A/N-Here is chapter one, new and improved. I am going to change the story a bit. I should explain this so you will all understand, anything that has happened on the TV show might not have happened in this story. Certain characters were inspired by a person I know in real life, a person on Fan Fiction, and our lovely co-creator ccRodregez. Alexandra Dusk is a character I made up myself. Alex has certain qualities I possess or I want to. She is designed to sort of seem like me or be more outstanding than me. Daniella Shadow is a character that our co-creator came up with. Dani is much more different than CC. Dani is more outstanding and bold and CC is more shy and sarcastic. Nicole is based and created by Jonasloverxox10. Coley is completely like Carlos but in girl form. Jonasloverxox10 actually came to me asking if I was going to host a character contest for the final member of Hex. I asked her to create a character for me and I would use it. She did and now she is one of the three co-authors of BTL. (Congrats Jonasloverxox10, I just decided this now) Alexis Griffin is based off one of my best friends who is in love with James. At first, I had no inspiration for Lexi, because I didn't know anyone who liked James. Therefore, I just went with it and then a month ago, I think, my friend got over her Bieber Fever and got BTR Fever, as I like to say, and told me that she likes James. Therefore, she became the inspiration for Lexi. Lexi is very different from my friend. My friend is quiet and keeps to herself and Lexi is an out-going person who gets into her best friend's business when she shouldn't be. Now that I have rambled for about 305 words I will get to the fixed chapter, but I felt like I should explain things. Remember read the ANs, read the chapter, and review the chapter or no new chapters. So here, it is the new and improved Chapter 1.
O1. Moving, Old & New Friends, and… Leeroy Jenkins?
My full name is Alexandra-Ianna Victoria Tyller Jordyn Dusk, but I'd rather go by Alex Dusk. If I'm in trouble, which is every once in a blue moon, I am called Alexandra-Ianna Dusk. I was really close to my Grandma on my Dad's side, up until she died when I was three. I still miss her but I know she is happy where she is.
My Mom is Sophia Annamaria Griffin Dusk, before any of you ask, yes, my mom is related to Arthur Griffin the number 4 top executive in America. She is his twin, but they look nothing alike. My Uncle has four daughters, and they are Mercedes and Alexis (twin sisters), Porsche, and Ferrari. His wife name is Lucy Paige Jackson. They also have a dog named Jeep and a cat named Toyota.
My dad is Andrew Percy Dusk. He was a very great man, but got sort off… angry at some points in time. Momma and I always knew that he still loved us no matter what he did at certain points in time. When he died, we had a private ceremony for him.
My best friend's, who has been with me through thick and thin, name, is Daniella Isabella Shadow. I've known her a good majority of my life. Her father and my mother grew up as if they were siblings. Her godfather is my Uncle Griffin. Her mother, who she never really knew took off when she was about 4, not saying where she was going or what she planning except that she has a brother and that Dani should find him and he would help her with money issues. Her father is Lieutenant General (LTG) Alexander John Shadow. My mom decided to, sort of; name me after him because when I was born he was a Sergeant.
Now that I have explained that all a bit, I think we can get to the story. It all started out with me being dead for at least sixteen minutes with three broken ribs, a cracked skull, broken right ankle, and a completely broken arm. All my bones in my right arm are covered in metal or partially covered in metal.
The accident happened on October 3, 2010, and today's date is November 2, 2010. I finally got that all clear from my doctors to continue my life like it was before, but I couldn't it became too different. I came home with my mom and I walked downstairs and just sat there staring at the wall. When all of a sudden, I was being nudged and I looked up to see Dani and Lexi.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" I asked in a hoarse voice.
"I am here to see you and Dani, after all Aunt Sophie said you were getting the all-clear today." Lexi said as she sat down next to me.
"Yeah, now let's do something that we do best." Dani said.
"Do you have your guitar?" I asked and she nodded.
"Then LET'S ROCK!" I said getting up to run to the music room. When I entered, I felt relief that this was still the same place for the three of us. We went to our instruments, Lexi on the drums, Dani and I on guitar, and started playing Like Whoa by Aly and AJ. We all started singing. After we finished the song, we heard clapping and we looked up to see Uncle Griffin in the doorway.
"You girls are going to become a band and record at Rocque Records along with another band we have there." Uncle Griffin said.
"Bu-" I started to say.
"No buts, ands, or ifs about it and that's final. It will get you somewhere else than Nebraska. It will also provide you money that you all need." Uncle Griffin said.
"He has a point there sweetheart, you've only been out of this state once and that was to Minnesota. Where you meet those boys you like so much." My mom said to me.
Flashback
My dad had to go to St. Paul, Minnesota to open a new office for at least a year, before freshmen year and we all had to go with him. When we got there, he met up with an old friend of his, who happened to be his brother that lived there.
"Sweetheart I want you to meet Carlos Garcia, he is your cousin." My dad said as he pushed in a Latino boy who was wearing a helmet.
"Hi I'm Carlos!" The boy said excitedly.
"Hello I'm Alexandra-Ianna, but call me Alex." I said as I offered him a chair in my new room.
"Can I call you Xandra instead?" Carlos asked me as he sat in my computer chair.
"Sure, so we're cousins. How old are you?" I asked him as I sat up in bed.
"I'm 13, the youngest out of my friends. How old are you?" He replied.
"I'm 14. What school do you go to?" I retorted.
"Gordon Parks High School, from what your dad told me he said you and someone named Dani were going to go there also. Is Dani your brother?" He asked.
"No, Dani is my best friend who lives with us because her dad is in the army. Will we get to meet your friends?" I asked.
"Of course you will. I want them to meet my awesome cousin." Carlos replied.
Flashback ended
Dani and I ended up meeting the boys and had fun that year, but we ended up coming back and I haven't seen or talked to them since. I think the other boys forgotten us, but I don't think Carlos has, yet.
"When do we leave?" I asked turning off my keyboard.
"As soon as we can get a room at the Palmwoods." Uncle Griffin said.
"You're agreeing?" Dani asked me. I nodded.
"Think about the money we can get out of this. We could pay for college, you could go see your dad, and we could pay for anything we would need. But, Uncle, here is the deal breaker for me; you have that we can have our instruments there, every last one." I said.
"Including your old, ratty keyboard there?" Uncle said glaring at the thing.
"Unless you want to buy the new one." I said referring to the DGX-520 Portable Grand Yamaha that I wanted for my birthday.
"Fine, do you want me to ship out your rides too?" Uncle asked and Dani and I nodded.
"Fine, but I get to name the band." Uncle Griffin said. I turned to Dani and raised my eyebrows and she just shook her head.
"I get to name the band Godfather Griffin; I didn't make any demands like Alex." Dani said and Uncle Griffin just sighed.
"I told you Dani call me Uncle Griffin, you are basically family, and I shouldn't have taught you girls bargaining methods. Fine you get to name the band; I'm leaving before you can get anything else." Uncle Griffin said as he fled the room.
"Way to go girls, you have learned well." Mom said as she bowed to us and we bowed back.
"God, I missed you guys." Lexi said as she hugged us.
-2 weeks later
"What did we get into Alex? This is L.A not Lincoln." Dani said as she looked around downtown L.A.
"Some fun times. Of course its L.A., it's just like Omaha, but way bigger." I replied.
"Now girls, remember no boys until yo-" Mom started until we cut her off.
"We start the album, we know, we know." Dani and I said together.
"Good girls. Hey, there's the Palmwoods. Thanks Chevy." My mom said as she hopped out of the limo when it stopped.
"Thanks Chevy." Dani and I said together yet again.
"Welcome to the Palmwoods, I'm Mr. Bitters. You must be Mrs. Dusk." Mr. Bitters said to my mom as we stepped to the desk.
"Yes I am. My brother said we have an apartment here, under Arthur Griffin." My mom said.
"Yes of course Apartment number 2K. I'm apologizing beforehand about the boneheads in 2J." Mr. Bitters said. All of a sudden I heard screaming coming from the entrance to the pool. I ran over there to see four boys lying on the ground with slushies in their hands. Dani and I looked at them in disdain.
"Los, what were you doing?" I asked as I looked down at my cousin I haven't seen or heard from in years.
"Xandra? Ella? Is that really you? Or a slushie image?" Carlos asked looking up at us.
"Here is how you can tell. DOG PILE LOS!" I yelled and Dani and I smashed onto Carlos.
"It is you! I've missed you two." Carlos said as he hopped up with us clinging to him. We let go and stood up.
"Los I've missed you so much!" I said as I hugged him.
"Umm, who are you girls?" The other three asked us. I knew they had forgotten us. I looked at Dani and winked.
"I'm Carlos's girlfriend, my name is Alessandra, but Los calls me Xandra." I said as I hugged Carlos tighter.
"What! Carlos I thought I was your girlfriend! I'm Ella, Carlos's real girlfriend." Dani said that as she hugged Carlos's other side.
"WHAT?" I heard my mom said as she stormed over to us.
"Hi Auntie Sophie!" Carlos said as he rushed over to hug my mom. I burst out laughing at the boys' shocked expression.
"We were kidding, me dating my cousin! Yeah right. I'm Alexandra-Ianna and that's Daniella Shadow," I said pointing to Dani, "We met freshmen year. Remember?" I finished. The boys shook their heads no.
"We were on the boys' hockey team because we weren't allowed on the girls' hockey team? We went to state because of it. Remember now?" Dani said and the boys still looked dumbfounded.
"I BEAT LOGAN IN THE ACADEMIC DECATHALON FOR THE MINNESOTA WILDS SAKE!" I yelled at them and they finally looked like they remembered. Then they shook their heads no, but gasped at me using the Minnesota Wilds name in vain.
"Do you remember Alex Dusk and Dani Shadow?" My mom said and the boys shook their heads in understanding. Dani and I started towards the elevators and we heard Carlos join us. "Well this is them!" My mom said and they finally got it. By that time, we were in the elevator. Mom came and joined up. She pushed the button for the second floor.
"OH!" The boys said, but we barely heard them because the doors were about closed. When they clanged shut, I turned to Carlos.
"How long have you been here?" I asked him.
"About a year or so. So what apartment are you guys in?" Carlos replied.
"Apartment 2K, just don't tell your friends yet. We would like some peace and quiet." Mom said to Carlos. Carlos just nodded at her. When the elevator dinged, we rushed out and ran for the apartment before the boys could find us. We got into the apartment right when we heard the other elevator ding warning us that they were probably coming. So we slammed the door closed and bolted it as the elevator door was opening.
"Whew." Dani said as she looked around the apartment. I looked around too to see that it rather had that Aunt-Lucy-was-here-and-designed-it-to-look-fancy-but-home-feel look. We got up and searched for our rooms. Each door had a sign on it with a name. Alexis, Daniella, Alexandra-Ianna, and Nicole.
"Who is Nicole?" Dani asked.
"She must be our other band member." I replied as I opened the door to my room. Of course, Aunt Lucy designed these rooms. My room had black walls, but it had splattered red, purple, neon orange, neon green, neon blue, and neon red. On the walls above the bed, there were the official Harry Potter posters for each movie. (A/N- Here is a big fact about me I absolutely LOVE Harry Potter. I am a HUGE FAN. I saw that scene from the MTV Movie Awards and I was like OMG HUGE FAN GIRL MOMENT! Imagine a really gay guy saying the 'OMG HUGE FAN GIRL MOMENT' that made my rofl.) Also the Eragon movie poster, the Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief movie poster, and a few of my favorite bands posters. The bedding on the bed was a dark purple. The furniture was all black as well. I even had my own sort of library, at least 12 bookshelves full of my books and new ones that I wanted but couldn't buy or didn't know that were out, as well it had a black L-shaped couch and on that couch were my new keyboard, my helmet, another helmet, and my skateboard. I walked over to my desk and saw a new laptop, a printer, an iPad 2, a 64GB iPod Touch (with a personalized back saying Property of Alexandra-Ianna Dusk) , and a black iPhone 4. I walked over to Dani's room and sat down on her couch. She was freaking over the technology too, the same as I had but she got a white iPhone 4 instead of black. She had her helmets as well and her skateboard.
Her room had teal blue with white flowers on the walls and her furniture was a medium colored wood. Her bedding was a lime green with white flowers on it. It had pictures of her and her dad when he was on leave, pictures of the family with her, pictures of us growing up, a picture of Lexi and us, a picture of Carlos and us, a picture of Lexi, Dani, Kendall, Carlos, James, Logan, and I after the boys and us won State I had one in my room also, and finally yet importantly, the last family picture of her dad, her, and her mom. I looked around and saw that all her guitars were in her room along with all her bass guitars. She had a teal L-shaped couch as well.
"Your aunt totally did all this. I love it." She said as she ran around the room. I laughed at her as she ran around.
"LEXI'S HERE ALEX AND DANI! SHE IS MOVING INTO HER ROOM!" Mom yelled from the living room. Lexi passed by the door and I followed her to her room. Her room was neon orange and neon pink with white furniture. Her bedding was a variety of pinks. On the walls, there were official movie posters of the Twilight Saga and posters of hot celebrity guys that she had crushes on. There was a full drum set towards her living area. She had an orange L-shaped couch. I laughed and shook my head as I walked back towards my room.
When I was walking towards my room to break in my new piano there was a knock on the door. I went over to open it and there stood a girl with dark brown, long, and wavy hair and dark brown eyes. She was wearing sort of a dressy but very skater look. She looked very athletic.
"Hi there I'm Nicole Stallone, call me Coley though, Griffin sent me here." She said.
"Come on in. I'm Alexandra-Ianna Dusk, but call me Alex. Nice to meet you." I said as I stepped to the side to let her in.
"WE FOUND YOU!" I heard the boys' voices as they charged towards the door. I slammed the door shut.
"CARLOS HELP ME GET THIS DOOR SHUT! THEY FOUND US!" I yelled as I fought to get the door closed, Lexi, Dani, and Coley rushed to help me.
"Let us in please!" They tried begging. Carlos appeared and ran towards the back of the living room.
"When I say Leeroy Jenkins I want you to open the door and once I'm through close and bolt the door. Understood?" Carlos said and we all nodded.
"LEEROY JENKINS!" Carlos yelled as I yanked open the door and watched Carlos tackle the three boys. I slammed the door shut and bolted it. I turned around and busted out laughing. Soon everyone joined me. After a while, we finally calmed down.
"Guys this is Nicole, but call her Coley. Coley this is Daniella Shadow, but call her Dani," I said as I pointed to Dani and she waved, "And this is Alexis Griffin, but call her Lexi." I finished as I pointed to Lexi and she waved as well.
"Great! So what's the band called?" Coley asked.
"How about we rock out and we can get inspired." Lexi asked.
"Sure." We all replied.
"So… LET'S HANG IN ALEX'S ROOM!" Lexi yelled as she ran towards my door and slammed into it. I laughed.
"Shou-ld ha-ve tur-ned door-knob." Lexi said as she got up slowly.
"Fearlessly failed at trying to get into her room." Coley said sarcastically.
"The door is locked." I said.
"FEARLESSLY IT SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN LOCKED!" Lexi yelled at me.
"Fearlessly it ends here! No more saying fearlessly!" Dani said and I had a brilliant idea.
"Guys! I have a name for the band!" I said as I walked to the living room.
"So…" They said together.
"Fearlessly It Ends Here or FIEH for short." I said as I walked over to my window. I started to pull my curtain open to look outside.
"It's perfect. It sounds like we can protect ourselves no matter what." Coley said as I opened the curtain there stood Logan, Carlos, Kendall, and James. I jumped as I finished opening the window. I pulled each one in.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU FOUR DOING OUTSIDE ON THE LEDGE IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW?" I yelled at them and smacked each one hard.
"We're here to tell you that Gustavo wants to go through boot camp with you guys." The boys responded to me.
"That's all?" I asked as walked towards the door and the boys followed me.
"Boot camp is hard at Rocque Records." James said and the others nodded. We never told them where we were recording or why we are here.
"So what? You guys are creeping me out. We never told you why we were here. So good-bye." I said as I pushed them out the door and slammed it shut in their faces and locked it.
"Boot camp?" All of us said together.
A/N- BOOM! Chapter One. If you don't know whom Leeroy Jenkins is, look him up! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. PLEASE REVIEW IT OR NO NEW CHAPTER! I AM CEREAL! Any way if you want to follow me on Twitter, go to my profile and there is a link. Before I forget, Lexi looks like Nikki Reed, Nicole looks like Victoria Justice, Alex looks like Hilary Duff before she dyed her hair, and Dani looks like I don't know really, search for ccRodregez on the Fan Fiction search bar for author. Okay, well remember REVIEW!