In The End

In The End
A BVB Fanfic
Chapter 6

Raven's POV

As we walk through the wardrobe department, I can barely contain myself. I am touching their clothes. I can't get enough. Thousands if not millions of eyes have seen these clothes, and here I am, touching them. I come across the guy's leather vests with the names on the back. I gently run my fingers over it, afraid if I touch it harder it'll fall apart in my hands.

Ashley comes over, and starts going through the racks with us. "Feel free to try something on. Give me your camera, and I'll take some pictures for you guys." I smile, and hand him my camera. I pull Andy's vest off the hanger, and examine it. I turn back around to ask him if it's okay. "Can I?" I ask, nodding to him. He smiles and nods. I put the vest on, and turn around so Ashley can take the picture.

By the time he was done taking pictures, I had tried on all the vests, a pair of Andy's gloves, Ashley's hat, and had them design me my very own war paint. Could this night get any better?! As we get ready to head to the stage, the wardrobe manager takes my camera and has all of the guys come stand with Scarlet and I so we can get pictures with all of us together.

After that's over, they boys lead us to the stage at the venue, and I can't help but to think, so many great artists and performers have done shows here, and now so have the Black Veil Brides. Not to mention, I'm now walking on the same floor as they did right before the performed to thousands of screaming fans.

Andy directs us onto this small platform below the stage. The rest of the guys pile on, and with the click of a button, the platform begins to rise up. A few short seconds later, we are standing center stage just like the boys did only hours before. All of their equipment has long been packed up, but I swear I can still feel the pounding vibrations from the bass and drums.

When we are done with the tour of the stage and behind the scenes, the guys take us out back of the venue. "Do you guys wanna see the bus?" CC asks us. Both Scarlet and I nod excitedly and follow them. Once they give us a short tour on the bus, we sit down with them, and start to ask them more questions.

"Where did you come up with your band name?" I ask them. All heads turn to Andy, and he lights another cigarette before speaking. "Well, Black Veil Brides is a term associated in Catholicism. When a nun marries God, she's vowing to give up everything for that, and I highly respect the idea of giving up everything for something that you love." The rest of the guys nod in agreement, and I nod in return.

Scarlet looks around a bit before asking, "What was your inspiration for writing Knives and Pens?" Andy takes a drag off his cigarette and leans forward so his forearms are resting on his knees. "When you look around all you see are the outcasts being put down and being bullied. My outlet from all that was writing, and the way I see it is, life is beautiful, it's what you make it. You can either choose violence or something better, I can promise you, there's always a better way to deal with stuff. Whether you are in school, or work and office job or are in a band, everyone has to deal with things and you have the choice to make it what it is." He responds matter-of-factually.

Scarlet nods, and I can feel my face flushing already at his words. It's as if he's written the song for me and he's seen how my life really is. I know it's silly because he doesn't know me, but his words give me some kind of hope that it really does get better, and their is a better way.

While we ask more questions, Ashley disappears momentarily, and when he returns he's holding a tube of black paint, and a q-tips. "How would you guys like to become an honorary member of the BVB?" Ashley asks. I look at Scarlet who isn't even paying attention to me, then look back at Ash. "I'd like that." I bite my lip nervously as we talk.

"Our face paint are characters that we created and they all have names. Those names you seen on the back of our vests are the character's names we created, and they are our stage names. We'll create you your own character and even name it afterward." He tells both of us. I give him a smile and close my eyes so he can work his magic.

Notes

Don't hate on me if the info in this chapter is incorrect, I got it off of some of their interview videos and sort of threw it all together!