Disclaimer: I do not own Gorillaz, the characters or the songs. They belong to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, duh.
Summary: How Noodle was inspired to write the hit song from the Demon Days album.
The Dream
Noodle sat on the grassy the floating island, her short, dark hair blowing in the gentle breeze and her legs dangling over the edge. The air smelled sweet like summer and the red and white windmill behind her turned lazily. A bird chirped somewhere among the leafy trees. The only thing that she could see under the island was big fluffy clouds, their color reflecting the beginning of the sunset. She picked up her guitar from beside her on the grass and began strumming the strings. As the island passed through the clouds, Noodle expected to get drenched from the water the cloud contained, yet she remained dry. Her dark, nearly violet hair fell over her eyes as she focused on her instrument.
The floating piece of land approached an altitudinous cigarette-shaped tower that had had broken through the clouds, far above the chaotic city bellow. In the window, she could see someone trapped inside, as if the tower was a prison; except that the words "Feel Good Inc." was written in bold letters on the outside. She wanted to help, or to at least give the person the courage to escape. Words formed in her mind, and she silently sung them to herself, the guitar and her soft voice working in harmony.
"Windmill, windmill for the land
Turn forever hand in hand
Take it all in on your stride
It is sticking, falling down
"Love forever love is free
Let's turn forever, you and me
Windmill, windmill for the land
Is everybody in?"
Noodle's green eyes snapped open. She quickly sat up in her bed. Her dream! The song that she sung! That was her inspiration! Wasting no time, Noodle grabbed her guitar from its stand by her bed, a sheet of paper and a pen. The clock on the wall showed that it was four twenty-two. None of her band- mates would be awake at this hour, but Noodle didn't bother trying to be quiet. Kong Studios was big enough so that it seemed to absorb the noise she made. She flicked on her lamp and began to play the notes her dream-self had played. The young guitarist wrote down the lyrics for the song she sung, and began to write the rest of the lyrics. She could already her 2D's voice singing her song. It should have a dramatic bass, she thought. Like the one in Kids With Guns. A faster drum beat. Some synthetic sounds, maybe even a rap, the thirteen year-old Japanese girl thought.
As Noodle thought about the song and her dream, she was struck by something. That was no ordinary dream, she thought. It was deep. The person I saw in the tower really wanted to get out. I was the one with the freedom. Being trapped by the things you create, that's the sentiment of the song! Noodle scrawled "trapped in a mental prison" on the paper. Then she wrote "downward spiral in which everyone slowly has their soul eroded". Noodle looked over her notes. She could not wait to show Murdoc, Russel and 2D. Noodle suddenly became aware of how tired she was, so she put her guitar away and went back to sleep.
That's the first chapter of my first Gorillaz fanfiction, gone just like that! This was actually for a school assignment, but I wanted to do a Gorillaz fic to, so you know, two birds with one stone. (Sorry to any birds I just offended). COUGH COUGHreviewCOUGHCOUGH!!!