What do you mean we're stuck here?

Actually, I had a really hard time thinking about what I wanted my first fanfic to be, but my friend helped me get all the kinks out of my idea and get it to what it is now. Thanks a bunch, Mike!

Okay, well in this fanfic, there's gonna be eleven main characters, including myself. It's a lot, I know…especially for a first fanfic ever, but I think I'll live. All of these characters are based off of real people who were in my band class in eighth grade. I just changed the names around a bit, but if you know me, then you should be able to identify each character to the actual person. Slight description of each person so if they do something really strange then you'll know why. Oh yeah, this story's probably gonna be pretty much from Julie's point of view, so all of the characters have some relation with Julie in each description.

Julie - That would be my character. She's very short (probably the shortest one in the group) and Asian with glasses and black hair with a red streak on the left side. She plays French horn in concert band and she plays piano and xylophone in Jazz band, and she's first chair for all of those. Hmmm…Well, she's quite temperamental and violent, which I'm sure a lot of the guys in the fanfic would agree with…Other than that, she's pretty funny considering she laughs at everything…

Liselle - She's been Julie's best friend since fifth grade, and they're obviously still best friends now. She's about the same height as Julie, but maybe a little taller. She plays piano and xylophone in Jazz band…She doesn't play anything in regular band. You could say that she's pretty quiet except around Julie cuz that's when Julie starts spazzing out.

Allison - She's first chair flute player in concert band and the only flute player in Jazz band. She's extremely good at flute…so good that she got into honor band and was the only one in the entire band class who did. She has a personality much like Julie's…temperamental at times as well as a little violent around some people, and laughs a lot. This would probably explain why they are called sisters, aside from the fact that they happen to have the same last name.

Natalie - She's got blonde-ish hair, and her personality can be like that at times…but for the most part, it's all good. Hahaha, well, she's first chair baritone player in concert band and she's oh, second or third trombone in Jazz band, it depends. She's a very fun person to hang out with…very funny, and just happens to have over sixty inside jokes with Julie.

(A/N: Yes, I don't have a life, so I actually counted.)

Katherine - She plays clarinet in concert band…I forget which chair. (sorry) She's really funny and a lot of fun to hang around with. She also has lots of ideas on how to make this situation a little more interesting…

Samantha - Second chair alto saxophone in both concert band AND Jazz band. Wow, personally I'd be kinda annoyed, but she's quite patient, I must say. Anyway, she's very fun to hang out with and she also happens to have a particular inside joke with Natalie and Julie from one online chatroom that was quite funny.

Mike - All I can say is INSANELY good musician! He plays bassoon in concert band and he plays trombone in Jazz band. He's first chair for both of those too. Well, the first time that he and Julie met, it wasn't all that pretty, and it was pretty much like that all of seventh grade, but they're on good terms now. He still makes fun of her a little and it can be enough to make her start running after him with a music stand, but deep down, you know that it's all good between them.

Blake - Second chair French horn player in concert band. It's quite funny actually, because while Julie's first chair and is only like 5'1", Blake is 6' tall. Don't ask me how that's funny cuz I'm not all that sure either…I've been having way too much sugar recently, but anyway! Like I said, he's tall, and has had quite a few accidents that ended up in broken bones for both a trumpet player and yes, Julie. It's quite interesting and funny in a way (well, to most people) how despite this they end up together.

Dakota - He plays tenor sax. I can't remember if he's first or second chair…I believe he's second chair in concert band and first chair in Jazz band. Julie's known him since kindergarten so it's quite interesting…

Chad - YES! He's probably the funniest, most random person in the group. Well, he's last chair alto saxophone, but apparently it's no big deal for him. He's extremely funny and has made lots of laughs and good times for the group. He used to be one of Julie's hit targets, but it's all good between them.

Stephen - Hmmm, I think he's sixth chair trumpet in concert band and fourth chair in Jazz band…Well, he's quite fun. He makes Julie laugh by saying the most random things. He's also Samantha's boyfriend, and they are a very good couple for lots of people.

Eric - Yet again one of Julie's former hit targets. Oh yes, quite a few incidents in their eighth grade year. Well, he's a trumpet player, and he's fourth chair, but he's only in concert band. He's about an inch taller than Julie, which can sometimes get on her nerves when he teases her about it.

Ryan - Everyone probably thinks he's a nuisance of some sort, but all in all, he's a good friend. He's first chair oboe in concert band, and he's third chair tenor saxophone in Jazz band. He does seem to have the blame always put on him, but you know…

Okay! Now that you know everyone, time for the story…Yayy!

Chapter One: The Bando Bus Ride

Julie was sitting on the bus, listening to the music on her iPod. -sigh- This was a much longer bus ride than she thought it would be…They've already been on the bus for what seemed an eternity. Well, to tell you the truth, it had only been two hours, but due to the major sugar high Julie had given herself, minutes seemed like hours. However, she was grateful of the fact that they were on charter buses rather than a regular school bus, so at least it was comfortable.

Julie sat next to Liselle on the bus. In front of her was Katherine and Dakota, and behind her were Allison and Natalie. Behind them were Eric and Ryan. Across the aisle from Julie and Liselle sat Samantha (Sam for short) and Stephen. Behind them were Chad and Blake, and behind those two sat Mike. The rest of the bus was filled with all of the other bandos.

"Gah…where the heck are we going, anyway?" she wondered aloud.

"Talking to yourself, Julie?" she heard a deep voice ask with a laugh.

She jumped in her seat and turned to the direction of the voice. "Mike!" was pretty much all she could get out. Mike laughed. "Did you really forget that quickly? Haha, okay Julie: we're going to a week-long band trip where hopefully you can improve. Try not to forget this time." Julie knew that she couldn't slap him from where she was sitting, so she yelled to him, "You're dead later!" He just laughed again.

Her cell phone suddenly vibrated. Again, she jumped in her seat.

"Wow, someone's spazzy today…" laughed Natalie.

"Haha, yeah, or someone's had too much sugar before the bus ride," said Allison.

"Psh, very funny…but I did have a lot of sugar this morning," Julie said as she picked up the phone. "Hello?"

She heard an all too familiar voice say, "Prank call!" and a click.

Julie whirled around. "ERIC!" she yelled across the bus. And who else could it be? Eric had been doing that to practically everyone on the bus who had a cell phone.

"Hey, I bet he's flirting with you," said Liselle. "AHHH! Stop saying that!" Julie managed to keep her voice a whisper so that no one else could hear. "For crying out loud, you've been saying that all of history! You don't need to say it anymore! I've…"

"…already got a boyfriend?" Liselle finished for her. "Yeah, I know, but it's still fun to see you freak out over that. Haha!" True enough, you could see Julie spaz out a little before going back to her music.

(A/N: See what I mean about the whole spazzing out factor? Julie has a tendency to do that…)

Well, after listening to music for an hour, Julie drifted to sleep. That's when Natalie got an idea. "Hey, Liselle…"

"Yeah?"

"Go switch seats with Blake."

"WHAT! Why would I do something like that?" Liselle practically yelled. Good thing Julie didn't wake up.

"Shhh! Don't you think it would be funny if Julie woke up and she noticed that he was sitting next to her?"

"Well, maybe, but then again, it's not as funny as if let's say, Eric was sitting next to her when she woke up…NOT that I'm saying that we should do that!" said Liselle.

"Well, still…Come on, Liselle…"

"Oh, fine…"

"Good! Hey, Blake…"

Half an hour passed and Julie still didn't wake up. By now, pretty much everyone within a ten-foot radius was interested on how Julie would react. They all knew about how her reactions could be, well…interesting.

"Come on!" said Katherine. "Do something to wake her up! I'm so flippin bored already!" Many agreed.

"Hey, Blake! Poke her in the side…that always works!" yelled Eric from behind them.

"No!"

"Do it!" yelled Mike. Soon other people were cheering him on.

"…Fine…" Blake said as he poked Julie in the side.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Julie screamed as she practically jumped ten feet into the air. Everyone was laughing like crazy, while Julie was sitting there with a look of exasperation on her face. That only lasted a couple of seconds though, as Julie started laughing too. Then she looked next to her. "AHH! How did this happen?" Again, everyone laughed. It was all good.

An hour later, Julie looked outside. "Gah, where are we?" she said as she looked out into what looked like a vast desert. No one really knew…

Suddenly, a loud crunch or screech kind of noise was heard as the bus lurched to a stop. "What, we're here already?" said Katherine. The bus was alive with people talking as everyone was wondering what exactly was going on. Then the bus driver got everyone's attention and said, "Kids, I think we've got a problem."