An Adventure Time short: a bit of Bit

An Adventure Time Short:

Hello, There! My name's Bit! You may know me as that young dude at the guitars in the band Prince Fours, Ooo's most Popular Boy Band Royalty!...Or at least that's what my brothers call themselves. Welcome to the story of my life, not as a boyband slash prince, but as, well, myself.

Now, first off, I'm the youngest of four brothers who's born with musical talents. My eldest, Leroy, though he's very silent and barely utters a word, had the luck of playing smooth pieces with his bass. He's also pretty good with other instruments, it's just that he prefer the strings above all.

My second eldest, Jackie, is our lead singer. He's really stupid. And I'm being honest here, he's arrogant and all, but nobody seem to care cuz he's always lucky! He always picks on me and my bro, Morglark, which, as you can tell, is annoying. But He is a sensible leader at times, and he had his moments of sheer awesome when it hits him.

The third is, as i mentioned, Morglark, or Morgie as we call him; our mum, who's also our manager, gave him that name under the influence of some mushroom people, who told her that name meant "smarts" in their language.  They were never clear when they mentioned "smarts"; was it "smarts" smart? Or "smarts" as in, "oh Glob I saw that girl's butt in the open and she slapped me and now my cheek smarts" smart. Anywho, Morgie looks after me the most. He's a really cool brother and probably my best friend, too. Though Lumpy Space Continuum Magazine once called him the least popular of us four, he's still number one for my book!

Now we started playing as a band as early as we can play instruments…so I guess that's five years old me, six years old Morgie, seven years old Jackie and eight years old Leroy. We had our gigs playing for talent shows and burpday parties, and we struggle to find some stable linings until we perfected our style. Now, the kingdom where we live right now wasn't the kingdom we're born in, nah, we're born in a less crowded city…well, town, and a less clean-smelling at that one, too.

When we reached Royalty School, we moved to the Band Village where every band came from. According to mum, she moved us there so we can perfect our skills and learn from the greater singers and musicians that decided to stay there and teach future bands like us…

And also because it's the closest to Royalty School.

Like any band that started out like us, we're not the most popular guys in class, nor are we the lowest in our standards. We kept it in the middle and stayed like that, keeping it all to ourselves and helping each other. Although, as time passed, Jackie started flirting, Morgie's attracted to academics and Leroy's…uh…stil Leroy; me, well, I'm a big nerd. I joined the math club and hailed king of the geeks by the jeorcks, Jerkish Jocks ogres who's trained to play Badger Brawl! Which is like Football only with rabid badgers instead of that…thing they play with. (whatever that was), president of the chess club, earned an early degree in robot cooking class and is a mathlete.

Now, if you're wondering where all of this is going, it's leading to the time that me and my bros will remember forever: Prom Night!

We auditioned for the prom's music and, it turns out, our music is so awesome, that the teachers thought our music is too good for the prom!…yeah they didn't go with us. It disappointed our group, and we agreed not to go that night; instead, we stayed in our garage, played like heck and disturbed half the district cuz our songs caused an earthquake…like for real. (turns out that's our music reacts to our emotions for some reason, but only when we play together!) Anywho, we got in so much trouble that our gig got halted by some folks in blue uniforms and had our ticket played live in some Witch's newsletter. By luck, our teachers saw that and heard some of our songs aren't exactly that bad (and to make it sweeter, it was the song I wrote for the guys. They didn't like it cuz they thought it was too mushy, but, meh..) ; better yet, due to the commotion, the band they called up for that night couldn't arrive in time cuz they're stuck in traffic from all the cars that piled up due to our noise, er, music.

So, we got our shot We played the calmer songs selected from our stash and it was a sweet gig, but we had to cut it short cuz the hired band came anyways and they demanded to play because they don't want their art wasted. So we did, and our mom got a record deal. It was THE awesomest day ever!

And, it got awesomer …

While my bros are hanging out, I saw the girl of my dreams, sitting alone on her table. Her name's Herbal Princess, though her friends call her Herbie, and she was the smartest girl in school, but also very quite and hardly socializes. She has a couple of friends, and a Zombie Dude that she raised from the dead after a biology class gone wrong, but I had to say, I'm attracted to her. She was so mysterious back then and I wanted to know her. And now, oh Glob! I have my chance! So, I held my head up, wiped it, checked my zipper if it's wide open (it wasn't, thank Glob), and approached her. When I greeted her, she looked at me, and I got lost in those eyes…those beautiful eyes…and I stared at her for seconds before-

Nicoli and Gordie came and took her.

Turns out she's dating both. I dunno the details, something about some tacos and a suitcase, but yeah…that was THE most embarrassing sheet I ever gone into. I went home that day sulking and sobbing, with my bros leaving me alone. I guess they took a hint that I'm devastated.

A few years later, after I graduated from Royalty School, and gave up all hopes on Herbie, luck hit me on the face, literally. The Demon Queen, Kisa, announced a truce gathering for all Royalties in hopes of settling for a better Ooo in the future, our mother thought this might be a great way for the folks to like us, so she had us going to it. The gathering actually was impressive, we had representatives from all over the known kingdoms, even those we hadn't heard of. We also had normal folks hanging around, and even a few ne'erdowells! Now, I'm not sure if the truce worked up to this day, but I do have to thank Kisa. Cuz I met her again.

Apparently, Herbie changed. She's freer, a little wilder but she's still the same gal I liked. I guess her mum's hippie persona finally kicked in. Again, I approached her, stopped, checked my zipper (it was close) and walked to her with my hands shaking hers. She looked at me with a blank slate, and I was sweating like a hog, but what she said got me relieved:

"Bit, right? From Royalty School?"

OH Glob! She remembers me! Oh sweet Glob, Grod and Bob! She remembers me! I can't believe she-

"oh my, NICOLI?!"

And she left.

Again, same as always, I went home sulking and sobbing with my bros wondering when it all will end? But I did keep hearing about her, finding out about her wasn't exactly hard. She happens to know a lot of people and counting until now. Not saying she's a superstar, but her kingdom's reputation as one of the strongest sole provider of fruits, veggies and crops does gave her some familiarity. I did also hear that she and Gordie dated, and that she had feelings for him. Guess that's no surprise. Though lately I heard from my bro, Jack, that Gordie's dating some gal named Carmel Apple, who's friends with Peppermint Princess whom my bro Jackie once flirted with (and got kicked in the boingloings for). So, I have no idea what is going on, but, I'm done waiting. I had to tell her. Heck, if she's not with Gordie or with Nicoli, then I don't know what! But I'm gonna tell her! I'll be friggin honest about it!

And even if she is seeing someone right now, I'm just glad I'll get this off my chest! For the best!

Althoug my first attempt got me chickening out, I think she got my present. Still, I AM GONNA TRY AGAIN AND THIS TIME NO CHICKENING OUT!

I hope…

(Saturday Morning, Herbie's in her daily walks looking for rare plants. She's now coming out from a boggish muck and held a sealed bag full of Screaming Mimmies. From afar, Bit is holding a bouquet of flowers and he approaches her, but in a stroke of luck, he stepped on a badger hole and a rabid weasel attacked him from that hole, pulling him in.)

Bit: OH SWEET CREPES! HELP ME!!!!

(Herbie couldn't heard him cry for help, the Screaming Mimmies are screaming loudly enough to block the poor lad's)

Bit: (starts hitting the weasel with the bouquet. One of the thorns from the roses hit it in the eye and it let him go) oh thank goodneEEEHH!!! (trips down and rolls downhill before stopping behind Herbie.)

OH! EH! AH! OW! WAAAAIIIIII????!!!!

(By then, he stood up and fixes himself before Herbie turned to him; and when she did, she's surprised to see a member from that Boyband Royalty, looking at him with bloodshot eyes, panting heavily, dirtied up and holding a single flower)

Herbie:..hey, aren't you…Bit? From-

Bit: YES! I mean yeah…Prince Fours- Look! That's not, I uh…I wanna give you this. (shows her the flower) oh uh that was a bou- (glances shyly at Herbie, but he spots a look of shock in her face) oh crap, uh, herb-

Herbie: OH MY GLOB!  A RARE BLUE-LINED LOLABELLE FLOWER! THIS IS SO COOL!

Bit: oh, uh y-yeah!...tadah!

Herbie: ARE YOU GIVING THIS TO ME?! THANK YOU!!!!

Bit: (nods his head shyly) y-yeah…Herbie, I…you remember me from royalty school and I always had a crush on you so-

Herbie: (hugs him)

Bit: …h-herbie?

Herbie; THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS GOING TO MY COLLECTION! THANKS, MATE!

Bit: did you…hear what I said-?

Herbie: WHAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU FROM ALL THESE SCREAMING MIMMIES!

Bit: (devastated inside…again)…NEVERMIND!

Herbie: HEY! WANNA COME BY TO MY HOUSE AND CLEAN UP? YOU'RE REALLY! REALLY! DIRTY!!!

Bit: (eyes widen) uh..S-SURE!

Herbie: AWESOME! HEY WE SHOULD HANG OUT SOMETIMES!!! YOU'RE PRETTY SWEET! I'M HERBIE BY THE WAY! I LIKE YER BAND!

HEY! AFTER A WHILE, YOU THINK YOU COULD LISTEN TO ME PLAY A VIOLIN? I'M COMPOSING AND I WANT TO KNOW AN EXPERT'S OPINION ON IT! WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT?

Bit: (stops for a while and smile)…yeah…sure…(warm smile) that'll be super!

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