Okay, I've been having this idea for a SoR fanfic for a while. This can actually be considered a prologue to the story. I will do my best to update as fast as possible. So for now enjoy :)

Through The Years

Chapter 1: Promises

The party was in full swing. Streamers, balloons and banners with words such as 'Congratulations!' and 'Graduation day' were hanged at the walls. Tables and chairs were scattered at the outskirts of the dance floor. Then there were tables filled with food and snacks. The graduating students were chattering, dancing, taking pictures and enjoying what is left of their middle school years.

Summer Hathaway smiled. Another year has gone and passed. Today she was no longer a student at Horace Green Middle School. She graduated and was soon moving on to high school. Summer looked around at the people she met and the friends that she had made over the years. Miss Mullins was talking to Dewey who was munching on a sandwich. Ned was somewhere in the corner and then there was the band.

The School Of Rock band members were currently taking the stage. The backup singers took the stage (Dewey's idea as he thought they had to sing during their graduation day). Alicia, Martha and Tomika were rocking it. Then there was Lawrence on the key-board; ever so serious. Lawrence now held an air of confidence that he found after he learned to relax once in a while and have fun. Katie was on bass and Freddie on drums. Summer couldn't help but think that one day both of them will break a lot of hearts. Then there was Zac shredding with his guitar; ever silent and laid back.

The crew were somewhere backstage or having fun. There was Frankie, Billy, Gordon, Marco, Leonard, Eleni and Michelle. All of them were different. Summer couldn't help thinking how they all managed to be friends. Through a hare-brained scheme by Dewey that not only managed to get them in trouble at school but also with their parents.

The band finished their song and the crowd applauded. They put down their instruments and headed to Summer; a routine that they did after every performance. When everyone arrived Summer spoke up.

"That was great. After the graduation party we'll pack up. So you guys are free, go have fun," Summer smiled.

The band cheered before dispersing. Summer spotted Eleni with Michelle having what looked like a serious discussion. Gordon was with Billy, Leonard and Marco at the buffet table. The singing trio (Martha, Alicia and Tomika) were at the dance floor, laughing. Katie was with Lawrence and Zac. She couldn't see Frankie or Freddie, they were probably having one last prank.

They were all there together, she needed to hold on to that. Everything could change when they entered high school and she didn't want to think of that. Summer pushed all her thoughts away, she was going to have fun today.

"That was fun," Eleni giggled later on that day.

The whole band were at together once more. All fifteen of them were packing up the instruments and other band stuff. Michelle and Eleni were lounging at a couch backstage. All of them were trying to pack up but were mostly goofing off.

"Yup, did you see Rachel's face when that balloon exploded and she was covered in goo," Marta snickered, " I knew you both were planning something."

Frankie and Freddie wore identical smirks. They could see Miss Mullins looking at them angrily but was controlling herself as she no longer held the reigns to scold them as they were no longer students at her school.

"What can I say, this was our last chance," Frankie said as the band laughed.

"I'll miss the fun we all had here," Katie smiled reminiscently. There was no doubt that she was thinking of all the times they had together. Summer could remember their first Battle of The Bands audition where they all pretended they were dying to get the gig, there was the time after their first performance, the proud looks on their parents faces and the exhilaration they all felt. And then there were simpler moments where they were all in class having fun on a daily basis.

"To think that everything will change next year," Gordon said.

Suddenly the mood turned somber. Everyone knew next year will be different. Some of them were not going to be around. Lawrence was going to Japan, Eleni was going to a boarding school in London and Leonard was moving across the country. Then some of them were not even going to the same high school. Martha, Tomika, Gordon and Marco were all going to East Wood High. Billy was going to Jefferson High with Alicia and Frankie. Summer, Katie, Michelle, Zac and Freddie were going to Stamford High.

They will no longer see each other everyday in the confines of a classroom. Everything will change. It was going to one knew how to break the silence. All of them were contemplating the future.

"Well, how about a promise?" Freddie said as he broke the silence. They looked up, Freddie was not the type of person to usually propose something, even more a promise, " Whatever happens we will be there for each other. We will all remains friends no matter what."

" And we will make the effort to be in each others life," Martha piped. The band smiled.

"Well here's to us," Summer and Zac said at the same time. Summer gave a gentle smile to the laid back guitarist who returned it back.

"Here's to us," all fifteen of them said as they smiled at each other knowing that for now, it was enough.

A/N: The next chapter will start at the beginning of their high school lives.