The Eldest Ziegler

How About Them Apples?

"Ok," Miss. Abby started, "Let's talk about Woodbridge, Virginia. You're a tenth-of-a-point loser. It's time to cowboy up there. The Abby Lee Dance Company is somebody to beat. They're not thrilled that they won. They're thrilled that they beat you."

Miss. Abby continued on, telling us all about how we need to challenge ourselves more and how we need to work hard then we already are. I agreed with her, you need to continue to push ourselves, but it's basically the same speech she tells us everyday.

"Now, I want to talk about this week," Miss. Abby says, finishing up her speech, "We will be traveling to Ohio."

Everyone let out a loud groan.

The last time we went up against the rotten apples, we lost. But it was bringing the time when I was injured so I don't really remember what happened at the competition. Still, I knew that no one was going to be looking forward to seeing them again.

"We might see Kendall." We all let out more groans. "We might see Vivi-Anne." More groans.

"Oh, my God," Maddie mumbled as she put her hands over her face.

"All I know is that the Abby Lee Dance Company will be so hot that they will become apple pie. And your group is gonna be like a la mode. The name of the group dance is "Land Unforgiving." It's about territory. We are going into Cathy's territory. We're gonna stick the stake right into that beef jerky. Everyone standing before me is in the group dance. However, I'm gonna bring in a few ringers in. Just like the Wicked Witch of the West," Miss. Abby explained.

Miss. Abby then turned to the pyramid, "So, let's start at the bottom of the pyramid. Brooke. You're still on probation. Next, we have Mackenzie. How'd you get down there? What happened? How many times did I ask you to spit your gum out?"

"Maybe ten," Kenzie responds in a soft voice.

"So, that's nine times too many," Miss. Abby says, "Next, Nia, I think you're there because you had a hard time with those turns. And it was your legs that needed to be straightened. So, all that technique you worked on, what happened?"

Miss. Abby revealed the next headshot, "Next, we have Paige. You see that probation sticker? Hopefully that's gonna come off of there. Next we have Chloe. The group dance is where you made the mistakes. The solo was good."

"Monica, your next," Miss. Abby says, revealing my headshot, "You were first overall in your age division. I wasn't able to see your solo but I heard great things from some of my friends."

I nodded my head to her.

Then she looked at the top of the pyramid, where there were two headshots, "The first person on top of the pyramid is Maddie. And the second person on top of the pyramid is also Maddie. Now, I would like to congratulate Maddie. Two crowns, two titles, in less than two hours. That's pretty darn good."

Maddie Maddie

Monica Chloe

Paige Nia Mackenzie Brooke

"Paige, you're 11," Miss. Abby says, moving on from the pyramid, "You're going to be our title entrant. Nine to 11."

Everyone clapped, excited that Paige is getting a solo.

"You will be doing "Tongue Twister. It's your responsibility to know it. She will not have a rehearsal. She's welcome to use the studio, but she has to get in here on her own. And I want to see a crown on your head. Do you understand? Alrighty. So, I'm gonna take this probation off right now."

Everyone cheered again.

"Chloe, you will be doing a solo. It's entitled "Angry Bird," Mrs. Abby explained, "Monica, you will be doing a solo as well which is called, "Knife Under My Pillow."