Only Metal Can Save Me Now//Metal Lords •Hunter Sylvester•

Invisible Man In The Sky

I found myself in one of the music rooms. I had put my headphones in by now. Good Mourning/Black Friday by Megadeath blaring.

I sighed as I laid down on the floor, staring at the ceiling and thought. This was all just-I don't even know.

I wish things could go back to the way they were beforehand. Before my parents started fighting, or y'know my dad didn't find my Slayer shirt or go into my room.

I mean things were always a little complicated, but now things were even more fucked. Then there's fucking Kevin, Emily, and I starting to be friends. The shit that Skip has been doing recently. I mean he was a grade A asshole normally but what he did with the eggs and starting those rumors about Hunter and I? Oh my god, don't even get me started on Hunter and I getting paired in that stupid speech assignment.

I let my mind wander as songs changed and changed and changed.

Invoke the Oath by Mayhem was in the middle of playing, when I realized I had lost all sense of time. I sat up and checked the time on my phone.

"Shit shit shit." I said to myself as I stood. Speech started 10 minutes ago. "Fuck!" I whisper yelled as I opened the door and started running to my locker.

***

It was the beginning of speech and everyone was there, well everyone except for Eden. The teacher was in the middle of taking attendance.

"Has anyone seen Eden?" She asked. No one said anything, they didn't care. "Hunter what about you, she's your partner for this project. Have you seen her?" The teacher asked him.

People in the class then began to snicker, talking about the rumors that Skip started yesterday after the whole egg fiasco.

Hunter rolled his eyes. "No, haven't seen her."

The Teacher hummed and began teaching. Eden however, had just arrived at her locker, frantically grabbing her books and what not.

The song changing to Runnin' With The Devil by Van Halen. If Eden wasn't in a hurry or late for her class she would have laughed at that, at how ironic it was that the song that was playing, almost mirrored the situation perfectly.

After she got what she needed, she started running to speech. As the song played she ran, she's never been late before.

***

I shouldn't have zoned out like I did and I shouldn't have gotten mad at Emily at lunch earlier.

I sighed in relief as the door to speech could be seen in my line of sight. I continued to run and as soon as I reached the door, I abruptly stopped.

The song switched to Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden. I opened the door and everyone looked at me.

"Oh, Eden, why are you late?" I barely heard the teacher ask over the music in my ears. "Sorry, personal reasons. It won't happen again." I said. The teacher nodded and told me to take a seat.

The only open desk was by none other than Hunter. I sighed. Today was going to be a long day.

The teacher kept talking about the assignment we were doing. I stared straight ahead, listening to my music. I of course felt someone staring at me. I didn't have to look over to tell who it was, seriously, that fucking kid has a staring problem.

***

I was sitting in speech class, everything was normal, except for a certain person who I hated. Eden. I hadn't seen her since she got mad at Emily.

All because she asked if she was okay. I didn't really care if she was or not, but in all fucking seriousness, it seemed like she wasn't okay.

After the teacher asked why she was late, I watched as she faced towards the desks. There was something about her, she looked different, I just didn't know what it was.

She took a seat next to me. I noticed she had headphones in. I wonder what she was listening too. Wait, no, no I don't, fuck. 'Get a grip, Hunter' I told myself as I diverted my attention elsewhere.

***

I felt the staring at me end, Hunter probably realized how creepy it was...At least I didn't have to go home right after school. I was in the middle of listening to Wheels of Fire by L.A. Guns.

Yeah, it wasn't like heavy metal, but weather we like it or not, metal music was kind of built on the foundation of rock music. Yeah, it may not be as heavy as everything else I listen too, but rock, not just metal, was a big fucking Invisible Man in The Sky-send.

I smiled to myself. Music was the only thing that kept me alive, and I don't mean that in like I want to die sort of way, I mean it gives me energy, keeps me happy, makes me energetic.

I was happy when the bell rang. I got up, grabbed my stuff and started walking to my locker. Shot In the Dark by Ozzy Osbourne starting to play. One of my favorite songs.

I lip synced the words as I walked to my locker lightly head banging, so I wouldn't look like a psychopath. I reached my locker, ditched my books and started walking to art, pulling out my phone to check the time when my phone was slapped out of my hands.

My headphones unplugged and my phone crashing to the floor. I looked in front of me to see Skip already walking down the hallway. I find it fucking shitty that all he gets is an after school detention for the eggs he fucking dumped on me.

I closed my eyes, shook my head and opened them again, going to get my phone, but what I saw honestly kind of surprised me. Hunter was in front of me, picking up my phone.

Invisible Man in The Sky, if your real, and you have a plan and all that, you confuse me, all of it fucking confuses me.

(A/N: I'm writing as much as I can but senior year is stressing me out, but here's another chapter, finally. Fun fact, the songs that Eden's listening to most of the story are the songs that are in my playlist and that we're playing when I was writing, so that's fun. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this chapter :) -Jaimie 🦆✌️