I do not own cinema bizarre's songs.. in any way!
Well.. here begins the long and excruciating first chapter that i always find to take extremely long.
This story is nowhere near as dark and.. depressing.. as my other story. Im being slightly influenced by Honhiry's story's, and their funny, light, cheerfulness. Well, ill do my best to provide a comedy that will make you laugh. :)
And if i fail... it will probably still be less eerie as 'The concerns of a broken heart'
For a while, me and honhiry have had the idea of us going to a concert, and meeting cinema bizarre. Of course, since we live in america, and are not yet old enough to get jobs, we cant afford a flight to europe, so its literally impossible for us to go at the moment.
But we writers write to realize the impossible, and thats exactly what I'm doing.
btw, i know disturbedness isn't a word, its a silly phrase i like to use.
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I sat down on the couch in our living room as i waited for my mom to come downstairs and drive me to the airport. "Mom! Hurry up! At this rate we're going to be late!" i shreiked up the stairs. She always took hours to get ready, which i found quite ridiculous. I took five minutes to get ready, and always looked ten times better then her. Though partly because I'm thirty years younger, and my hair is low maintenance. My name is Taii, im Five feet, Six inches tall, and i have straight silvery hair with black streaks that ends just below my shoulders. My best friends Carly, who i call carl, and Laura, A.K.A. badger, and I, are going to Germany, to go to a Cinema Bizarre concert. We have been obsessed with Cinema Bizarre for some time, but mostly me and Carly. Badger is five feet, eight inches tall, and has short brown hair, with blond highlights and a red tint to it, along with other colors even I don't recognize. Carly is about my height, just one inch taller, and she has long light brown hair and almost eerie blue eyes.
I love to write, and so thats exactly what i do. I grabbed my notebook and flipped it open, though nothing happened. I could think of absolutely nothing to write about, which usually meant my brain was refusing to work, or it was clogged up with the concert. I heard my moms loud shoes clink and click as she came down the stairs, so i shoved my notebook roughly back into my backpack, threw it over my shoulder, and snatched the handle to my suitcase. "Okay lets go drop you off!" my mom said cheerfully, and i snarled in response. I was meeting Carly and Badger at the airport, by our gate. We were going to fly to Chicago, Illinois, then take a nine hour flight to amsterdam, then a very long bus ride to the hotel by where the concert was going to be. Our hotel was called 'The Orda' which scared me a bit, having never heard of a hotel called that before. When we arrived at the airport, i said a quick goodbye to my mom, and entered the tiny place. For such a small airport, it was jam packed, and i groaned. It would be nearly impossible to find my friends among such a crowd.
But, i thought too soon, because there they were waving their tickets at me excitedly. Well, Badger was waving excitedly, Carly was more scowling at her ticket as if it had just insulted her. The momentum of the trip caught up all at once, and my stomach churned. "Ello my buddies!" i greeted them with enthusiasm. Carly looked up at me, and flashed a quick grin, before continuing her death glare at the plane ticket. "May i ask why you are boring a hole into that poor little ticket?" i laughed. But it was badger who answered me. "The retards gave us messed up tickets. Their printer doesn't work right or something, and neither of us can discern what seat or gate we have to go to.". I pulled off my backpack and set it on the ground so i could begin rummaging about for my ticket. When i finally found it, i held it up so they could see that it was perfectly printed, and our gate was number 15. We had all picked seats next to eachother, so it wouldn't be hard to figure out who sat where from where i was supposed to sit.
After we got through all the stupid crap you have to go through just to get to the gates, we were starving, and our money was being saved to feed ourselves when we got to germany. It seemed like everything was planned just so perfectly to annoy us, because as soon as we stepped into the gate section, we were confronted by halls of resteraunts, and at the moment, everything sounded good. Carly had to hold onto badger's jacket in order to keep her from wandering off into a place that served food, and i could barely restrain myself from drooling in the middle of the crowd. We walked quickly, and when the food places passed, we all felt relieved. We still had to travel far before we reached gate 15, which was the furthest away gate from us. When we finally got there, every single seat was full. I set down my bags and waited in the line, scanning the lifeless looking people in the seats.
A heavy lady with bright pink lipstick sat closest to where i was standing. Her light orangy/brown hair was pinned up in a beehive like hairstyle, with curls sticking out every which way. Her wrinkles made her fat chin sag even more, and it disgusted me just looking at her. I will NEVER let myself become like that. i mentally promised myself. Luckily, (if you could call it that, seeing as we'd been unlucky all day.) the line moved quickly, and our seats were near the head of the plane, making it so we could board first. I handed my ticket to the man in the suit, who fed it through the machine, and handed half of it back to me. I smiled politely and pocketed the half-ticket before continuing. The hall to the airplane was long and noisy, and lots of noises tended to irritate me. When we got on the plane, it was mostly quiet though, so my irritation faded away.
I sat by the window, i loved that seat. I had brought my camera, and pulled it out of my bag, ready to turn it on as soon as we were in the air. Carly was sitting next to me, and i told her to jab badger if she fell asleep. If Badger started snoring, it would be the end of my good mood. None of us would be able to sleep, me because i just don't fall asleep on planes, Carly because she hated planes, and badger because we would keep her awake by jabbing her every time we heard her snore. I felt giddy as we took off, i always loved taking off, i don't know why. I watched the land rush away beneath us, and turned on my camera. I pressed the small silver canon against the plane window and snapped several pictures and a video before putting it away. "Well. Can you actually believe we're going to see Cinema Bizarre?" i asked them. Carly glared at me, apparently she had been reading one of her library books. Badger stared at me and responded loudly "Pshh... NO!".
Her responses were always something weird, but they never failed to put a smile on Carly's face and a large dent in my sour moods. At the moment i was fairly happy though, so i just grinned and stared out the window. The tiny cars below me rushed back and forth, heading from place to place. I noticed a big white truck behaving recklessly, and i watched as it slammed into a small red car. I couldn't help but crack up at that, and received some strange stare's from both Carly and Badger. If i told them what i had seen, they probably wouldn't find it funny, so i didn't bother, and let them think i had mental issues. After a long struggle with my over-filled backpack, i wrenched my sketchbook out and flipped it open, not caring to zip the bag back up. I finished inking my picture of Yu, and signed it. I took a picture of it with my silver camera, because i intended to give it to Yu when he was signing things for fans.
My stomach growled and sent a few shocking pains down my legs, and Carly looked at me worriedly as i had a few spasms. "Are you okay?" she asked me when i finally sat still. "Im fine." but she still didn't look reassured. "Im fine! Im just really hungry is all.". Carly still looked like she doubted hunger would send me spasming in my seat, but she gave up anyway. We all curled up in the scratchy airplane blankets for a while, and waited. Four hours after we had got on the plane, we were landing in Chicago. As soon as the stewardess opened the airplane door, i could feel the bone chilling air waft in, and i grew more and more afraid to step outside. It was fall, and Illinois was already freezing. I wrapped my scarf around my neck, zipped up my bag, and stood in the long line of people waiting to get off the plane. Clauhstraphobia took over me, and i couldn't wait to get away from these people. Finally we were at the front of the line, and practically frozen already. I stepped out first, doing a good job at keeping myself from freezing on the spot.
We trekked through the airport to our next gate, and were relieved to find it uncrowded. We plopped down on the uncomfortable blue seats, and dug into our apples and slim jims that we had packed. Carly pulled out an apple and squeezed it, and me and Badger squealed when we saw it squished in easily. "My family, needs to learn how to throw away old apples." she spat and tossed it in the closest trash can. We both refrained from straying too close to any apples we had packed, disgusted by what had just happened. Finally the plane started boarding, but this was a nine hour flight, and i knew it would half kill us all. As soon as we found our seats, i made myself comfortable and tried as hard as i could to sleep. I half dozed away and i felt Carly leaning over me to shut the airplane window, then i heard Badger snoring, but i fell asleep after that.
Carly woke me at 1 AM in the morning, and it was still dark out. "Whhaaaat?" i snapped at her. "We've landed, its time to get off!" she kept shaking me. I looked up at her groggily and grabbed my bags, happy that i had slept the whole flight away. There weren't many people on the plane, so getting off was quick and easy. The bus ride would be less horrible, because they had comfortable seats, and there was always a nice view to lose yourself looking at. I fell asleep on the bus too, and Carly had to wake me again when we arrived at the hotel. "The Orda. What a strange, and slightly creepy name." i said as we stared up at the tall, nice looking building. We were all tired, even though i had slept a lot. I was surprised that i had actually gotten to sleep on a plane, but i didn't dwell on such pointless subjects. We all stumbled the long way up to the front doors, and when we got inside, we gasped.
It was a large four story room with polished marble floors and darker yellow walls. There was a center rug in the middle of the room, that was lavished with complicated designs and patterns, that i found to compliment the plainer marble. We walked up to the well dressed receptionists, and Carly got our room keys, which were actually cards. I felt out of place, looking tired and badly dressed, compared to all the people here, and even the building itself. I spoke my feelings aloud, and my friends agreed with me, making us all laugh. When we reached our room, we collapsed on the bed and slept for a while, but i couldn't sleep for very long because of my earlier naps. When i woke, i decided to explore the strangely named hotel, and its different public rooms. I brought with me my sketch pad and a pencil. After a few minutes of wandering, i found myself back at the main check-in room. I studied different things about the room for a while, and went to sit down on the waiting rooms couches.
Just as i began to work on another sketch, the entire band of Cinema Bizarre walked in. I could barely believe my eyes, but before they had time to even reach the receptionists desk i had ran back upstairs and woken Carly and Badger. They were both extremely excited and rushed downstairs with me quickly. Before i even got totally in the room, my excitement overpowered me, and i fainted. I woke up on the waiting room couch with a blasting headache, and my knee throbbed. I opened my eyes for a second, and saw Carly and Badger leaning over me. If i was still on the floor, i must be insane.. i thought, because it was rather squishy and scratchy. But, judging by the different surroundings, i guessed i was on one of the waiting rooms couches. Badger jabbed me rather hard in my side and i sat up quickly. "What was that for?" i snapped. Badger shrunk away a bit sheepishly "We've been trying to wake you up for several minutes.". "Couldn't you see that my eyes were open?" but i didn't get a reply. Suddenly, i remembered Cinema Bizarre, and snapped my head over to see the receptionists desk.
That wasn't such a good idea, because i gave myself whiplash, and Cinema Bizarre wasn't there anyway. I looked back to Badger slowly and asked her if she had caught their room number. Carly handed me a small peice of paper with their room number written down on it, and i laughed. We were such stalkers! I flipped through my sketch book quickly, and ripped out the picture of Yu. "Ill be back. And i don't come back, it means i fainted again. You'll know where to find me if that happens." and i got up and walked away. The long stairs looked slightly daunting, in my unbalanced state at the moment. I held onto the railing, and made it all the way up without any problems. Their room was almost the first one to my left when i reached the top, and i could feel my heart beating faster. I walked up to the door and knocked softly. People who knocked loud, i found slightly rude. It was Strify who opened the door "Yes?" he probably figured it was a fan girl asking for an autograph. He was halfway right, because i was a fan girl, but i wasn't asking for an autograph.
"Could you give this to Yu?" i asked him, and held out the Yu drawing. Strify smiled and took it "Who should i say its from?". I contemplated that for a few seconds "Er.. Taggy.". Strify nodded and said goodbye, then shut the door as i walked away. I felt giddy and strange, and once again, my excitement was too much. I fainted again. Strangely, it was like i could think in my unconscious state. Thats the second time i've fainted today, and i've never fainted in my life before i came here. Hmm.. I wonder if they'll find me out here, or if badger and Carly noticed my being gone for too long.. Slowly, i felt the presence of my hair in my mouth, and tried to spit it out, but i failed. Imagine sitting there half unconscious with hair in your mouth! If i could, right now i'd be glaring at something. I could feel that i was facing up, which mean't someone had found me, because i had fallen face forward. How humiliating. Now they'll know me as the 'girl who faints a-lot.'.
After i regained the ability to spit unwanted things out of my mouth, i decided to try speaking. "Huhffle. Well, this is sucky. Atleast the hair's out of my mouth..." and i was surprised to find i could hear myself clearly. I heard laughing from different areas around me, and that was NOT my friends. My cheeks felt hot, and i knew i was blushing. Well.. All i have left to practice is moving and seeing. I tried opening my eyes, and saw blackness. I mentally checked sight off for now, and tried moving my hand. It didn't work. I know i can speak though.. It was mildly reassuring. "What happened to me?" i sputtered. I heard a deep voice next to me, and i assumed it was Shin "You fainted outside our door. You made such a clunk we had to see what happened!". He laughed slightly, and said it like i couldn't hear him. "Oh.. Oops." i responded, feeling silly. I heard gasps, they were obviously surprised i had heard. But the gasps turned into hysterical laughter, and i couldn't help but giggle quietly.
Then i heard a different voice above my feet, and recognized it immediately. "Thanks for the picture, how long did it take you to draw it?" Yu asked. I blinked open my eyes again, and was happy too see my sight was coming back, but all i saw were blurs of different colors. "It took me about a week.. And i didn't have the time to color it.. Sorry.." i answered, a bit embarassed. I felt something poke my side and i jumped. It surprised me that i had my movement back, and apparently Kiro as well, because i heard him gasp. "What was that about?" i growled. I heard a nervous laugh coming from Kiro "I.. Dont know actually..". I heard someone smack him, and from the laughing, i identified him as Shin. "How long have i been here?" i wondered aloud, and Yu answered me "About an hour now, and Kiro's been complaining the whole time that he wants to lay down." he laughed. I laughed with him, thinking of the 'sleepy kiro' pictures that were on the internet. I heard crunching next to me, and a rather disgusting slurping noise. "Ew?" i directed my disturbedness at Kiro. I heard a spitting noise, and hysterical laughing. Shin was squealing further away, and Yu was laughing. "Eeeewwww!" i heard Shin sputter. Kiro laughed harder and got up to go get napkins. By the noises, I figured that Kiro had been eating cereal, and had just spat it everywhere when he started laughing.
I groaned and shifted to my right, blinking constantly. Finally, the blurs cleared, and i could see again. I sat up and ignored all of the noises, Badger and Carly were probably very worried by now. I heard knocking at the door, and Strify rushed to get it. It was two very worried friends, who were peering around the door. Strify looked confused, and i quickly told him who they were. I waved goodbye to all of them, and left to go back to our hotel room. Before i got even five steps away, Shin burst out "Erm... Wanna go to the concert with us?" he asked. I nodded, that would be great. He smiled so wide, he looked like he was going to burst. "Meet us out front, tomorrow at 12 PM kay?". I agreed, and continued walking. I looked at the floor, and put my hands in my pockets. "Is it just me, or does it feel like something really big is about to happen?" Carly hesitated, and Laura just stared at me for a while. "You felt it too.. We're either walking into a meadow, or a storm." Carly answered quietly. "Or both." Laura added. 'Dysfunctional Family' stormed my thoughts, and made me feel, hmm.. whats the word.. Powerful?
When we reached the hotel, i made a mental note to stay calm, anymore fainting and i WILL be labeled as 'The girl who faints a-lot.". I opened my sketch book, pulled out my pencil, and froze. A tempest of thoughts hit me all at once, and all i could do was lay there with my pencil, staring at that ominous blank page. That blank page that i was born to fill... I couldn't help thinking.
We writers..
We artists..
We love and hate the blank page.
We were born to fill it,
Born to create..
That one simple page.
When we see it, we see an endless sea of creations.
But pick one, and make it good.
Something big is coming.. I stared at my blank page, and began drawing. I drew a wave, and under it, a dragon with a tiger on its back. In the sky, was a moon, but it was the shape of a spiderweb. The clouds, were all three of us wrapped up in the web. Then there was a hawk in the distance, it carried a long string in which to bind things back together. Carly came over and looked at it "Wow.. thats complicated. I like it though.". Badger just kind of stared at it, and then opened her laptop. I threw my sketchbook on the floor and plopped back down on my bed. All that fainting made me tired-...
I woke to darkness, it was quite early. I decided to go pay a visit to Cinema Bizarre. I walked the dark halls quietly, and after a while i noticed i was in my socks and PJ's. Oh well.. i was too lazy to go back to my room and get dressed. I knocked on their door roughly, no longer caring about rudeness. I heard groaning and shifting, and Kiro opened the door with a bedhead, and wearing nothing but his boxers. I jumped back, and focused on his face, mildly horrified. "Whaaaaat?" he groaned "Why are you waking us up so earllyyyy". I couldn't help but laugh "It is early isn't it..". "YES!!" he looked deprived of sleep, which he probably was. "Oh well, you're awake now. Get dressed before i have a spazz." I peered around the door, and saw everyone but luminor still sleeping. Luminor was fully awake and dressed, reading in the corner. Kiro wobbled into the bathroom and slammed the door, shocking everyone awake. I sat on the edge of Shin's bed and poked him hard in the side. He jerked and started mumbling something, but he fell off the bed before he could finish. I burst out laughing, and when i half calmed down, Shin poked his head up and looked around wondering what was happening, which made me crack up all over again.
Luminor looked at me strangely, then flipped the page. Shin was too tired to glare at me, so he got up and got dressed. I flopped down on his squishy bed, and stared at the ceiling as people moved around me. I decided to let Yu and Strify sleep, but when Kiro came out of the bathroom, he forced them to wake. Yu had the hardest time getting up, every time Kiro shook him he insisted on going right back to sleep. When he finally roused him, everyone else was dressed, and starving.
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WELL!! DONE WITH THAT CHAPPY FINALLY x.x;
and to start on the next!
i hope you liked.. :D