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XashXdawnX- Sorry that it took a while for a new chapter. I can't think of songs for this story so I basically had writer's block for a while. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and forgive me for the late update.

Thursday was a busy day for the band. The practice hadn't exactly gone as planned. The mic kept going out, the lighting wasn't right, and the speakers were making everything sound strange. After taking an hour and a half break for the people to fix the equipment they started again. Sadly it got worst. Guitar strings broke in the middle of a song and then to make matters worst...Ash fell. He fell off the stage while practicing. He hadn't realized the stage had ended.

After a while practice finally went smoothly. Jack was remembering the songs without problems, though sometimes he stopped since he had forgotten the notes.

Now Friday the day of the performance the band was doing a quick practice. Things went a lot better than Thursday's practice.

"Now Ash don't fall of the stage at the performance. The fans won't give you back." Gary said.

Ash chuckled.

"I won't, hopefully."

Soon they were standing waiting for the performance to start.

Ash was wearing some black jeans, a black tank, and sneakers. Jack was wearing dark jeans, a black tee, and black boots. TJ wore light jeans, a white tee, and sneakers. Hunter wore red jeans, a black shirt, and sneakers.

"Okay now please welcome the next band! Ash Ketchum and his band!"

The four walked out onto the stage and the crowd screamed.

"What's up Hoenn?! We're glad to be a part of this event. Be generous and help those in need." Ash said.

Ash faced Jack.

"Oh and I'm pretty sure many of you know our bassist, but if not please give it up for Jack Harris! Jack's our new bassist!"

Screams were heard as Jack's name was announced. Jack was pretty well known already.

"Okay well our first song we're going to sing is Just Go with It. Hope you all enjoy it."

"I'm standing here

watching from afar

not sure what to do

What do I do?

Sitting here waitin'

feeling unsure

can't be sure

What do I do?

Just go with it!

Take a chance

Go with it

You gotta take a risk

Gotta take a chance

Gotta face a fear

Just go with it

Took a chance

things are going smoothly

I'm waiting here now

Are you gonna show?

I'm waitin'

Just go with it!

Take a chance

Go with it

You gotta take a risk

Gotta take a chance

Gotta face a fear

Just go with it

Sometimes...

things don't go as planned

But!

At least you can say...

You took a chance

and

that you went with it

Just go with it!

Take a chance

Go with it

You gotta take a risk

Gotta take a chance

Gotta face a fear

Just go with it"

The song ended and the crowd cheered loudly.

"Glad you guys liked it! Now the next song is going to be Broken Love!"

A mic was placed in front of Jack. Cheers started to come from the crowd as they saw a mic in front of Jack.

Jack started the song by holding a chord and slowly changing them and soon TJ started to copy what Jack was doing.

"They knew each other for a long~ time~"

(Jack: Such a long time~ long time~)

After about two more minutes the song ended. The crowd cheered loudly.

"That was just a small insight of what's to come. Everyone will be in for surprises soon." Ash said.

"Now we will be performing one last song. All of you know this song. It's time for Losin' Myself!"

The crowd went crazy after hearing the next song that would be performed.

"I'm losin' myself

Losin' myself

I don't belong here

I don't...

It's time to~"

"Breakout and let myself be heard!

I'm losin' myself

To this r-r-r-reality!

Dreamin' myself

In Hollywood!

Whoa!

Losin' myself

Losin' my reason

Losin' my gravity

Losin' myself

Whoa!

Someday...

I will be heard

And I will...

Find my-myself

Cause...

Whoa!

I'm losin' myself

Losin' my reason

Losin' my gravity

Losin' myself

Whoa!

In this r-r-r-reality!

Oh~

Don't wanna

Lose myself~

But it's happenin'

Oh!

Losin' myself

Losin' myself...

In this reality...

Losin' myself!"

The crowd cheered loudly.

"Thank you for coming out! And once again give it up for Jack Harris our newest member!" Ash cried.

The band made their way backstage and Ash was stopped by Gary. He didn't speak, but his eyes held the question.

"Yes." Ash said and walked towards the band to help them pack the equipment.


It had been about a month since Jack had joined the band. Ash had gotten a girlfriend who was named Angie, she was a hip hop dancer. They met while at a signing that had performances too. They had been dating for about a month. Jack had gotten a house that he could live in if he ever wanted to get away from the others.

Ash and Jack are currently practicing a new song. Jack is playing bass and backing vocals, while Ash sings. Ash stops singing and groans.

"I can't get this song right." he said tugging his hair.

"You aren't holding the notes out as long as they should be held. That's all you're having trouble with." Jack said as he skimmed the paper.

"Well how about you sing this song?"

Jack stopped skimming the paper and looked at Ash.

"No, I can't sing. I'm not good."

Ash laughed and shook his head.

"Jack if you weren't good, the people in Hoenn wouldn't have supported you."

Jack took a sip of his water and sighed.

"Fine I'll sing this song, but only once."

They swapped places and Ash waited for Jack to start. After playing a few times Jack had the song down and Ash had the bass part down.

"Jack, how would you feel about performing that song?" Ash asked as he took the bass off.

"I guess I would be okay with it." Jack replied shrugging.

The two left the practice room and walked into the living room where Hunter was watching a movie.

"Oh Gary was about to go and get you two." Hunter said pausing the movie.

"Band news?" Jack asked.

Hunted nodded his head and TJ walked into the living room with a soda. Gary walked into the living room and saw Ash and Jack.

"Well you are done now." he said.

He looked at his phone.

"I have some good news and some slightly bad news." he said.

"What is it?"

"The good news is we have a producer who wants to help make music videos for a few songs. Also they're willing to produce our first CD. The bad news is they want some slow songs with meaning not just these fast, upbeat songs with no meaning." Gary explained.

"Oh..."

"How much time do we have to get everything picked out and all?" Ash asked.

"Well since you don't have many slow songs down, I asked for a month. The person is being very genourous since this is our first ever CD. That's the only reason they agreed for a month."

"Don't worry, we'll get done within a month."

"I know you guys will. Oh and Jack just a question, but do you think you could record a few songs on the CD?"

"I guess I could."

"Great,"

The band decided to head to the practice room to look at their songs and start to decide on what songs to put on the CD.

"Jack, we can put that song we practiced today on the CD." Ash said.

"Sure, that's fine by me."

"Any other songs you think you could sing that you've seen?" Ash asked as he leaned against the speaker.

"Well...the only song that I know is Losin' Myself. I'm still learning the lyrics to that other song." Jack replied.

"Hey I got an idea." Hunter said suddenly.

"What?" the others asked.

"Well Jack you said you know Losin' Myself lyrics. Why don't we have Losin' Myself on the CD twice? One with Ash singing the other with Jack singing. Maybe make Jack's like he was in Hoenn, just him and the bass..."

"You know that's a good idea." Ash said.

"Yeah, I like it." Jack said.

"Well how about we record those right now? Get two songs out of the way." Ash suggested.

A chorus of 'yes' filled the room.

"So Jack do you want to do your recording first or wait?" Ash asked.

"I'm going to wait, I need to rest my voice for a little while longer." Jack replied.

Ash nodded his head and they left the practice room to go to the recording studio that used to be the empty room.

They got set up and started to record. The song ended and they nodded their heads.

"One song down. We're going to go outside and wait." Ash said.

Jack nodded his head and set up how he needed to record the song. He started to record and the others minus Ash heard Jack sing Losin' Myself.

"He sings that song like it's nothing." TJ said shocked.

"He memorized that song lyrics that quick?" Hunter asked shocked.

"Yep, he said he had short times to memorize things. He would learn the bass parts and lyrics to perform requests from the fans in Hoenn. That's a lot of work." Ash said.

The other two nodded their heads in agreements.

Please R&R