Hey, well... here's the next chapter. I wonder what song they managed to create for Ash? lol. Find out in this chapter!
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Disclaimer: Pokemon (c) Masamitsu Hidaka
At the Beginning (c) Donna Lewis and Richard Marx
songs (c) respective owners
Claimer: everything else (c) me
Chapter Thirteen: Music to My Ears
Not long after Kellyn returned to his seat with the others, the lights went dark on the stage as soft music began to play.
Suddenly, a single white spotlight shone on Alena, who was standing on the far left side of the stage, her eyes closed, her head tilted downwards as she had her wireless microphone clasped in both of her hands in front of and against her. The applause and cheers grew louder as they saw one of the two main stars beginning the show. Singing the first verse, she slowly took small steps towards center stage.
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"We were strangers, starting out on a journey,
Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through,
Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing,
At the beginning with you."
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From the other side of the stage, another spotlight went on and followed Alec as he slowly began to make his way towards Alena as he continued by singing the next verse.
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"No one told me, I was going to find you,
Unexpected, what you did to my heart.
When I lost hope, you were there to remind me,
This is the start."
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Now both had reached each other, and the lights all over the stage began to rise as they sang the chorus.
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"And Life is a road and I wanna keep going,
Love is a river I wanna keep flowing,
Life is a road, now and forever,
A wonderful journey.
I'll be there when the worlds stops turning,
I'll be there when the storm is through,
In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning,
With you."
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Coloured lights rose to meet the new atmosphere as the music began picking up to a more upbeat tone as both Alec and Alena began to walk towards each other's former positions on the sides of the stage as they shared the third verse.
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"We were strangers, on a crazy adventure,
Never dreaming, how our dreams would come true.
Now here we stand, unafraid of the future,
At the beginning with you.
And Life is a road and I want to keep going,
Love is a river and I want to keep flowing,
Life is a road, now and forever,
A wonderful journey.
I'll be there when the world stops turning,
I'll be there when the storm is through,
In the end I wanna be standing,
At the beginning,
With you."
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Both singers met back up in the middle again as Alec gave Alena a fancy twirl, the both of them stepping out further towards the crowd as they sang in unison;
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"I knew there was somebody somewhere,
Like me alone in the dark,
I know that my dream will live on,
I've been waiting so long,
Nothing's gonna tear us apart.
And Life is a road and I want to keep going,
Love is a river and I want to keep flowing,
Life is a road, now and forever,
A wonderful journey.
I'll be there when the world stops turning,
I'll be there when the storm is through.
In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning….
With you…."
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Furiously loud applause drowned out Alena and Alec's fading voices, as well as the fading music from the band. Both Alena and Alec bowed deeply, huge smiles on their faces as they radiated cheer and happiness.
Following that, they took turns singing and sang several more duets. By the second-last song of the night, they had already sang "G-Get Up and Dance", "Gift of a Friend", "Destiny", "Just So You Know", and "Love Will Find a Way". They had changed their outfits twice, and now Alena wore a long white spaghetti-strap dress, frills spreading the dress around from her waist down. A silk ribbon robe was wrapped around her waist, her flute stuck in within the bow for her easy access, but still completely hidden from view. Her hair was still tied up, and she still wore the golden locket around her neck. Alec was dressed in casual blue Denim jeans, white sleeveless shirt, and a black collared leather jacket.
"Hello people of the world!" Alec shouted, waving. "Are you enjoying the concert so far?"
Roars and cheers answered him.
"Well…" Alena said, "do you all want to hear a new song we've written?"
Cheers and whistles answered them, and she laughed.
"Well Alec? Shall we tell them a little bit about the new song?" she inquired her singing partner.
He grinned at her. "Of course," he replied, his grin widening. "Well… Alena and I wrote this song together just this afternoon, so unfortunately we don't have a full version of this song. I will be performing this song myself, and this is a song specially written for a special Pokémon trainer and good friend of ours. All the way from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region, give it up for Pokémon trainer Ash Ketchum!"
Ash was in shock as the spotlight and camera's turned to him. Forcing smiles and waving uneasily, everyone clapped at how lucky the teen was. As the camera and lights returned to the others, Alena and Alec continued.
"Now, singing 'I Want to be a Hero', here's Alec Jayson!" Alena announced, clapping as she backed up for her friend to take the spotlight.
As the music started, Alec began singing (more like rapping) the song that he and Alena had spent hours working on just that afternoon.
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"A kid from Pallet Town,
With a brand new world to see,
Don't know what's ahead,
But it won't get the best of me.
There's so much to learn
And battles to be won,
I've advanced so far,
And still there's always more to come.
Take a step and I'm on my way,
Gonna start all over again.
I wanna be a hero (hero),
Pokémon advanced,
I'm on my way.
I wanna be a hero (hero),
Give it just one chance.
And the future will decide,
If there's a hero very deep inside.
I wanna be a hero,
Pokémon!"
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Everyone cheered, loving the new song. Ash was so touched at how awesome the song dedicated to him sounded. Pikachu cheered in happiness.
"So professional," Jackie sighed in compliment.
"Wow… they are good," Kellyn agreed.
Dawn looked at Ash. "You are so lucky!" she said, Piplup chiming its agreement.
Alec walked over to Alena. "Now… I believe Alena will give us the final ending song to end us off tonight on a sweet note," he announced. "Well… Alena? Take it away, gal."
Didn't Alena say that Pokémon Hunter J would crash the concert at some point? Kellyn thought suddenly. I hope not.
Unfortunately, he didn't know how wrong he was going to be.
We're almost done soon! Just two more chapters to go!
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