Anne Of The Dance Studio

Like a Nighmare

My Internet is finally back which means this is the last chapter I have to write without an online thesaurus, hallelujah!
I'm trying to find a way to shorten my story plan because in my head it was around 100 chapters and I didn't realize how absurd that was until now so I'm trying to fit more into each chapter in order to avoid a 100 chapter long story.

It was Saturday, Anne was dancing on the stage in front of all of the judges and a gigantic crowd.

She pranced around like an enchanted leopard in dance shoes and everyone was cheering, her slim figure was twirling around for what seemed like years and was jumping meters off the ground, she was dancing like a true professional!

But suddenly, Anne stopped dancing, her feet seemed to be glued on the floor, she had forgotten the dance.

She could feel the panic in her chest thumping, it felt as if panic was a monster living inside her stomach that was feeding off of it's home. Soon Anne felt dizzy and nauseous, she swore she would throw up any second but instead she fell to the ground and put her wet face in her hands, shriveling up into a tiny ball.

No matter how strongly she covered her ears, she could still hear the jeering and booing from the unimpressed crowd and evil laughter from Josie Pye, she looked up to see the judges shaking their heads in disapproval, she could never win a great score now!

Her eyes anxiously searched the room for Ms. Phillips, maybe she wasn't very mad and would still let her dance at the studio?

Ms. Phillips had an angry face, "I should have never put my trust in you, you ugly orphan!" She yelled before stomping out.

Marilla's voice then came out above the others, "If you think that we're paying for your classes after that mess, you're insane, we should have never put our trust into an orphan like you."

Matthew then spoke, "We have decided to send you back to the orphanage."

"No! Please!" Anne shouted anxiously, she would rather live on the streets than go back.

Marilla and Matthew giggled but there seemed to be two more mocking voices as well,

A giggling Diana and Gilbert then stepped out from behind the Cuthberts,

"She deserves it after being such a terrible bosom friend and dancer, I bet Josie Pye could do much better!" Diana said with an evil laugh,

Gilbert looked at Anne with a piercing smile, "You were wrong about people growing to love you, the truth is that no one loves you! Go back to the orphanage where you belong, oh wait, no one loves you there either!"

Sarah gave him a high five as all five of them burst into laughter, The judges then started laughing as well and soon enough the entire crowd was laughing at Anne.

Anne stood up, she was now desperately gasping for air, she started walking backwards trying to get to the exit but ended up tripping and falling making the audience laugh even harder and making her head hurt as all sound partially drained out.

Anne tried to scream but couldn't, her lungs didn't seem to be working for breathing or speaking, she seeped into the ground and soon everything went pitch black as the last inch of sound drained out and all she could hear was a loud and long fuzzy beeping noise.

Anne woke up screaming at the top of her lungs in cold sweat, she looked around to see her tidy bedroom, she was not on stage anymore, maybe they let her sleep in her beloved room before sending her off into the orphanage?

Marilla nervously came running into the room after having heard the screams, "Whatever is the matter, Anne?"

Anne ran out of her bed and hugged Marilla tightly, "I know you're mad but please don't send me back to the orphanage, I don't think I could cope after seeing what a good family is!"

Marilla looked down confusedly, "What on earth are you talking about? We decided to keep you a very long time ago, and why would I be mad?"

Anne looked up wiping away tears, "You said at the competition on Saturday that you and Matthew decided to send me back, you sounded tremendously upset."

Marilla chuckled, "Anne, it's Thursday, the competition is in three days!"

"Oh, so you're not sending me to the orphanage?" She asked, obviously relieved

"Of course not!"

"And you wont send me back no matter how terribly I dance at the competition?"

"We won't, what a silly notion! Now go back to bed, you have school tomorrow."

"Yes, Marilla." She said obediently as she crawled back into bed with a smile.

Marilla shook her head with a smile, "What a child." She muttered to herself before leaving the room.

On Thursday morning Anne walked to school with Diana as always,

"Anne, your under eyes are darker than I've ever seen them, are you alright?" Diana asked

Anne nodded, "I had a bad dream and didn't get much sleep, that's all."

Diana looked at Anne excitedly, "I had a bad dream as well, what was yours?"

"I forgot my dance on stage and everyone was laughing and making fun of me, even you, Matthew, and Marilla!"

"I would never do that!"

"I know you wouldn't, you're a very good bosom friend!"

"Did anything else happen?"

"Matthew and Marilla sent me back to the orphanage, oh and I tripped and then everything went black."

Diana looked worried now, "Are you getting stressed from this entire dance ordeal?"

"What? No, of course not! I assure you, I am completely fine!" Anne insisted,

"Are you sure?" Diana asked, still not convinced,

"Positive." Anne said in a lighter tone than before

Diana nodded, "If you are positive then I believe you."

"What was yours about?"

Diana giggled before speaking, "It sounds silly compared to yours!"

Anne rolled her eyes with a cheeky smile, "Just tell me!"

Diana huffed out deeply, "Fine, I had a dream that I was playing spin the bottle and when I spun it everyone ran away from the circle and I was forced to kiss the dirty floor!"

Anne giggled, "Oh no!"

Diana joined in giggling, "So you're absolutely sure that you're fine?"

Anne nodded at her bosom friend reassuringly as they walked in the class and sat at their desks.

Since Mr. Phillips wasn't in the classroom yet Anne decided to revise the dance in her head,

She got up to the part that she forgot in her dream and was about to continue as she knew the dance very well by now but was interrupted by Josie Pye,

"What are you doing with your hands?" She obnoxiously asked from behind Anne,

Anne then noticed that she was moving her hands along with the dance in her head and blushed in embarrassment, "Nothing that should interest you, Josie." she replied sternly,

Anne then made a mental note to make sure Josie didn't come to her competition, she wouldn't be able to go up on stage if Josie was there, Josie would certainly do something horrific if she found out.

Don't let Josie find out, it was that simple.