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Mya stared at the trainee in the centre of the formation, stunned.

"Is that Izzy?" Alaska whispered to her.

Mya nodded, unable to form words.

She certainly hadn't expected to see her friend competing on stage currently.

When they were trainees, Mya and Izzy had quickly formed a beautiful friendship.

In JYP, they typically separated trainees into cohorts and then they would compete within those cohorts. Of course, moving up in cohorts would mean you're just one step closer to debuting.

Let's take a trip back in time, shall we?

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"Welcome to your new life as JYP trainees. I commend all of you for making it past the auditions, but unless you really want this, you will fail," the instructor at the front of the room said, strictly.

Mya stared nervously at the crowd around her.

"Firstly, we're going to evaluate you all and then place you into cohorts based on your skills and talents. I want to start with Wang Mya."

Mya stood straight up and made her way to the front of the room.

"Can you please play What is Love by TWICE?"

The instructor simply nodded and went to pay the instrumental version on his phone.

As soon as the music started, it was like Mya transformed from a shy girl into the idol she wanted to be.

She performed with perfect annunciation and sharp dance moves. And yet, she still was able to add her own flair and character to it.

When she finished in her ending pose, the room full of brand new trainees burst into applause.

"I didn't expect her to already be so professional and idol like!" she overheard someone whisper.

As she tried to catch her breath, she didn't dare look at the instructor's face to see the expression on his face.

"Miss Wang, you are going to be put into group S."

Mya stopped for a moment, the only thing she recognized was the feeling of disappointment flooding through her.

S? That had to have been super low. She really didn't think she had done that poorly.

"Thank you," she muttered and bowed towards the instructor.

She returned to her seat and kept her head low, trying not to allow for her tears to blubber up and flow out of her eyes.

"Hey."

Mya looked up and met eyes with a pretty brunette girl. She seemed to be a little bit younger than she was, but also radiated confidence and poise.

"I'm Byun, Isabella, it's nice to meet you! Oh, you can call me Izzy! And I wouldn't worry too much about your performance, you were incredible! As far as opening performances go, that was by far one of the best I've ever seen."

Mya smiled at the younger girl softly.

"Thanks Izzy."
"No problem! There's no way that that performance we just seen belongs in an S rank."

The two girls sat beside each other for the rest of the performances given by the other trainees whispering back and forth about their lives or the performance they had just seen, etc.

Finally, Izzy's name was called close to the end of the evaluation.

The other trainees had gotten the ranks of either A, B, or C and at the moment, ten trainees in the total of twenty in the room had been given an F rank.

Izzy went up confidently and plastered a big smile on her face.

"Wannabe by ITZY please."

And she absolutely nailed it.

Mya watched with her jaw practically on the floor as she watched Izzy rap and dance the song perfectly. Her vocals had been a little shaky, but it was an ITZY song. All things considered, it was probably the most impressive performance that the young girl had ever seen.

Was this girl really a trainee or was she a secret idol?

She wouldn't doubt if it was the second one.

"Izzy, S rank."

The room went silent.

Now Mya was confused.

That performance was by far the best of the day. And an S?

That was so confusing.

Izzy returned to her seat, clearly unfazed by the rank.

"You're not worried?" Mya whispered to her, concern laced within her voice.
"I think S is actually the highest," Izzy responded.

Mya froze for a minute and then it suddenly clicked for her.

All it had taken was for someone else to perform at such a high level for her to be able to make that connection.

But it really did make sense.

As the instructor walked towards the front of the room, Izzy had a self assured smirk on her face.

That was truly the most terrifying thing for Mya; for the fact that the girl was good, knew she was good, and at the same time, was also humble about it.

How was it possible for a person to have all of those qualities?

"If you got rank C, tomorrow, you will return to this room and be reevaluated to determine if whether or not you will be allowed to move up to the next rank. Consider it your second chance; but if you fail tomorrow, you are out."

The two Cs in the room had immediately tensed up at that. Mya had felt bad, but at the same time was also confused. It wasn't like their performances had been bad; in fact, they had been fairly average! It was crazy to think that they could lose their chances over that.

"B-rank, you will go to training room 58 tomorrow; you will then work there and focus on one specific category that you are lacking in, whether it be vocal, dance, or rap, you will work on it tomorrow until it is to par with the other levels."

That one made sense to Mya; the four trainees who had been given a B rank were lacking in one of the categories the instructor had said, but they were definitely strong enough to not be cut.

"A-rank, your skills are good all around, but your stage presence will need work. However, something like that can be an easy fix so long as you continue to work at it. You will go to room 33 tomorrow to work specifically on that."

Finally, the instructor turned towards Mya and Izzy; the only two who had received the S-rank in the room and a small smile appeared on his face.

"For my S-ranks, you will go see JYP tomorrow. You both are stellar performers and excel in all categories. You will perform for him the same songs you did today and he will evaluate you to determine whether or not he will want to start you on the debut process."

Everyone's jaws dropped onto the floor at that news. Of course, it made sense to them. There really were no other performances that could top any of the others they had seen.

But then, the room's atmosphere shifted to something much darker than the joyous news the two had just received; for the half of you with an F-rank, there is no space for you here in JYP entertainment. Unfortunately, you have been cut. You are allowed to audition again during the next open call, but we will not be seeing you here for more training. Thank you and goodbye."

At that, Mya clutched Izzy's hand.

It became crystal clear to her that in that moment, it was crucial to be able to have friends during this whole process because it was so easy for them to leave.

Tomorrow, however, something would happen that she never would have been able to predict.

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬

Oop kinda cliffhangerish

I don't know how JYP auditions work so this is my interpretation of it.

I hope you all enjoyed + love our newest edition <3

Q: Do you follow Izzy_stuff ???
A: you should be🤨