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After the concert tonight,
The colour gang {except for Green surprisedly} were outside the concert hall celebrating the success of it with the guests that they had invited.
With Red playing with the animals,
Yellow making sure that none of the guests {or the villagers who were playing the instruments} weren’t hurt when the silverfishes arrived,
Blue showing everyone the food she made {like a stack of pancakes, pizzas, macaroons, ramens, tacos and donuts. With one of pizzas being netherwart flavoured just for her.}
And The Second Coming being congratulated by some of the guests for his epic guitar playing.
That is until they are spotted by the two guests who were actually invited by Green to watch the concert.
That being King Orange and Purple.
“Boy that concert was great am I right guys?” Purple asked the gang.
Which catches their attention.
“Purple, King Orange, glad to see you two here.” Red said happily.
“Yeah sorry if things got a bit chaotic a few minutes ago.” Yellow said nervously.
“Oh it’s ok you kids, despite the last song giving us major flashbacks, me and my adopted daughter generally loved that concert that your friend Green put on.” The King said.
“Yeah and those silverfishes made the whole thing more fun!” Purple said happily.
Leading to everyone laughing in joy.
But then they stop when they realise what’s going on.
That Green isn’t here to celebrate the success of the concert.
With The Second Coming noticing his absent first.
“Hey guys? Where’s Green?” He asked.
“I don’t know. He should’ve been outside the concert hall a few minutes ago.” Blue replied.
“Hope he’s ok. Especially since he got really hurt during when the silverfishes arrived to trash everything.” Yellow said.
“Maybe he’s back at the stage. You know the ruined one.” Red said.
So they decide to go look for him.
But that would require to head back to the stage while their having a good time with the guests.
So they play some Rock, Paper, Scissors.
With Red being the one to lose.
“Dang it, I always goes for Paper.” He said annoyedly.
“Sorry but that’s the rules.” The Second Coming said to his friend.
“Alright, let me go find where our music loving friend is.” Red said.
But before he opens the door to the stage, Purple stops him.
“Hey Red. Would it be ok if I help you find Green?” She asked.
“Why?” He also asked.
“Because he was the one to redeem me and made me realise what I was doing was wrong. So please let me help you.” Purple replied.
“Alright, you can come.” The Animal Lover said.
And so with King Orange’s approval, they step inside the stage hall.
To hopefully find Green and see if he’s okay after the silverfishes hijacked the concert.
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Meanwhile-
Green was at the back of the now ruined stage, holding the staff and looking at himself in the mirror.
As although his friends seemed to enjoy the concert, he did not.
And this might be the reason why he wasn’t with them outside the concert hall.
“It’s okay Green. It’s okay. Sure you acted like King Orange by using the staff to summon a music note like tornado and you did get embarrassed by some silverfishes. But say it with me now, everything will be ok. Just put a happy smile and go join your friends with greeting the guests so that they won’t know how you really feel.” He said to himself.
Green was never a big fan of expressing his feelings or letting himself be seen as weak.
Plus he always hates it when he’s never perfect enough at anything he does.
But that was ok as when he’s alone he could express himself through symphony of tears and sorrows.
And everything was going fine with him….
Until it wasn’t
“Oh really?”
“Who said that?” Green asked pointing the staff at a bunch of noteblocks.
Probably was just his imagination.
Or so he thought.
As suddenly he sees his own reflection smiling evilly at him in the mirror.
“Are you sure your ok?” The reflection asked.
“Yes I am. I just don’t want my friends to know how I truly feel about the whole concert.” The musician replied.
“Well to me, it sounds like your lying. You are not ok. In fact your worse then ok. Your a failure.” The reflection said to him.
“What? No, no, no. I am not a failure, I’m the most perfect musician ever. How could you think I’m a failure?” Green asked.
While starting to become scared of what his reflection is saying to him
“Well let’s see, there’s the fact that a bunch of silverfishes hijacked your concert and even attacked you, your friends did nothing to help you, you acted totally inside trying to get the staff back from the silverfish. And worse of all since you invited both Purple and King Orange to the concert, they also saw the damage you caused. And reminded them of the time back at The Nethers.” The reflection replied.
“No, no. That’s not true, I’ll not listen to you saying all those things. Your’e lying, your’e making no sense, you’re just messing with my mind!” Green said as he tries to cover his ears in anguish.
“If you did put on a smile and walked back to the concert hall to your friends, I bet the guests will either laugh at you or boo you out for being a complete failure of a musician that you are.” The reflection said.
“No! Shut up! Enough with your bullshit!” Green said to the reflection angrily.
“Perhaps it would be better if you, oh I don’t know. Kill yourself?” The Reflection asked.
And this was the breaking point for the musician
“Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!!!” He said in anguish.
And so with no hesitation and filled with anger, he punches the mirror with his fist.
Causing not only the mirror to be broken, but also his hand to be bleeding.
And once he sees that his reflection is just himself again,
Green begins to wonder if the reflection was actually himself telling him all of that.
Causing him to doubt himself in a symphony of sorrow and pain.
But never less, with a lot of negative emotions inside of him scrambling like a tornado of anxiety in his mind.
He begins to cry.
As he drops down to his knees,
Repeating the words to the mirror “shut up.”
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Also meanwhile-
Red and Purple searched the entire ruined area for Green but couldn’t find where he is.
That is until a few minutes later, they hear some crying in the distant.
And it sounded like it was coming from the back of the curtains.
“I think that sounds like Green’s in there.” Purple said.
“Are you sure? Because he’s never been that big of a cryer before. No offence.” Red said to her.
But nevermind that,
As they go the back of the curtains to see if Green’s actually there or not.
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When they do go to the back of the curtains, they were both shocked to see what was actually going on.
As not only do they see the staff lying on the ground.
But they also see Green crying to himself next to a broken mirror with one of his hands bleeding.
“Green you ok?” Purple asked him.
But he doesn’t hear her.
“I don’t think he can hear you. I think he’s in a lot of panic and tears. Let me see if I can be able to calm him down.” Red said to her.
So she lets him.
And so the animal lover walks right up to the musician to see if there was anything he can do to help.
And seeing that Green was filled with tears and having a panic attack.
Red did the only thing he was good at,
Hugging peoples.
With him hugging Green.
Which was able to help the musician calm down upon realising who was behind him.
“Shhh. It’s okay Green. Everything will be alright. Just let me hug you and all of the pain and sorrows will go away.” Red said quietly and calmly to Green.
And then Purple also joins the hug too.
“Yeah, you can always tell us what happened. As we’re your friends.” Purple also said.
Until eventually after a few seconds later, Green calms down.
And is no longer crying,
But he was still upset about the whole concert thing,
So both Red and Purple decides to take him to the rooftop of the concert hall to catch his breathe,
Before they return back to their friends,
And that’s exactly what they do.
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When they get to the rooftop, Green saw how beautiful the night sky was.
With the stars glowing, the moon being full and a wishing star flying by.
This was really relaxing, especially for the musician.
But now that their up there, it was time for Green to tell his friends everything that happened.
“You know guys. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like I’m starting to doubt myself.” He said.
“What do you mean?” Red asked.
“I started to hallucinate my own reflection telling me that I’m a failure and that I should kill myself other then join you guys. Plus I have this huge fear of not only doubting you guys, but also myself. As while I am good at music, I’ve always felt like I could never be perfect for anything else. So that’s why I created this concert.” Green replied.
“So that you can perfect your music skills even more?” Purple asked.
“Yeah and I even invited you and King Orange to the concert too Purple. And everything was going well until I embarrassed myself when those silverfishes came. And while everyone had a fun time, I felt like I was a punching bag all over again just to be made fun of. So yeah that’s why I was crying all by myself with my hand bleeding.” Green replied as he looks at his now bloodied hand.
Then everything went silent for a bit,
Until eventually, Red walks up to Green and puts one of his hands on the musician’s hands.
“Hey. It’s okay. You don’t have to be too perfect to do music, as all you need to do is be yourself.” Red said happily.
“You mean it?” Green asked.
“Yeah. As I had the same thought as you. I thought I wasn’t be able o perfect my skills of taming animals. But thankfully the only way i was able to befriend and even tame some of them was to be myself. A troublemaker with a brave heart who also loves animals.” The animal lover replied.
“Wow, that’s actually such a corny message that I love it. You really know how to motivate not only me but also our friends.” The Musician said.
But not before Red hugs him.
“I love you friend.” He said happily.
With Green giving him a hug too.
“I love you too.” Green also said happily.
This was a wholesome moment between the two.
As purple was starting to have flashbacks of when both she and Green hugged each other,
After she told the musician the story of her time before she met King Orange back at Noteblock Universe.
Speaking of which.
“Hey guys? I think our friends and dad are still waiting for us. Wanna head downstairs and join them with signing autographs with the guests?” Purple asked.
“Ready as I’ll ever be.” Green said confidently.
“Yeah me too.” Red also said.
And so both the animal lover and the musician stopped hugging each other.
And joins Purple with heading outside the concert hall.
With Green hoping that the guests will take him seriously after everything that happened tonight.
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And so once they head outside, they all see everyone waiting for them.
With Green nervous about what they’ll think about him after what just happened.
“Hi.” He said with a nervous laugh.
But then much to his surprise everyone starts to cheer for him,
Much to both Red and Purple’s confusion.
Until suddenly all of their friends shows up.
“Your’e all probably wondering was going on? Well with King Orange’s help we were able to convince all of the guests here to cheer for you Green.” The Second Coming said.
“Yeah, since it was your idea of hosting a concert.” Yellow also said.
“So how does it feel to be praised and not ridiculed by everyone Green?” Blue asked.
He looked at his friends, then he looked at the crowd who were still cheering for him.
Then the musician smiled.
“Like a dream come true.” Green said.
And so he and his friends all take a bow while the cheers keep on going.
Until suddenly King Orange shows up slowly clapping his hands.
“Well done Green, well done! I must say, you did an excellent job with the concert.” He said to the musician.
“Wait. So your not mad about embarrassing myself in front of you and Purple?” He asked.
“No, no. I think it was really great. Especially the part where you used the staff to summon a tornado. Although it did gave us some horrible memories, we still enjoyed it.” The king said happily.
“Can I please have the staff back?” Yellow asked Green.
“Oh right, here.” The musician said as he gives her it.
And so after that Red has all of the stick figures together for a group photo.
By setting up the camera and being in the shot with them.
“Okay everyone, say lettuce!” Red said happily.
“Lettuce!”
And just like that the camera flashes.
Capturing a photo of all of the stick figures together as they all smile to the camera.
Including Green,
Who’s happy to see that his concert idea did worked after all.
And he doesn’t feel like an embarrassment to his friends.