IF AUSTIN could hold the world in his hands he would.

Well, he had apparently. All he had to do was wrap his arms around Charlotte and the deed was done.

Austin had seen everything under the sun and he thought he could prepare for anything... that was wrong.

Jimmy Starr, after months of leaving Austin in the dark had resigned him to his label and it seemed that everything was going swimmingly.

Austin had his first comeback show happening and he had dragged Charlotte across the mall to pick out several different outfits and they had only stopped when they noticed a fortune teller who had been set up.

"Welcome, seekers. I am Miss. Claire. Miss Claire Voyant."

"Your name really means fortune teller?" Charlotte asked.

"I tell only the truth. Well, I did lie on my dating profile. I don't really like foreign films or outdoor activities." She smiled, "Now, would you like a glimpse into your destiny?"

Charlotte sat down next to Austin as Miss. Claire began waving her hands over her "magic ball".

"You, Charlotte Taylor, will have an unexpected visitor from a far-off place."

Charlotte furrowed her brows, "You know my name?"

"You have a famous boyfriend and I'm a fan of both."

Austin sighed and picked up the ball, "What's the crystal ball day about me?"

"Don't touch my ball."

"Does it actually hold magic or something?" Charlotte asked.

"No, it's an expensive Wi-Fi router that connects its user to the mysteries of the internet."

"So, is it all fake?"

"Oh, no. Those with the gift don't need a phony prop to see the future."

"So what do you see for me?" Austin asked, "I bet it's awesome. My big comeback show is coming up so you probably see me rocking out, wearing a really cool jacket. Maybe it's sky blue, maybe it's blue sky-"

"Your great expectations will end in disaster! Failure is in your future."

"So... I should go with a vest then?"

TO SAY that Austin was worried was an understatement. He'd somehow received a scratch in his eye and broken his toe in the matter of two days.

Charlotte and Austin sat in the A and A studio and Austin had been in a rut for days.

"Look, Miss. Claire isn't always a hundred percent right. She hasn't predicted this person from a far away place coming to visit me."

"I mean-"

Soon, Charlotte's phone vibrated from her bag and when she went to grab it she looked at her phone with a tight lip before throwing it to the side.

"Who was it?" Austin asked.

"No one important."

Austin cocked his head to the side and raised his brows.

Charlotte sighed, "I have this meeting with a college I wanted to go to and instead of my traveling they're coming to me."

"See! This proves that Miss. Claire is right!" Austin cried, "My comeback show is going to tank."

Charlotte stood up and held her hands out for Austin to grab, "Come on. We're not gonna sulk around we're gonna go see her and tell her to give you a new prediction."

Austin grabbed her hands and held them for a moment before she dragged him back to the center of the mall.

"Miss. Claire, will you please tell my boyfriend that you made all that stuff up?"

"Yeah! And after that, can you tell me the winning lotto numbers for tomorrow?" Dez asked.

Trish scoffed, "He has a big show coming up, and your psychic mumbo jumbo is freaking him out."

"I'm sorry, but I see what I see. Your fate is sealed."

Austin sighed, "See, I told you. Now let's go."

"Hold on." Ally stopped, "What if we did another reading. Maybe this time you'll see something a little more... Favorable?"

She handed Miss. Claire a twenty dollar bill.

"Ah! I'm now seeing... The same thing I saw before. Failure."

Ally handed her another twenty dollars.

"Ah... I'm now seeing you wasting your time. I'm not changing my prediction. You will fail."

"Well, this is making me feel a lot better."

Austin stood up and left with Charlotte and Ally in tow. Carter, Dez, and Trish staying behind to get their fortunes read.

The next day came around and Austin was still in this rut.

"I can't shake this bad feeling about Miss. Claire's prediction. My comeback performance can't be a failure. This was supposed to be my big night."

"It will be." Charlotte smiled, "Your eye and toe are better. It's already looking up. I think you're nervous."

"No. I'm a confident, levelheaded guy who's obviously been cursed by an evil sorceress. I'm gonna cancel the show."

"Austin, you're not canceling the show. This is a big night for you. So what? Miss. Claire may have been right about a few things but it doesn't mean anything."

"But what about all these bad omens that keep happening to me?" He questioned, "Dez's confetti cannon, Dez's fog machine-" Austin paused, "Dez!"

"That's just a coincidence, don't you think?" Charlotte said, "He's excited about this and he's excited for you plus Carter would he really mad if you kicked Dez to the curb."

"Hey, guys." Trish smiled, walking in, "Just wondering, have either of you seen a guy, oh I don't know, dark-haired, handsome, princely? No? Okay, we'll if you do can you give him this glass slipper? It has name names and ring size on the bottom. Thanks."

"She looks good in a tiara."

Matters only became worse.

Austin ultimately told Dez he couldn't plan the show anymore and now Austin was stuck inside of a box with Ally trying everything to get him out.

"Could be worse." Charlotte said, "There could've been water inside."

"I just got off the phone with the fire department. They'll be here in an hour." Trish said.

"I'm supposed to go on stage in an hour. When you called the fire department, aren't they come right away?"

"Austin, you're stuck in a box. They have more important things to do."

"We have to leave now if we want too make it to your show. We'll have them meet us at the arena." Ally said.

Well, the fire department never came, but with the help of Dez (to no surprise) Austin was able to perform Take It From the Top and the rest of his Austin Moon hits.

As for Miss. Claire's predictions? Well Austin had failed Great Expectations. It was a paper he had to write and because he was so worried about him comeback performance he hadn't started it.

So there was truly nothing to worry about... well for now.

- lucy has something to say !!

i was gonna skip this but then i said no because i had 420 words 🧍

my mom doesn't know who mr. worldwide is 😔

he sang take it from the top here and now i'm screaming

sad charlotte next chapter booooo

do y'all know how the last episode of austin and ally ends 😭 i literally never written anything like that before

idk if i used this yet sorry 🙏

bye :))))

fyi this 👇

is annoying to have to say so stop it please 👍 it's all in the beginning of this story and it makes me feel some type of way like ???? just dont do it please i made the first comment in february and now it's april so stop 🤩 i was not joking i was literally take this fic down and burn it with the other ones that have been deleted

we wouldn't want that there's 4-5 chapters left 🤩

okay bye for real :))))