Chapter 27: Nightmare Lane, she walks down again
(flashback)
"Okay, Luna, you ready?" her mother asked, she was a kind person with a good heart. The whole reason Luna was preforming that night, was because of her mother, her roll-model, and mentor.
"Yep. Raven-"
"Coming!" yelled her friend, she rushed down the steps, then trips over herself. "Ow."
"I told you girls about the trick stairs." the mom said, helping her up. "C'mon, you two are up next on stage. Good luck."
She gave them a sweeping kiss on the cheeks, then left for the autitorium. The girls rushed with their electric guitars to the door that led backstage.
"What took you so long?! It's not groovy when your late!" asked the drum player, Dawn, who was also their fellow student. "Everyone else from band's waiting. Go!"
Luna hooked their guitars to the amplifiers and then the girls took their place on stage with Dawn and Dusk, who's normally electric bass player, behind the curtain. They pulled open and the band started to play. Dusk starts with her bango solo then they started to play Drunken Lullibies by Flogging Molly.
"Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess, singin' drunken lullibies!"
(after the preformance)
"And the winner, of the Talent Show is..." the principle said, looking at a piece of paper. "Straw Hat Pirates! Luna, Raven, Dusk, Dawn!"
The crowed wooed and clapped for the band. Luna took the mic. "Yeah, we love One Piece, the best manga on earth! Am I right?!"
"Yeah!"
"Dork." Dusk said. "We're geeks, and proud of it."
(after show)
"You guys were great!" Matt said as the girls were carrying their instruments outside. "My dad's a recorder, maybe you can come in and-"
"Sure!" the four girls said, Luna's mother came. "Thanks for bringing us to school, Mrs. Smith! If you didn't pick us, we wouldn't have won."
"Hey, if you were raised in my time, you'd love music. It'd be groovy." Luna's mom said. "I'll get the car, it's pouring outside."
"Huh, I forgot about the rain." Dusk said. "Be careful!"
"She'll be fine." Luna said, carelessly. "So, anyway, about that recording."
"Yeah, so you guys can be aired on radeo, and stuff." Matt said.
"Awsome!" Raven said. "We'll be rich! Bloody rich!"
CRASH! Thunder.
"Wow, it's coming down hard." Dawn said, looking out the window.
STREEEEEAAAK! SLAM!
"What was that?" Matt said, the five teens rushed out in the pouring rain. A silver truck was parked along the grass, the driver was passed out while Luna's mother laid sprawled on the ground. "I-I'll get an ambulence! G-go stop the pressure of the blood that might flowing, she'll loose less that way!"
Luna rushed over to her mom, her friends tried to stop the bleeding while Raven checked the driver.
"You're alright? Keep with me, mom!" Luna said, tears and all. "Mom!"
"It's fine." her mom said, they were loosing her quickly. "Tell your dad I love him, you continue your studies. The music you play."
"Mrs. Smith! Stay with us!" Dawn said. "Matt went to get help. Luna-"
"I'm working on it!"
"I love you, and I forgive you for all the bad things you'd done. Keep playing the songs, I'll hear it up in heaven. Play it as loud and long as you want, it'll keep the demons at bay."
"Mom..." Luna held her hand while crying, but felt the grip loosen. "I'll play. You know it's gonna be, alright..."
She tossed and turned while Sanji tried to calm her down. It was morning
"Luna-chan!"
"What's wrong with her?" Zolo said, the rest of the crew woke up.
"Dreams?" Nami guessed, bingo.
"Whatever it is, it's not good." Sanji said, he shook Luna until she woke up. She hugged Sanji and cried. "Shush..."
"My mom."
"What about her?"
"She's gone..."
"Oh, I remember," Raven said. "A-"
"Luffy!" Vivi said, the captain was holding a scorpion. "Put it down, it carries poisin!"
"I don't see it, but I'm hungry!"
"Guys!" Usopp said, they all looked to the right. Sandstorm. And...two strange figures running inside it?!