Come

Psalm 20: In God I Trust

Don't think anybody noticed, but I forgot to name last chapter...I named it just now and added new pic of Bible verse... to continue!

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Elsa:

It was the Androidz turn to play first. We were hidden behind a screen; supposedly so that what we were playing would be a surprise.

The dress that I was wearing was a little itchy, but I knew that I could make it through the song.

The screen was like the peephole on a door; we could see through it, but people on the outside couldn't see us.

We saw the Androidz playing. It was great music from a movie I didn't know... But even though I never knew the song it seemed boring. I realized what it was though; they were performing as though they were bored.

Finally, they ended and the crowd clapped. Now it was our turn.

Here goes nothing. I may not remember this performance afterwards, but I knew that I was going to have fun, and that's all that mattered.

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Daichi

Elsa sat on the piano bench next to me, her back facing the audience. The grand piano was turned, so the audience could see my right side.

"Now please welcome, Come!"

I waited a couple seconds. Here goes nothing. I wasn't good at performances, but I'd do my best.

And I started to play.

S

upposedly the song is called Let It Go and it's from a movie called Frozen.

After a piano solo, Elsa started to sing, "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight,
Not a footprint to be seen.

A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like, I'm the queen."

Supposedly, the character who sings this is named Elsa. I guess that's why we choose it.

Hey, you're doing the crescendo!

I am. Usually, I just play piano music based on the notes, but this time I'm trying to add the staccato and the crescendo and other musical terms.

The first verse ended, and everyone came in, dancing. Ikuto was a snowman named Olaf, and he played the violin solo when coming on.

Everyone seemed to be very happy. Neutron even came on, and she changed her hair to be like Anna's. Vlad, as Hans, danced with her a little, then Anubis, as Kristoff, stole her away. They pretended to bicker a little, but Elsa came in between them, singing the chorus. I also played the accents and staccato at the beginning of the chorus.

As the bridge came on, I really got into it. For the first time, I felt like I was having fun playing music. I tweaked the music a little, making illusions of snow appear around Elsa. Everyone gathered around her, pretending to fascinated with her "magic".

"Let the storm rage ooonnn!
The cold never bothered me anyway!"

Everyone had gathered around Elsa, and very dramatically, I played the last note, a very high E.

The crowd cheered. Everyone stood up and started bowing. But then, Elsa made me stand up. "And give it up for our pianist, Daichi Luther!"

As they were cheering, I whispered to Elsa, "You didn't say Reiji."

"But you're the one who played."

I smiled. "Even though I may not like you in that way, you are a kind person."

She blushed, but we turned fire the final scores.

Ezekiel turned to the Androidz. "Androidz, the song was well played, but that wasn't what I was looking for in this round. In the first round I was looking for adaption to music. The second, how well without a singer. The third, music composition. And this one, performance. Your performance was very bland. 8/25."

She turned to us. "Your performance was very well done Come. Even the pianist, who is usually in the background and not noticed was performing. Although I docked off a point for a very badly done crescendo, you still receive 24/25 points."

Elsa smiled and hugged Ikuto. I wanted her to hug me! I didn't.

But we won. 18.5 +21+23+24... that is 86.5/100! Even if Ezekiel was going easy because it was a beginning comp. .. I guess she found us remarkable.

Thank you God.

... But he isn't real.

To me, he is.

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First off, Elsa's name is not based off the character...I came up with the name before I knew that there was a character named Elsa in the movie.

Second, I named chapter 21 as "awards", but it's more like the aftermath. Ezekiel is going to speak out, and there will be a small Noah scene.

However, first we're going to see another Jeremiah chapter...Ruth!

Now before any of you go and talk mean about a guy being a girl.... he's said he'd been a girl before, so he doesn't think much of it.

Ruth makes me laugh though... so I think you'll enjoy it. The chapter wraps up Solomon a little more because we talk with Anetka. It also reveals something important for the plot...I don't think you'll notice it until a later chapter though.

Anyway, break is almost over, so I don't know when I'll update... But at least I did five chapters this week. I'll make sure that I update twice a week.

Okay, bye!