Chapter 2: Alexander Hamilton
I accidentally posted this chapter without an author's note! There's racism, mentions of death, and implied abuse in this chapter. If any of those upset you, you've been warned? Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I only own Nova, the musical is owned by Lin Manuel Miranda, BNHA is owned by Kohei Horikoshi, and the historical figures were real people but they're dead now.
"The first song is called Alexander Hamilton," Nova explained, "Just, please don't get mad?"
"Um, if you have any questions about the future, write 'em down and ask 'em at the end of the first half?" Denki added on.
[AARON BURR]
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
"Is that a black man?!" Jefferson raged.
"Yeah, slavery's been illegal for 200 years our time," Denki explained. Laurens cheered the loudest out of the revolutionaries, Schuyler sisters, and Philip.
[JOHN LAURENS]
The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
"Ten-dollar?" Philip questioned, tilting his head, "What's that?"
"Pretty sure it's American money? I'm not that great with money from other countries," Nova said, looking at Denki for help.
"Neither am I," he shook his head.
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
"That's young, Alexander," Eliza mused.
"My dear Betsy, I had no choice. I needed to work," he explained, not elaborating further.
[THOMAS JEFFERSON]
"Another black man? Did they run out of white men to perform?" Madison asked, genuinely confused.
"Most of the cast are people of colour," Nova said, motioning to Denki to continue.
"There's only one fully white main actor," he finished, smiling.
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
"Hamilton, that's illegal," Jefferson smirked. Hamilton rolled his eyes, Eliza gently and silently encouraged him to not respond.
[JAMES MADISON]
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
[BURR]
Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man"
"That he is," Mulligan chuckled.
"Hey!" Hamilton shouted, insulted.
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and
The world's gonna know your name. What's your name, man?"
[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait...
Hamilton found himself nodding to his on-screen words.
[ELIZA HAMILTON]
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
[FULL COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON (whispering)]
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
Eliza gently rubbed Hamilton's hand.
[GEORGE WASHINGTON & COMPANY, BOTH]
Moved in with a cousin,
"At least he has family?" Peggy said, trying to be helpful.
"Pops woulda mentioned him, I think," Philip shook his head.
The cousin committed suicide
"Oh," Philip and Peggy said, but not in unison.
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying
"Alex, you gotta fend for yourself."
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
[BURR & COMPANY, BOTH]
There would have been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute
He woulda been dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on
"Scamming's illegal too, Hamilton," Jefferson smirked again.
"I had to do it! I wasn't paid enough money to survive, Jefferson," Hamilton growled.
"Alex, honey, leave him be," Eliza sighed.
Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on (ooh)
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new man
"You really can," Hamilton agreed.
[COMPANY & HAMILTON, WOMEN, MEN]
In New York you can be a new man (Just you wait)
In New York you can be a new man (Just you wait)
In New York you can be a new man
In New York, New York
Just you wait!
[COMPANY]
Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
You could never back down
You never learned to take your time!
"That is true," Angelica glared. Hamilton wondered what awful thing he had done in the future to deserve Angelica's hate. He knew that he probably deserved it, he just wondered what he had done.
Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be the same, oh
[BURR, MEN, & COMPANY]
The ship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot him
Just you wait
Another immigrant
Comin' up from the bottom
Just you wait
His enemies destroyed his rep
"Yeah, but which enemies?" Philip wondered, "Mr Burr? Mr Jefferson? Mr Madison? Himself? Any of his other enemies?"
America forgot him
"Clearly not enough for a musical to be made about him," Burr said.
[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]
We fought with him
"Oh, this is really clever!" Nova exclaimed, "The one with curly hair plays Jefferson and Lafayette, the other one plays Mulligan and Madison! Y'know, fought by his side, and fought him?"
"Hm, that is really clever. Dunno why I never noticed that, Nova," Denki agreed.
"Hold on, did you just say that I'M played by a black man? I deserve better than that!" Jefferson yelled. Nova flinched away from the loud noise.
"Black people deserve rights, alright? They should be able to do the same things we do," Laurens argued.
[LAURENS/PHILIP]
Me? I died for him
"He plays Laurens and Philip," Denki explains.
All but five people were shocked at the news of Laurens' death, but everyone was shocked at Philip's.
"John… Philip… Don't die. For me?" Hamilton asked, his voice shaky.
"Look on the bright side, it hasn't happened for you yet! You can change the future," Nova suggested, "I mean, I think it will cause an alternate timeline, 'cause even us bringing you here will change it."
"Nova, that was really smart," Denki congratulated.
[WASHINGTON]
Me? I trusted him
"That's Washington," Nova pointed out.
"Mr President, sir, with all due respect, he's… rather untrustworthy," Angelica said, voicing her disappointment in Hamilton.
[ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]
Me? I loved him
"The tallest one is Angelica, the second tallest is Eliza, and the shortest plays Peggy and Maria Reynolds," Denki told the group.
Angelica was glaring at the screen this time, "Well, I'm glad the actresses look nice, at least. We'll have to see about their acting, though."
[BURR]
And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him
There was chaos and yelling. Hamilton was in shock, and upset. The war was over, so why was he getting shot? He wasn't going to challenge anyone to a duel again. He didn't want to worry Eliza.
"... You don't get to know who he plays until he introduces himself," Nova decided.
"I wanna know who shoots me though," Hamilton argued.
"No."
[COMPANY]
There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait!
[BURR]
What's your name, man?
[COMPANY]
Alexander Hamilton!
"Okay, next song!" Someone says, Hamilton just couldn't figure out who, he was still reeling in shock from learning someone shoots and probably kills him.
Jefferson was muttering something about black people and mac 'n cheese. Hamilton couldn't make sense of it.
Alexander Hamilton is done! For some reason, it didn't format properly when I uploaded the chapter to doc manager. There's gonna be a lot of caps lock at the start of the next chapter, so be warned. Review if you enjoyed, I wanna know your favourite parts! Also, Jefferson served his Mac 'n Cheese with whiskey, and it tasted awful, apparently.
