Chapter One: Introducing Blaze
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nathan threw himself against the wall, barely making it as Blaze; a clarinet player raced down the path outside the band room. Carefully walking over to the band room, Nathan peeked in to see Blaze's friends, Stephanie, Megan, and Meesha laughing their heads off.
"Okay…. What did you do to Blaze?" Nathan asked as Megan tried to stifle her laughter.
"Meesha… stole… her clarinet… and hid it somewhere…" Megan gasped out between bursts of laughter as Nathan gave a small snicker.
"You guys know how much Blaze loves her clarinet. She's going to kill you guys." He said, laughing to himself.
"Yups. But it's worth seeing her in this crazed state."
"So just where exactly is her clarinet?" Nathan said as Stephanie held up a large brown clarinet case. "Wait… if you have her case then why…"
"We told her it was out in front of the school which wasn't a lie because it was but Meesha got out there and moved it back into here." Stephanie said, cracking up. Nathan shook his head and laughed to himself as he went towards the storage room.
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"Okay… so everyone is here. Wait… where's Blaze? I just saw her enter the band room earlier." Mr. Polychronis, the assistant band director asked, looking down at his role sheet. In the third row, Megan, Meesha, and Stephanie all suppressed a laugh. Just then the band room burst open and Blaze rushed in, obviously out of breath. Walking over to the third row, Blaze picked up the brown case, opened it, gave a small nod then walked down to her seat in the first row.
"Don't… ask." Blaze gasped out as Mr. Polychronis gave a small quizzical nod before erasing something and walking to clip the attendance sheet onto the door.
"Hey, what happened?" Alisha, the other first clarinet whispered over to Blaze as she pulled out the band music.
"My friends hid my clarinet."
"Second time this week?"
"Yeah. Feel the love."
"Clarinets, NO talking." Mr. Seiss, the main band director said, glaring down at the two first clarinets. "Everyone, I have a special announcement. Within two weeks we'll be attending a three weeklong band camp in North Carolina. It is a top class band camp and I'm sure everyone will learn something. There is no need for cost since the band camp will be paying for everything. Now, with that in mind, I have some bad news. Because the band camp is three weeks long, we will be unable to attend the Grand Floral Parade or Starlight Parade this year."
Blaze looked back at her friend Nathan and barley stifled a loud laugh as Nathan gave a semi-loud cheer. Everyone knew Nathan hated marching band and parade marching and Nathan never passed up a moment to tease Blaze for her love of marching band. But they were good friends and that's all that mattered.
"Now everyone, turn to page 39 and we'll begin with our warm up. Trumpets, you may begin…" Mr. Seiss continued but Blaze wasn't listening. She couldn't wait for the band camp.
"That is going to be so cool! I can't wait to go to Silverstar!!" After class Blaze had gone up to Mr. Seiss and pestered him all about the band camp, the size, the teachers, the name, the activities and more before Seiss shooed her out of the band room.
"Well, someone is a little happy. I'm just happy we don't have to do parade this year." Blaze stopped in her tracks and turned around to face Nathan.
"Yeah, I guess that is a downside." Blaze said, a small frown on her face. "OO! I know! I bet I can convince Mr. Seiss for us to do the Evergreen parade! It's short!"
"NO!!" Nathan shouted at Blaze as Blaze broke into a smile.
"Lighten up Nathan, you know I'm kidding! But aren't you excited?" Nathan shook his head as he looked at his friend.
"I guess I am. It'd be a good chance for me to improve and maybe we'll get a chance to play some good classical music without Mr. Seiss conducting." Another thing everyone knew was Nathan HATED Mr. Seiss. Nathan didn't agree with the way Mr. Seiss conducted and Mr. Seiss couldn't understand why Nathan refused to do marching band. In the words of Nathan, Nathan hated Seiss with, "The burning passion of a thousand suns."
"Yeah, that's right! Even though I think Seiss is an okay teacher," Blaze began, a small smile on her face. Blaze only mildly disliked Seiss but liked him enough to stay in band. Actually her real reason for staying in band was because she was determined to be first clarinet for the next two years and because she loved marching band. "But I wouldn't mind having another person conduct. Well Nathan, I'll see you at lunch. I have to go to English now. See ya!" Blaze said, giving a wave to Nathan before running towards her next class.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nathan threw himself against the wall, barely making it as Blaze; a clarinet player raced down the path outside the band room. Carefully walking over to the band room, Nathan peeked in to see Blaze's friends, Stephanie, Megan, and Meesha laughing their heads off.
"Okay…. What did you do to Blaze?" Nathan asked as Megan tried to stifle her laughter.
"Meesha… stole… her clarinet… and hid it somewhere…" Megan gasped out between bursts of laughter as Nathan gave a small snicker.
"You guys know how much Blaze loves her clarinet. She's going to kill you guys." He said, laughing to himself.
"Yups. But it's worth seeing her in this crazed state."
"So just where exactly is her clarinet?" Nathan said as Stephanie held up a large brown clarinet case. "Wait… if you have her case then why…"
"We told her it was out in front of the school which wasn't a lie because it was but Meesha got out there and moved it back into here." Stephanie said, cracking up. Nathan shook his head and laughed to himself as he went towards the storage room.
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"Okay… so everyone is here. Wait… where's Blaze? I just saw her enter the band room earlier." Mr. Polychronis, the assistant band director asked, looking down at his role sheet. In the third row, Megan, Meesha, and Stephanie all suppressed a laugh. Just then the band room burst open and Blaze rushed in, obviously out of breath. Walking over to the third row, Blaze picked up the brown case, opened it, gave a small nod then walked down to her seat in the first row.
"Don't… ask." Blaze gasped out as Mr. Polychronis gave a small quizzical nod before erasing something and walking to clip the attendance sheet onto the door.
"Hey, what happened?" Alisha, the other first clarinet whispered over to Blaze as she pulled out the band music.
"My friends hid my clarinet."
"Second time this week?"
"Yeah. Feel the love."
"Clarinets, NO talking." Mr. Seiss, the main band director said, glaring down at the two first clarinets. "Everyone, I have a special announcement. Within two weeks we'll be attending a three weeklong band camp in North Carolina. It is a top class band camp and I'm sure everyone will learn something. There is no need for cost since the band camp will be paying for everything. Now, with that in mind, I have some bad news. Because the band camp is three weeks long, we will be unable to attend the Grand Floral Parade or Starlight Parade this year."
Blaze looked back at her friend Nathan and barley stifled a loud laugh as Nathan gave a semi-loud cheer. Everyone knew Nathan hated marching band and parade marching and Nathan never passed up a moment to tease Blaze for her love of marching band. But they were good friends and that's all that mattered.
"Now everyone, turn to page 39 and we'll begin with our warm up. Trumpets, you may begin…" Mr. Seiss continued but Blaze wasn't listening. She couldn't wait for the band camp.
"That is going to be so cool! I can't wait to go to Silverstar!!" After class Blaze had gone up to Mr. Seiss and pestered him all about the band camp, the size, the teachers, the name, the activities and more before Seiss shooed her out of the band room.
"Well, someone is a little happy. I'm just happy we don't have to do parade this year." Blaze stopped in her tracks and turned around to face Nathan.
"Yeah, I guess that is a downside." Blaze said, a small frown on her face. "OO! I know! I bet I can convince Mr. Seiss for us to do the Evergreen parade! It's short!"
"NO!!" Nathan shouted at Blaze as Blaze broke into a smile.
"Lighten up Nathan, you know I'm kidding! But aren't you excited?" Nathan shook his head as he looked at his friend.
"I guess I am. It'd be a good chance for me to improve and maybe we'll get a chance to play some good classical music without Mr. Seiss conducting." Another thing everyone knew was Nathan HATED Mr. Seiss. Nathan didn't agree with the way Mr. Seiss conducted and Mr. Seiss couldn't understand why Nathan refused to do marching band. In the words of Nathan, Nathan hated Seiss with, "The burning passion of a thousand suns."
"Yeah, that's right! Even though I think Seiss is an okay teacher," Blaze began, a small smile on her face. Blaze only mildly disliked Seiss but liked him enough to stay in band. Actually her real reason for staying in band was because she was determined to be first clarinet for the next two years and because she loved marching band. "But I wouldn't mind having another person conduct. Well Nathan, I'll see you at lunch. I have to go to English now. See ya!" Blaze said, giving a wave to Nathan before running towards her next class.