"Cathy has a whole new team. " Jill says as soon as pyramid starts, "All the kids from your auditions including..."

"Haley and Tessa." Kira says looking at her phone.

"Really?" Abby asks and looks at us, "It's all about revenge. Now, she has some girls that can really dance. Last week, the team came in third. If you lose to Cathy I'm not gonna have it. Well, we need to move to the pyramid."

She reveals the two headshots on the bottom.

"Kendall and Nia. You both were given solos. Neither of you placed in the top five. You don't place in the top five, you're not gonna see another solo for a while."

Both Jill and Holly look at Abby as she reveals the next four headshots.

"My next line is... JoJo, Melanie, Mackenzie and Kalani. You were all in the group dance, I thought it was great, took me back to that era. You could all have been extras in a movie, but the group dance didn't win. I want the Abby Lee Dance Company Junior Elite Competition Team to blow everyone away.  You understand?"

Maddie

Kalani    Mackenzie   Melanie   JoJo

Nia              Kendall

"This weekend we're competing at Energy National Dance Competition. This week, there's no solos. In honor of Maddie's amazing duet with Shia LaBeouf, we're doing three duets."

We all look at each other excited, but also confused, we are seven girls, who will be left out?

"A duet relies in two people working together as one. Maddie, your duet partner is Kalani. The name of your duet is 'Walking Through The Storm'. Now, remember the last time you did a duet, it was lovely."

It was also when the Hylands left and I was injured so...

"Our next duet. JoJo, you will be partnering up with Kendall."

We all clap as JoJo and Kendall hug.

"They're funny." Kalani says.

"Oh, they're both funny? Well, that's good because it is inspired on a Disney movie, 'Freaky Friday'. All right, my last duet goes to Mackenzie and Nia. The name of your routine is 'The Little Girl Who Lived Down The Lane'."

"Is it scary?"

"Yeah."

"It sounds scary."

"Yay!"

"We like the scary." Mom says and Holly looks at her confused, which makes me laugh.

"All right, now, we have a group routine, Melanie will be the lead because she doesn't have a duet and also because I need someone who really acts like the character. It's a little mystery. One of you, with that I mean Melanie, gets killed."

"That's rough." Maddie says.

"You all have to act because in two weeks, the Abby Lee Dance Company will be back in LA."

We celebrate and run to hug her.

After that we start practicing the group dance.

"Do it, Kalani."

If they don't see us falling...

"Turn those feet out, Mackenzie. I'm watching you. Don't sickle."

Falling down need to catch you...

"Okay. I think Mackenzie's a hot mess. Now, Melanie is the only one getting her character. Thereat of you are not getting it."

"Who's the one who dies?" Kenzie asks.

"Whoever doesn't do the dance very well so we can just lay them on the ground right now."

Kendall then raises her hand.

"It's looking like you."

We all laugh and go back practice. 

After the group dance rehearsal we leave for the night.

•Two Days To Competition•

I was on Studio A stretching while Kenzie, Nia, Kendall and JoJo practiced their duets. It's kinda boring to be the only one with nothing extra but I need to remember that a couple weeks ago I was the only soloist. 

"All right, let's go to the group routine."

We all get ready and start.

"Okay, everyone take a weapon and Melanie, you have to lay on the middle, like if you were dead."

The other girls laugh as I get into my position, it's really weird. Suddenly Holly comes in.

"Can I borrow Nia for just one second?" Holly asks.

Nia then leaves, soon she comes back and we continue.

The next day was pretty much the same, group dance rehearsal and the duets.

•Competition Day•

We get off the bus and go inside the building to the dressing room.

"All right. Come on." Abby tells us as she opens the door.

"Shhhh!"

I look towards the curtains confused, I think I heard something from there, but it's maybe just in my head. 

We starts getting ready and Jill walks towards the curtains, and Cathy and her 'Moms of turn' come out. 

"Oh, my God." Mom says.

"It's like a little Jack in a Box."

Abby hugs one of the Moms and Cathy doesn't seem so happy about that.

"Um... Moms. You weren't supposed to do that." Cathy says, "Do you wanna be on this team?"

"I wanna be on your team."

"Yeah. Okay."

I ignore them and start doing my makeup for the group dance, I needed to look really pale for it. 

"Do you wanna touch JoJo's jacket? It's probably the closest you'll ever be to an Abby Lee jacket." Jess says.

Mom then high-fives JoJo.

"Your daughter will never be a star!" A mom, whose name turned out to be the same as mine, yells.

"You dream of being one." Jess argues.

"Actually, no. I don't wanna be on your team." M. Melanie argues back, "I'm here with Cathy's team."

I do my hair and then change into the group dance costume. I go backstage to hype up the rest of the girls. 

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, 'Play To Win'." 

Easy to cheat, easy to lie, easy to break, easy to cry, easy to run, easy to hide. Everybody's fighting and fighting and fighting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, 'The Little Girl Down The Lane’."

Stars shot through the sky right through your blood and into your eyes.The root of the problem is you see right through me.

"What do you think? Are you all embarrassed to what Maddie did or do you love Maddie?"

Everyone starts cheering and I peek my head to the audience. Candy Apples. Again. Just because of Maddie's new video with Sia and Shia. Just because people don't have imagination.

"It's time now to entry number 27."

There was never a time to say goodbye. When the waves are crashing down. You close your eyes.

After all of the duets we go back to the dressing room and the rest gets ready for the group dance. 

"Oh no--" JoJo says looking at something behind me.

I turn around and there's Abby, with some fake blood.

"I wanna some too!" Kalani says and we all laugh.

"Melanie is the one killed." Abby says and starts pouring the fake blood on me.

"Ooooh"

I wipe some blood from my eyes and smile, this feels so cool, but now I'm dirty.

"It looks so cool." Kenzie says.

We go backstage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, entry number 69, 'Get A Clue'." The EMCEE says and we go onstage.

If no one knows but us. Then how can this be wrong? If they don't see us falling, could we stop falling down?

•Awards•

"The duo/trio overall. Third place. Entry number 28, 'Play To Win'." The Announcer says and JoJo goes receive the award, "Second place. Entry number 29, 'The Little Girl Down The Lane'."

Nia and Kenzie go receive their award.

"And in first place... Entry number 27, 'Walking Through The Storm'."

Maddie and Kalani go receive their award, they now, and come back to sit with me.

"Finally, in small group. Here we go." The Announcer says, "Fourth place, entry number 56, 'Mirrors'. Third place, entry number 70, 'Ethereal'."

That was the Candy Apples' group dance.

"And in first place entry number 69, 'Get A Clue' from the Abby Lee Dance Company."

We all cheer as we stand up and go receive the award. We bow and go back to the dressing room.

"Congratulations to all of you. Now, I just wish we could do this in LA." Abby tells us, "Next week, we're gonna have a very important week and then we are on the road to Los Angeles. Hollywood."