Lammy stood in front of a door of somebody's house. Since it was the first time she had ever been to this house, Lammy was nervous, but when she thought about the promise she made and looked at the guitar in her hand, she took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. "Just a minute!" Said the female voice. Lammy looked around the outside of the house to see green grass, some gnome statues, and a red car in the driveway. The front door opens to reveal a teenage girl wearing a pink jacket and blue jeans. Her hair is shorter than Lammy's and had red highlights in her hair as well. This girl is only slightly shorter than Lammy. "Cool…you actually came…" Said the girl as she looks at Lammy with sparkles in her eyes.

"Yeah, I would be here sooner, but I was busy…" Said Lammy. The girl continues to just stare at Lammy, making the moment more awkward as time passes. "So..."Said Lammy, trying to break the silence. "Are you going to let me in?"

"Oh…OH, of course!" Panicked the girl, as she moves out the way so Lammy can walk in. Inside, Lammy saw an old man reading the newspaper. "Hey Dad!" Said the girl in excitement. "Lammy's here! Can we both use the garage so she can teach me how to play the guitar and maybe one day I can become a great guitarist like Lammy and start my own band and become famous and one day me and Lammy can do a collaborative album that will sell millions of copies and I can die happy?"

Her father looked at his daughter and Lammy, who's waving at him with a weak smile. "Wait, aren't you the girl who ran in front of me, screaming 'I'm late, I'm late' while I was teaching my daughter how to drive?"

"Y-yeah…Sorry about that, I was in a rush."

The father looked at his daughter to see her bouncing up and down in excitement, not caring about the incident. "Apple?"

"Yeah dad?"

"Just…Keep her away from anything valuable, alright?"

"Whoooo!" Apple grabbed Lammy's arm and dragged her to a dark empty room. Apple turned the lights on to reveal an empty garage. "This is it. This is where I practice almost every day."

"This is pretty neat." Said Lammy as she looks around the garage. "There's lots of room, You can practice as much as you want…say, how long was it when you first started playing the guitar?"

"About two weeks ago, after I saw your concert."

"Really? You thought we were that good?"

"That good? You guys were awesome! I almost went insane when you jumped into the crowd like that!" Apple picked up the guitar sitting on a chair. "That moment had me thinking, maybe I should learn how to play the guitar so I can become as awesome as you."

Lammy turned red almost immediately by that comment and begin to stutter like crazy. "Whoa whoa whoa, y-y-you think that I'm…awe…some…?"

"Well, yeah! You were in total control over that guitar! I really love the band, but if I have to choose who my most favorite member is, it would be you!"

Lammy heart began to race as she hears these compliments coming from an almost complete stranger. Whenever Lammy was feeling down and inconfident about herself, Katy, and in rare cases, Ma-San comes in and try to cheer her up, but to have somebody beside her friends give her such a positive feedback was like a life changing experience. Lammy wasn't sure how to respond to such comments about herself, so she respond the best way she knows how. "T-thanks!" Lammy said while smiling. Apple smiled back at her. "No problem!"

Lammy prepares her guitar and was getting ready to teach her until Apple stops her. "Wait, can I ask you one more question?"

"Sure, ask away."

"How did you meet up with the other band members anyway?"

"You…really want to know? It might get boring. "

"Come on, I want to know how Milkcan came to be! I'm sure your story will be cool! Tell me, where did you fit in the picture?"

Lammy looked at her guitar and a flow of memories came to her when she moved in Parappa town months ago.

Lammy walked through the crowded hallway in the school she started going to recently. Being her first day in school, Lammy was already having trouble finding her classroom. She was so busy trying to find her classroom that Lammy bumped into another student, Katy, who was putting her stuff away in her locker. "Hey!" Said Katy while she raised her head up to face Lammy. "Watch where you're going, there's plenty of room on the hallway!"

"S-sorry! I'll be more careful!" Lammy was just about to dash away until Katy grabbed her shoulders.

"Wait, you wouldn't happen to be a new student here, are you? I've never seen you around here before."

Lammy slowly turned to Katy, who was putting on a smile. "Uhh…yeah, I just moved here…"

Katy quickly changed her tone to a friendlier demeanor for the stranger. "Oh, I see. Sorry if I sounded a little rude. There can be some real jerks that come to this school time to time just to start trouble."

"Ok…Well, I gotta go, so…"

"Will you wait?" Said Katy, who actually find Lammy's timid nature somewhat funny. "We didn't even introduce ourselves. I'm Katy, and your name is…?"

Lammy saw Katy's hand reached out to her. "My name…is Lammy." Lammy almost had to force herself to finally shake Katy's hand.

"Good, now that we have things settled, we can get started on showing you where your class is."

"W-wait, what? How did you know I was lost?"

"Well, I thought it was pretty obvious, seeing how confused you are right now."

"Oh…" Lammy said to herself while her face turned red.

"Let me see your schedule so I can tell you where you're supposed to go."

Without saying anything, Lammy took a piece of paper out from her back pocket and gave it to Katy. "Let's see…Oh, cool! We're in the same grade! We even have 1st period class together!" Lammy looked up to Katy, wondering how somebody can be happy taking the same class with somebody else they barely know. "You can just follow me after I get done with my locker, alright?"

"Sure, I can wait…"

Katy went back to her locker and grabbed a few books. Decided to be a little nosey, Lammy took a small peek inside Katy's locker while she wasn't paying attention to notice a picture of a guitar.

"Ok!" Katy said while she closed the locker. "I'm ready, just follow me!"

Lammy wanted to ask about the picture, but decided it was best to keep to herself, since she didn't ask to look inside Katy's locker. In class, everybody was in their seats, waiting for the teacher to come in. Lammy wanted to sit by herself at the back of the class, but Katy sat next to her, and followed another friend of Katy, Sunny Funny. "Hey Sunny." Said Katy with excitement. "Have you met Lammy before? She just moved here not too long ago."

Sunny looked at Lammy with a smile that made even Lammy feel a little warm inside. "Hi Lammy. How do you like this school so far?"

"It's ok…" A brief period of silence filled the air until Sunny asked another question. "So…who do you live with? Your parents? Grandparents?"

"…By myself."

Both Katy's and Sunny's eyes widen by that answer. "Really?" Said Katy. "But you're in high school! Your parents let you move into your own place?"

Lammy at first frowned when she thought about her parents, but soon replaced her frown with a fake smile. "Sure! My parents were pretty cool about it."

"That's amazing!" Said Sunny, who's seeing Lammy in a new light. "I wish I can move on my own, by my dad is overprotective of me. I might be an old lady before that day ever comes." A cell phone can be heard close by; it was coming from Sunny. She took out her cell phone to see who it is. "Oh look, Parappa sent me a text message!"

"Oh, yeah? How's that food poisoning treating him anyway?" Said Katy.

"Well, he said that he saw death standing over him, but I think that's just him trying to be funny…it's kind of cute…"

Katy narrowed her eyes at Sunny, smiling at Sunny as she text Parappa back. "What are you saying? 'Oh poor sweet Parappa, how I wish I wasn't in class right now and was standing by your side as I nurse you back to health?' "

Sunny started blushing immediately as she looks at her text; it was almost the same as Katy said. "S-shut up!" Shouted Sunny while trying to hide her phone. While listening to the two's conversation, Lammy thought to herself. "Wait…Parappa? Isn't that the name of the town?"

The teacher suddenly appeared before Lammy thought anymore about the name. "Sorry I was late, but they had a car wreck close to my house. They said it was caused by some girl saying 'I can't be late for my first day'. Weird, isn't it?"

The whole class laughed except for Lammy, who was worried if the people in the car accident were ok. "Now let's see…We're supposed to have a new student joining us today. Can that new student please stand up?"

Lammy didn't want to stand up to the class because she was really nervous, but Katy grabbed her arm and raised it. "Here she is! Her name is Lammy, and…"

"Thank you Katy, but I'm sure Lammy can speak for herself. Now Lammy, will you please stand up?"

Lammy paused for a moment, wondering what she's going to have to do next. She slowly rose from her seat until she was completely standing. "Now Lammy, tell us where you came from, what hobbies you have; just tell us all about yourself."

The whole class stared at her, making Lammy feel like she wants to pass out. "My name is Lammy…" She said and a low and quiet voice. "What was that? I couldn't hear you…" Said the teacher, who is moving closer to Lammy.

"You have to excuse my friend; she's a bit nervous, with this being her first day and all…" Said Katy, trying to help Lammy out.

"I see…Just tell us what you do for a hobby and I'll leave you alone."

To Lammy, talking about her favorite thing to do is the easy part. "I like to play the guitar."

The whole class was silent until a burst of laughter filled the room. "Now class, calm down!" The teacher shouted. The laughter died down, but there were still a few chuckles to be heard. "Now Lammy, if you're serious, maybe you can play for us sometimes?"

Lammy didn't respond. She simply sat down and put her head down. Katy leaned closer to Lammy and tapped on her shoulder. "Lammy?" Katy whispered. Lammy did not respond.

A few hours later, Lunchtime came. Lammy immediately rushed out the classroom and went straight to her locker. Lammy opened it to see her guitar, which put a smile on Lammy's face. She took her guitar and closed her locker, but before she could leave, Katy and Sunny caught up with her. "Lammy, where are you going?" Said Katy. "You rushed out of the classroom before I can see if you're…"

Katy then noticed the guitar Lammy was holding and she quickly changed her tone. "Lammy! You really can play the guitar!"

"Yeah, that's right!" Shouted Lammy, using her new found confidence to her advantage. "And I'm a darn good one at that!"

Katy and Sunny stepped back some, caught off guard by Lammy's sudden change in personality. "Wow Lammy, I didn't know you felt so strongly about this!" Said Katy, who actually likes the new Lammy she's looking at right now.

"Well, I do. Playing the guitar means everything to me and I just hate it when people doubt me when it comes to the guitar."

"Well, there is one way to prove to everybody that you can play the guitar…" Said Sunny while pointing to a poster on the wall. "The school is having a talent show this weekend at the school auditorium and today is the last day to sign up."

"Talent show…?" Said Lammy, while clutching her guitar.

"Yeah!" Said Katy, who is secretly coming up with another idea if she agrees to the talent show idea. "And best of all, if you win, there's a $100 grand prize waiting for you!"

Lammy could honestly care less about the prize money, she just wants to prove to everybody that she's a good guitarist. Without hesitating, Lammy walked towards the signup sheet on the wall and put her name on it.

"Way to go Lammy!" Shouted Katy while patting Lammy's back. "I think you'll do an awesome job!"

"Well, I don't think I'll do an awesome job…I KNOW I will!"

"Geez Lammy, tone down on the confidence. You're scaring me a bit."

While Lammy and Katy are joking about, Sunny looked through the list of names that will appear at the talent show.

"Say Lammy…" Katy said while sounding like the nervous one. "I was just wondering…if it's not too much trouble…" Katy moved closer to Lammy, which made Lammy nervous, even with the guitar in hand. "Katy…? What are you…?"

"I'm just going to come out and say it; I want you to teach me how to play the guitar, mainly the bass guitar!"

"Oh! That was close…" Said Lammy while holding her chest.

"What was close? What are you think I was going to say?"

"Nothing! Nothing! Anyway, I'll be glad to help you, though keep in mind that playing the guitar and bass guitar is somewhat different, I can only teach you the basics. You're going to have to learn the rest on your own."

"That's alright, I think I can teach myself the rest on my own."

While looking through the names, Sunny came across one name she's all too familiar with. "Hey you two, come look at this!" Katy and Lammy walked towards Sunny and looked at the name Sunny was pointing to on the paper. "Ma-San?" Shouted Katy.

"Ma-San? Who's that?" Questioned Lammy as she looks at a worried Katy.

"Well, Ma-San is this awesome drummer who's in the school band. She doesn't say much, but she got some overpowered arm strength! One student had to learn that the hard way…"

"Yeah…" Said Sunny while thinking about that horrific moment. "I heard he learned how to spell the color blue now."

"That's great!"

"Hey, guys?" Said Lammy. "Do you guys think I have a chance against her on the talent show?"Sunny and Katy said nothing; they simply stared at someone who's behind Lammy. "Hey, what are you two looking at?" Lammy looked behind her and saw no one.

"!#!#!#!#!# (Down here, genius.)"

Lammy looked down and saw a little girl with a stick of dynamite on her head. "Oh, hey little girl, are you lost? You do know you have a stick of dynamite on your head, do you want me to take that off?"

"!#!#!#!#!#!#!# (Touch me and I'll rip your arms off and beat you with them.)"

Lammy stepped back from Ma-San, shocked by the words that are coming out of her mouth. Katy stepped in front of Lammy to protect her from Ma-San's explosive temper. "Come on Ma-San, she's new here, she doesn't know about you yet!"

Ma-San looked at Lammy and her guitar. "!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!( So, you're entering the talent show with that crappy looking guitar? Good luck, You're gonna need it…)" Ma-san then walked away. Lammy was heated when Ma-San called her guitar crappy, even to the point where she considered punching Ma-San right on her face.

"What did you say?" Said Lammy while slowly walking towards Ma-San. Katy and Sunny had to calm her down by stepping in front of Lammy and push her away. "Hey Lammy, we have to go, I know the lunchroom is crowded by now, right Sunny?"

"Yeah, I heard they were having pizza today, so we better hurry up. Come on Lammy."

Lammy said nothing, she only followed the two girls to the lunchroom, keeping quiet about how exciting it would be to rub her victory over Ma-San's face. A few days later, the talent show begun in the school auditorium. Sunny is within the audience, texting to Parappa while PJ is sitting next to her while eating a chocolate bar. "So, how's Parappa doing?" Said PJ.

"Parappa said he's doing fine…but he also said that he keeps seeing the grim reaper just looking at him." Sunny herself was confused by the text. PJ took another bite from his chocolate bar before he respond. "He should stick with rapping, because he's no good as a comedian."

"I agree."

Backstage, Katy is standing beside Lammy, giving her moral support. "Alright, Lammy, this is it. After Ma-San, you're next."

"Yeah, I know." Said Lammy, who's playing a few notes on her guitar to calm herself. Not too far off, Ma-San is setting up her drum kit. Ma-San looks in the distance to see Lammy looking back at her. The two turned it into a stare down, until they heard the principal on stage.

"Next on our list is our high school very own drummer, Ma-San!"

The crowd went wild by the sound of her name as the curtains raised up to reveal Ma-San sitting behind her drums. Ma-San picked up her drumsticks and set them down again, refusing to play. The principal walked towards Ma-San and whispered in her ears. "Ma-San? Is something wrong?"Ma-San suddenly snatched the microphone out of the principal's hand and began to shout. "!#!#!#!#!#!#!# (Bring out Lammy! I want to see who can play the best!)"

The whole audience began to whisper to themselves, "Who's Lammy?" There's a 'Lammy' that goes to this school?" "What instrument does Lammy play?"

Backstage, Katy's mouth was wide open while Lammy only held her guitar more tightly then usual. "What the heck is Ma-San thinking?" Katy finally said shouting. "I don't know…" Lammy responded. "I think she wants a battle. I might as well give it to her."

Katy looked at Lammy, still not over the sudden change of personality. "Are you crazy? You don't have to go out here if you don't want too!"

Lammy ignored Katy's advice and walked on stage, causing even more commotion from the audience. "THAT'S Lammy?" "Isn't she that shy student in my class?"

Lammy and Ma-San stared each other down before Ma-San raised her drumsticks and finally started playing. Each beat Ma-San made were in perfect rhythm. Lammy looked at the audience and noticed how everyone is dancing to Ma-San's beats. Ma-San finally stopped playing and the audience cheered. Not once did Lammy play her guitar in front of anybody before, but tonight will have to be the night where she will have to face her fears of being in the spot light. Lammy started by playing one string and suddenly Lammy began to play as fast and loud as she could to the point where sound waves can be seen. Some of the audience member's hearts skipped a beat, while others were so memorized by Lammy's talent that they begin drooling from the mouth. A few moments later, Lammy stopped playing and the audience fell silent until a burst of cheers soon followed.

"Lammy! Lammy! Lammy!" The audience cheered. Lammy looked back at Katy, who in turn gave Lammy two thumbs up. Ma-San raised her eyebrow and smirked, not even she can't pretend that she didn't enjoy Lammy's solo act. Ma-San began to play again, this time she's making the ground shake as she plays. Lammy also began to play, playing as loud and fast as she can, all while keeping in-sync with Ma-San's drums. The auditorium began to shake and while some students were going crazy with excitement, most of them were running away after noticing the building collapsing. Sunny stood up and tries to pull PJ up. "Come on, we have to go! This whole place is about to fall!"

"But it's just getting good!" Said PJ while eating a bucket of popcorn. The support beams gave in and the building finally gave in, falling on some of the students who stayed.

"And after all of that, the principal suspended both me and Ma-San for ten days, and during that time, Katy called both Ma-San and I to meet up in a restaurant." Said Lammy, finishing up the story."

"And that's how Milkcan came to be…?" Said Apple, who is completely mesmerized by Lammy's story that her mouth was open the whole time.

"Yep. Katy told me the reason she wanted to learn how to play the bass guitar was so she can make a band of her own. She got the idea from one of her friends named Parappa after he performed on stage. Ma-San wasn't sure about it at first, but after I've decided to join in, she came along as well. Katy came up with the name and all of us helped write the lyrics to the song you've heard in our concert."

"That…is so…AWESOME! Oh man, I can't wait to meet my future band members so I can have an awesome story like yours!"

"I'm sure you will." Lammy said while more glad that nobody was killed during the talent show. "If you really want to have a band of your own and be as good as me…"

"I can't cut any corners, right?" Apple said, making a painfully obvious reference to one of Milkcan's songs.

"Well, I was about to say practice every day and don't suck, but that works too!"

Apple grabs her guitar sitting next to her; it is a six-string guitar, similar to Lammy's. "Ok, we've wasted enough time already, we should get started now!

"Yeah, let's start by playing a song we already know."

Lammy and Apple soon began their practice that lasted for hours. During the practice, Lammy thought back to how she would practice with her friends, and she smiled all throughout the session with apple.

Nine pages total for this chapter. I wanted this story to have short chapters, but…ideas just came to me while I was typing. I wasn't sure how I should approach this chapter, since we don't really know how Milkcan came to be, but then I've decided to have some fun with it and make up my own, all while trying to make the story seem possible in the Parappa universe. I'm wasn't sure if Lammy really do play a six string guitar, I just imaged the PS controller and assumed that since we use only six buttons in the game, Lammy uses a six string guitar. Overall, I think I did a pretty good job, I just wish it was shorter, but once I get that writing vibe going on, it's hard for me to stop, and I even have to cut out some scenes to make it shorter. And Apple, the girl that have this huge fan crush on Lammy, I totally made her up at the fly. Despite the name, she's human, she just have a weird name.

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