Episode 5 - Brrrr... ☆ I Heard a Ghost Singing!

## Brrrr... ☆ I Heard a Ghost Singing!

"**Brrrr... ☆ I Heard a Ghost Singing!**" (다달달달달☆유령의 노래소리!) is the fifth episode of *Shining Star*. It first aired on November 13, 2017 on MBC, and was posted on the YouTube channel on February 14, 2019.

## Synopsis

*There is a rumor going around saying a ghost is at Shining Star School, and in this time Nara gets to know her shy classmate Yena, who she tries to convince to join her and See-a in an Idol group.*

## Summary

One late evening at Shining Star School, a voice sings out.

The next morning Nara and Jin are making their way to school when they happen to overhear the gossiping trio discuss a mysterious ghost who sings in the school at night. Nara to ask Jin if he thinks this is true and he admits not to having an answer, only to remind her that she is running late. In a hurry, Nara rushes forward and bumps into another girl, but before they can exchange words a van pulls up to them and Noah is revealed to be in it. He offers the girls a lift as he is on his way to a job and drops them off near the entrance, leaving behind Jin. Noah wishes Nara a good day and greets her "*friend*" which confuses Nara until she spots the quiet girl from a moment ago that she ran into, someone by the name of *Yena* who she is unfamiliar with. Even after Yena informs her they are in the same class. Nara feels badly or never noticing her prior to this moment but noticing the time, the girls run inside.

In class everyone's performance videos are watched and Jackie assumes they have seen them all, unaware of the shy Yena raising her hand to inform him that she was passed over. Nara notices this, and in the hallway she watches as Shirley chews out several girls for not dressing properly as aspiring Idols, but not Yena, who also put on her sweatpants and shoes that day. In the training room she also becomes aware that even See-a doesn't know who Yena is as she observes her and wonders why nobody else seems to see her.

In the auditorium, Shirley and Jackie reveal the next Mission; to make an Idol group. For winning this time the idols will not be receiving new Coordi, but the Shining Star School Smart Watch. This excites everyone as they are dismissed, and in the hallway Nara and See-a begin to discuss the Mission. See-a is convinced they will do very well, but Nara would like to invite Yena to join them as she observes her standing alone. See-a isn't very sure about this, pointing out that even if she is nice they have not seen her perform before. She is sure they will be fine as a duo but Nara points out that everyone else has three members. Realizing this puts them at a disadvantage, See-a and Nara request Yena join them in another room.

Yena agrees to sing, but they can barely hear her and See-a is convinced that she will blow their chances at becoming real idols. Yena cries and runs out of the room, only to bump into Hera in a hurry. Hera is initially annoyed but she puts on a smile and tells her its fine, and after apologizing Yena runs off, leading her to wonder if she's a new student since she fails to recognize her. She decides to let it go and takes a few more steps, where she finds Nara and See-a arguing over adding Yena to their group. Nara is sure they can help her out, but See-a remarks that because Nara is barely any better than her, she's not in the right position to make this call- adding Yena would be a big mistake. Hera takes off after Lily and Rose offer to take care of things for her, and initially she seems interested but she tries to play it off.

That evening Nara returns to school with Jin to ask him for help locating her Magic Agent, which she accidentally left behind in class. Nara's rudeness causes Jin to threaten to return home if she continues, so after quickly apologizing Nara leads him inside. She is very anxious until she overhears what she believes is the *"ghost"* singing, and out of curiosity she follows the sound, momentarily leaving Jin behind until he realizes she left. They approach the room the voice is coming from, only to find Yena standing on the other side of the door. They turn on a light and Nara explains what happened, only to realize that when Jin saw Yena he mistook her as a ghost and fainted.

Outside, Yena apologizes for startling them as they make their way off of school property -Nara wheeling the still-unconscious Jin- when Nara asks if she heard the ghost. She claims she couldn't because of how distracted she was singing, and she confesses to Nara that her problem is that for as much as she loves to sing, she can't do it in front of others. She joined Shining Star School in hopes of overcoming the problem, but so far its not working out. Nara convinces her to let her help and she offers to try to get See-a on board, insisting they are friends. Yena happily agrees; but in the process of leaving Nara ends up forgetting all about her Magic Agent.

The following day Hendel chews out Nara as Yena observes the Magic Agent with admiration. As they reach class, they fin several students surrounding the perturbed See-a, who goes on to reveal that someone broke her microphone. She asks who left the rehearsal room last and upon seeing it was Yena, she confronts her for an explanation. Yena admits she was in there, with Nara jumping in for her defense when Shirley asks for an explanation. Seeing the microphone she asks Yena why she was there, and Yena explains coming to practice singing, with Nara backing her up and causing See-a to quickly defend her. Shirley curiously asks See-a why she would only accuse Yena in that case, and under the belief they are in a trio together, she decides that incidents like this cannot go unpunished. So if they fail this next Mission then all three of them will be penalized.

Later, See-a is beyond peeved that Nara came to Yena's defense earlier and wonders how she could do this. But she happens to overhear Lily and Rose in another room and is appalled to realize they accidentally broke her microphone. They decide that because Yena got the blame it's not their problem now. See-a runs past a confused Hera, who joins the girls in the room and confronts them with frustration.

At the park Nara assures Yena that they will work things out with See-a. Yena worries over where they can practice until Nara finds an empty area, but Yena continues to struggle knowing Nara is there. Once Nara takes Hendel and hides nearby she tries to sing, but in the process they find out See-a is hiding nearby. Nara yells out to her and See-a apologizes for her mistake, especially when she didn't properly assess the situation like she should have. Nara feels relief and believes this will make them a real group now, but See-a tries to explain that she wasn't supporting them as a trio now; until she sees how happy they are, causing her to eventually give in. She pulls out her Magic Agent to adjust their schedule and worriedly thinks about how her ranking would suffer if they don't do well.

With that the girls get to work training until the day of the Performance. While they practice their dance, Yena practices singing by herself to try overcoming her fears.

On the day of the performance, the girls await their turn as Dolls take theirs. Then they come by, with Hera presenting brand new clip-on microphones from her fathers company in hopes of replacing See-a's broken one. See-a is concerned but Nara and Yena thankfully accept them before they change into their chosen Coordi and appear on stage. They girls perform "*The New World"* when suddenly, Lily opens the Magic Agent to shut off the microphones, causing the girls singing to become very quiet and unheard by the audience and judges. Jin and Hendel realize Dolls set them up. Yena, who sees how the girls tried to support and help her decides she must be brave for their sake, and she forces herself to sing out loudly so that they can be heard, with Hendel using AI to turn the microphones back on. Yena amazes everyone and activates *Star Twinkle Change*.

As Shirley and Jackie discuss this special group, a bitter Hera wonders where Yena came from, with Rose being forced to remind her once again that she isn't a new student. Meanwhile, Lily can't understand why the microphones came back on when she was so sure she shut everything off.

In the waiting room Shirley presents the trio with the coveted Smart Watches and takes off, allowing them to celebrate their victory. See-a is very pleased, but she asks Yena why she would hide such an amazing voice. Yena explains how shy she was as they leave the school when it suddenly dons on Nara that it wasn't a ghost she heard singing- but Yena. It's then one of the gossiping girls approaches them to compliment their performance, and she asks them about their group name; but Nara confesses that she never thought of one. It's then Jin comes by with the suggestion "*Melody*" explaining that as their Manager its up to him to come up with it. The girls end up liking the name so they agree to use it.

## Major Events

* Nara officially meets Yena and befriends her.
* The Smart Watches make their first appearance.
* *Melody* is officially formed.