Music Under the Spotlight (Lumity Band Au)

The finale

Luz POV:

Two years. 

Two long years since I've returned to the Boiling Isles, since I've joined The Abominations. Two years of traveling between worlds, band practice and all the rest of the chaos that comes from the Isles. Two years since I confessed to Amity. 

And now, I sat up on stage with a bright red spotlight blurring my vision of the crowd, my drumsticks held up in the air, my shoulders heaving, a giant smile on my face. Cheers were ringing in my ears, replacing the last few notes of the song. 

I glanced over at the others, seeing the smirks plastered on their faces as they kept a tight grip on their instruments. After a moment of hesitation, Amity brought one hand up to her mic, carefully taking it off the stand and pulling it closer to her face. 

She let out a bit of a laugh, quickly making the crowd quiet down. "Alright folks, we'll be back after the intermission!" The crowd died down to a sea of loud murmurs, which became slightly muffled as the curtains closed. 

Letting out a sigh, I stood up from my drums and stretched my arms over my head, shoving my drumsticks in my pocket and slowly moving backstage. "Congrats! You guys have made it to the halfway point!" Edric piped up as he passed me off a water. 

"You act like we've never done a show before." Boscha said as she took a water from him, rubbing her eyes slightly. Edric laughed, giving her a soft shove, which turned into the two of them pushing one another while laughing. 

Amity rolled her eyes, taking the last water from her sister before moving over by me. Emira motioned for Skara to do something with the sound board before she walked over to the two of us, rolling up her sleeves. "You guys can still see okay right? The effect didn't mess with your eyesight or anything?" 

"Still can see crystal clear!" I told her before taking a sip of water, Amity nodding her head. The Blight let out a sigh of relief, looking over towards her brother and the bassist. 

"So I'm gonna guess that goes the same for Boscha." She placed a hand on her hip, then let out a laugh. "Honestly, I'm a little surprised that the glowing eyes effect worked that well for the song." 

The youngest Blight shrugged, taking another sip of her water. "They worked so well because the lights were dim to match the song, made it easier to see that our eyes were glowing." 

"Dim and red, the Devil Town theme." Emira said with a smirk, her eyes following Edric and Boscha as they walked over. Boscha stood off to Amity's right while Edric threw an arm around Amity and I, pulling us close. 

"Remind me." He said, looking between the two of us. "We're playing a bunch of our new songs, all except for your little theme song?" He asked, flicking one of Amity's ears and making her scowl. 

"It's not my theme song..." She grumbled, taking another sip of her water.

"Sure, keep telling yourself that." Edric ruffled Amity's hair, making her smack his arm away. "No but seriously, we aren't playing Little Miss Perfect this show? Last I checked, you said at all the practices except the last one that we were gonna play it with the rest of the new songs." 

"We were, but we're pushing it back a bit." I nodded my head to what Amity was saying, taking a long sip of my water. "We're gonna play it at the next show instead. That way, we can wrap up the composition for Ordinary and release them side by side." 

"I thought you said the composition was done?" Boscha asked, raising an eyebrow. I hummed a little, catching the bassist's attention. 

"Technically it is." I said, bringing a hand up to my beanie and fixing it. "But it's leaning more towards an acoustic type of guitar. We've gotta tweak it to be a bit less like that." Boscha softly nodded her head, staring down at her drink.