"Don't come" Ruka says, as he looks back. It was the day of the performance, and he was at the edge.

"Uh-huh, yeah" both Mikan and Hotaru nodded.

"Really, don't come. And what's with the camera?" Ruka said it again. This time, the number of people following him increase.

"Okay, whatever you say Ruka" They reply. Then, Sumire suddenly appears, throwing away flyers inviting to Musical Performance by active ability. Ruka started to panic and shook his head,

"Don't come, don't come, don't come!" By this, almost all of his classmates followed him, all while nodding their head to Ruka's words.

Meanwhile, Amy just secretly laughs, while shaking her head.

'The more you say no, the more eager they are. Poor Ruka'- Amy thought, although, she was also one of the people who already has her camera ready. One, to take as many pictures as she can of her dear siblings. Two, to take as many pictures of Ruka and Mikan. And three, just for keep time sake, a blackmail picture of Natsume in a wildcat suit. Of course, the aforementioned person has no idea they will experience stage real soon. At this, Amy just chuckled- all while it sends a shiver to Ruka, Mikan, and Natsume.

"Aww, it's alright Ruka. You look cool during rehearsal anyway" Sophie said, as she walked beside Ruka, patting his back. At this Ruka sullen expression brighten up a bit- ever so slightly. Sophie smiled back, though her cheek was slightly red. Amy, who was watching this, just bemused,

'Ohho! What's this?' - Amy thought, however, she quickly dismissed it. It's fine- for her, her sibling's interest should keep to themselves unless they are ready to tell her, though...

She will take a picture of this.

"Amy-nee, I will go to the costume crew for the last check. Later, I will join you at the seat alright?" Says Sophie. Amy nodded, and she went to her way. As part of the active ability class, she was in charge of creating costumes- hence why she was busy these few weeks, tailoring the clothes to their actor. Then, Amy look around.

After Ruka pouting, due to their sudden intrusion - in which he should have expected, all of them then gathered around. Talking about Sumire possibly 'miscast' as Sleeping beauty, the one who become the prince, and hmm... apparently talking about powerful slimeball. Meanwhile, Amy just looked around. She has no idea which curtain will fall down. Then, as if realizing something,

'If I'm not mistaken...' Amy immediately runs to the center of the stage. Just in time, when the curtain that was currently adjusted by two senior students suddenly dropped. Amy shouted,

"Everyone, get away!" Then she cast her shield, temporarily stopped the curtain. Sophie, using her super speed, quickly take away Mirai while Yoichi was taken away by Natsume. All of them scrambled around, with the box of exploding slime was thrown all over. Then, the shield crack and she immediately leaped away from the falling curtain.

She stumbled down, and the curtain fall right in front of her. Everyone at the backstage was in an uproar and panicked. Apparently, the slimeball still knocked over, some of the lights called down and well- it's pure chaos. Some came over and thanked her, in which she just waved it off like no problem.

Though, she sighed in relief. While the damage is still there, at least, no one is hurt. While everyone was in the fuss, with Mikan, Koko and few more students apologizing, Narumi-sensei immediately walked to her and asked,

"Are you ok Amy?" Narumi asked as he held his hand, offering to pull her up. She grabs it and used it to help her stand. She felt a bit dizzy, but, overall ok.

"Yup, I'm fine Sensei. How about others?"

"Well, thanks to you, no one was injured. But, the slimeball... well apparently was knocked over and it's quite a mess. The props mostly safe, though most actors are stuck with slimeball. It seems that we need to do some understudy" and Narumi started to mutter, thinking of a solution. As Amy getting up, she admired Narumi for a while. This is one of his cool sides- if he keeps his head cool, he can think of so many solutions while comforting his students.

Then Amy look around,

Ah! There they're! - Amy walked to Sophie and Mirai.

"Are you guys ok?"

"Amy-nee! We're fine, but are you ok? You use your Alice again! Though, thanks to Amy-nee, no one gets hurt"

"Haha. I'm fine, I'm not that weak, though... you guys stuck?"

"Yeah, so I'm on my way to change my attire to a costume. The same goes for Natsume and Yoichi."

"I see... hmm, I better not hold you off then. I will see to the others."

"Alright!"

"Oh, and Mirai, I can't wait to see you perform as one of the dwarves. It must be so cool" She smiles at Mirai, who was since then was nervous. Mirai cheerfully nodded before heading towards the changing room.

Honestly, there's no need for Amy to put up the shield in the first place because initially, no one gets hurt though the majority of the props were broken. But, during the moment of the incident, she saw both Mirai and Yoichi walked at the exact same spot where the curtain fall.

Then, the next thing she knew, she already stood beneath the fallen curtain, holding up her shield. Resulting in no injury, almost no broken props, but more people stuck with slimeball. She was really glad she did what she needs to do, because, with the presence of her family, which was an anomaly, maybe things would have gotten worse.

Then, she saw Natsume walked out of the changing room- wearing the wild cat costume. She smiled, he really does look cute with that. She sneakily took a picture of him and Yoichi, and hide it before walked towards them.

"Yoichi~ are you alright? You're not hurt?"

"I'm fine nee-chan. Natsume-nii help me just now" Yoichi beamed. She just patted his head.

"Good, good. I can't wait to see you on stage"

"Hehe! Alright!" He smiled.

"And..." Amy words trailed off as she looks at Natsume. She smiled,

"Thanks, Natsume for saving my brother."

Natsume just nodded.

"Oh, if it gives you any comfort, Sophie also changed into a costume too, and become one of the dwarves animal friends"

Natsume just looks to his side. Amy just shrugged at her response- typical Natsume and his cold persona.

Oh well, whatever.

The curtain for the stage was closed as the performers each bowed down. Amy clapped loudly and cheers. The performance was even better than she expected.

Sumire as sleeping beauty- really convincing. Really perfect for her. She must have worked hard to give off such nice performances.

And then there's Sophie and Natsume, one as the white rabbit and one as a wild cat, so cute~ She took so much picture of them.

Oh! Talk about pictures...

She scrolled through her camera. The memory almost full, with lots of pictures of her siblings' cute antics since day 1 of Alice festival, everyone in her class with various costumes and booth they handled, until today- the performances. Oh and the near kiss between Mikan and Ruka.

She smiled. Though her eyes were sullen as she thought,

'Oh well, today is also another fun day. How I wish that this kind of day last...'

"Amy-nee, let's go now. We can take all 3 of them for quick dinner" Yusaku said, shaking her off her thoughts. He was also watching the whole performance. He was a bit late due to his work and came in just at the moment the performance started. He was confused, of course, seeing that Sophie who was part of props crew suddenly performing- but after explaining it to him, he finally understood.

They both walked to the backstages, where the others are changing out of their costumes. Sophie waved at them, where Mirai and Yoichi were waiting.

"Hey! Good job everyone! Let's grab some dinner alright? And we can talk more then."

And so, they make their way to one of the cafe at active ability area for dinner...