"I'm sorry Chloe, but I have to go." Nadeen said, her eyes tearing up. The heartbroken fox didn't seem the same after Sly left with her older sister Carmelita. She felt as though there was an empty feeling inside of her, somthing she couldn't describe.

"Nadeen please, don't leave!" Nadeen's best friend Chloe cried. She knew her brother made a huge idiotic mistake by leaving, but Nadeen leaving wouldn't make anything better.
Nadeen simply shook her head,"No...I can't stay anymore, Chloe...everything around her reminds me of him," she sighed and small knots began forming in her throat as she choked back tears,"This safehouse...the pictures..." her hazel gaze turned toward her friend,"You...you Chloe...you remind me of him..." By that time she had already packed her guitar in its case and slung it on her back.

Chloe stared at the ground, clenching her fist,"Nadeen...please...don't go..." Nadeen turned from the door and faced her friend. She dropped the guitar case and ran to Chloe, throwing her arms around her and giving her one last hug good-bye,"Don't wory Chloe...I'll be fine..." she loosened her grip and backed to the door, picking up her belongings,"Good-bye Chloe..." Nadeen gripped the doorknob and turned it, opening the door. She stepped outside and closed the door behind her.

Nadeen was alone in the streets of Venice. She was heartbroken, alone, and sad. Oh well...she thought, it could be worse...Nadeen walked to a nearby cafe' and sat down. She took the guitar out of its case and tuned it. The waiter approached the fox. He was a handsome eagle who looked to be in his mid-twenties. He smiled at Nadeen and took out a pen and paper,"May I take your order?" the eagle said, trying to act smooth.

Nadeen didn't look up from the instrument,"Water..."

The waiter seemed confused, he scribbled somthing down on the paper,"Anything else?"

Nadeen shook her head and strummed a chord. The waiter frowned and walked away. She began to play a few chords. She started to sing a few lyrics from the song,"Let's talk this over, it's not like we're dead. Was it somthing I did? Was it somthing you said? Don't leave me hangin' in a city so dead. Held up so high on such a breakable thread. You were all the things I thought I knew, and I thought we could be. You were everything, everything that I wanted. You were ment to be, supposed to be but we lost it. All of the memories so close to me just fade away. All this time you were pretending. So much for my happy ending." Nadeen slowed down the music when the waiter approached her. He set the drink on the glass tabletop. He also slipped a napkin with numbers on it. Nadeen scoffed and sipped her drink then turned back to the guitar. She changed the song. Moving her finger to the fifth fret, third chord on the guitar neck created a soft sound,"Love can be a many splended thing. Can't deny the joy it brings. A dozen roses, diamond rings, dreams for sale and fairie tales. It'll make you hear a symphony, and you just want the world to see. But like a drug that makes you blind, it'll fool you everytime! The trouble with love is, it'll tear you up inside. Make your heart believe a lie, it's stronger than your pride! The trouble with love is, it doesn't care how fast you fall. And you can't refuse the call, see you've got no say at all. Oooh..."

While Nadeen sang, two friends were walking to the cafe'. They seemed upset.

"I'm tellin' you Claire! If we don't find a guitarist soon, there won't BE a Starlets!" a very annoyed tabby said. She was dressed in ripped knee jeans and a black baby tee. There were two diamond studs in her ears and a pair of drumsticks in her back pocket. She had sky blue eyes and blonde hair with cherry red highlights at the roots and tips.

"C'mon Kat, don't give up hope that easily," a burnette headed wolf said. She wore short denim shorts and a pink baby tee shirt and gold hoops were on her ears.

Kat sighed,"Fine..." her ears perked up when she heard the sound of an acoustic guitar playing a soft love song,"Do you hear that?" Both girls looked arounf, finding nothing.

"Kat, you're hearing things. C'mon, the cafe's up here." They both walked into the small courtyard to discover Nadeen sitting in the middle of the courtyard playing music and singing. The girls exchanged glances and nodded, they approached the fox.

"Hi!" Kat chirped happily,"My name's Katherine, but everyone calls me Kat." she pointed to the wolf,"This is Claire." Claire smiled sweetly and said,"Hi!"

Nadeen stared up at the two girls who seemed about her age and smiled,"Hey, I'm Nadeen." She turned her gaze back to the guitar and started play and sing again.

Both Claire and Kat stared wide-eyed at Nadeen's experiance with the instrument. "Damn girl! You can blow!" Claire said with a smile.

Nadeen stared up, a confused look on her face,"Erm, thanks?"

Kat seemed embarresed,"Uh, what she means is, you're voice is amazing!"

Nadeen smiled, her arm hung over the guitar,"Thanks,"

Kat smiled, a twinkle appeared in her eyes,"Listen Nadeen, Claire and I are putting together a little garage band and all we're missing is a guitarist and lead singer..."
Nadeen cocked her brow and smiled,"You want me to be in your band? Are you serious?" Both Claire and Kat nodded furiously. Nadeen thought about the question. She needed a new life, she had to forget about Sly and her old life. This could be a new begining for her. Nadeen stood up, holding her guitar by its neck,"Ok, I'll do it!" she put the instrument in its case and carried it on her back. Kat took the drumsticks out from her back pocket and twirled them around her fingers as they walked.

"Here we are!" Claire said as she rolled the big garage door up. Inside there was a drum set and a two electric guitars hooked up to amplifiers. Claire looked at Nadeen's old acoustic guitar and ran to the ember red electric guitar. She brought it back to Nadeen and put her old one to the side. Nadeen couldn't bear to see the guitar she'd played ever since she was young be stored away. She sighed and wore the new guitar. She took a pic and played a G chord. It sounded wonderful. Nadeen smiled and Kat, who was sitting at the drum set with a paper and paper. "I can't think of a song..." she looked up to the band's newest member,"Have any ideas?" Nadeen rested her arms on her new guitar,"Well...I could give it a try..." She took the paper and pencil from Kat and began to write rapidly,"Ok, what do you think so far?" She showed her bandmates the lyrics. They both read it and smiles came to their faces,"Wow...this is amazing Nadeen!"

The fox smiled,"Um, that's somthing I wanted to talk to you about...I wanted to know if I could be Nadeen off-stage, and on-stage I could have another name. Like...Kris or somthing." Kat and Claire looked at each other and nodded,"Sure 'Krix'. Why not?"

Nadeen smiled,"Thanks..."