The blue skies of Malibu Chapter 16: Miley's comeback, a hannah montana fanfic

Miley's comeback

More than 100.000 people, mainly teenagers between 16 and 20, had made their way to Washington D.C to demonstrate against gun violence and for more severe gun control laws. The trigger was a recent shooting at a high-school in Florida, where 16 students and 3 teachers lost their lives. The atmosphere was pretty heated, because President Trump was a big supporter of the NRA (The National Rifle Association), and therefore he refused to meet with a delegation of the students who set up this whole event without any help from official organizations.

A lot of celebrities joined the cause and showed up to show their support to the youth, amongst them were the likes of George Clooney with his wife, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Will Smith and a lot more.

Meanwhile, Miley was backstage, and she was nervous, excited and anxious, all at once. 5 minutes from now, she was supposed to perform in front of these people, and she had no idea how they would react to this old song from Hannah Montana. If she looked back at how the last two weeks had gone, it could only be a huge success, but you never knew. She still hadn't completely realized everything that happened…she met the love of her life (this time for real), she made peace with her father, the people of LA had forgiven her and let her back into their hearts, and for the first time in 8 years, she finally felt like herself again. She was so deep into her thoughts that she almost didn't notice when Billy Ray touched her shoulder.

"It is time Miley, you're on in 30 seconds. Are you ready?"

„As ready as I can be. I just hope that they won't boo me off the stage."

"Oh come on, they gonna love you. Hans was right, it's an amazing song, and if you make it your own, it will only get better. Now go out there and blow them away" Billy Ray gave his daughter a last hug before she nervously stepped out on the stage.

The crowd was huge, and Miley didn't have any time to adjust to the amount of people, because as soon as she stepped on stage, the music started to play. The organizers had offered her to do a playback version of the song, but that was something she strictly refused. She always had the opinion that, if people came to see and hear a certain artist, they deserved to hear them play live. She had also planned to say a few things during her performance, and this just wouldn't work if it was a playback.

The first reaction to Miley was rather neutral, there was some applause, others just didn't react at all, but most of all, there were no hostile reactions. The music started, and Miley sang the first verse. You could hear the insecurity in her voice at the beginning, and also that she didn't perform this song for years in front of an audience. But as soon as the crowd realized what song she was performing, it all didn't matter anymore, and more than 50.000 teenagers started to sing along:

„I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreaming but
There's a voice inside my head saying
You'll never reach it,
Every step I'm taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it

But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, 'cause

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes you gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb (yeah yeah ea ea)

Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It's all about
It's all about
The climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith"

Afterwards, Miley couldn't find the words to express what she felt. All she knew was, it just felt right to sing this song again, and the reactions of the people were just amazing. They sang along at the top of their lungs and responded every time as soon as Miley communicated with the crowd. But the young people were just as amazed as the artist. They were excited to hear a song that was so important to them in their childhood and which sent out such a positive message. But also amazed about the fact that they had Miley…their Miley…back. The cheers after the performance seemed to go on forever, and all that Miley could do was looking at the crowd, speechless and in awe, unable to say another word. She tried to pull herself together, thanked her audience and went backstage, where she was looking for her father, who was already waiting for his daughter. She threw herself into his arms, and all the pain from the last 8 years was finally released with her tears.

Billy Ray was also touched by the whole performance and the reaction of the people, and his voice was a bit shaky as he hugged his daughter and whispered to her ear:

"Welcome back Sweetie…you have no idea how much I missed you"

Miley needed a couple of minutes to calm down again. The crowd on the other side didn't stop screaming for more, they wanted Miley to come back on stage.

"Say, Dad, when was the last time that we performed together?"

"Well, more or less 7 years if I remember correctly, why?"

"That's way too long, don't you think?"

She didn't give Billy Ray an opportunity to answer and pulled him out on stage with her, and when the crowd saw who was joining her, they went completely nuts.

Miley gave the band a sign, and they started to play Billy Ray Cyrus biggest hit, Achy Breaky Heart. One member of the band handed him a guitar and a microphone, and for the first in a long time, father and daughter were performing together. People were amazed and they were cheering so loud that you could surely hear it in the Oval Office. It was planned that Miley would perform one song, but it turned into a short concert. After Achy Breaky Heart, they sang Butterfly fly away, Jolene, and to finish it up, Miley sang the biggest hit of her career so far, Party in the USA. After she finished the last song, she took a look at the crowd, and she realized she felt something she hadn't known for, it seemed, an eternity…she was completely happy.