Rockstar
By Fade Into Darkness
Holy shit I finally updated! Ugh, that was long in coming!
Chibi Raven: HELL YAH
Fade: Shut up. Anyway…
WING ELIE GETS WHATEVER SHE WANTS FOR THE NEXT TWO MINUTES!!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!
Chibi Raven: Riiiiiiiiiigghht. Wing, don't even bother. Never trust a person who uses more than one exclamation point in a sentence.
Fade: See? I love you!
Chibi Raven: Ha, you know she could ask for something like her own personal villa in the carribean with that Johnny Depp dude…
Fade: But could I give it to her in the next two minutes?
Chibi Raven: Eh… We'll get back to this later… Now, on with Chapter Four of ROCKSTAR!!!
Fade: NOW who's using more than one excla-
Before the Encounter with Raven
Ah, Saturday.
"FREEDOM!!!" Fiona screamed, jumping up and down on Ryss' bed. Ryss grumbled once again about annoying little happy blondes, and pushed herself up.
"OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!!!" Fiona pulled her the rest of the way. "WOO HOO!!!"
"Eh… Let's get some breakfast, and then we can go shopping or whatever it was you wanted to do." Ryss mumbled.
"SQUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
Oh, God help me.
Seven pancakes, two showers, and six good mornings later, Ryss and Fiona were walking down the street to the huge Osaka mall. Fiona had insisted that Ryss wear a skirt, much to Ryss' annoyance, so she constantly tugged at the skirt, checking her reflection in shop windows to make sure that it wasn't too high, and that the leg warmers weren't dragging too much. She felt like a freak. The skirt wasn't ugly; it was a simple dark blue denim skirt with fringed hem and black tights, and blue and green striped leg warmers. On any other girl, it would have looked really hip and fun, but Ryss just felt foolish in them. She thought that she looked like a fat, cold hooker, what with the leg warmers and the short skirt. She sighed, halfway to the mall and fifteen minutes of tugging had probably only made it worse. She decided that she would ignore it. She ran a hand through her damp blue hair, recently dyed again to hide the roots that would have been black but because of the previous dye job, were ashed and looked dirty blonde.
"I look like a freak." Ryss announced. Fiona glanced at her.
"You look awesome, Ryss! As soon as your hair is dry, you'll look like a TOTAL trend setter." Fiona grinned, grabbed Ryss' hand, and started skipping. In effect, Ryss was dragged two city blocks behind Fiona, who was oblivious to the stares that they were getting. Ryss whimpered. She hated being dragged. But there was happy little blonde Fiona, singing and skipping. A group of girls that Ryss recognized from school were staring at them, snickering and pointing. They all were walking straight across the sidewalk, in jeans and jackets. They all had their natural hair colors, and they certainly weren't skipping. Ryss felt something inside of herself grow.
If I'm already so different from them, then what's one more step?
Ryss joined Fiona, who looked blown away by Ryss' actions. Then, she accepted it, and they continued.
The Osaka mall was crowded. Ryss and Fiona burst through the doors panting and laughing, but since it was so crowded, it seemed that no one noticed them. Ryss' mouth hurt from smiling so much. They slowed to a walk, and continued to make their way slowly through the mall. All the while, Ryss wondered when the last time was that she had laughed and smiled so much. She couldn't think of one time.
"Fiona!" Ryss and Fiona turned around to see a spiky haired teenager running over to them. He was wearing a huge black Osaka Red Star High sweatshirt and jeans. He reached them, panting.
"Van!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Fiona cried happily, throwing her arms around Van's neck. He hugged her back, and then Fiona grabbed Ryss. "This is Ryss. She SO COOL!"
Ryss plugged her ears as a signal to Fiona to turn down the volume of her voice, when Van shook her hand firmly.
"'Ello, my name's Van!" He was just as chirpy and happy and ANNOYING as Fiona, except that his hair was black instead of blonde. He was grinning from ear to ear, showing off pearly white teeth. His black eyes were sparkling. Yes, definitely either a relative of Fiona's, or her boyfriend. Only a person equally as happy as Fiona could be so chirpy too. Ryss forced a smile.
"I'm Ryss Bleu. Nice to meet you." She said through gritted teeth. One annoyingly happy person, she could take, but not two of them. He'd probably hang out with them for the rest of the day, and then Ryss would have to take several Advil to cure the headache the would result in hanging out with them. She inwardly groaned.
"Van is my boyfriend!" Just as Ryss thought. Van took Fiona's hand, and they all walked to the food court, because Van was starving. Ryss didn't eat anything. She was too busy listening to the radio. It's My Life (No Doubt's cover) was playing, and Ryss sang softly to it. Sometimes she wished that she could act like Gwen Stefani had in the video, and kill off all the people that annoyed her. But then, the whole world would probably be dead within two days. And she'd feel sad and lonely.
A long silence had passed, but Ryss only noticed after the song was over. She looked up at Van and Fiona and was greeted by mouths hanging open and wide eyes.
"You…" Van whispered in awe. Ryss quirked an eyebrow.
"What?" She asked irritably. Fiona jumped up and down in her seat, clapping.
"Oh Ryss! You have the most AWESOME VOICE EVER!" She screeched. Van was nodding like a bobble-head toy. Ryss felt her cheeks glow red.
"R-Really?"
"YES!" Van and Fiona chorused. Ryss pressed her hand to her cheek and she was very warm. Van was grinning from ear to ear, and Fiona was bouncing up and down in her seat. Ryss felt something change inside of her. She had a talent? What did it take to be a talented person? Did she have to sign any forms? Would she maybe find a boyfriend?
"THIS IS SOOO COOL!"