'ay
I'm on top of the world, 'ay
Waiting on this for a while now
Paying my dues to the dirt
I've been waiting to smile, 'ay
Been holding it in for a while, 'ay
Take you with me if I can
Been dreaming of this since a child
I'm on top of the world." The Tigers repeated the section twice.
"And I know it's hard when you're falling down." Rufus was currently center stage. "And its a long way up when you hit the ground, get up now, get up, get now," Minerva joined in harmony towards the end. They both left the stage via separate sides.
"And I know it's hard when you're falling down," Sting sang and turned leaving the stage.
""And it's a long way up when you hit the ground," Rouge intoned following Sting.
"Get up now, get up, get up now." four voices chanted off stage. Orga was left alone on stage to serenade the crowd with the last chorus.
"'Cause I'm on top of the world, 'ay
I'm on top of the world, 'ay
Waiting on this for a while now
Paying my dues to the dirt
I've been waiting to smile, 'ay
Been holding it in for a while, 'ay
Take you with me if I can
Been dreaming of this since a child
I'm on top of the world." and the crowd was left shocked, literally, by the Lightning God Slayer's warbling performance. One person in particular was left in even greater 'shock'; so much so, he couldn't move.
"Wow," Violet was sitting in her small puddle of red fluids and stared as Orga exited the stage. "Did he just shock us?" She asked Josh who was standing beside her and her puddle.
"OH MY GOSH!" Candy shrieked from the judging table, while doing so beat Violet for the title of Causing the Most People To Go Deaf By Screaming.
"Well, it looks like Sabertooth has one judge on their side." Josh commented.
Violet pouted. "She screamed louder than I could," the purple haired mage muttered in defeat.
"And now for Fairy Tail Team A to perform,"
The lights turned out.
"If you love somebody." A spotlight picked out Gray as he began singing. His deep tones made Violet faint, again. Candy however managed to get close to the stage. As her hand reached out to touch the ice mage, Josh picked her up and carried her by her collar to her reserved seat at the Judges' Table. For extra measure Josh stood by her for the entire performance. "Better tell them while they're here 'cause they might just run away from you~" Instead of a track playing the background gray was singing a cappella (with no accompaniment, not with his mouth just no accompaniment whatsoever).
The black haired man was replaced with a red haired girl. Erza was wearing a cropped t-shirt that came to right below her chest and exposed her toned stomach. Her hair was fell in a long ponytail and she wore tight shorts with camo combat boots. "You'll never know quite when well, then again that all depends on how of time is left for you~" She toned.
The light then found a white haired girl. Lisanna. She wore a bat-winged shirt and a pair of tight shorts adding a pair of gold wedges for a free look. "I've had the highest mountains," fire spewed up behind her in the shape of a mountain.
A second spotlight found another black haired mage. This one male as well but younger than his team mates, "I've had the deepest rivers." Ice swirled around the younger boy and created a frozen river.
"You can have it all but life keeps moving," Everything faded into darkness onstage as Erza was hit by a light. "I take it in but don't look down."
"'Cause I'm on top of the world, 'ay" The music started.
"I'm on top of the world, 'ay
Waiting on this for a while now
Paying my dues to the dirt
I've been waiting to smile, 'ay
Been holding it in for a while, 'ay
Take you with me if I can
Been dreaming of this since a child
I'm on top of the world." The entirety of Fairy Tail Team A was displayed harmonizing the chorus with the audience that had some idea of what was being said now that they had heard it once. Some fans even stopped screaming and joined in the melody.
"I've tried to cut these corners," Lisanna was lost in a maze of ice that had formed during the chorus. As the woman wandered arrows zoomed towards her, luckily she dodged them by collapsing on the ground.
"Try to take the easy way out," Erza found herself in the maze too. Fire was shoot at the requiper making her scream and fall; she was acting of course.
"I've traveled all this way for something." The black haired boy added from his postion in the maze. He also ran into an obstacle. The walls began falling on him and one large, frozen piece trapped him to the floor.
"I coulda gave up then but
Then again I couldn't have 'cause
I've traveled all this way for something." The trio stood; their obstacles disappearing into thin air. They began to walk to center-stage. Wall of ice that kept the ice maze together disappeared when the members of the singing trio walked past. Each mage seemed to be searching for something; something they found in the center of the maze. Natsu and Gray were chained to the floor in a cage made of ice. In the background the music stopped.
"Natsu," Lisanna fell to her knees.
"Gray are you alright?' Erza looked so helpless. Beside the crying girls, the boy stood stock still.
Inside the cage Natsu and Gray shared a look.
"And I know it's hard when you're falling down
And it's a long way up when you hit the ground
Get up now, get up, get up now." Natsu burned a hole through the bars of the cage. His voice raising Lisanna's and Erza's head.
"And I know it's hard when you're falling down
And it's a long way up when you hit the ground
Get up now, get up, get up now." Gray broke the ice and reformed the frozen water into a tall platform.
"'Cause I'm on top of the world, 'ay
I'm on top of the world, 'ay
Waiting on this for a while now
Paying my dues to the dirt
I've been waiting to smile, 'ay
Been holding it in for a while, 'ay
Take you with me if I can
Been dreaming of this since a child
I'm on top of the world." At the end of the song the Fairy Tail mages were singing on top of the frozen platform Gray created.
The cheers bet Sabertooth's applause by a long shoot. If it was any indication, both the grumpy judge and Shoko were slackjawed.
"Judges write your scores!" Violet appeared in the camera's view displaying that she was alive and had not experienced so much blood loss for her to have died because of it. She had changed out of her previous dress and into one made of blue cloth the flowed around her.
"Is that Wendy's dress?" Josh whispered to his announcing partner.
"So what if it is?" Violet mumbled back.
Josh sighed "Mr. Yoshi what did you think of the performances you just saw?" The redhead asked.
"They were both amazing." Mr. Yoshi replied, but Josh had already moved on to a more interesting specimen.
"Candy what did you think?"
"This is so hard! Both teams performed wonderfully. Sting was just dreamy!" She screeched.
"What about Rogue?" Violet squinted at the girl.
"Rogue? He was perfect I just thought everyone understood that." Candy blinked; couldn't everyone see that Rogue was perfect?
"Not everyone, some people think that only Sting is cute, but the ones who think that Sting, Rouge, and Rufus are cute can call themselves true fangirls. However, you didn't mention Rufus."
"You interrupted me." Candy glared at her. "I was going to mention his wonderful vocals-"
"Ha, just his vocals? and you claim the title of Biggest Fangirl." Violet pointed an accusing finger at Candy.
"I beg to differ. I think they're all equally amazing." The girls were stood head to head emanating a thickly evil aura.
"Equally amazing. Obviously Sting has the better body."
"But Rouge is so stand-offish, it's the hottest thing in the world."
"I have Sting's shirt." Violet displayed her 'acquired' article of clothing.
"Well, I have Rogue's underwear." Candy proclaimed showing to all Fiore the underwear of Rogue Cheney Sabertooth's Shadow Dragon Slayer.
"I have his hair." A bag of blonde hair was added to the quickly forming pile of stolen material that the two women had collected with their obsession.
"I have his toothbrush."
"His hairbrush."
"His address."
"His mail."
"His keys."
A scream so loud that Violet won her Causing the Most People to Become Deaf By Screaming title back, ripped from the before-mentioned fangirl's stained mouth, "I can't beat you!" She began to cry in defeat. The fallen girl's face was pressed in the floor, and her back was hunched and shaking with sobs of utter defeat.
"Ha! I am the Best Fangirl In the World!" Candy place her high heeled shoes into Violet's back. Her victory stance showed Fiore her underwear, but who would care when Sting and Rogue entered in behind you.
"Rouge, you remember how I wasn't able to find my shirt at the beginning of the performance?" Sting told Rouge.
"My keys," red eyed Rouge picked up the clanking metal, "I lost these years ago."
Josh delicately shifted the camera towards himself, "After a message from our sponsor Lumen Siderum will be performing Teenage Dream by Katy Perry."
A/N: I bet some people are freaking out right now because I never do actually author's notes like this, but I felt like I should do on this time.
I really appreciate all the OCs sent in, but unfortunately I still need more. I currently need no members for L.S., 5 members for Lamia Scale, 5 for Blue Pegasus, 10 from Fairy Tail, 4 from Mermaid Heel (please make them girls (-_-)), 4 from Sabertooth, and 3 from Wolf Clan. I also need some guys all I have are girls.
So who do you think is going to win Sabertooth or Fairy Tail Team A? L.S. or Fairy Tail Team B? Wolf Clan or Lamia Scale? Mermaid Heel or Blue Pegasus? Do you like the weird script things better than author's notes? Tell me all your thoughts in reviews.
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Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima, Imagine Dragon's owns I'm On Top Of the World (I can't see why anyone would think I would), and the story is still in Flashback as indicated by the italics.
You guys are awesome,
Owls
P.S: Someone using a guest account made an OC called Marie and I think she is too powerful if you want your OC to be part of the second arc you have to make her less powerful.
(This is the link to the ten hour version of I'm On Top Of the World that I listened to as I wrote this chapter. add it to the end of youtube's url /watch?v=hv8Ho8LRWXI)