Chapter One

Lights flashed throughout the stadium, the sound of thousands of girls screaming and chanting echoed for a mile around. People from all over the country have travelled to come to this one concert. Music started playing and the crowd cheered for the band that was about to play.

Fog filled the stage as holes in the floor opened up. Four blurry figures rose from the gaps below. The announcer came on the public announcement system, and said:

"Ladies and gent- well...let's face it, it's mostly ladies here tonight—you are in for a treat. You know them—you most certainly love them—they are the shining stars of the western world and beyond, playing for all of you tonight...Sun Wukong and the Westward Stars!"

The fog began to disappear, leaving the men visible to the audience. There they stood, ready to perform to their wonderful fans. The screams got louder now as every girl could see their crushes on stage. The four men made their way to their respective spots on stage: Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric guitar and Center stage microphone.

It was time to preform.

A girl with blue hair was sitting backstage, watching the band she loved so much. Of course, her favourite was Scarlet, but her brother Neptune was close second. Scarlet was the boy with deep red hair, shaved on the left side and grown to cover his right eye; he strummed his guitar, tuning it up last second before the band started playing.

When backstage the girl thought she could Fangirl over the band, like she would if she was out there in the crowd of girls they didn't know. Of course, she couldn't act like that around them, they would tease her way too much.

Their manager, however, wasn't a fan of her hanging around the band so much. All he cared about was the image of the band and only wanted them socialising with the best of the best. This girl wasn't that, in his eyes, but he didn't have a choice, however, since it was in the agreement he made with Neptunes mother when they signed them; he hated when family was put over profit.

The girl was sitting on a big box hidden from the crowd, but was situated so that she could watch the concert—which she wasn't. By this point in the show, she had decided to continue with the songs she had been working on. She always dreamed of becoming a famous singer; it's why she applied for Sterling's Musical Arts Camp in the summer; A camp made for kids who love the performing arts, with a competition at the end that was a one way ticket to something extra special.

As much as she would love the boys to join her, she knew she wouldn't stand a chance against them, since they are famous. At least, if she is on her own, she actually has a chance to win, and possibly get a recording contract. Lionheart would never sign her, though, he didn't like her, cowardly prick.

She heard the crowd scream as the boys finished one of their songs (they played two or three by her best count.). Now it was time for a quick break, another band would play for a few minutes in the meantime. The girl jumped off of the box and hid the book in her bag while she waited for them with bottles of water.

"Wow, London is an AMAZING crowd!" Sun cheered enthusiastically as they walked towards where Ocean was.

"Thanks for the water Oce." Scarlet smiled, taking a bottle from her hand. Despite having not sang at all for the band's first performance, he'd been left quite parched, and he nearly downed the whole bottle at once. "Ah, pardon that, riffs like that will take it out of you. Man I told you London would be good."

"Yeah! London's the best!" Ocean agreed.

"You two are just biased, Scarlet, you lived here until you were fifteen, and Ocean, you've only just moved back to the U.S.," Neptune laughed. "But, you're right, they are a good crowd."

"Not too bored back here, are you, Ocean?" Sage asked taking some water from her.

"How can I be? I do have some good music to listen to." She grinned.

"Only good? Jeez, so much for being our number one fan, Oce," Sun teased before ruffling his hair up and grabbing a towel. "It's a lot hotter on stage tonight right? It's not just me?"

"No, it's quite hot, I'm surprised you've not taken your top off yet Sun." Neptune laughed, they all knew Sun did have a habit of doing that.

Sun rolled his eyes before throwing the towel at someone walking past. He said, "Oh shut up, let's move. Gotta be back on in five."

The rest of the band nodded. "Bye Ocean!" They called before they were hurried off to the strange again.

Ocean knew they were back to it after the screams got louder. She giggled to herself before going back to her own songs. Ocean had a few that she didn't mind sharing—she was quite musically talented—so not only did she have the lyrics, she had the song sheets written out as well. "Shooting Stars…" she whispered, knowing that was the new title of her song. Unfortunately, she couldn't exactly get anyone to listen to her. She was only really friends with the band, and they were far too busy to listen to her. And even then, only Neptune knew about her dream...she really wished she could tell Scarlet, or even Sun, (who had more pull over the manager than the others,) but she didn't want to impose.

As the concert drew to an end, Ocean was guided to a black limo that was instructed to take she and the band to the hotel they were staying for the night. Ocean had her own room, but the rooms had a door so the five could just walk in and out and be social, but, because the band was performing at two different locations this week, they had to book a hotel that was located halfway from each venue. That would mean a lengthy drive for them all.

Ocean sat next Lionheart, both in silence. It was extremely awkward knowing he didn't really like her, and even more awkward sitting next to each other in the same limo. Her phone was the only thing saving her right now. She was updating her Instagram with a cute selfie she took backstage. Within minutes her phone was blowing up. She may not be famous for singing, but she was known for being Neptune's little sister, so she was famous by association. The comments quickly rolled in:

So cute; You need to become a model; Gorgeous; #Westward_Stars are lucky to be hanging with a girl like you; I wish I was you; Queen.

The bluenette smiled down at her phone before she noticed one of the comments:

Selfie while listening to an OK band eh? The user was named Sun_Wukong, and he was calling himself "okay?" Just as she went to type her response, Sun plopped himself next to her.

"Seen my comment on your latest post?" Sun asked with a cheeky grin on his face.

"I was about to respond, but, nah," Ocean said as she locked her phone, even though she was still getting hundreds of notifications from Instagram.

"Oh, how you hurt me so…Ghosting me." Sun grabbed her phone and looked at her for a moment before guessing the passcode. "You really need a better password than your birthday," he chimed, Ocean sighed at the remark. "Now...what to post to your story…" A grin formed on all the boy's lips as they grabbed a quick selfie with the rest of the band and shared it to her story, tag lining it: #Bestboys

"You're an idiot!" Ocean said as she snatched her phone back from him, but she didn't delete her story—she couldn't, the selfie was already blowing up into the hundreds of thousands, this is a keeper...even if he is a prick.

"Will you two calm down now?" Lionheart said coldly. Then he pointed his attention to Sun, and said, "Don't forget, you still have another three concerts to perform here at the O2, and then another two at Wembley Stadium. Not forgetting your signings and press conferences, of course."

The smiles Ocean and Sun shown had begun to fade. Sun returned to the other end of the limo with the band, leaving Ocean once again alone with their manager.

The limo pulled up round the back of a hotel for the boys to get in without being seen by many fans. From there, the band made their way to their rooms.

The hotel wasn't the worst in the world, but it certainly wasn't the best either, on account of the bands manager being a real cheapskate. None could complain about the rooms they had, though; it was amazing what room service would do after hearing a popular band was staying the night. The suite's their guests were staying in were given more care than probably any other room in the hotel. Ocean had to figure maybe they were hoping the band would give the hotel a good review.

As the five entered the boy's room Sun jumped onto the bed and said, "Well, Mr. Micro-Manager is sure uptight lately…"

"More than normal." Scarlet chuckled. "I'm jumping in the shower," he announced before walking into the bathroom.

Ocean had walked through to her room and was sitting on her bed. Normally after concerts the boys just like to chill so she tends to leave them be.

"Hey Oce, can I use your shower?" Neptune asked, and added, "Scarlet's in ours, and you know how he likes to use all the hot water..." He got a thumbs up from his sister as a reply. She appeared too busy making notes in her little song book to verbally reply.

Sun popped his head around the door to see what she was up to and got Sage to also come have a look. They couldn't help but wonder what was Oceans fixation with her notebook. And Sun asked as much: "What do you think she's writing about?"

"Maybe things about Scarlet?" Sage mumbled before walking back into their room. Then he said, "It's not nice to spy on her Sun," with a mild hint of sarcasm.

"But, I wanna know…" Sun whispered, but he followed Sage and jumped onto his bed. "I'll just have to ask her tomorrow," he said through a yawn.

"Good idea..." Sage said, even though he wasn't interested in the slightest. That was Ocean's stuff, it was none of their business.

By the time Neptune finished his shower, Ocean had fallen asleep with her book open. He walked over and, despite his better judgement and knowing full well Ocean did not want any of them to look through her stuff, he picked the book up to give it a quick read. He had to admit, he was impressed with what she had. "Not bad…" he said with a smile, looking down at his sister before placing the book in the drawer on her night stand. "Now I have a job to do tomorrow," he said, knowing it was time for Ocean's dream to start becoming a reality.