Imagine That: Multifandom Part Two

moving on【four】| alicia clark

Food and drinks were served up and the bonfire party was in full swing, everybody still excited from the day's events. Kids were playing, adults were mingling and enjoying the break from our usual chores, and it almost felt like the old days, before everything bad went wrong.

I was hanging out with Alicia, Nick and Luciana, the latter and I trying not to get involved in the former's sibling rivalry. As much as Alicia acted indifferent, it was easy to see her getting worked up by Nick's occasional digs, though it was all in good faith. I think she was just glad she could fight with him again and it not be life or death.

Soon after everyone had eaten dinner, it was finally time for the prizes to be given, in addition to the small flimsy but cute medals everyone had received throughout the day for participating. We'd set up a small stage near the barbecues and everyone gathered around as Alicia stepped up, backed by the judges and a table of awards.

"Good evening, everyone!" she shouted enthusiastically into a megaphone. "Is everyone enjoying themselves tonight?"

Cheers erupted in the crowd, people raising their drinks and kids screaming without even knowing why. I couldn't help but smile, still amazed at everything the Clarks, Luciana and Strand had managed to do with this place.

"That's what I thought," Alicia said with a laugh. "I hope you're all ready because now is time to hand out the awards! Starting with the winner of today's challenges which is Team–"

Before she could finish, Nick's team began to cheer with pride, whooping and shouting excitedly as they pushed themselves onto stage to accept their award.

"–Valiant," Alicia finished, giving a sideways glance at her brother before grabbing the trophy from behind her.

Nick ushered the kids in his team to go and collect it, and everybody watched with adoration as they held the trophy above their heads with toothy grins plastered on their faces.

"We just want to say thank you to everyone who supported us," Nick began to make a speech, to Alicia's dismay and everyone's amusement. "You believed us in and thanks to you and our skills, we managed to bury Team Unity in the ground."

Alicia rolled her eyes as they cheered once more and left the stage. Clearing her throat, she looked back to the crowd.

"Moving on," she began swiftly, making me laugh, "I will now hand out some extra awards for those who impressed the judges with their skills. First up – the most enthusiastic of the games!"

She went on to hand out a few more medals and smaller trophies, surprising every single person who received it. And then finally, she finished off with a final award.

"To wrap up the awards tonight, I want to present the final medal for the biggest team player," she announced, picking said medal up from the table. "Even though this person definitely didn't want to play, she did because I happened to ask very nicely. And she's been nothing but supportive the whole way through, even though it was definitely her fault that we lost the three-legged race."

It took me a moment to realise that she was talking about me, and when her eyes fell on me, it confirmed my thoughts.

"They've been the biggest team player, so without further ado, here's to Y/N!" she continued, and everybody began to clap, leaving me no choice but to awkwardly smile and go up on stage.