Highs and lows [Imagine Dragons Fanfic]

Recall the past

Platz:

"Thank you, Toronto!" Dan says as the rest of us joins him at the front of the stage. I count down and we bow, then we repeat it. I throw my drumsticks into the crowd. Wayne and Ben throw their plectrums down and Dan just waves happily. Then we walk off stage under tons of applause. We head backstage and just sit down for a couple of minutes, to relax and drink something and just to cool down again.

"Ok guys." Mac starts after a few minutes. "That was an amazing show out there. But now move your butts, tonight is the last night in a hotel for a few days." I sigh. Toronto was the last date of the American part of our tour. Tomorrow we will head to Europe, France. We'll have 33 concerts in Europe before we have a break of a moth and then we'll play American festivals.

I take a bottle of water and walk out of the room. Ben and Wayne ahead of me and Dan behind me. We walk to our tour bus and drive to the hotel. We don't talk that much. Even though we are used to standing on stage nearly every day it's pretty exhausting. So the only words we exchange are Good night and bye. As we separate and each of us goes into our room.

I take a quick shower and let me fall into my bed. Although I'm really exhausted, I don't fall asleep right away. I start to think about my life and how crazy it went throughout the last couple of years. Every tour had its highs and lows.

Night Visions was amazing. We got recognized by the world and finally were able to pay our bills. Years of struggling with success and then we release an album that just toped everything we could think of. It all went pretty fast. Too fast. The whole tour we were so overwhelmed with all the fame and fans, sure it was a good thing but it can be so overwhelming. Success also has its lows, all of us lost a couple of friends, even though we didn't change as persons. So we had to deal with that during Night Visions.

At the time we presented Smoke + Mirrors to the world we were used to it, more or less. Some shows can still be overwhelming, but by now we know how we can deal with it. We may have fewer friends, but we knew that we could truly trust them. But there were years on the road. Years of disconnecting with friends and family and just normal life. That was a hard time for all of us, especially for Dan. His depression was on a high, but the rest of him was on the lowest I've ever seen him. That took the toll out of all of us.

And now Evolve. I can't think of anything that can go wrong now. We took a year off to connect with reality again. The album truly reflects that. Dan has overcome his depression. Sure, sometimes he still has a day that's not that good but now he knows how to deal with it and we know that too. So yeah, I feel pretty good about this tour because what should go wrong?

With that thought in my head, I finally fall asleep. Not knowing that I couldn't be more wrong about that.

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Hello, I'm back again. Sorry for the short chapter but I was literally thinking about how to start for a whole hour. However, I hope you'll like it and continue reading this story. Have fun and stay tuned.