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AUTHOR'S NOTES: I wrote this completely AU series for my wonderfully patient girlfriend, because she is a HUGE fan of the movies. Happy 8th year Pup!

Fighting for Love

From the time they were little, Beca Mitchell and her childhood friend Chloe Beale walked home from school together every day, unless one of them was home sick. During Beca's second year of elementary school, she and her father moved to the small Midwest town of Bella from the northern "sister city" of Barden. They moved into the house next door to Chloe and her family. Chloe was in her fourth year of elementary school.

It took exactly one week before the school administrators discovered Beca was an outstanding student and advanced her two grades ahead. She and Chloe were thrilled to be in the same class. One day in class, their teacher asked all the students to stand up and describe their town in one sentence.

Chloe excitedly popped up out of her seat and happily stated, "It's a wonderful town filled with great people."

The teacher thanked Chloe and turned to Beca, seated next to her friend.

Beca was silent for a moment and answered, "What she said."

The class erupted in laughter. The teacher gave Beca a stern look and went about quieting down the class.

During their third year at Bella High School, the school received a transfer student from Australia. It was the most excitement the small town high school had ever seen; actually, the entire town had seen. Aubrey, the class president, was bestowed the honor of showing the new student around the school. After half a day with the boisterous and rather crude teenager, Aubrey delegated the duty to her vice president. Chloe was more than happy to accept the duty and like everything else she did, she happily jumped in with both feet.

The first day of Chloe's new duty, she, Beca, and Amy decided to have lunch together on the lawn. Beca was asking all sorts of questions about the strange food in Amy's lunchbox.

"This is Vegemite," Amy opened her sandwich and showed Beca the brown paste, "Tastes bonza!"

Beca stared at Amy, wondering what the girl just said, and then at the brown matter on the bread.

"I trust it's "bonza," but I'll pass," Beca weakly smiled and waved her hand.

"Suit yourself. You don't know what you're missing," Amy closed her sandwich and took a huge bite.

Beca and Chloe watched in apt wonder. Both of them were curious to try the obviously delicious sandwich, but the smell was off-putting. Beca, being the more adventurous of the two lifelong friends, decided to throw caution to the wind.

"Amy, I think I'll see how bonza that stuff really is," Beca held out her hand.

Amy smiled and handed over her sandwich. Beca took a deep breath and bit into the sandwich. She chewed and tasted. Chloe watched intently, waiting for Beca's reaction. Beca quickly spit out what was in her mouth.

"THAT STUFF IS NASTY!" Beca yelled and guzzled down her soda.

After depleting her soda, she grabbed Chloe's and guzzled it down.

"I can't get that nasty taste out of my mouth," Beca stuck out her tongue and began wiping it with her napkin.

"Here," Amy held out what looked like a stick of gum.

Beca took the offered gum and sniffed it. She wrinkled up her nose and swiftly turned away from it.

"That…," Beca began and handed the gum to Chloe, "…smells like old ladies."

Beca laughed as Chloe reacted the same way to the scent of the gum.

"Amy?" Beca asked, "Don't you have anything in your lunch that doesn't offend any of the five senses?"

Amy laughed and quickly changed the subject by asking, "Chloe, how would you describe the town of Bella?"

Chloe excitedly answered, "It's a quaint little town filled with wonderful people."

Before Amy could ask Beca the same question, Beca stated, "It's a small town in the middle of nowhere."

"BECA MITCHELL!" Chloe reprimanded her friend.

Before Beca could respond, she heard very familiar footfalls trying to sneak up behind her. Just as the person was about to lunge at Beca, she swiftly turned, grabbed the person's arm and flipped them over her seated body, onto their back on the lawn.

"Beca," a winded Jesse managed as he looked up at her.

Amy incredulously stared with her mouth open. Beca looked over at her and laughed. In the blink of an eye, she snatched the little bit of sandwich in Amy's hand and popped it into Jesse's mouth.

"THAT IS NASTY!" Jesse yelled after tasting it and spit out the offending matter.

"Amy, this is Jesse. Beca's…," Chloe began.

"…boyfriend," Beca finished.

"Soon to be ex-boyfriend, if you keep feeding me nasty foods," Jesse quipped as he frantically searched for something to drink.

Chloe, finally noticing the incredulous look on Amy's face, wondered if Amy and her family wandered into Bella by mistake.

"Amy?" Chloe asked.

"Huh?" Amy shook her head and by the look on Chloe's face, instantly knew what was coming next, so she beat Chloe to it. "I've just never seen anyone built like Beca do what she did. The elders of my village delegate the smaller girls to tending the village. They are not allowed to go out on patrols…or fight."

Now it was the Americans' turn to stare incredulously.

"How prehistoric," Beca huffed.

"Beca, when did you start going on patrols?" Amy asked.

"Beca and I have been going on patrols since we were able to carry weapons," Chloe proudly stated.

"When did you?" Chloe asked.

"Ummm…I haven't yet," Amy softly answered. "This is why my father brought me to America to train. Aussie men are a bit…"

"Prehistoric?" Beca offered.

"Yeah," Amy laughed.

"American men know better," Beca puffed up, "Right Jesse?"

Beca caught Jesse in the middle of devouring her sandwich, so he just smiled, put down what was left of the sandwich, and quickly ran away.

"You'd better keep running Swanson!" Beca yelled.

The three girls settled back down on the lawn and finished their lunch.

"Amy, it sounds like your training is pretty far behind most of the girls in this town. Hell, even Aubrey has more training," Beca stated.

"Aubrey? Student Council President Aubrey?"

"Yeah, as hard as that is to fathom," Beca laughed. "She's got a secret weapon when cornered, but take it from me; you NEVER, EVER want to be on the receiving end of it."

Amy wondered how powerful anything the blonde with attitude could muster, when she looked over at a cringing Chloe and decided to heed Beca's warning.