Tori Larsen,15, has always dreamed of being the lead singer of a band with a unique sound. she's always liked all different kinds of music, but she's never been 100% satisfied. So, Toru gathers a group of her peers that you would never expect to get along. This group consists of the following:
Tori Larsen - 15, Lead Vocals, Popular Girl,
Grayson Sixx - 16, Lead Guitarist, Emo, bad boy, very insecure
Paige Taylor - 14, Back up guitarist, shy smart girl, has social anxiety and bipolar depression
August Black - 15, bassist, Popular Band kid (rare), cocky, stuck up
Thalmas Pitts - 15, Drums/keyboard, New boy to the school, misfit, depression
Tori gathers this group together, calls them "At Once, We Rise", and prepares them to take the world by storm. With her new best friends and unique sound, Tori felt as if she was unstoppable.
After At Once We Rise' fourth gig was booked and days away, Tori was in a freak accident with her brother, Alex.
That's when Tori's dream... ends.
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.