Post by Lancewing on May 3, 2014 10:25:23 GMT -5
Star-Crossed Part 1
The Rockin' Beats were rehearsing in Melody's garage. Another Battle of the Bands was happening this week and they needed to prepare to defend their title, not to mention Melody had to find a babysitter for the twins. They were right now in the middle of one of their songs, before Melody's mom walked in.
"Melody, can I talk with you in private?"
"Um... Sure." Melody turned to the girls, "Take five guys; I'll be right back."
"Okay Mel," Tuneful said.
Melody followed her mother into tho kitchen. "So what's up?"
"Have you found a babysitter for the twins yet?"
"I actually have someone in mind, but I haven't called her yet."
"You might want to go ahead and do that. Remember what happened last time?"
"Yup! We won!"
"But where were the twins?"
"Under my protection."
"And you were..."
"At Battle of the Bands, BUT you didn't say where they needed to be..."
"Melody, it was lucky that the twins made it home okay, but I will not risk a repeat of that. Call the sitter right now."
"Fine..." Melody picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Hello," a voice said on the other end.
"Hey Sweetheart, it's Melody. Hey would you mind watching Jing-A-Ling and Ting-A-Ling while I'm at the battle of the bands?"
"Oh, I really, truly would, but I'm already going to be babysitting my sisters on that night."
"Oh... Um... Okay. Thank you anyway. Bye." Melody hung up. "There goes my first choice."
Next up: Bright Eyes.
Melody dialed the number.
“Hello.”
“Hey Bright Eyes, I was wondering if you could baby sit Jing-A-Ling and Ting-A-Ling while I’m at Battle of the Bands.”
“I think I can make it.”
“You can?”
“Yes, I don’t have anything planned that night, but go ahead and have someone else prepared just in case just in case something comes up.”
"Uh… Yeah! Sure! Thanks, Bright Eyes!"
“No problem.”
"See ya later." Melody hung up. “Well, that does that.”
“See? Wasn’t it a good thing that you called?”
“Yeah. Anyway, gotta run. the band’s waiting on me.”
"Okay, but remember to call someone just in case."
“Okay.” With that Melody darted into the garage. “Okay band. Ready to to take it from the top?”
"Yeah! Let's do this!"
They were about to start when they started hearing music. "Hey. Who's doin’ that?" Melody asked.
“It’s that other band,” Half-Note answered. “Mythic Rock I think it was…”
“Well, it’s no Cleveland Bays, but it sounds pretty good.”
“Well, if they compete in Battle of the Bands, we’re toast.”
"Which is why we need to practice harder. Come on."
The band started to play, but their competitors were starting to play a little too loudly.
“Okay, new plan. I’ll march over there and give them a piece of my mind,” Melody said.
"Good idea, I'll go, too,” Tuneful said.
“No, I’ll do it myself. You just look through the music and we’ll rehearse when we get back.”
“Okay.”
Melody walked out of the garage and walked next door. She saw a group of boys playing in their garage. ‘Figures...’ She walked into the garage. “Hey! Excuse me!”
The band stopped playing. "Hey! Who are you," The drummer asked, “We’re rehearsing here!”
“Well, so was my band when you drowned us out!”
"We'll where do you suggest we rehearse?"
"I hear Antarctica is lovely."
“Oh sure… If you like being frozen to death.”
“But at least there’s no one to disturb.”
“Look, Battle of the Bands just days away and we need to practice,” the guitarist said.
“Oh really? Well we’re competing too, and we need all the practice we can get.”
"Well we we're here first."
“No, we were.”
“Alright, that’s enough,” the lead singer said. Everyone looked at him. He was yellow with a white mane. His cutie mark was a microphone over a set of musical notes.
Melody could hardly contain herself. In her eyes, he actually looked pretty handsome. She had never seen a guy that looked as good as he did. ‘Wow… Not bad for a boy…’
Said boy looked in Melody’s direction, “Sorry bout that, they’re kinda territorial.”
“Uh...yeah...it’s fine. We’ll just wait for a bit. We’ve got homework to do anyway.”
“Are you sure? I’m sure they wouldn’t mind waiting a bit.”
“Not at all. Whatever I say in this band… goes.”
“Um… Okay… Thank you…”
“It’s nothing. Now get out of my garage so you can rehearse.” The boy smiled.
“Okay,” Melody was unaware that she was blushing...a lot.
“Sure, see ya later.”
“Yeah...Bye…” And with that Melody turned to leave, but… “What’s your name?”
“Resonance.”
The days went by and between the classes and the band rehearsal, Melody, lead singer of the Rockin’ Beats, was off beat. She couldn’t stop thinking of Resonance. She hadn’t told anyone about it; if someone found out, it would not end well. She might get kicked out of her own band! However, that was about to be the least of her worries. The phone suddenly rang.
Melody quickly snatched it up, “Hello?”
“Hey Melody, it turns out that I won’t be able to babysit.”
“WHAT?!” What happened?!”
“I’m grounded.”
“Wait… You’re kidding, right? I mean, you of all ponies grounded? Is the world ending or something?”
“No, I was studying with Lancer, and I missed curfew. I won’t be leaving my house for two days.”
“But the Battle of the bands is tomo- wait, just two days?”
“Well, I was STUDYING with Lancer…”
“Bright Eyes, I hope you’re not on the phone in there,” Circuit said from another room.
“Hold on a minute, Melody.”
Melody proceeded to freak out, ‘What do I do now?! No one will be available on this short notice!’ Melody remembered the last time she tried to hire someone at the last minute, but failed. ‘Maybe Bon Bon’s not grounded this time?’
Forgetting about Bright Eyes, she quickly dialed Bon Bon’s number. Eventually her friend picked up, “Hello?”
“Hey Bon Bon, um...can you watch the twins for me tomorrow?”
“Sorry, Melody, I can’t, my dad’s taking me to this fancy restaurant tomorrow for getting an A in History.”
Melody’s eye twitched, she couldn’t say a thing.
“You alright?”
“Um… Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?”
“You aren’t saying anything, which is weird for you.”
“Yeah… You get rewarded for an A while Bright Eyes is grounded for missing curfew…”
“Wow...that’s really, truly weird.”
Melody twitched again. For a moment, she thought she heard Sweetheart. “Maybe I’m just having a bad day…”
“I’m kidding, Mel.”
“About the A?”
“No, the ‘really, truly’ part. I’ve really got Sweetheart’s voice down.”
“Ugh! Is anyone available?!”
“I really, truly-”
“KNOCK IT OFF!”
“Okay! Okay! Chill!”
“Sorry, I just need to balance finding a sitter, my schoolwork, and band practice while hiding my feelings about the lead singer of a band we’re competing against!” At that moment, Melody knew she said too much…
“Wait, what did you just say?”
“I… have a crush on the competition.”
“Really!?”
“Yes, but you can’t tell anyone, especially not the Rockin’ Beats. They’ll kick me out of the band, and I’m the one who started it.”
“Yeah… That is odd… Anyway, your secret’s safe with me.”
“Thank you.”
“No problem.”
Melody tried every single number she could think of, yet nothing. She sat on the couch and groaned in frustration. ‘Great… Now what?’
Soon, Melody’s mother walked in. “Is something wrong Melody?”
“Yes, Bright Eyes is grounded and all of my back-ups are not available. Now what am I going to do?”
“Well, you could always stay home.”
“No, I can’t. They need me. If only I knew more people…” Then a light bulb went on in Melody’s head. “I have an idea. I’ll be back soon!” With that, Melody rushed to the door, but she was met by the Rockin’ Beats.
“Hey Mel,” Tuneful said.
“H-Hey girls. What are you doing here?”
“Didn’t you forget, today’s our final day to rehearse before Battle of the Bands.”
“Oh yeah… Listen, I have to take care of a little errand, but I’ll be ri-”
“Hold it there Melody,” Pretty Beat said, “You running an errand? What are you hiding?”
Melody froze, "My mom wants me to pick up some eggs...that's it, no compromising secret."
“Sounds like you’re keeping a secret to me,” Sweet Note remarked.
“Fine… My babysitter cancelled on me, but I think I can find another one.”
"Again?! Really Melody?"
“BUT I can fix it this time. Just bear with me.”
"You better, Mel."
“I’ll be next door to see if our neighbor knows anyone. Just stay here and I’ll be right back.”
“Wait, that’s where the competing band is. What’s going on here,” Half Note asked.
"...Nothing..."
"I don't believe you."
"Honest."
"Still don't believe you..."
"Just stay here and I'll be right back." Before the band could say anything, she took off.
Melody knocked at the door. After a moment of silence, the door opened to reveal... Resonance. "Hey. My band's not playing and you already showed up."
"Kinda weird how that worked out... Do you know anyone who can babysit?"
"Babysit? Um..."
"Come on, you're my last hope right now."
"Well... I could make some calls..."
Melody suddenly hugged him. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"
"Heh, it's no problem..."
"AHA!"
Both ponies turned to see Tuneful.
"I knew something was up!"
"Tuneful, it's not what it looks like!"
"That's what they all say..." She sneered, "So how long have you two been an item?"
"An item," the boy asked, "Look, she came here asking about a babysitter. That's it."
"Sure...nice excuse."
"And what if I DID have feelings for him? Why should it matter?"
"He's competition. He's off limits!"
“So you’d keep us apart just because I like him?”
“If that’s what takes! You can’t have two different bands under the same roof. You know how harmful it would be to-”
“Wait a minute, what did you just say?”
“It would be harmful to- then you interrupted me.”
“No, before that. Something about two bands?”
“That you can’t have them under the same roof.”
Melody and Resonance looked at each other. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
Resonance smirked, “Oh yeah… You get your band, I’ll get mine, and we’ll plan it out from there.
“Right.” Melody darted past Tuneful.
“What just happened,” Tuneful asked before being dragged into the house by Melody.
“I was just asking if he could find someone to watch the twins…”
“Really? If I helped you out would you hug me?”
“I was desperate, okay!”
“Desperate for a boyfriend?”
“No!”
“Well, those boys are OFF LIMITS, kay?”
Melody sighed, “Fine, if that's what you think, then have fun at the Battle of the Bands without me.”
“Good, now-” Tuneful’s eyes widened, “WHAT?!!?”
“Yup, if you guys are going to have a problem with me liking a boy just cuz he’s in another band, then I’m out.”
"Mel, you can't be serious."
"I was trying to get a sitter, and if I don't, then I'm gonna have to stay home anyway. It could have worked, but no... You had to mess it up just because of the band, and this time, I won't be bailing you out!"
“Mel, this is ridiculous, it’s just a boy.”
"No, you are telling me how to live my life, and guess what, you're not my mom."
“But-c’mon, aren’t we more important?”
"Right now, the twins are more important."
Tuneful sighed in defeat, “You really won’t come?”
“Nope.”
Tuneful bit her lip, “Okay...see you at school next week.”
“Yeah...See ya then, good luck tonight, by the way.”
“Thanks, without you, we’ll need it.”
Melody sat at home with the twins. Tonight was the night of the Battle of the Bands, and this time, Melody was sitting this one out. Jing-A-Ling tugged on Melody’s leg, “Mewody? Why awen’t you wit the Wockin’ Beats?”
“Yeah, but I’m not going this time.”
“Why not?”
“Because they were being mean to me.”
“Aww… I’m sowwy Mewody,” Jing-A-Ling gave Melody a big hug.
“It’s okay. If I couldn’t find someone to babysit you, then I would have had to stay home anyway, and this time there would be no loopholes.”
“What’s a loophole?”
“It’s… You know what, maybe you should know when you’re older.”
“Oh...okay, Mewody.”
“Yeah, so where’d your sister run off to?”
“Oh, she id talking to da cute boy at the door.”
“Wait, what boy?”
“Da one at da door, I just told you dat!”
Melody rushed toward the door. “Ting-A-Ling, I thought Mom told you not to talk to-” She immediately recognized who it was. “Resonance? What are you doing here?”
“Band kicked me out. They said that I shouldn’t be hanging around the competition.”
“That’s what my band said.”
“Yeah, crazy huh? I told them it’s none of their business if I happen to like a girl from another band because my band life shouldn’t affect my personal life.”
“Really? You like me?”
Resonance froze, “Oh...did I just say say that out loud?”
“You did.”
“Oh...sorry, I have a problem with keeping secrets like my dad.”
“Well...I’m glad you do.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah...cuz I like you, too.”
“Well that’s good. So… I’ve got twins that can be quite a handful. Would you like to help me watch them?
“Sure, but on one condition.”
“What?”
“Buy the ice cream sundaes tomorrow on our first date?”
Melody giggled before saying, “Deal.”
After an awful display from both Rockin’ Beats and Mythic Rock, Dazzle crowned a completely different band as the winner. Both bands walked back to their leaders embarrassed. Resonance left to talk with his band while Melody was left to deal with hers.
“Well, it could have been worse,” Melody remarked.
“Yeah, but you still didn’t show up,” Half Note said.
“Hey don’t blame me. It’s not my fault my first choice was grounded, besides, I would have had to stay home if I couldn’t find a babysitter, so it could have been prevented had you let me follow through with what I was planning...”
“Are you sure you couldn’t bring the twins with you?”
“After what happened last time, I’m sure.”
“Well, I think you’re right,” Sweet Note said, “You’re not the only one to blame.”
“So… What will not happen next time.”
“You will not put off calling a back-up babysitter?”
“Well that, but what will you four not do?”
“We won’t let our personal live be affected by our band life.”
“Very good, now, who wants snacks? You could use something to cheer ya up.”
They all nodded and walked into the kitchen.
It would be said that everyone lived happily ever after, but soon, word got out that Melody was dating Resonance, Ace was crushed. He tried everything within his power to get Melody’s attention, yet she chooses someone else over him. What did he do wrong? Why did this guy have that Ace didn’t? And is there someone else who would suit him just as well?
Tune in
