\\Jax\\
"I think she's in here." Ally said, pointing to the music room.
"Of course, like original like clone." I said, as we both entered the music room, me closing the door behind me.
"Ugh, there you are!" Ally exclaimed, running to clone Ally. "I love you, but you have to go."
"No, I wanna stay." Clone Ally said. "I really like this school, don't send me back!"
Ally looked at me, and pulled me to the side, then whispered.
"Where does she go when she's not here?"
"The lost and found kingdom." I replied, as she scrunched her eyebrows. "Everything that's lost, missing, like that missing sock, it all ends up there, including people."
"How come I never heard of this before?" She questioned.
"You never asked, now come on, hold her."
Ally quickly grabbed clone Ally, as she struggled to escape.
"Quick! Cast a spell!" Ally exclaimed, struggling to hold her.
"One problem." I said, unsurely.
"What?!?" She blew, as I sighed.
"I can't do it."
"What? What do you mean you can't do it?" She asked.
"I tried, but I can't do it. It just doesn't work, I guess...I guess, my magic's...just not strong enough." I confessed, as she froze, and took a deep breath.
"Fine, that leaves me."
"Oh noo way." I dragged the 'o.' "If I can't do it, you can't do it. Your magic's weak."
"Just let me try." She spat, as I sighed, and held onto Ally #2.
She steadied herself, and cleared her throat, then looked at me.
"What spell is it again?"
"Make one up, it's stronger when you make one up." I advised her, as she nodded, and focused on clone Ally, as she tried to get free, but not on my watch.
"Okay." Ally said, taking in a deep breath. "I can do this." Come on Ally, you can do this. "She's been known as my double, send her back 'cause she's causing much trouble!" She snapped her fingers, as clone Ally closed her eyes, ready for the impact, but nothing.
Ally sighed.
"I can't do it."
She gave up, and sat down on the bench, as I remembered something.
'Magic is the strongest, when more than one person is doing it.'
That's it!
"Ally, get up." I said, as she got up slowly. "Hold my hand."
"Ew, I am not holding your hand, and I've said that, many times." She stated, as I rolled my eyes.
"Just do it." She sighed, and held my hand, and we trapped clone Ally in between us. "Follow my lead, we're gonna say this spell together."
"What? Can we even do that?"
"Yes, we can, but it's gonna take a lot of concentration, you up for it?" She nodded, positively. "Okay. Repeat after me. Since she's been here, she's been doing everything wrong."
"Since she's been here, she's been doing everything wrong." Ally repeated.
"Send her back, to the place she belongs."
"Send her back, to the place she belongs." Ally echoed, as I opened my eyes, and clone Ally wasn't there anymore. "We did it." Ally said, slowly. "We did it!!"
She jumped up, and out of nowhere, hugged me.
She pulled back immediately, once she realized what she just did.
"That stays between me and you." She warned, as I nodded. "Wait what time is it?"
I checked my phone.
"11:48, why?" I asked, as her eyes widened.
"The talent show!" She exclaimed, and ran out, as I followed behind.
She was running so fast, that I could barely see her.
"Slow down, you're gonna fall!" I exclaimed, but se didn't listen.
Instead, she went even faster.
"Ally watch the-" it was too late, she slipped on the stairs, and went tumbling down. "Steps." I finished, and ran to her. "Are you okay?"
She held her head in pain, than looked down at her ankle.
"Ow, my ankle really hurts."
"Let me see." Before I even touched it, she flinched and let out an 'ouch!' "Let's try to get you up."
I tried standing her, but she would always go back down.
"Jax ow, I don't think I can get up. Oh no, the talent show! How am I gonna dance like this? I promised Dallas!"
"Okay calm down." I assured her. "we can fix this."
"How?"
"Simple, magic."
"Don't you think we've had enough magic for today?"
"Do you wanna dance in the talent show or not?"
She sighed.
"Okay." She gave in, as I focused on her ankle.
Healing spells are difficult, and I'm still a bit washed out from getting rid of clone Ally. I don't know how I'm gonna do this.
I did the spell in my head, and snapped my fingers, as she tried getting up, but failed miserably.
"Why didn't it work?"
"I'm afraid I'm still washed out from the previous spell."
"No, no no no!" She shouted, frustrated. "What am I gonna do now?"
"Don't worry-"
"This is all your fault!-"
"Wha?-how is this my fault?"
"You're the one who created Ally #2, which caused me to find out she was still there, and me to try to get rid of her, causing me to be late, which led me to this. So yeah, it's all your fault!" She blamed.
"Why do we always have to go back to that?" She crossed her arms. "Okay fine, maybe it is my fault, and I'd be happy if you stop talking, and let me do something about this." She stayed quiet. "Thank you."
I swung her over my shoulders, and rushed to the theatre. Oh boy, I'm in a heap load of trouble.
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\\Dallas\\
"Where's Ally?" Mrs. Sirena asked me, backstage.
"I-I don't know." I stuttered.
"Well she better be here, you guys are on in 15 minutes."
I nodded, as she walked away.
"What happened Dallas? Where is she?" Brooke asked me, placing a hand on my shoulder.
"I don't know, she said she was gonna be here, but she's not."
I was worried, and stressed.
"She'll be here, don't worry." She assured me, as I nodded.
"I hope."
"Hey guys!" Trish exclaimed, entering with linked arms with Elliot.
"Guess you two made up." Brooke commented with a smile.
"Yep, finally." Elliot replied. "Where's Ally?"
I let out a frustrated groan, as Elliot looked at me strangely.
"She's not here, we don't know where she is." Brooke explained.
"What? Ell and I just saw her with Jax a few minutes ago." Trish shared.
"What?" I said to myself. "Are you sure?"
"Yes." Elliot confirmed. "It looked like they were in a hurry or something."
What?
Just then, Trent entered in, and saw Dez.
"Dez!" Trent exclaimed.
"Trent!" Dez exclaimed, as they both hugged each other tightly.
Kira walked in after Trent, and sighed.
"What's wrong? Why is everybody looking at me?" Kira asked, walking towards us.
"Ally's not here, have you seen her?" Trish asked, as Kira shook her head.
"No, I've been with Trent all day."
"Then where is she?" Brooke let out, as Jax came through the door with Ally on his shoulder.
"Ally?" I spoke, as she turned around towards me, and squeaked out.
"That's me...."
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\\Austin\\
I was seated quietly in my seat, waiting for the show to start, when someone sat next to me.
I turned around curiously, and saw Patricia.
"Oh, hey, what a coincidence!" I exclaimed happily, as she smiled.
"I know right? What are the odds that we get seated together? Ha ha."
I smiled.
"So, how have you been?" I asked.
"Good, can't wait for the talent show." She said excitingly.
"Yeah, me either, my friends are in it." I shared.
"That's cool. So why aren't you in the talent show? Stage fright?" She asked teasingly, as I shook my head and smiled.
"Nope, I just have a lot of schoolwork, I don't have time for talent shows."
"That's too bad, you're the only act I'd stay awake for."
We both smiled at each other, then looked ahead, as the curtains opened, revealing Mrs. Sirena.
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\\Dallas\\
"What happened? Why is Jax carrying you?" Elliot asked.
"I kinda hurt myself." Ally spoke slowly.
"Can you still dance?" Kira questioned, as she shook her head.
"What?" I said, as Jax sat Ally in a chair.
"I know Dallas, I'm sorry, I really wanted to do this with you, I really did, I feel so bad." She apologized, which made me feel bad.
"No, you don't have to apologize. I'll just, tell Mrs. Sirena that we're not gonna be performing." I said sadly.
"But isn't there something we can do?" Brooke asked.
"Yeah, is there anyone that can replace Ally?" Elliot chimed in.
"Well no one really knows our dance routine." I said.
"But didn't you say that you learned this dance routine from dance class?" Jax asked, as I nodded.
"Yeah."
"Is there anyone in your dance class who knows the routine?" Trish asked, as I thought about it.
"I know the routine." Spoke a familiar, comforting voice.
Everyone turned around to see Cassidy.
Kira glared at her.
"Shouldn't you be with your friends, and getting ready to perform?" Kira said, crossing her arms.
"Actually, I couldn't help but overhear. Since I know the moves, maybe I could fill in?" She said innocently, and it really felt like the old Cassidy was back.
"Are you serious?" Would you really do that?" I asked softly, looking into her eyes.
She nodded.
"Can't you only be in one act? And last I checked, being in Dallas' act, will make you have 2 acts." Trish commented, smartly.
"It doesn't have to be 2 acts." Cassidy said.
"You'd do that?" I asked her, as she nodded.
"Yeah."
"Well, in this routine, Ally and I added in a triple spin, are you fine with that?" I made sure.
"Yeah, I'm fine with that." She confirmed, as I nodded.
"Okay, let's do it." I smiled, then looked at Ally. "Are you okay with that?"
She nodded.
"Of course I am, I just want you to be happy." She replied, as I smiled.
"Thank you."
I leaned down and hugged her, as she smiled.
"Cassidy." Ally called out, as Cassidy stopped and looked at her. "Break a leg."
Cassidy smiled.
"Thanks."
"Next up, Dallas and Ally!" Mrs. Sirena spoke into the microphone, but I quickly ran up to her, and corrected her. "Uh...Dallas and Cassidy."
Ally gave me one last thumbs up.
I smiled, and walked onto the stage with Cassidy behind me.
"You ready?" I whispered to her, as she nodded.
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\\Ally\\
I was backstage, seeing Dallas and Cassidy perform beautifully. They looked really good together, and I was so happy for Dallas, that he got to actually do the dance, and not miss out, because of me.
But on the other side, I kinda felt sad, I really wanted to do this...with him.
I mean just look at them, they're a perfect team, and Cassidy's a way better dancer than me..
"Are you sure you're okay?" Elliot asked for the sixtieth time, as I rolled my eyes. "Do you need anything? Water? Juice? Soda?-"
"Elliot I'm fine." I replied back. "I don't need anything."
"I know, but your ankle must be hurting a lot." He said, as I smiled for his concern.
"Thank you for looking out for me, but I'm fine, it's probably just sprained."
"We'll have you tried fixing it with..." He looked around cautiously. "Magic?"
I told him to come closer so I could whisper it to him. He leaned down as I started explaining.
"Jax and I are a little wiped out from our previous spell." He put on a confused face. "I'll tell you later, it's a long story."
He nodded, and stood straight, then looked at Dallas and Cassidy dancing.
Oh my gosh, this is the part, they're gonna do the triple spin.
"They're gonna do it!" I exclaimed, as Trent, Dez, Trish, Brooke, Kira, Jax, Elliot and I gathered around, watching in suspense.
I could hear Dallas say something to Cassidy quietly, as she nodded, and they both got ready to do the move.
Dallas quickly spun her around 3 times, and just as the music stopped, he ended her up with a clean dip.
Everyone clapped, and I was so proud of Dallas.
Everyone was cheering for them, while they remained in the same position, looking at each other.
"Thank you, Dallas and Cassidy, for your amazing performance!" Mrs. Sirena exclaimed, as Dallas and Cassidy entered backstage. "Next up, are the great Trishini, and her wonderful assistant, Dezzy Wezzy. So give it up for them!"
"You guys were amazing!" Brooke told Dallas and Cassidy.
"Thanks." Cassidy replied.
"You guys are definitely gonna win." Kira stated.
"Eh, I thought it was boring." That of course came from Jax, followed by a yawn.
"Ignore him, you were fantastic." I said, as Dallas smiled at me.
"Come on Dez, we're up!" Trish exclaimed, dragging Dez by her side, as he begged for help.
"Trent don't you even think about it." Kira warned, as Trent poured, watching his best friend getting forcefully dragged upon a stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Trish said loudly. "For the first act, I'm going to be pouring a jug of milk into a rolled up newspaper, and watch it disappear." She announced.
"Whoo! Go Trish!" I cheered, as Elliot came back with an icepack, and placed it on my ankle, as I giggled. "Thanks Ell."
Trish cleared her throat, and grabbed a jug of milk, then poured it into the roll of newspaper.
"And now, my assistant Dez will say the magic words!" Trish exclaimed, looking at Dez.
"Abracadabra, ala Shazam!" Dez shouted, as Trish unrolled the newspaper, and all the milk poured on the stage.
Oh no.
Jax rolled his eyes, with bore.
Trish never fails her magic acts.
The crowd was mumbling, as Trish was confused, as to why it didn't work.
"Let's make this interesting." Jax mumbled, but I didn't quite understand.
In a matter of seconds, another jug of milk started floating, as Trish looked at it, afraid. It ended up above her head, then slowly, poured down onto her, as she gasped, and the whole crowd laughed, including Jax.
I don't think that's supposed to happen.
I turned to Jax, and gave him a glare.
"Stop it."
"What?" He said innocently.
"I know what you're doing, and it's not funny."
"It is to me." He replied to me, as I rolled my eyes, and looked ahead.
"Okay. For my...next act, I will be putting Dezzy Wezzy in a box, and slashing swords in it." Trish spoke, as Dez miserably hopped in.
"I gotta save him, I have to." Trent said quietly.
Okay this whole thing was chaos right now, I don't think we need anymore trouble.
"First sword!" Trish announced, holding it up, as Trent ran onto the stage, as I face palmed myself.
"I'll save you Dez!" Trent exclaimed, grabbing another sword, and holding it up towards Trish "On guard!"
"What?" Trish said, as Trent started sword fighting with Trish, with fKe swords.
Okay this was escalating fast, and frankly, I didn't know how to stop it.
"Do something." I told Elliot, as he nodded.
"On it."
He looked around to try and find something, when he saw a pirate hat, and put it on.
"Good luck!" Brooke called out, as he rushed on the stage, eyes widened when he saw the crowd laughing.
"Uh...stop fighting!" Elliot exclaimed, going in the middle of Trish and Trent. "Argh! I am a pirate, and I command you to stop!"
"Shut up." Trish said, pushing him to the side, as they kept on sword fighting.
"Touché." Trent commented.
"You don't even know what that means!" Trish cried out, as everyone laughed again.
They seemed to be enjoying this magic act...or whatever this was.
"Someone needs to get them to stop, I will not have this tolerated!" Mrs. Sirena said angrily.
"I'll stop them." Jax muttered, underneath his breath, with a smirk.
"I know you'll do the opposite." I said, putting his hands down.
"That is it!" Mrs. Sirena yelled, and marched onto the stage with a mic.
She blew a whistle real loud, causing everyone to stop and be quiet.
"Thank you, for that...interesting act." She said, then whispered to them. "Go now!" She looked up at the crowd, as Trish, Dez, Trent, and Elliot all quickly rushed off stage. "Next up is Brooke and Elliot performing a song!"
"Let's do this!" Elliot exclaimed, already trying to get back on stage, when Kira stopped him.
"First take this off."
She took off his hat, and Elliot and Brooke both walked on stage.
They looked at each other, as the music started.
"Just to prove I'm not always trying to mess everyone up." Jax said, snapping his fingers.
"What'd you do?" I whisper yelled, as he smirked.
"Watch."
Oh I hope it's not something bad.
Elliot opened his mouth, and began to sing.
"It's hard to believe, that I couldn't see,"
Brooke and him both looked at each other, smiling, and sang together.
"That you were always there beside me."
Okay wow, since when did Elliot actually sound good? No offence, but he's not a major in singing, but wow!
"Thought I was alone, with no one to hold." Brooke sang, as they switched places.
And then together.
"You were always there beside me."
"This feeling's like no other." Brooke let out, as Elliot spun her around, and sang.
"I want you to know."
Turn by turn they sang beautifully.
"I've never had someone that knows me like you do."
"The way you do." Elliot echoed.
"And I've never had someone, as good for me as you."
"No one like you." Ell belted, and then they joined together.
"So lonely before, I've finally found, I'm loving having you around-round." They shared a loving look, and started line dancing while singing. "Do do do do do, do do do do do, whoa oh oh oh, do do do do do, do do do do do, whoa oh oh oh."
They finished, as everyone clapped and cheered loudly, as Brooke and Elliot both took a bow.
"Yes go Elliot!" Trish cheered, blowing a loud whistle, and clapping hard. "And Brooke..!"
"Wow, thank you for an amazing act, can we give them one more round of applause?" Mrs. Sirena spoke into the mic, as everyone cheered loudly again, and they bowed for the second time.
I nudged Jax, as he smirked and looked down.
"Did you do this?"
"Who else as handsome and powerful as me?" He bragged, as I rolled my eyes.
"I thought your magic was washed up."
"Not anymore, which means I can fix your ankle, just not here."
I nodded, as Elliot and Brooke returned backstage with huge smiles.
"You guys did amazing!" Kira exclaimed, hugging them both.
"Elliot, your voice came out of nowhere, it was great." Dallas complimented as Ell smiled. "And Brooke, you guys were both amazing, really."
"Yeah, who knew Ell could sing." Trish said teasingly, and nudged Elliot playfully.
"And..it's off." Jax whispered, and snapped his fingers, reversing the spell.
"You guys were amazing." I said, pulling both of them into a hug.
"Thanks guys, where's Trent and Dez?" Elliot asked, looking around.
"They're pranking, yet again." Kira said with a roll of her eyes.