guarded by ghouls [g.b.c.]

three.

i sighed to myself as i entered the room i woke up in this morning, seeing my guitar propped against the wall.

i frowned, walking over to it and picking it up by the neck, looking at the slight damage that had come to it from my mom and dad.

i sighed, packing it up and slinging the case over my back.

i slowly crept out of my room, looking for a place to play my guitar without getting caught by the papa or ghouls.

just me and my music..

i wondered for about 5 minutes, having to hide behind multiple corners from the ghouls.

i got to the part of the church that aether had steered me away from, deciding to walk down the hall to see what if there was a place i could hide.

at the end of the hall, there was a paper on the ground.

confused, i bent down and picked up, seeing guitar tabs to a song. it was only a few bars, but i could tell it was a beautiful song.

there were lyrics at the top.

for you.. cut off for 9 bars until they came back with string plucking. will you spill the wine.. to summon the divine?

i smiled to myself, looking up at the door the paper was in front of and slowly opening it, the silent door moving as i peaked inside.

my stomach dropped as i saw a whole practice room built for a band. i pushed the door open further, my jaw dropped slightly.

after letting myself be in awe, i kicked the door, hoping to close it. though, since i was walking away, it stopped just before it clicked.

i brushed it off, hurrying over to an amp and taking my guitar out, setting the paper on a stand as i brought the strap of my guitar over my head and plugged it in to the amp.

i turned the volume slightly down, not wanting to draw attention to myself from across the church before starting to play, a big smile on my face.

the 14 bars on the paper went by quickly, leaving me wanting more. i put my guitar down quickly, running to a bookcase across the room and taking out a binder.

i flipped through the sheets, eventually finding a whole song.

kiss the go-goat? why not just goat?

i shrugged, hurrying over to my guitar and the stand, setting down the binder and tuning my guitar down a step before going over the main bars and getting a feel for them.

after about 30 seconds, i started playing from the beginning, smiling to myself at the chord progressions of the song.

i laughed, starting to bounce around once i got a feel for the song, singing along with the words in my head.

i spun around, grateful for the wireless amp connection as i played.

i hurried over to the stand a bit further into the song as a new part came up and played through that before getting right back into the chorus, my smile somehow getting bigger as i danced around.

at the end of the song, i hit the last chord, laughing happily and jumping around after.

i went to flip through the binder some more but was cut off by clapping at the door. i froze, looking up and seeing aether, dew and papa.

"um.." i mumbled, shuffling backwards, only to run into a chair. i looked behind me and stepped sideways before looking back at the three guys in front of me, papa clapping while the ghouls looked shocked.