S-E: Hey kiddywinks...hehe...my science teacher says that.

Raven: oh lord...

S-E: anyway, here I am, with a new chapter for your enjoyment...I hope! I really can't be assed with this at the moment but there is nothing better to do and if I don't write down what's in my head then I will forget it and that's...not a good thing...

Yushi: YAY ITS DANCE DAY YAY ITS DANCE DAY YAY ITS-

Hannah: Shut up already! stuffs apple into Yushi's mouth

Yushi: Mmmffmfmff!

Raven: Mmmmkay...S-E owns me, Hannah and Yushi oh and Mimi.

Mimi: Someone say my name?

Raven: Die evil Barbie bitch! jumps on Mimi

S-E: On with the fic, please review when you are done

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Kai had arrived in his dorm last night, after finally getting rid of Mimi, only to find a small pendant on his desk, it was just like Raven's only instead of a blizzard raging around the clear orb there was a tiny flame suspended in the centre of it. He had noticed each of his friends wearing these sort of things.

Max's had a water droplet inside it, Tyson's had a tiny fluffy cloud in the centre, Rei's was empty, apparently representing serenity, Raven's snow and ice, Johnny had one with a sun blazing in it. He picked his up and pulled it over his head, sliding it under his shirt, it was warm to the touch, like Johnny's was. Emily had a lightning bolt one, Hannah's was seemingly full of darkness and shadows. Hilary's had a leaf trapped inside and Yushi had a moon. Mariah's was interesting to watch because inside a tiny shape constantly bounced around the sphere, rebounding of the sides endlessly.

Hell even Tala had one of these things, and Kai wouldn't go as far as calling him a friend. You had to shield your eyes with Tala's because it was a very bright light, it spent most of it's time hidden under his shirt.

Kai recalled that Tala had been acting pretty strangely recently, disappearing for hours at a time, well he did that before but he always showed up to annoy you at some time or other either that or he was flirting shamelessly with anything in a skirt, he hadn't been doing that lately, and his favourites were beginning to worry that they had been replaced.

Kai turned to his wardrobe, casting his eyes over his outfit for that night. He proceeded to change into the tight black trousers and black button down shirt, he left the top few buttons undone and left his fiery necklace on show. He pulled a pair of black boots onto his feet and looked at himself in the mirror.

'It'll do' he thought to himself, running a hand through his unruly two toned hair. He scanned the room and noticed that all of his room mates clothes for the dance had gone, meaning they were ready and were probably downstairs already. He sighed and headed towards the door, this was going to be a long night.

"Oh my god I'm so nervous" Raven said, her hands shaking as she pulled her dress up. "Yushi can you lace me up please?" she turned her back to the black and red haired girl.

"Sure Rave" She pulled on the thin strings across the back of the dress, lacing them across her friend's back, tying them at the top in a loop. "Don't be nervous, you'll be great!" she put her hand on the fretting teen's shoulder. She shrugged the shoulder of her own dress on and twisted it around to make it more comfortable. All of the girls had applied their make up earlier. Hannah was no where to be seen, and they all wanted to see the gothic teen's dress.

They still had an hour before they needed to be in the hall, they were playing last. They had all gone down and set up they equipment that morning. Raven had been nervous all day and was already at breaking point. Hilary was also worrying, even though she had done it before. She was sat on her bed in her dress. She was wearing a dusky pink dress with a slit up to the thigh in one side, her hair was pulled to the back of her head in a bun with a black flower pushed through it.

Yushi's dress was beautiful, a black one shouldered dress that fell past her ankles, there were crimson butterflies spiralling up one side, large at the bottom and getting smaller until they disappeared just underneath her waist. Her black and red haired had been straightened and flowed over her shoulders, she had black stars painted around one eye, making the marine blue orb seem to shimmer.

She had been asked to the dance earlier in the week by Johnny, and had accepted willingly, but she wasn't allowed to tell him that the Shattered Souls had reformed, so she told him mysteriously that he would have to wait and see why she had to miss a bit of it.

Emily's dress was made of very dark green satin and laced down one side with a black ribbon, she had her pendant on, as did Raven and Hilary. She had the power of earth. Emily's hair had been flicked out at the bottoms and it suited her very well.

Mariah' dress was deep purple with hot pink gussets in the bottom of the skirt, her hair had been plaited and was tied with a dark purple ribbon, a few bags framed her face. She had black lipstick and her eyes had been blacked, causing the golden eyes to stand out.

Raven was stood in the middle of the room, uncomfortably pulling at one sleeve of her dress. Her dress consisted of a midnight blue ball gown, it was low cut across the front and lace up front the base of her back at the back, the three quarter length sleeves were edged with black lace. "I'm not used to such formal clothes" she said sheepishly.

"Nah we're not either but it's ok, and besides you look great!" Riah said cheerfully, holding her hair up while Emily fastened the clasp on her necklace. Raven stared at the pendant for a moment, watching the pink fizzly (A/N: I know this isn't a word but I couldn't think of anything better!) orb bounce happily around inside its glass confinement.

"So, we ready girls?" Yushi asked excitedly, she grinned as her friends all nodded enthusiastically and bounced out of the door.

"Here we go!" Emily cried as they sped down the corridor.

"I can't wait!" Riah yelled, hitching her skirt up to her knees so she could run faster.

Raven merely laughed loudly at her friends and picked up her pace, speeding past her taller friends chuckling at their loud protests and failing to keep up with her. Yes, tonight was going to be fun!

The dance floor was slowly filling with dressed up teenagers, a sea of black, white and a wide variety of other colours. Yushi was peering out from behind the curtain in front of the stage.

"Where is she?!" she hissed.

"Hey calm down Moonshine, she'll be here!" Riah sighed from her place behind her brightly coloured drum kit. All but one of the Shattered Souls were stood behind the thick red curtains with their weapons of choice in their hands. They were due to perform in five minutes and their lead vocalist had yet to pitch up.

After another four minutes had passed, they all looked desperately around them.

"Looks like you'll be the only vocalist tonight Raven" Emily said brightly, shifting her bass into a better grip and resting it on her hips.

They could all hear the host of the evening playing up the crowd preparing to announce the first band of the evening. Them.

"And now, I'd like to introduce to you a band, who haven't played for five years. They've got a new member too. You loved 'em then. You'll love 'em even more now. I give to you, The Shattered Souls!!!!!" the host screamed into the audience. This was it, now or never, with or without another vocalist.

Just as the red curtain was ripped away a dark blur streaked through the group and ran to the front of the stage. The figure had dark hair but it had been severed unevenly to their shoulders and the remains of a dress were draped around their slight frame. One of the sleeves of the dress had been ripped down to gather around her wrist, the lacing that ran up the back of the dress, once tightly strapped up, and was hanging loose. The soft skirt that fell to the figure's ankles was ripped all the way up one side, revealing a milky white thigh. The shoulder of the bodice was sliding off the young girl's shoulder. She turned to face the band members.

A sharp intake of breath ran through the group as they took in the sight before them. Hannah's neck was streaked with crimson as blood leaked from a wound on the side of neck, the skin around her left eye was beginning to turn an unattractive yellow and purple colour.

Yushi opened her mouth to say something but Hannah swiftly raised a finger to her lips and turned back to face the crowd.

"Hey guys, I know you haven't heard from us in five years" she called out to crowd. "So I want you to dance so hard to make up for that time!" she yelled. She gestured behind her to Emily who immediately started up her bass and set the music going.

Hannah started to make a low sound with her mouth along to the music. Raven also did this but she provided almost a backing song to Hannah's. Yushi broke the sound by slamming her fingers against her guitar strings making them sound distorted.

Raven suddenly let the words leave her mouth in a rush. Her voice sounded low and soft and she spoke the words rather than sang them.

"Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear, Sealed with lies through so many tears

Lost from within, pursuing the end

I fight for the chance to be lied to again"

Throughout this Hannah had continued her small sound. When Raven stopped Hannah started on her words.

"You will never be strong enough

You will never be good enough

You were never conceived in love

You will not rise above"

"They'll never see, I'll never be, I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger, Burning deep inside of me"

Raven sang the last line with her and then they both fell silent as the music rose up and drowned their voices out. Raven took a deep breath and swayed softly to the beat of the music before carrying on as the music lowered.

"But through my tears breaks a blinding light, Birthing a dawn to this endless night, Arms outstretched, awaiting me An open embrace upon a bleeding tree"

Hannah joined Raven for the next verse, combining their voices to create a soft and soothing sound.

"Rest in me and I'll comfort you

I have lived and I died for you

Abide in me and I vow to you

I will never forsake you"

They both sang the chorus twice again, before repeating the last verse, both of them raising their voices to shout down into the microphones. The crowd began to dance even harder, throwing themselves around to the beat of the music.

"Rest in me and I'll comfort you!

I have lived and I died for you!

Abide in me and I vow to you!

I will never forsake you!"

"They'll never see

I'll never be

I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger"

Hannah began the chorus for the last time, with Raven singing the same words just after her.

"Burning deep inside of me" They finished softly, the crowd around the stage erupted into mass applause and shouting. Raven grinned around her at her friends, all of them where smiling happily. They ran their way through 5 more songs, including Still-Frame sung by Yushi and Emily, and Mariah and Yushi swapping weapons while Mariah produced a brilliant rocked up version of My Paper Heart that could've giver The All American Rejects a run for their money. By the end they were all grinning widely and totally exhausted. Hannah however looked preoccupied, as though something more important was pressing down on her mind.

Raven watched as the rest of her band mate's smiles slid from their faces as they gazed at the oblivious gothic teen. Not wanting the huge audience to notice their little problem, she sang out the starting words to another song. This shook the other girls out of their stupor as they added the music to her words.

"I've felt the hate rise up in me, Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves,

I wander out where you can't see,

Inside my shell, I wait and bleed!"

Raven prayed desperately that Hannah would shake out of her reverie and join them in the land of the living. They could NOT screw this gig up. She repeated the chorus as she waited with growing anxiety for the still, gothic teen to move. She let her breath go when the frozen girl stirred into life. She jumped up and slammed her heavily booted feet down onto the stage floor, throwing her head back and pushing her arms out away from her.

"GOODBYE!!!!!!" she screamed out.

"I wipe it off on tile, the light is brighter this time! Everything is 3D blasphemy!

My eyes are red and gold, the hair is standing straight up!

This is not the way I pictured me!

I CAN'T CONTROL MY SHAKES!

How the hell did I get here?!

Something about this, so very wrong...!

I have to laugh out loud, I wish I didn't like this!

Is it a dream or a memory?!" she screamed out. She and Raven had switched the singing styles, for Hannah's voice howled out hoarse and low, whereas Raven's sang out in a soft and calm tone.

Together they repeated the chorus two more times before leaving Hannah to sing another verse.

"GET OUTTA MY HEAD CUZ I DON'T NEED THIS!" the words ripped up her throat and she clutched her head with her hands, the cords that held what was left of her corset to her body were becoming looser and thus it was practically hanging off her.

"Why I didn't I see this?!" she yelled, she grabbed the ripped off sleeve that was bunched around her wrist and tore it off completely.

"I'm a victim - Manchurian Candidate!" next came the other sleeve, ripped from its seam and thrown aside.

"I-HAVE-SINNED-BY-JUST-" the top corset was next to be tossed away from her body, revealing a black and deep purple petticoat beneath.

"Making my mind up and taking your breath away!" her eyes were squeezed shut as she was swept up in the song.

"I've felt the hate rise up in me,

Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves,

I wander out where you can't see,

Inside my shell, I wait and bleed!" the entire band sang out, mixing and blending their voices and singing styles to produce an amazing sound.

"GOODBYE!" Hannah screamed out once more, her eyes still tightly closed.

"You haven't learned a thing!

I haven't changed a thing!

My flesh was in my bones!

The pain was always free!"

The chorus was sang out once more and the music took over the rest of the song.

"And it waits for you!" Hannah yelled, letting the words trail off at the end. Her eyes snapped open as she pushed herself away from her microphone and walked off back stage. Her friends quickly put away their instruments and ran after her.

"Hannah, wait!" Yushi called, she ran up to the tiny girl and laid a hand on her shoulder, only to have her fall backwards into her arms. "What's wrong?! Who did this?!" she demanded.

"No, just take me away from here" Hannah whispered. The group decided to say nothing more. The dance was over now and, carrying Hannah between Mariah and Hilary, they went up to their dorm where the bruised and bloodied teen curled up on her bed and fell asleep in minutes. Leaving the other five girls to do nothing but imagine what could have caused this.

S-E: Tadaa! What ya'll think my little darklings? I planned out the next five chapters on paper when I was on holiday...especially for you guys! God that took a while! Any way...someone wanted the names of the songs so...the first one in chap 14 was 'Way Away' by Yellowcard. The 2nd one was 'Breathe No More' by Evanescence. The 3rd one was 'Surrender' by Evanescence. And Kai was singing Million Miles away by Offspring. In chapter 15: Can't get My Head Around You by Offspring...and in case any of you were wondering the songs in this chapter are: Lies by Evanescence and Wait and Bleed by slipknot. These were for bs3ssi0n!

Silver: HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

S-E: ¬¬U she's on a sugar rush..again!