SmEntertainment Trainee Life! Book (1)

Chapter Three: The Price of Fate $$$

Ainise:
Ok. It's morning. Time for us to shine! I quickly get up. Get ready and head out the door with my mum making my way to the SmTown building in a taxi. I check the time and (Crap!) it's already 9:01am. Auditions start at 9:30am, and it takes 40 minutes to reach there (especially with a VERY BUSY[which it usually isn't] traffic). Halfway there and it's 9:21am. I won't make it in time with this traffic. Aish Jinja! I decide to ditch the taxi and run to the building instead. Luckily mum was in the car to pay for the taxi, but still. I will be in massive as trouble when she gets there.
Luckily I am pretty fast and reached there in 7 minutes😱 (I know). Just two minutes left until it starts and I'm in the elevator. Ahhhh! When I finally get to the third floor I sort of feel ditzy. I forgot I'm scared of heights!!! I push those feelings away and run straight into the waiting room where there waiting for me. "(*Quick Puff) YES!!!" Made it in time with just 56 seconds to spare. "Yah! Are you crazy! What took you so long?!?!" Charli growles me. "Sorry. Just got caught in a traffic jam😬" I say. "Hurry up and get your breath back. We're going on soon!" Julia says with a calm voice like nothing happened.

TEN MINUTE'S LATER: Ok, can we have these people come in please . . . . . Someone, someone, Alina" "Alena!" Alena corrected. "Hm?" The man said confused. "My name is Alena" Alena replied. "Oh. Ok. So carrying on . . . . . Julia someone, Fili (yeah, when she heard us singing a year ago, she decided to delay her audition to this year and convinced us to join her), Alice, someone, Charli and Aaaaanice?" "Yes" I reply trying to make him think it's actually my name but really it sounds like he's abusing it. "Ok. You students will be the first group. Please go inside in the order I gave you. Thank you" he says gesturing for us to all go inside. 😐 Oh no! I'm so nervous. Luckily I'm last. But that still has a a lot of pressure on me. When we enter the room five people are sitting in their chairs behind a desk. "Ok guys and girls. Try your best!" The man in the middle chair cheers. The first 8 people sang/rapped&danced their hearts out and they were incredible. Now I'm next after Charli. Oh no wait, she just finished. Aigoo! Ok. I can do this, I can't do this. I Gotta Do This! Hwaiting!!!!! Before I knew it I'm finished. We're done! Yes we're done, but now it's time for our results. Did we make it in? Or not. "That was good. Ok. So I'll reveal your results in order of your performances. Just have this in mind. Only seven of you made it in. 1st Person - Pass. 2nd Person - Fail. 3rd Person (Alena) - Pass🎉. 4th Person (Julia) - Pass🎉. 5th Person - Fail. 6th Person (Fili) - Pass 🎉. 7th Person (Alice) - Pass🎉. 8th Person - Pass" (😨😰😱 Oh no! Only me and Charli are left, and there only one spot left. That's not goods at all) "9th Person (Charli) - . . . . .

. . . . . Fail. WHAT!" I say. "Excuse you! Please use your manners! Carrying on. And 10th/Last Person (Me) - Pass 😲👆👆👆👇👇👇👇. Ok that's it. Thank you." The Man in the middle says. After the other four people who auditioned with us left, the judges at the table stare at us until one of the men looks at us and says "You may leave now, Thank you." "Sorry Ahjussi" Alena interrupts, "Are you sure you made the right decision?" "What do you mean?" The lady at the end of the left side asks. "Well . . . . . " Alena says getting stuck in between what to say, until luckily Alice interferes. "Are you sure Charli didn't pass? She did her best and and it sounded flawless?" "Sorry, but this action isn't a decision to be discussed with you students. You're only trainees. What would you know?" The man beside the lady replies. "Well even though we're trainees we still know if she did great or not!" Fili bursts out! "Sorry missy! But in this industry everything doesn't always go your way! Especially with your young ages, you should be thanking us for allowing you students to even pass!" The lady towards the left side growls. "Well even if it doesn't go our own way, that doesn't mean that we still shouldn't try for what we believe in does it!" Julia mutters through her teeth. "In other words . . . . ." I say looking at them (Alena, Julia, Alice & Fili) " ALL 4 1, and 1 4 ALL!" We all cheer! (Besides Charli who looked pretty suprised)

Astoundingly after our cheer, the judges look at each other and start whispering. "Ok. Ok. Ok." The man in the middle (I can't believe I still don't know his name yet) says, "Since we can't afford to lose 5 trainees, why not." "Why not what?" I ask trying to push him to say the words. "Fine then. We'll accept her. But only on one condition." "And what's that condition?" Charli asks. "Well . . . Every year at the end of the year, you'll have to preform for us your best so we can decide on whether you'll still stay and debut or whether you get a warning and eventually get kicked out. In our company we give our trainees three chances. If you don't  pass this year, the next or the year after that you'll get the boot. But since it's with you girls . . . . . Let's see . . . If any of you don't debut in the time limit we provide, all of you will be kicked out and can never audition for our company ever again!" The man in the middle says. "And what's that time limit?" Julia asks. I hope it's ten years or at least eight. But nothing less than that. Especially with our ages, and so we can have enough time to upgrade our voices. " The time limit is . . . . . " the man gets lost of what time limit he should give us, just until the lady on the left says . . . . .