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Songs Bands
Kryptonite 3 Doors Down
Save You Simple Plan
Chapter 12—Her Thoughts
"That was so cool!" Serena knew she probably shouldn't be happy about being able to teleport, but…Come on, I teleported. That was way cool! Gleefully, she danced around the office once she had teleported back. Not only could she teleport, she could also levitate things. This is like a Star Wars movie. She wasn't too sure she liked comparing herself to Star Wars though. She had always hated that movie. Now everyone knew that something was seriously wrong with her. She already had enough problems.
"Miss Tsukino?" Serena's secretary knocked on the door and came in.
"Yes, come on in, Rose," bade Serena.
"I just received an invitation to the Entertainers Masquerade Ball."
"Crap!" Serena had totally forgotten about the annoying event. The Entertainers Masquerade Ball was an event where entertainers from all over the world gathered together to dance and dine. It was the only thing Serena hated about being who she was. The fans she could handle, the crazy people asking for her autograph, she could handle them all. It was just this ball. She despised more than anything she had ever hated—more than her 'Meatball Head' nickname.
"What answer would you like me to give?"
Serena thought about it for a moment. "Say, yes, but also say that I will bring five guests." If she was going to be miserable so would her friends. "Any other things?"
"A couple American bands wished for you to write songs for them." Rose handed Serena all of the files. Serena had desperately wanted to try her new power to levitate, but she figured Rose would run from the building screaming. Serena flipped through them.
"Ew—Metallica? They're like fifty years old now! I will not write for them. They should have retired years ago." Serena flipped through another file. "I can write for Simple Plan, and…" another went down on her desk, "…Three Doors Down, but definitely not Metallica. Don't they have a song writer? Why are they asking me?" This was probably her favorite part of the industry she was in. Every band in the world wanted her to write their music, but only because she wrote all of her own songs and each of her songs made it into the number one position on each list in the world. Once again, thank you Fortuna. "I'll have the songs ready by the end of the week."
"Yes, ma'am." Rose had turned to walk out the door when a sudden thought caused Serena to yell for her to stop.
"You never told me when the ball is?"
"Oh…It is scheduled for the twenty-ninth of June." Everything stopped for Serena. Her heart plummeted. The twenty-ninth was when—No! She wasn't going to think about it. She still had a month to get everything done.
"Thank you, Rose." Rose turned to walk out the door at Serena's dismissal. It was only June 4. She could get everything done that she needed to get done. Serena sat down at her desk to start writing the music she needed to. She opened up the music writing program on her computer and started debating which notes to put on. With guy bands it was a little easier to write music for; the girl bands always wanted what they wanted when they wanted it. The guy bands were generally not so picky.
She had televisions in her office because she would often get inspiration from what was on them, which was where she got her inspiration for Three Doors Down:
"You call me strong, you call me weak
But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times
I never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head
If not for me then you'd be dead
I picked you up and put you back on solid ground."
Serena stopped. She never intentionally placed lyrics about herself into the music she was writing for other people, but it had just happened this time. She wasn't sure if she wanted everyone to know if all the music she wrote was about her. Maybe she should make it about something else, like…what's a superhero that has a lot of secrets.
Batman wasn't a true superhero; he was just kind of a smart, rich guy.
There was no way a toxic spider could turn someone into a web slinging and swinging superhero, so Spidey was out of the question. Not to mention, Serena hated spiders.
Superman was the only true superhero. He was from another planet so it was believable even if they planet didn't really exist. Serena knew; she looked it up. Well, Three Doors Down was going to get an obscure song about Superman and his kryptonite.
It took a while, but slowly the song conformed so that it read as if superman was writing the song. She would worry about the guitar and drums at another time, when she wasn't so tired. She started to write Simple Plan's song as soon as she finished.
"That if you fall, stumble down
I'll pick you up off the ground
If you lose faith in you
I'll give you strength to pull through
Tell me you won't give up,
Cause I'll be waiting if you fall.
You know I'll be there for you.
If only I could find the answer, to take it all away."
There it was again. Serena had let her feelings slip through her barriers. She was always doing this of late. There was a difference with this song though. Serena had meant for the other one to be about herself, but this one was a tribute towards Darien and her friends. She should have known better than to have started writing the music for this so late. She had finished her first song at midnight. The papers she had written for it were scattered across the floor as she had decided what she liked and what she didn't like. By the time she finished the song for Simple Plan, it was four in the morning.
Thank God for coffee. During her stay at Julliard, she was constantly up until four in the morning writing music for her recital pieces. That had been the bane of her existence. She had taken up drinking coffee just so she would be able to stay awake during her classes. So she drank coffee almost every day, but she needed to have loads of sugar in it, otherwise it was too bitter. Today was one such day where she would be on a sugar high until she got home and into her bed.
Slowly she drove home thinking about inviting the others to stay at her house. Maybe they would be safer that way. The monsters she kept in her house weren't exactly bad; they were just annoying. Rai thought that she was crazy, the others probably did too. That doesn't matter right now. All that matters is keeping them safe until the thirtieth.
Serena got out of her car noticing that the others were still here. She pinched the bridge of her nose. She was just thinking about letting them stay. Apparently they had already thought it through—without her permission. Well, might as well let them stay. Serena quietly let herself into the house. She walked up to Artemis—the butler. She had turned him into a human because she didn't want people thinking that she was talking to herself. She rather liked that power of being a god. It was only once that she had turned someone into an animal. The woman deserved it. She acted like a cow, and she got the great privilege of being one. Serena smiled at the memory.
"Hi, Serena." Artemis said.
"Hey, where are they?"
"In the living room. They fell asleep a while ago watching a movie."
"Did you talk to them?"
"No."
"Why not? I'll bet Luna wants to talk to you."
"They abandoned you."
"You did, too, at first."
"I know, and I will ever be sorry, for not believing you."
"Please. I turned you into a human, for my own benefit. You willingly followed me, even though you didn't know why I was acting so crazy."
"You had spent too much time alone already. I couldn't let you be alone a moment longer."
"You know," Serena started, "I bet you I can turn you back into a cat." Artemis' eyes lit up.
"You can?" He narrowed his eyes. "How would you do that? Will it hurt? How do you know you can do it?"
"I can teleport now!" Serena smiled and nodded her head happily. "I can levitate stuff too. I bet you I could do it, and make it fairly painless."
"Fairly? NO!"
"Oh, come on…Please?" Serena stuck out her bottom lip and folded her hands together.
"I'd rather you not."
"Artemis?" Luna came out of the living room. She had heard her lover's voice and wanted to see him again. "Serena did you hear Artemis' voice?" Luna knew she was talking, but since the butler was mute anyway. It wasn't as if he could tell anyone.
Serena's eyes went wide, as she heard Luna's voice. She smiled suddenly; the butler shook his head, suddenly scared. He raised his arms in front of him. Serena hugged him, whispering softly.
"This is for you, Artemis. You'll thank me one day." Before she knew it, she was hugging air. The butler's clothing ended up in a pile on the floor. The white cat was just walking out of the clothing. Luna smiled and ran over to him.
"Where did you come from?" Apparently she didn't see the heap of clothes on the floor. Serena picked them up and put them on the stairs, near where Artemis had been leaning. Serena sat on the stairs for a little while, just watching them reunite. They were about to walk into the living room, when Artemis ran up to her and jumped onto her lap. He whispered in her ear,
"Thank you." Serena smiled and gave him a hug.
"Anytime." She watched as they went into the living room.
"I saw what you did." Serena stood up and turned around at Darien's voice. He hadn't been in the living room.
"Where did you come from?"
"The bathroom. I didn't know that the butler could talk, let alone that he was really Artemis. You turned him back so that he and Luna could be together." Darien walked over to her. He sat on the stair where she had just vacated and tugged on her hand to sit down next to him. When she did, she sat down stiffly. So stiffly, she was ready to break. "Do you think that we could be together again?"
Serena was quiet before she finally replied, "why do you want to?"
