A/N:Please Remember that this is just a prologue, the actual story gets started afterwards.

Also,do not be afraid to give me your honest opinion.

I don't care how gruesome it may be, don't sugar coat anything.

March 4,2009 7:04 p.m

"Young man, even though you are a world famous pop star, you already have your driver's license, even though you're 16 and the legal age is 18 in this state, and own a mansion with the deed in your name, that does not mean that you can allow your grades to fall so flatly." An older gentleman, around the age of 45, says to 16 year old pop sensation, Ai`roe Seville.

"Listen Jack, who cares if my grades suck? If I wanted, I could just pay the superintendent to pay the principal to let me graduate," Ai`roe says to his manager in a stuck-up voice. "Besides, you honestly want to disappoint over a million screaming girls and shut down the biggest concert in entertainment history?".

"I'm willing to throw a few logs into the fire to see to it that your father's wishes and demands be met," Jack says in a stern, yet surprisingly calm, voice. "Either way, you're getting your grades up or I call in a few favors to have you removed from the music label.".

"What !"

"It's your call Ai`roe."

Ai`roe looks down at his feet with a defeated look on his face.

"Listen Ai`roe," Jack takes a seat next to him and props his body up with his hand on his frontal right thigh. "I know you want to make your parents proud of you, considering your past for the moment."

Ai`roe cringed at the thought but, nevertheless, still listened.

"But the only way you can is if YOU try. And, if it helps, we'll place you in a new school; somewhere private, reclusive and quiet. You'll get all of your social and academic needs. Plus, you might meet some nice friends."

"..."

After glancing at his watch, Jack stands up and begins walking to the door leaving out of the music studio he and Ai`roe were talking in. "Just give it some thought, alright?"

Ai`roe quickly, but noticeably, nodded.

After his manager's departure, Ai`roe took out his wallet and opened it. He then looked at a picture of him and his parents when he was six years old.

Outside in the hallway, Jack talked to Ai`roe's studio engineer. "I just don't know what to do Jessica. I mean, I know he wants to do good for himself and his family but...I don't know, he's going about it the wrong ways y'know?".

"Well, have you given him some time to think," Jessica asked, almost like she was Ai`roe's mother.

"Just did."

"And?"

"No dice so far."

Jessica looks through a window in the hall and looks at Ai`roe with sulked eyes. "Poor kid...he's been through more than any of us could imagine..."

"...Nobody knows how much I want to apologize...for everything..."Ai`roe thinks to himself. He then sheds a tear that lands on his father's spot of the picture. After wiping his eye, he puts his wallet away and leaves the studio, cutting off the lights on his way out. Jessica and Jack both look at Ai`roe as he walks. "You know what they say kid," Jessica calls out to him, "You gotta keep keeping on!".

He stops walking but, doesn't turn around."...You don't know hard that is to do..." Ai`roe then walked outside to his dad's 1999 Cadillac, kept in perfect condition. But, little did he know, the paparazzi were right there waiting for him. All he could see were cameras in his face, one third of his dad's car flashing white and a whole bunch of wireless microphones.

"Ai`roe, when's the next album coming out?"

"Do you have any comments on the supposed sex scandal of yours?"

"Ai`roe, do you plan on being in any relationships soon?"

"What can you tell us about your parents?"

"Where's Your Father?"

"Do you even have a father?"

"Is it true that you went to a Juvenile Detention Center for murder counts?"

Then...he snapped.

"SHUT UP, SHUT UP SHUT UP! DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BETTER TO DO THAN HARASS PEOPLE? I DON'T COME RUNNING UP TO YOU ALL DAY LONG SNAPPING PHOTOS, SHOVING MICROPHONES IN YOUR FACES AND ASKING YOU QUESTIONS YOU KNOW YOU WOULDN'T ANSWER!"

Everything got silent now and Jessica and Jack came outside from hearing all the yelling. "ALL I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY IN MY LIFE IS TO ACT NORMAL WITHOUT ANYTHING PISSING ME OFF OR GETTING ON MY NERVES LIKE YOU ALL ARE DOING RIGHT NOW! SO, GET OUTTA MY WAY SO I CAN GO HOME!" Ai`roe screamed, practically at the top of his lungs, shoving cameras and people out of his way to get in the car. He then started it up, backed out of his parking space and sped off until he was out of sight only to slow down at a red light far from the studio. Jack, Jessica and everyone else who was there were stunned completely.

Pulling his hoodie's hood over his head and putting on some sunglasses, he turned on the radio and sighed. A few minutes after the radio DJ stopped speaking, his favorite song, Smiling Faces By Undisputed Truth, started playing, making him turn the volume up to sing along. " Smiling Faces sometimes, pretend to be your friend. Smiling Faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within. Can You Dig It? ".

He called the radio station twice to request the song again, until he reached a parking lot of the local park. "Welcome to Rainbow Hill", a sign read in bold Gold letters. Before getting out of the car to enjoy the sunset that was shown beautifully, he looked around to make sure no photographers or reporters were around. He got out, locked the doors and walked up to the highest point of the hill and sat under a tree.

After thinking about it, he took the picture of his family out again, took hold of the cross pendant, hanging from a thin chain around his neck, and began to pray in his mind. "Hey dad, it's Ai`roe. Sorry I haven't talked to you in awhile, a whole lot of crap is going on now and I really haven't had any time to myself." And then he started to cry softly to himself. "..Please lord, I come to you today, as I do when I can, to humbly ask you to allow my father solice in his eternal rest. I think you think that I'm just a low-life punk who deserves to go to hell...and I probably need to. But, please take care of my father as much as you possibly can." Still crying, Ai`roe looked up at the sunset and took in it's beauty. He looked at his watch and saw that it was 7:00 p.m. After a yawn and a recap on the afternoon's events, he decided to take a short nap.

Back with Jessica and Jack, Jessica said to Jack that Ai`roe should move out of the area. "Are you sure it's a good idea?" with a hint of dismay on his face, Jack choked out.

"Of course I'm sure Jack," Jessica exclaimed with passion. "Ai`roe's been through so much and I'm afraid he might snap-out at the wrong moment. And how would that look in the media?"

"You're right...I guess we ought to pay his family a visit."

"I'll drive."

About five hours later, Ai`roe woke up after his well needed "nap" and looks at his watch's glow-in-the-dark face."12 midnight? What the hell was I doing for five freakin' hou-oh yea, that's right." He then stood up, stretched, slapped himself on the back of his neck and walked towards his dad's Cadillac while thinking. "Dad...I wish you hadn't left...at least without me apologize." So he unlocked the driver's side door, got in and started it up, backed out of the parking lot and cried driving all the way home.

When he arrived back at his place, he saw a limousine parked in his driveway, so he parked on the street. He got out of the car, locked it and went to walk up to the driver side window and starts talking to the driver. "Mr. Albatross? What are you doing here?"

"You tell me," his driver retorted. "I got a call from Jack to come here and just wait."

"How long did you wait?"

"Four hours."

Ai`roe looks at Mr. Albatross like he had just gotten shot in the foot and didn't feel anything. "Not to sound selfish but, you think you could wait just a bit longer?"

Mr. Albatross sighed. "You got forty-five minutes kid."

After thanking him, Ai`roe went to unlock his house's front door. Upon entering, he walked in to see all of his suitcases (packed) and his CD & mp3 players by the staircase. "What the...?".Ai`roe looked around and saw his family, manager and studio engineer in the living room and walked to them. "Guys," he said with a little concern in his voice. "What's up with that? Why's all my stuff by the steps?".

"Because dummy," his little sister chimed up. "You're transferring to another school."

"Kadic Academy, to be precise," his mother told him with a little discomfort in her voice.

Ai`roe looked at Jack like he had just betrayed him. "But, I thought you said that I could think it over."

"I did" he replied. "Jessica jumped ship and said you needed to move out of the area."

Ai`roe looked at Jessica with a confused look on his face.

"It's only because of what happened this afternoon...speaking of which, what exactly were you doing for five hours?"

Ai`roe looks away in embarrassment."...sleeping..."

His mother looked at him with a face that said what the hell. "Where in god's name would you be asleep at for five hours in Hollywood, California?"

"Rainbow Hill"

"That park that shows off the sunsets like it's the rarest thing on earth ?" his little sister asked.

"Yea...wait a minute, let's get back to the matter at hand here," Ai`roe said like he was the head of the house. "Where exactly is this 'Kadic Academy?'"

"Paris, France," Jack said pulling out something looking like a PDA. "And if we don't leave now, it'll be about a month until the next flight."

Ai`roe put his hand on his forehead. "Talk about inconvenience."

Jessica walks over to Ai`roe and puts her hand on his shoulder. "It's now over never kid."

"...OK, I'll do it...but if the paparazzi comes around once, that's it. I'm done with the music business for good."

Jack starts talking as he picks up Ai`roe's stuff. "Then let's get a move on."

"Hold on," Ai`roe started running up the stairs, "I just gotta get something really quick!"

"Hurry then !" Jack yelled.

Ai`roe ran straight into his room and felt for something under his bed. He then pulled out a fully packaged, unopened glass chess playing set (complete with glass playing board, clear and frosted chess pieces and crystallized time clock for the players' respective turns).

He ran downstairs, ever so cautiously trying not to trip, and out the door. He walked with Jack to the limousine's trunk and put everything in with his chess-set on top.

After getting in the back, Jack told Mr. Albatross to get them to the airport as quickly as possible. After they left, Jessica decided it's time to get out of Ai`roe's mother's hair, so she walked home. She, conveniently, stays about three blocks away from them.

In the limousine while Jack is talking on the phone, Ai`roe silently sang along to an instrumental playing on his iPod while writing some lyrics to a new song.

" Hey young man I know sometimes it's hard to keep keepin' on but, you gotta keep keepin' on. Yea, don't worry you'll get pass the storm, just keep keepin' on. Boy, you gotta keep keepin' on. And little homie it could a lot worse, but don't you worry homie I'ma be the first to let you know that it's going to be alright "

When they reached the airport, Jack and Ai`roe rushed to get to their gate. Thankfully, the flight was delayed.

After boarding the plane, finding their seats and settling in, Ai`roe soon found himself falling asleep.

In his slumber, he had a dream where he was walking around in an old, decayed factory. Looking around, he found an elevator in a condition where it looked like it was used everyday. He stepped into it and pressed the button, on the control panel next to him, to make the elevator's door close and made the elevator itself start ascending the shaft.

It stopped a few seconds afterwards. When the elevator door rose up, Ai`roe walked into a room where stood infront of him a huge computer terminal. He walked up to it and pressed a key, on it's keyboard, making a window, with a timer inside, appear on the center monitor of three. Shrugging it off, He looked around and saw spacing in the corner of the room that had lights coming from it. He walked over to it and climbed down a ladder into a room with, what looked like, futuristic coffins.

He saw one that was open and decided to step inside of it. The chamber closed the second he was fully in and he started to panic. After that, all he could remember seeing was a white holographic bar rising up and down upon his person.

After that, a white flash woke him up and the next thing he knew was that he was awoke, on an airplane next to his music manager, in Paris, France.