Chapter 6: Start of a Revolution
(Disclaimer! I own nothing of Korra or Lemonade Mouth!)
We were all sitting in the office with Raiko.
He clapped his hands.
"Well, well, well…. That was quite a show you did at the bash," he said, "You should all consider yourselves very talented."
Korra smiled.
"Your two songs you had were out of this world, and surprisingly caught the entire crowd by surprise," he continued.
His smile started to vanish a bit.
"But for your information…. A High School dance is no place for a… political tirade," he said, "What you did that night was completely disruptive, and a distraction to the board of education."
He looked at Korra.
"As for you Onuki," he said, "You promised Principal Tenzin and me that there would be no more shenanigans."
"That wasn't a shenanigan," Korra said defending us.
"Well what would you call it then?" Asked Vice Principal Raiko.
"A freedom of expression," Korra said, "We were trying to speak our minds and you shut us down…."
"Yes, I shut you down, because the decisions I make, and Principal Tenzin make are for the good of this school," said Raiko, "And with that good in mind… Fire Breath is finished."
"What?" I asked.
"You heard me," said Raiko, "And I am officially putting the music room off limits. I forbid you all from using the instruments."
"You can't do that," Bolin said.
"I can and I have, and if I hear so much as a hum COMING FROM THE LOCKER ROOM….. I will not hesitate to suspend all of you," he said, "Are we clear?"
We all nodded.
"Dismissed," he said.
We all left.
"I can't believe this," Korra said.
Kai was in his science class with one of his friends.
A classmate of his Jinora tapped his shoulder.
"Hey, I thought you might wanna see this," she said.
It was a CD titled "Fire Breath at the Bash"
"Its the show you did," Jinora said, "I took pleasure in recording your performances, and Dad said I should give it to you."
"Whoa," Kai said.
"And a couple of kids were asking if they could buy copies and I sold some," said Jinora, "I hope you don't mind."
Korra and the rest of us were looking at an article.
"This year's halloween bash will be remembered by outstanding performance of the band, Fire Breath."
"Wow, our first review," Korra said.
"And our last apparently," Opal said, "Since he shut us down."
Some girls were coming by us.
Jinora was one of them grinning at Kai.
"Wow, they actually like us," said Kai.
"I'm not sure its us they like Kai," Bolin said grinning at him.
"Oh…." Kai said.
As we continued our day we saw posters about our band.
"Whoa," Korra said.
She saw a bunch of kids wearing flannels like her.
They were greeting us.
"You all seeing this?" Opal said.
A janitor was taking a sign down.
Raiko saw Korra walking by.
"You!" He said, "I thought I made it clear that this Fire Breath business is over."
"Um…. I hate to break it to you buddy but that wasn't us," Korra said.
"First off I'm not your buddy, I'm your principal," Raiko said, "And secondly you're playing a dangerous game…. And you're gonna lose."
He took the broom and knocked the poster down.
We met at the same diner.
"Soooooo what if I told you we managed to get ourselves a new gig?" Asked Korra.
"I'd say you're nuts," said Opal, "He's never gonna change our mind."
"Not at school, at this diner," Korra said, "Principal Tenzin knows a person that works here and showed him the video footage."
"Raiko can tell us not to play at school but he can't say we can't play anywhere else," said Kai.
"I don't know about anybody else but… I wanna keep going with this," said Opal, "This band thing has completely changed who I am as a person, but I just gotta keep it from my parents for a bit."
"Just tell them we formed a study group or something," Korra said.
"Right," said Opal.
She passed us some lyrics.
"I actually wrote a song," said Opal, "And I got chord charts and everything. All we gotta do is put it together."
I smiled.
"GUYS!" Bolin said.
We all went outside.
"Bolin you alright?" Asked Korra.
We were looking at a poster of us performing.
It was the beginning of a new revolution.
Every day we started playing at Kwong's Cuisine.
She's so gone
Opal: Insecure
In her skin
Like a puppet, a girl on a string
Broke away
Learned to fly
If you want her back gotta let her shine
So it looks like the joke's on you
'Cause the girl that you thought you knew
She's so gone
That's so over now
She's so gone
You won't find her around
You can look but you won't see
The girl I used to be
'Cause she's
She's so gone
Here I am
This is me
And I'm stronger than you ever thought I'd be
Are you shocked?
Are you mad?
That you're missing out on who I really am
Now it looks like the joke's on you
'Cause the girl that you thought you knew
She's so gone
That's so over now
She's so gone
You won't find her around
You can look but you won't see
The girl I used to be
'Cause she's
She's so gone away
Like history
She's so gone
Baby, this is me, yeah
Bolin smiled at Opal.
Opal was having the time of her life, while Mako was watching us.
"They're really that good," he said.
Opal: She's so gone
That's so over now
She's so gone
You won't find her around
You can look but you won't see
The girl I used to be
'Cause she's
She's so gone
She's so gone
You can look but you won't see
The girl I used to be
'Cause she's
She's so gone
So long
She's so gone
Gone, gone, gone
The crowd cheered our band name.
Kuvira walked away.
"One way or another I'll show those worthless fuckers who really rocks the stage," she said.