"You're a burden"—those are words Kitty will never forget. She's heard them countless times, their sole purpose being to discourage her and be mean to her. It took a lot of perseverance to overcome them and not give up. She tells us herself what she went through. She was just a piano student, not having played for very long. She knew the basics to get by, but couldn't play very complex songs. She still lacked practice time and experience to continue climbing the ranks in the music industry. Like everyone else in the country, she too wanted to pursue her musical dreams so that one day she could become a star.

Her first encounter with music was the hardest and most unpleasant experience a musician can have. Her cousin Lucas had some school friends who had recently formed a band. The pianist had fallen ill and couldn't play at a performance they had in town—the same town where she lived. Her cousin, with the sole intention of helping her, told his friends about the band and recommended Kitty as a substitute while the pianist recovered. They thought the idea was great and invited her to join temporarily.

When they met, she showed them what she could do, and that was enough for them to accept her on a provisional basis. Kitty was incredibly excited; it was her first time in a band and her first time performing in public. Everything was challenging but also very exciting. In rehearsals, she proved that she could play everything she needed to. And the band leader saw her potential. They prepared together, and a week later, the live performance for the town arrived. Everyone started playing well, but when it was Kitty's turn, she became very nervous. She wasn't used to seeing so many people watching her, with such high expectations. So, her nervousness caused her to lose her place in the music. She would sometimes be ahead of the band and sometimes behind.

Because of this, the performance was partly chaotic and partly a source of laughter from the audience. The musicians had to make several adjustments on the spot to keep up with her increasingly clumsy rhythm. They barely managed to finish the performance. The leader wasn't too harsh with her because he was friends with her cousin and didn't want to cause any trouble. But the other members of the group treated her very badly and told her directly that she was a burden and not suited for the role. After the presentation, the group went their separate ways. However, some of those group members made sure to spread the word that she wasn't very trustworthy, that she was just an annoying nuisance. This spread throughout Buskeria, and everyone in town found out.

This cost Kitty dearly; she now had a bad reputation. She spent years trying to get a job in a band after that, but they all rejected her because she was the lead pianist. She continued to improve and played better each time, but her past weighed more heavily than who she was now. What hurt her most was knowing that everything could have been different if they had been a little more patient with her and hadn't treated her so badly. Everyone makes mistakes. Seeing the situation, she didn't give up; she just kept preparing with the goal of one day being able to move forward.

She continued studying, practicing, and doing everything in her power to clean up her image. While looking for work in a band, she did everything: she played as a street musician, in bars and cafes, and many other places. It took a long time before a new band hired her again. But when it finally happened, she demonstrated her talent and how strong she was now. After that, everything changed. She showed the world how unfair they had been, because one mistake in a band couldn't possibly bury her entire previous career. She went from being a nobody to one of the most renowned pianists in Buskeria. That first band she was in knew what they had done, and one day, one way or another, they will have to pay for the damage done to Kitty's reputation.

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