New Beginnings: Year One

Chapter 2

Chapter 2, Music and the soul

Fionna wondered around the school, ear buds in, music blaring through her eardrums. She danced through the halls letting the music take her towards her classroom. She jumped into the classroom and spun around humming the songs tune as she went to take a seat. The few students that, much like her, had decided to be early watched her with curious eyes. Fionna noticed their stares and smirked. She jumped up on her desk and began to dance like a fool, the music in her ears flowing through her movements, until finally she jumped down and took her seat. The other students grinned at her performance clapping a few times before going back to what they were doing.

Unbeknownst to Fionna, her music teacher had been watching from his office. He had instantly recognized her as a Merten. "She's got her father's flare… Hopefully that wasn't the only thing he passed on to her." The man thought. He glanced at the clock. Deciding to give students a few extra minutes to arrive, the man opened a book and began flipping through the pictures until he'd found the one he'd wanted. A smile spread over his face, as he looked at the old photograph he held.

The moment Marshal Lee and his band of misfits entered the music room a smirk was plastered onto his rugged features. Where his group normally sat, right in the middle was the temperamental blonde from the day before. She was writing something in a notebook, ear buds blocking the sound from penetrating her concentration. Every once in a while she would lean her cheek against her hand, and tap out an upbeat tune before going back to the page in front of her. Marshal looked at his friends and gestured them to follow him as he took a seat next to Fionna. Each of the band members took their usual seats around Fionna. With another gesture from Marshal all five boys turned to stare at Fionna intently.

A shiver ran down her spin, causing her to drop her pen and snap her head up, as she took her ear buds out. She looked over at Marshal and grimaced. "Dude, are you like following me?" the smirk Marshal wore grew a bit more, as he leaned back in his chair taking her in as he had done the day before.

"Calm down Princess. I have this class, same as you." Marshal gave her wink.

"Do NOT call me Princess" Fionna hissed the word out, as though it burned her tongue to even speak it. "You ego pig." Fionna turned her head toward the front of the room, trying to ignore him.

"Tell me your name and I wouldn't have to keep calling you Princess, Princess." Marshal watched as Fionna went to plug her ear bud back in, unfortunately for Fionna the teacher was sliding into the room at that moment, playing the tune of Bad to the Bones on an electric guitar. Sighing, Fionna buried her music device into her backpack and sat back to watch the Teacher preform.

All at once the teacher stopped and pointed to the boy next to her. "Marshal Lee! You ready to rock with ya' bad self!?" Fionna glanced at the boy next to her as he got to his feet, taking up another guitar. The pair played their guitars, as the other members of Marshals band filled in the other sounds of the song. A smile played at Fionna's features as she listened to the boy sing.

The nurses all gathered 'round

And they gazed in wide wonder

At the joy they had found

The head nurse spoke up

Said "leave this one alone"

She could tell right away

That I was bad to the bone

Bad to the bone

Bad to the bone