How I became famous

My Worst Fear {8}

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Ella was performing on stage in Cardiff singing when the idea of her mum being left by herself popped into her head. She was worried and stopped singing during her performance and froze still. She didn't know what to do and then...
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I woke up facing the coloured lights in the the ceiling. Then I knew I was on stage. I'd fainted in front of thousands, my worst fear came true but I never realised it would happen at an Ellie Goulding concert. I could hear whispers and shouting and laughs. I tried to convince myself it was all in my head but it wasn't. The medical team on set rushed towards me the rest was a blur but I just closed my eyes and longed for my mum.
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10:03pm
I couldn't believe it I must have looked like such an idiot! I was so frustrated with myself I just wanted to run on stage and perform again. So I got up and started to walk toward the door I pulled it open and saw a dimly lit corridor and carried on walking. Soon my steps turned into a jog then in to a sprint I had to get back on stage and nothing was going to stop me, not today! I reached the wings of the stage and stood still. I saw Ellie performing and the crowd loved it, then I remembered something she told me "This will take time. If I goes wrong don't worry but pick yourself back up again". I just stared at her performing and thought "there's always tomorrow". I was finally at ease with how I had performed and was just enjoying Ellie's performance. My eyes couldn't break away from her. It seemed like she had some sort of glowing energy around her it was amazing.
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I looked at the clock back stage it was 11:06 I had been stood here for an hour just watching Ellie perform, singing along and imagining if that was me. Then I felt something touch my arm I ignored it thinking it was hair but then it tightened around elbow and pull me into the dark empty space they were dragging me around corners and down corridors and kept hitting the sides of walls or knocking equipment and then I stopped they opened a door and we went inside.
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They sat me down and turned on the lights it was Steve my vocal coach. He explained why he brought me here. He said "I know you had a tough performance today but I wanted to tell you about Dolly Sheridan. She was a singer and was one of the most famous of her time. It was the New Years Ball in Rome, the Colosseum actually. It was huge only the most famous people were invited and Dolly was supposed to spend New Years with her family like every year but she decided to go there instead. It was Dolly's time to perform in front of thousands of prestigious guests. When she thought of her family and how she was there not with them and she stopped singing and just like you fainted. She was so embarrassed that a couple of weeks after she announced that she would stop making music and stop singing she asked that she could be forgotten about and her music to stop being played. As she had many loyal fans they all respected her and completely forgot about her and her music has never been played since. Then she announced that she would go into hiding, become someone else change her name and live a normal life. This was her." Steve showed me a small image obviously a cut out from a magazine it was crumpled but you could still make of her face. She was pale but with long curly auburn hair. She wore bright red lipstick and sparkling peach coloured eyes and a long golden dress. In each hand were two awards. They must have been for music and she looked so happy and beautiful. Her eyes were a deep dark brown like my mum's and she had a sort of resemblance of my mum. "Anyway", said Steve " no body knows what she looks like know or what her name is but I just wanted to tell you so you wouldn't do the same."
"Thanks" I said "I'm gonna go back to the tour bus and get some sleep see you tomorrow"
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I was back on the bus lying in my bed trying to get to sleep but kept picturing the picture of Dolly Sheridan and thought what she would look like now.