Total Drama Act I: The First Interlude (Reupload) Chapter 7: EP7: All My Secrets Away, a total drama series fanfic

Day #5, Musimental Theater

In the staff room, everyone was in it. Chris came in with an agitated expression on his face.

"Hey, man. You alright?" Don asked. "Need a drink or something?"

"Nah, I'm good." Chris nodded. "Let's get started with the intro now, shall we?"

"Hold on a minute there." Chef stopped them. "Chris, what happened to you in the outro last night? Did something happen that you didn't want the audience to hear?"

"Uh, nope." The host answered being a little flustered but was trying his best to hide it. "Everything's going alright."

Candela eyed him suspiciously. "Okay..."

"Anyway," Dean stood up and turned on the camera.

"Good morning everyone, viewers from around the world!" Mara waved at the camera.

"Yep! Wait a minute..." Louiza scratched her head. "Have we EVER introduced ourselves in this season?"

Everyone stood there in silence for a bit until Dustin spoke up with a simple answer.

"No."

...

"Okay, I'll go first!" Candela stood. "I'm this season's creator, Candela Monsoon!"

"I'm Don! One of the hosts!" Don waves.

"Chef Hatchet here, also a host." Chef stated blandly.

"And Chris McLean as a host as well." Chris shrugged.

"And as for the staff, I'm Amaya Parker but peeps call me-"

"Yeah, yeah Maya. We get the point." Dean scoffed. "I'm Dean Lawson, also part of the staff."

"Marabel Garcia here!" Mara smiled. "I'm also part of the staff but everyone here calls me Mara."

"Dustin Newton-Obsidian reporting for staff duty. Heh." The chess player laughed.

"Hah Shutape." Hah plainly stated.

"I'm Louiza Gail Taylor!" Louiza grinned.

"Noah here!" Noah shouts.

"Eden De Parsel at your service." Eden saluted.

...

"Wow, we actually sound pretty stupid." Mara commented as the title screen shows.

Episode 7: All My Secrets Away

"I care if you guys accept me or not for what I am, or what I was. If you guys can't accept me, I guess I'll do my best to leave this competition."

Musimental Theater Cafeteria, 10:00 AM

Team Forte was busy eating their breakfast. The previous day was kinda rough and suspicious, so could this new day be any more stranger?

"Something definitely seems off here." Faith commented while stirring her cup of coffee.

"Yeah." Vivianne nodded and ate her toast. "Has anyone seen Arreis?"

The other members of Forte looked at each other suspiciously.

"Now that you mentioned it..." Amanda said and pushed her plate aside. "I did remember seeing her left the mess hall before the program."

"Yeah. Let's look for her." Vivianne nodded and the three of them head onto the hall.

As the three girls kept going forward down the hall, they started to wonder even more about what happened to their teammate. After all, Arreis was a part of their alliance.

Until they came across a certain door.

"Hey, look." Amanda said and read the note taped on to the door. "It says 'No one messes with my office or they'll end up like someone who was just here recently.' Okay, what the hell is that supposed to mean?!"

"It means that we should stay away from it, genius." Faith rolled her eyes a bit. "But there's something about this message though..."

"Yeah," Vivianne nodded. "The fact that this is Chris's office."

"Well, yeah, but it says that anyone will end up like someone who was here recently." Faith told them. "So what if that someone was Arreis?"

"Hm, you may be right..." Amanda jutted her chin. "...but you may be wrong."

"Huh?"

Meanwhile, Evander was walking down a different hallway. Heading to the stage, he saw Robert.

He apparently walked up to him, who was on the backstage.

"Hey, um... thanks for saving my back last night." he said sheepishly. "I would've got the Noisy Note by now if it wasn't for you."

"Well, that's what teammates are for." Robert smiled. "You know bro, I think it's about time that we should form in a friendly alliance together."

"Great idea." Evander nodded. "Besides, our team is in a huge risk right now."

"Uh-huh." Robert nodded. "So, what should we do right now?"

"Well, I'll say that if you might get the chance of being picked, I suggest you start practicing right now." Evander shrugged.

"Sounds like a plan." Robert nodded and the two shook hands.

In the other side of the cafeteria, Gabe was sitting, stirring his cup of coffee.

"Wow, this is starting to feel like this show is going on forever." He shrugged.

"Hey, what is occurring in your mind on this precise moment?" Olivia approached and sat across from him.

"Nothing really." Gabe shook his head. "Maybe I just need some more sleep."

"Exhausted?" Olivia asked.

"Probably." Gabe nodded in response.

While the two were having a conversation, Clayton, Xavier and Mairead were having their own conversation as well.

"Who do you think will perform later?" Clayton asked the two.

"Can't be me." Xavier shook his head. "I already did."

"We all know that, genius." Mairead playfully smacked his arm.

"Owwww!" Xavier whined. Clayton ended up laughing.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Are you guys like that?" He asked.

"Well she is!" Xavier rolled his eyes.

"There you guys are!" Kimmie squealed as she approached the three.

"Hey Kimmie!" Xavier waved. "What's up?"

"Oh, I was thinking that you guys are talking strategy again, but I guess not." She shrugged. "Anyway, I have a problem. Candela told me earlier that we all have to shoot a video of us performing a song in a cappella. It's for the upcoming a cappella challenge which will happen until merge hits. I need to let the others know."

"Okay..." Mairead nodded. "Who should we tell then?"

"She did mentioned everyone but Spear and Faith." Kimmie answered.

"Wait, what's up with those two?" Xavier asked, getting confused now. "And why Spear though? He's in our team!"

"Whoa, chill down." Mairead assured. "It's not like they got eliminated, maybe they were going to perform something else."

"Exactly, so let's go on ahead." Kimmie told them.

Backstage, 12:00 PM

The contestants were now in the backstage, getting ready to shoot the a cappella video.

"I can harmonize in a lower pitch." Sal volunteered. They were deciding who is doing what.

"I'll go solo." Kimmie shrugged. "Candela told me to do it anyway."

"I'll harmonize behind you." Vivianne told her.

"I can help with the beat." Robert declared. "Hey, where are Spear and Faith?"

"They're not supposed to be here." Clayton shrugged. "Heaven knows why..."

"Great, let's start!" Kimmie said.

Sixty minutes later...

"Ugh, I don't get it... why do we sound so stupid?" Amanda groaned. "I mean, we completed it once already but I still think it sounds wrong! We need to redo it!"

"Okay, let's try it again." Robert said. "3! 2! 1!"

"Ooooooooooh..." Mairead harmonized. "Oooooooooohhh..."

"Oooooooooooohhh..." Amanda joined in.

"Oooooooooooooohh..." the two continued.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh..." Sal, Robert, and Evander harmonized at the same time but with different pitches. Clayton then joined in a bit higher pitch as Kimmie started to sing.

"I'm a princess, cut from marble, smoother than a st-"

"Contestants! The program starts in ten minutes!" Don yelled.

"Wow, it's been an hour already?" Evander frowned. "Well crap."

"GOOD AFTERNOON PEOPLE OF THE WORLD!" Don shrieked.

"We're here live in the Musimental Arena with Episode 7!" Chef said.

Everyone stared blankly at him.

"What?" He asked.

"We're in the Musimental Theater." Candela said.

"Yeah, so what?" Chef asked again.

"You said Musimental Arena." Chris blurted.

"Booooooo!" A kid yelled out of nowhere and threw a tomato at him.

"ROTTEN!" one of the judges said in the judges seats. The seats were faced backwards so it was almost impossible to see who was sitting there.

"SHUT UP! DON'T REVEAL YOURSELF!" a female judge said.

"HI! I'M OWEN!" another judge yelled.

"Great j-job O-owen..." another female stuttered.

"THEME SONG!" Chris yelled.

*Opening Theme*

Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine

We get an overview of the theater which showed Candela, Chris, Don, and Chef bowed as they finished a performance. The crowd applauded as well.

You're always on my mind

The scenes changes to the lobby, where Oli was flirting to Amanda and Vivianne but eventually receives a slap from both of them. The two girls left instantly while the boy just shrugged.

You asked me what I wanted to be

The camera then pans out to the backstage where Mairead was busy reading a book. Arreis then comes out of nowhere and scares the preppy girl, causing her book to fly towards the camera.

And now I think the answer is plain to see

The book hits the camera and falls off, revealing the scene to be outside the theater. Clayton is seen sitting on the bench playing his phone and Xavier sitting distantly from him. None of the two were making interactions until they both left.

I wanna be famous

The camera heads for a challenge location, Musical Valley, where Sal, Olivia, and Meredith were flying a kite. The kite then hits a tall tree and gets stuck, making the three contestants frown.

I wanna be a rising star

The scene changes to Instrument Hills and Kimmie is seen sitting down on the grass, enjoying the view she got. In less than a second, Faith accidentally bumps her as she was getting away from Evander who was chasing her. The three all fell and rolled down the hill.

Go pack your bags, I've already gone far

The camera pans out to Harmony River where Samuel, Spear and May were arguing. Later on, a bird hits May's head making her gasp in shock and falls into the rushing water. Samuel grabs her hand to save her but fails and falls with her. Spear however, just cackles but lost his balance and fell as well.

Everything to prove, what can you say?

Later, Gabe was now seen resting on a rock in Clef Cave, but Robert accidentally trips over him. Unfortunately for them, a horde of bats start to chase them, making the two run out of the cave for their lives.

I'll be there one day

After a few minutes, Gabe returned on the cave with Samuel, Faith, Evander, Kimmie, and Olivia. They all attempted to make a fire but failed since the bats came back. They all ran away in horror.

'Cause I wanna be famous

Mairead, Clayton, Vivianne, Xavier, May, and Robert were now seen having a picnic on Instrument Hills but it suddenly rained and the six ran away, leaving everything behind.

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na!

The camera pans back to Musical Valley, where Arreis, Oli, Meredith, Amanda, Sal, and Spear were running away from a pack of wolves.

I wanna be (a star!), I wanna go far, I wanna be famous

Fast clips of the contestants one by one can be seen. The clips show them waving at the camera or doing their respective poses in various places.

I wanna soar (high!), and reach for the sky, I wanna be famous

The hosts can be seen arguing until a spotlight hits them, making them realize that they were on the stage. Luckily though, no one was there except for them.

*whistling in tune*

After a few minutes, all twenty two characters can be seen on the stage for their cast picture. When the camera flashes, the logo of Total Drama: Musical Impact appears with a white glow behind it and several musical notes around it. The blurred cast picture served as background.

*End opening theme*

Backstage Room #1 (Spear)

Meanwhile, Spear was looking at himself on the mirror. His phone was on the table, with a text saying:

"Hi loves! I'm going to watch the show today! I heard that you were going to perform solo and I know I can't miss my boyfriend singing on stage by himself! -Sarah XOXO"

"I can't believe it..." Spear whispered to himself as he thinks about what will happen next after his big move. He was one of the winners after all. "What will the others think about this now?"

Then a knock was heard on the door.

"You ready?"

A flashback suddenly ran on his head.

...

Meredith smiled and patted his shoulder.

"You know, if you need any help or anyone to talk to, I'm right here. I won't judge you. Even if you ended up performing in the secret revealing challenge." Meredith gave him a warm smile.

"Thanks for being a good friend." Spear said and pulled her into a hug.

...

"Meredith?"

"Yeah?" Meredith asked him.

"Sarah said she's gonna watch." Spear stated, clearly worried.

"And?" Meredith placed her hands on his shoulders.

"What if she doesn't like the secret that I'm gonna reveal?" Spear asked. "You know, about when I used to be bi? My uncle didn't like that back then, remember? I care if you guys accept me or not for what I am, or what I was. If you guys can't accept me, I guess I'll do my best to leave this competition."

"Don't say that! I'm sure she'll understand." Meredith nodded sweetly. "It's just sexuality. A lot of people understand with what their loved ones are. You gotta believe that she'll understand. What kind of girlfriend doesn't understand the moves her boyfriend makes anyway?"

"Easy for to say." Spear rubbed the sweat dripping from his forehead. "You don't even have a boyfriend."

"Well, one day I will..." Meredith started to think about Gabe, then Sal. Oh, those bad times and good times...

Backstage, Room #2 (Faith)

"Hello?" Faith asked through her phone.

"Hi Faith." Her foster brother, Gerald Prudence-Laverre, was speaking. "I uh- please don't get shocked about this..."

"Um... what is it?" Faith asked, getting worried. It could be about her mother.

"Mom's in Stage 4 Lung Cancer." He said in a sad tone.

Those words struck through her skull and into her brain. She covered her mouth in horror and a single tear fell down her cheek. She never cried and crying wasn't something that she'll do when she's sad. But this...was all too much for her to handle.

"W-what?" She cried. "H-how?"

"S-she was getting treated. I'm not sure if the medicines made it even worse..."

"B-but..."

Knock knock!

"Faith? It'll be your turn soon, so I suggest you go on ahead behind the stage." Eden's voice can be heard through the door. "Um, am I interrupting anything? Are you alright?"

"I-I'm okay, Eden... thanks." Faith replied and Eden left the room.

"I'll go now. They're running in some tests. And, good luck. We'll be watching you from tv." Gerald hung up.

As soon as he hung up, Faith broke down for the first time on the floor and sobbed.

Why now? Why now, right before her performance?

Maybe it's too late...

"So first, we're going to reveal our not-so-surprise judges." Candela said.

"We have our hungry guy Owen!" Chris introduced. Owen turned his chair to the stage revealing himself and the audience went wild.

"OWEN! OWEN! OWEN!"

Toot!

"Well that was a heck of a fart!" Owen laughed sheepishly.

"Next we have our silent fighter from Game of Wits, Becky Styles!" Don introduced.

"H-hi!" Becky stuttered.

"Then we have our tenor singer from the upcoming show, Air of Fusion, Nathaniel Vizconde!" Chef said.

"Hello!" He waved as soon as he turned his chair.

"And another Air of Fusion player, a mathematician-"

"Like me!" Dustin yelled out of nowhere.

"-who is also a friendly rival of Nathaniel. Introducing, Athena Jens!" Chris mentioned.

"Hi peepos!" Athena goofily smiled.

"So, will our poll winner come up?" Candela said. "Just scroll down the chapter for the results. I'm too lazy to type them right now."

"...what?" Don asked.

"I mean, please welcome our contestants who will perform today, Spear Mint and Faith Laverre!"

The two went on the stage, bowed, and went back.

"Our group staff to perform the day, Maya, Louiza, Eden, and Mara!" Candela said.

The four girls went and waved to the crowd.

"The former contestant will be revealed later! Chris said it's a surprise so I think we shouldn't ruin it unlike what the guests did!" Chef chuckled.

"HEY!" Owen yelled.

"And us!" Don said. "We're performing too!"

"Us? Us hosts?" Chris asked.

"We're performing right now!" Chef told them.

"WHAT!?"

The stage lights go off, then turn into a light blue color. The four hosts were still on the stage, wearing their normal black crew outfit. A bright, happy song began playing.

Don got ready and started to sing, making the audience cheer for him.

"Let me tell you how it happened
I wasn't looking for someone that night
No, I was never a believer
But you could fall in love with the first sight"

The other three chorused in the background.

"(But all of a sudden)
We loved and got lost in the moment
(All of a sudden)
She's gone in the flash of a light
I never was looking, hmm
I'll be looking for the rest of my life"

The four of them began singing lively and the audience cheered them on.

"We took a polaroid
You signed your name up on it
I put it in my wallet
Hoping I'd see your face again
We took a polaroid
Captured the look in your eyes
It's only a matter of time
Before it stops fading"

As the music continues to play, Don spins and heads over to the back.

When the music slows down a bit, Candela walked forward and began singing. The contestants applauded her.

"Was it my imagination?
I could've swore I saw someone like you
A thousand people at the station
And in a second, you slipped out of view"

Same as last time, the other three hosts harmonized in the background.

"(Then all of a sudden)
I loved and got lost in the moment
(All of a sudden)
She's gone in the flick of a light
I never was looking, hmm
I've been looking for the rest of my life"

"GO GUUUUYS!" the inters and contestants cheered as well as the audience.

"We took a polaroid
You signed your name up on it
I put it in my wallet
Hoping I'll see your face again
We took a polaroid
Captured the look in your eyes
It's only a matter of time
Before it stops fading"

"Whoo!" Candela cheered as the four of them split into different directions of the stage. Chris and Chef began singing their parts.

"We were dancing without moving
All my friends are leaving me behind
I didn't wanna catch a feeling
There was something in the flashin' light"

All of them came back and sing together.

"Then all of a sudden
I loved and got lost in the moment
All of a sudden
She's gone in the flick of a light
I never was looking, hmm
I've been looking for the rest of my life"

"We took a polaroid
You signed your name up on it
I put it in my wallet
Hoping I'd see your face again"

"Whoooooo!" The audience cheered as the hosts finished their first performance on the season.

"THAT WAS LIT!" Noah shouted.

"AWESOME!" Kimmie applauded.

"Hoo," Candela panted. "Anyway, next we have our group of intern girls for the second performance! Please welcome, Louiza Taylor, Mara Garcia, Maya Parker, and Eden De Parsel!"

The four girls came on the stage, wearing a black shirt, black skirt, black leggings and combat boots, technically everything they had on was black.

As the lights go dim and the music starts, Louiza starts singing as well.

"I always say what I'm feeling
I was born without a zip on my mouth
Sometimes I don't even mean it
It takes a little while to figure me out"

Eden ran to the front and began singing. (Or rapping? XD)

"I like my coffee with two sugars in it
High heels and my jewelry dripping
Drink and I get all fired up (hey, hey, hey)
Insecure but I'm working with it
Many things that I could get rid of
Ain't about to give it up"

It was Mara's turn to shine so she went to the front after Eden did.

"I made a few mistakes, I regret it nightly
I broke a couple hearts that I wear on my sleeve
My momma always said, "Girl, you're trouble" and
And now I wonder, could you fall for a woman like me"

For the first time ever, Maya came and sang her lines. Finally, she wasn't rapping for once!

"And every time we touch, boy, you make me feel weak
I can tell you're shy and I think you're so sweet
Spending every night under covers and
Still I wonder, could you fall for a woman like me (a woman)"

The girls started dancing and singing as the beats hits on.

"Woman like me, like a woman like me
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me (a woman)
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me"

Louiza came back and sang the second verse.

"And baby, just be mine for the weekend
We can get a takeaway and sit on the couch
Or we could just go out for the evening
Hopefully end up with you kissing my mouth, ayy, ayy"

Once again, Eden began rapping her next part of the lines as the crowd continues to go wild.

"You got them blue jeans with a rip up in them
My hair with your fingers in it
Love it when you turn me on
'Yoncé with a little bit of
'Love Drunk' in the middle with it
Get down to our favorite song"

Mara and Maya came back but this time, Maya sang first before Mara did.

"I made a few mistakes, I regret it nightly
I broke a couple hearts that I wear on my sleeve
My momma always said, "Girl, you're trouble" and
And now I wonder, could you fall for a woman like me"

And every time we touch, boy, you make me feel weak
I can tell you're shy and I think you're so sweet
Spending every night under covers and
Still I wonder, could you fall for a woman like me (a woman)"

Once again,the four girls all chorused together:

"Woman like me, like a woman like me
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me (a woman)
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me"

Maya came to the front and started to rap.

"Oh dear." Xavier muttered.

"Why?" Clayton asked him.

"I hope she doesn't make a problem like last time." Xavier answered. (No pun intended)

"Yo, woman like me, yes a woman like me (oh)
Soon as I brush up on him I could tell he like me (oh)
You know all them mandem, my trife they swipe me (kyuh)
Knotted up, he could afford to ice me (hh, rhrr)
Tell 'em there's a bad Trini bitch inna your area (uh)
But the more bad bitches, then the more merrier (c'mon)
Baddies to my left and to the right a little scarier (uh)
Rude boy, tell me, can you handle all this derrière? (da derrière, rhrr)
Uh, a million I'm getting my billy on
Greatest of all time, 'cause I'm a chameleon
I switch it up for every era, I'm really bomb
These bitches really wanna be Maya, I'm really mom (uh)
Apple cut the cheque, I want all this money
Seven Up, go grip the TEC, and leave all this bloody
I-It's the Queen and Little Mix, skated on 'em, sorry
My daddy is Indian (swish), a-all this curry (mhm)"

Everyone finally hit the final parts of the song.

"Woman like me, like a woman like me
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me"

"I've made a few mistakes, I regret it nightly
I broke a couple hearts that I wear on my sleeve
My momma always said, "Girl, you're trouble" and
And now I wonder, could you fall for a woman like me (like a woman like me, yeah)
And every time we touch, boy, you make me feel weak
I can tell you're shy and I think you're so sweet
Spending every night under covers and
Still I wonder, could you fall for a woman like me
(For a woman like me)"

"La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me (oh, woman like me)
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me (uh, na, na, na, na, na)
La-la-la woman like me, like a woman like me (I said)
(A woman like me) Young Yoney, rrrrh"

They all posed, Maya acting a bit feisty. The audience applauded as usual.

"YEAH!" Hah and Dean cheered.

"Now that's what I call this performance giving in a Musical Impact!" Chris joked.

No one laughed.

"Oh."

The group went back to their seat as Don read the results for the former contestant.

"Our next performer was..." Don widened his eyes. "...an unexpectedly eliminated contestant...ARREIS SMITH!?"

Loads of eyes were on Chris as Arreis entered the stage with a horrid look.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, MCLEAN!" she yelled.

"Wait, what's SHE doing here as an eliminated contestant!?" Vivianne asked.

"So we went on finding her in the halls for nothing?" Amanda took a step back.

"You guys didn't even know what he did!?" Arreis yelled through the mic. "I was returning these applications the eighteen of us send to you to your desk!" She pointed at Chris. "Yet you ACCUSED me for taking them and putting them in your office! No one was allowed to go in your office but I did because I thought I could do something useful for once!"

"I didn't accused you!" Chris yelled back. "You were in my office! No one is allowed to go there!"

"Wait, those were the applications!?" Candela shrieked. "Who stole them this whole time?"

"I found them on the floor." Arreis shrugged.

"Um, Arreis, are you gonna perform now or not because the audience is looking really horrified by now." Don asked.

"Oh... right... sorry about that..." Arreis laughed sheepishly as the lights grew dim.

Giving Chris that 'watch your mouth and actions or you'll be dead' look; she was preparing to perform.

"You're gonna regret eliminating me anyway." Arreis shrugged as a slow and very low beat started playing.

"Don't be cautious, don't be kind
You committed, I'm your crime
Push my button anytime
You got your finger on the trigger, but your trigger finger's mine"

Chris had an eyebrow up. "Eh?"

"Silver dollar, golden flame
Dirty water, poison rain
Perfect murder, take your aim
I don't belong to anyone, but everybody knows my name"

Chris scoffed.

"Ah, I get it. You're just trying to-"

He then yelped when he music intensified.

"By the way, you've been uninvited
'Cause all you say are all the same things I did"

"Copycat trying to cop my manner
Watch your back when you can't watch mine
Copycat trying to cop my glamour
Why so sad, bunny, you can't have mine?"

As soon as that was heard, Chris gave that 'I'm not like that' look.

"Call me calloused, call me cold
You're italic, I'm in bold
Call me cocky, watch your tone
You better love me, 'cause you're just a clone"

"No I'm not!" Chris crossed his arms and Arreis snickered in the background.

"By the way, you've been uninvited
'Cause all you say are all the same things I did"

"Copycat trying to cop my manner
Watch your back when you can't watch mine
Copycat trying to cop my glamor
Why so sad, bunny, you can't have mine?"

"I'm starting to feel bad for Arreis now." Amanda said with a frown.

"I would hate to see you go
Hate to be the one that told you so
You just crossed the line
You've run out of time
I'm so sorry, now you know
Sorry I'm the one that told you so
Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry, sorry
Psych"

No movement came from anyone until the beat hits again.

"By the way, you've been uninvited
'Cause all you say are all the same things I did"

"Copycat trying to cop my manner
Watch your back when you can't watch mine
Copycat trying to cop my glamour
Why so sad, bunny, you can't have mine?"

"And that was Arreis Smith everyone!" Don applauded as the audience cheered for her. "Next is a contestant who will perform the song she selected for the challenge."

"And Owen, Becky, Nathaniel, and Athena, you guys will give them scores!" Candela told them. "The theme for today's songs will be all about secrets so can you all try to guess what they're trying to reveal to the crowd by singing?"

"So it's like X Factor?" Athena asked. "Sweet!"

"Well, you could say that..." Chef shrugged. "Anyway, please welcome our fourth performer, from Team Forte, Faith Laverre!"

The crowd cheered as Faith entered the stage. She wore a white shirt with a brown leather jacket, skinny jeans and brown boots. Her hair was also up in a bun. Her eyes were red from what happened, but she didn't mind.

"GO FAITH!" Team Forte cheered. Team Piano applauded her as well.

"Oh my..." Vivianne covered her mouth when she looked at her friend's face. "Has she been crying?"

"What?" Olivia asked, looking at Vivianne in confusion.

"I wasn't there for her when she needed me..." Vivianne began to feel bad now.

Faith took a deep breath as a guitar can now be heard playing.

"I thought if I was older
I'd have less on my shoulders
I can't tell if I'm sad or bored
Most nights I am not sober
L.A.'s making me colder
I've got voices I can't ignore"

"Okay, I have no idea what is she trying to reveal." Amanda shrugged.

"Everything is never enough
If I wasn't afraid of love, yeah
I would've hugged ya
If I wasn't so insecure
If I wasn't easy to hurt then I wouldn't hurt ya"

"She's probably hiding something really dark, don't you think, Becky?" Nathaniel nudged Becky who was watching from her seat.

"H-huh? Oh. Y-yeah..." Becky nervously gulped.

"If all of my friends wanted to jump
Would I, would I?
If I could feel nothing, if I could feel numb
Would I, would I?
If I could forget you without all the drugs
Could I, could I?
If all of my friends wanted to jump
Would I, would I, would I, would I?
Would I?"

"I think she's being low on herself." Vivianne murmured, judging by the sad look on her friend's eyes.

"Empty numbers on pay checks
Good days only on weekends
It's so easy to miss the point
A-plus, call me a genius
Took my patience for weakness
I wish I would have had the choice"

"I agree with the fact that there's only good days in weekends. I mean, there's school!" Mairead blurted. Xavier gave her a weirded out look.

"Everything is never enough
If I wasn't afraid of love, yeah
I would've hugged ya
If I wasn't so insecure
If I wasn't easy to hurt then I wouldn't hurt ya"

Faith took a deep breath before singing the last parts. She tried to keep herself from crying out so she did.

"Everything is never enough
Everything is never enough
Everything is never enough
Oh everything is never enough, never enough"

Faith bowed as the audience clapped, which took her away from her sadness for a while.

"Very nice, Faith." Candela smiled. "Judges?"

"Its aaaaaaaaaall good." Owen gave a thumbs up as he let out a burp after that. "'Scuze me!"

"Okay, what about you, Becky?" Don asked.

"Uhhh, i-its's f-fine.. " Becky stuttered as she had no comment in particular.

"I see." Chris nodded. "Any thoughts, Nathaniel?"

"Well, she looked sad so I guess the secret is... well... negative? Anyway, I hope you're doing alright with whatever's happening to you right now. But your performance today was great. Good job." Nathaniel smiled. Faith felt a bit happier now that everything went well so far.

"Athena?" Chef asked her.

"Well, I can't say that I liked it, but you did a good job on expressing yourself." Athena applauded her. "I'm happy for you since you expressed yourself to us."

"Thank you." Faith smiled warmly which made Team Forte clap for her. Amanda and Evander though didn't looked too pleased with her... which is understandable since they have no idea what's going on with her life.

"Thank you judges! And as for our last performer today," Candela checked the time, "we have Spear Mint from Tean Piano!"

"You can do it, Spear!" Meredith cheered.

"Whoo!" Team Piano shouted.

Spear came on stage wearing a black shirt, jeans, and black shoes. He looked over to the two teams and smiled. However, when his eyes met the audience, he gasped.

"What's wrong?" Meredith asked to herself when she saw Spear's reaction. She looked over to the audience to see what he was shocked of and she became shocked too.

It was Sarah Foster. She was sitting in the second row, applauding for him.

Then a thought ran her head.

What if Sarah won't accept Spear for whatever secret he will spill to the world?

Before she could even say another word, music started to play as her teammate began singing.

"The truth runs wild
Like a tear down a cheek
Trying to save face, and daddy heart break
I'm lying through my teeth
This voice inside
Has been eating at me
Trying to replace the love that I fake
With what we both need"

Athena, Becky, and Nathaniel blinked at the same time. They obviously knew the message of the song right away, but they didn't expect it to apply on this person.

"The truth runs wild
Like kids on concrete
Trying to sedate, my mind in its cage
And numb what I see
Awake, wide eyed
I'm screaming at me
Trying to keep faith and picture his face
Staring up at me"

Clayton was ultimately confused at this point. He kept his gaze on Meredith, then Spear, then the crowd.

"Without losing a piece of me
How do I get to heaven?
Without changing a part of me
How do I get to heaven?
All my time is wasted
Feeling like my heart's mistaken, oh
So if I'm losing a piece of me
Maybe I don't want heaven?"

"Everything alright, Meredith?" Clayton asked.

"I knew this secret of Spear." Meredith told him. "This was the reason why his uncle harassed him and his siblings after his father died."

Spear then aimed for a higher pitched-voice to te next verse.

"The truth runs wild
Like the rain to the sea
Trying to set straight the lines that I trace
To find some release
This voice inside
Has been eating at me
Trying to embrace the picture I paint
And colour me free"

"Wow, he's starting to sound like a Gary-Stu." Kimmie commented.

"What?" Robert randomly asked.

"Um, nothing..." Kimmie shooked her head as Spear carried on with the chorus.

By this time though, he was starting to get emotional. Meredith looked at the audience again and saw that Sarah was no longer in her seat. Gabe turned to the historian and patted her back.

With Xavier, he kept his gaze at their performing teammate.

"I'm never gonna look at Spear the same way again."

"So I'm counting to fifty
Counting to fifty, counting to fifty
So I'm counting to fifty
Counting to fifty, counting to fifty
So I'm counting to fifty
Counting to fifty, counting to fifty
So I'm counting to fifty
Counting to fifty, counting to fifty"

Olivia and Mairead couldn't help but agree.

"The truth runs wild
Like a tear down a cheek"

Once Spear was done, he quickly ran out of the stage. Maybe to find Sarah, I guess?

Owen was about to open his mouth to give in some thoughts but since that happened, nothing came out.

"I thought we were supposed to give comments?" Athena questioned.

"I thought so too." Becky shrugged.

"Hey, you didn't stutter!" Nathaniel noticed.

"W-what!?" Becky blushed by his sudden reaction. Instead though, Athena wacked the tenor (Nathaniel) on the back of his head. The fighter (Becky) yelped at the mathematician's (Athena) action. Owen however, wasn't reacting at all.

So carrying on...

"Viewers will decide between the two about who is going to get the Noisy Note and Advanced Note! Before we end this episode," Candela began, "we present to you all a video tape of the first a cappella challenge, featuring the remaining contestants that didn't perform in today's episode. Introducing, Team Forte and Team Piano!"

"WHOOO!" the audience applauded once again. The lights went dark, only dim ones were on. The contestants, staff, hosts, and judges were sitting in the front row seats. There was a huge screen in front, that kind of screens you see in a cinema.

The video shows Olivia, Clayton, Mairead, Xavier, Kimmie, Robert, Amanda, Evander, Vivianne, Sal, Gabe, and Meredith sitting in their positions. After a few seconds, Mairead began harmonizing in the background with Amanda joining in later on. Kimmie was singing solo.

"I'm a princess cut from marble, smoother than a storm
And the scars that mark my body, they're silver and gold
My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones
It keeps my veins hot, the fires find a home in me
I move through town, I'm quiet like a fire
And my necklace is of opal, I tie it and untie it"

Some of the boys like Sal, Robert, and Evander began harmonizing lower pitches while Meredith and Olivia harmonized the higher pitches. Vivianne sang in the background with Kimmie but in alto.

"And our people talk to me, but nothing ever hits
So people talk to me, and all the voices just burn holes
I'm going in (ooh)"

They all hit the chorus, synchronizing their beats with one another and moved to the beat.

"This is the start of how it all ever ends
They used to shout my name, now they whisper it
I'm speeding up and this is the
Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart
We rip the start, the colors disappear
I never watch the stars there's so much down here
So I just try to keep up with them
Red, orange, yellow flicker beat sparking up my heart"

The teens kept up with their beats as the second verse kicks in.

"I dream all year, but they're not the same kinds
And the shivers move down my shoulder blades in double time

And now people talk to me I'm slipping out of reach now
People talk to me, and all their faces blur
But I got my fingers laced together and I made a little prison
And I'm locking up everyone that ever laid a finger on me
I'm going in (ooh)"

Some of the girls and boys sang the lines of the chorus while some of them continued with harmonizing. The others added second voices for effects.

They all kept everything up during the outro.

"And this is the red, orange, yellow flicker beat
Sparking up my heart
And this is the red, orange, yellow flicker beat-beat-beat-beat"

The video ended.

"THAT WAS SO INTENSE!" Owen cheered.

"Y-yup!" Becky nodded in full agreement.

"That was so beautiful!" Athena complimented.

"To be honest, it was breathtaking." Nathaniel nodded as well.

"Okay enough chitchat and let's-"

"So what will happen to Spear?" Candela interrupted Chris.

"What will Team Forte say about Faith?" Don asked as well.

"Will there be another a cappella challenge?" Chef asked dramatically.

"And will Owen, Becky, Nathaniel, and Athena return as judges in Part 2 of All My Secrets Away?" Chris randomly asked.

"Uh, apparently yes." Said the director off screen.

"SHUT UP, BUFFOON! I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!" Chris glared and kicked the camera and the director, making the screen go black.

*static*

Cast

Remaining Contestants:

The Flourishing Fortissimos (AKA Team Forte) – Evander, Amanda, Sal, Vivianne, Robert, Faith

The Performing Pianissimos (AKA Team Piano) – Kimmie, Clayton, Mairead, Xavier, Meredith, Spear, Olivia

Eliminated Contestants:

18th (EP2) – Oliver "Oli" Greene, The Flirty Bad-Boy, Lost by: 4-2 vote

17th (EP4) – Kimberly May Quetzal, The Not So Regal Figure Skater, Lost by: Getting the Noisy Note twice in a row

16th (EP5) – Samuel Shye, The Western-ish Guitarist, Lost by: 5-3 vote

15th (EP6) – Arreis Smith, The Totally Not Sierra In Disguise, Lost by: Eliminated under Chris's orders

14th (EP7) –

Game Changer Recipients: (italics means they're eliminated)

Advanced Note: Sal (EP1; RR), Gabe (EP2; BB), Spear (EP3; RR), Olivia (EP5; Piano)

Noisy Note: Faith (EP1; BB), May (EP2 & EP3; HH)

Songs used : Polaroid (Jonas Blue & Liam Payne ft. Lennon Stella), Woman Like Me (Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj), Copycat (Billie Eilish), Would I (Maggie Lindemann), Heaven (Troye Sivan ft. Betty Who), Yellow Flicker Beat (Lorde; from The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay Part 1 [A Cappella Challenge #1])