Another Cinderella Story

Chapter 19 (Edited)

Serena's POV:
"Sorry I'm late! Dawn wanted me to ask for an autograph from Paul!" Misty barged into the studio, her backpack -which had the handles loosened- kept gently hitting at her bottom with every step she took.

"Ah! Sorry for just barging in like that!" She bowed towards the group of meme era, her cheeks were dusted with pink. Ever since she found out about Crimson, they had always been more then just a group for her. They helped her when she was almost about to give up on her one and only true dream. "You're the famous Misty we have been hearing about, right?"
Gary tilted his head to the side as his eyes trailed to look at her from every angle he could muster. "Yes! The one and only!"

Like she had set out, Misty pulled out her notebook. The design proved to be of a child's interests with its bubbly blue coloring and pink glittery swirls but this was Misty's lyric book. "As you may have heard, my sister wants a signature from all of you . . . And one of our friends also wants one from Paul himself." Hearing how straightforward she was caused May and I to giggle silently.

"Paul isn't here at the moment but we will be sure to hand it over!" Cilan informed her as he took the notebook and permanent marker from her hands, he smiled as he wrote his famous signature before handing it over to Drew. "How old is your little sister?" Ash asked her when he was handed the materials by Drew. For a second it was quiet amongst the four friends.

"5!"
"6!" They all bursted out, stopping a confused Gary from writing on the notebook. "U-Uh . . . She is currently 5 years old but will be turning 6 in a couple of days . . ." I corrected us, convinced by this Gary began to write his signature. "Here you go! Now, can we please get started? I want to see how you flow." Gary excitedly states as he hands over the notebook and marker to Misty.

"Right! I knew right away how I could be of assistance but I will need to hear the demo you guys have done." Seeing her get into action really brought the fire in her eyes. While Misty took a seat on the available swirling chair, Calem sat right next to me as we all watched what would come out from this.

"Here, we suggest you put on the headphones. Their wireless so you don't have to worry about getting up. You will also be able to tell us what it may need, which would be greatly appreciated." Drew handed us all wireless headphones as Gary set up a flash drive. "Ready?" We all nodded in sync, I stared at Misty who kept a hand on one side of the headphone set she was given while the other hand was rested on her cheek.

I could already tell the demo was recorded by Ash with how his voice managed to change from rapping to singing so fluently and cleanly. Though the lyrics weren't as good as I wished they were I remember that this is a demo, something that's raw. They could change it if they wished to and this was something that they allowed us to do at the moment.

"I'm just a parabola on the horizon for you."

Their were some grammatical mistakes in them which caused me to slightly grimace as the music progressed. It wasn't something I would want to hear more then twice but if they were to change some things then it would be possible to get more out of it, especially if they changed the background music which didn't give it a very well thought out vibe to it.

I guess Misty thought the same because she took of the headphones and allowed them to rest around her neck. She turned to look back at me, we would always be in the hidden music room to discuss music we could create together of course I was only capable of writing, singing, rapping, and playing specific instruments on the other hand Misty was great in everything.

May and Calem took off the headphones and I did as well. "I wasn't really feeling much of it, I've seen what you guys are capable of doing but this seems like you had done it before and are just reusing the stuff you had made." Misty turns to look at Ash, who glanced at his members. "At one point of the song you had given me an idea, the way you gave 'Island' a certain repetition was part of the song that brought something to mind." She adjusted something and replayed the track, the audio was able to be heard across the entire room due to what she did.

"I~I~Island!"

After this part played two times she paused in and turned to look at all of us, swirling the chair so her direction was facing us. "Here it is, after hearing it multiple times near the chorus I think I found something we can do to arrange everything into place."

"Which is?" It was intriguing how fast she found a solution towards the music already and it was fun being apart of it as well. "The song is another entry in an increasing-contrived style, but it can be elevated by your group who can bring enough individual quirks to salvage what otherwise would be quite forgettable." We all looked at her in confusion, it was impossible to understand her when she was in the zone.

"We make it so that it becomes something that goes with everyone's vocal perks, something that won't be forgotten and would be played over and over because of the music that causes one to dance." Misty rephrased what she had previously said and bit down on her bottom lip, thinking for a minute.

"I suggest a tropical feel." Calem spoke up, getting an agreement by Misty who nodded her head in conclusion. "The lyrics itself produce a tropical vibe, I think if you guys can go for something like that you got yourselves a good introduction towards a new genre." Calem added onto his own statement getting am impressed expression from Ash and a pleased one from Gary and Drew.

May nudged me on my arm a bit, when I turned to look at her she mouthed 'lyrics' implying I should say something about the lyrics I thought would help make the song better, I guess Cilan picked up on it and without Ash noticing it he slid over sticky notes. With him pretending to tie his shoes so that I can receive his sticky notes.

'Write what you think about the lyrics, I'll add it in without anyone but you and I to know about it!'

Slyly, I began to write some accommodations towards the song. While the others discussed further more about how it would be played out like. Once I finished up I sneakily handed over the sticky notes towards him and he kindly smiled as he received them.

"I think I have something else as well." Cilan caught the attention of everyone, he glanced down at my writing before speaking up again. "When we were just drafting out the lyrics we were all too sleepy and made some mistakes . . . After hearing what Misty said I think I something that goes along those lines."

I pull out my notebook and hand it to him as he grasps onto thin air, wanting writing material in hand to start the lyrics once more. "While you guys work further more on the composition, I will need two others to help with the mixing." Drew and May rose their hands at the same time, when their gazes fell upon each other it was evident that a blush was forming.

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