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Copper Moon; James finds a priceless gift. (Mainly gen/slight slash).
Topic Started: January 21, 2009, 7:35 pm (23,172 Views)
The Cosmic Gerbil
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Here is my new story, I hope everyone likes it :)


Copper Moon

By Cosmic Gerbil

1

December 30th, 1982

Late on a snowy night, Metallica were sprawled across their settee, drinking beer and whiskey, eating potato chips and listening to Black Sabbath loud. They were all extremely drunk.

Lars looked at his watch. "In 45 minutes, it'll be 1983!", he announced.

"No it won't, you dickhead", grumbled Hetfield. "It's only the 30th of December".

"Yeah, we got one more day to go yet", said Cliff.

The door opened and Dave entered the room, carrying some more beer. He was looking both excited and worried.

"Hey you guys", he said. "Guess what I just saw out the kitchen window?"

This was a prompt for the others to make dozens of stupid suggestions, 99% of them which were obscene. Dave sat down on the settee, and gave his friends each a new can of beer. When they quietened down, Dave said "It was the moon, and it's gone all red".

"Maybe it's bleeding", suggested Cliff. "Hey...Bleeding Moon, that's a good name for a song".

"No, it'll be an eclipse", said Lars.

"Ooooh!", said the others. They all scrambled up off the settee and headed into the kitchen. Metallica crowded around the window, trying to get a glimpse of the eclipse.

"I see it!", exclaimed Hetfield. "Fuck, that is weird".

"It does look like it's bleeding", said Cliff.

"I can't see, you guys are in the way", complained Lars. His friends moved aside so that Lars too, could see.

"I think it's pretty", said Lars. "I remember when I was a little boy, and my mom showed me my first eclipse. I was scared of it, so she told me a story about it to make me feel better".

"What was the story?", Dave asked. Lars went red.

"You'll laugh", he said.

"I won't, honest", said Dave. The others nodded too. "We won't laugh, go on Lars, tell us".

"Umm, OK then", said Lars. "My mom said that it's lucky to see an eclipse. If you gaze at it for long enough and lose yourself in it, it will show you the way to something that you want very much".

Dave raised his eyebrows. Then he turned and stared out of the window, his hazel eyes big and glassy. "I want it to rain beer tomorrow", he said.

"It doesn't work like that", said Lars, somewhat apologetically. "My mom said that you get a thought in your head...it shows you where to walk. And...you walk and walk and then you find something dear to you".

"Dave would find his way to the nearest brewery then", smirked Hetfield. Cliff and Dave both laughed. Lars gazed dreamily at the moon.

"I don't need to follow it", he said. "I have everything I want right here". And Lars suddenly hugged Hetfield. The singer blushed and squirmed free of Lars.

"Lars, do you fancy me or something?", he demanded.

"No", said Lars, shaking his head. "I meant all of you guys, cos you're my best friends. I'm gonna hug Cliff and Dave now". This he did, much to Hetfield's amusement. Dave looked embarrassed too, but Cliff just returned the hug.

"I know exactly what you mean Lars", he said. "Life is just groovy at the moment".
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awww!!! great beginning! love how Lars forgets its one day earlier :lol: eclipses are really beautiful :D only saw one but it was really amazing :D and the last scene was SOO cute :heart: :heart:

more! :nanner:
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great start, i like it
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Mihaella_Metallica
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I LOVE it so far!! wooo, I'm excited to find out more :nanner: I saw an eclipse too, but a Sun one, and it wasn't even total, in 1999 (august) :biggrin
Oh, yeah, I liked the part where Lars says that he wants to see and all of them get aside just for him. :lol: Poor little thing :lol:

Ok, so I'm waiting for some more :)
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Ooh! Mysterious!
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Yeah, it is mysterious :wacko: I wonder what's going to happen, this sounds like it's going to be interesting :D
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Thanks for all the comments guys :D I am glad that you like the first chapter. Lol, I always make Lars be super cute, I can't help it. And I seem to make the others be protective towards him. I guess it's cos he's little and has such an adorable face :biggrin

I saw the 1999 sun eclipse too. It was total in parts of England, including where I lived :D But wouldn't you just know, that morning was cloudy, lol. But it was still amazing to see the sky get dark and all.

The next eclipse in the story is one that I can actually remember from my childhood :) Warning...this chapter may seem a little dark.


2

October 17th, 1986

Hetfield was lost in the woods. Or was he lost? Pehaps he had meant to become lost, perhaps he didn't want anybody to find him.

He ploughed through the undergrowth, churning up mulches of wet leaves and mud, spattering it up to his thighs. Brambles tore at his shirt and scratched his arms, but he didn't even notice. He just walked on and on, unthinking and unstoppable.

Suddenly Hetfield lost his footing. He slid down a muddy bank, the worn heels of his trainers unable to get a grip. He instinctively clutched at the whiskey bottle he was carrying, determined to protect it above all else. He landed with a splash in a shallow river, sliding down onto his backside and sitting in the cold water.

Hetfield checked that he hadn't spilled any whiskey, but the bottle was empty anyway. He sat in the river, his eyes unfocused and his expression blank.

Hetfield leaned back against the slippery bank, staring upwards. It had been cloudy all day, but now the sky was clear. Through the bare tree branches, he could make out some stars shining, and the moon, gazing down at him like a white eye.

No, it was a red eye. The moon was a strange coppery colour. Hetfield blinked and tried to focus on it. It was an eclipse, like the one they had all seen together nearly four years ago.

My mom said that you get a thought in your head...it shows you where to walk. And...you walk and walk and then you find something dear to you.

Hetfield could hear Lars' words in his head, almost as if his little friend was standing by his side. He stared at the moon, almost as if it had cast a spell on him.

It's rubbish, he thought. Just some kid's tale that Lars' mom told him cos he was scared.

Hetfield staggered to his feet. His legs and behind were soaking wet and freezing cold to boot. His arms were stinging from the many scratches they had received. And his eyes were sore and burning.

He looked up at the moon again. Then he began to walk. Hetfield's mind emptied again, it was as if he was being guided by an invisible hand. Just a fucking kid's story, he thought.

Hetfield had no idea how long he walked for. It could have been 5 minutes, or maybe 5 hours. At last, he could go no further. The trees in front of him were thickly knotted together, with a maze of brambles filling any tiny space that may have been between them.

Hetfields' eyes were drawn to an ancient tree. It was an oak...old, hollow and dead. It looked like something out of a horror movie.

And there was a small figure curled up in its hollow.
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What's the small figure? :wacko:
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Rhia
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I wonder what that small figure is?
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Aaaah!! Don't do that! Poor James, he seems so miserable. :(
What is that figure? :)
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wow! oh poor James :( 1986...Cliff's acident... :(

and yes what is that? a fairy? :D
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Wonder no more guys, now all is revealed :) (Sorry it is so short...I was working on a college assignment for most of today and didn't have much time for stories).


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Hetfield approached the curled up figure with little interest. He didn't much care whether it was a sack of jewels or a minature elephant. He squinted down at it...the figure was wrapped up in a thick, knitted blanket. Soft sounds emitting from it told him that it was alive and breathing quietly in the still evening air.

Hetfield cautiously pulled the blanket back a little of the way. Through his drunken haze, he saw a small child, sleeping peacefully. The child looked to be very young, perhaps only about three or four. It had long, dark hair and was wearing a woollen jersey.

Hetfield was puzzled, and slightly curious at this unusual find. Uhhh, how did a little kid get lost out here?, he wondered. He looks too young to be out alone at all. Hetfield looked around, to see if any parents were about to appear. But nothing happened, except that the child continued to sleep.

Well, I can't leave him here, Hetfield decided. Or, hang on...is it a girl? I can't tell. Hetfield scooped the child up carefully, hoping he wouldn't slip over in the mud again. Then he turned around and set off through the woods, deciding to take his find back to Kirk and Lars.
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That poor kid, I hope he stays with the band :)
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It's a baby! how cute! :D can't wait for more! :D
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Awww...more more!!! :nanner:
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