Heroes Of Legend

Chapter 3

Somewhere near Embark City...

It is late at night, with the moon high in the sky. An outdoor stage is setup, with people leaving the area. A bit earlier, a teenaged pop star was singing to all of her fans on that stage. She had long, flowing black hair with a pin in it, and wore a black shirt, along with a white mini skirt. She stood with a "I don't care" look on her face. This girl was the teenaged sensation known as Jade.

Jade mostly kept to herself and didn't have many friends. She gave anyone who stared at her a nasty look. But somehow, people love her for it.

Backstage, we see an older man, bald, talking to Jade.

"Its a good thing that your singing is awesome, with you giving everyone a cold stare and everything." The man spoke.

"..." Jade stood.

"Right...Well! You're a hit Jade! We've sold many of your albums, and everywhere, boys and girls alike are buying all of your T-shirts!" The man exclaimed.

"..." Jade stared.

"We need to work on your response... Your next tour starts Next week, you'll sing all over the country for the next year thanks to EC Records!" The man spoke.

"...a whole year?" Jade asked with an upset look on her face.

"Hey, you're a star now, whadaya expect? Now, go sign your pictures for your fans, don't keep them waiting. Oh! And don't forget to smile! People love it when their star smiles!" The man spoke.

"...Rick...can we stop?" Jade asked.

"Stop! Wha'd are you crazy! We're a hit! We gotta make you go furthur, push the limits!" Rick exclaimed.

"..." Jade stood.

"Now get going! You're keeping your fans from your signing! And for the love of God, do not forget to smile!" Rick exclaimed.

"..." Jade stared.

She then walked off the back of the stage. Nearby was a table with tons of pictures of Jade and a marker on it. Standing in front of that table, were fans standing behind one another in a line.

"...sigh..." She spoke.

Elsewhere...

We see Bash, walking by the stage where Jade sung. He's looking confused wondering where he could find a hotel to sleep for the night.

"Man i'm lost, how the hell did I end up at a concert anyways?" He spoke to himself.

Then one of the technical assistants walked by. Bash noticed her and thought he might as well ask for directions since its already close to midnight. He got up, and walked towards her.

"Excuse me miss? Could you tell me where-" Bash tried asking but was interuped.

"Oh! You're looking for the signing? Here come with me its this way." The assistant spoke while grabing onto Bash's arm pulling him towards the table.

"Uh what?" Bash spoke while being pulled.

The assistant pulls Bash into line for Jade's signing. Mostly all of the fans are gone leaving Bash, and two others in line. Bash looks in front of him to see a kid his age waiting in the line anxiously. He thought maybe this kid could tell him where a hotel could be. So he tried asking.

"Uh, excuse me...could you tell me where-" Bash tried to speak, but then the kid turned around surprised and embarassed.

"IT'S FOR M-MY SISTER! I SWEAR!" The kid yelled surprised.

"Uh...what? Whats for your sister?" Bash asked surprised as well.

"The p-picture...i'm getting it signed for m-my sister!" The kid spoke nervously holding out the picture of Jade.

Bash took a look at the picture.

"Huh, the girl in this picture is cute." Bash spoke smiling.

"Of course she is! It's Jade! ...wait...aren't you in line for the signing of Jade?" The kid asked.

"Actually, I was pulled here by some lady...I just wanna know where I can find a hotel..." Bash spoke disapointed.

"A hotel? Your came here, and you didn't even look for a hotel before the concert?" The kid asked.

"Actually, I ended up here by accident. I'm on an adventure you see, and i'm on my way to D.C. to meet up with my dad!" Bash spoke proudly.

"Cool, i'm headed in that direction as well! Well, theres a hotel nearby that i'm staying at for tonight. I can take you there if you want." The kid offered.

"Really? How cool! Thanks a bunch man! We can even head towards D.C. together!" Bash spoke.

"Cool, sounds like fun! Wait, you are walking right?" The kid asked.

"Yup! Oh, my name's Bash by the way!" Bash introduced himself.

"Nice, i'm Slash!" Slash introduced himself.

"And i'm Jade...are you two gonna buy a picture or not?" Jade asked impaciently.

"Oh right! We should get that picture for your sister." Bash spoke.

"R-right...for my sister..." Slash spoke nervously.

"...sigh...five dollars..." Jade demanded.

"R-right h-here!" Slash spoke nervously.

"Oh hey! It's that cute girl from the picture!" Bash exclaimed.

Jade blushed while Slash fell down.

"You didn't know!" Slash asked.

"Know what?" Bash asked.

"That this line was to get her autograph!" Slash exclaimed.

"Nope, I was dragged here so I didn't know nothing. So what was your name again?" Bash asked.

Slash felled again.

"I'm...Jade..." Jade spoke.

"Nice to meet you! My name's Bash!" Bash spoke while extending his arm towards Jade.

"..." Jade sat there staring at the extended hand.

"Whats wrong? You don't shake?" Bash asked still holding out his hand.

"...no ones ever really...tried to shake hands...before..." Jade spoke.

"What! Thats stupid...here!" Bash spoke.

He then grabbed her hand and shook it, like any normal person would.

"Nice! To! Meet! You!" Bash spoke.

Jade stared at her hand, blushing.

All of her life, Jade was a social outcast. She never spoke, she never shook hands, and she never smiled. Nobody would go near her on account of the nasty looks she gave people. But she never intended to give people nasty looks to people, well mostly never intended, that was just her normal look.

So years went by. She attended school like everyone else, but didn't have many friends. Then one day, while she was all alone at a park, she started to sing to herself. Her voice was magical. Birds flew to nearby trees to listen to her sing as she would sing for hours at that park. Everyday, she would go to the same park just to sing to herself, the animals just listened in.

But as she was singing one fine afternoon, a man wondered into that park, enchanted by that singing. He walked closer to the beautiful sound, and soon found Jade behind a tree with many animals around her hypnotized by the melody. This man was Rick, Jade's present day manager. Rick saw that she had talent, and took every oprotunuity he had to make her into what she was today.

Now everyone wanted to be with Jade because of her singing. So now Jade stares at her hand because Bash was the first person who wasn't afraid to talk to her and shake her hand, just as any normal person would. He saw Jade as someone he could be friends with.

"..nice to meet you too..." Jade spoke blushing.

"Welp, we better be going. I gotta get some rest for the adventure. I'm headed to D.C. to find my dad, and he's going for...what were you headed there for anyways?" Bash asked Slash.

"A tournement!" Slash replied.

"A tournement? ...Cool! Can I enter!" Bash asked.

"Well...I don't know...it's a tough tournement for the tough who are very-Sure! Why not?" Slash exclaimed.

"Cool! I gotta train then! So hope to see you again soon Jade! We should hang out sometime!" Bash spoke.

"...h-hang out?" Jade asked.

"Hell yeah! It'll be fun! See ya!" Bash spoke walking away.

"B-bye! Goodluck!" Jade yelled out.

"F-farewell!" Slash spoke nervously while walking away.

"...see ya..." Jade spoke with a dirty look.

Jade sat there by herself, thinking.

"...hangout? ...did he ask me out?" Jade asked herself.

END CHAPTER

Well, that took longer than expected... Sorry for updating late, my computer was down for awhile.

...that I tell to my two readers...