A/N: I wrote that little song just so you know. It sux, and I'm
embarrassed, but o well.
Hopefully this chapter isn't as dumb to you as it is to me. MK, You're not
supposed to be so smart and especially not supposed to tell what u think
happens! Lol, on w/ the fic.
Pandemonium
He bent down to look at me, but I could see nothing. Then the lightening flashed for just a split second I saw a male version of me. I jumped back, even farther.
He had died his hair black and it was kind of shaggy in the front, falling in his face, but it seemed like it went shorter in the back. He looked different, but his big brown eyes proved that he was the same Edoran I remembered.
He was very handsome in his own rebel way, but my mind was on one thing: the frick'n knife in his hand. "I don't wanna die," I muttered.
"Huh?"
"What guard did you kill on your way up here?" I spoke bravely this time. "Why? So you could capture me? Or kill me?" I didn't know why but I started to get angry instead of scared.
He dropped the knife and it rolled on the floor. There was blood on the knife too, I noticed. "I didn't kill anyone!" he snapped in defense.
"Your knife! It's bloody! Now that you're here, what do you want with me?!" I started crying and pulling away.
He laughed and as he did, my eyes narrowed showing him that I was really angry now. What the hell was he laughing about?
"I came through the window and the knife was the only thing I had that could break open the lock. I cut my hand in the dark by accident. I don't know what mom told you, but I'm not here to kill you or take you away."
I was silent for a while. So he wasn't here to kill me and he hadn't killed anyone? "Why are you here, then?" I finally asked.
"To see you again. Emma, you've always been my little sister. I'm just not a good ELF. I could be okay for a man, but I'm just not as great as the rest of the elves. I couldn't ruin your future so I had to leave the family, but I love you...always."
**flashback**
"Edoran, will we always be brother and sister, even when you're gone?"
"Always. I'll be back for you one day and we'll be together!" He rubbed his fist in my hair, kissed me, and left.
**end of flashback**
I really believed him. He did love me. All of the things came back to me: the long hours we spent fighting, the times when we would lip-synch to his favorite bands, and the times when we'd watch South Park behind mom's back. I started crying and he wrapped his arms around me. I welcomed his arms, hugging him back, and crying over his shoulder. "I told you I'd be back," he said.
"Thank you for coming back," I sobbed. "I love you."
He was completely silent, but I felt a tear of his roll off of his chin and onto my forehead. "I love you too," he finally said.
"And remember that time when you woke me up by pouring cold water over my head?" I asked as I wrapped Edoran's hand in some kind of bandage material I found in the First Aid Kid. "I was so pissed off that I slapped you!"
Edoran rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm...I don't remember the water, but I do remember you slapping me," he says.
"I remember the water," I laugh. We smile at each other. My eyes are finally getting adjusted to the darkness. It's great having a big brother. I know that now.
"So...tell me about your band, Edoran."
"Well the band used to be in Rohan. We have a wonderful drummer, a spectacular bassist," he says, taking a bow. "Also known as me! And we have a really good singer. We used to have an awesome guitarist, but he got kicked out of school and his grandmother made him come to some school in Gondor, here, but I'm not sure where. She didn't want any of us knowing where he was. She thinks the band is a bad influence on him. So now I have to play guitar, which I'm not all that good at, and our band has been doing pretty bad since then...at least in concert."
"That sucks," I say. "Maybe something will work out."
Edoran shrugs. "Yea, I guess. I honestly don't have much hope for our band. We could use some more vocals too. We need lots of help. We'll probably all end up going our separate ways in different bands."
All of the sudden the door swings open. "What happened to all of the lights?" asks Talim.
"I accidentally broke the lamp as I came in," I say. "Oh, Talim, meet my brother, Edoran."
"Hi," Edoran says.
Talim laughs at the dark. "Hello. I would hug you or something since you're Emma's brother and that almost makes you my brother, but I can't see anything."
Edoran laughs in return.
"I'll just sleep in Arwen's room or something. Later people," she says.
"Later," Edoran answers.
[Next day]
"I want to introduce you to my friends," I tell Edoran. "Edoran, this is Aragorn, Arwen, Talim, Eomer, Faramir, Eowyn, Boromir, my boyfriend Legolas..."
"Hi," Edoran says shyly.
"Edoran!" Talim practically screams and hugs him. "You're like family. You can't be all shy."
He nods...shyly. "Okay, I'll try."
"And over there with the green and black spikes is..."
"ROME!!!!" Edoran yells.
Rome turns around, his eyes bulging, mouth hanging open. "E...Edoran?!!!" Rome runs over, full speed, and hugs Edoran.
I pause. "You two know each other?"
"KNOW each other? This guy used to be in my band! Our long-lost guitarist!"
My friends start looking a little bored and start going into their own conversation.
"What the hell! Are you here for long? Is the band here? What's going on?" Rome starts asking lots of questions.
"Slow down!!! I'm here for I don't know how long. The band is here, at someone's house that I don't know. What's going on? Well, Emma is my sister and I came to..."
"SHE WHAT? Emma, you never told me you had a brother! And you especially never told me that your brother is the best bassist anyone could ever come across!"
"If I KNEW I had a brother, I would have told you. But I didn't remember."
"Oh...wow, this is amazing! We could get the band back together! My grandmother isn't even around and we could start again!" Rome exclaims.
"We could use some more vocals though," Edoran says. "Yonic just isn't enough."
I smile as I get an idea. "Would you be looking for female vocals by any chance?"
"Actually, that sounds like a good idea! But Emma, can you even sing?" Edoran asks.
"No, not me," I laugh. That's ridiculous. "My friend Elise knows a lot about music. She works with Greenwings all the time. She's a fantastic singer and already has a record company wanting to sign with her. But she wants to find her OWN band. If you guys can cut it, this may be the easiest record deal you guys ever had to get!"
"Oh my f*cking god," says Edoran. "You think it'll work?"
"Elise is an mad awesome singer," agrees Rome. "All we have to do is prove we're talented enough! This is perfect!"
I pace around the room where Edoran's band is staying. They have all their equipment out, ready to play.
I tighten my grip to the phone on my ear. "Elise, you should check them out! I think they might be good! They're all ready to play a song for you. Is that cool?"
"Sure! Let's see if they can impress me," Elise says. I can tell she's trying not to get her hopes up. She's the kind of person that will tell you what she really thinks. If the band isn't good enough, she'll decline with no hesitation. I just hope it all works.
"Let's do 'In Life'," says Yonic, the main singer.
"All right," they agree.
Rome starts playing the guitar and the rest join with him. I stand there with the phone, watching. I'm amazed at how good they are! They're just as good as Greenwings, if not better, I can tell THAT much!
They start singing, Yonic singing the main and Edoran echoing. They're REALLY good, though Edoran isn't born for vocals.
'I'm watching this screwed up teen... Holding up her Self Magazine... She's into blond hair, her miniskirt. Her pink shirt that says "I Flirt"...
Now I've known this screwed up teen... Her life's like soaps on TV... She wastes her day on music videos... Britney Spears she's learned to know...
Bridge: Poor kid, are you happy with life? Your best years are passing you by... Pop and money won't get you through the strife [in this life]...
They stop right there, and cross their fingers.
"Well...?" I ask.
"They sound amazing!" Elise says.
"She says you sound amazing!" I echo. The guys start hooting and clapping.
"But I do want to hear them in real life too before I make my decision. Thanks Emma, this may just end up working out."
"All right!" I say.
"Well, I'll come by this weekend and check them out, okay?"
"Okay, see you then, babe." I hang up. "Boys, this might just work out!"
They howl again. I guess this might be a good time to introduce you to them.
Yonic is the main singer, as you've heard several times by now. He's really hyper and talkative, to put it straight. He's got more energy than a five year old on an energy drink, I swear! Especially when he's singing. He jumps everywhere! He has black hair that's short and spiked up. He's got a few tattoos, here and there. He always wears blue or black dickies...every single day.
Rollend plays the drums. He's your average cute emo kid. He has sandy blond shaggy hair and blue eyes. He wears dark pants all the time and little safety pins that stick out everywhere. "You never know when you may need a safety pin. But in the time being, they're for my STYLE," he says. Okay...
Then of course we have Rome. You already know lots about him: red pants with patches, black tanks, black and green spiky hair, and the drippy eyeliner. I would tell you more, because I've got lots of good things to say about him, but you know most of it.
And then there's my brother, Edoran. He's like the shyest person in the band, by far. That all changes when he plays because then he starts rocking out.
"What if we actually get this record deal?" Rollend says. "Think about it! All of our dreams could come true. We'd no longer be playing in nightclubs and on the street...and maybe getting a few coliseums now and then. This is the REAL deal."
"Yea," agrees Edoran. "This could be it. But we might need to change our band name."
"I agree. Black Dead Weight could turn a lot of people off, even if our music is good," says Yonic.
"Well, I like our name," says Rome.
"But I don't think Elise would like it," I say. "But maybe you should talk to her."
[The next weekend]
"You guys are amazing!" Elise says. "More than anything I could want in a band. You guys don't even need me to succeed!"
"But your awesome, Elise! You could bring something different to our band! That's what we want! We want to be different," says Edoran. "And you already have a great chance with a record deal. So many kids have heard you sing at that one concert."
"Yea, we'll have outstanding publicity right away! We're helping each other. Like a real band," Yonic says.
"You're right. We make an awesome group. We just have to start practicing together before we hit the records."
I smile and watch them talk among themselves about ideas. Then Elise looks at me with this warm, sisterly smile. "Thank you, Emm," she says. "For everything." I nod.
"We should call the band Sweet Adolescence," says Rollend with a smile.
"Have you gone absolutely fagish? HELL NO!!! I would rather be called the Geek Squad or the Cheerleaders!" snaps Rome. Rollend holds up his drumsticks as if he would just hit Rome in the face.
"How about punk gone emo?" suggests Yonic.
"Sounds good, but we're not emo," Elise says. They continue to throw ideas back in forth, but no one seems to be able to agree on anything.
"Pandemonium?" I suggest. "Chaos Crew of five? Perfect Agony?" I start babbling some random ideas.
"PANDEMONIUM!!" says Edoran. "I like it!"
"Duuuude, it's awesome! How do you come up with names like that? I mean, you're amazing with these kind of things and..." Yonic babbles.
"Yonic? Edoran says.
"Yea?"
"Shut up."
"Okay..."
"Pandemonium means chaos, right? It sounds good, actually," Rollend nods.
"I'm in. It's better than Sweet Puberty," says Rome.
"Adolescence!!! Sweet ADOLESCENCE!!!!" snaps Rollend.
"Same diff," huffs Rome.
"I like it, Emma! You deserve a lot of credit! Without you, we'd never be here together, working this all out. The name's not perfect, but it's fine."
"We're gonna be famouuuussss!!!!!" hollers Yonic.
I give a little nod. "I hope so. I'll go to as many concerts as I can."
"And you'll be the first one on my thank-you list, on our first album!!" says Edoran, hugging me and kissing me on the cheek.
Elise hugs me too. "My list too!!"
Okay, that was dumb, but hey!!! Elise has got her band now!! Now we can get to more Leggie and Emma aloneee!!! Gosh, thinking of names for a band is hard!!!!!! So...uh...REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pandemonium
He bent down to look at me, but I could see nothing. Then the lightening flashed for just a split second I saw a male version of me. I jumped back, even farther.
He had died his hair black and it was kind of shaggy in the front, falling in his face, but it seemed like it went shorter in the back. He looked different, but his big brown eyes proved that he was the same Edoran I remembered.
He was very handsome in his own rebel way, but my mind was on one thing: the frick'n knife in his hand. "I don't wanna die," I muttered.
"Huh?"
"What guard did you kill on your way up here?" I spoke bravely this time. "Why? So you could capture me? Or kill me?" I didn't know why but I started to get angry instead of scared.
He dropped the knife and it rolled on the floor. There was blood on the knife too, I noticed. "I didn't kill anyone!" he snapped in defense.
"Your knife! It's bloody! Now that you're here, what do you want with me?!" I started crying and pulling away.
He laughed and as he did, my eyes narrowed showing him that I was really angry now. What the hell was he laughing about?
"I came through the window and the knife was the only thing I had that could break open the lock. I cut my hand in the dark by accident. I don't know what mom told you, but I'm not here to kill you or take you away."
I was silent for a while. So he wasn't here to kill me and he hadn't killed anyone? "Why are you here, then?" I finally asked.
"To see you again. Emma, you've always been my little sister. I'm just not a good ELF. I could be okay for a man, but I'm just not as great as the rest of the elves. I couldn't ruin your future so I had to leave the family, but I love you...always."
**flashback**
"Edoran, will we always be brother and sister, even when you're gone?"
"Always. I'll be back for you one day and we'll be together!" He rubbed his fist in my hair, kissed me, and left.
**end of flashback**
I really believed him. He did love me. All of the things came back to me: the long hours we spent fighting, the times when we would lip-synch to his favorite bands, and the times when we'd watch South Park behind mom's back. I started crying and he wrapped his arms around me. I welcomed his arms, hugging him back, and crying over his shoulder. "I told you I'd be back," he said.
"Thank you for coming back," I sobbed. "I love you."
He was completely silent, but I felt a tear of his roll off of his chin and onto my forehead. "I love you too," he finally said.
"And remember that time when you woke me up by pouring cold water over my head?" I asked as I wrapped Edoran's hand in some kind of bandage material I found in the First Aid Kid. "I was so pissed off that I slapped you!"
Edoran rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm...I don't remember the water, but I do remember you slapping me," he says.
"I remember the water," I laugh. We smile at each other. My eyes are finally getting adjusted to the darkness. It's great having a big brother. I know that now.
"So...tell me about your band, Edoran."
"Well the band used to be in Rohan. We have a wonderful drummer, a spectacular bassist," he says, taking a bow. "Also known as me! And we have a really good singer. We used to have an awesome guitarist, but he got kicked out of school and his grandmother made him come to some school in Gondor, here, but I'm not sure where. She didn't want any of us knowing where he was. She thinks the band is a bad influence on him. So now I have to play guitar, which I'm not all that good at, and our band has been doing pretty bad since then...at least in concert."
"That sucks," I say. "Maybe something will work out."
Edoran shrugs. "Yea, I guess. I honestly don't have much hope for our band. We could use some more vocals too. We need lots of help. We'll probably all end up going our separate ways in different bands."
All of the sudden the door swings open. "What happened to all of the lights?" asks Talim.
"I accidentally broke the lamp as I came in," I say. "Oh, Talim, meet my brother, Edoran."
"Hi," Edoran says.
Talim laughs at the dark. "Hello. I would hug you or something since you're Emma's brother and that almost makes you my brother, but I can't see anything."
Edoran laughs in return.
"I'll just sleep in Arwen's room or something. Later people," she says.
"Later," Edoran answers.
[Next day]
"I want to introduce you to my friends," I tell Edoran. "Edoran, this is Aragorn, Arwen, Talim, Eomer, Faramir, Eowyn, Boromir, my boyfriend Legolas..."
"Hi," Edoran says shyly.
"Edoran!" Talim practically screams and hugs him. "You're like family. You can't be all shy."
He nods...shyly. "Okay, I'll try."
"And over there with the green and black spikes is..."
"ROME!!!!" Edoran yells.
Rome turns around, his eyes bulging, mouth hanging open. "E...Edoran?!!!" Rome runs over, full speed, and hugs Edoran.
I pause. "You two know each other?"
"KNOW each other? This guy used to be in my band! Our long-lost guitarist!"
My friends start looking a little bored and start going into their own conversation.
"What the hell! Are you here for long? Is the band here? What's going on?" Rome starts asking lots of questions.
"Slow down!!! I'm here for I don't know how long. The band is here, at someone's house that I don't know. What's going on? Well, Emma is my sister and I came to..."
"SHE WHAT? Emma, you never told me you had a brother! And you especially never told me that your brother is the best bassist anyone could ever come across!"
"If I KNEW I had a brother, I would have told you. But I didn't remember."
"Oh...wow, this is amazing! We could get the band back together! My grandmother isn't even around and we could start again!" Rome exclaims.
"We could use some more vocals though," Edoran says. "Yonic just isn't enough."
I smile as I get an idea. "Would you be looking for female vocals by any chance?"
"Actually, that sounds like a good idea! But Emma, can you even sing?" Edoran asks.
"No, not me," I laugh. That's ridiculous. "My friend Elise knows a lot about music. She works with Greenwings all the time. She's a fantastic singer and already has a record company wanting to sign with her. But she wants to find her OWN band. If you guys can cut it, this may be the easiest record deal you guys ever had to get!"
"Oh my f*cking god," says Edoran. "You think it'll work?"
"Elise is an mad awesome singer," agrees Rome. "All we have to do is prove we're talented enough! This is perfect!"
I pace around the room where Edoran's band is staying. They have all their equipment out, ready to play.
I tighten my grip to the phone on my ear. "Elise, you should check them out! I think they might be good! They're all ready to play a song for you. Is that cool?"
"Sure! Let's see if they can impress me," Elise says. I can tell she's trying not to get her hopes up. She's the kind of person that will tell you what she really thinks. If the band isn't good enough, she'll decline with no hesitation. I just hope it all works.
"Let's do 'In Life'," says Yonic, the main singer.
"All right," they agree.
Rome starts playing the guitar and the rest join with him. I stand there with the phone, watching. I'm amazed at how good they are! They're just as good as Greenwings, if not better, I can tell THAT much!
They start singing, Yonic singing the main and Edoran echoing. They're REALLY good, though Edoran isn't born for vocals.
'I'm watching this screwed up teen... Holding up her Self Magazine... She's into blond hair, her miniskirt. Her pink shirt that says "I Flirt"...
Now I've known this screwed up teen... Her life's like soaps on TV... She wastes her day on music videos... Britney Spears she's learned to know...
Bridge: Poor kid, are you happy with life? Your best years are passing you by... Pop and money won't get you through the strife [in this life]...
They stop right there, and cross their fingers.
"Well...?" I ask.
"They sound amazing!" Elise says.
"She says you sound amazing!" I echo. The guys start hooting and clapping.
"But I do want to hear them in real life too before I make my decision. Thanks Emma, this may just end up working out."
"All right!" I say.
"Well, I'll come by this weekend and check them out, okay?"
"Okay, see you then, babe." I hang up. "Boys, this might just work out!"
They howl again. I guess this might be a good time to introduce you to them.
Yonic is the main singer, as you've heard several times by now. He's really hyper and talkative, to put it straight. He's got more energy than a five year old on an energy drink, I swear! Especially when he's singing. He jumps everywhere! He has black hair that's short and spiked up. He's got a few tattoos, here and there. He always wears blue or black dickies...every single day.
Rollend plays the drums. He's your average cute emo kid. He has sandy blond shaggy hair and blue eyes. He wears dark pants all the time and little safety pins that stick out everywhere. "You never know when you may need a safety pin. But in the time being, they're for my STYLE," he says. Okay...
Then of course we have Rome. You already know lots about him: red pants with patches, black tanks, black and green spiky hair, and the drippy eyeliner. I would tell you more, because I've got lots of good things to say about him, but you know most of it.
And then there's my brother, Edoran. He's like the shyest person in the band, by far. That all changes when he plays because then he starts rocking out.
"What if we actually get this record deal?" Rollend says. "Think about it! All of our dreams could come true. We'd no longer be playing in nightclubs and on the street...and maybe getting a few coliseums now and then. This is the REAL deal."
"Yea," agrees Edoran. "This could be it. But we might need to change our band name."
"I agree. Black Dead Weight could turn a lot of people off, even if our music is good," says Yonic.
"Well, I like our name," says Rome.
"But I don't think Elise would like it," I say. "But maybe you should talk to her."
[The next weekend]
"You guys are amazing!" Elise says. "More than anything I could want in a band. You guys don't even need me to succeed!"
"But your awesome, Elise! You could bring something different to our band! That's what we want! We want to be different," says Edoran. "And you already have a great chance with a record deal. So many kids have heard you sing at that one concert."
"Yea, we'll have outstanding publicity right away! We're helping each other. Like a real band," Yonic says.
"You're right. We make an awesome group. We just have to start practicing together before we hit the records."
I smile and watch them talk among themselves about ideas. Then Elise looks at me with this warm, sisterly smile. "Thank you, Emm," she says. "For everything." I nod.
"We should call the band Sweet Adolescence," says Rollend with a smile.
"Have you gone absolutely fagish? HELL NO!!! I would rather be called the Geek Squad or the Cheerleaders!" snaps Rome. Rollend holds up his drumsticks as if he would just hit Rome in the face.
"How about punk gone emo?" suggests Yonic.
"Sounds good, but we're not emo," Elise says. They continue to throw ideas back in forth, but no one seems to be able to agree on anything.
"Pandemonium?" I suggest. "Chaos Crew of five? Perfect Agony?" I start babbling some random ideas.
"PANDEMONIUM!!" says Edoran. "I like it!"
"Duuuude, it's awesome! How do you come up with names like that? I mean, you're amazing with these kind of things and..." Yonic babbles.
"Yonic? Edoran says.
"Yea?"
"Shut up."
"Okay..."
"Pandemonium means chaos, right? It sounds good, actually," Rollend nods.
"I'm in. It's better than Sweet Puberty," says Rome.
"Adolescence!!! Sweet ADOLESCENCE!!!!" snaps Rollend.
"Same diff," huffs Rome.
"I like it, Emma! You deserve a lot of credit! Without you, we'd never be here together, working this all out. The name's not perfect, but it's fine."
"We're gonna be famouuuussss!!!!!" hollers Yonic.
I give a little nod. "I hope so. I'll go to as many concerts as I can."
"And you'll be the first one on my thank-you list, on our first album!!" says Edoran, hugging me and kissing me on the cheek.
Elise hugs me too. "My list too!!"
Okay, that was dumb, but hey!!! Elise has got her band now!! Now we can get to more Leggie and Emma aloneee!!! Gosh, thinking of names for a band is hard!!!!!! So...uh...REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
