Adrien pov.
Ohh black and yellow, let's shake it up a bit...ok I'll stop
After Marinette left I looked at Alya for an answer, she shook her head and reached for an envelope on the coffee table.
"W-what happened to her?" I said halfway to myself and to Alya who was staring at whatever was in the envelope with wide eyes.
"S-She's coming out of her shell" she said halfway not paying her full attention to me as she opened the letter and squealed, shooting up and jumping up and down flailing a piece of paper around.
"Alya? An explanations?" I asked.
"I need to go get ready! This is going to be amazing!" Alya said completely ignoring me and running to her room, leaving whatever was in the envelope on the table. I grunted at her stranger then normal behavior and walked over to the letter. To be fair, I did feel a little bad about looking into something that wasn't really all my business but, I was just to confused and curious to care.
I glanced in to only see, Concert tickets? For the 'No Lead' band. Why would Marinette have those?
Oh,
OH.
She's in the band, Why didn't I recognize her earlier.
"Hey bro, what's that?" NIno said walking threw the door.
"M-Marinette came by." I started looking him in the eye, as his lit up.
"Yeah! I heard that She's is back in town for a bit" he said uneasily but, happily.
"Yes… she left this for Alya? I think, but she just kinda left it in here" I said handing him the tickets. He smiled at it and took it.
"Yeah, they're backstage concert tickets for all of us, her and her band are playing tonight. 'The inspirational world tour of 14', she told me about that" Nino said, smiling sliping his backpack off and headphones off his neck. (Ok but I just noticed this, But concert's usually have like 17 to 25 songs in them sooo lolz)
"You know how me and Alya saw you at their last concert… what were you doing backstage?" I asked, not really wanting to pry, But hey, I wanted to know. Plus I was still kinda In shock that Marinette was back. Not to mention Ladybug maybe there connected. Marinette did tell me that they were friends on one of the times that I visited her as Chat.
"I ran In to Mari at one of her throwback concert about 2 weeks ago, we talked a bit then we went on our way. Then that night you saw me, she wanted to talk to me, then I meat the band." he shrugged and my eyes widened.
"T-then what about uh she said that she didn't have any blood related family or something like that, do you know what she met?" I asked him and he shook his head stressfully, taking his orange cap off and scratching his head.
"That, well. That's not my place to tell bud, sorry..." he trailed off and I sighed, to confused for my own good.
Time skip to that night at that concert
Marinnets POV.
I just got done getting dressed when Devin walked into my dressing room, probably telling me that the show is going to start soon.
"Hey the shows gonna start in 20. You need help?" she says gesturing to my ear peace that I was struggling to get in, I had to get a new one fitted because I left my other one at home accidentally so we had to mold a whole new one. I sighed in frustration and nodded my head. Devin giggled and walked over to me, she was already dressed. Waring some dark gray shorts, and a black tank top that had an tech looking band logo on it that I didn't recognize, with some all black converse all stars and a dark yellow belt. Her short brown hair was ruffled, and as always she had on a no makeup on as she wold probably sweat it off during the show,
You'll never be as pretty as her. Dema said, his wrenching voice bouncing off and around my mind, I squeeze my eyes shut and shook my head. Devin noticed and gave me a worried look but I just smiled and nodded signaling that we would talk again with Tyler, josh and maybe Patrick too, tomorrow, we would be too exhausted after the show. (Patrick Stump is the lead singer of Fall out boy if you were wondering!)
I was wearing some black ripped shorts with our band logo sewn on them and a deep red long tank top, with the same red colored bandana tied around my leg. I had high top black and white vans on and my hair was in its usual braids and no makeup on.
Devin was fiddling with my earpiece for a while before she got it secured, being careful not to losing my miraculous earring clasp.
"Alright I got it, we should probably go before kelly takes over the show, again" Devin says and we both break out in laughter hustling to were the stage was in the venue, were we could see the crowded filing in, and Kelly and David fiddling with their instruments, probably doing last minute sound checks.
I run over to David and jump on his back, he lets out an 'oof' sound, but I continue to hold on as he adjusts me into a piggy back riding position, laughing at my childness. We all walk up on stage.
"Hey Guys!" I said enthusiastically in the mic that was given to me from the tech crew, I was off Davids back by now and the band was all in these places, getting ready for our beginning skit.
I was skimming the crowd of cheering excited fans for Alya, Nino and Aiden, they should be close to the front but not in the mosh pit. I smiled to myself when I locked eyes with Alya, who was recording, looked back to the rest of the band as the light dimmed.
There going to hate you. You can't sing, your just a peace of trash! Dema's taunting voice again echos in my mind. I felt a shiver go trough me as I start to shake slightly. Then someone gently put an hand on my back, David's. I immediately dove into his arms and he didn't wast or hesitate a second to hug back. His embrace was warm but strong, it felt like, well David there was no other way to really explain it.
"Are you going to be ok? Do you want to cancel the show?" He asked, his voice slightly muffled by the crowds cheers and my hair. I shook my head gently. I couldn't cancel, they would all be disappointed.
They will be disappointed either way. Demas voice went on again, I wimped and snuggled closer to David.
"TWO MINUTES" A Set director said walking by with a clipboard in hand.
"Are you sure?" David asked releasing a bit and looking down at my face, concern clear in his soft green eyes.
"I'm good, just a little shakin up. I beat him before right? I can do it again." I say with a small bit of daring hope in my voice.
"I know you can, but I'm just worried babe" he said sighing
"I'll tell you if I try anything I'll regret, ok?" I say to him as I leaned my head onto his well built chest, listing to his heart beat.
David looked a little reluctant, but nodded then we let go of each other. The set director gave the 5 second's signal with her fingers and we got into our places, me in front and middle stage and David at his drums along with Kelly at her bass and Devin at her keyboard and sound table.
I stepped back farther from the edge of the stage as time the first song start's, 'Outcast' by NF, I was taking this one.
At the first of the song there is sounds of keys jingling, the stage lights flashed a gray-white color making it just dark enough to see only see my silhouette. Then the full lights flashed on and I started babbling about how the tour and how good it felt to be back here and all.
Around half way in to my little set up speech, two security's came by and took both of my arms and seemingly roughly and hauled by back thew a door that lead to where the camera was to be pointed at me, were I would begin the song.
The two guards smiled at me once we were out of the crowds view and they helped me into the cameras view were it would be projected onto the stage so the crowd would watch.
I layed on the bed in the 'cell' as the background music played around me, I could still hear the crowd as the newcomers asking questions frantically and other's cheering as they knew this was just a part of the set.
The screen clipped to a part on a key locking onto a lock on a door.
"Woke up in the cell, where am I at?
Yeah, it's cold, but I like that
What, am I trapped?
Heart's beating out of my chest
Door's locked, but the keys are in my hands
Hm, yeah, that's weird, it doesn't make sense, does it?" I sing shooting up from my laying down position, a ring of fake keys in my hand.
"I make songs, I don't make friends, judge me
Might smile, but it ain't that funny
Sing along to the pain, they love it" I sing then getting up to my feet, the crowd became louder.
"Life's like a merry-go-round
And I'm still tryna figure it out
I like space I don't fit in the crowds
My whole life I've been airing' it out
Oh, I'm getting' into character now" I say turning to face the camera with a chester cat smile plastered on my face.
"Feels wrong, but it feels right
My feelings seal tight real nice
But I will fight anything to win
But I'm not Mike Tyson, I won't bite ya'
But I will tell you if I don't like you" I sing waking to the 'cell' door and kicking it, dropping the keys as I did so. The door burst open and the crowd screamed/cheered at me in joy and excitement, it made me really happy that I could do that with people through music.
"I am not the norm
I got my own shoes, I ain't tryna fit in yours
I ain't never been married, but I've felt divorced
Hi, I'm Mari, have we met before
Somebody told you I was wack? Check the source
Somebody told you I was back? Yes, of course
You got a problem with the fans? There's the door" I walking up to the special part in the stage, dancing a little, at the last lyric when I made it to the part of the stage that Raised up I pointed out Whenever I sang 'there's the door'.
"You looking' for the old me? Check the morgue, ah
Not a fortune-teller, but I can see into the future better
Ain't no tellin' what'll happen when I pick up the microphone, get the fans together
Same style, but the songs are better
Been a year and a half, feels like it's gone forever
Ain't no drink in my hand, but you know the buzz is coming'
Big steps in the game, yeah, the Hulk is running
My thoughts are funny, feels like I'm onto something, yeah" I sang as smoke poured out on the stage, hiding the band as one part of the stage was now lifting under my feet.
"I'm high off the music, my head's in the clouds
I kinda like it up here, I am not coming' down
I'd rather be alone, I am not good in crowds
Which is kinda confusing', I've not been that way since I was a child
They laughed', they tell me I'll never get out
I'm just tryna be me, I am nobody else
I don't care what you think, I'm just being' myself" I sang after the smoke cleared, I was up about 65 feet I the air. As I was getting low at some parts of the song and dancing at others raping my heart out, Dema not once interfering. I was sweating now, from the adrenaline, the temperature (as this was an open air arena) and And of the crowds body heat.
"So I guess for now
I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I guess I'll be the outcast" I sang crouched down, sitting on my haunches then soon I shot up to my feet, from here I could see everything, the crowds, the buildings, the Eiffel Tower and my band down below.
"Yeah, I guess I don't fit the mold of rap
'Cause I'm respecting' women
"I heard your record, I was laughing at it
Maybe they would like me more if I got a little graphic with it
Nah, I don't wanna blend in with you little rappin' idiots, I'd rather be the outcast
I ain't never puttin' out trash" I sing as the the crowd cheers, the newer people getting off of their confused state.
"I take a hundred and staple it right to my tongue
I always put the money where my mouth's at, ah
Feels good to be here now" I sing giving another of the same cheshire cat smile.
"I'm a weird person with a weird crowd
What, you don't like that?
That's cool, that's great, that's fine, okay, you can leave now
Got a weird smile, but I like it though
I paint it on me and I'm walkin' to the microphone
And put the caution tape around me like I did in Intro I, yeah
Yeah, they got me reminiscing' now!
You done know I'm 'bout to go mad
Never wanted something so bad
Goosebumps through the whole track" I sang running my hands over my bair arms, sweat pooling off of me, but I loved it.
"Ain't no way I'm gonna hold back
Got me thinkin' that I'm cookin' in a meth lab
I don't blow it up in front of my own eyes
You look a little lost, you ain't get that?
Comin' from a town where nobody hears a rap like this
I never get the memo, must've missed that
Wow" I sang looking up at the stars for a split second then back at the crowded, backing up to the edge of the small landing.
"Here I go in my feelings again, I can feel it again
So I lay in my bed, in my cell with the pen
And I dwell on my sins, I keep wondering' when
Time to open the the doors, they don't know who I am
But I pick up the keys and I put on my Timbs
And I stare at the locks and the tat on my skin
And I think to myself, "I don't wanna fit in" As the beat dropped, I leaned back on my heels but not enough to fall off.
"I'm high off the music, my head's in the clouds
I kinda like it up here, I am not coming' down
I'd rather be alone, I am not good in crowds"
Which is kinda confusing', I've not been that way since I was a child
They laughed', they tell me I'll never get out
I'm just tryna be me, I am nobody else
I don't care what you think, I'm just being' myself
So I guess for now
Yeah, I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I guess I'll be the outcast" Once I was done with the versus, I leaned back more spreading my arms out as I plummeted down to the stage. The smoke grew up once more on the stage as the crowd saw me falling, some screaming in joy and some even in horror. But as I appeared in the front of the stage, way down below where I was previously up at, I start it up lyrics again.
"Yeah, tryna focus" are you staying looking over the crowd menacingly
"Take a knife to my head then I cut it open
Take my brain, put it on the floor tryna figure out my motives
Y'all thought I was an issue when the door was locked
Nah, you should see me when the door opens
Every night I can hear voices
Put a camera in my face, might turn Joker like I'm Mike Posner
Always been a little complex
Difficult to process
Some of y'all wanna sit around and try to pick apart my bars
Here's some lines you could dissect" I sing as I walk to the side of the stage while making gestures with my other arm, which was not holding the microphone.
"If I'ma die, I'ma die givin' everything that I have
Take a deep breath, I don't need y'all's respect
I'm a reject kid at recess playing' games with his make-believe friends" I sing. Now I was standing next to Kelly who had her bass guitar in hand, bopping a small bit to the song, she wasn't one for rap but over the years that we knew each other I showed her that it wasn't just 'drugs, smoking and gross stuff involving women as some think.
"Yeah, I don't ever take a night off
Lights off in the room and I write songs
I might fall into my thoughts once in a while when the mic's off
You ain't ever seen no drive like mine, better hop outta my car
I'm about to unlock my doors
You ain't got a seat belt on, better find one
Getting' sick of people telling' me to smile more" I sing then lowered the microphone a small bit running back to the middle of the stage.
"T.S. was a chapter I'll never forget, it was therapy for me
But it's time to turn the page now" I sing getting down low so now that I was in a coaching position.
"Hey, shut up! I'm tryna tell 'em my story!" I sing the shooting up to my feet whipping my head over to the side.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't yellin' at y'all, I was talking' to the voices
I rip out the drums of the industry's ears for trying' to ignore me
And playing' while singing' this chorus" I sing in my place, stomping my foot on the black stage which was illuminated and the purple, blue, and gray light's.
"I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I guess I'll be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I'll just be the outcast
I guess I'll be the outcast" I sing letting the music fade out, backing up so I was part way in the shadows The crowd screaming. I caught a glimpse of Adrien who was still shocked, well he had a wide eyed expression on his face with his mouth slightly ajar, I liked that I could to that to people, mostly the persons that wanted to go to our concerts child but on occasions others too.
As Me and David switched instruments for one of his songs, Take it all by Pop Evil. Me and Adrien locked eyes once again, He was now calmer and slightly smiling, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes. I remembered that he grew up with classical music, It was sad really, not being able to explore all of the different genres it was one of the reasons we created this band. I nodded at him as I grabbed my drumsticks from there holder, giving David a quick peck as we passed each other, the crowned cheered louder.
Kelly started playing a riff as a transfer tune as we got ready for the next song. The crowd screams as David started with the beginning lyrics.
"You got that fire burning your eyes
Lighting up the sky I see it coming
You got desire run through your brain
Ice in your veins, I see it coming" David sang With the mic in his hand and his other hand giving high fives and fist bumps to the people in the mosh pit.
"Hey, so what do you say?" He said making his way back to center stage.
"So what do you say?
So what do you say?
So what do you, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, what are you trying to say?" He sang jumping up and down as Kelly rift on her bass.
"I told you that I'm not gonna back away
Because this time there's a price to pay, say hey oh hey
Just take it all" the crowd roared as he went on with the rest of the backing vocals.
"I'm coming gonna take it all, I'm coming gonna take it all"
Yayyyy that's a wrap guys! Woowww chapter 10 yayy
Happy 2019 peoples my 'New Years resolution's' (that I'm probably not gonna keep) is remaining calm as the 2019 smashing punkin's conspiracy passes over...
yeahh they said to give your self a challenge, right?
Well ehm that's all I have for today hopefully see you guys next time!
Edit: HOLY MOTHER OF CRUD MUFFFINS THREE REVEWS I WAS HAPPY WITH JUST ONE THANK YOUUUUU SOO MUCHHH
