Born From A Boom Box (Step Up 3)

Read AUTHOR'S Note at the end!!

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Born From A Boom Box:

I jump into a random group of people in a circle and start to dance. Luke runs up to the group and starts to film me. I'm so happy right now. I'm finally starting at NYU. I'm majoring in dancing to become a dance teacher, then I can get my own dance studio. I'm on a scholarship. We couldn't afford to buy everything for college.

Behind me, I hear loud music and cheering. I stop dancing and walk out of the circle. A curly haired guy bursts out of the crowd and jumps on a bench. What's going on? Must be a dance battle. He's a really good dancer. Kid Darkness hops on the table and spins quickly. Curly jumps off the table as Kid Darkness dances. He's in a battle with Kid Darkness.

"Luke." I nudge my brother in the side. He turns around and sees Curly hold himself up on a table. Luke points his camera at him getting it on film. Curly does an amazing handstand spin on the ground before dances on a long seat. He jumps into a bag of balloons releasing them into the sky. The guy that was by the balloons grab Curly by the arm. Luke bolts forward with me right behind him.

"Come on. They're after you!" Luke pulls Curly with us. "Keep up Lexi!" I run ahead of them and see a hot dog vendor. I grab a bar above it and swing my body through. I roll on the ground to break my fall and bounce back up. I look over my shoulder to see Luke do the same thing as me and Curly look at us in awe. We race through the park. Luke runs up ahead of us and turns down an alley.

"Haven't seen you around before." Luke stops and turns to look at Curly.

"I'm just starting at NYU." Curly walks down the alley.

"I am too. What's your name?" I ask stepping closer to him.

"Alexander the Third, but people call me Moose." Curly replies. Can't call him Curly anymore.

"I'm Luke. That's my younger sister Lexi." Luke introduces us.

"What happened back there?" Moose asks looking at Luke than me.

"You were in a dance battle with Kid Darkness. He's a Samurai." I explain sitting on the hood of Luke's car that is covered.

"What's a Samurai?" Moose asks confused.

"One of the best dance crews out there." Luke walks up to a wall covered with World Jam flyers. "Check this. It's the biggest dance battle. Samurai's are part of it. You think what happened at the park was big."

"It was just the beginning." I finish Luke's thought. "You're really good. You should be apart of this." I point at the paper in Moose's hand. I get off of Luke's car to help pull off the cover. I slide in the middle seat in the front if the car. They get in the car next to me. We drive through Times Square as Moose stares at everything amazed. I guess he's never been to New York before. No one said anything on the way up to the club. It was just a comfortable silence.

When we make it outside the club, we park the car and walk inside. The club is crowded with dancers. We slide against the wall and make it to the elevator.

"Welcome to our home." Luke opens the door to the Vault. Music is blaring in the room as the Pirates dance.

"Woah." Moose breathes looking around. The Vault is pretty amazing. We have a room with a wall of boom boxes. A room to practice flips and tumbling in and more. This is where the Pirates live and dance together.

"I found everyone in the Pirates on the streets. They all had talent and no where to go." Luke explains to Moose. Jason walks up to us. "This is Jason. Jason this is Moose. He battled with Darkness."