A bad chord rang out through the empty club.

"Damn!" an angry and thoroughly frustrated teen shouted, ready to hit something.

"Hey, calm down Sirius," said his teacher.

Sirius Black was currently learning how to play electric guitar so as to further his career as a rock star. Sirius was a rebellious rich kid who wanted nothing more than to get away from his family.

"I just can't get this fuckin' chord right!" Sirius yelled. "God! This is ticking me off!"

"Listen man," said his teacher, James Potter, "I think you need to take a break. We'll work on it tomorrow when we're rested and can think better."

"Fine," Sirius said, but it sounded like he was doing it against his better judgement.

"Alright, and tomorrow I'll have a surprise for you."

"Really? What is it?"

"You'll see."

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It was absolutely silent backstage. The only sound was that of the crowd in front. Everyone was looking at the ground as though it were the most interesting thing in the world. Then the manager opened the door and poked his head in.

"You're on in five," he told them. Suddenly, the room was a flurry of movement. Travis, the drummer, was practicing on a table, Curt, the electric guitarist was tuning his guitar and practicing, Lily, the violinist and keyboardist was tuning and practicing her violin, Troy, the acoustic guitarist was also tuning and practicing, and finally, Remus, the lead singer was going through his rocker scales and warming up his voice.

"OK guys," Remus said, drawing the group into a huddle. "We're going to start with '24' as our warm-up, then go into 'Geeks Get the Girl', 'Incomplete' as our slow song, 'Shut up' as our angry song, and finish it all off with 'Somewhere I Belong' with Curt doing the verses."

"Alright," the others said in unison, memorizing the order.

"Let's do this," Travis said.

"Rage/tectonic on three," Lily said, putting her palm out face down. The guys put theirs on top of hers followed by Remus, "One, two, three..."

"Rage/Tectonic!" they all yelled, throwing their hands up.

"You're on," the manager said again.

"Here we go," troy said after everyone was set up on stage.

"Hey everyone," the announcer said, "give it up for Rage/Tectoooniiic!"

The crowd's screaming overwhelmed them.