Im glad this was finally out on a platform I have now! ENJOY!

𝕍𝕠𝕥𝕖 - 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕖 - 𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨

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~ Not good enough ~

"Thanks, Mr. Moon" Johnny said chuckling.

"Yeah!" Gunter agreed, coming into the conversation. "I think we pretty much nailed itt!" he finished.

"So, i-is she here?" Rosita asked walking up to Moon. He nodded and motioned them to follow. The audience could be heard laughing as they approached. He moved the curtain slightly and pointed towards a lady. "There. See the dog, middle third row?"  

Rosita smiled "Oh, she's younger than I imagined"

He turned to them. "Yeah, well, supposedly, she's the best scout in show business" "I can't tell if..if she's enjoying it" Meena said tilting her head. "Come on, let's get a better view" he said as they followed him onto a wooden plank big enough to fit all of them that was attached to a pulley and pulled the lever.  

[Rabbit] "This I know"

[Rabbit 2] "He told me 'Dont worry about it' He told me 'Dont worry no more.' We both know we can't go, without it[music fades]"

They rushed over after Moon to Ms. Crawly. "And how we doing over here, Miss Crawly?" "Oh, very good, Mr. Moon" she looked through her telescope again. "So far, I counted nine smiles, two belly laughs, and five chuckles. Uh, though the last one could've just been gas."

"Well, that's proof, right? She must like the show" he said as he looked at everyone. "Oh, my gosh. You think so?" "I hope so" The two girls said as they smiled. "All right, now, keep up the good work. Come on, everybody, back to positions" Then they began heading back. "She'd be, like, cuckoo not to love the show" Gunter said as he left. Moon sighed happily. "Dream big dreams. [looks over at her]That's what I always said, right?" 

"Mm-hmm"

"Well, looks like we're about to take this show to the entertainment capital of the world" "Mr. Moon, she's leaving!" "Huh?" he said as he quickly grabbed the telescope and threw his paper aside to see. "She's leaving the show" 

"He told me 'You'll never'..."

She was in fact leaving, now walking in the open space of the red carpet heading towards the door. He gasped before jumping on top of the pole, handing her the telescope "Miss Crawly, stay right here" "What are you gonna do?" "I'm gonna follow that dog" He then jumped and hung from a light on a pulley. Then landed next to Nana with a grunt. She was startled and looked at him. "Good heavens!" "Hey, Nana!"  She fanned herself as he looked around. "What are you doing?"

"The scout is leaving" he said as they both got up to look. Yep, she was indeed heading out the door and also looking at her phone. "Ah, so she is. Hurry" And so he did.  

The monkey, who was standing at the double doors opened the second door for her. She nodded with a thank you, looking at her phone still. Luckily he caught her in time. "Uh, Suki? Suki Lane?[sighs/walks down the stair to her] I'm Buster Moon. Uh, hi. So glad you could make it. Um, would you like some popcorn?" She shook her head not looking away from her phone "Oh, no, thanks. I'm not staying for the second half, so..."

"Oh. But, uh, we thought you were enjoying it. I mean, not that we were watching you or anything" "It really is a cute little show. [looks at a poster in front/chuckles]Just not what we're looking for" 

"But-but wait. Y-You got to see the second act. I'm-I'm telling you, [chuckles] it's a smash."

She stops and puts her phone away. "Okay, Mr. Moon, can I be honest?" "Of course" "Are you sure? 'Cause folks say that when they don't really mean it" "No, please, please, be as honest as you like"

"You're not good enough" then she opens the door entrance "What?" lifting a hand. "Taxi![looks back at him]You know, maybe I will have that popcorn.[goes to taxi] Look, you've got a nice little local theater here, and it's great for what it is, but trust me, you'd never make it in the big leagues. Take Mrs. L/n for example. You need to be that good. Bye, now" she says as the window rolls up and she gets her phone back out. 

Moon was shocked at what she said. "Well, what did she say?" Nana asked walking quickly over to him. He looked at her "Ill be right back" and-

Suki was talking on her phone to someone. "Nah. Mm-mm. [eats a popcorn]A few laughs, bunch of quirky ideas. But, anyway, about Thursday..." There was a tap on the window as she was about to eat another popcorn. She looked over to see "Oh my..." "Yeah, hi. It's me again. [gasps/paddles faster]Whoa whoa" "I'll call you back. [rolls window down]Are you out of your mind?" "When are you holding auditions?" 

She stammered. "Tomorrow. But there is no way you'll-" "Uh, listen, it-[HONK HONK]" A red vintage car pulled up to the side of them with a hippo driving it. "Get out of the road, you idiot!" "Hey, do you mind? I'm in a meeting here. [looks at her]Could-could you at least give us a chance to try out for your boss?" he asked still managing to hold onto the car. 

She slightly shook her head and looked forward. "Driver, could you please lose this maniac?" the window began rolling up. "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on a second. [car turns fast]No, no, no, no!" Buster on the bike went super fast plus going down stairs, into the air, and into the river.  As a whale came up the crowed groaned, Buster looked around thinking they were cheering for him[they cheer]..he waved and smiled, then it blew water out and Buster went flying..the crowd groaned again. 

Buster walked back to the  theater sadly and slowly dripping wet. 

["Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John playing] 

Slowly walking up the stairs he looked over at the poster, it said

'𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐎𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝' 

{"𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩!" - 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙩}{"𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙣" - 𝙂𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚}

♪ When are you gonna come down? ♪

♪ When are you going to land? ♪

♪ I should have stayed on the farm ♪

♪ I should have listened to my old man ♪

♪ You know you can't hold me forever ♪

♪ I didn't sign up with you ♪

He blowdrys himself. 

♪ I'm not a present for your friends to open ♪ Next thing you know, shows over and animals were leaving.

♪ This boy's too young to be singing ♪

♪ The blues ♪

♪ Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah ♪ Nana was looking for him by the doors where he left her. "Mr. Moon?"

♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪ She went back stage, not there. Clothes/ccostume rack, not there.

♪ So goodbye, yellow brick road ♪ His office and flipped on the lightswitch and tapped her chin with her fan. 

♪ Where the dogs of society howl ♪

♪ You can't plant me in your penthouse ♪

♪ I'm going back to my plow ♪ Looked behind the couch, not there either.

♪ Back to the howling old owl in the woods ♪ Under the desk, not there. Going behind the desk..looking at.

♪ Hunting the horny-back toad-♪ Nana hit the radio and it turned off, staring at the drawer. She opened it and was startled. "Oh, for heaven's sake" He sighed. "What can I say, Nana? I'm a failure"   

"Oh, poppycock" she said walking away from behind the desk. "I was reaching too high" 

"Honestly, one negative comment, and it's all, "Woe is me.""saying as she dramatically put her hand on her forehead walking to around the room. "Nana, come on. She said I'm not good enough. I mean, heck, I've just been told that my destiny, all of my hopes and dreams, uh, they all end right here" he told her. She rolled her eyes at his dramaticness.  

"Well, what did you expect? That she would drop to her knees and declare you a genius? Roll out the red carpet for the great Buster Moon!"

"She-she ran me off the road into a canal" "Well, you're still in one piece, aren't you?"

 "Well, yeah, but-" "Well, anyone who dares set out to follow their dreams is bound to face a lot worse than a dip in the canal. [Penguine Hobbs walks in]Ah, Hobbs. I found him. Uh, bring the car round, will you?[he leaves] There's a good chap"she looks at Buster. "I-I... I just thought she'd at least see we deserved a shot" 

"Never mind what this person you don't even know said. Do you think you're good enough?"

"Of course, but-" "Then you must fight for what you believe in. Guts, stamina, faith. These are the things you need now, and without them... Well, maybe that scout was right. [walks out]Maybe you're not good enough" he watched her leave and looked away in thought. Nana leaned back and looked at him before leaving.

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Tossing and turning in his bead as cars drove by. He then put his pillow over his head..and for a few seconds stayed there...before moving it off and looking at the ceiling for a few seconds. Guess Nana's words really got to him. 

He went down the stairs, clothes already on. Unlocked a big suitcase(bc its big compared to him) and filled it with costumes, hats, and props he made. It was kind of hard to close but he managed. 

Now he's walking down the street talking on the phone. "Oh, I... No, I know, Rosita, but trust me on this. It'll be totally worth it. And listen, I'm outside her place now, so can you call the others and have 'em meet up in half an hour? Great. Thank you" 

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I hope you enjoyed this chapter u-u. Thank you for reading it. Even thought I don't have the same motivation like I did when I wanted it to be streaming on platforms but I still have ideas for it and I'll keep doing writing aka finish this book so yeah, don't worry. 

𝚅𝚘𝚝𝚎 - 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎 - 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠