A Second Chance ~The Next Step

After The Next Step wins Nationals, Amanda has a lot of thinking to do after leaving Elite behind, struggling to find out where she truly belongs even after redeeming herself and saving The Next Step from forfeiting the opportunity of a lifetime. No matter how much she has done to bring them down, one question remains unanswered: will they ever truly forgive her and consider her a part of their team and family? Above all else, a second chance is all she needs...all she hopes for...all she deserves.

"As I watch everyone celebrate and cheer without an end in sight, I feel my vision begin to blur and everything around me from the stadium to the circus-like set is merely a fuzzy haze of colors meshed together as I stare blankly into space, backing away from everyone on A-Troupe in their sea of joyful embraces that I was momentarily a part of. Don't get me wrong, I'm not feeling sick or faint or anything like that; I just need a little moment to myself, that's all, just to think. And, for the record, one of these things on my mind is if I actually deserve to be celebrating with them right now. More and more, I'm growing lost in thought, leaning back on the set, paying no attention to everything and anything around me. Just my own mind, my own headspace, and me." -Amanda

"Something has changed within me; something is not the same. I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game." -Defying Gravity (Wicked the Musical)

Takes place before the end of Season 2, in Amanda's POV

(The Next Step fanfiction)