Three years later, the company finally made an announcement.
A new idol group would debut.
Name: 3Es
Positions:
Emma — Rapper & Lyricist
Ella — Main Vocalist
Elia — Main Dancer
The night before their debut stage, the three girls sat together in the practice room.
Just like when they were children.
Elia looked around in disbelief.
"Can you believe this?"
Ella laughed nervously.
"What if we mess up?"
Emma smiled.
"We won't."
"Why?" Elia asked.
Emma pointed to the three of them.
"Because we're together."
The Stage
The lights turned on.
The music began.
Thousands of fans watched from the audience.
Emma delivered the opening rap.
Ella's powerful voice followed.
Elia's dancing captured every eye in the room.
The crowd's cheers grew louder and louder.
And in that moment, standing beneath the bright lights, the three girls realized something.
Their dream had come true.
Not because they were perfect.
But because they had never stopped believing in each other.
That was the true meaning of 3Es.
Three girls.
Three dreams.
One place where they always felt at ease.
Rising Stars
The moment their debut performance ended, the audience erupted into thunderous applause.
For a few seconds, Emma, Ella, and Elia simply stood there, breathless, staring at the sea of glowing lights in front of them.
They had done it.
Their dream.
Their promise.
Emma glanced at the other two and smiled.
"We did it," she whispered.
Ella laughed softly, still trying to catch her breath.
"3Es… finally."
Elia raised their joined hands into the air and shouted into the microphone.
"Thank you!"
The crowd roared even louder.
None of them knew that the happiest moment of their lives was also the beginning of the hardest chapter they would ever face.
In the months that followed, 3Es began to rise quickly.
Their songs felt different from other groups. Emma wrote many of the rap verses herself, filling them with honest emotions and powerful words.
Ella's voice soon became famous for its strength and warmth.
Elia's dancing was electrifying. Fans couldn't take their eyes off her performances.
Their music videos gathered millions of views.
Fans created banners and fan pages.
People began recognizing them on the streets.
Yet despite the growing fame, the girls remained the same.
Late at night in their dorm, they would sit on the floor eating instant noodles and laughing like the children they once were.
"Remember when we practiced in Emma's bedroom?" Elia said one night.
Ella giggled.
"And when Elia broke Emma's lamp while dancing?"
Emma groaned dramatically.
"That lamp did nothing wrong!"
They laughed until their stomachs hurt.
In those moments, everything felt perfect.
But behind the scenes, the company had different plans.