Ruby Gloom
RIP IT
Chapter 1:Rival Reunion
Author's Note:I decided to replace the first chapter with this one!I hope my readers do not mind!Please review and tell me how I can improve!I do not own the characters except Peter.
Martin Hsu does.
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The Gloomsville theater was a fairly new facility that seated the five thousand people who were going to watch 'The Battle of the Bands' when bands from all over the world compete with each other to win 'The Golden Guitar'.
Today was the last day of rehearsals.
Poor Scaredy Bat was strung out with excitement and nervousness from thinking about performing in front of so many people.
His round eyes were diluted with fear and his lips trembled in terror.
Trying to calm his tingling nerves,he drank 50 cups of tea but to no avail.
"Scaredy,it will help save your energy and Ruby's tea for us if you stop drinking!"
Frank threw his hands up in the air to emphasize his point.
"How can I help it?"
Scaredy screamed his lungs out in his Indian accent,
making Frank and Len take a step back out of shock,
"What if we loose?
What if we are disqualified?
What if Jealousy turns us into ghosts
and we cannot grab our instruments!".
"Hey!I don't use my magic THAT often!"she complained before thinking about it,"Or do I?".Peter handed her a list that was labelled 'The times Jealousy caused trouble with magic which was a lot of times and everybody agrees with ,except Ruby because she is too nice'.
"You might want to sit down"he said,offering a chair to her and she sat on it while reading it.
"Exactly my point!It could be worse,what if the world...?"Scaredy didn't get to finish his sentence because Doom,Ruby's cute little black kitten,placed her tail over his mouth,only momentarily silenced by her.
She tried to pantomime what she wanted to say.
She pretended that her tail was a microphone and began to meow in it.
She then pretended to strum a guitar and pointed to the members of R.I.P.
But nobody got her message.
"You want to join our band?"asked Frank."Don't be silly,she's asking us if Misery's there to sing!"Scaredy rolled his eyes."I know!She's telling us that Jealousy will use a spell to make our instruments play themselves!"Len suggested.
"No!Doom is trying to say that you three have practiced a lot and worked very you have to do is just have fun and you've already won!".Ruby said with a smile on her upbeat look makes her very likable to everybody and she is the happiest girl in history.
However,Frank and Len weren't listening to her.
They were looking at a boy wearing a velvet suit and a frilly shirt with their mouths wide open.
In fact,they looked like Scaredy Bat when he was afraid."Are you alright?"Ruby asked.
"Did Iris crash land on the roof or did Misery fall down from the stairs again?"Peter asked as he looked around.
"Actually we're right behind you!"Iris,the adventurous cyclops said while Misery,the unlucky banshee stood there eating a cheese stick.
"I know how to get them out of that trance!"Skull Boy said calmly before taking a deep breath and shouting,"SNAP OUT OF IT".This caused the Siamese brothers to jump out of fright."YEARGH!"They soon realized what was happening.
"Oh!Sorry!We weren't listening!"Frank apologized."Yeah,luckily Skull Boy started yelling!Good shouts,man!"Len complimented.
"Thanks,I think I'm related to a long line of teachers!Which reminds me..."Skull Boy said before giving them a tongue-lashing,"YOU TWO DID NOT DO YOUR CHEMISTRY HOMEWORK!YOU ARE HITTING THE BOTTOM OF THE CLASS!YOU ARE...!".
"I think I would rather talk to Vulcan than listen to Skull Boy!"
"Is that the young chap you are looking at?"Poe asked,flying to the gang and perched on Ruby's shoulder."Hi Poe!Congratulations for being chosen as the judge!We are really proud of you!"Ruby praised him.
"Indeed I was!
It was mostly because of my appreciation of the arts...I have been chosen to judge this year's "The Battle of the Bands"!But as I was saying,is Vulcan Garcia the one you are looking at?"Poe asked again.
"Yes...he did something that was unforgivable!"Len said as he clenched his fists in anger.
10 years ago...
"Can I borrow your pencil Vulcan?"the six year olds,Frank and Len asked.
"No."a 5 year old vampire replied
"YOU'RE NOT OUR FRIEND ANYMORE!WAHHHH...!"Frank and Len cried.
...
"That's it?"Jealousy asked,her arms akimbo.
"Pretty much."Len replied.
"Though he may have done something that you thought was inexcusable,you ought to hear his side of the story,he might have a good reason for doing so!Besides,what is more important?Your friendship with Vulcan or highlighters?"Ruby said.
"Highlighters!"Frank and Len responded at the same time.
"You cannot trust a vampire!"Frank cautioned.
"What is a vampire?"Peter asked.
Gasps of shocks were heard in the room.
"Blimey!You do not know what a vampire is?"Poe's eyes looked like they were going to pop out.
"Yes."Peter replied.
"It's a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night."Ruby explained as though she was a walking dictionary.
"He looks quite scary,as though he wants to pierce Ruby's jugular vein!"Scaredy Bat noted with fear.
Then did Ruby noticed Vulcan looking at her with his extended,sharp fangs.
She nervously gulped and Doom Kitty arched her back,her fur raising to make Vulcan stop looking at Ruby greedily.
"It is part of their culture...by the way,what does the word 'hermoso' mean?"Ruby asked as she covered her neck.
"It means beautiful."Skull Boy explained as he looked at Ruby dreamily before his expression changed,"Why?"
His voice suddenly became hard and cold.
"Oh,I was just asking!"Ruby lied.
Scaredy Bat jumped in fright when he heard Skull Boy's pencil snap into 2.
"Anyway,Frank and Len,as one of the judges,I need to check with you that R.I.P has found someone to play the electronic keyboard and the bass guitar?"
"WHAT?"Everyone screamed.