Melody Piper knew that something was going to go wrong when Duchess came to her and told her that Sparrow Hood was taking them clubbing. Sparrow freakin' Hood! Melody couldn't believe it. Sparrow was an idiot, but for some reason, Duchess was his friend.

Duchess wasn't Melody's best friend forever after, not by a long shot, but when she had approached her earlier in the week, asking if Melody wanted to go clubbing...well, there was no was she was going to say no to that. Plus, the club that they were going to was the exact same one that her favorite DJs, Apollo, was playing at. And, Duchess had offered to pay. There was no way that Melody was passing up such a big opportunity.

It had all been going great, until Sparrow Hood had showed up and declared that he was there to protect them from any and all things dangerous. Melody had rolled her eyes, wondering why Duchess even invited him. It was probably because of her unconscious crush on him, Melody thought as they rounded the corner and the club popped in to view.

The Rabbit Hole was an all ages club run by the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. Melody never understood why a caterpillar would open up a club. Then again, he was from wonderland, and people(and animals) from wonderland don't think straight.

"What do we do now?" Sparrow asked, gesturing to the very, very long line leading up to the door.

"Why do you think that we have Melody with us?" Duchess asked her friend.

Sparrow shrugged. "I thought that you liked her," he said.

Melody laughed. The idea of Duchess liking anyone but herself was an amusing one. She turned to Sparrow. "I know the bouncer," she said. She didn't add on that she knew the owner as well, and the security guards, and the bar tenders. The only people that she didn't know on the staff were the DJs, and that was because they were changed so often. She had even DJ-ed there, on occasion.

Melody strolled to the front of the line, ignoring the poisonous looks from the people standing in line. She stopped at the door and smiled at the bouncer, John.

"Sorry," he said, without looking at her, "You want in, then you got to wait your turn."

A couple of the people in line smiled smugly at Melody. She almost laughed. They thought that she would actually have to wait in line to get in to her favorite club. It was cute.

"Not even for me, John?" Melody asked and John, recognizing her voice, turned to look at her.

"Mel!" he exclaimed, wrapping her in a tight embrace, "I haven't seen you in ages."

Melody hugged him back for a second before pushing him away. The staff of the club were practically her family. They always wanted to know what she was up to and how things were going. Several of them had even stopped by the hospital when she had broken her arm.

"Well," Melody said, "I've been busy with school and stuff."

John nodded. "How's school going? I heard about what happened with the whole destiny thing."

Melody nodded. "I actually think that it's for the best. I never wanted to be the next Pied Piper anyways."

"You can always DJ here," John said, "Although, we have a new DJ who just moved in from out of town who's pretty good. He's actually playing tonight."

"I thought that Apollo was DJ-ing tonight," Melody said.

"He couldn't make it. Had some urgent family members to attend to. That guy has one messed up family," John said.

Melody nodded. She was upset that Apollo wouldn't be DJ-ing, but that meant that they might turn it over to her for a while. It had happened before.

"Hey!" someone shouted from the line behind them, "Are you going to let us in or not?"

John sighed and muttered, "Costumers," before allowing Melody and her friends entry on the condition that she'd talk to him after they were done. Melody readily agreed.

Sparrow, Duchess, and Melody entered the club. It was filled to the brim with teenagers and young adults. Melody recognized a few people from school, but she wasn't in any rush to talk to them.

"Go, have fun," she said to Sparrow and Duchess and then took a seat at the bar.

Her eyes scanned the room, easily depicting the regulars from the new kids. A couple people waved to Melody and she waved back. After a while, her eyes drifted to the stage where the new DJ was located.

He was tall, with dark skin and a cleanly shaven head. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a loose tee with the sleeves cut off that showed off his well defined arm muscles. As far as Melody could tell, he was a couple years older than her and had a pretty good taste in music, if what he was playing now was any indicator.

"He's pretty cute, isn't he?" Melody turned around to see a short woman with silvery blonde hair leaning against the counter. She uncorked a soda and passed it to Melody. "Although, he's a bit too young for my taste."

Melody took a sip and eyed Shrimpy. Of course, the her real name wasn't Shrimpy, it was just what everyone at the club called her because she was so short. Her name was actually Hannah, or something like that. Melody didn't know. When she met Shrimpy, she had told her that her name was Shrimpy and that she was a daughter of one of Snow White's dwarves.

"I don't know, Shrimpy," Melody said, "He's probably nineteen at least."

Shrimpy scoffed. "He's eighteen, Mel, and I'm twenty two."

"That's only four years," Melody said.

"Please," Shrimpy said, "I don't go for DJs."

Melody nodded. "Is he any good?" she asked.

"Yeah," Shrimpy said, "though he's not as good as you."

"Nobody's as good as me," Melody said with a smile.

"Aren't you little miss modest."

Melody just rolled her eyes.

"So," Shrimpy began, "who are the two lovebirds that you walked in here with?"

Melody glanced at Sparrow and Duchess, who were dancing with each other, while trying to not look like they were dancing with each other.

"Those are Sparrow Hood and Duchess Swan," Melody said.

Shrimpy raised an eyebrow. "Hanging with main characters now, Mel?"

"Hardly," Melody said, "They offered to pay for everything because they knew that I could get them through the door."

"Smart move," Shrimpy commented.

"More free food for me," Melody said, "Plus, I get to see all of you."

"And DJ a bit?"

Melody shrugged. "If your new DJ's fine with taking a break."

"Let me ask him if he wants too," Shrimpy said and she ducked out from behind the counter.

Melody followed Shrimpy to where the new DJ was standing. He had his hands full of records that he was sorting through, so he didn't notice them until they were a few feet away.

"Hey," he said when he noticed Shrimpy.

"Hey," Shrimpy said, "Mel, this is Oak Wood. Oak, this is Melody Piper."

"The Melody Piper?" Oak asked.

"I guess," Melody said, "I don't know any other Melody Pipers."

"No," Oak said, "It's just that I've heard a lot about you. You're something of a legend around here."

Melody smiled at the compliment. "Thanks," she said.

"Melody was wondering if you'd let her DJ for a while," Shrimpy said.

Oak look at Shrimpy like he was just not noticing that she was there. "No. I mean, I don't mind. It'd be great."

"Thanks," Melody said and she slid behind the booth. She felt so comfortable here, surrounded by the music and the dancing.

"You might want these," Oak said, handing her his headphones.

Melody took them from him. "Thanks," she said, "Is there anything that you had queued up?"

"No," Oak said, "Play whatever you want. I'm thankful for the break."

"Thanks for letting me play," Melody said pulling a record out of it's sleeve. It was an oldie, but Melody liked oldies.

"Thanks for playing," Oak said, then he followed Shrimpy back to the bar.

"She's cute, isn't she?" Shrimpy asked, handing him an orange soda.

Oak looked at Shrimpy. "Are you trying to set me up?"

Shrimpy shrugged. "I'm just saying that you'd be stupid to let a musically gifted girl like her leave the club without at least getting her number."

Oak nodded and turned his attention back to Melody as she started to play a song. What she'd picked, surprised him. He had always been told that Melody Piper played the best, hottest, new music. But here she was, playing an oldie.

It was a song that Oak had listened to many times, but had always been too scared to play. His crowd didn't usually like oldies, but apparently he'd been wrong. They seemed to love the music as Melody played it. Maybe she had the magical ability to make people enjoy music no matter what genre.

Back on the stage, Melody was having the time of her life. She always felt at home playing her tunes for other people, they pretty much always liked it. She finished her song, before playing another, and another, and another. Melody hardly even noticed when people began to leave. She was just listening to her music.

Around midnight, there was a crash somewhere on the dance floor and the crowd parted as Sparrow Hood made his way to the front. Melody stopped playing as Sparrow grabbed the mic away from her.

"Alright, guys," he said, and Melody wondered if he was drunk. He didn't sound drunk, and the bar didn't sell alcohol to minors. He was probably just being Sparrow. Stupid, idiotic Sparrow. "Who wants to hear some real music?"

The crowd did nothing, most of them just looked annoyed. Melody could see the security guards making their way to the front. Sparrow would be out of here as soon as he could say 'narcissism'. That meant that Melody would have to leave too, since Sparrow was her ride.

"Sparrow," Melody hissed, "what do you think you are doing?"

"Providing these people with some quality entertainment," Sparrow said and he opened his mouth to sing. He didn't get the chance too. Before a single note had fallen from his mouth, a security guard had picked him up and thrown him, quite literally, out the door.

Melody met Duchess's eyes. The expression on her face was annoyed more than anything else. She was pissed at Sparrow for ruining her night, as was Melody. She turned to leave, and Melody followed her, jumping down from the stage. She waved to Shrimpy and Oak, both of them were giving her confused looks.

As she passed the bar, Oak got up from his seat and started walking with her. "What was that?" he asked.

Melody sighed. "My ride."

"Does he usually do that?" Oak asked.

"I don't know," Melody said, "It was the first time I've been clubbing with them."

"You probably shouldn't take him clubbing anymore," Oak said.

"Believe me, I won't."

Oak nodded. "Maybe we should go clubbing some time. I heard that Apollo's playing at The Enchanted Fire Saturday night."

Melody nodded. "Sounds fun," she said.

Oak smiled. "It's a date," he said. Then noticing what he had said added, "I mean not a date. It's an event. That we are going to as friends, or acquaintances, it's up to you, really."

Melody raised an eyebrow. "Are you always this nervous?"

Oak laughed. "Only around pretty DJs."

"It's a date," Melody said, waving to John and Oak as she caught up with her ride.

"What was that?" Duchess asked.

"Nothing," Melody said as she followed her friends, "Just a guy asking me out on a date."

Duchess choked.