A/N: I'm taking up the drabble challenge in an effort to set up the backstory and characters of the fictional Southmore Hill High School, which I plan to write about. A quick note, for the record – I have zero actual marching band experience. I went to a high school in an area that simply doesn't march (jazz band is our big thing). So while my fics/drabbles will be band-centric (of course), they may not actually be marching band-centric. I'll try to throw some in, but my knowledge is limited at best. In a couple years I should be going to a college with an actual marching band, but until then, bear with me. :)
I likely won't do drabbles in order; I'll just write as they come to me. I'll try my best to stick to the 100-word limit, but they may go over at times.
Disclaimer (or claimer, I suppose): Forest Hill High School, Bishop Southmore High School, and Southmore Hill High School, as well as all related characters and towns, belong to me. I made them up. Please do not take them as your own (can't see why you'd want them, but…). Thanks! I would possibly be willing to lend them out, if you've got a good reason and ask nicely. ;) Again, can't see why you'd want them, though.
For future reference, here's the drabble list. Finished drabbles are italicized.
1. Introduction
2. Complicated
3. Making History
4. Rivalry
5. Unbreakable
6. Obsession
7. Eternity
8. Gateway
9. Death
10. Opportunities
11. Thirty-Three
12. Dead Wrong
13. Running Away
14. Judgment
15. Seeking Solstice
16. Excuses
17. Vengeance
18. Love
19. Tears
20. My Inspiration
21. Never Again
22. Online
23. Failure
24. Rebirth
25. Breaking Away
26. Forever and a Day
27. Lost and Found
28. Light
29. Dark
30. Faith
31. Colors
32. Exploration
33. Seeing Red
34. Shades of Grey
35. Forgotten
36. Dreamer
37. Mist
38. Burning
39. Out of Time
40. Knowing How
41. Fork in the Road
42. Start
43. Nature's Fury
44. At Peace
45. Heart Song
46. Reflection
47. Perfection
48. Everyday Magic
49. Umbrella
50. Party
51. Troubling Thoughts
52. Stirring of the Wind
53. Future
54. Health and Healing
55. Separation
56. Everything For You
57. Slow Down
58. Lesson
59. Luck
60. Exhaustion
61. Teenager
62. Irregular Orbit
63. Cold Embrace
64. Frost
65. A Moment in Time
66. Dangerous Territory
67. Boundaries
68. Unsettling Revelations
69. Shattered
70. Bitter Silence
71. The True You
72. Pretense
73. Patience
74. Midnight
75. Shadows
76. Summer Haze
77. Memories
78. Change in the Weather
79. Illogical
80. Only Human
81. A Place to Belong
82. Advantage
83. Breakfast
84. Echoes
85. Falling
86. Picking up the Pieces
87. Gunshot
88. Possession
89. Twilight
90. Nowhere and Nothing
91. Answers
92. Innocence
93. Simplicity
94. Reality
95. Acceptance
96. Impressions
97. Enthusiasm
98. Game
99. Friendship
100. Endings
#4 – Rivalry
"This school isn't big enough for two schools."
"This band isn't big enough for two bands."
"This school is so run down. Bishop Southmore was way nicer."
"Bet they burned it out of jealousy."
Mrs. Moray sighed, dismayed. It was going to be a year of changes for both the Forest Hill band and the school at large. A new name, new classmates, more crowded hallways… all because some faulty wiring combusted in the wee hours of the morning. All of which would be okay, if the kids weren't already at each other's throats.
It would be a long year.