Maddie Ziegler has been abused by her parents for over 8 years, after the passing of her little sister Mackenzie. When Maddie finds herself falling for the popular boy, Josh Hyland, she tries to stop herself from a tragic mistake. However, when Maddie's family's secret is in jeopardy, she finds herself drowning in trouble.

"Promise me you won't let go." Maddie's eyes filled with tears as Kenzie slowly lifted her pinkie finger. "Forever?" She smiled hoarsely, reciting the two's sisterly promise. "And always." Maddie whispered back as their pinkies locked. ••• Not all promises were meant to be kept.

Ten of the worlds best dancing studios were supposed to be facing head to head in the ultimate Dance Battle, competing for the the winning title. However, it turns out the competition was a fraud and now the dance teams are fighting for their life, forced to battle against one another. No one will be let out of the arena, not until only one dance team remains The story is written in the perspective of Chloe, unless otherwise stated. A/N: This story is a Dance Mom's fanfiction but I also got the game idea from the Hunger Games. This story is pretty old and so the writing is not the best and neither is the grammar, I might edit it soon to make it slightly more readable. Be sure to check out my latest works, it would mean a lot :)

"Chloe is better than Maddie." "Maddie is better than Chloe." "Paige can't dance." "Brooke is so irresponsible and is just a total train wreck." "Nia is on the show so Lifetime won't look racist." "Kendall wears too much make-up. Ew. She looks ugly.' "Mackenzie is way too young to be on the team." Did you read that? Those are hate comments. And the Dance Moms girls are tired of it. Who knows...maybe one day the hate will so stop. Because of the girls' decisions.

When Paige is forced to become 'best friends' with the Hollywood star Chloe Lukasiak, she thinks nothing could be worse. Chloe is preppy and only cares about how she looks. Paige likes reading and wearing sweatpants everywhere. "You're nothing like me," Paige said. If only she knew Chloe's past. [COPYRIGHT to boyslikeyou. Idea credit to boyslikeyou. Cover credit to californiadventure.]