A week before the concert, Will was sitting in the kitchen chair, his pencil tapping on the glass top as he was staring at the blank sheet of white paper. He had to come up with some lyrics in order to have his own song. Essence did say that it would be any genre out of the music category, even it was a hybrid of two different kinds of music. But which one?
Will also was heard that things weren't going so well between Quincy and Essence, so far, Essence hadn't heard anything out of her husband, so she kept staying at Delta Dawn's place until further notice. He had also recently found out that Corral—his friend, was pregnant with Jessie's child. She still looked the same, but overtime he knew that her belly was gonna grow. An hour already passed since Will got out his pencil, so far he hadn't chosen a right genre of music for him to make a song. He had tried humming some music but they didn't feel right to him.
A knock was on the door. "Will! Are you home?" Corral.
"Door's unlocked."
The door opened and the Techno troll poked her head out, then eventually got her whole body inside the house. In her possession in her grasp was a case for a computer. "Hey, Will," she said, Corral was wearing different clothing Will thought she never wear: a dark-yellow top with a jeans jacket.
"Hey, Corral,"
Corral flipped herself in the air so it looked like she was lying upside-down. "Whatcha workin' on?"
Will sighed heavily. "Ah, just some stuff."
Corral flipped herself once again and leaned over, all she saw was a bunch of white paper. "Doesn't look like stuff to me." She assumed.
Will put the pencil down and stretched himself, "I'm trying to work on a song for a concert coming up. So far—nothing."
"Oh, you mean the 'Concert of Stars'? Where you write a song so judges pick out a song they like based off of the audience's reaction to the song?" Corral suggested. Will slightly laughed.
"Yeah, that one, I haven't picked out a genre yet." Will saw the case. "What's with the case?"
"Hm? Oh, this?" Corral held it up. "It has my computer in it, I've been working on some music for Trollex he might like. But I wanted to come to you to see if you'll like it first." She undid the zipper of the case and pulled out a laptop. There, she set it up and opened it, where she dragged the mouse to a music-making app. There, she then double-clicked on a file and spinned it to Will. "Here, this is some of the techno music I have been making."
It was a awful lot of songs and techno beats, but at least it was gonna be worth it. Will put the mouse over to a file labeled, "techno sample #1" and clicked on it. It opened up and played itself some beats, it was good, but he didn't feel it. "This one is good." Will commented. He played it for a few more seconds before scrolling down some where he clicked onto another file: "techno sample #102." This was just like the other one. Not too bad.
Will noticed a tab that was named as "Other ideas; may or may not be music."
"Hey, Corral, what's this tab about?"
"Oh, just some music I sometimes make myself, no biggie."
"Mind if I check that out?"
"Go ahead," with Corral's permission, he opened it and saw a file that caught his eye—"ADDICT mix"He had to play it, so Will clicked on it, where he was then hypnotized by its beats. This music was in many words his brain was giving him: exciting, sick, awesome, amazing, radical. It sounded great, this was his type of genre—Techno.
"Will, is something wrong?" Corral asked, her face was in concern as Will was gawked by the music. She then exclaimed in surprise as she was then embraced by Will's arms. "Oh...okay, didn't know that—"
"Corral, this music is amazing!" Will exclaimed. "And you said you made this?! And yet you call that not music?!"
Corral rubbed the back of her neck. "Well, yeah, I mean, it is sorta scrapped..."
"Corral, listen to me: this is one of the best music I've ever listened to. I can use these beats for my song." Will grabbed the laptop and clicked on it. "Look, just listen to it, and don't tell me that is not music." Corral rolled her eyes a bit and grabbed a set of headphones. She plugged them in and put them on her head and played the beat again. She listen closely, her eyes widen a bit. Will was right; it was great music.
Corral pulled off the headphones and looked at Will. "What do you want me to do?"
Will looked wildly around and grabbed an extra pencil and paper and set them down where an empty seat was on the table. "Here," he said, "you can write some beats and rhythms for it and I'll write lyrics."
"Well..." Corral started, "can I also write some, too?"
"Anything you want, Corral, anything you want."
xxxXXXxxx
Today was finally the day—Concert of the Stars was here. The huge auditorium was opened and welcomed every troll in the Troll Kingdom: Pop, Rock, Classical, Funk, Techno, Country, and even Yodel, K-Pop, Jazz, Reggaeton. It was certainly a packed house, tickets were sold out quickly and the inside was more crowded than ever. Long lines of trolls stretched endlessly for food and drinks before the show.
So far, only at least six figures entered in the concert—Poppy, Queen of the Pop trolls; Barb, the Rock Queen, along with Carol; King Trollex himself; and, Will and Corral. Each group or person was given their private rooms in the back of the auditorium so they could get ready. All six trolls gotten their own styles of clothing thanks to their friends and family.
In Corral and Will's room, Corral sat in front of lit-up mirror, circling a makeup brush on her cheeks for blush. Her hair was dyed rainbow at the ends of her hair, eyeshadow that was a deep blackish-blue, and her lips exploded with grey glitter. She was wearing a jean jacket over a black tank-top. Nothing fancy. In the corner was a rice paper divider for extra privacy in case for dressing, behind that divider was Will.
As he was putting something over his head. He questioned out, "Hey, Corral, you memorized the lyrics, right?"
Corral did a playful scoff: "Of course I did, why would I not rehearse this week?" She put the makeup brush down, turning her chair so she faced the rice paper divider. "You almost done gettin' dressed? I still need to put on your accessories ya know."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm done."
The divider creaked slightly as it folded off to the side. Will looked pretty stunning: a leather jacket that looked like it could defend off the cold, a red bandana around his neck, and a white long-sleeve shirt. His hair was different, too, each strand of hair was neatly dyed in a beautiful row of colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. His hair was purple so they kept it strands of it un-dyed thanks to Corral who helped him yesterday. His hair was in a very low yet messy bun, but a line of two layers of rainbow hair that was behind the bun.
Corral hyperactively clapped her hands and squealed. "You...look...absolutely...stunning!" Will did a slight chuckle at his female friend. She immediately got her the swiveling chair and patted the cushioned seat. "Come on, sit,"
Will sat down, Corral went over to her handbag and rummaged through it. She then brought out a red beanie. "How do you feel about hats?"
Will simply shrugged. "I'm okay with 'em." Corral put the red beanie on him. Next, she got out a few necklaces, straightening them on the table: a rose-gold necklace with a diamond heart, silver chain-links, and a gold chain-link with a stunning, bejeweled flower with a diamond middle.
"I guess...the rose-gold and gold one."
"Good choices," Corral answered, putting them on him. "There, see? A little bling wouldn't hurt."
Just then, their door opened and one of the bodyguards-slash-security guys announced in a gruff voice: "Some folks would like to see ya two."
"Bring them in." Corral directed. The bodyguard opened the door some more, and immediately Will was almost knocked out by a blur of his niece.
"Uncle Will!"
"Hey, pumpkin, nice to see you!" Will hugged Lily. Then, two Techno trolls—one pink and one yellow—that were older came in.
"Oh, there's my little pop star! C'mere you!" The yellow female Techno troll went to Corral and embraced her with open arms, so did the pink male Techno troll. Corral's mom and dad.
Corral slightly blushed, "Awww, thanks for coming here, Mom, Dad."
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." Corral's father responded.
Corral's mother let go of her and rested both hands on Corral's shoulders. "Just look at ya! All grown up with so much—marriage, pregnancy, and—oh! Can you perform while pregnant?" Her voice with concern.
"Now Eve..." Corral's father started.
"It's gonna be alright guys, I can still perform." Corral quickly reassured her parents. "I just need to be careful is all."
"Oh, alright," Eve chuckled at her daughter. "Just be safe now." Eve then leaned over and whispered: "Although, your father, Harold, is a clumsy one!" Corral chuckled a bit. By then, Adam walked into the room and went up to Will.
Will looked at his older brother. "Adam? You came?"
Adam laughed and began to wrapped his arm around Will's neck and give him a hard noogie. "Ha! Don't wanna miss my little brother perform his first concert!" Adam teased as if Will was a child. Will laughed along and twisted his way out of his brother's grasp. His top head was sore now.
"I thought you worked today? What happened?"
"Guess what?" Adam guessed. "New job! Flexible hours, too."
Will was rather surprised by Adam's news. "That's great. What is the new career now?"
"Well, instead of just sticking to the same old stuff, I found myself into baking."
Just when Will was about to say another word, the bodyguard interrupted the sweet moment. "Show's about to go on in five minutes, I suggest you folks better find a seat quickly before they run out."
Harold thanked the guard, and afterwards all four the other trolls got out of private room.
xxxXXXxxx
By the time Essence and her sons along with Delta Dawn finally got a seat, lots of trolls were murmuring and talking quietly about how the concert will turn out. Each troll was given a pamphlet about the concert and the people who were in the show. As Essence read through it, even in the dark, Darnell whispered in her ear. "Hey, Mom, when is Will gonna be up?"
Essence reassured her son: "Sometime soon, just be patient."
The auditorium then got more darker, presenting that it was time for the show. Trolls stopped reading their pamphlets and turned off their devices quickly. The lights were then shined on the stage where a grandmother-like Classical troll was holding a microphone as she dragged the cord so it didn't get caught in anything.
"Hello Troll Kingdom!" She announced in the microphone, in which the audience gave a reaction. "As we all know that Concert of the Stars is our first annual concert that specializes all kinds of music. No matter what kind. Today, four groups will compete each other for a five-hundred and fifty dollar award and their song on the top-one category of favorite songs. Here is how it goes: each group will play their song for the audience and you guys get to determine which song is the best one!
"Next, our teams will give each troll a paper and a pencil and you'll write down which song or songs are great. Then, thanks to our top technical engineers, we will put the voted papers in this device!" She then pointed to a large glass tube and a screen next to the glass tube. "This device will scan each paper and will show the number of votes on this screen." She looked at the time on her watch before exclaiming. "Oh! Guess what, folks? Its time to listen to some amazing music done by our contesters! I'm Janice and thank you all for coming!"
The light was then shown off to the corner where Barb and Carol came out of the curtain, each of their hands was a guitar. Both female Rock trolls still had their usual and casual clothing. Barb took the mic off the stand and shouted out into the microphone: "What's up, everyone?!" The audience applauded and cheered loudly, which made Barb satisfied by the crowd's reaction. "Who is ready to listen to some amazing fuckin' jams?!" Same reaction as now, Barb motioned her girlfriend—Carol—to tune up their guitars. Carol obliged and jammed the cord connected to a bunch of high-definition speakers to her guitar.
Already, music begin to fill-up the auditorium for a short moment as the two females begin to sang out the lyrics:
(Barb and Carol)
N-Now we looking so smashed
Knockin' over trash cans
Everybody breaking bottles it's a filthy hotness
And I'm gonna get faded
I'm not the designated driver
So, I don't give a—
I don't give a—
I don't give a—
(Barb)
There's a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free for all
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
There's a place I know
If you're looking for a show
Where they go hardcore
And there's glitter on the floor
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
And now we looking like pimps
In my gold trans am
Got a water bottle full of whiskey in my hand bag
Got my drunk text on
I'll regret it in the morning but tonight—
I don't give a—
I don't give a—
I don't give a—
N-Now we looking so smashed
Knockin' over trash cans
Everybody breaking bottles it's a filthy hotness
And I'm gonna get faded
I'm not the designated driver
So, I don't give a—
I don't give a—
I don't give a—
(Barb)
There's a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
There's a place downtown
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free for all
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
There's a place I know
If you're looking for a show
Where they go hardcore
And there's glitter on the floor
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
OooooOOOooh
Ooooh
Ooooooooooh
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
Right now
(Barb and Carol)
Take it off!
(Barb)
Right now
(Barb and Carol)
Take it off!
(Barb)
Right now
(Barb and Carol)
Take it off!
(Barb)
OoooOOOooooh
Right now
(Barb and Carol)
Take it off!
(Barb)
Right now
(Barb and Carol)
Take it off!
(Barb)
Right now
(Barb and Carol)
Take it off!
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
There's a place down town
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free for all
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
There's a place I know
If you're looking for a show
Where they go hardcore
And there's glitter on the floor
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
There's a down town
Where the freaks all come around
It's a hole in the wall
It's a dirty free for all
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
(Barb)
There's a place I know
If you're looking for a show
Where they go hardcore
And there's glitter on the floor
(Carol)
And they—
(Barb)
Turn me on
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Carol)
When they—
(Barb)
Take it off
(Barb and Carol)
Everybody, take it off!
Everyone in the auditorium had their hands in the air as they clapped, cheered, and whooped at Carol and Barb's performance, in which the ladies bowed and walked away from the stage waving goodbye. Janice got up from the stage and clapped her hands also.
"Now that was such an amazing performance," Janice admitted before standing straight. "Up next—King Trollex!"
Janice then cut the air with her hand as she walked back down from the stage. Once more, the spotlight shown and the king of Techno popped out from the curtains. As same as always, the audience applauded at the Techno troll. "What is up, my Techno trolls?!" A large group of Techno trolls cheered as an answer. Trollex didn't waste another minute and begin to motion the DJ to play his beat. Old-timey music played for a quick minute until a quick beat interrupted and Trollex began.
(Trollex)
I've got a game I wanna show
If I tell my name, you have to play too
I've been here for years, biding my time
Waiting and primed until I could find you
Just sign on a line and we can be friends
I'll be here for you until your world ends
Enjoy all your toys, I will supply
You only live once
And you'll be mine the day you die
I'll have my payment
Your eternal soul's enslavement
Did you divine our dark arrangement?
You were lovely entertainment
The dark desires you've been serving
You can bet that you're deserving
No regret for who you're hurting
Why, it's almost like you're flirting
By then, the sound of a electric guitar swift was heard and metal music played.
Come into my world, take a look at me
I am the nightmare on the dark side of the moon
I'm your first last resort
So call me, when you need a helping hand
Play your cards wrong and I'll see you soon
Electro-swing played again.
Sorry I don't mean to alarm you
If you ask me to stay, I would be charmed to
You all have such cozy little lives
How do you survive?
Like that, I wish I knew
But you've got a lovely little secret
You're tired of feeling awfully small
SO YOU! Give me a call to make a deal
Because you're hungry for the sights
You wanna see them
Earthly delights you feel you need them
Your appetites I'll help you feed them
I'll be your sweet little demon
And once your hunger has abated
Don't forget your friend who waited
Watched as you endulged your thirst and
Did I mention that you're cursed?
More metal music continued, this time, it played longer.
Come into my world, take a look at me
I am the nightmare on the dark of the moon
I'm your first last resort
So call me, when you need a helping hand
Play your cards wrong and see you soon
You lay your chips on the table now
When you gamble souls, the house will always win
I'm double dealing in betrayal and I'm here to catch my payout
I hope it was worth a life of sin
Welcome to my world, take a look around
Inside your nightmare, deep beyond the mortal vail
You made a wrong turn at the crossroads
Now you're at the final episode, eternity with me in Hell
The old-timey music played once more.
Pleasure to play, how I enjoyed you
Suffice to say when I play, I don't lose
Collect on the debts that you accrued
It was such a gas, I really am amused!
Have a dark thought, I'm right beside you
A casual whisper just to guide you
Look over your shoulder and I'm gone
Remember this song
And I bid you adieu!
Almost everyone in the room got out of their seats and clapped their hands and whistled. Trollex floated and waved on his way to the backstage. Janice got up the stage once more. "That was truly impressive! And now, from the ruler of the Pop trolls: Queen Poppy!"
Poppy came out all cheerful and waved her hands before accepting the microphone in her hands. "Hello, everyone!" She slightly timidly said, which everyone cheered. "My song is gonna be a little short, but, this was a song I did back a couple years ago when I was reasoning the Bergens to not eat us. So...here we go!"
By then, the sound of a piano played.
(Poppy)
I have a dream
I'm here to tell
About a wonderful fantastic new whole life
Yes, it's one of a kind
Right here in this village
Catering to a specific clientele
(Oooooh)
Inside of every Bergen is a rainbow
Inside every creature is a shiny smile
Inside of every creepy hatchet-wielding maniac,
Is a jolly, happy, cupcake-loving child!
We could turn around, we'll be at peacefulness,
With just a little time down here with us!
So all you junkies, freaks and weirdos, creepers, fuck-ups, crooks, and zeroes
And even fallen superheroes, help is here!
All you cretins, sluts and losers, sexual deviants and boozers
And prescription drug abusers, need not fear!
While in our care, we'll cure your sin!
We'll make you well!
You'll feel so swell!
Right here with us at this village!
The person who was playing the piano did it intensely.
There'll be no more fire
And no more screams
Just puppy-dog kisses,
And cotton candy dreams
And puffy-wuffy clouds
You're gonna be like, "Wow!"
Once you check in with meeeeeeeee!
So all your cartoon porn addictions, vegan rants, psychicpredictions,
Ancient Roman crucifixions, end right here!
All you monsters, thieves and crazies, cannibals and crying babies
Frothing mouth is full of rabies, filled with cheer!
You'll be complete!
It'll be so neat!
Our service can't be beat!
You'll be on easy street!
(Yes!)
Life will be sweet at our happy village!
(Yeah!)
After Poppy finished, she was quietly panting and huffing. The auditorium was quiet. Branch, who was in the crowd, complimented: "Wow...that was shit!" Even though Branch was the only troll who disagreed with Poppy's song, the rest got up and clapped and whistled. Poppy accepted the gesture and left the stage. Janice once again got up to the stage and took the mic.
"Well then, that was too amazing, Queen Poppy. Our final performance is last but not least—my two favorite co-workers—Will and Corral!"
"Mom, Mom! That's Will!" Cooper exclaimed.
"I know, honey," Essence chuckled at her overly-excited son.
By then, the room began to fill up with a red smoke (or fog?) that was thick in the air. Trolls murmured in concern ways of what was going on. Then, the stage began to flash with pink colors with a droning noise that occurred. The back of the shape then lit up. The stage showed what appeared to be a resemblance of a spiders web, but the middle of the web was shaped of a heart and glowed pink. In the middle of the stage was the prepared Will, that was gripping onto a pole. Hands above him. Will took a deep breath and exhaled deeply.
(Will)
Till death do us part
But we're already past that phase
This is a brand new start
And I think I deserve some praise
For the way that I aaaaaaaaam
Despite having overdosed
And ended up comatose
I don't give a daaaaaaamn
I let my emotions go
Fuck being a sober ho
Will then finished his dance on the pole, he then walked away from the pole, walking towards the audience.
This is the mantra
This is my life
You're playing with now 'til the end of the night
Will did a motion of his hand that looked like he was throwing something. In which, a group of local pretty drag queens screeched in excitement.
Surrounded by fire
The passion ignites
A hit of that Heaven and Hell, a helluva high!
Will inhaled some of the red fog through his nose.
(Corral and Will)
I'm addicted to the madness
This place is my Atlantis
We're forever gonna have a fucking reason to sin
Let me leave my soul to burn and I'll be breathing it in
I'm addict to the feeling
Getting higher than the ceiling
And we're never gonna want this fucking feeling to end
Just concede and give in to your inner demons again
(Hey!)
Multiple colors began to flash and blind retinas and techno music blared. Trolls of all music genres were out of their seats and were dancing to the beat. Janice on the other hand, was lightly shaking her shoulders. The background of the stage changed to a bunch of partying, flashing circles of colors. Essence and her sons were rather excited about Will and Corral's performance; over at the edge of their seats. Almost at the end of the beat, Corral took the microphone and made her verse.
(Corral)
Yeah, you fell in love
But you fell deeper in this pit
While death rains from above
So count your blessings 'cause this is it
You're not letting it goooooooo
So what if I misbehave?
It's what everybody craves
You already knoooooooow
So come if your feeling brave
And fancy yourself a mate
You want it, I got it
See what you like?
We could have it all by the end of the night
Your money and power...
My sinful delight!
(Corral and Will)
A hit of that Heaven and Hell, a helluva high!
A quick beat was there and the whole thing stopped for a second. Leaving Jessie at the front row with a bunch of tears running down her face, her fiancee's voice had to be beautiful.
(Corral and Will)
I'm addicted to the madness
This place is my Atlantis
(Will)
We're forever gonna have a fucking reason to sin
(Corral)
Let me leave my soul to burn and I'll be breathing it in
(Corral and Will)
I'm addicted to the feeling
Getting higher than the ceiling
And we're never gonna want this fucking feeling to end
Just concede and give in to your inner demons again
More lights began to flash more vividly and wildly, everyone in the room was in a stunned silence. Trollex, Queen Barb, Carol, and Poppy were amazed by the song.
(Will)
Just concede and give in to your inner demons again
"That's my brother!" Adam cheered and got out of his seat. "That! Is! My! Brother!"
Lily too got out of her seat, "Yay, Uncle Will!" And she began to dance around, occasionally bumping into stuff.
Essence simply just shrugged and danced with the others, in which Cooper and Darnell exclaimed out: "Mom!"
"What?" Essence asked, "Everybody's doing it." In which her sons laughed all together.
Eve couldn't hold it in any longer and she shouted out: "That's our little pop star!" She then quickly went back in her seat.
(Corral and Will)
I'm addicted to the feeling
Getting higher than the ceiling
And we're never gonna want this fucking feeling to end
Just concede and give in to your inner demons again
The music then died out, and everyone cheered loudly, whooping loudly, and whistled even more. But then, more techno music was heard and the background of the stage showed even more flashing colors.
One! Two! One, two, three, come on!
It didn't take long for Poppy to realize what was even going on. She turned to the other contesters. "Guys! The song isn't done yet! It's still going!"
"It is?" Trollex questioned before looking at the stage. "It is!" The background played the past lyrics again.
I'm addicted to the feeling
Getting higher than the ceiling
And we're never gonna want this fucking feeling to end
Just concede and give to your inner demons again
Suddenly, a screen then automatically rolled down and revealed to be a black-and-white video. In the video, it showed Will, but his hair looked like it was back to normal. In his hands was a cigarette that was lit and he looked somewhat depressed in the video. Sad music played.
(Will)
I'm addicted to the sorrow
And when the buzz ends by tomorrow
While Will in the video sang, a hand came out from the video off-screen and placed it on his shoulder. His expression then turned annoyed as the shot was then shown a concerned Corral, who took her hand back to her. Another screen shot was shown to be Will leaving his chair and turning away from Corral; giving her the cold shoulder and flipped her off. The cigarette still in his hand as he walked down the hall.
There's another rush of poison flowing into my veins
Giving me a dose of pleasure that resides by the pain
The new scene then showed a door opening, a rectangular lights being cased-off by a shadow that resembled like Will's. He then walked into the room.
I'm addicted
I'm dependent
The video then showed the audience Will looking into the mirror, smiling at his reflection.
Looking awesome
A flash of light then showed a P.O.V. of Will's. It showed an angry King Quincy snarling at him in a sort of restaurant booth, in the King of Funk's hand was the same cigarette brand Will was smoking. The flash returned once more, Will was in a state of shock at first, but then, it turned depressed once more.
Feeling helpless
Will then looked at the cigarette he was holding.
And I know I'm raising can by every highway in Hell
The screen-shot then showed Will throwing the cigarette in a ashtray, still letting out its smoke as the background showed him sitting on the bed for a quick second. Then, it showed Will laying down on the bed.
Maybe things won't be so terrible inside this place...
As the music stopped playing, it then showed someone's hip beside him along with their hand. The shot then showed Will looking up with his eyes to reveal his friend, Corral sitting on his bed. Corral flung herself into Will's arms and gave him a hug. To which Will accepted and hugged her back, tears flowing down his eyes as the screen then went black.
The audience did a "Awwww" and clapped their hands together. Jessie wiped away her tears and clapped her hands, too. Will and Corral went to the backstage once more. There, the two trolls were greeted by Poppy and the others.
"That was amazing, you two!" Poppy claimed, "I mean, how did you do it?! It was so much better than my song."
"And mine's," Trollex added.
"Don't forget ours," Barb added, too, nudging her girlfriend's shoulder.
"I...guess we just had it within us," Corral said, pausingly, "it's no big deal though."
Trollex was about to protest his friend when Janice announced into the microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, its now time to vote for the best song ever created!" Poppy, Will, Corral, Trollex, Barb and Carol, peeked their heads out of the curtain. There in the back of the room, a bunch of trolls had a stack of meeting cards and a bunch of short pencils. Each troll was walking down a row, passing down small pieces of paper and short pencils. The audio of pencils scribbling on papers were like a bunch of chihuahuas barking.
After a moment or two, the same trolls were walking down the rows again, holding out buckets where all of the trolls put their votes in. Then, on a ladder, the trolls then dumped the papers in the voting machine. The papers filled up to about an inch thick on the bottom.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen," Janice walked up to the stage once more, in her possession was a remote containing a red button. "Let the voting...begin!" She pressed the button, the glass container showed the papers flying wildly like a bunch of crazy birds. Everything in the container was a blur. Nobody could see their votes. The screen then showed the names of the contestants on the screen. Digital numbers were showing up in a black blur. Then, it died down and the number popped up:
Barb and Carol: 123,000
King Trollex: 230,00
Poppy: 300,000
Will and Corral: 1,000,000
The audience let out a: "Oooooh!" as they saw the votes results. Janice then backed-up a bit. "And now, contestants, please come forward and line-up!"
Six of the trolls went up to the stage, all in an order: Pop, Rock, Techno, and Funk. A Country troll went up to the stage with a pink envelope and a gold wax seal in their hands, gave it to Janice, and left the stage. Janice took a moment to open the envelope, but not take out what was in it. "And now, the first-place winner for 'Concert of the Stars,' is..."
Darnell put his hands over his mouth to keep quiet; Essence remained silence; Lily covered her eyes and slightly peeked a bit; Jessie shook her fists lightly, waiting; Eve and Harold grasping each other; and Corral swallowed. Janice's eyes widen in excitement and pulled out a gold card with two names on it, waving it in the air as she shouted out: "Will and Corral!"
Confetti and balloons released from the ceiling of the auditorium. Corral slapped her hands over her mouth to muffle an excited scream. The crowd did a supportive shout. Lily practically flew out of her seat and ran up to the stage to hug her uncle. "Uncle Will, you won!"
"I sure did, cupcake!" Will said, pinching Lily's nose for fun. Jessie surprised her fiancee by giving her a big smooch on the cheek and hugged her tightly in her grasp.
"Babe, I can't believe you won!" Jessie exclaimed.
"I know!" Eve and Harold went up too, hugging their daughter.
By then, Cooper, Darnell and Essence got up the stage and did a group-hug on both Will and Corral. Cooper, still hugging, whispered: "This is the most cherished moment of my life..."
"Oh, that is just bullshit!" Someone in the crowd yelled out. The crowd did a gasp and the light turned to a troll in the very back. It revealed to be Avery, the CEO of the technical company. And boy, did he looked pissed-off. The Rock troll was dressed in the professional way he always had. He got out of his seat and marched his way down the aisle. A balloon then bumped onto his feet, Avery then glared at the balloon, in which it popped. He finally got to the front row in which he then did a glaring look as always then angrily flail his arms, unable to be speaking.
"Wh...What the fuck is this?!" Avery scolded. "I came here to listen to some cheap, lame-ass bullshit and I come in here to find not one, not two, but three faggots who decide to show up to a God-forsaken talent show!" A little gasp was audible but still quiet, Lily's breath turned sharp. Lily knew a lot of words that were only used for adults to have during conversations, but she thought that that wasn't something to be used at towards her "Auntie Corral and Auntie Jessie" as she called them.
Avery then looked at Corral. "You are nothing but a discrimination to my company and all of the other companies. People like you, faggots like you, to be handle in a business world!"
"Oh, so you're the bastard who wanted my wife fired?" Jessie raised her voice, her hinds horse legs harshly striking the floor, hands on her hips. She then walked down the stage, and went up to Avery with a pissed-off expression. She rolled-up her plaid shirts sleeves as she did so. "Imma punch out yo teeth if I have to!"
"Jess, please, it's not worth it!" Corral called out.
Avery scoffed, "You wouldn't,"
Jessie scoffed too, "What? Afraid to punch a—" a strike to her face made Jessie collapse to the floor. John and Andrew who were standing near the stage, ran over to their daughter. Blood was on Avery's fist. Jessie's face had a deep bruise where her cheek was, the corner of her mouth painted red.
"Oh my God, Jessie, sweetheart, are you okay?" John asked. Jessie looked at Avery back with a look, she spat out a tooth and wiped her mouth off.
"Lucky son of a whore..." she cursed under her breath. Avery walked more cautiously to Jessie, a deep homophobic rage burned his soul.
Lily huffed and ran off the stage, jumping off it without using the stairs and stood herself between the hurt Jessie and the Rock troll. "Leave Auntie Jessie alone, you big bully!" Lily shouted, stomping her foot to make her point.
Andrew gasped and reach out, "Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, sweetheart..." Andrew tried to warn, but Lily refused to listen.
Avery took a breath and looked down at Lily. "Little girl, this is none of your business." Avery reasoned. Lily stomped her foot once more.
"No! I am sick and tired of being 'little,' I am old enough to understand!" Lily huffed once more, trying her best to make an angry face.
Adam called out to his daughter: "Lily, sweetheart, please listen to Andrew. I don't want you to get hurt."
"Young lady, obey what your father tells you." Avery pointed out. With stinging eyes ready to burst in tears, Lily shook her head. She planted her feet on the ground. Avery was now annoyed. "Young girl, do not make me mad, so please...move!"
"No!" Lily practically screamed that out. "You're just gonna her hurt again! I know it!" Her hands balled into fists. "You're just a meanie who doesn't like my Auntie Corral for a large number of dumb reasons that even idiots understand!"
"Young lady..." Avery started to warn. The two age-difference trolls started to glare at each other.
Eve was about to charge at Avery, who was being held back by her husband and offspring. "Avery! Don't you dare hurt that child like you did with Jessie!"
"Eve!" Harold exclaimed.
"No Harold! I wanna rip his fucking head off!" Eve then called out to Avery. "Lay a hand on that child—I swear to God, you are gonna be dead meat!" Corral was very shocked. Her mother never acted this way before, Eve was always so calm, collective, and over-protective. But now, her mother frizzy red hair that was up in a bun was now down and crazy, her face looked like she was going to murder the whole auditorium. Her arms reaching out wanting to strangle the Rock troll.
Lily protested once more, even with more insults that five-year-olds only can think about. "You are a big dumb idiot who has an IQ of a negative quadrillion that hurted my aunties! You are a smelly bully! You are a bully who likes to hurt people to feel good about themselves! And not to tell you that you...are...a...stupid...person!"
Avery snapped, "That's it!" He raised a fist into the air and brought it down where her face was. Lily quickly dodged it. With his fist still in the missed action, she acted quickly and opened her mouth to sink in her sharp baby teeth to Avery's hand. She growled like a feral animal as she did so. A banshee scream echoed loudly throughout the room. At the same time, Eve broke out of the grasp and went for Avery's face.
With her manicured red fingernails that were like claws, she grabbed onto Avery's face and dragged her sharp fingers down, red marks already drawing. Both females of different age acted out like animals. Lily's mouth filled with a putrid taste of metallic as she bit down more harder, breaking the skin as her teeth got their very first taste of flesh. Eve's eyes were like a crazed lunatic while she continued to scratch and scrapped his face. Avery screamed and tried to pry off the older Techno female, only to have more pain shoot out his hand when the young Funk bit more harder.
While the fight was going on, Janice was in the back watching, giggling like a school girl as she exclaimed: "Oh my!"
One of the security guards leaned over and whispered, "Should I call in on backup to break off the fight, or...?"
"No, let them have it, he deserves it." Janice assured before getting comfy.
Lily's pearly-white little teeth disappeared into the flesh of Avery's hand, her mouth, chin, and neck coated in blood. She felt something hard hitting the tips of her teeth, though, she didn't know what it was. But she did know that every time her teeth hit the hard thing, Avery screamed in extreme pain. And Lily wanted Avery to feel the same pain her "aunties" had. She then directed her lower jaw to feel the exact same hardness her upper jaw felt. She finally gotten both her upper and lower teeth the same hard surface, gripping it to secure her mouth, slightly grinding. With a whiplash motion of her head, a disgusting sound of flesh ripping was heard along with a stream of blood shot out. Since the force Lily put out was enough to knock out a five-year-old she was, she was accidentally a rolling ball before her back hit the wall of the stage, un-balled herself before her limbs relaxed and felt dizzy.
Will gasped. "Lily!" He and the other Funk trolls along with Jessie and her dads, not only to add Corral and Harold. They rushed to the aide of Lily, crowding around her as she did dizzy-filled moans.
"Lily, are you okay? Are you hurt?" Essence panicked.
"My mouth tastes funny..." she mumbled in response.
"Oh, there, there, sweetheart—" Essence tried to say, only to get cut off by a pained shriek. They turned around and saw what looked like a scene from a horror movie. Avery's face had bloody lines from Eve's nails, every line there was had thin seeps of blood dreaded down his face, little drops could be visible on his white shirt. He was on his knees screaming in pain, gripping his right hand that was heavily soaked in maroon, dripping onto the carpet floor. His thumb appeared to be missing, squirts of blood shot out.
Darnell took a moment to think what happened until, "Wait a minute..." he gripped onto Lily's face and put his thumb and index in her mouth. Inside, he pinched his two fingers onto something long and hard. He pulled the thing out, slithering out her mouth easily, and was revealed to be horrific. "Oh my God!" Darnell choked out, "She bit off his thumb!"
Avery's thumb was in Darnell's fingers, blood-dyed saliva coating his and Avery's dismembered thumb. Not only did Lily tore-off his thumb, she disconnected the thumb metacarpal that hanged off like a second bone; the only part of the thumb that was torn off without no flesh tissue on it. Avery shakily looked at his severe injury, shaky breaths were coming out of him as he saw a black hollow hole. His hand was about to touch it, only to have white little grains run down on the flesh wound, stinging it like Hell. He screamed once more and looked up to see Eve with a blank expression pouring a packet of salt on his wound.
She looked down at him with a not-so-innocent face. "Oops, did I do that? My bad, I was only sterilizing it." She then dropped the salt packet, grabbed Avery by the tie, and pulled him close so his face was near her's. "Mess with me...and I'll fuck you up than this, do you understand me?"
"Y...Yes, ma'am..." Avery whimpered, she pushed him down on the ground and spat on his face.
"Good," she turned away from the Rock troll.
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Once Avery was in the ambulance, the EMTs shut the doors and drove off, his thumb on ice. Police dispatch with only two more ambulances were outside the auditorium with police tape surrounding the building. Lily and Jessie were taken in the back of the ambulances to get cleaned-up and treated. While others were talking and discussing to police officers what happened. Lily was safety returned to her dad with some of her fur wet and smelled of soap.
"Daddy!" Lily ran up to Adam and gave him a hug. She then sniffled out: "I'm sorry I didn't listen, I was only trying to protect Auntie Jessie."
"Oh, honey, you had every right to protect her," Adam reassured his daughter, rubbing her back. She then looked at her dad once more.
"Where's Uncle Will? Is he okay too?"
Adam cleared his throat and looked around, weird, his little brother was nowhere to be seen. His big brother instincts kicked in and holstered himself off the ground. "Let's look around, he's here somewhere sweetie."
He walked around with his daughter in his arms, he only saw a bunch of trolls behind police tape and some were talking to officers. Where had his brother gone to? He might as well ask someone for help. Adam scanned around and spotted an officer, fifties, thick mustache, talking to another officer.
"Uh, excuse me?" Adam walked up to the officer, who had his attention on him. "Um, I'm looking for my brother, hair dyed to a rainbow, wearing leather jacket. Seen him?"
"Uhh, yes! Yes I have, he was taken aside by someone. Older-lookin' fella, he was very familiar." The officer exclaimed.
"Quincy—King Quincy, Benjamin." The officer's partner corrected him.
"Oh, why yes! He is right over..." he moved a finger and pointed it to a busy crowd of trolls, "there! Just beyond that crowd."
"Thanks," Adam said before walking where the officer pointed at. There, he excused himself to a couple of people. His tracks lapsed for a quick stop of what he was now witnessing. Just at least two or three yards away, indeed it was King Quincy. Though, he looked very...odd to be exact. Almost like he had been drinking away his sorrows. But he didn't look too drunk. It was a slight mix of both drunk and sober.
"Daddy? Is Uncle Will here?"
"Hush, child," Adam ushered.
He watched closely; Quincy was standing in front of his little brother along with Queen Essence and her sons. Essence seemed very stern at sight, while Will didn't look too bothered. The king appeared to be taking off his golden shades and folded them in—looking guilty. Quincy's mouth moved, hesitantly. Adam couldn't hear what he was talking about, but he did see Essence's stern expression turn soft. It looked like he was saying an apology. Was he? Or was it just the alcohol making him do that?
Adam slightly flinched in shock, Quincy embraced Will in his arms like a fatherly hug. It was a longing moment before Will did the same thing at Quincy. At least things were now well between the two, Essence smiled at the scene before getting Quincy's attention. She motioned her head towards Adam and Lily. Quincy widen a bit before walking towards the crowd and met face-to-face at Adam.
"Adam, correct?" Quincy questioned.
"Yes," Adam shortly answered. He then jiggled Lily a bit. "This is my daughter—Lily."
"Hi!" Lily greeted.
"Well, hey there," Quincy looked down at the little Funk troll, he then pinched her cheek. He did a short chuckle. "You look just like your momma. I practically knew her, she was the daughter I never had."
"Really?" Lily asked, eyes full of glorious wonder. "You knew her? You knew my Mommy?"
"Yes, indeed I did, she was one of the first female loyal guards at my palace." Quincy told her, "She did had to step down once she became pregnant with you. I didn't even know you were her daughter at first until someone told me about you." He ruffled her hair a bit. "How'd you like if you became my granddaughter?"
"Wait, what?" Adam cut off, "What do you mean?"
"Go ask your brother yourself," Quincy motioned his head at Will, "see if you get your answer."
Adam took a glance at Quincy before strutting off to Will, he immediately asked: "Will, what is going on? Why did Quincy say my daughter was going to become his granddaughter?"
A slight giggle was between the two twins as they exchange mischievous looks. Adam was rather confused. "Well, Adam," Will began, "Quincy...gave me permission to elope with his sons under royal oath that I treat them with respect until the day I die." Will explained with authority and a smirk.
"What does 'elope' mean?" Lily asked, standing next to her dad. Will got down to her level.
"That means Cooper and Darnell are gonna be your new uncles until I marry them."
Lily gasped. "I'm gonna have...three uncles?!" Lily exclaimed, full of cheer. She then danced around, "Yay! Daddy, did you hear?! I'm gonna have three uncles!"
Adam chuckled, "I heard honey..." he looked at his brother with an approving smile. "I heard..."
HAZBIN HOTEL SONGS IN ORDER:
Charlie and Angel's song—Take It Off edited by KittenWispy
Alastor's Game by The Living Tombstone
Inside Every Demon (Is A Rainbow)
ADDICT by Silva Hound (animated by Vivziepop)
(Screams in excitement) I still cannot believe that Vivzie animated ADDICT! I had so much fun writing this chapter all because I am a HUGE fan of Hazbin Hotel! And Helluva Boss! I am sooooo excited that the second episode of Helluva Boss is gonna come out soon! Waaaaay too excited!
(breathes deeply) Anyway...when I made this chapter, I pretty much realized that Will and Corral are very much best friends like Angel Dust and Cherri Bomb. The references here I pretty much used from ADDICT. Will dancing was the same kind of dancing Angel Dust did from the music video along with the inhale of red smoke. But the huge difference here was the fog machine Will inhaled, Angel Dust inhaled Valentino's cigarette smoke. AND I even used the reprise of ADDICT as well! (Poor Angie...:( hate Valentino...)
So, I know I never say this, but...if anyone wants to make fanart or hentai art of this chapter or any other chapters, all I ask is to ask me permission and I will grant you for it. Just tell me the art site you're on (like DeviantArt, Instagram, Tumblr) and I'll check it out. Remember to PM me if you are willingly making art of this.
Anyway, read and review!