The Night Queen

Chapter 26

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RAIN'S POV

Someone tapped me in the back. Hindi ako nakapagsalita. He's really weird. He didn't speak for a while but he looks like he's hesitating. Hindi ko rin maintindihan kung anong iniisip niya. He's so strange. He's the guy that got attitude. The person I paired with for the Jubilee. Good thing his squad wasn't with him.

"Lance!" someone called from the back. Just after a second when I mentioned them, they just popped out of nowhere. I literally rolled my eyes for even mentioning them. Forget what I've just said.

"Oh, new girl's here. Hello," bati nang mukhang babaero. I didn't greet back because it would be so weird. And I don't really talk to people, not that much. "You're seriously competing with her, are you?" tanong naman noong isa. I just shrugged. Are they underestimating me just because I look like the local stereotypes of a nerd? For pete's sake, grow up.

And the vixen ended her performance. Everyone was silent for a moment and then, they started cheering and clapping as she walks towards me, with her spiteful eyes nd grinning lips, stopped and said, "I wish I could congratulate you but I remembered, losers don't deserve that. Beat that, beyotch."

It's not really my thing to talk back but I'm fascinated seeing that face on the opposite side. "My pleasure," I said without any bit of interest. I must say, if others are intimidated to her, then this is their time to laugh because I'm about to ruin what she's been protecting so far.

The announcer called for my name and it's my cue. Without saying any word I left the guys back stage. The whole place was dark with only the spot light flashing on me. The crowd's quite.

I'm going for the Swan Lake. For people who don't understand ballet, they think Swan Lake is mediocre. But I do think that it's the way how it was portrayed makes it more powerful. And not to mention that it's classic.

Swan Lake has some of the most notorious steps in ballet repertory. It involves whiplash motions of the raised leg that gives each turn its magnificence. And since it involves 32 fouette, I just did it perfectly.

A fouette is a "whipped throw" and is one of the most difficult turns in ballet dance. The dancer must pass their working leg in front or behind their body while spinning. This dance move is hard to master and takes a tremendous amount of determination to learn.

If you find a fouette challenging, the Swan Lake dance has 32 of them. The quick movements look incredible from the audience's perspective, but the dancer's expertise is what makes Swan Lake appear easy.

And just like that, I ended my performance in the most graceful pose. There was a moment of silence until the three Eligibles with the whole crowd standing up and starts clapping. I went backstage and Pin was already there. "Quite a scene back there," he told me. He handed me my blazer and I took it. "You've got a lot of explanations to do," he said as he let out a sigh.

"The winner has been decided," the announcer said after about 10 minutes. Just as when I was about to grab some tissue, the vixen put on an act of accidentally bumping on me while splashing her drink at me.

"Ooops! My bad. You should've mess with the wrong bitch." Atleast she confirmed that she's a bitch. Although I don't have to know since it was already obvious. I'm not going to fight back but I'm just going to spice things up a little bit. So, I grab her friend's chocolate frappe and pour it on her almost bare chest. She freaked out and her minions gasped as they looked stunned with what I just did.