Prologue
Annabeth's POV
I fumble with the camera, eventually finding the on button.
"Hey guys! I'm Annabeth." I say, pushing my curly blonde hair away from my face, my grey eyes staring into the camera. I'm dressed plainly, with my grey tank top and jeans.
"I'm Piper," Says the girl to my right, Piper McLean. Piper has choppy brown hair and eyes that change color in the light. She's gorgeous, but she tries to hide it by hacking off her hair and wearing ratty clothes
"Thalia," says the girl to Piper's right, Thalia Grace. At first glance, Thalia just screams punk, what with her spiky black hair, heavy eyeliner surrounding her electric blue eyes, and her all black wardrobe.
"and I'm Hazel" said the girl to my left, Hazel Levesque. Hazel exudes innocence with her wide gold eyes and curly cinnamon colored hair.
"We made this video because we are bullied for hanging out with the most popular guys at our school. We write songs and have created a band for fun, and well we hope you like our first song," says Piper, nervously glancing around.
We cut to our makeshift stage. Thalia sits behind the drums, waiting for her cue. Piper grabs her favorite guitar. Hazel is standing by her keyboard. I have the microphone. Thals starts to play.
(normal= Annabeth, Italics= Piper, Underlined= Hazel, bold= Thalia, bold/underlined/italics= all)
I wouldn't wanna be anybody else.
You made me insecure
Told me I wasn't good enough
But who are you to judge
When you're a diamond in the rough
I'm sure you got some things
You'd like to change about yourself
But when it comes to me
I wouldn't want to be anybody else
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na
I'm no beauty queen
I'm just beautiful me
Na na na
Na na na
You've got every right
To a beautiful life
C'mon
Who says
Who says you're not perfect
Who says you're not worth it
Who says you're the only one that's hurting
Trust me
That's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty
Who says you're not beautiful
Who says
It's such a funny thing
How nothing's funny when it's you
You tell 'em what you mean
But they keep whiting out the truth
It's like a work of art
That never gets to see the light
Keep you beneath the stars
Won't let you touch the sky
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na
Na na na
I'm no beauty queen
I'm just beautiful me
Na na na
Na na na
You've got every right
To a beautiful life
C'mon
Who says
Who says you're not perfect
Who says you're not worth it
Who says you're the only one that's hurting
Trust me
That's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty
Who says you're not beautiful
Who says
Who says
Who says you're not star potential
Who says you're not presidential
Who says you can't be in movies
Listen to me, listen to me
Who says you don't pass the test
Who says you can't be the best
Who said, who said
Would you tell me who said that
Yeah, oh
Who says
Who says
Who says you're not perfect
Who says you're not worth it
Who says you're the only one that's hurting
Trust me
That's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty
Who says you're not beautiful
Who says
Who says
Who says you're not perfect
Who says you're not worth it
Who says you're the only one that's hurting
Trust me
That's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty
Who says you're not beautiful
Who says
I go over to the camera and turn it off. Smiling as we post the video to our youtube channel.
(Next Day)
School is exceedingly normal for us. We talk with our friends Percy Jackson, Jason Grace (Thalia's twin brother), Nico Di Angelo (Hazel's half brother), and Frank Zhang, and try to avoid the glares and the bullies. Lunchtime however, is the worst part of the day. This lunch was no exception. All of a sudden, Drew Tanaka wobbles over to our table with her lunch tray, followed by the popular girls. And I say wobbles because she is wearing 7 inch stilettoes. We continue our conversation, until I feel something slimy dripping down my back. Drew had thrown her lunch at me. With a glance over at my friends, I knew what we had to do. We ran out of the school, and for once, we didn't look back.
(1 year later)
Piper, Thalia, Hazel, and I became the most popular things in music. While at school, we were the nerds, in Hollywood, we were the Sirens, an inseparable band that burst onto the scene last year. We were all called to a meeting with Apollo, our manager.
"girls," he said, frowning. WAIT FROWNING! THIS ISNT GOOD!" you are to go back to school this year and get your diplomas."
"WHAT!? YOU WANT US TO GO BACK TO THAT GODSFORSAKEN PLACE" screeched Thals, Her spiked black hair flying as she shook her head furiously.
"your flight leaves tomorrow," he says, "so get packing!"
We stomp up the stairs, angrily packing up our stuff. I quietly sing to myself:
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Take a look around
Who would have thought we'd all be here?
So let's mess around
'Cause the future is unclear
We got nothin' better to do
We're just tryin' to get through
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? Yeah
Let the music groove you
Let the melody move you
Feel the beat and just let go
Get the rhythm into your soul
Let the music take you
Anywhere it wants to
When we're stuck and can't get free
No matter what, we'll still be singing
Come on, come on, turn up the music
It's all we got, we're gonna use it
Come on, come on, turn up the music
Yeah
All we have is now
Let's make the most of this
Come on, break it out
So everyone can hear it
They don't have to understand
But we'll make 'em if we can
Do you hear me?
Are you with me? Yeah
Let the music groove you
Let the melody move you
Feel the beat and just let go
Get the rhythm into your soul
Let the music take you
Anywhere it wants to
When we're stuck and can't get free
No matter what, we'll still be singing
Come on, come on, turn up the music
It's all we got, we're gonna use it
Come on, come on, turn up the music
Yeah
Come on, come on, turn up the music
It's all we got, we're gonna use it
Come on, come on, turn up the music
Turn up the music
Let the music groove you
Let the melody move you
Feel the beat and just let go
Get the rhythm into your soul
Let the music take you
Anywhere it wants to
When we're stuck and can't get free
No matter what, we'll still be singing
Come on, come on, turn up the music
It's all we got, we're gonna use it
Feel the beat and just let go
Get the rhythm into your soul
Let the music take you
Anywhere it wants to
Come on, come on, turn up the music
Yeah
We finish our packing and go to sleep, ready for our new lives.
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