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Laura

"Joelle, where are the blue ribbons?" I ask my friend as we both work on the contestants' dresses. Adeline, Zoe and I have to start thinking of Madison's outfit for the talent show and make sure it's absolutely beautiful. We all can't wait for the future challenge, it's going to be so exciting and entertaining! I'm also really happy that my little brother will be competing too and I can't wait to see him perform.

"They are right next to the sewing machine Lau." She says, eyes focused on the piece of pink material she has between her hands. Thanking her, I stand up and walk towards another table, only to turn around when I hear my name.

"Laura!," I see Mary, Miss Kimberly's maid walk closer with a concerned look on her face. Stopping in my tracks, I wait for her to tell me what's going on. "Hey, I'm really sorry to interrupt your work, but Miss Lindsey has requested that one of Miss Madison's maids checks on her." I frown, placing a hand on my hip.

"Why's that? What's wrong?" She gives me a sad smile.

"She's sick. Well that's what Miss Lindsey told me." I suddenly start to worry and thank Mary, quickly storming out of the workshop. Madison is sick? But she was feeling perfectly fine this morning. I hope she didn't get a food poisoning, that could be the worse thing happening at this moment of the competition.

I quicken my pace in the hallways to reach her suite. Learning Madison got suddenly sick actually worried me sick. Who would want a beautiful soul like her to be ill? With a sigh of relief, I finally stop in front of her door. I turn the knob, frowning when I see that it isn't locked. She usually always locks her door.

Shrugging, I open the door and step inside, only to gasp in horror. My eyes bulge open as I take in the state of her room. Everything is mess. There's pictures hung everywhere, thrown on the floor and torn into pieces. 

What the hell happened in here?!

It's only after a few seconds of shock that I recognize her, sleeping into a fetus position in the middle of this mess. My heart breaks at her sight and I rush to her side, falling on my knees to hold her. "Madison, Madison, are you alright?" I say but she doesn't answer, still sleeping with a frown wrinkling her pretty face. I start to shake her shoulder and it's only then that her eyes shot open, red and puffy from crying I guess.

"L-Laura?" She croaks and I nod, biting my lip as I wait for something, I don't know. She blinks a few times, her gaze fixed on me before starting to look around the room. Her face falls as she sees the condition of her suite, something breaking inside her again. "Oh, Laura!" She chokes out before falling in my arms, loud sobs escaping her trembling body. Worried and in a panicked bubble of emotions, I hold her back tightly, making sure she can let everything out. I rub her back softly while she cries, shaking my head as I let everything sink in. My eyes catch one of the images and widen when I see it's a picture of Prince Harry and another girl kissing. This is absolutely horrible, who could've done that?! If only I knew someone was plotting something evil against Madison I would've not left her room. Who had access to it anyway? Like I said earlier, we always lock her room before leaving, and so does she.

"Madison, sshhh," I whisper, running a hand through her thick, brown hair. She hiccups a few times, sniffing before slowly pulling away from me. She glances up, looking completely broken inside while tears still roll down her face, smearing her makeup everywhere. "Madison, do. . .Do you know what happened?" I dare to ask and she bites her trembling lip, shaking her head no. My shoulders slump down, still not able to believe what's in front of my eyes. She finally sits up, gaze glued on the floor as she fidgets nervously, once again catching my concern.