Chapter 1: Dream to Reality

(Disclaimer! I own nothing of Adventure Time, or Paramore! All I own are the OCs I use.)

Me and my bandmates were waiting to be called onto the stage to do our show.

I was looking at my guitar pick. I was a musical genius, but I was nervous as hell to do this gig.

My guitar player looked at me. "Are you ok?" he asked.

"Yeah Joseph," I said, "Just nervous."

"Don't be," said Joseph, "You'll do great."

Someone came downstairs. "Guys, you need to get on stage right now," she said.

My lead singer, Dana came out. "Alright," she said, "Let's go!"

I followed them to the guitar rack and got my ax bass.

"Ready?" asked Dana.

"I guess so," I said.

"Alright let's do this!" she said. We started to go out to the stage.

For A Pessimist I'm pretty Optimistic (From Riot)

Dana: Just talk yourself up

And tear yourself down

You've hit your one wall

Now find a way around

Well what's the problem?

You've got a lot of nerve

So what did you think I would say?

No you can't run away, no you can't run away

So what did you think I would say?

No you can't run away, no you can't run away

You wouldn't

I never wanted to say this

You never wanted to stay

I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

You threw it away

I'm not so naive

My sorry eyes can see

The way you fight shy

Of almost everything

Well, if you give up

You'll get what you deserve

So what did you think I would say?

No you can't run away, no you can't run away

So what did you think I would say?

No you can't run away, no you can't run away

You wouldn't

I never wanted to say this

You never wanted to stay

I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

You threw it away

I kept playing my bass lines and listening to the crowd. I was following my dream of being a musician. My bandmates were rockin out with me.

Dana: You were finished long before

We had even seen the start

Why don't you stand up, be a man about it

Fight with your bare hands about it now

I never wanted to say this

You never wanted to stay, well did you

I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

I never wanted to say this

You never wanted to stay

And I put my faith in you, so much faith

And then you just threw it away

After we finished the song, the audience went wild.

"That was amazing!" said Dana, "Marceline you sure know how to play the bass."

I blushed and smiled. "Thanks," I said, "I'm gonna go use the bathroom."

Their manager came in. "Hey fellas," he said, "I just got a call from a producer from Nightosphere Records. They said they wanna sign you for a world tour!"

Dana and the others cheered as they heard the offer.

"But there's one thing," said the manager, "They want you to get rid of the bass player."

"What?" asked Joseph.

"Well I heard a lot of comments about Marcy, and…. She's holding you back."

"No," said Dana, "There's no way we'd trade away our bass player just for a sign for a world tour."

"Well… I guess I'll just tell them you don't want that $1,000,000 and the chance to make a platinum record," said the manager.

They thought about it. "We'll do it!" they said in unison.

I came out of the bathroom and noticed they were gone.

"Guys?" I asked. I saw them take off in the van without me. "Hey!" I said.

I chased after them and they kept driving. They stepped on the gas and left me here. All I had was my bass guitar. I was completely alone…..