Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Except Mist Cyrus and Troy Spearman.

Author's Note:

Hey everyone so here it is…! We're on the road of getting done and over with this story. This story had been done before but there were a lot of loose ends and glitches so I've written this again. Many of the side characters have been changed but mostly Wally West (Kid Flash) has been added as comic relief. The name of the guys band has been changed… Little things like that.

The story is rated M and yes there might be one or two lemons so be prepared and don't complain. Yes, a lot of crude humor and comments and adult themes so if you're below 18 don't read this I don't wanna be held responsible =P

Oh, and re-doing it meant a lot of new scenes which might make this a little slow paced but if anyone read this before I think they'll know this one is just about getting to know the whole deal. And there's a sequel as well which is also going to be re-done.

Please let me know what you think, review or PM if there's anything you wanna ask or if I made any mistake or anything like that I'll love to communicate with you all.

I don't exactly have a pattern about updating new chapter but I might start with a one week gap, or something similar. Peace.

Prologue

'Trust' is the word that always comes in between me and my success. It's my weakness… I can't trust anyone… 'Cuz no one can afford to trust me.

I am probably making no sense at all… But let's start from the beginning, for they always 'begin' everything.

Where I am now? That isn't important. I'm done, it's all over. They say that when one's dying their life flash before their eyes? Well I'm not exactly dying, but there's nothing left of me now. I've lost everything… I even lost myself.

My name's Kory Anders, age 19. I used to live in Jump City when I was in high school. I and my awesome friends had a band… Well an 'almost band'… We were still in the garage phase, and never got out. I was the lead vocalist and occasional guitarist. Everything was going smooth until Roy Harper came along. My life went all bumpy and stuff. That was the wildest part of my life… Not as wild as now but anyways. And I mean 'good wild'. I started to ignore my friends and started spending time with Roy… many nights with him and later ended up in his bed.

My friends still worried about me and told me to leave him for he was nothing. I of course ignored them and became livid. I mean Roy was the love of my life… Or so I thought. One he was just gone.

After that I was just so rude and stuff. I went to live with my aunt in New York, one day all my friends were coming that they all died in a plane crash… And just after two weeks, my aunt passed away too, my only family.

My life was just horrible after that… And what happened was even worse, but you'll learn that all in good time.

DisEnchanted – In a Perfect World, a Broken Heart Is Fixed

Chapter 1: Replacements

(General P.O.V)

"What the hell…" Rachel was getting frustrated, "This is impossible"

"Yeah… Not one of them was good" Mist frowned.

"Ya think?"

"That Cuthbert girl was okay, what do you think?" Mist offered.

"Know what?" Rachel put down the clipboard with a loud thud, "I'll do it!"

Mist immediately brightened up, "You will?"

"If I don't it'll be suicide anyway" Rachel rolled her eyes as Mist squealed with excitement.

"Okay, this is great we fly out to Steel in three days for the concert, rock that and release our own chart topping record and voila! We're livin' out our dream!" she grinned.

Rachel offered a small smile as she settled back in the auditorium chair and took a sip of her Coke, "Wow… I can't believe we've made it this far Mist"

Her friend smiled, "I knew we would… Mallory was right all along"

Rachel's expression froze for a split second as she looked away, there was silence. Mist realized she shouldn't have brought it up and felt bad for it.

"I'm sorry Rae" she said quietly, "I'll go and call Troy"

Rachel nodded as the other girl stood up and walked out of the auditorium. She sighed, closing her eyes.

Mallory was the reason they were here, she was the reason they had come this far, the reason they had landed a record deal and the reason they were looking for a new vocalist because she had bailed out on them at the last moment. She was the one who had been strong, who had faith in what their band was capable of, she had led them this far and it felt as if now they were lost without her.

They both had been best friends since kindergarten; growing up together they had grown so close. Now that she had left her Rachel was realizing how special she was.

"Why did you leave us Mal?" she whispered, "What was so good about him?"

-Cut-

"Hello? Oh, hey Mist, please tell me you're still on… You are? Cool! So who's leading? Mhm… Great! So I'll see you all then!"

Troy hung up, grinning unconsciously as the others looked at him questioningly.

"Well?"

"Well, what?"

"Who was it, you ass?" Garth asked.

"Mist Cyrus… Are you all blind? He's all grinning and dreamy eyed!" Wally laughed.

"Am not" Troy rolled his eyes, "She was just calling to confirm they're playing at the concert, Rachel's gonna be singing"

"The dark chick?" Wally was immediately interested.

"Yep"

"Nice" he let out a low whistle, "She's hot"

"From your point of view, who isn't?" Xavier said as he and Richard walked in.

"Garth's girlfriend's cousin who loves Chucky Cheese"

"Hey!" Garth protested, "No picking on Daisy, she's a kid" he said dangerously.

"Chucky Cheese, huh? You both have a lot in common then" Richard said.

They all laughed.

"I'm a see-food fan!" Wally smiled rather proudly, "I love to eat, don't care if its Chucky Cheese or Moi's French cuisine"

With that Wally plopped down on the sofa and put his feet on the table.

"You're an ass Wally" Richard settled down and started flipping the channels, "What happened to that girl you were dating? The one with the pink hair?"

"None of your business lover boy" he replied, "Except if maybe you've finally admitted that you're hot for me" Wally grinned slyly and wiggled his eyebrows at the glaring Richard.

"In your dreams"

"C'mon Dick… I've seen the way you look at me" Wally offered, leaning in close.

"Jerk off"

Xavier laughed, "Okay guys listen up, we've had way too many days for partying around-"

"Or sleeping around in Wally's case!" Garth called out, interrupting him.

"Oi, I'm not more of a sleeper than you are dude"

"Guys listen to me we're hot, we're famous, we rock… We love our work, the fans love it so let's work on keeping it that way for as long as we can before we retire" Richard said.

They all agreed with a chorus of 'hell yeah' and raised their cans of beer in the air.

"We have a concert in three days, a press conference after that… We're playing at some talk show and then we hit our head lining tour around the States" Xavier continued, "So let's get serious and get it over with, so that we can work on the next album which will get us the Grammy"

Garth grinned, "Man I feel blessed already"

"So guys, rehearsals in five" Richard got up, "I'll see you all up then"

"You forgot that photo shoot for the next single" Troy added.

"Oh, yeah I forgot" Xavier said.

"I'm not the manager for nothing bro" winking, Troy got up.

Wally rubbed his hands together, "Let's do it then"

Midnight Affair was the band everyone had their eyes on ever since their debut album had hit the stores. Their work was young and fresh and it included hot boys which had caught everyone's attention. It had been a year and so far it was going good. They were about to start on first ever tour around the country with DisEnchanted opening the show for them.

These girls had won a record deal from a contest held by the producer Tom Carter. They had finished writing the songs and their recording sessions would begin after the tour and the album was set to release after almost seven to eight months or perhaps more than that.

DisEnchanted had existed since the last one year as Rachel and Mallory had gathered up players from around the school to make a band. Rachel was the guitarist and Mallory was their vocalist. They had known each other since forever and were inseparable. Rachel was the daughter of the industrialist Trigon Roth and was the heiress to the Rothella Industries. Mallory's mother and Rachel's had been roommates in college and automatically their daughters had latched on to each other as well. Mallory's family wasn't exactly well off after her mother had died due to cancer and her dad had committed suicide. She had moved to live with her aunt and uncle in Forks till Rachel had offered her to move back to Gotham and live with her.

Rachel's parents were divorced and her mom had moved to Paris where she was a known fashion designer. After having conflicts with her dad she had left her house and went to live with her mother but soon feeling nostalgic she asked Arella to get her an apartment back in Gotham so that she could rejoin her friends. It was in Paris that she had met Mist Cyrus and they both had come back to live in America along with Mallory who had accepted Rachel's offer.

Mist was an amazing drummer and she had loved the idea of a band. They were joined by Kitty Pryde who played the keyboard. Latest in the group was Donna Troy who played bass guitar. With all this they had practiced whenever they could and got on along great. Donna was an orphan and usually kept to herself, nobody really knew her but Mallory had made sure she was comfortable with everything. Kitty on the other hand was jolly and friendly as ever, a colorful addition to the team.

Present, it was two days later that the girls landed in Steel City and checked into the hotel where they would be staying the night. After dumping their baggage in their rooms they had wandered off, Kitty dragging Donna to the spas as Mist and Rachel hit the snack bar.

The later decided to see the 'music room' as the receptionist had mentioned, so that they could rehearse if they wanted to before the show tomorrow. They talked about random stuff as they walked down the empty corridor down to where the room was.

The walls kept the sound inside, so as to not disturb any guests. So upon reaching they saw the room occupied by a girl who sat on the floor against with their back to them. She was playing an acoustic guitar, clad in a simple black tank top and a tutu type black and red skirt with black boots.

Rachel shot Mist a glance who shrugged in response as she noiselessly pushed open the glass door and they both stepped inside.

The girl was oblivious of their presence as she continued to play and sing. Rachel and Mist on the other hand marveled her ability to sing, her voice was pure and had a silvery feel to it. They quietly stood and listened as she continued.

Its eleven PM and I'm running after the midnight train

The clock's ticking by

Hold my hand, take me away

And make the best of this escape

Make the best of it while it lasts

Cuz we both know its make believe

"She sure can sing" Mist said grinning as the playing abruptly stopped and the girl turned around glaring.

"Well, heya" Waving, Mist offered another smile as the girl sitting on the floor stood up and faced them.

She was pretty. Jet black hair, dark green eyes, a nice figure. Actually very nice figure, she looked fit enough to run the marathon minus all the muscles. Though there were faint bags under her eyes which showed she probably stayed up late.

"Any good reason for the interruption?" she asked as she set aside the guitar back in its stand and faced them, arms crossed.

"Oh, um sorry…" Mist looked taken back.

"She was just complimenting you, nothing to flip about" Rachel said in her monotone voice.

The girl seemed to consider, "Seeing you both are musicians yourself, you should know better than to disturb someone playing" She bent down to pick up her notebook which was lying on the floor, "It's alright" she added with a light smile.

"How do you know we play?" Mist asked as the other girl walked past her.

She turned and looked at her blankly, "Your shirt. Her fingers. You're standing in a room full of instruments" she simply said pointing to the said things as Rachel rolled her eyes.

"Oh" was all Mist said before she brightened up, "Would you care for a drink?"

"With you?" she looked surprised as her green eyes widened.

"Yeah, Rachel and I'll see you down at the bar in say fifteen minutes. What do you say?"

"I'm not sure…" she was going to turn them down, Rachel could tell.

"Oh, please just a lil smoothie" Mist pleaded, "I insist"

The girl didn't say anything before she nodded slowly, "Okay"

"Cool! I'll see down there then" Mist waved as the black haired girl walked out of the room and turned to Rachel who was looking at her questioningly.

"Before you ask me why I invited her, lemme explain myself" she said with a grin as Rachel gave her a look and nodded, walking over to play the piano.

"Well… I know she got on your nerves and all and she seems feisty and all but I'm thinking it won't be a problem if we work on it, you really don't need to talk to her I'll manage that and-" Mist started babbling.

"Get to the point" Rachel said as she played, thinking what the hell Mist was talking about. Yeah, she had gotten on her nerves and she could tell the girl was so not her type. But why the hell Mist was talking about it she had no idea.

"I'm thinking we should have her as our lead singer" Mist finished, "Ta da! What do you think?"

Rachel stopped playing and looked over at her, her expression of pure disbelief, "You're kidding me"

"Am not" Mist straddled the bench to get closer, "C'mon she's perfect, we didn't hear her sing that much but I know even you think she'll be awesome for us"

That girl? Vocalist for their band? Seriously?

Out of no reason Rachel just didn't like her. And the thought of her being in the band seemed most absurd to her. But their band needed a good vocalist, desperately.

"Well…" she started after a few moments thought, "I don't know for all we know she won't accept, maybe she can't accept"

"It's worth a try Rae" Mist replied.

"Fine" Rachel sighed, "We try"

-Cut-

"There she is! Hi, we're over here!" Mist called out as she saw the girl from earlier walk into the food court.

She saw them and walked over hopping onto the stool beside Mist, "Hey" she said awkwardly.

"What would you like to have?" Mist asked, "They have excellent smoothies, I tried all of them" she said with a wink.

The girl smiled a little at her words and ran her eyes over the menu chart, "Strawberry?"

"One strawberry and one chocolate smoothie please" Mist ordered to the bar tender, "With a Coke for Rachel"

After they got their drinks Mist turned to the girl again, "Hey, I don't know your name"

"I don't know yours" the girl again offered a small smile, to seem polite, Rachel noticed. She looked uncomfortable, almost afraid of being here.

"I'm Mist, this is Rachel here" she put an arm around Rachel's neck.

"Let me drink this in peace, will you?" Rachel protested as some of her drink spilled onto her jeans.

Grinning, Mist turned to the girl again, "Okay so I know this is awkward but we would like to offer you something"

"I'm listening" she replied, curious and surprised.

"Well, we have this band and we just won a record deal by a pretty popular producer, Tom Carter. Have you heard of him?"

"Just by name"

"Actually we are in desperate need of a vocalist and I was thinking that if you could perhaps join us?" Mist said with a hopeful look in her hazel eyes.

The girl look taken back, she obviously wasn't expecting or believing anything that was happening, "Just like that? You're offering me such a post just like that? What happened to your original vocalist, you couldn't have possibly auditioned without one"

"We…" Mist looked uncomfortable, not sure how to explain, "Had some complications"

The girl raised an eye brow.

"She apparently wasn't interesting in singing anymore" Rachel offered.

Mist nodded, "So what do you say? I know this is awkward but still we could really use your voice and talent in our band but it's okay if you can't or you're afraid of getting on stage 'cuz there will be live performances of course"

"There are others?"

"Yeah, I'm a drummer" Mist pointed to her shirt with a grin, her shirt had two drumsticks drawn on it in a cross, "Rachel's the guitarist, we can of course use an extra one for rhythm and all if you decide to join and we have two other girls, Donna and Kitty for bass and keyboards"

"Well, this all is really unexpected" the girl replied after considering, "I can't say anything now, how about I let you know about it tomorrow?"

"That's okay but the thing is we're here for a show that's tomorrow night and if you can learn the song by then and all it would be really great but it's alright if you can't learn it you'll make an entry on the album" Mist explained, "That is… if you agree"

The girl nodded as she took a last sip of her drink, she got up after that, "Thanks for the drink" she threw the glass in the bin, "I'll let you know about myself tonight"

With that she took out a cigarette and lighter and offered a two finger salute before lighting up the stick and walking away.

"Strawberry and smoke, odd combo" Mist said as she faced Rachel who smirked.

"What can I say?" she replied.

"Something would be nice" Mist rolled her eyes, "Do you think she'll say yes?"

Rachel thought about it for a second before she gave a smirk, "She will"

-Cut-

"Are you thinking straight?"

"Very"

"I do not allow it"

"You're not my father"

"I'm the closest thing that you've ever had for a father"

"No father fucks his daughter like a prostitute"

"I never pay"

"You're an asshole. I don't care what you think I'm accepting their offer"

"We are supposed to go into hiding, which for your information means keeping 'out' of the spotlight. By joining this stupid band you're going right into it"

"I'll be staying in Gotham, what more do I want, it'll be the best and if I stay in magazines and newspapers and under the eye of paparazzi nobody will ever suspect me. And you keep on sending me money. Assign the Gotham jobs to me. Let me live a little"

"I don't think you should"

"You don't have much of a choice, let me go, save your breath"

"Fuck you, you little whore"

"Take it out on me when I come back, I'll stay in your bed for a week. It'll be better than your thugs"

-Cut-

"Hey guys this is her" Mist announced as she entered the room, "Meet Kory Anders, our new vocalist"

"Hi Kory!" Kitty went over for a hand shake, "We finally meet!"

"Hi" she replied, shifting her gaze to Donna.

Donna gave her a once over before raising her water bottle in her direction, "What's up"

Kory nodded as she went over to pick up the mic, "How many songs are we doing?"

"Just one, for now" Rachel told her, "Later I'll give you the CD for the tours and stuff"

"Mhm" she followed Rachel to the middle of the room.

"Did you listen to the song I gave you?" Mist asked, "The one which we have to do tonight"

"I did, it was good" Kory replied, "I memorized the lyrics and melody, I think I'm ready to sing"

"Fetch" Donna mumbled as she took place on Kory's left.

"Then let's hit it" Mist said as she started drumming.

They rehearsed for two hours or so, giving extra time to Kory to get used to their sound and everything, if she needed to change a note to better suit her voice or anything. Finally three hours till the concert started they were finished and got up to get ready.

"Alright gang we have three hours, a lot of time so don't be late" Rachel said as they all packed up their instruments, "I'll see you down in the lobby then"

She then turned to Kory, "Our theme's red and black, do you have something to wear?"

Kory's expression turned a little sheepish, "I don't think so"

"I have an extra top that I got, come with me, I'll lend it to you" Kitty offered.

"Oh, okay, cool" Kory replied, "Thanks"

Rachel nodded as she picked up her guitar and walked out. She still wasn't very thrilled about Kory, though she had to admit she was doing unexpectedly good. Maybe it was because she didn't want any stranger to take Mallory's place and she had a bad feeling about Kory, something unclear. After all they didn't know anything about her, who she was where she came from. Yeah, her name was Kory and she said she was from Jump City but still. What was her background, her family? What did she do now? What was she doing here? It wasn't safe to trust someone like this.

But then again Kory didn't seem to be a serial killer.

'Get over yourself, you're going crazy' she thought to herself as she unlocked the door to her room and turned on the lights. She decided to prepare a bath for herself to soak in and relax, and made her way to the bathroom and turned on the water to fill in the tub.

Rachel went back to the room to get the novel she brought with herself, turning on the television for the latest news, if any. She was a girl who liked to keep track of the world. She went back to the bathroom and stripped and stepped into the water.

"Now this is nice" she mumbled, settling down.

She read her book about espionage as she half listened to the news.

"…Police tells us that there is nothing new to tell about the robbery that took place almost two hours from now. The bank which was robbed has decided to double the security…"

Rachel rolled her eyes, "Robbery… Thought I wouldn't hear of it hear in Steel"

-Cut-

The crowd was wild. The atmosphere hot. Kory felt like sweating already. She had never done anything like this before. She could feel the adrenaline, feel the rush.

She'd wanted this all her life, she wasn't going to let this chance go.

"Kory c'mon we're on in two!" Kitty called out to her as everyone went towards the stage.

Now or never?

"Kory, you coming?" she could hear the impatience in Rachel's voice.

Now.

She looked up, "I'm coming"

Out on the stage Midnight Affair were almost finished with their song. They met Troy Spearman, manager of the band standing on the entrance.

"You girls ready for it?" he asked.

"As ready as we'll ever be" Mist smiled at him anxiously.

"You'll do great" he flashed her a smile before looking away.

Kitty nudged Mist to wink at her who in return rolled her eyes.

"You like him" Rachel said.

"Do not"

"Lie to me?"

"Shut up" Mist was grinning.

Kory was watching Troy, who kept glancing in Mist's direction. She smirked, "Talk about teenagers"

Mist was attractive, she decided. Tall, dark hair, hazel eyes, rosy skin. A nice, friendly personality and that contagious smile. Yep, pretty attractive.

She turned her attention out to the guys who had just finished their song. Midnight Affair. She never thought she'd actually meet anyone who was actually famous, it felt pretty awesome.

"And now, we would like to introduce the girls from DisEnchanted" Richard panted into the mic, "They will be opening for us on our tour"

The crowd shrieked.

"We love you all, thanks for being here, enjoy the night!" With that the guys walked backstage as the stage went dark for the girls to take their positions.

"Let's hit it DisEnchanters!" said Rachel as Mist clicked her sticks together thrice before the music started.

The guys backstage watched the girls perform.

"They're good aren't they?" Troy said as the other nodded.

"Sure are" Karen Beecher replied suddenly appearing beside them.

"Hey, Karen" Richard turned around to meet her, giving her a brief hug, "Didn't see you there"

"Got eyes for someone else, huh?" she winked as he laughed.

"We all know Dick's eyes are just for me" Wally inserted, to be smacked by Karen.

"Boys will be boys" Karen rolled her eyes, "Now don't you spoil my girls got it?"

"Yes, ma'am" Richard smiled at her.

"Not you Dick, I know you" she replied, "I was talking to this jerk" she pointed towards Wally.

"Damn Karen, you never cease to amaze me" Xavier chuckled.

"No buttering me up" she pushed Wally aside to get a better look at the girls, "I wanna see them rock this stage"

"Hey!" Wally exclaimed, "I was checking out the new girl"

"She's doing good, considering she just joined them this afternoon" Karen said.

"Very good" Richard said, mostly to himself. He had to admit, she was hot. Something about her that made him look at her. He hadn't seen her in person but from what he had seen, he could tell she was one heck of a woman. Oh and she sang well too.

At the end the crowd was still screaming and clapping and whistling madly. Kory was breathless, she couldn't believe her eyes. She had sung onstage for the very first time in years and good such an awesome response, she thought she'd faint.

They bowed deeply before going backstage with Kitty waving madly to the cameras.

"Stop it Kitty" Donna told her.

"C'mon Don! We just gave our very first live performance and it totally rocked! Whoo!" she replied, her cheeks flushed with excitement.

"She's right!" Mist agreed, joining her.

Rachel and Donna smiled at each other as they walked on. Back inside the guys grinned at them and congratulated them along with Karen who gave them all a bear hug. She was their manager.

"I love you guys so much" she said, "You all were great"

She hugged Kory too who wasn't expecting it, "You too pretty gal". Kory grinned, thanking her.

"Congratulations for your first performance" Xavier said.

"Yeah, we can't wait for you to join us for tour" Garth added.

"Thanks" Rachel replied to them and turned to hug Mist and Kitty who just returned from the stage.

"So… Kory, huh?" Wally asked walking up to her to stand beside her.

"Yeah" she said, taking a step back at his sudden appearance, "I take you to be Wally, the drummer"

"The one and only" he winked at her.

When she didn't reply he stepped in front of her to stop her from walking away.

"Would you like to join me for a drink? To celebrate?" he offered, winking at Richard who shook his head hopelessly.

"I don't think so" she smirked at him, pushing him aside.

"I like you in this top!" he said after her, "Wait… I think I'll like you without it too"

She stopped and turned around, a smile playing on her lips, "How would you know?"

"X-ray vision baby" he replied, winking.

She gave a low, throaty chuckle, "Silly me" She said before disappearing down the corridor.

Rachel was glaring at Wally, Xavier noticed.

"Don't mind him, he's always like that" he said.

"All of you are" she replied, her voice blank.

"I don't think so" he laughed.

"You're not gonna get lucky" she said before following Kory.

"And I thought we were hot… And the chicks dig us" Wally whined.

"Seems like a handful to me" Xavier said laughing.

"I bet on it, Kory wants me"

"She looked totally disgusted with you" Richard pointed out.

"She's just playing hard to get"

Richard rolled his eyes, liking the fact that she had turned Wally down, not exactly knowing why.

-Cut-

It was hours later that Xavier found Richard on the roof of the hotel where they were staying. Closing the door behind him he walked towards him, "Hey, mind if I join?"

"Sure" he replied quietly.

"I heard about her" Xavier started, sitting beside him.

Richard didn't reply.

"How're you holding up?" he asked.

"I'm going to kill that piece of shit"

Xavier let out a forced laugh, "We both know better than that"

"He shot her X" Richard's eyes were dangerously blue, "He fucking shot her, she could've died"

"But she didn't"

Richard looked away.

"Wish I could've been there, could've done something to save her" he said, "Sometimes, X, I regret being like this. Sometimes I think I shouldn't have chosen this life over that one"

"Dick, we both chose this life. You can still go back if you want to, can start patrolling"

"With all these commitments? Not possible, you know that" he shook his head.

"Maybe after sometime" Xavier suggested, "You're always welcome to join me and Bruce bro"

"I don't think so" Richard said stiffly, there was a pause, "I won't be able to make it to the press conference, I'm flying back to Gotham tonight. I have a flight in thirty minutes, I have to visit her"

He wasn't asking Xavier if he could handle all of it without him, he was telling him to. Xavier didn't mind, he knew his own brother well enough. Richard needed space right now, he'll be fine after a few days, will apologize for his rudeness. But for now, he agreed with what he would do.

"Tell her I'm sorry I couldn't make it" was all Xavier said before Richard wordlessly got up and went back inside.

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