So I re-read chapter 2... and decided I didn't like it. Mostly b/c I made James look like an tosser. Ugh, I like sweet, idiotic James. But anyways, fleshed this one out hopefully a bit more. Maybe it's not so hard to follow since there was just so much going on.

As far as the trivia/guessing game goes: the 2 guests and Anime-tv-manga-books got it right! Well, there's actually more answers than that, and I look forward to anyone else answering : what do some of these characters from chapter 1 have in common? If no one gets it right, I'll post the answer in the revamped Chapter 3, which is the other half of Chapter 2 revamped.

Being a member of the Victorious cast was one answer, but there's something else there. I was a little surprised myself when I found out and just had to throw em' in there, then again, here's a hint: she's worked pretty every genre of entertainment.

And without further ado, enjoy.

Wonder-Ring

Stage 2 - Play My Music

A blast of cold air hit Kendall's face as he left the cafeteria building on his way to art, which was held in the next building. Class wasn't to start for another 5 minutes, but he figured a quick trip to the bathroom and walk to stretch his legs would do him some good after the events that had just happened just before and during lunch. There were some students outside eating and hanging out during the break, everyone seemed to be in their own little world, but Kendall could help but have the strange feeling he was being watched. Cautiously, he turned around, but no one seemed to even be giving him the time of day. Maybe it was just his imagination and he was just being paranoid after his encounter with Tomoko. He sighed, and entered the arts building, which, according to the direction signs plastered on the walls, housed the school's auditorium and bandroom, in addition to classrooms. The faint sounds of a piano being played echoed through the first floor.

Kendall wandered the empty hallway, peering into classrooms before he reached one labeled 'Music', the music growing louder as he curiously opened the door. The music classroom had a bunch of wooden chairs scattered in circles around it, various instruments stacked and stored on the shelves that lined two of the walls. In the far side of the room was a piano, which was currently occupied by a brown haired boy who was lost in the music he was playing, and singing. Kendall recognized the lyrics as those belonging to a current popular techno song, but he'd never heard it performed like this. The boy's voice made the acoustic version of the song sound raw, heartfelt, and lonely. He took a couple steps more into the room and accidentally bumped into one of the chairs. The piano player stopped abruptly at the sound, whirled around to realize that he was no longer alone.

"Hey." Kendall said sheepishly. "Sorry about that. It sounded great." His voice hitched when his eyes met the other's, widened with surprise. The brunette had the most gorgeous brown eyes he'd ever seen. Hair was perfectly styled, and he had a good fashion sense to boot, clothes hugging a fit body so well it should have been illegal.

"I'm Kendall." the blonde stuck out a hand.

"James. James Diamond." The brunette took the hand, shaking it firmly. Kendall could see the muscles flexing underneath his shirt, but something else caught his eye. A ring haging from a chain around James' neck.

"See something you like?" James flashed Kendall a thousand watt smile.

"Uh… " Kendall said, completely unsure as to where the loss of words had come from. He could feel his heart beating fast, face growing hot. Wow, was this guy seriously hitting on him? Then he noticed that James was still holding his hand, but the look on the other boy's face had changed.

"Sorry." James said, releasing his grip, the look changing to an embarrassed one; a slight tinge of red on his cheeks as he brushed past Kendall, the smell of Cuda man-spray flooding Kendall's nose as he passed.

"It was nice meeting you too..." Kendall said softly, still rooted as the classroom door shut.

Kendall sat down on the piano bench and sighed. After hearing the other boy sing, Kendall somehow felt drawn to him. But the look on James' face before he'd let go of Kendall had been strange. Pale, almost like he'd seen a ghost. There was a strange feeling that had flashed through his body, a feeling he just couldn't put his finger on. It was something he'd never felt before. Almost like deja vu.

'No, it's probably because you think he's hot.' his mind screamed at him. In response, he breathed out a curse, his eyes landing on one of the guitars leaned against the wall. Kendall picked it up, and began picking at it, finding it out of tune. As he started tuning it, the door opened again and a large man with sunglasses sauntered in.

"Who are you?" He shouted in a loud voice.

"I'm Kendall Knight. I have music next?" Kendall said nervously. The man was scary, unattractive, and… well, rude.

"Well, I'm Gustavo Rocque, the music teacher, AND NO ONE IS ALLOWED IN HERE DURING BREAKS!" The teacher roared, which was then drowned out by the bell ringing.

"I guess break's over." Kendall smirked as Rocque grew red in the face as the rest of the class started filing in, Logan being one of them. Giving Kendall a small smile, the other boy sat down in the one of the chairs situated by a music stand.

"Alright people, let's start class!" Rocque roared as the remaining students took their seats. "As you are all aware, our school is putting on a play, and all the music classes are supposed to contribute some sort of piece to the project or perform!"

Rocque stopped when there was a knock on the door. "WHAT?! I'm trying to teach a class in here!"

The door opened, and a good-looking boy with dark wavy hair stepped in, his worn sneakers squeaking on the floor.

"Sorry Mr. Rocque." The boy said. "But I'm here to pick up the people for rehearsal?"

"Yes, Beck. I KNOW!" Rocque screamed before turning to the class. "Now, those of you who signed up to perform get your butts out of here and practice till your lips and/or fingers bleed!"

Immediately, most of the class stood up and made a beeline for the door, several of them giving Beck dreamy looks as they passed. In the end, the only students left in the room were Kendall and Logan. The teacher glared at them.

"Mitchell!" He barked, causing Logan to jump, upsetting his papers on the music stand.

"Yes sir?" Logan replied nervously.

"Is that song ready yet?" Rocque stomped over to his desk and sat down expectantly.

"N-no sir." Logan stuttered, picking up his fallen papers.

"Well, finish it soon! Jade wants to start rehearsals soon!" The teacher said, rummaging through his drawers for something.

"U-uh, about that sir? Can't someone else write the song for Jade because she… scares me?" Logan said meekly.

"Oh HOW ABOUT NO?!" Rocque yelled, pulling out a clipboard and slamming it onto the desk before glaring at Kendall. "AND YOU: pick and instrument. SIGN IT OUT! AND PRACTICE! I'm going to get more coffee."

With Rocque gone, Kendall picked up the guitar again and wandered over next to Logan.

"So, you write songs?" Kendall asked, as Logan rearranged some sheet music on the stand.

"Yeah, I dabble here and there. I don't think I'm any good though." Logan said softly.

"Do you mind if I play one?" Kendall asked, leaning over to peer at the sheet closest to him, only to have Logan snatch it away.

"No, uh, I mean, n-not that one. It's not finished yet." Logan said, shoving the paper into his bag. Kendall raised an eyebrow as Logan turned again to fuss with his papers, shuffling them before handing one to Kendall. "Try this one!"

"OK…" Kendall said slowly, taking the sheet gingerly from the shaking Logan and placing it on the stand in front of him. But before he could play, the door opened again and Carlos bounded into the room.

"Hey you two!" The Latino called cheerfully. "Didn't know you had music with Logan, Kendall."

"Yeah." Kendall replied, turning to Logan, who suddenly seemed like he lost all his composure, knocking over his music stand and scattering papers.

"Hey, hey. Logan, you alright buddy?" Carlos asked, concerned as he knelt down to help Logan pick up the papers. Logan flushed and nodded slowly as Carlos handed the stack of papers back to him. "Well, come on then you two."

"What about class?" Kendall asked, confused.

"Well, normally you'd stay in here and get tortured by Gustavo Rocque." Carlos explained. "But because of the play, most of the music class would rather help work on the play than stay in class. I just happened to have a free period and Beck asked me and some of the hockey team for some help, so I'm building the set and doing odd jobs, like fetching songwriters."

At that, Logan's face turned a brighter shade of red.

"This guy, writes some amazing songs." Carlos said, clapping Logan on the back. "You know that girl Cat, sang two of his songs for the school's talent show and they were awesome! Oh, don't be so modest Logie!"

Kendall smirked, watching Logan practically melt on the spot in a puddle of embarrassment. This had to be… that, right? There was no other explanation for Logan's behavior.

"Hey Kendall, you come along too! No sense being alone! You can help us out too! Camille'll really appreciate it." Carlos said as he dragged Logan out the door. Kendall followed the two down the hall to the auditorium, which was filled with students bustling around, the sound of hammers banging coming from the stage area. Carlos pulled Logan over to where a grand piano sat near the stage. Camille was there, talking to the guy from earlier, Beck, who was nodding at Camille, noting something down on a script packet.

"Hey Beck, I got Logan!" Carlos said. "And I brought along some extra help."

"Hey." Beck looked up from his script, pushing his hair out of his eyes. "Good to have you on board. I'm Beck."

"Kendall."

"Carlos, I gotta run some script changes by the teacher. Can you chill here with Kendall for a bit? I don't want that new set piece getting moved until we're absolutely sure we need it." Beck asked, making one more note and closed the script and handed it to Camille.

"Sure." Carlos said.

"Oh, and uh, Logan?" Beck turned to the shorter boy. "Cat needs to talk to you about the lyric changes you made? She's backstage."

Logan uttered a soft 'excuse me' to Carlos before heading up the steps to the stage.

"Hey Kendall." Camille greeted. "How'd you get roped into helping out?"

"He had music class with Logan." Carlos chimed in.

"Oh. Well, you'll probably have a lot more fun here than in class with Rocque." Camille grinned. "I think even some of the hockey guys are enjoying it."

"It's probably because it means they can skip class." Carlos sighed. "It doesn't get them out of the homework or exams…James'll have a fit if people get benched because of failing grades."

"James?" Kendall asked.

"James Diamond. The captain for the hockey team." Carlos explained. Kendall felt his heart skip a beat. The guy that'd been singing so beautifully earlier was the captain of the hockey team? No friggin' way.

"Something wrong?" Camille asked, turning to Kendall. "Your face is red."

"It's nothing." Kendall replied quickly. "Just a little thirsty. Is there a water fountain somewhere?"

"Yeah, it's through there." Camille pointed towards a set of doors on the side. "Anyways, I gotta get back to costumes. I'll talk to you two later."

Kendall left Carlos by the piano and walked through the doors. Sure enough, there was a water fountain. After taking a couple of sips and running some of the water on his forehead, Kendall took a deep breath, and headed for the doors when he felt a cold draft blow past him. Looking around, he saw nothing but the empty hallway. He shrugged, then opened the doors to re-enter the auditorium, not noticing the shadows that were moving on the walls as he passed through and shut the door.

When he rejoined Carlos by the piano, the Latino had his eyes glued to the stage, body quivering with anticipation. Kendall looked at the stage and saw the red-haired girl, Cat standing there with a microphone talking to Logan.

"Hey, you came back just in time!" Carlos said in a hushed whisper. "Cat's going to sing Logan's song!"

"You really like his songs, don't you?" Kendall asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I totally do! They're so catchy and romantic." Carlos gushed wistfully and turned to Kendall. "Can you keep a secret?"

"Sure." Kendall replied, totally expecting a love confession about Logan.

"I think Logan's in love with someone." Carlos whispered, voice laced with adoration. "There's no way he could write these romantic songs without someone special in mind."

"Uh… I guess. Yeah." Kendall said slowly, completely stunned that the other boy was completely blind to all the signals Logan was giving him. Logan was looking their way, a nervous look on his face as Carlos waved at him wildly. Cat leaned over and whispered something to Logan, who blushed and shook his head violently before leaving the girl on the stage and heading into the wings.

Music started up from the speakers. Cat gripped the mic and started singing. Kendall listened to the infectious melody and tapped his foot to the beat. But upon hearing the lyrics, he knew exactly who the song was about. The lyrics spoke of being in love, but be unable to say how one felt around that person. Kendall glanced at Carlos, who was totally into the song, but he wasn't the only one. Quite a few students had stopped their work to stop and dance to the song.

The song ended, earning Cat applause and cheers before everyone went back to work.

"You sounded great." Carlos said as Cat came off the stage.

"Thanks Carlos!" Cat squeaked. "I just love this new song Logan wrote. It's so beautiful."

"It's amazing." Carlos agreed, eyes darting back to the stage.

"Oh hi, you're the new guy that didn't tell me your name." Cat said, moving over to Kendall, twisting a lock of her red hair. Kendall introduced himself, and Cat giggled, stealing a glance at Carlos who was still looking up at the stage. "What do you think about puppies in sunglasses?"

"Uh… cute." Kendall said.

"I KNOW! OH MY GOD." Cat squealed happily, jumping up and down. "By the way, you look nothing like a Ken doll."

"CAT!" a loud voice screamed.

"Uh oh." Cat whimpered as Jade, dressed in a leather jacket and torn jeans stomped over to them.

"Cat, I need you backstage again to help with make up." Jade said angrily.

"I thought you were doing make up." Cat said quietly.

"I was, but then Sin Jin broke my good pair of scissors." Jade seethed.

"I don't think you're supposed to use scissors with make up." The red headed girl said softly.

"I DO." Jade growled, grabbing Cat by the wrist and pulling her backstage, turning to glare at Carlos and Kendall.

"WHAT?" She barked before the two girls disappeared behind the curtain. Logan reemerged from backstage with a handful of sheet music, giving a terrified glance over his shoulder as another squeal from Cat echoed through the auditorium.

"Hey Logie, I loved your song!" Carlos gushed as Logan reached them.

"Uh… I… T-Thanks." Logan said, looking at his shoes.

"Aw, you're so modest it's cute!" Carlos said, throwing an arm around Logan's shoulders and pulling him close. Logan let out a 'eep' and Kendall was about to roll his eyes when he felt another cold draft blow past him.

"Is it cold in here or just me?" He shivered.

"Huh? Not colder than usual." Carlos said, looking at Kendall strangely. "Are you feeling OK?"

"Yeah. Must be my imagination." Kendall said, turning around, he spotted Tomoko sitting in one of seats near the back of the room, holding what appeared to be a soft serve ice cream cone. Even stranger so, she appeared to be talking to it. The girl's eyes, darted up beneath the veil of black lace, staring back at Kendall. He blinked, and when his eyes opened again, Tomoko was gone.

To Be Continued...

Will Logan ever stop being a spaz around Carlos? Why is the school so cold? Are scissors really necessary to apply make up? And finally, how much do those corn dogs in the window cost? Find out next time on Drago... wait a minute.

Also, music is really what's driving to make me write now. Can anyone wanna guess which songs James and Cat were singing? Shout outs and a possible cover art for this if people get it right!