A/N: The towns are not real. At least I don’t think so. I just made them up. The girl’s name is not revealed until later on.

A girl in a white dress sat in a corner crying. She had lost the most important competition of her life. She worked so hard and dedicated her life to practicing for this one, but important, competition. Earlier, the girl had confidently said that if she were to lose this competition, she would die.

The girl wandered from the theatre to the chilly outside sidewalk. Tears streamed down her face as she thought…

“Why? I worked so hard! Everyone knew how much first place meant to me! I failed…I failed! I am not good enough, and I never will be. Everyone must hate me. Everyone, including me, thought that I would have the best chance at gold. I trained so hard! I spent every second of every minute of my free time training. I had a perfect performance! Not a single mistake. I cannot bear to see the ashamed look on my parents’ faces. They gave in so much money for me! I cannot face them. My teacher must be so embarrassed of me, her supposed “Star Student.â€