So sorry for the long wait. I've been very busy with school. I've had finals and I had to study.
After the smoke creature left, the two bands brought Laney throne of the dressing rooms in the auditorium. They laid her down on the bed they were using for the play. The Newmans and the other members of Grojband looked at her sadly they sat down in chairs. Corey however still sat by Laney's bedside with his head lying down on the bed's sheets.
"Oh Lanes, I'm so sorry." Corey choked out. He was convinced that it was entirely his own fault that Laney was cursed. "Riffin..." He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked behind him to see Carrie. "You can either keep crying and blame yourself, or you can find that spirit that did this and make him wake her up!" Carrie told him. Corey wiped a tear away and stared at her in surprise. "Carrie?" He asked.
The others got up as well "Laney is our friend too, and we are not just going to sit here and let her stay under this curse." Kon said encouragingly. "Our bands may be rivals, but we're worried about Laney as well and wanna help." Larry added. Corey stared at everyone in silence. His eyes watered and he wiped the tears from his eyes "Thanks, all of you." He said sincerely.
Corey's soft smile turned into a serious look. "Ok, if we are gonna save Lanes, were going to have to defeat that evil spirit probably. Any new info?" He looked to Kin and Kim. The two of them looked at each other than to Corey "Well while you were moving Laney in here, I went and got the box where the mist came from." Kin pulled out the small gold box. It was open and empty now. Everyone gathered around and looked at it. Carrie looked at the writing on the top "What does this writing mean?" She asked. "It's a prophecy." Kin answered.
Kon grabbed the box and read it out loud. "Poison sleeps within a casket, a golden seal around to mask it, upon its awakening form its slumber, it seeks out for one to put under, as darkness surrounds the cursed one, only with the gift of heart shall it be undone." Konnie tilted her head in confusion "What does that mean?" "I think it means that an evil is sealed inside and if its released then it will go after someone. But I don't know what the gift of heart is." Kim translated.
Corey looked thoughtful for a moment, then he felt a idea lightbulb go off in his head. "I've got it! Music comes from the heart! That must be it!" Everyone looked skeptically at him. "I don't think that's it Corey." Larry admitted "Look, every time we've faced a problem, music has always solved it! So naturally it will save Lanes too!" Corey reasoned. "It wouldn't hurt to give it a shot." Konnie shrugged. Corey came in between Kon and Konnie and wrapped his arms around them "That's the spirit! Now lets go put an end to that spirit!" He encouraged everyone. "Yeah!" They all fist pumped enthusiastically and ran out of the room. Larry didn't join them and instead stayed where he was. "Three, two, one." He counted. Everyone came back in. Corey spoke up sheepishly "First we should find out HOW to end that spirit."
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT DETAIL
The gang went back to the computers at the library, they told Mina what happened and she was watching Laney, Kin and Kim sat at a computer while the others watched them. "Find anything yet?" Corey asked impatiently.
Kim turned around "Yes, we looked up the legend we read earlier and found out a little more. The black mist thing was born long ago from the fires of witches. It has been named 'Hex' because of it's nature of putting curses on others. It loved causing discord and despair and caused a lot of suffering. It traveled the world until it ended up in Peaceville a couple hundred years ago. There was a beautiful maiden protecting Peaceville at the time, her name was Arietta and she had short red hair and green eyes like Laney." Kim brought up a photo for the others to see. "Wow, she looks a lot like her." Larry commented.
Kim continued the story "She was in love with a boy named Mavis and they were very much in love. One day Hex arrived in Peaceville, he began to topeople's he townsfolk. Mavis tried to stand up to Hex but was cruelly killed by him." "How did he die." Carrie asked. Kim looked at the words on the screen and winced "Well lets just say it wasn't a family friendly death."
Kin continued from where she left off "Arietta saw her lovers demise and was completely enraged. She battled Hex head on with her own magic she had learned. But no matter how strong she was, the heartbreak of losing Mavis weakened her powers and she was unable to destroy Hex. All she could do was use her powers to seal him in a casket of gold she created. Hex was imprisoned but Arietta had a vision that one day he would be set free by some unsuspecting idiot...HEY! She also saw that Hex bared a grudge against her and wanted revenge. She knew he would seek out someone who reminded him of her and curse her in Arietta's place. So she used the last of her magic to cast a prophecy that would end Hex, and save the one who is cursed instead of her." "Did she die after that?" Kon asked, Kin responded "No, she just couldn't use magic anymore. She lived to be 86 and became a nun."
"So the writing on the box is the prophecy, does it say anything about what the gift of heart is?" Larry asked. Kin and Kim shook her head. "Dont worry Larry, I'm sure that music is the gift, we just need lyrics." Corey assured them. Konnie raised an eyebrow "Well why don't you write some?" Corey, Kin and Kon looked away nervously "I think Corey just needs a little 'inspiration' before he can write." Kim covered for the boys. She looked to Kin and gave him a wink. Kin winked back as a way of saying 'thanks'.
"Ok, me and Kon will get-I mean think of lyrics. The rest of you hunt down that wicked ghost and trap him so we can rock out and save Lanes!" Corey declared. "We better hurry though, we only have 22 hours to wake Laney up, and the play is tomorrow night." Kin reminded him. "Then lets do this!" Corey put his hand out and the others put their hands on top of his. 'Laney, I promise that I will save you.'
Thanks for being patient with me, also if you didn't read one of the chapters in my Grojband and Newman shorts, Kim is aware of the band using Trina's diary and has promised Kin to keep it a secret.
