Here is my entry for #catcontest4 (Twitter:TheFictionDream): For as long as she could remember Arabella wanted to be a ballerina. She loved the elegance to it and the storytelling that the dance could achieve. Her single mother could barely afford the roof above her head and times were hard but when Arabella turned eight her wish came true: ballet classes! Her mother worked extra shifts at the diner so that she could be trained to be the best ballerina around... (story continued in comments)