Disclaimer- I don't own any of the characters except Dawn and the rest of Bloom's friends from Earth mentioned in the story. I don't own anything else except the songs.

Bloom stood on the balcony of the dorm, listening to the conversation inside.

"All I'm saying is that you would look just as good with your hair down Musa! Jeez, what's up with you today?" Stella yelled.

Bloom flinched as the door slammed, signalling Stella's dramatic exit. Flora was on a date with Helia, Techna was working on a new project in the technological lab, and Layla was in Magix with the pixies.

Musa was getting ready for her date with Riven. Oh joy.

"Bloom, I need a little H to the E to the L to the P here!" Musa yelled.

Bloom walked into Musa's room, and picked out a purple crop top, Musa's latest pair of sandals, and a fashionably ripped pair of jeans. "Your hair's fine Musa, and Riven likes the way you look no matter what you're wearing. Chillax already."

"Chillax? CHILLAX! Bloom, how can I relax knowing that Riven doesn't think of me and him seriously?" Musa asked rhetorically.

Bloom raised her eyebrows. "Who told you that?"

Musa frowned. "He did. I heard him tell Jared that he doesn't think about the future with me."

Bloom had to refrain from hitting her head against the wall. "I think he meant that when he's with you, he's living for the moment. He's totally into you Musa, the happily ever after type of romance all earth girls dream about."

Musa stopped raking through her recently acquired make-up. "You think?" She asked, blushing.

"I know." Bloom answered, leaving the room. Minutes later, Musa came out from her room, dressed as she always was.

"Thanks Bloom, I owe ya one." Musa called, racing out the room. She had a date to get to.

Bloom sighed. "I thought she'd never leave." She thought out loud.

She raced into her own room, and pulled a guitar case out from underneath her bed. Opening it, a baby blue bass guitar with fuchsia pink stars was revealed. Moving a pile of suitcases, an amp was uncovered. Connecting her baby to its power supply, Bloom began to play her favourite song in the world, which she co wrote with her best friends in the world. Their band's signature rock beat; mixed with lyrics Dawn, Angel, Celestial and Bloom had all written.

"So tired of watching the world go by,

Waiting for my turn,

So sick of waiting for my time,

My time to shine."

Bloom sang softly, the start of the song being gentle. Then the rocker in Bloom took over, and she began to sing with the passion the song had been meant for. (This means soft singing and bass guitar, this means she's rocking on)

"So damn tired baby,

Of this world so crazy,

People wasting their lives,

Thinking of what could,

Possibly, maybe, could be

If they take a chance,

And do what they wanna do,

Instead of what they have to do,

Just for one-day baby,

I wanna take a chance,

And live my life,

The way I wanna live my life!

Cos I'm, because I'm,

So tired of watching the world go by,

Waiting for my turn,

So sick of waiting for my time,

My time to shine

And maybe I wanna fall,

Because I'm not afraid to lose it all,

If you'd let me fall

I'd get back up again,

And live to fight another day,

I wanna live life my way,

Taking it day by day,

The way I want it to be,

I wanna take a chance,

And live for one day,

Without a safety net to break my fall,

No safety net to cushion the blow,

Cos I'm, because I'm

So tired of watching the world go by,

Waiting for my turn,

So sick of waiting for my time,

My time to shine

So please my baby,

Please stop protecting me,

I can't live my life without variety,

Accept that this is the way it has to be,

I just wanna be free,

Don't care about you baby,

I'm taking a chance and letting you go…

This is the part where you say finally.

Cos we're, because we are

So tired of watching the world go by,

Waiting for our turn,

So sick of waiting for our time,

Our time to shine"

Bloom sang unaware that she had an audience. If she did, she probably would have stopped playing.

Musa had returned to the dorm, remembering her date wasn't for another hour. She had heard a song coming from the room Bloom and Flora shared, and had gone to investigate. Now she didn't know how to feel. Bloom had kept her talents a secret, but why? Why wouldn't Bloom tell them?

On the other hand, music was her thing, not Bloom's, so it wasn't fair that Bloom could be good at music too. She had the Dragon Fire for crying out loud, wasn't that enough?

Musa stepped into Bloom's room, just as she was about to start another song.

"Hey Bloom. Cool beat you were playing there." Musa grinned. She had finally decided to get some answers before she got upset.

"Musa, I thought you were gone!" Bloom gasped.

"I came back. Why didn't you tell me you could rock like that B?"

"Because it would have gotten back to Stella."

Musa blinked in surprise. "Why wouldn't you want Stella to know?"

Bloom fixed her gaze on the ground. "Because she would have wanted me to play in public."

Musa thought she understood. "Bloom, stage fright isn't that bad, it gives your music an extra edge, all you have to do is get on stage and you'll be fine…"

Bloom's head snapped up and she glared at Musa, fire dancing in her eyes. "It's not that! I've played in front of people before Musa, I don't get bad stage fright!"

Musa yelled right back. "Then what is it?"

Bloom's shoulders slumped. She couldn't think of a way to put it into words. Or could she?

Musa was about to storm out of the room when Bloom started to play.

"I can't be like this no more,

Since you walked right throughthe door,

And told me you couldn't play anymore,

I was angry till you told me why,

Then we were scared you might die,

Lose you to the afterlife,

You had to go through so much,

Then after all that there was still a chance,

A chance you wouldn't live to dance,

The life you wanted to live, you called life a dance,

Cancer is a bad word,

That you never want to hear,

Leukaemia is even worse.

I don't want to lose my best friend,

The person who understands,

Who keeps us all together,

Makes us forever,

Angel, Bloom, Celestial, Dawn,

Who are we without D?

We're just simple ABC,

Not 'The Purity',

Just ABC.

We can't play,

Knowing we're just ABC,

One two three,

Her, Her, me

Just ABC."

Musa felt her eyes fill with water. "We would have understood. I think."

"Do you understand?" Bloom asked. "I can't play, but do you understand why?"

"No." Musa admitted.

"I can play without my friends. I can't play without knowing that they're all safe, healthy and happy. They don't live in Gardenia, they live in my old town, Skylent. I write songs all the time, but I can't play them unless I think they would play with me if they could.

I can't play a song they haven't looked over and improved. I don't know why, it just feels like I'm betraying them somehow."

Musa nodded, understanding a bit more.

Bloom looked at the clock. "Don't you have a date?"

Musa looked at the time, and then ran like a bat out of hell, leaving Bloom to put her guitar away.