Eli P.O.V.
I was tired. Having a rather boring weekend and it's Monday, not really in the mood. I walked to my locker to pick out my books. In the midst of me contemplating whether or not I needed my Chemistry book today Adam raced over to me.
"Dude, guess what?"
"Hi to you too Adam" I said with my head still in locker.
"Yeah hi, but seriously guess?"
"Uh a new edition of Galactic Phantom Chronicles is out?"
"That's not till next week but try again"
I sighed. "Just tell me Adam"
"White Noise is having a contest to see who is the biggest fan. And get this they're giving out autographed albums, tickets to their next concert and the best part, a chance to video chat with Persephone!"
That caught my attention. "Really?"
"Yeah. Think you'd do it"
"Why?"
"You know you have a crush on Persephone, maybe you'll be able to talk to her"
"Who doesn't. Half of the guys in this school brag about what they'd do to her if they ever got her alone."
I though about it. "Why not? Who knows maybe they have some other prizes for second place. Yeah I'll do it. What do you have to do?"
"Write an essay about why you like the band, what their music means to you, stuff like that."
"Ok I'll write it during lunch and send it out right after school."
Lydia P.O.V.
It's only been three days since Marie announced the contest and we're already flooded with letters. It's crazy! I mean I knew we had a serious amount of fans but I didn't expect to be like this. It's great that so many people love us though.
To help go through the mountain of letters, we have security, assistants, anybody that's free to speed up the process. Everybody has their own pile to go through and when we see something that stands out we put it in a pile for me to got through myself because I'm the deciding factor since I'm the main attraction.
By the end of the week Marie had to tell the fans that we wouldn't be accepting anymore letters because of enormous amount of letters. At this point in time, we brought down the number of letters to about 10 and I went through them one by one. There was one though that I read that stood out, mostly this part.
Hey my name is Eli. Once I heard Revenge, I immediately became fan. Your music is really amazing. I have the first two albums and plan on getting the third really soon. The lyrics of every song have something behind it, a deeper meaning to me, or at least that's what I think. And Persephone's voice just makes it that much more...relateable, if that even makes sense.
I walked to Marie's office and knocked. I heard a muffled "Come in" and twisted the knob. Marie was behind her desk buried behind her computer. She's so small compared to me you'd almost miss her, and that's saying something since I'm 5'5. Her head popped out from one side of the screen, her dirty blonde curls flying to catch up and her bright blue eyes shining. We have a special bond Marie and I. She's like a mom to me, considering I have no family what so ever.
You see, my family which consisted of my mother Elena, my father Daniel, my older brother Zachary and my sisters Kimberly and Vanessa were brutally the time I was 8 yrs old and we were on a day trip to an amusment park and we spent the entire day there, from 7 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. We stopped to get some food at a resturant called Reggie's and when we were leaving it got pretty dark. Ans where the car was parked, there wasn't a very good source of light so as we were getting in the car a group of guys appeared from the shadows and attacked my family. I was the only that lived because I was the youngest so they put in the back of the van. They couldn't see because I hid behind the seat on the floor. I was terrified. I could hear my family screaming and menacing laughter followed by frustrated cursing.
It seemed like I stayed there forever. And actually it kinda was because the sun started to shine through the window on the seat above me.
I didn't know the police were there until heard voices in the car. Now that I think about it, I guess they were looking to see if anything had been stolen from the car. A white man that looked really young with dark hair and brown eyes found me. When I saw a head hovering over me I froze and I screamed when he reached out to me.
He quickly moved his hand away.
"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Bobby." he said in a gentle tone.
I relaxed only a little. I sat up and tried to back away as far as possible from him.
"I'm a policeman. You're safe now. Let's get you out of here, alright?"
"Where's my mommy and daddy?" I asked
He hesitated. "They're outside"
"Are they ok?"
"I don't know. But if you come with me, we can go ask the nice lady outside."
Slowly I made my way toward him. He moved a little so that he was kneeling right in the door.
"What's your name?"
"Lydia"
"Well Lydia is ok if I pick you up?"
I nodded. He gently picked me up and I hooked my arms around his neck and wrapped my legs around his waist and buried my face his neck. I lifted my head and that's when I saw them. My whole family on the ground covered in blood. BLOOD. EVERYWHERE.
And that's when I lost it. I cried all the way to the hospital where I ended up passing out because I used up every ounce of my energy. I had to stay in the hospital because I had no where to go. And that's how I met Marie. I was in the care of the state and they were looking for somebody to take care of me. I been with her ever since and I love her to death.
"Hi sweetie" she said with a smile.
"Hey, I think we found a winner" I said while handing her the paper.
"Ok let me have a look." She looked over the letter quickly. "He seems genuine enough and a dedicated fan by the sound of it. I'll get everything in order with the press and mail of the tickets and the album. And have a letter inclosed for him to contact me so we can pick a day for the video chat that's good for both of you."
"Ok, I'm gonna go work on some new songs."
"Alright dear. I'll get back to you as soon as possible"
I walked into the hallway and ran into my assistant and best friend Jamie.
"Oh hey Jamie, where have you been?"
"Looking for you. I was gonna ask if you want to go out for lunch."
"Well I was going to work on some new songs...but whatever let's go."
I ran back to my little "office" type place and grab my bag and jacket. It was only safe for me to go out in public when I didn't have my "Persephone" look on. How I normally compared to when I'm performing in a drastic difference.
Persephone looks similar to some type of Vampire queen just modern day. Lydia on the other hand, goth teenager.
We went to my favorite pizza shop, Antonio's and pigged out.
