Sona's Dream

Chapter 7

Before I realised it was already 8 p.m. Oh no! It's already so late! I have no time to eat now! I run out of the hotel toward the stage. Unfortunately the stage is on the other side of the city. So I have to run through the whole city. At night the city looks not so friendly. There are so many alcoholics on the streets. It's really loud on the street. Many bars are now already open, some of them are already full of customers. Many of them are already drunk. I run faster because it somehow scare me. Well no wonder boys are really dangerous when they are drunk. Some of them rape women while they are drunken. Soon I arrive at the Centre of the city. Here is much more safe, no bars around me but only shops or restaurants. Sometimes I see a café but that's it. And here are policemen patrolling around the small streets. But where am I? I don't know which street I am anymore. So I ask a policeman where the stage is. I was surprised when he said that he will drive me there. I though policemen in America are all rough but it seems there are also some good and nice policemen. Not long later I'm standing before the stage.

-There you are Miss. Good that you are not late and that you did not forgot it.

-Hey Mister Stanford. Of course I won't forget it (ehem).

He lets me in the stage. He leads me toward a room.

-Here is your change room. There are clothes in that little room there. You can use all the make up in here. You have now exactly half hour, then I will come to lead you toward the stage. Please take your time until then. Here is a button. If you click it I will come. So if you have any questions don't hesitate to click it.

-I will thank you.

He leaves the room with a smile. I smile back. Well let's see what for clothes they have... I open the door toward that little room. Little room?! The room is bigger than my room at home! You see hundreds of clothes one side and hundreds of dresses and robes on the other side. I have only 30 minutes to choose one?! Aaaargh that's not enough time! Well I look a little around. I think I will choose a dress. After a while I find a nice one. It's long, it hides your legs too. The dress is black with blue flowers on the left side. I take it on. Hm, I look so thin inside the cloth. Maybe too thin! Suddenly my stomach begins to hurt. Ugh! Why? Now I realised again, that I haven't eat anything since the luncheon! I have only eat 1 time today. What shall I do? Ah yes he said I can use that button to call him. But it is awkward to ask him for something to eat. I look at the clock. I have still 13 minutes until he will come. And I still have not made any make up. I destroyed my brain because I didn't know if I shall call Mister Stanford or make some make up on my face. Finally I choose to call Mister Stanford. He comes in and asks me what I want. I ask him if I can eat something. He looks at me and begins to laugh.

-So you did forgot.

-N-no I didn't... Ok yes I did. I was day-dreaming to long this afternoon.

-It's ok. You arrived at time. Well you have only 4 minutes left. As I can see, you choose a beautiful nice dress. It' looks good on you. But you have no make-up on your face. So do you want to eat now or do you want to put some make up on you?

-I choose to eat.

He laughs again and tells me to follow him fast. I don't have many time left after all. We enter a room full of food. Wow! I grab fast some fruits and a piece of meat. I eat it fast because I have to go on the stage already. When I arrive the juries are calling one after another. Number 78: Miss Sona from Great Britain! I go on the stage. The stage is at least 5 times bigger than the stage back then, where I had won the third place in my hometown! The audience clap the moment I'm going on the stage. I think there are at least 5000 people! They are all looking at me. Some boys make weird faces but I can tell that they find me attractive, well my body. I'm somehow happy but also disgusted. I present myself and talk about my experience. The jury asks me which category of songs I will sing. I answer with 'Pop'. So they tell me that I'm in the group B. Group A is the group of the rappers and battles. Group B is normal singing. They also tell me that group B will sing after 2 weeks because the first week is for group A. Then I leave the stage and the juries call number 79. So I have still 1 week to train and to chill? Easy. After 1 hour everyone of us 284 are taken, 128 of us are in group A, the rest of us, 156, are in group B. I didn't know that there were 2 groups of sing contexts. We are told that everyone in group B has to prepare 10 songs which are written by ourselves and asked us if anyone forgot it. None. Then they tell us that we have to find a partner. It has to be a girl and a boy. Wait what?! We have to find a partner under us 156? And I don't know anyone of them. I begin to fear. It's hopeless I think. Even if I pass the first round, if I don't have a partner I will still fail later. We have to go back to hotel again. Everyone of us got tickets. Its tickets for places in the audience. We can listen and watch everything from group A for free. Well I'm right now not really interested. I have other problems at the moment.

I did not fall asleep that night. The problem with the group was a shock for me. I thought about it the whole night.

Well I am not late for the breakfast today at least. I need some power ups after all. I haven't eat anything since yesterday night. And I ate only some fruit and a little meat, so I was already hungry since yesterday. I ask for coffee instead of milk even though I hate coffee. But I really need caffeine right now. I notice that there are some other candidates of yesterday in the restaurant of the hotel, 7 girls and 6 boys. 3 of them look from time to time at me. It is really annoying so I eat fast and go to my room. I use today to practice again. For the city I still have enough days. Right now practice is more important.