𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑺 ♥︎ 𝑶𝒓𝒍𝒂 𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 (The Next Step)

𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑶𝑵𝑬 ♥︎ 28

As soon as their song, Stutter, started to play, Orla just felt amazing. Her team around her, she danced as if no one was watching.

But loads of people were watching. A whole audience, that cheered and clapped for everything they did.

"In this first round, we're up against Annex Dance Academy," Tiffany explained.

Annex were pretty good, but Orla thought that TNS had a really strong performance and that they did very well on the floor.

"Teams compete, one on one, and the judges award scores," Kate explained.

"The judges have arrived at a decision and in their first round, The Next Step has scored eighty six points!"

As they were the first team going out, they weren't sure whether to jump or scream, so they all smiled and hoped they would make it through.

"We scored eighty six in the first round, which is pretty good," Emily smiled.

"Now Annex Dance Academy is going out to face the judges," Eldon explained. "If they score higher than eighty six points, we're cut immediately."

"...Annex Dance Academy scores eighty four points, sadly not enough to move to the next round."

Orla and Emily jumped into each other's arms, flinging themselves about the wings, screaming quietly. Everyone else was doing much the same.

"I'm so glad we won our first round!" Riley grinned. "Now we just need to win four more head to head battles and then we'll be the Regionals champions."

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The first round continued with gusto, and soon there were a whole new set of teams heading into the second one.

"It's kinda intimidating, as we watch all of the first round battles, because all of the teams are really good," James shook his head.

And then Elite came on, and completely wiped the floor, earning themselves a total of ninety one points, which was the highest score so far.

"As if their massive egos haven't been boosted enough already," Orla muttered bitterly to Emily as they watched the team celebrate on stage.

Emily sighed, looking the same way, as Amanda smirked at them, celebrating them.

Orla really wanted to give her a piece of her mind.

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During the second round, TNS beat Allegro School of Dance with a five point gap, scoring eighty seven points. Orla jumped into James' arms on stage and he spun her round. They just needed to win two more times and they were in the finals.

"And then our biggest competitors become Seeds and Elite," Orla bit her lip.

Both of those teams were doing well to top it off. Elite's scores were just heightening and heightening, and Seeds had gotten Tony and Lizzie back, and were stronger than ever.

Elite was on now, actually, walking on in their big, puffy, black costumes. Their dance, even though Orla would never say it out loud, was really, really good.

They beat their competitor easily.

At that moment, the Next Step were running about in the wings. They were going against Dance Inc. in this round and they were a pretty good team, who were performing just after Elite, in a minute.