Left For Dead

Ally’s POV
Well the first day of warped had finally arrived and our first stop was Salt Lake City in Utah. And honestly we couldn't be anymore happy or nervous. It was very hot though and our first performance here would be tomorrow afternoon. No more little band gigs around bars or parks in our little town, this time we would actually have a real big audience. So that can only mean practice and practice for us. “Are we there yet ?” I asked Kevin while trying to straighten my hair or rat nest which is what it looked like at the moment, and trying my hardest not to burn my hand like I did earlier a couple of times. “Seems like it it.” He said looking out the window. As we pulled in the crowded RV parking lot countless of recognizable band logos passed by our window: Pierce The Veil, All Time Low, Sleeping With Sirens, Bring Me The Horizon, Asking Alexandria - you name it. As we parked and stepped out Kevin told us to go walk around and explore while he went to talk to the sound techs there so we could do our first sound check. At that moment the most amazing thing happened to us, we met All Time Low thanks to Echo and had an actual conversation with them and I'm glad I didn't have a nervous breakdown right in front of them otherwise that would've been a total disaster. After a few minutes of talking Kevin then called us back to do sound check.
**later that night**
“Well the Kickoff Party is about to begin, aren't you coming Ally? You're not getting dressed” Vanna asked as she put on her leather jacket since it was getting cold and windy outside. The owners and managers of Warped were currently hosting a mini party to welcome the bands playing this year and mostly everyone was getting ready to go.
“Uhm I'm really exhausted right now so I think I'll stay behind for a bit, I want to Skype my mom and finish the last episode I was watching from ‘The Walking Dead’ before I forget, but I'll join you guys later.” I said to them. “Alright go watch your zombies and say hi to momma but I expect to see you there later.” Vanna said while walking out with Leon and Kevin. “You will!” I said loud enough for her to hear me. “Have fun loner! And guys wait for me!” Shannon yelled while practically running out. I rolled my eyes and giggled, typical Shannon.
“Are you sure you don't want to come now? I can stay behind with you if you want to.” Echo turned and said to me. “No, it's totally fine, I want to relax for a little bit and plus I wouldn't want to be the reason why you can't meet your Prince Charming tonight.” I said winking at her obviously talking about Alex. “C'mon Ally I've told you this before, We're just friends!” She said rolling her eyes at me and laughing. “Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say and then they get married and end up with five children.” I said imagining that scenario in my head. “Well that probably won't be happening with us. I'll see you later Ally.” She said giggling while walking out of the bus.
I then looked over my very fashious Spider-Man alarm clock, it read 8:02 PM. The party obviously wasn't going to end at any time soon so I decided to just relax for now and crash there later. Finally some time to relax.
After having a mini Walking Dead marathon and what seemed a forever long chat with my mother I decided to go on to the party and try to enjoy it for the night. I got up from my very comfortable position and went to the bathroom and changed into a quick outfit which consisted a band shirt of the ‘Ramones’ and some black ripped jeans with my black high top converse. I then put my hair into a side messy braid and grabbed my phone.
And I was off, I was actually really nervous of how this was going to turn out, but let me tell you why though: I am a major fan girl. I obsess over bands, books, movies, anything I like really. And most of my life has been about bands, bands and more bands, and of course they're will be some of my favorite ones in this party and I'll probably have a heart attack every time I see someone but honestly I can't wait to see how this night is going to work out.


Shannon’s POV
After telling the girls I was going for a smoke I darted off towards a river I had seen earlier. It was a small Lake District with harbours and grass fields with big trees, it was honestly amazing,I walked towards one of the wooden harbours and stared at the scenery. We were at a venue with a party going on right at this moment but yet here it was quite, there was a slight breeze and that was the only noise I could here.
Considering it was late, I looked up at the night sky, I used to always do this when I was younger with my dad, it used to just remove all stress that I had at that moment in time, it was like the world and time itself had stopped and honestly I would do anything to have moments like that back with my dad.
He used to tell me so many things, like all about magic and fairy tales and I still believe in them today I know it sounds stupid but he used to tell me things like “every star is an angel looking down and protecting everyone from getting hurt” and “when you have a fire, the little sparks that fly off of it are fire fairies” I used to be obsessed with China dolls, and I still have a certain one, her name is Emily she was always my favourite. My dad always used to say “Perhaps, really, Emily can read and talk and walk, but she will only do it when people are out of the room. That is her secret. You see, if people knew that dolls could do things, they would make them work. So, perhaps, they have promised each other to keep it a secret. If you stay in the room, Emily will just sit there and stare; but if you go out, she will begin to read, perhaps, or go and look out of the window. Then if she heard either of us coming, she would just run back and jump into her chair and pretend she had been there all the time."
Anyways, I shook myself out of my trance, I am currently wearing this I honestly am not one of those shy people who stand up a corner and take shit from people. But I am also not social. I will talk, but most people just don't understand my personality, I'm cocky, sarcastic and rude. Take it or leave it. I only smoke when I'm stressed, which isn't very often but considering we are preparing to play on warped tour with some seriously big bands I am shitting bricks.
I finished my smoke and threw the the remains into the lake, honestly I don't know where the fuck this party is so I was just going to walk around until I heard the sound of people pissed out of their heads and singing. I folded my arms and started walking slowly through the maze of buses, listening closely for any amount of noise. Me being me I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking at the time because I was to busy trying to hear any sort of noise, smacked straight into someone. I stumbled back a little and looked to see who I had just bumped into. I didn't know the girl but she held out her hand and smiled the said “hey I'm mitchie, I'm pierces merch girl and you are?” I shook her hand and introduced myself. Then my mind lead back to the party. “Erm, do you have any idea where the fuck this party is?” I looked at her to see her response. Her lips turned upwards into a small smile. “Yeah, I was just heading there myself, follow me”. She started to walk towards the party and I followed.
When we finally reached this ‘party’ it was a bunch of people standing in the parking lot with a shit ton of alcohol, I looked around then thanked mitchie for showing me the way and she wondered off to go and talk to some other girl across by the alcohol table. I stood there bewildered, I was surrounded by some of my favourite bands, a couple of years ago, I was a freaky pedo at school, because I was hanging around with girls who weren't my own age, but now, I'm here, standing in front of famous people within this genre of music I enjoy. Honestly I never thought that the band would get to work on things like festivals I always thought we would play small gigs at local bars and stuff. But now I'm here and I honestly don't know if this is real or not.
I realised I hadn't moved from the spot that mitchie had left me five minutes ago, as I was trying to spot the people I knew I saw them running towards me. Leon shoved a red plastic cup in my hand, “drink now” I laughed and shook my head in disapproval, I chugged the drink back and smiled. “Have you guys met anyone yet?” I asked my friends. They nodded and started leading me into the crowd of musically talented people.

Notes

so this is Shannon updating mine and ales' chapters. This is slowly building up into the story and I'm actually really excited for it, I actually really enjoy writing collabs because I am excited to see what the other people have come up with so we can add onto their ideas. Anyway the thing about what Shannons dad told her are true the doll one is a reference from my favourite film since I was little 'a little princess' so yeahhhh