Here are the list of songs for this chapter!:
1. "Exile": by Enya
2. "What About Now?": by Daughtry
3. "Tears of an Angel": by RyanDan
4. "You Belong To Me": by Kate Rusby
5. "Oh My Juliet!": by Fujii Takashi
6. "Pieces": by RED
7. "The Twelve Pains of Christmas": by Bob Rivers
HELLOOOOO EVERYBODY! MERRY CHRISTMAS! Ah, I remember writing something similar when I uploaded Chapter 50: 'Thor and Loki's Banishment: Part 2'! That was a late Christmas present, but this one is early because it's been nearly 4 MONTHS since I updated! 29th August was the last update! I'M SO SORRY! I hope this makes up for it!
By the way, this chapter does contain scenes of homosexuality. If you don't have anything nice to say about homosexuality, then don't say anything at all. Keep those kinds of opinions to yourself please.
YorkistGirl: Richard is a smooth operator! :-D
Jasminta Blossom: Thank you! I hope you enjoy this chapter then! :-D
By the way, TheGothikitty and Guest, those reviews you to have put up between you aren't relevant to the story. If you want to talk to each other about the story then you can use PMs to privately message each other or me. I cannot get rid of those 'reviews' you have put up and I would like it if you didn't use the review sections for irrelevant conversations like those. Thank you very much! :-D
I've left markers at the beginning of each song for you all again!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all! :-D
~ RichardIII1955.
"Do we have to get up?" Hal murmured as he forced his eyes awake.
"Unfortunately yes," Tudor replied as he bent over to shake him awake. "Competition: Part 2 commences in twenty minutes. I suggest you eat something and go to the bathroom before we go."
"Alright." Hal swung his legs over the bed and then leant over the bed to pick up his shoes. He then got up and walked out the door to his wife's room.
"Kate!" he called as he walked into her room. "Darling, it's time to go!"
"It's time to go, Lo..." Sigyn mumbled as she tried to free herself from Mischief's entangling grip.
"No..." Loki mumbled back. "Stay here with me..." He pulled her back down onto the bed. "You're staying here with me."
"In the bed?" Sigyn giggled as she landed back onto him with a thud.
"In the bed," Loki replied. He sat up and snaked his arms around her waist and rested his head on her shoulder, then gently began to sway from side to side. "My dear must we go?"
"We must - everyone's relying on us, Lo."
"Then we go. How long before the competition starts again?"
"Twenty minutes."
"Perfect," Loki grinned. He attacked her neck eagerly, and Sigyn squealed.
"Loki!" she practically screeched in delight as he pressed kisses along her neck. "Stop! Please!"
"Mhmm, Pet... You taste divine."
"Loki!"
"Good luck in there..." Hyde murmured as George turned to go back in.
The latter turned round to frown at him. "I'm not going to my death, you know."
"Still. Good luck."
"Thank you?" George frowned even more in confusion as Hyde strolled over to grab his arm.
"You'll do great. You're a promising musician. Just remember that I'm your number one fan."
"Really?"
"Of course." He squeezed his arm tighter. "And don't you forget it."
"Hmm..."
"Or do you need a reminder?" Hyde's eyes narrowed.
"No!" George stuttered quickly. "That's not necessary!"
Hyde smirked. "Oh, on the contrary..." He grabbed the teen by his neck and suddenly pushed him roughly against the wall. Tracing his jaw-line with a finger, Hyde's green eyes became feral and seemed to glow with want. "You know how HARD it is to keep my hands off you?!" he snarled angrily. "I'm so SICK of being told what to do! Everyone treats me like a CHILD!"
George stared at him calmly, but inside he was terrified. "What do they do to you?"
"They've tortured me! ME! I'm a WRECK! I'm so SCARED! I want to DIE! I'm SCARED!"
"Why are you scared, Hyde?"
"Because...because...I'm a monster..." Were those tears in those animal eyes? "And monsters are the things people fear the most..."
George struggled in his grip and tried to get a hand free. "I'm not afraid of you."
"You should be. I'll hurt you. I'll tortue you the most because that's what they want. They want to control me through something I care about."
"Me?"
"How can you not know?!" Hyde shook his head. "You are everything to me and I can't stop that."
"People shouldn't hurt those they love."
"I was never taught that. I've had no life, no education, no one to help me. When I was born I was abandoned. I was left to fend for myself but was never left alone - never out of their sights. I'm like an animal in a zoo. I look free, but I'm not. They want to harness my power and learn from me, so they torture me with that chair. I'm the living Jekyll and Hyde, and your friend was unstable enough for them to test out their SICK theories! Why do you think I'm named Hyde?"
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry this had to happen to you."
"Sorry? SORRY?!" Hyde's face turned to that of something utterly ineffable. His teeth seemed pointed and jagged. His eyes were wild and uncontrollable. "SORRY?! You have the BALLS to say that?! HOW DARE YOU?! My life has been nothing but HELL thanks to them and YOU!" His hands tightened around his neck.
"Please! I never meant to do that to you! I never! I never meant to do what I did!"
"But you DID! How could YOU?!" tears were pouring down Hyde's face. "How could you?! How could they?! Why did they leave me?! Does everyone hate me?!"
He dropped George suddenly and collapsed onto the cold pavement beneath him. His sobs could be heard shaking his tall body like an 8-scale earthquake.
George was literally stunned. Winded, in fact. He tried to gasp for air and found breathing was too painful. What had that beast done to him?!
He looked over at the other man and tried to crawl over to him. "Please..." he croaked. "Listen to me. Hyde, look at me!"
The animal raised its head. Tears were pouring down his handsome face.
George placed his hands on his face. "You know what I see?"
"A monster."
"I see a man who has been through hardships and bears the painful scars. i see a man confronted by his past. I see a man who is troubled and needs guidance. I see a child who wants acceptance. I see a child who wants love."
"Nice imagery, there," Hyde snarled and tried to move away, but George had a firm grip on his neck this time.
"Though I despise your actions," he stated, "I don't despise you."
"How? You fool!"
"You need guidance. You're a feral child that needs to be integrated into society."
"I'm a monster. I'm the Id! How can I?!"
"I'll help you."
"I'll kill you."
"I'll kill you first."
"I'll burn you."
"I'll break you arms so you can't."
Hyde laughed at that and buried his face into the smaller teen's chest. "Why am I getting turned on at that?"
"Because you're addicted to sex."
"True."
"Is it a deal then?"
"What's the catch?" Hyde frowned.
"You have to stop killing people."
"Dear, I hate to burst your bubble, but I'm a psychopath! I'm an assassin that finds sadistic pleasure in killing people!"
"You just need to be taught the right way of thinking."
"I'm not something you can mould."
"Oh, I don't expect you to go along with it willingly," George grinned.
"Hmmm... A deal it is, then." Hyde grinned back and buried his face into the teen's chest again. "thank you."
'For what?"
"For putting up with me."
"Ok. I better go to complete the competition then, and then-"
Hyde had leaned up and kissed him, hands on his shoulders keeping him in place.
What the?! Was he blushing?! No! No, he wasn't! He was just startled, that's all! "Then why am I kissing him back?!" George's mind was in total meltdown.
He then felt a pair of hands run down his back. They were soft and gentle and he felt himself being pushed up against a warm body.
"Why am I not pulling away?!" George's mind screamed internally.
A hand ran through his scraggy brown hair. Then across his face.
Then Hyde pulled away and stared at him curiously. He cocked his head to one side like a curious child. A gentle smirk snaked across his face.
"You bastard!" George stuttered. "Why did you-?"
Lips pressed up against his neck. Gentle. Seductive lips pressed against his skin.
"Oh, God..." the smaller teen thought. "Oh, God, I'm falling for him!"
"You love me," Hyde whispered against his ear. "Admit it, you love me. This drives you crazy."
"Oh, God!" his mind screamed. "No!"
"I-I, c-can't-" George stuttered. "It's-It's wrong!"
"Fuck wrong," Hyde snarled. His lips pressed against the hollow of George's neck. "I want you. You clearly want me as well. I see the way you look at me."
"No! It's-"
Hyde pulled away. Then stood up. "Good luck with the competition. I will be watching. I'll see you later."
"Where are you going?" George could barely think straight, let alone speak. Yet he did.
"Unfinished business, my dear. Goodbye!"
"Don't forget our deal!" George called back.
Hyde paused and turned back to grin at him. "I wouldn't forget for the world..."
"Everyone, places! Places! Warwick clapped his hands together. "PLACES! NED! NOW!"
Ned slumped to the front of the queue like a zombie, yawning a large yawn.
"Now! Are we all ready for the second part?" Warwick asked his students.
"Yes, Headmaster Warwick..." the class droned.
"Good!" Warwick walked down the line, inspecting all of the individual students assembled. When he arrived at the end, he stamped his foot and began to walk back up. He stopped when he reached George. "Now then, son," he started, "don't look so down! We'll win this, I bet we'll win!"
"It's not that, Sir..." the American mumbled quietly.
"Well then what is it, my lad?"
"It's nothing..."
It was then that Warwick noticed the bite marks on the lad's neck and frowned. George noticed where his gaze was and looked away. "It's alrigt, lad," Warwick nodded. "I understand. I'll speak to you later, if you like."
George nodded and gave him a small smile in thanks.
"Now then, I trust we all know how important this whole thing is and- NED!"
"WHAT?!" Ned snapped back.
"Take this seriously! Why can't you behave like Edmund is doing?"
"I dunno..."
"Well, snap out of the stupor and wake up! You can sleep later!"
Ned yawned again, rubbing his face with his hands.
"Now, you'll all do brilliantly!Knock 'em dead!" Warwick opened the side door of the room that led to the stage and one by one, the Gang slumped through it.
Trooping onto the stage in the dim light, the students took their positions and waited for their first song to start playing.
'Competition: Part 2' had begun.
*Play Enya's 'Exile' song here*
The light shines on Sigyn as she stands alone at the front of the stage:
Sigyn: Cold as the northern winds...
In December mornings.
Cold is the cry that rings...
From this far distant shore...
(The light shines on her face as she steps up onto the stage.)
Sigyn: Winter has come too late.
Too close beside me.
How can I chase away...
All these fears deep inside?
(Kneels on the floor at the front of the stage and holds her arms out to the ceiling, look up into the light shining onto her.)
Sigyn: [Chorus:]
I'll wait the signs to come.
I'll find a way.
I will wait the time to come.
I'll find a way home.
(She climbs up onto her feet and paces slowly up and down the stage.)
Sigyn: My light shall be the moon.
(Holds her arms up to the sky.)
Sigyn: And my path - the ocean.
My guide the morning star.
As I sail home to you.
(Harry appears on stage, playing the flute, dressed in white shawls. The light shining on them makes him glow like a halo.)
Sigyn: [Chorus]
I'll wait the signs to come.
I'll find a way.
I will wait the time to come.
I'll find a way home.
(Sits down onto the floor at the front of the stage.)
Sigyn: Who then can warm my soul?
Who can quell my passion?
Out of these dreams - a boat
I will sail home to you.
The light dies down on the already dark-blue lit stage and the audience claps respectfully.
*Play Daughtry's 'What About Now?' song here*
(Tudor plays softly on the piano as the light shines on Richard at the front of the stage.)
Richard: Shadows fill an empty heart
As love is fading,
From all the things that we are
But are not saying.
Can we see beyond the stars
And make it to the dawn?
(Clarence bangs on the drums and Richard turns to look up at the stage.)
Richard: Change the colors of the sky.
And open up to
The ways you made me feel alive,
The ways I loved you.
For all the things that never died,
To make it through the night,
Love will find you!
(He holds his hands out to the audience.)
Richard: What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
(He kneels to the floor, still looking at the audience.)
Richard: The sun is breaking in your eyes
To start a new day.
This broken heart can still survive
With a touch of your grace.
Shadows fade into the light.
I am by your side,
Where love will find you.
(Stands up and looks to all his brothers on stage.)
Richard: What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love, it never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
(Holds his hand out to Anne, on the other side of the stage.)
Richard: Now that we're here,
Now that we've come this far,
Just hold on.
There is nothing to fear,
For I am right beside you.
For all my life,
I am yours!
(Throws his head back into sing into the microphone. The stage goes dark.)
Richard: What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
(The lights come back on and Richard holds his hands up to the sky beseechingly.)
Richard: Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
(The stage goes dark and the audience cheers eagerly for more.)
*Play RyanDan's 'Tears of an Angel' song here*
(The piano is once again softly played by Tudor, and this time, it is Edmund who is on stage.)
Edmund: Cover my eyes
Cover my ears
Tell me these words are a lie
It can't be true
That I'm losing you.
The sun cannot fall from the sky...
(He holds his hands to the ceiling. Ned joins his younger brother and sings with him.)
Both: Can you hear heaven cry
Tears of an angel?
Tears of an aaaangel...
Tears of an angel
Tears of an aaaangel.
(Ned steps backwards and as Edmund steps to the edge of the stage at the front.)
Edmund: Stop every clock.
Stars are in shock.
The river would run to the sea.
I wont let you fly
I wont say goodbye
I wont let you slip away from me...
(Ned joins his brother again and both hold their hands up to the sky.)
Both: Can you hear heaven cry
Tears of an angel?
Tears of an aaaangel...
Tears of an angel.
Tears of an aaaangel.
Edmund: So hold on.
Be strong.
Everyday hope will grow!
I'm here, don't you fear.
Little one, don't let go!
(All York brothers and Anne and Isabel joins Edmund on stage as he sings passionately into the microphone.)
Others: Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!
Edmund: Don't let go!
Others: Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!
Edmund: Don't let go!
Others: Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh!
(The stage goes dark and covers everyone on it, except for the light shining on Edmund's face.)
Edmund: Cover my eyes...
Cover my ears...
Tell me these words are a lie...
(Tudor's soft piano playing dies down and the audience whoops with approval as the last lights die down.)
*Play Kate Rusby's 'You Belong To Me' song here*
(The light shines again on two people on stage. Anne is sat on a stool with a microphone in her hands while George is sat nearby on a stool with an acoustic guitar in his song begins as he softly starts to play. From up in the rafters, perched happily on a metal bench, Hyde, leaning on his hands, smirks.)
Anne: See the pyramids along the Nile.
See the sunrise from a tropic isle.
Just remember darling, all the while...
You belong to me.
(She smiles at George as he gives her a grin, continuing to happily strum the guitar, and she turns back to looking at the audience.)
Anne: See the market place in old Algiers.
Send me photographs and souvenirs.
Just remember when a dream appears...
You belong to me.
I'll be so alone without you.
Maybe you'll be lonesome too.
Fly the ocean in a silver plane.
See the jungle when it's wet with rain.
Just remember till you're home again...
You belong to me.
(A short instrumental follows, with light shining on George as he concentrates on the guitar.)
Anne: I'll be so alone without you.
Maybe you'll be lonesome too.
See the pyramids along the Nile.
See the sunrise from a tropic isle.
Just remember darling, all the while...
You belong to me.
You belong to me.
You belong to meeeeeeee...
(Another short instrumental follows, and as the guitar softens in noise, the light gently fades down, and the audience cheers again for the schoolchildren.)
*This next song is Japanese! It's Fujii Takashi's 'Oh My Juliet!' song*
(Pop music begins to play, and the Montague trio is seen strutting their stuff up the stage.)
Mercutio: I'm looking for "doramatikku" you know? yeah yeah!
Romeo: (That's Hot, Super kawaii!)
Mercutio: Kono tokimeki wa nani...? "Baby, I want you!"
Romeo: (Come on! Super sexy!)
Mercutio: Miraa booru no shita de kiss shite koneko no you ni mitsumete.
You're so... Gorgeous...! Taoresou da yo!
I'm Crazy for you "my Juliet..."
Kaeranaide!
(The boys spin around and tap their feet.)
All: No No Baby... naze utsumuku no?
Sono me ni boku dake wo utsushite... Koi suru boku no soba ni ite!
Oh Juliet... Fujitsu na tsuki ni!
Somuite boku wo mite! ...kotaete kimi wa boku no mono to...ah ah!
(Romeo steps forward.)
Romeo: Naze hikihanasarenakya dame na no?
Benvolio: (yeah, Super saitee!)
Romeo: Unmei dato wakatte iru no ni...!
Benvolio: (...you know? Super aitai...)
Romeo: Naze boku wa boku ni, kimi wa kimi ni
Umarete kite shimatta no darou...!
Mou... taerarenai yo!
Zetsubou ni nado! Tsukamaranai!
All: No No Baby... kowagaranaide
Subete wo azamuite miseru yo! Kagayaku dokuiri no bin de!
Oh Juliet... kono yami wo nuke!
Subete wo te ni ireru! Dare ni mo bokura wo hikihanasenai yo!
(All shake their feet and Mercutio backs away from the front of the stage, then leaps in again to sing.)
Mercutio: Yeah, Call my name...!
Kikoenai yo...
You're faraway... Call my name...!
"my baby girl" I wanna see you...!
No No Baby... naze utsumuku no?
Sono me ni boku dake wo utsushite... Mezameru you ni kuchizukete!
All: Oh Juliet... naze naiteru no? Bokutachi wa mou sugu!
Jiyuu wo kono! te ni suru hazu na no ni...
Ai wo shinjite! Namae wo yonde!
Mezameru you ni! Yume kara!
So Darling... call my name...
(They prance around the stage.)
All: Tsumetaku natta Kono boku no koto!
Dakishimete!
Oh Juliet... my Juliet...!
(They dance as the music fades out. Cheers go up again.)
*Play RED's 'Pieces' song here*
(A long piano instrumental plays and the light shines on Tudor once more at the helm.)
(When the light does shine, it's on Thor sitting at the centre of the stage, and Loki some distance away with his back to him.)
Thor: I'm here again...
A thousand miles away from you.
A broken mess, just scattered pieces of who I am.
I tried so hard!
Thought I could do this on my own.
I've lost so much along the way!
(Loki turns round to see his brother and Thor steps up onto his feet to face him.)
Both: Then I see your face.
I know I'm finally yours.
I find everything I thought I lost before.
You call my name!
I come to you in pieces.
So you can make me whole.
(The light fades down on Loki as he turns away from his brother.)
Loki: I've come undone.
But you make sense of who I am!
Like puzzle pieces in your hand.
(Both turn to face each other again.)
Both: Then I see your face.
I know I'm finally yours.
I find everything I thought I lost before.
You call my name!
I come to you in pieces.
So you can make me whole!
A long instrumental plays from the drums and the keyboard as the lights flash around the stage in different coloured strobe lighting. Thor and loki stay where they are, staring at each other from across the stage. The audience is transfixed.
Loki: I tried so hard! So hard!
I tried so hard!
He falls to his knees with his face in his hands. Thor comes up to him and places a hand on his shoulder. Loki looks up at him.
Both: Then I see your face.
I know I'm finally yours.
I find everything I thought I lost before.
You call my name!
I come to you in pieces.
Thor: So you can make me whole.
Loki: So you can make me whole...
(The brothers embrace and as the light fades down, they walk off the stage together. The audience roars again in delight.)
*Finally, play Bob Rivers' 'Twelve Pains of Christmas' song here.*
The Gang: The first thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me: Is finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The second thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Angry husband (Richard): Rigging up the lights!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The third thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Man getting over being drunk (Clarence): Hangovers!
Richard: Rigging up the lights!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The fourth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Exhausted man (Hal): Sending Christmas cards!
Clarence: Hangovers!
Richard: Rigging up the lights!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The fifth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me: Five months of bills!
Hal: Sending Christmas cards!
Clarence: Hangovers!
Richard: Rigging up the lights!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The sixth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Nervous wife (Sigyn): Facing my in-laws!
Gang: Five months of bills!
Hal: Oh, I hate those Christmas cards!
Clarence: Hangovers!
Richard: Rigging up these lights!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The seventh thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Nervous wife's husband (Loki): The Salvation Army!
Sigyn: Facing my in-laws!
Gang: Five months of bills!
Hal: Sending Christmas cards!
Clarence: Oh, geez!
Richard: I'm tryin' to rig up these lights!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The eighth thing at Christmas that such a pain to me!:
Whining kid (Tudor): I WANNA TRANSFORMER FOR CHRISTMAS!
Loki: Charities! (turns to Sigyn), and whataya mean "YOUR in-laws"?!
Gang: Five months of bills!
Hal: Oh, making out these cards!
Clarence (to Isabel): Honey, get me a beer, huh?
Richard: What, we have no extension cords?!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The ninth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me!:
A tired father (Ned): Finding parking spaces!
Tudor: DADDY, I WANT SOME CANDY!
Loki: Donations!
Sigyn: Facing my in-laws!
Gang: Five months of bills!
Hal: Writing out those Christmas cards!
Clarence: Hangovers!
Richard: Now why the hell are they blinking?!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The tenth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me!:
A mother (Anne): "Batteries Not Included"!
Ned: No parking spaces!
Tudor: BUY ME SOMETHIN'!
Loki (to Tudor): Get a job, ya bum!
Sigyn: Oh, facing my in-laws!
Gang: Five months of bills!
Hal: Yo-ho, sending Christmas cards!
Clarence: Oh, geez, look at this!
Richard: One light goes out, they ALL go out!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The eleventh thing of Christmas that's such a pain to me:
A male couch potato (Thor): Stale TV specials!
Anne: "Batteries Not Included"!
Ned: No parking spaces!
Tudor: DAD, I GOTTA GO TA BATHROOM!
Loki: Charities!
Sigyn: She's a witch...I hate her!
Gang: Five months of bills!
Hal: Oh, I don't even KNOW half these people!
Clarence: Oh, who's got the toilet paper, huh?
Richard: Get a flashlight...I blew a fuse!
Gang: And finding a Christmas tree!
Gang: The twelfth thing of Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Two men (Mercutio and Benvolio): Singing Christmas carols!
Thor: Stale TV specials!
Anne: "Batteries Not Included"!
Ned: No parking?!
Tudor: WAAAAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAAAAAAH!
Loki: Charities!
Sigyn: Gotta make 'em dinner!
Gang: Five months of bills!
Hal: I'm not sendin' them this year, that's it!
Clarence (to Hal): Shut up, you!
Richard: FINE! YOU'RE SO SMART, YOU RIG UP THE LIGHTS! (angrily throws them in Clarence's face.)
(Listed characters start fighting in background.)
The rest of the Gang (hold up their hands in air to cover up the fighting in the background): And finding a Christmas tree!
"Ladies and Gentlemen, that is Middleham High School's last 7 songs before their encore!" the presenter announced. "Now, the French students shall perform their last 7 songs before the Middleham students do their encore! We will have a half an hour break after that before the French students perform their encore!"
Exhausted again, the Gang wearily slumped back to their dressing rooms once more.