Chapter 1: The Tryouts
"Oh, come on sweetie, it won't be that bad," Blake's mom, Kali, said.
"You don't know that, they probably don't think I'm good enough," Blake complained, slouching in the passenger side of the car.
"Of course you are, you have the voice of an angel. They'll take you with no hesitation."
"I'm probably not the only one."
"True, but how did that saying go again?"
"Ugh… 'Don't knock it, until you try it.' Yeah I think I got that by now."
"Come on cheer up! The worst that could happen is that you don't make it, then your dream career will all go down the drain, and I'll be a sad pequeño gatito." This just made Blake groaned, and slump more in the chair.
"How did you even get this flyer anyways?" Blake asked, puzzled.
"Oh, it was easy, they're like around every corner of the supermarket. I just happened to see one on the pole and grabbed it." Kali explained, handing the flyer to Blake.
On the flyer were these two girls. One shorter, and possibly younger than the other. She had dark black with red tipped hair that went below the ear. Her eye color was a bit peculiar, silver. The rest of her only showed the top half. Black long sleeves with red trimming at the end. Around the long sleeve, she wore a black corset that had red laces. Wow, this girl really loved her black and red. The other girl, had basically a blonde mane. It was long and very wavy, like a mane. The top half of her clothing though was a little revealing, not by much though. A yellow crop top, with a brown leather bomber jacket over. And around her neck is what Blake was familiar with… a scarf. It looked just like her's but only orange. Below the picture were words: "Band Members Needed. Do you have any musical talent? Are you capable of working in a team? Do you like the center attention, or big crowds? Well then, if all of these are correct, then join us, and be prepared to be the biggest, most popular band of your life. Auditions are August 10th at 1618 Patch Street. 12pm. Hope to see you there, oh and bring this flyer with you, you're going to need it!"
The one thing Blake didn't like was big crowds, she wasn't really the social type, and her mom knew that. She thought it was an opportunity to "break out of her shell."
"Look on the bright side, that blonde looks really cute, right?" Kali noted, giving Blake a wink. That only made her blush. "I'm just teasing, you know I'm teasing. Look we're here." As Kali pulls up to the house, Blake looks out the window, and sees a long line of people standing waiting for something. And that something is the audition. Wow, a lot more people than I expected. Blake thought. Apparently her mom read her mind and said, "I'm sure you'll do fine, no go knock them dead, I believe in you."
"Thanks… mom," Blake replied. She hopped out of the car. She turned around to look at her mom one more time.
"Don't worry mija, you got this. Now when you are done, send me a text of the results." And with that, Blake waved goodbye, and her mom drove away. Well, it's now or never.
After what felt like an hour of waiting, Blake was finally about to go next. She's heard the other contestants, and was starting to get more worried. They were really good, and she doesn't know if she could beat them. "NEXT!" A high pitched voice said. No Blake was really nervous, what song do they want her to sing, will she be good enough to sing it, so many thoughts Ranna's she stepped closer to the two girls who were on the flyer. "Hello, and what's your name?" The blonde said, twirling her pen in her fingers.
"Um… my name is Blake Belladonna. It's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, I'm Yang, and this is my sister, Ruby." Yang gestured to the girl next to her. Wait sisters?
"Not to be rude in all, but you guys look nothing alike."
"We get that all the time, we're actually half sisters." Ruby said.
"So, Blake, we have a special song for you. Do you know how to play the guitar?" Yang asked.
"Yes, I do, I was taught at a young age." Blake replied.
"Good, the the song I want you to play is 'Introducing me' by Nick Jonas." That's simple enough. Blake looked around for a guitar, when she spotted it, she picked it up and started tuning it, and did some practice strums. When she was comfortable with the tune, she started strumming the song:
I'm, good at wasting time.
I think lyrics need to rhyme.
And you're not asking,
But I'm trying to grow a mustache.
I eat cheese, but only on pizza,
Please, and sometimes on a
Homemade quesadilla. Other wise
It smells like feet to me.
And I, I really like it when the moon
Looks like a toenail. And I love you,
When you say my name.
If you want to know, here it goes
Gonna tell you there's a part of me,
That shows if we're close, gonna
Let you see, everything, but
Remember that you asked for it
I'll try to do my best, to impress
But it's easier to let you take
A guess, at the rest, but you wanna
Hear what lives in my brain, and
My heart, well you asked for it
For your perusing, at times confusing
Slightly amusing, introducing me
Do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Do-do, do-do-do-do-do
La da da da, La da da da da
I never trust a dog to watch my food,
And I like to use the word 'dude'
As a noun or an adverb or an adjective
And I never really been into cars,
I like really cool guitars,
And superheroes, and checks with
Lots of zeros on them. I love the
Sound of violins, and making
Someone smile.
If you want to know, here it goes
Gonna tell you there's a part of me,
That shows if we're close, gonna
Let you see, everything, but
Remember that you asked for it
I'll try to do my best, to impress
But it's easier to let you take
A guess, at the rest, but you wanna
Hear what lives in my brain, and
My heart, well you asked for it
For your perusing, at times confusing,
Possibly amusing, introducing me
Now you probably more than you
Ever wanted to. So be careful when
You ask next time.
So, if you want to know, here it goes
Gonna tell you there's a part of me,
That shows if we're close, gonna
Let you see, everything, but
Remember that you asked for it
I'll try to do my best, to impress
But it's easier to let you take
A guess, at the rest, but you wanna
Hear what lives in my brain, and
My heart, well you asked for it
For your perusing, at times confusing
Hopefully amusing, introducing me
Do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Do do do do
Introducing me.
Everyone who was near Blake (the rest of the contestants, Ruby and Yang) were speechless. The jaws were dropped to the floor. Ruby broke the silence with a round of applause, soon the others joined, some even cheering. "Wow, Blake! That was amazing! I didn't think you'd pull that off, but here you are. I mean I did pick it for a reason, to give you a challenge, but you did an awesome job!" Ruby rambled. Blake looked at Yang, and all Yang did was give her a wink. That made Blake's heart flutter a bit. "Alright, Blake, go wait with the others around the corner in the backyard, we'll let you know if you made the cut." Blake nodded and headed towards the backyard. Walking to the yard, Blake suddenly felt more confident. When she reached the backyard, there was a large group of people crowding around something. Luckily for Blake she knew who it was, being taller than the other contestants. It was no other than Weiss Schnee herself. How am I not surprised, Blake thought to herself. Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Records Company, one of the largest record studios in the world. Weiss noticed Blake's approach and wiggled her way out of the crowd. When she was out, she was already standing in front of Blake. "I heard of sing, though forgive me for my judgement, I wasn't expecting the voice to be coming from you."
"It's not a problem, I get that all the time, only from my family, not a huge 'big crowds' type of girl."
"Then why are you here?"
"My mom made me come, she thought it was an opportunity to 'break out of my shell.' She also thought I have a voice of an 'angle.'" Weiss was going to say something else, but Ruby and Yang came around the corner. Ruby walked on to the stage and tested the microphone.
"Ahem… if I could have your attention please. Now you all did a wonderful job. You guys were a lot better than I expected, though, only a few, and by few, I mean two, only made the cut." There were a few gasps and murmurs flying around.
"And it was a very difficult choice for the both of us," Yang continued. Blake was starting to get nervous, and she didn't know why. She was cool with not making the cut, but she didn't want to make her mom sad. And her mom was right, it was her dream to be a singer, but not a singer for huge crowds.
"So the two who we have chosen are… Blake Belladonna, and Weiss Schnee. Now I know what you're thinking, 'we chose Weiss cause she's the heiress,' no, we did not. You all know she has a voice, and it's a really good one. Plus her dad might kill me if I didn't pick her," Ruby looks at Weiss, who gives her a nod. Now it came to no shock as to why they picked Weiss,but Blake? She was confused, thinking they got it wrong. Buttered was spark inside of her that made her feel… proud. She's never been proud before, her past wasn't really the greatest thing to be proud of, but let's just hope they don't figure that out. Some of the people groaned, while others clapped. Blake and Weiss made their way up the stage and in front of Ruby and Yang. They both gave their new band members a huge smile. It eventually led Blake to form a small one of her own. "Congrats you two, I look forward to be working with you. Stay for a bit, we need a band name," Yang said giving them another wink, which again made Blake's heart flutter. Blake looked at Weis, who looked back, and shrugged.
This was going to be an interesting twist to Blake's life.