Assalamualaikum. Hey guys. 10 chapters, and you guys are still supporting me to continue. I'm feeling very grateful because you guys are supporting me on writing/typing this story, eventhough there's only a few people supporting. Anyway, hope you enjoy, CHAPTER 10!

Chapter 10: Sweet Victory

The big day has arrived, everyone woke up early and got ready for school. At 7:45 AM, they were about to leave.

Dante: Hey, aren't we supposed to bring our equipment?

Darwin: No, not really. They got the equipment ready at school.

Cato: I'm bringing my guitar just in case.

They waited for the bus to arrive at the bus stop. Once the bus arrived, they got in the bus and many people were looking at them, especially Cato, since he's holding a guitar. They decided to sit at the back and wait this out while discussing about the competition.

Cato: So, we still doing the song we did yesterday?

Dante: Yeah, it's the best we have for now.

Clayton: (popped up from the seat in front of them) Hey, Cato. Is that your guitar?

Cato: Yeah, do you have one.

Clayton: Sure, I'm a master of guitars.

Cato noticed Clayton doing the face of a liar.

Cato: You're lying, aren't ya?

Clayton: (nervously sweating) What, no.

Cato stared at Clayton with a stare. Clayton gave up.

Clayton: Okay, yes, I was.

Cato: Heh, don't worry. I can teach ya.

Clayton: Really?

Cato: Yeah, but you gotta have your own guitar.

Clayton: Hold on, why are you bringing a guitar?

Cato: We're gonna be a part of the Battle of The Bands competition later today.

Clayton: Oh, I see. Oh well, good luck.

Cato: Thanks.

After the bus reached the school, they tried to find the poster for the competition entries. They saw Mr. Small taking down a poster. They decided to take a look.

Gumball: Hi, Mr. Small. What is that?

Mr. Small: Oh, it's the entries for the Battle of The Bands later today, I'm gonna take the entries to my office.

Cato: Wait, we wanna participate.

Mr. Small: Alright, then. Just write the name of the team here.

Gumball wrote the name of the band in and saw only ten groups in the entries list, including them.

Mr. Small: Okay, come to the auditorium after lunch to practice.

Dante: Okay, we'll be there.

Mr. Small left with the entries list.

Darwin: So, there are only 10 bands in the competition? This'll be a piece of cake.

Dante: Let's not get cocky, anything can happen from now on.

Gumball: Whatever, let's get to class before we're late.

They left to class together.

(Lunch Time)

The band and Ivan went for lunch together. Suddenly, they bumped into the bullies. We noticed Tobias limping, most likely because of the fight the other day.

Tobias: Oh, it's you. Do you know what you have done?

Cato: Let me guess, I beat you up the other day and you were sent to the hospital by your parents because of unnecessary injury from the fight that you asked for to have a check-up.

Tobias: YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!

Gumball: It was your call to fight him.

Tobias: Shut it, Gummy-puss. This is between Cato and me.

Cato: Who says it was between me and you?

Tobias: Me! And I'm gonna find a way to get payback. Later, we'll be participating in the Battle of The Bands, and when we beat you guys, and it's totally obvious, we'll be makin fun of you in front of the whole school.

Cato: I got no problem with that, cause with that attitude, there's no way you will beat us.

Tobias: Okay, but don't say we didn't warn ya.

Ivan: Alright, let's point fingers at someone else. How's the smoke holdin ya, Banana Joe?

Banana Joe: Wha-What are you talkin about?

Cato: We know you were followin us yesterday through the mall.

Banana Joe: What makes you say that? (coughing heavily)

Dante: Then why are you coughing heavily.

Banana Joe: (nervously sweating) Uh, that was from my dad. He gave me a terrible cough.

Ivan: Really? Then why were you in the news of the smoke bomb incident. And don't try to lie, we got video footage of the news.

Banana Joe: No, no, no, no, no. You got it all wrong. I was at home using Elmore Plus.

Darwin: (concerned) Don't you feel terrible that you're coughing heavily?

Banana Joe: Yeah, not only that, but I'm gonna be the one singing later.

Ivan: Then I'll tell you something, (grin) I was the one who threw that smoke bomb.

Banana Joe: What? You're the one who caused the smoke?

Ivan: That's right.

Banana Joe: So it's because of you I got this cough!

Ivan: So, you were there?

Banana Joe: Yes, I mean no, I mean...(sigh, showing that he gave up) Okay I was there.

Cato: Then why were you followin us?

Tobias: That's none of your business, and it's classified. Come one, Joe. I think we're done here.

Banana Joe and Tobias left without another word.

Dante: Come on, guys. We can't be late for practice, we still haven't eaten.

Gumball: You're right, let's go.

The band and Ivan also left the scene to the cafeteria.

(The competition)

It was 2 PM and it's time to start the competition. Mr. Small asked us to pick a straw which has a number on it to decide who goes in first, second, and so on. Sadly, we're number 10. We saw everyone performed on stage. Some were duos, some were trios, there were even solos, I mean, don't you need at least two people to form a band? We saw Tobias's team perform, called 'The Rage Rangers', the band consists of Tobias and Banana Joe. They sang "locked Away" by Adam Levine and R-City, and they did terribly. Banana Joe was coughing terribly while singing and Tobias was limping and falling when he tries to walk around the stage. Not so long later, it was our turn. We saw Mr. Small and Principal Brown were the judges of the competition.

Mr. Small: Okay, last but not least, we have "WolfPac".

We started getting ready behind the curtains, Darwin got the drum set, Dante got a keyboard guitar, almost the same as what he has, Gumball got a microphone, and Cato brought his guitar. When the curtains started rising, Dante played the keyboard solo. As he was done, so was the curtains done rising. Suddenly, there was a spotlight showing on the four boys. Gumball started singing.

Gumball:

The winner takes all,
It's the thrill of one more kill,
The last one to fall...
Will never sacrifice their will.

Darwin started playing his drums and Cato jumped and started playing his electric guitar, just to make it more exciting. Once that, all of the lights on top of the stage turned on and went around the auditorium.

Don't ever look back,
On the world closing in,
Be on the attack,
With your wings in the wind.
Oh the games will begin.

And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory.
And it's ours for the taking,
It's ours for the fight.
And it's sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet victory.
(Yeah)

And the one whose last to fall,
The winner takes all.

We don't win no silver,
Oh we only lose the gold,
You push with a fever,
And your time keeps going on.

Against all the odds,
Against all your pain,
Your backs on the wall with no-one to blame,
Wild hearts won't get tamed.

And it's sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet victory (oh)
It's ours for the taking,
It's ours for the fight,
And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory.
And the one whose last to fall,
The winner takes all.

Cato walked around the stage while playing a wicked guitar solo, causing everyone to cheer

And the one whose last to fall.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet victory.
It's ours for the taking,
It's ours for the fight.
And it's sweet, sweet, sweet victory.
And the one whose last to fall,
The winner takes all.

Everyone clapped and cheered after the performance. Suddenly, Mr. Small asked every band to come out onto the stage. Once every band got on stage, Mr. Small started his announcement while Principal Brown was holding a tray of medals, with three trophies of different sizes.

Mr. Small: Alright, time for the prize giving session. We will start with the band who got fifth place.

Mr. Small announced the fifth, fourth, third, and second place but neither Gumball's team nor Tobias's team was heard. The heart beating sound started playing in the background, every band member who haven't gotten a prize yet were facing down, hoping that they'll win.

Mr. Small: The winner of Elmore's first Battle of the Bands and will become Elmore Jr. High's first band is...

Everyone was waiting for an answer by Mr. Small.

Mr. Small: WOLFPAC!

Just when Mr. Small said WolfPac, the song "Sweet Victory" was being played in the background while everyone clapped and cheered while the band members were jumping in excitement, high five each other and went to get the prize which were four golden medals and a huge trophy, good thing they live at the same house. They did a quick group hug and went back to their spot.

Mr. Small: We're not done yet. We have one more award to give. The "Best Musician Award" and this award goes to...Cato Anderson from WolfPac!

Cato didn't really expect this to happen, nor did he know that this award was actually gonna be given. He went towards Mr. Small and received a medium trophy.

Mr. Small: Congratulations to everyone who got a prize, and congratulations to WolfPac for being Elmore Jr. High's first band. Do you boys have anything to say to the audience?

Gumball: Well, first off, thank you so much for being here to give us support, for our closest friends, thank you so much for helping us prepare. And thanks for giving us the honour of being the school's first band, Mr. Small.

Mr. Small: It's my pleasure. Let's give a big round of applause to WolfPac!

All they heard was claps and cheers to them and the song "Sweet Victory" being played in the background. It was truly an amazing moment. Later that evening, they decided to have a celebration party at Elmore Hill with their friends and family. And at night time, they had a quick dinner and went to sleep since they were tired from the competition earlier.

This was such a 'sweet victory', hehe.

And that wraps up chapter 10, WolfPac won the Battle of the Bands, Cato won the "Best Musician award, everything went well. In the next chapter, it'll be a whole different story, but what will it be? Find out on the next chapter. As always, review below and hope you enjoy.

Assalamualaikum and have a nice day.