A/N: Okay, so DestinyDragons101 (FF) wanted to see Fontaine as a metalhead... this is about as good as it's gonna get.
I had to give everyone music tastes, so: Fontaine likes metal and lively, energetic music; Kaiko and Ant are Disney and upbeat music lovers, though Kaiko is more for the calmer songs; Will is classical; Finn likes most music, it just depends on his mood. Kaiko and Will both love lullabies, but gave up singing them when the kids got older.
Thanks to Cass (FF) and my cousins "Keith" and "Blaytz" for song names because I was drawing a blank, and DestinyDragons101 provided the title "Shoot to Thrill", the song Fontaine plays in Bloop.
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Kaiko had been a fifteen-year old girl once. She'd been a grounded fifteen-year old in the past. She knew grounded fifteen-year olds were an unstoppable force.
Like the time she caused a "seal rebellion" with her seal imitations and lack of common sense. Or the time she'd accidentally disabled a dozen the penguin trackers and had spent the next week tracking down penguins. Or the time she stranded her dad and herself on an ice floe when she was overzealous with the drill.
After every incident, her mom had shaken her head and said she hoped Kaiko would have a daughter just like her.
Twenty-seven years later, Kaiko finally understood her mom's frustrations.
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Kaiko had a headache and couldn't hear herself think. Her ears might have been ringing -which would be a really bad sign, since she'd gotten a concussion the previous day- but it was hard to tell past the deafening chords of whatever she was playing.
It was hard to make out the tune with her fingers in her ears.
Fontaine was doing it on purpose. Kaiko knew it. She'd expected resistance from her eldest when she and Will proposed their plan to keep her in sight, but Fontaine was way more frustrated than Kaiko had thought.
Two hours. It had been two hours since Fontaine brought her guitar onto the bridge -Will had kicked her out of the study- to play what seemed to be her loudest, rockiest music. And since Fontaine usually played with her amp...
Yeah, Kaiko had a killer headache.
Kaiko pulled her fingers from her ears and turned the chair. "Fontaine."
Fontaine, though, couldn't hear over her music and the headphones. Her back was to Kaiko.
Kaiko waited until Fontaine finished her song, then tried again. "Fontaine!"
Fontaine didn't respond as she began her favorite song, "Shoot to Thrill".
Kaiko sighed and rubbed her forehead. She understood Fontaine's annoyance and didn't want to stop her daughter from her way of calming down, but it was getting out of hand.
Kaiko stood and went to Fontaine, firmly pulling her headphones down. Fontaine jumped, ending the song with an abrupt twang.
"Mum!"
Kaiko had to stop from responding to close her eyes. Okay, the ringing ears wasn't entirely from the music.
"Mum?" Fontaine said quietly.
Kaiko opened her eyes. Fontaine's expression had gone from annoyed to worried.
"I know you're frustrated," Kaiko said. "But you need to give the music a break. Or... play something quieter, please."
Fontaine's scowl returned. "This is why I play in my room."
"Fontaine." Kaiko closed her eyes. "I have a headache. You have to play quieter."
"Oh... oh! I'm sorry, Mum, I forgot!"
"It's fine, just... play quieter."
Fontaine didn't say anything. When Kaiko opened her eyes, Fontaine was biting her lip and staring at her guitar. She stepped over to her amp and turned it off, then unplugged her guitar. She looked at Kaiko.
"Any requests?"
Kaiko rather wished for silence, but Fontaine felt guilty enough. She sat in the pilot's chair and thought.
After a minute, Kaiko suggested, "Oceans."
It was a family favorite, for obvious reasons.
Fontaine grinned, and Kaiko knew she'd made the right choice.
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Two hours later...
"You're still playing?"
Fontaine stopped halfway through "Saturn" to frown at her brother. "You can leave again if you want." She resumed playing.
"Do you take requests?" Will asked, coming in behind Ant.
"I can't play classical music on an electric guitar, Dad," Fontaine said without pausing.
"Come on, I thought you could play anything," Will teased.
"I mean, I could. If I didn't fall asleep," Fontaine said, grinning.
"Guys," Kaiko laughed. "At least let her finish the song!"
"Thank you, Mum," Fontaine said. She strummed louder, drowning out whatever Ant was saying.
Fontaine finished the song. She glanced at her tablet, which held her music, then turned back to her audience.
"Still taking requests," Fontaine said.
"Stop," Ant said without missing a beat.
Fontaine gave Ant a half-lidded stare, then tapped her tablet. She swiped around for a second, then set the tablet aside and strummed the opening of an unfamiliar song. She grinned at Ant's groan.
"'Stop', 1997," Fontaine said, pausing the song.
"Huh?" Ant said.
"That's a song?" Kaiko asked, amused.
Fontaine nodded, looking quite proud of herself. "Do you know how long I've been waiting to use that one?"
Ant groaned loudly, though Kaiko could tell he was impressed. Fontaine beamed and started up the more familiar "Simple Song".
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A/N: "Simple song" is legit a song; I didn't believe it when Blaytz first told me, either. XD
The next chapter is my favorite of this arc! ^w^
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Interning on the Aronnax
Fanfiction(AU starting on S1E7; mostly drabble-sized chapters) Finn makes his choice, but somehow gets kicked off of the Aronnax and the Dark Orca. Joining the Nektons is still his hope, but first he has to convince them that he's a good guy. Luckily, he's go...
