Emerge From Your World, and Enter Mine
Public Displays of Rage and Violence

Disclaimer: Does it look like a freshman is capable of owning anything? No, I didn't think so. And if you're thinking of those super smart bastards, I'm not one of them. So don't bother me about owning stuff that I don't own.

QUICK NOTICE: I have changed my penname to A Fire Inside, officially.

Authors Notes: Well, I just noticed that I forgot to put down some rock trivia questions at the bottom, but I'll do it this time for sure. This is the part of the story where Matt, Ivan, Deryck, and Jose get arrested. And because it was in front of a very large crowd, and because Matt did something to someone, Mimi will stop talking to him, that's only because she doesn't know the whole story. So GC and AFI, the greats, of the greats, don't they kick ass? Do any of you guys have any, wait let me rephrase that: Do any of you know anything about high school, that will be of some use to me? It's freaking me out, man; it's just way, way too big. And my class, class of 2007, is the biggest freshmen class in twenty years, 519 students. So anyways, onto the story.....

~Next Friday- Last Day of School

"Class of 2003, how do you feel, you just graduated on Monday, and today will be the last day most of you will spend here. Gage we'll al miss you, but it's been eight years, I think it's time you leave. And the rest of you, you're all a disgrace to this school and community-But I must admit you I'll miss seeing some of you in detention everyday. This will be the last load of trouble makers I have to deal with." announced Mr. Valdez. "FAGOT!" someone in the back of the assembly room shouted. "I'll miss you too Frank." commented Mr. Valdez. "NICE WIG, JACK ASS!" someone else shouted from the left side of the room. "Thank you, Emanuel, and you are all excused, be sure to go to the carnival tomorrow. I believe The Red-Eyed Black Wolves of Darkness, formally known as The Teenage Wolves, now known as The Demons of Darkness, will be performing. They have toured with Blink- 182, Rancid, and Cold, so expect a good show. Will the band please make their way up to the podium." announced Mr. Valdez, as Matt, Ivan, Deryck and Jose, made their way up.

"Hey," Matt said into the microphone, "We're The Demons of Darkness." Matt concluded. "I'm Deryck; most of the guys in this room are dating my ex- girlfriends. And I play bass, and this is Ivan." Deryck introduced himself and then Ivan. "I'm Ivan, I play drums, and you most likely remember me from elementary school as any of the following names: 'Metal Mouth', 'Four Eyes', 'Freakazoid', and now you all address me as: 'Hey you', and 'freak'." Ivan said into the microphone. "I'm Jose, most of the guys in this room gave me Swirlies in Junior High, and I'm lead guitarist." Jose introduced himself. "And I'm Matt, lead vocals and second guitar. I'm the guy from the academy, and I'm also the guy that most of your girlfriends asked out on my first day." said Matt. Mr. Valdez made his way up to the podium again, "Are there any questions for tomorrow's performers, The Demons of Darkness?" he asked, a girl in the middle of the assembly room raised her hand. "Yes, Jennifer what is it?" asked Mr. Valdez. "Yeah, what songs are you guys gonna be singing?" a girl asked. "We won't be doing any of our originals; we'll be doing two AFI songs, by request of the event commissioner-'' Ivan started, "But Matt won't be singing 'cause he doesn't have the voice so instead J-'' Deryck cut off Ivan who punched him. "So instead I'll being singing them, Matt doesn't want to strain precious-'' Jose began, "But my voice can't handle the constant shouting and screaming so Jose is going to take over vocals for me for one song only, though. I'll still be singing another song that doesn't require me to scream that much." Matt concluded the sentence which Ivan had began. "So basically I'll be singing, 'Dancing Through Sunday' and Matt will be singing 'This Time Imperfect'; therefore, Matt will be lead guitarist during 'Dancing Through Sunday'." Jose answered

"We wanted to know what you were singing, not a lecture." Gage shouted from the right side of the assembly room as Matt and his friends made their way down the steps and to their seats. "Thank you, uh, err, Demons of Darkness, we all look forward to seeing you tomorrow," started Mr. Valdez, "Class of 2003, I'm sure this has been a long strange journey for all of you, as it has been for me. Class of 2003 this is your last day here, in fact, these as are your few last minutes-" "LET US LEAVE ALREADY!!" shouted Frank from the back of the room. "Class, you are dismissed." declared Mr. Valdez as the students rushed towards the exits.

~Outside parking lot

"Where we going for practice?" Jose asked as they approached their rides. "We can practice in my basement, as long as one of you fuck-heads brings an amp." Ivan suggested. "I'll bring my crate amps, but then I don't have to bring the microphones." said Deryck. "You don't even have a microphone, you play bass, I'll bring them." answered Matt as he climbed into his car. "Later" Matt said before he sped off.

~ Next day, carnival stadium

"Dude, are you gonna play with those?" Deryck asked Ivan as he pointed to Ivan's metal claw attachments. "What does it look like, you jackass? Of course, I've been playing with them for the past two years." responded Ivan as he twirled his drumstick through each of his fingers, and then tossed it at Deryck who barley dodged it. "Where's Matt?" Jose asked as he approached the two. "He's waiting for Ian to get here, something about something with Mimi." answered Deryck as he tuned his bass.

~Outside the Stadium

Matt was waiting outside, listening to the scattered conversations people were having. Someone tapped him on the shoulder, and Matt turned around only to see, none other then Kevin DeWolf. "Hey DeWolf, lost your way to the marry-go-round?" Matt asked with a hint of humor in his voice. "Funny, fag," Kevin said as he kicked a rock towards Matt. "What do you want, bitch?" Matt asked. "Just reminding you to watch your back," Kevin said, "And maybe your girlfriend's too," he muttered. "What's that suppose to mean?" Matt asked as he glared at Kevin who simply shrugged and walked away. Matt glared at him hoping that he spontaneously combust into flames, but since he knew better than that, he simply walked back into the stadium.

"Hey, you guys are up in twenty." a guy called out to Matt and his friends. "Hey what'd you tell Ian?" Jose asked Matt, who looked a confused at first, but then turned back to normal. "Oh, Ian, I didn't see him out there, besides it's nothing important." Matt answered as he shook his head slightly, warding off an unpleasant thought. Ivan and Jose looked at Matt strangely and then at Deryck who was looking at him the same way. "What's up with you?" Ivan asked Matt who looked up at them. "Nothing, it's just ........Nothing," Matt said, "It's nothing." "You sure?" Jose asked him once again. "Yeah I'm sure........I'm gonna go over some of these notes in the room........" Matt repeated himself before he walked off into a small room. "What do you think is up with him?" Deryck asked as he stared at the door Matt had walked into. "He's probably thinking too much, like last time, I don't think it's anything to worry about." Ivan responded with indifference in his voice. "You're just saying that, because of last time." said Jose as he glared at Ivan. "Leave me alone." said Ivan as he walked outside. "Why is it that this had to happen today of all days?" Deryck asked himself out loud.

"Mimi, dear, must we watch these boys disgrace the art of music, with their hideous off note voices and shouting?" Mr. Taichikawa asked as Mimi dragged him to their seats. "Because I want you to see how talented Matt is, and then you probably won't be so unfriendly towards him." Mimi explained. "Why couldn't you bring your mother?" Mr. Taichikawa asked. "Because, she says that she likes Matt, and besides, she has a headache, and can't listen to this." responded Mimi. "I don't understand why you broke up with Kevin, he was such a wonderful boy, he is full potential, he's bright, ambitious, and has absolutely no past experiences with drugs." Mr. Taichikawa said. "You wouldn't understand." said Mimi as a man stepped onto the stage.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, here's The Demons of Darkness!" announced a man as he a disoriented guitar is heard in the background as the black and purple smoke rolls onto the stage. The music started up and the beat set in, and Jose began to sing,

"Will you join me in this dance, this dance of misery?

Cradled in imposs... impossibility?

Swooning, I am swept away

Swept off my feet, with step by step by step

We take the lead as drop by drop, we start... to bleed."

"Yamato looks angry for some reason. Maybe if I could understand what that boy was shouting about, I might know why." said Mr. Taichikawa. "He does not look angry, you're just trying to find a reason to insult him." said Mimi to her father.

Matt strummed his guitar in violent movements, as they reached the chorus of the song and got ready to shout a bit.

"(Oh, we dance in misery)

And we dance on, and we dance on

(Oh, we dance in misery)

All lost in the arms of our misery, oh

(Oh, we dance in misery)

And we dance on, and we dance on

Swept off our feet by our misery, we're swept into the shadows

(Oh, we dance in misery)

And we dance on, and we dance on

(Oh, we dance in misery)

All lost in the arms of our misery, oh

(Oh, we dance in misery)

And we dance on, and we dance on

Swept off our feet by our misery, we're swept into the shadows"

"I hear something about bleeding, misery and shadows, now I see why he looks angry." Mr. Taichikawa said to Mimi who rolled her eyes.

"So who will follow? Who is the lead?

I know I'll leave a stain, because I bleed

As we dance, we all dance

We all... have no chance in this horrid romance"

Matt looked as if he was about to do the most difficult thing in the world, he stopped playing and waiting for Ivan's cue to start his solo, well it wasn't really a solo, but since it was only Ivan and himself, it pretty much sounded like a solo. Ivan played his beats, and now it was time for Matt to start his solo, Deryck, Jose and Ivan all shifted their gaze towards Matt. Matt started his strumming, in wild, hateful movements, as he caught sight of Kevin approaching Mimi and Mr. Taichikawa. Matt jumped onto Ivan's bass drum and carried on his solo there; he then jumped of and fell to the ground as he felt his fingers start to bleed, but he still continued his solo. It was feeling like forever, when did thirty-two seconds become this long? Matt, then finally went back to the beat as he heard Jose start to sing once again.

"Oh, we dance in misery)

And we dance on, and we dance on

(Oh, we dance in misery)

All lost in the arms of our misery, oh

(Oh, we dance in misery)

And we dance on, and we dance on

Swept off our feet by our misery, we're swept into the shadows

Swept off our feet by our misery, we're swept into the shadows"

They stopped playing and took a small five minute break in which Matt spent wrapping his fingers to keep them from bleeding, lucky for him it was only small amounts of blood that were seeping through his wounded fingers. "Hey Matt, we're back on," said Deryck as he observed Matt wipe the small traces of blood of his guitar.

"Here they are again, Demons of Darkness, give it up everyone." said the man into the microphone as soft drumming is heard and the lower sounding chords of the bass are heard. Matt, Ivan, Jose and Deryck appear on the stage once again, this time with a more depressed, slower, softer rhythm, than the one they had previously played. Matt had his head down as he waited for his cue to start singing; he was looking at his hands, hoping they wouldn't start to bleed again. Matt looked out into the crowd, and spotted Mimi and her father in the second row, she waved at him and he gave a weak smile. His gaze then shifted to that of Kevin who was waiting by a tree. Matt heard his beat and opened his mouth,

"I cannot leave here, I cannot stay

Forever haunted, more than afraid

Asphyxiate on words I would say

I'm drawn to a blackened sky as I turn blue

There are no flowers, no, not this time

There will be no angels gracing the lines, just these stark words I find

I'd show a smile but I'm too weak

I'd share for you, could I only speak, just how much this hurts me"

"I had no idea that boy could play a guitar that well, now there's something Kevin can't do. And he seems to be in tune for most of the song," Mr. Taichikawa complimented Matt. "Did I hear someone say my name?" asked Kevin as he greeted Mr. Taichikawa with a handshake. He took a seat next to Mimi, who scooted away from him as he did so.

"I cannot stay here, I cannot leave

Just like all I loved, I'm make believe

Imagined heart, I disappear

Seems... no one will appear here and make me real

There are no flowers, no, not this time

There will be no angels gracing the lines, just these stark words I find

I'd show a smile but I'm too weak

I'd share with you, could I only speak, just how much this hurts me"

Matt looks out into the crowd during the short pause and sees Kevin sitting next to Mimi. Matt gets somewhat angered as he sees Kevin trying to kiss Mimi.

"There are no flowers, no, not this time

There will be no angels gracing the lines, just these stark words I find

I'd show a smile but I'm too weak

I'd share with you, could I only speak, just how much this hurts me

I'd tell you how it haunts me

I'd tell you how it haunts me

Cuts through my day and sinks into my dreams

I'd tell you how it haunts me

Cuts through my day and sinks into my dreams

You don't care that it haunts me"

Matt accidentally skips a note and everyone but the audience noticed. Deryck looked over at Matt when he did so and Matt motioned to look towards where he was looking. Deryck gave Matt a partially understanding look, as Matt went back to his singing

"There are no flowers, no, not this time

There will be no angels gracing the lines, just these stark words I find

I'd show a smile but I'm too weak

I'd share with you, could I only speak, just how much this hurts me

Just how much this hurts me

Just how much you..."

The song ended on a depressed note, but Matt was in a state between rage and misery, the rage slowly taking over, putting away the misery for some other time. Matt looked out into the crowd again his rage getting the best of him as he sees Kevin trying to kiss Mimi again, this made Matt fume with antagonism. Matt had been watching this for about three and a half minutes and he had had enough. Matt jumps off the stage and his guitar grasped tightly in one hand as he nears Kevin, who stands up and glares at Matt, who takes his guitar and swings it across Kevin's face.

Kevin stumbles to his feet, trying to regain his posture but Matt shoves him back to the ground. And suddenly Jay and Dusty come out of nowhere and punch Matt. Ivan, seeing this jumps off the stage himself and helps out his friend. Ivan pulls Dusty off Matt, and claws him across his face with his sharp metal claw attachments. Kevin gets up, grabs Matt's guitar and slams it into Matt's stomach, causing him to fall to the ground slowly. Jay then grabs hold of Ivan's hand and makes him close his hand into a fist, causing the claws to sink into his skin, in an extremely painful matter. Deryck grabs Ivan's drumsticks and his bass as he joins them on the ground. Deryck swings his bass into Jay's back, he falls to the ground slowly and painfully. Deryck then drops to the ground and starts to remove Ivan's claws and tosses them to Mimi, who is just standing about ten feet away. The bloody claws fall into her hands, and she drops, as her mind registers the blood.

Before Deryck could take off the last two claws, Kevin comes at him with Matt's guitar. Deryck ducks out of the way but Kevin lands a hit on his second attempt. Jose picks up a small amp and throws it at Kevin. Ivan gets up, removes his claws and grabs his drumsticks from Deryck's pocket. Brad comes in and shoves Ivan to the ground. Ivan stumbles, and turns around to see the varsity linebacker glaring at him. Ivan looks at his drumsticks and realizes that they are quite useless, so he lets them fall to ground, and throws a punch instead. Brad is a bit dazed by the blow, but Ivan is in excruciating pain from the wounds that had been inflicted onto his palm. Matt and Kevin get up off the ground around the same time and Matt grabs his guitar and slams it across Kevin's face once again. Kevin falls to the ground tasting the dirt for the third time. Matt then drops his guitar and starts to punch Kevin violently on his face. Jose was busy with Dusty, and Deryck and Ivan were busy with Brad that no one noticed when Jay got up and slammed the amp into Matt's back.

By now a very, very large amount of people had gathered, preventing cops from getting through. The grass now has traces of blood on it, there was broken equipment scattered all over the grass.

Once Deryck and Ivan had made sure that Brad would remain on the ground, was when they noticed that Matt was being doubled teamed by Jay and Kevin. Ivan grabbed his drumsticks and brought them down on Jay's pressure points, making him twitch to the ground. Deryck had cornered Kevin into a tree and had kneed his stomach a few times Kevin fell to the ground. Ivan caught sight of one of his claws and took hold of it, and because it had been Jay who had made him sink his own claws into his palms, he decided to do something to him. Ivan had beat Jay unconscious with his drumsticks, well at least to a semi-unconscious state. Ivan grabbed the one claw and slid it around Jay's face, with no particular pattern, just wanting him to bleed. Deryck had left Kevin to Matt, and Kevin was slowly recuperating. Gradually the cops had made it through the crowd which had gathered to see what was going on and they were now struggling to arrest Matt and the others. Kevin and Matt were still trying to escape even after they were cuffed; they still kept trying to go at it. The crowd had lessened, making the scene more available to the people who had stuck around.

As Matt, Ivan, Deryck, and Jose were being 'escorted' to a cop car, Mimi and Matt made eye contact, Mimi stared at him for a few seconds before sure turned away.

"Can we go home now, Daddy?" Mimi asked sadly as she watched Matt shoved into the back seat of the cop car. "Sure thing just let me find Ian." Mr. Taichikawa responded.

~ Authors Notes: Isn't blood like the coolest thing ever? Well to me it is, and that's why I made sure there was enough blood in this chapter, blood it's like, awesome to me. Well, what'd you guys think? I liked because of the blood, sweet, sweet, beautiful blood. So, anyway, have any of you guys voted for GC or AFI for the VMA's Awards, remember 5th Column members, vote for AFI, get an AFI poster. And here are the Rock Trivia questions:

In the 1994 VMA's, which of Nirvana's songs won a VMA?

Layne Stanley last year, he over dosed, on what deadly combination of drugs did he die using?

There's your questions, and I'm waiting for your answers

~Laterz