Disclaimer: I do not own the songs 'Whisper' 'Even In Death' 'Imaginary' or 'When I Look At You'! Evanescence and Miley Cyrus do! I only own my OCs!
Enjoy the introduction!
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Lauren Dent's shiny black stretch limousine made a final left turn and began to slow down as they drove up to a huge concert hall in Las Vegas. She could see the blinding camera flashes and hear hundreds of screaming fans from her seat inside the luxurious limo.
The twenty-two year old woman was wearing a sleeveless, black and purple dress that fell to her feet. The middle of it was like that of a corset and was securely tied in the back to show off her ultra curvy figure. On her hands were black glovelets and a few rings. Her fingernails were also painted black. Around her neck was an elegant, black necklace. Her feet were clad with sandals that strapped up her legs. Lauren's straight, black hair nearly reached her bottom. Her makeup had been done professionally before she had even gotten into the limo. The blood red lipstick stood out among all of the black. Her brown eyes were very well made up with dark eyeliner and eye shadow.
The limo finally came to a halt in front of the building. A red carpet led the way into the building. Fans, photographers, and the press lined either sides of the carpet, screaming and cheering. Lauren held her breath as an agent opened the limousine door for her and she stepped out onto the carpet. Everyone around her screamed louder than ever and the countless flashes of cameras grew exceedingly blinding. She smiled, showing off her astoundingly perfect teeth, and struck a pose for the cameras. Then she stepped forward and signed the first piece of paper that was pushed at her. She continued signing autographs for a few minutes before finally walking up to the double doors with two agents, where she gave the cameras one last pose. She entered the building and was immediately escorted by two body guards to the backstage area, where she was to prepare her voice for the upcoming concert.
Lauren was the lead singer, pianist, and harpist of the famous band, The Fallen. She was also a professional actress and writer. Ever since she was a young girl, Lauren had dreamed of succeeding and becoming famous for her many talents. They had remarkably come true and she was very proud of herself and her band members.
She and the body guards finally reached the greenroom. Strumming of strings could be heard from the other side of the door; Lauren automatically knew that her band members were rehearsing. She entered the room and, sure enough, they were lounging around with their instruments. Alex Wright, the bass player, was sitting on the couch tuning his bass while Benji French was next to him, doing the same with his electric guitar. Will Hunt, the drummer, was watching them from the lounge chair.
Alex had short brown hair, blue eyes, and a tall, very well-built profile. One of his ears was pierced with a little hoop. Benji's hair was white blonde and slicked back. His eyes were so dark, no one could even tell if he had pupils or not. His lower lip had snakebite piercings. Will had black, spiked hair, a goatee, and his left eyebrow was pierced. All of them were wearing dark outfits and had tattoos on their strong arms.
The guys looked up at the sound of the door shutting behind Lauren.
"Hey!" they called delightedly, setting their instruments aside and jumping up from their seats. Lauren smiled as the group came together.
"Hey guys!" she said elatedly before giving Alex a hug.
"You ready for this?" he asked her once they released one another.
"Oh yeah!" Lauren moved on to Will, who rubbed her back warmly. Then Benji came forward with his arms outstretched.
"Hey, girl!" He grinned, pulling her into a hug. "You look great tonight!"
"Thanks, Benji!" said Lauren appreciatively.
"I mean, not that you don't look good on other nights!" he stammered as he let her go, "You always look amazing!" Everyone laughed; Benji was the funny one out of the group.
"Thanks…" Lauren's smile stretched to her ears when she noticed someone else standing at the other end of the room. She strode between the guys with her arms spread out. The girl did the same as she came forward.
"Katelyn!" exclaimed Lauren, throwing her arms around her best friend.
"Lauren!" replied Katelyn, holding her close. They swayed from side to side together for a few moments before freeing each other.
Katelyn Hyatt was wearing a sparkling silver dress that came up to her thighs. On her feet were matching heels. The twenty-one year old had straight, blonde hair that fell a little past her shoulders and curved towards her pretty face. Like Lauren's, her makeup had been applied professionally and her perfect teeth were as white as pearls. The pop singer's green eyes were filled with happiness. She also had on a diamond necklace and earrings that sparkled in the light.
Lauren and Katelyn had been best friends for years. They met at the Bluebird theatre back in their hometown, Orangeburg, South Carolina, and immediately connected. The girls were always there for one another, no matter what.
"Oh, I've missed you!" cried Lauren, who could not wipe the smile from her face. Behind her, the guys had returned to their seats and were working with their instruments again. Over Katelyn's shoulder was her own band, also tuning their guitars.
"I've missed you, too!" said Katelyn enthusiastically. "Everything's just been so crazy!"
"I know!" agreed Lauren, "I'm so thankful that you were able to come out tonight with me! Your dress is beautiful!"
"Thanks, girly!" said Katelyn. "Yours is amazing! I love it!"
"Thanks!" Just then, Cindy Spradley entered the room behind them. Mrs. Cindy was a professional vocalist who helped singers warm up their voices before any performance. She was a fun-loving woman in her early forties with flowing brown hair and a very glamorous style like that of a drama queen. Behind her spectacles, she had kind, green eyes. The makeup on her face was very bold, but suited her character well.
"Darlings!" called Mrs. Cindy dramatically, coming towards them with a thrilled smile on her face. She hugged both Katelyn and Lauren firmly.
"Oh! You both look absolutely fabulous!" remarked Mrs. Cindy upon letting them go and observing their dresses.
"Thank you!" smiled the girls.
"Well, we'd better get started," said Mrs. Cindy. "Have a seat!" The girls obeyed and sat down on the nearest sofa with her.
"Posture!" stated Mrs. Cindy. They automatically straightened up and held their heads high.
"Good… Now, breathe in, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine, ten!" Lauren and Katelyn inhaled even amounts of breath as Mrs. Cindy counted.
"Hold, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten! And out, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!" They repeated this routine four more times before Mrs. Cindy believed they were ready for the warm-up exercises.
"Now, Lauren, from the bottom to the top: do, re, me, fa, so, la, te, do!"
"Do, re, me, fa, so, la, te, do!" Starting from the bottom of her range, Lauren climbed to the top until she reached her highest soprano note.
"Perfect!" Mrs. Cindy clapped her hands together ecstatically. Katelyn gave her a cheering smile.
"Again!" Lauren repeated the course a few more times. Once she finished, Mrs. Cindy moved on to Katelyn.
"Your turn, Katelyn!" she said, "Do, re, me, fa, so, la, te, do!"
"Do, re, me, fa, so, la, te, do!" sang Katelyn, rising from the bottom of her range to the top.
"Great!" said Mrs. Cindy, "And again!" Lauren gladly watched Katelyn do the exercise four more times.
"Excellent! Now, let's finalize everything with a good tongue twister! Do you have any in particular that you prefer to say?"
"One black bug bled blue-black blood while the other black bug bled blue!" they answered together. This was the traditional tongue twister that the girls had used back at their home theatre.
"Perfect!" Mrs. Cindy laughed, "Recite once again!" The girls repeated the tongue twister without any fault until Mrs. Cindy was pleased.
"Very good!" applauded Mrs. Cindy, "I believe you two are ready to take the stage!"
"We are, too!" called Benji with a strum of his guitar. Just then, the voices of screaming fans came floating in as a body guard opened the door and stuck his head inside.
"They're ready for you," he stated with a nod.
"Alright!" said Lauren, nervously getting to her feet. Katelyn got up as well and gave Lauren an encouraging hug.
"Go get them, girly!" she whispered, "You always do!"
"Thanks!" smiled Lauren. "I'll see you in a little bit!"
"Break those legs!" called Mrs. Cindy with a wave. Lauren and her guys exited the room and followed the body guard to the stage. The cheering grew louder with every step, making Lauren smile.
"We are going to rock Las Vegas!" said Benji excitedly.
"Hell yeah!" the rest of the band agreed. They finally reached the entrance. Lauren stayed behind as the guys strode onto the stage. The screaming of the fans' grew even louder as they settled in with their instruments. Then they started playing the first, hardcore song, cuing Lauren to come out of the shadows in into the spotlight. She swallowed before rushing out onto the stage towards her microphone stand, smiling all the while as the fans started going crazy at the sight of her. Bright flashes of cameras once again came from the crowds and the colored stage lights started moving around. She could make out thousands and thousands of smiling faces, jumping around with their hands held high.
Lauren reached the microphone and took a deep breath.
"Catch me as I fall!" she sang into it, "Say you're here and it's all over now! Speaking to the atmosphere! No one's here and I fall into myself! This truth drives me into madness! I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away!" During the short interlude, Lauren took the microphone out of the stand and walked up to the edge of the stage.
"Don't turn away!" she started the chorus.
"Don't give in to the pain!" Alex whispered harshly into his microphone.
"Don't try to hide!"
"Though they're screaming your name!"
"Don't close your eyes!"
"God knows what lies behind them!"
"Don't turn out the light!"
"Never sleep, never diiiie!" After taking in another deep breath, Lauren continued singing.
"I'm frightened by what I see, but somehow I know that there's much more to come! Immobilized by my fear, and soon to be blinded by tears! I can stop the pain if I will it all away!" She and Alex sang the chorus again and immediately went into the bridge afterward.
"Fallen angels at my feet," said Alex, "whispered voices at my ear! Death before my eyes, lying next to me I fear! She beckons me, shall I give in? Upon my end, shall I begin? Forsaking all I've fallen for, I rise to meet the end!"
"Oooooh!" sang Lauren before the second interlude, which was much longer than the first. Then they sang the chorus one last time.
"Never sleep, never diiiie!" They finished their first song of the night. The crowd cheered, all the while jumping around with their arms held high above their heads. Lauren smiled at them with delight before looking over and shoulder and mouthing 'Even In Death' to the guys. They nodded in reply and immediately started playing the next song. The fans cheered even louder upon realizing which song it was. Lauren strode halfway down the catwalk with the microphone.
"Give me a reason to believe that you're gone," she sang. "I see your shadow so I know they're all wrong! Moonlight on the soft brown earth, it leads me to where you lay! They took you away from me but now I`m taking you home!
"I will stay forever here with you, my love! The softly spoken words you gave me!
Even in death our love goes on!
"Some say I'm crazy for my love...oh my love! But no bonds can hold me from your side…oh my love! They don't know you can't leave me! They don't hear you singing to me!" She sang the chorus again and during the interlude she went back up on the stage.
"I will stay forever here with you, my love! The softly spoken words you gave me!
Even in death our love goes on! And I can't love you, anymore than I do!" As the music faded out, she added, "People die, but real love is forever!" The fans joined her in stating the quote, making her smile.
They all began cheering and applauding once more, so she walked back up to the stage and stood at the piano. She put her microphone in the stand above it before her fingers took control and played out the beginning of the next song. Again, the crowd recognized it and cheered.
"Swallow it up for the sound of my screaming," sang Lauren, all the while playing the piano. "Cannot cease for the fear of silent night! Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming, the goddess of imaginary light!" The guys took it from there with their instruments, while Lauren took her microphone out of the stand.
"In my field of paper flowers," she walked down to the catwalk again as she sang the chorus, "and candied clouds of lullaby! I lie inside myself for hours and watch my purple sky fly over me!
"I linger in the doorway of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name! Let me stay, where the wind will whisper to me! Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story! If you need to leave the world you live in, lay your head down and stay a while! Though you may not remember dreaming, something waits for you to breathe again!" Lauren sang the chorus one last time before taking a bow.
"Thank you, guys!" she called into the microphone. "We'll be back in a bit!" The auditorium went up in a roar of applause and cheers as the band walked off of the stage with their instruments. On the way to the greenroom, they passed Katelyn and her band members. Lauren embraced her quickly.
"You were awesome!" smiled Katelyn.
"Thanks!" replied Lauren. "You break those lovely legs, chica!"
"Thanks! I will!" With that, Katelyn and her band rushed onto the stage. They started playing their first song once Lauren and her guys reached the greenroom. Lauren went inside and listened intently to her best friend perform over the speakers in the room.
"Everybody needs inspiration!" sang Katelyn. "Everybody needs a soul…a beautiful melody when the night's so low! 'Cause there is no guarantee that this life is easy!" Lauren was smiling to herself as she listened; she remembered when she and Katelyn wrote the song together. It was about Katelyn's longtime and current boyfriend, Ethan, and was called 'When I Look At You'. Right now, it was quite a popular song among the country.
"When my world is falling apart, when there's no light to break up the dark! That's when I…I…I look at you! When the waves are flooding the shore and I can't find my way home any more, that's when I…I…I look at you!
"When I look at you, I see forgiveness! I see the truth! You love me for who I am, like the stars hold the moon! Right there where they belong and I know I'm not alone!" Katelyn sang the chorus again and continued into the bridge.
"You appear just like a dream to me! Just like kaleidoscope colors that cover me! All I need, every breath that I breathe! Don't you know you're beautiful? Yeah, yeah!" After she repeated the final chorus, the crowd went wild, making Lauren's smile stretch even wider.
I have posted links on my profile to pictures of me and Katelyn's dresses! They're at the bottom of the page under the category 'Her Star'! Check them out!
I hope you enjoyed the show! ;) Thanks for reading and reviewing!