"Wake up!" i heard my abusive father yell through my Black Veil Brides dream. Groaning I got up and stretched. It was 2:30 a.m.- the usual time I have to wake up. I started going through my morning cycle of getting ready.
Beginning with raking through my hair with a comb. I walked over to the mirror to watch me brush out my vibrant purple hair. It was beginning to fade and the black was showing through but it still looked okay. I walked over to my closet and scanned through my through and through black wardrobe for my school uniform. Finding it I remembered the day that I had made my "adjustments" to it. I had torn the shorts making them distressed short shorts with gray dye, a black leather vest with a BVB tank top underneath it, and my loose boots that jingled sometimes. I hooked my chain belt around my waist and put on my spiked bracelet. Rushing out the door it was only 4:00 but I got in my car and pulled out. I gunned it flying down my dark depressing street. It would take me half an hour to get gas. It would take me a good hour to get to school using the back way going under the speed limit. Pulling out my lap top I scanned the screen for any updates on the Black Veil Brides website. Seeing one new update up I saw that they had a contest up. I clicked on the gigantic question mark looming on the screen in front of me. I waited for the page to load and created a tab to listen to "Set The World on Fire". When the song began to play my page loaded and it read:
NEW CONTEST!
Enter to win a mystery prize from The Black Veil Brides!
Send a piece of writing- Song, story, legend, ect- to this website by June 1st!
Thanks!
It was a small bit of writing but it meant so much to me. I pulled out my notebook that I had my poems in. Choosing the deepest BVB one I scanned it onto my computer and sent the URL code to the website. After all tomorrow was June 1st and all so I had made it just in time. A notice appeared asking if I had copy writed anything I pressed no knowing that I hadn't. By now it was 5:00 and I was going to be late for school. I sped over to the gas station and pumped my tank full. I continued to speed down the highway until my huge school was in sight. I pulled into an empty slot in the front and hopped out of my car running for it. Rain unexpectedly appeared and began pounding down on me and my black make-up as I dashed into the building. Looking at a clock I saw that it was only 5:30 and school started at 6. I paced in front of my locker. After half an hour of doing nothing the bell rang and an in flow of (mostly) seniors ran in the front door.
I woke up the next morning and I had a feeling in my gut that I didn't win. Gravely getting morning chores done I began to get ready. I had waken up late because my dad wasn't home to yell at me. It was 5 and I was already at school when I had remembered about my lap top being in the back seat. I reached back and grabbed it. With shaky hands I opened it up and found my never vanishing tab. I slowly scrolled across the screen to it. It opened and the contest update had vanished. I sat there with tears welling up in my eyes. I hadn't won. I'd lost. Glumly ignoring the teachers yelling at me I pulled out and zoomed back to my house with tears streaming down my face. I ran inside and flung myself on the bed. Suddenly something clicked in my head reminding me to check the mail or else dad will get mad. Slumping outside into the weather I again wondered why dad even made me come live here in Australia. Laughing I walked outside and opened the mailbox expecting for a kangaroo to be in there. My smile remained even when I didn't see any animals inside. There was 6 things inside. Expecting for them to all be over due bills I flipped through them. Yep I was right. When I was about to walk inside some thing slid out of one of the bills. Shrugging I bent over to get it. It was black with silver writing. It had BVB on it. the blood in me started to pump faster. I flipped it over to see the words:
Thanks for entering.
Sincerely,
Andy, Jinxx, Ashley, CC, and Jake.
So I didn't win. I knew it.
I gripped it and ran inside to tape it up on my wall. Hey; at least I still got signatures from them! Soon after I fell asleep staring at it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 Days Later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I was driving back from Alexandrea High when I saw a streak of gray dash in front of my car. jamming on the brakes my heart skipped a beat and I got out to see what it was. They layed a kitten rolling around on it's back; just about the cutest thing I had even seen. I picked it up and put it in my car. "I'll name you Shadow!" I told the little kitten. I pulled up in my drive way i could see the mailman walking away. I waved at him and he said "Bye!" and kept walking. I held the kitten against me as I walked over to my mail box. No bills inside. Just one little letter. I grabbed it and ran inside. Going to my room I shut the door and sat the kitten on my bed. Sitting beside it, I opened the letter. It was made out to me (Avery Waterwoods). On the back was a monkey sticker which I laughed at hysterically until I felt like I would pass out. I carefully opened the letter and pulled out the gray sheet of notebook paper. It said:
Congratz!
You won! 8D
MUAHAH!
What you won was a contest (duh! 8D)
And your prize is................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
You get to live with the Black Veil Brides for a COMPLETE (yes 12 months) Year!
Includinggg.........Concerts, Tours, Signings, ANYTHING! 8D
The writing changed into a more fancier type.
Ashley was TRYING to put it across to you that you won our contest! Can't wait to meet you!
-Andy, Ashley 8D, Jake, Jinxx, CC
I screamed and hugged my kitten. "Yes!" I screamed. "I met you and now I'm going to meet my saviors!" I told Shadow excitedly. I laid back onto my bed and eld Shadow over me making funny noises at her. If she had been a baby she would have been laughing her ass off (i believe). I took the envelope and turned it upside down. A torn piece of paper fell that had Ashley's signature face on it and with that fell an airplane ticket. I searched for a date on the ticket. All I could see was bunches of numbers that confused me even more. Finally I found a date and it said July 7th. THAT IS TOMORROW! Running to find my gray suitcase i dove under my bed to find my more colorful clothes. I found 10 different pairs of distressed jeans and stuffed them in. I started tossing in different colored hair dyes and ripped shirts. I lightly plopped 3 pairs of boots on top and for the fun of it put in my old Vanns slip ons that matched my bright purple hair.
