BORN THIS WAY BALL

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At the day 11/09/2012, 7 am, Isis was doing her makeup in the mirror.

Eye liner, false eyelashes, lilac lipstick...

... and a fake dot on her cheek.

She glued her plastic nails that she painted previously,

dressed her fishnets and body,

and opened a box.

Inside of the box there was months of work, research and tons of love made into a costume: put together with leather straps, metal rings and fake rivets.

She got dressed very carefully,

...put her boots on and left home.

Isis arrived in the queue for the show promptly at 8 am, because it was forbidden to arrive before, under the penalty of being eliminated to try to enter the Monster Pit.

As she left the taxi, she was impressed by the huge number of people who were already there.

The concert would begin at 7pm. She sat on the curb, and started chatting with two boys that were behind her.

They talked for hours exchanging confidences and passions of fans,

...took pictures and were photographed by other fans.

Everything was doing good, they’re having fun, when unexpected news came:

...the special bracelets for the Monster Pit were distributed the night before to people camping in the queue, clearly violating the rules.

The world collapsed. The dream she fed of coming to the concert of her life, getting closer as possible from Lady Gaga and even getting to know her fell apart in seconds. That’s it, she would watch the show miles from the stage, IF she could stay next to the grid.

Time would’nt go by. A friend of her joined them at the queue, and anxiety kept increasing.

Isis figured out numerous plans to reverse the situation, determined to find something or someone that could help her out.

An hour before the opening of the gates people were all standing, returning to the queue.

When passing through the turnstile everybody was running, screaming, and getting squeezed by the fence.

Inside, she saw people who received the special bracelet to the Monster Pit, which could walk freely. Nobody was wearing a costume.

She only knew one thing: she would enter the Monster Pit one way or another.

She searched for company employees who set the rules of the queue, but no one could help her.

When hope seemed over and there wasn’t anyone left,

...Isis had an idea.

At the sight of a vendor she went to him to ask about the green bracelet that he wore. With that, he could circulate through all the places.

Isis begged to the vendor and used all her money - 50 bucks - to convince him to get her the same bracelet.

It did work out, and she got the bracelet!

But Isis had not yet achieved enter the Monster Pit.

For that, she had to pass many security

splited between two gates on the left and right of the stage, who

controlled the entry and exit of people.

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Isis didn’t have choice, she had to pass the security. So she assembled all the courage that she had, puffed out her chest and found strength in Lady Gaga. Then she walked toward one of the gates.

...AND SHE DID IT! She got inside of the Monster Pit! And how great it was seen inside... If she could stay next to the grid she would be 1 meter away fromthe Mother Monster.

Shortly after Isis arrived, a surprise came: one of the guys she met in the queue got inside too. She was so happy that nothing could spoil her day.

Sniff!Sniff!

YAY!!

From that on time passed by quickly, and the opening act of Lady Starlight began.

But one of the boys who was in the Monster Pit came to Isis, wondering that he had‘nt seen her in the queue the night before.

Isis started to be worried about being discovered and reported,

The show that heated the crowd was ending, and the expectation kept growing.

the choreographies she learned watching

her videos,

the first time she dressed up like LG,

Isis closed her eyes and saw her memories:

the tears that came to her eyes when seeing her star shining.

Then the first song started.

...but when all seemed lost The Darkness came on stage and she disappeared in the crowd.

Lady Gaga came on the scene on top of a unicorn, walking down the runway around the Monster Pit.

Isis had never cried so much in life. It felt as if her heart would jump out of her mouth.

The next few moments were unforgettable. Every time Lady Gaga came, every time her voice was heard, it was like being in paradise.

Her arm was extended the whole show, paws up.

She no longer felt her body - she was ecstatic.

Her eyes didn’t left a second of Lady Gaga. Until the moment came.

By this time her breast was already stick as close as possible of the stage.

Lady Gaga would choo-se fans to sit beside her on the piano and sing. For Isis, it was the most indescribable moment of the world.

Lady Gaga looked into her eyes, smiling, and pointed to Isis. She nodded, “You! Right there! Yeah,”and the tears come streaming down Isis’ face.

The security guards, backs to LG, pulled the girl who was at Isis side, by mistake.

Isis was thrilled for this intimate contact, and desolate by the mistake.

While Lady Gaga sang “Hair”,

...Isis wept and sobbed until her eyes got bleary with tears.

From the beginning until the last second, that had been the best day of her life.

When the show ended and people began to leave, Isis continued standing there, immortalizing those moments in her memories.

Output of the trance she bids farewell to the stage, to the best day of your life, to her star.

Then a friendcalled her.

THE END!

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