The Random Life with McFly – A Travel through Time

By: fallennfairy (aka franniefairy and fallennangel)

Rating: Teen

Summary: From where we come from, McFly is just some band playing night gigs at clubs filled with nobodies. They would have been famous had they not been struck by that disastrous news before that special gig, so now it's up to us to go back in time and fix it.

Chapter 1 – Why don't we start a band?

POV – Kylie

My name is Kylie Poynter. I am your average teenage girl. I have my ambitions, and I have an older brother whom I adore. His name is Dougie. Anything he wants to do, I'm all for trying. I guess you could say we have an unnatural sibling bond, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with us only being a year apart. We are both in the same grade; we both share the same friends; so I guess, we were forced to get along.

Dougie and I are also different. He's more popular than I am. He's a musician; therefore, he has the musician friends. His friends Tom, Harry, and Danny play covers with him in our basement to pass the time away. Although I can't deny that they sound good together, it seems a rocky field to try to get into. Everyone wants to be a rock-star. That's why I practice photography. By doing this, I met my best friend, Kayla. When the weather is just right, we go for walks around down town with our cameras and take pictures people, plants, buildings, and anything that looks photographic.

Sometimes, Dougie allows us to sit in the basement while he and his friends goof around on their instruments. Kayla and I are always prepared to take pictures even though the boys hate it.

Instead of playing cover songs in the basement, today, the guys are in our living room watching Back to the Future. They aren't sitting on the couches, and they are sprawled out on our shaggy carpet in front of the flat screen TV.

"No band practice today?" I joke as Kayla and I move to the couch behind them.

Four scattered 'nope's were my only response. Oi, those boys watch that movie so religiously. They could have at least responded with, 'we decided to watch this instead'.

I lean into Kayla to whisper into her ear, "We should get their eyes unglued to that screen." I had a sly smile plastered on my faces as I spoke to her the plans I had in mind.

When we were done plotting, we went into action. We sprung from the couch and practically belly flopped on all four of their bodies. They grunted and started to wiggle to get us off, but Kayla and I stayed planted in our position. They were going to amuse us, not be floor potatoes. However, it didn't take them long to switch up on us. Before Kayla and I knew it, Dougie, Danny, Harry, and Tom were laying on us as if we didn't even interrupt their movie. It was as if we were a part of that stupid '70s carpet my mother refused to remove.

I sighed. "Will you guys ple-e-e-e-ease hang out with us?" I pleaded. "Without watching Back to the Future 'til we know every line?"

"That's fine…" Danny responded in his thick Bolton accent. He just moved to London a year ago, so he was the newest member of this friendship group we all had. He was also the only guy my brother hung out with who didn't mind hanging out with Kayla and me just to amuse us. "What did you to birds have in mind?"

"Don't call my sister a bird!" Dougie said hitting Danny's freckled arm. Danny rolled his eyes at Dougie. Kayla and I laughed. We weren't quite sure how to respond.

"I say we play man hunt." Harry chimed in. He was in for anything that the guys wanted to do especially man hunt. If they were playing that game, he didn't care who played along, as long as he won.

I made a face at him. "Harry, I don't like playing man hunt with you… No offense." I said a little scare. I mean he was still laying on me, so he could just arrange hit weight the right way, and my shin could break. "You just get too brutal sometimes."

"Then what do you reckon we play?" Tom asked not even looking away from the TV.

I though about what we should play long and hard. I even did the thinker.

"Oh! We could play rock band!" I screamed when the idea struck me. This was a game every single one of us enjoyed.

"Kylie, you're brilliant!" Danny said with his contagious smile. I felt myself smiling just looking at it.

We scurried off the floor and began to set up the Wii for Rock Band. It was a matter of seconds until it was finished and ready for us to play. I grabbed a microphone, Kayla grabbed the other, Danny, Tom, and Dougie grabbed the three guitars, and Harry claimed the drums.

Then, we were off. I believe we rocked out for three hours until we decided to stop. We alternated between instruments, and laughed at our mistakes. The six of us sat around on the floor laughing over our game.

"I wish we could have a band like that in real life." Tom said with a sigh following after it.

"Why can't you?" Kayla asked resting her chin on her arm that was leaned against the couch.

"Because bands like that just don't happen, it takes loads of practicing, and once you're known, you have to constantly make records to stay known." Dougie said.

"But you guys do practice loads…" I pointed out. "And I was always under the impression that the bands that really made it, like the Beatles, made it because they were having fun while writing their songs. They weren't just trying to sell an album."

"She has a point…" Danny said moving so he was lying on his side. "…and they are a prodigy."

"So let's do it. Let's make a band." Tom said with a seriously look plastered on his face. Music was the one thing that he took seriously no matter what.

"Do you think we can really do it?" Harry asked twirling the rock band drumsticks in his fingers.

"Of course, you can!" Kayla said with a grin on her face that reminded me of the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. I wonder if she did that intentionally to creep me out.

"What will we call this band of ours?" Tom asked folding his hands together. That was a sign he was thinking hard.

"Hmm, how about Blink 187?" Dougie said. He was a sucker for Blink 182 music. Of course, he'd want his band to be named after them.

"Yeah, Doug, that's not going to work." Tom said.

"How about…" I thought for a second. "The Quad? You could sound like super-heroes." The guys shook their head. I guess they don't like super-heroes anymore.

"McFly?" Danny suggested. "You know, like Marty McFly?"

"That's brilliant Danny!" Tom said. He had a grin as wide as the Pacific Ocean on his face.

Once you get Tom's approval on something, it's practically set in stone. Knowing that this would probably never happen again, Dougie and Harry agreed to the name. And with that, a band was born, and it was called McFly.

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you enjoyed.

Stay tuned.

-Frances
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