"Hurry up Ruby!" Said Iris, really excitedly.
"I'm coming as fast as I can!" Ruby yelled back, after all, SHE didn't have springs that made her jump all day long until you could ACTUALLY GET THEM OFF.
They were hurrying to Frank and Lens concert, Iris had gotten herself stuck in a tree so they were late.
They finally got there but to their disappointment, the concert was nearly finished, they were more late than they thought they were.
"Damn it" Iris said under her breath, she really had wanted to see the whole thing.
"Its nearly the end guys!" Yelled Len, over the crowd.
"But we have a guest performance that we hope you enjoy, come on out Alex!" Yelled Frank, gesturing towards backstage, and a pretty 16 year old girl walked out onto the stage.
She had long red hair tied to the side, moss green eyes and a pointed nose, she was wearing a long sleeved blue t-shirt that was ripped at the hems, and knee high denim pants and a pair of pink ballet slipper shoes.
"They never mentioned a guest" Said Ruby, Iris was just looking, of course Frank and Len would let someone with TWO eyes join in.
"This songs called This is the life, and its by Amy Mcdonald", Then, the girl grabbed a guitar, and started playing a song she had never heard before.
Scardy bat started playing drums, and someone was playing base.
'Oh the wind and whistles down
The cold dark street tonight
And the people they were dancing to the music vibe'
She's pretty good, Iris thought.
'And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair
While the shy tormented youth sit way over there
And the songs they get louder
Each one better than before'
Well, thats true, Iris thought again, still wishing that she could be up there.
'And your singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and you're head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?'
Then the song finished.
Everyone was cheering except for Iris.
"Thankyou, thankyou" said the girl called Alex, looking proud but still had that lingering worry on her face that was there before she had started.
She went back backstage and collected her backpack and left to find a place to sleep that night.
"Hey guys! Did you like Alex, we thought she would perfect the concert!" Said Frank after the concert.
"Yeah, she was great! But where did you find her?" Asked Ruby.
"We found her at the end of our last concert, you know, the one where we forgot the words to one of our songs, and she was singing to herself, and we knew we had found the answer to our problems!"
"Where does she live?" asked Iris.
"We don't know, but its somewhere in Gloomsville"
"Isn't that her there?" Said Ruby, pointing over to an empty ally, and it was Alex.
"Hey Alex!" Shouted Frank, Alex turned her head.
"Oh, hi Frank, Len how are you?"
"Fine, why are all alone in an ally?"
"Um, I live here, see" she waved her hand over to the ruined mattress, she only had a few possessions around, including a tattered quilt with pictures of knights and dragons.
"How come you live here?" Asked Len, looking confused.
"I mean, you have such a good voice, why aren't you a music star or something?"
"Well, I don't really sing often, I just have a good voice, so no one really pays attention to me"
"Well, you can stay with us if you like" Said Ruby, popping out of nowhere.
"Thats very kind of you..."
"Ruby, Ruby Gloom"
"Ruby, but I don't want to intrude"
"Don't worry, you wouldn't be intruding, we have plenty of room"
**Gloom Mansion**
"Welcome to the Gloom mansion Alex" Said Ruby, they were inside.
It hadn't taken long for Alex to gather her possessions, after all, she didn't have a lot.
"Skull boy, Misery, Boo boo, Poe, Scardy, Doom, we've got a guest!"
At that moment, a skeleton, banshie {Or thats what she looked like}, a ghost, a crow, a black cat and a bat had walked into the room.
"Hello Alex, you still look as scary as ever" said Scardy, being the drummer in Frank and Lens band he knew EXACTICALY who Alex was.
"Hi" Said the skeleton.
"Beware of the flu, my great-great-great-great grandmother caught it and died the next day, oh, and hi"
"Erm, hi....?" said Alex, she had met Misery before, and she had said something like this to her before, except last time it was about whooping cough.
"Hi, BOO! Oh man, mr white and mr white aren't gonna be happy"
Alex just smiled and waved, not having any idea who mr white and mr white were.
"Why hello there dear girl, I hear that you happened to sing at the concert today, was she any good?"
"Good? She was spectacular!" Said Len, who was very enthusiastic about Alex and her singing.
The cat just came up to Ruby, acting completely unaware that they had a guest.
"Come on Alex, I'll show you to your room" Said Ruby, taking her hand and showing her up the stairs.