Disclaimer: I do not own Loud House.

"Now it's time for my favorite part of marching band." Melody said as she and Luna walked to the Music Building. "Losing our freedom for one day every weekend."

"Oh come it's only like, once a week dude." Luna said. She had to admit she was a little hot in the marching band uniform. The two of them may have left their fan on for when they got home.

"But these uniforms are so uncomfortable." Melody complained moving her shirt a little in attempt to cool herself off.

"I bet they keep you warm in the colder months." Luna smiled at the thought she wouldn't be freezing in October.

"Yeah as long as you wear extra pants." Melody grumbled much to Luna's horror. These cloths felt so hot now, how could they not keep someone warm in the late fall months. Hopefully New England winters were warmer than Michigan ones. But judging by what Aria's brother Max said that might not be the case. Once they were in the band room everyone assembled their instruments and another sock check was issued.. Unlike the last time the band all had issued socks from the band. Mr. Taylor was still rather mad that sock delivery arrived late this year. A few of the freshman found it funny. Those were the one's who didn't take band seriously.

"You the one thing I don't like about band." Aria said walking over before the lined up.

"Being in these clothes when it's hot out or that we don't get breaks." Melody guessed pretty annoyed at both factors.

"I was going to say that the football team gets to go all over the country and we don't." Aria thought about it for a moment. "I can handle no breaks but the heat does suck."

"Aren't we given water for the stands?" Luna said a bot confused. "Won't that help cool us off."

"We are given water." Isaac said walking over. "It allows us to remain hydrated during the games and our lips won't dry up. It's so hard to play a woodwind instrument with dry lips."

"It's the same for trumpets too." Melody added. She held the trumpet up to her lips. "Playing the trumpet is all lips."

"And that's why brass instruments have spit values." Aria pointed to the spit value on Melody's trumpet. It was near the front of the instruments and was a tint switch on the front of instrument.

"Except french horns." Issac started to explain to Luna. "To clean out the spit you to remove the four keys and then dump the spit out."

"Gross." Luna said with shutter. With nine younger siblings she had to deal with a lot of spit growing up. If she had to guess it was either Lily or Lola drooled the most. However, if the pageant queen learned that somehow this information got out she'd killed whoever found out. Now that she thought about it with how she drooled as a teenager Lynn could have easily been the heaviest drooler of the family. With of lack of pictures of Lynn doing so as a baby it was hard to tell what the truth was.

"All marching band students line up for the show." Mr. Taylor announced and immediately the band lined up outside. They waited for about five minutes before Dustin called everyone to attention. In about a minute they were marching to the stadium.

The Amberheart stadium was as old as the school itself. Luna had done some more research on the school and found out that the current location was the second location for UMCLASS Amberheart. Lisa's research was correct with the current location being completed in 1963 but it was actually made for renovations the original campus was found in 1889. When Luna asked Lisa about it the seven year old replied that she was referring to the current Amberheart campus and simply assumed Luna knew that it was a renovation. When the band reached the stadium Luna was once again in awe by it. It was huge and she was sure the entire student body could fit in it. When the band walked in they reached their seats. Luna for the first time got to look at the inside in great detail. Since if the opening home game the stadium was pretty much packed.

When the football team ran in band played the Amberheart Chant as the entire stadium burst out into cheer. A few minutes later the band started to play the national anthem. Luna knew the song was difficult to sing, since the song was originally a poem but playing it was just as hard. She practiced this song as much as could this was the first thing most people would hear her play. The cheering definitely over powered the music a little or a lot.

Once they were done playing a few freshmen started to sit down but stopped when they saw everyone else was still standing up. Soon Paisley and Annie started to pass around bottles of water to the entire band. Luna took her and placed it on the ground. It may be hot today but Luna wanted to save the water for as long as she could. To make sure the water still cool for as long she could Luna kept the water under her chair where there was shade.

Before Luna could say anything the football team had gotten their first down. Immediately Dustin and Hallie led the band in Fight for the Heart which was their first down. It was actually composed by the first marching band directors for Amberheart who believe the games needed a pop when the football team scored a down. Now everything one occurred the band played the song. When the team scored a third or forth down they played a song titled Go For the Gold. Luna found those moments to pretty tense. She was used to this at Lynn games but this felt more tense. Lynn for the most part was playing recreational sports and only last year made on to varsity sports in high school. College games had much tension.. It could have been the crowd, the jumbo screen that once and while would go to the band, or anything but it was tense.

After many downs and interceptions The Amberheart Eagles finally scored their first touchdown. Immediately the stadium burst into a roar of applause as the band started to play the Amberheart Chant once again. It was the first touchdown of the game putting Amberheart in the lead 6 to 0. When the team scored the extra point the band played a quick little tune.

This repeated for awhile until it was time for the band to leave for the halftime show. Starting with the percussion the band left by rows. The alto saxes were near the front of band so Luna had to wait a little while before she left. Sure the wait was only about a few minutes it's just felt like a while. As they walked on to through out the stadium workers kept the spectators out of the hallway. Luna thought this made sense as it could be possible that random spectators could get mixed up with the band. It could mess up both the band and audience.

While waiting for the halftime to start the band stood in a separate entryway than the football would leave from. If they football team ran by the band instruments could have broken and maybe beyond repair. Most if all instruments were very expensive and they could be very hard to replace. There was a minute left in the second quarter and it was one of the longest minutes of Luna's life. The clock stopped and restarted so many times. Okay it was about three times but it felt much longer.

When the buzzer went off the football team ran off as the marching band marched on. They kept to the study beat of the drums each marching perfectly in time. As the announcer introduced the band, the directors, the drum majors, the percussion captains, and the color guard captains the band marched to the opening set. From the field Luna could see that the stadium appeared to be emptier than it was during the game. Luna was a bit upset that people left but she knew she couldn't force people to watch something they didn't want. She'd learned firsthand how bad it could be from Lincoln. They waited for about a minute before they started. It was very tense as she played. Most of these people weren't that interested in band. Sure there was a few like alumni, season ticket holders, and family members were in the stand who were there to support them. It still didn't her fear. She didn't know if this show would be televised and she did not want to mess up.

Thankfully everything went smoothly. When the band concluded their show the audience burst into one of the loudest applause Luna ever heard. It was clear that they had loved the show. As the band went off Luna gave a sigh of relief she loved it too.