First chapter of my new fic, and more to come. Enjoy.

Miss Crawley cleaned up her desk as she prepared to head out for the night.

Smiling, she stacked up some papers before walking over and opening the door to her boss's office.

"Good night, Mr. Moon. Will you be heading out soon?" She asked.

Buster Moon sighed as he put down his pen. "No, Miss Crawley, I think I'll stay and work a while longer." He said.

Miss Crawley nodded. "Have a good night, Mr. Moon." She said as she left.

Buster nodded as he turned back to his work. He sighed again as he downed his fourth cup of coffee. The new theater was a wonder and quite popular. They had been asked by a special company to do a charity run. The whole gang was excited, Buster's energy was wearing out. He hadn't a good night sleep in days and all he had to eat was one peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But there was so much work to get done.

Buster yawned as he started back to work again.

SING

Miss Crawley walked into her boss's office, carrying a cup of coffee and frowned when she saw that Buster had fallen asleep at his desk...again.

Setting the cup, down she started shake Buster awake.

"Mr. Moon. Wake up! Everyone is waiting!" She cried.

Buster jumped, spilling the hot coffee all over his arm.

"AARGH!" He cried as he held his arm close.

"Mr. Moon, I'm so sorry, I-"

"It's fine, Miss Crawley, my fault." Buster then turned to the clock and yelped. "9 o'clock!?" Groaning, Buster leapt from his chair. "Miss Crawley, please go tell everyone that I will be down as soon as I can!" He cried as he rushed up to his apartment, grabbing a First Aid kit on the way.

After a quick shower, Buster dressed and quickly bandaged his burned arm before heading downstairs.

Once there, he met Miss Crawley who gave him a cup of coffee which he would had downed in two seconds had he not almost stepped on Mike.

"Hey, watch it!" The mouse cried.

"Sorry, okay everyone! What songs are we practicing today...?" Buster said as he looked at his clipboard.

"The same songs we've been practicing for a week and a half, Moon." Mike said.

"Oh, right. Johnny!"

"Yes, Mr. Moon?" The teen gorilla asked.

"Why don't you go on up and give a go on I'm Still Here?" Buster asked.

"Yep!"

Buster placed his coffee on the table as he took a seat in front of the stage.

"I am a question to the world, not an answer to be heard ..."

Buster nodded as he listened to Johnny's song.

Once it was over, Buster smiled as he hopped from the chair. "Great job, Johnny! Ash, your up!"

"Which song?"

"Mmm, let's here The Call."

The porcupine nodded as she strummed a few strings on her guitar before beginning.

"It started out as a feeling, which then grew into a hope, which then turned into a quiet thought, which then turned into a quiet word, then that word grew louder and louder, until there a was battle cry..."

Buster smiled as he took off his jacket and rolled up his white sleeves, forgetting his bandaged arm.

"Mr. Moon?"

Buster jumped as he felt someone tap him.

Rosita frowned. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." She said.

"You didn't scare me."

"Are you alright? You seem a little jumpy. And what happened to your arm, are you okay?"

Buster nodded. "I'm okay, just burned it a little and probably had to many coffees."

"And how many coffees is that?" Rosita asked, raising an eyebrow. She knew of Buster's habits on forgetting to eat and living on just coffee.

Buster, suddenly feeling light headed, quickly turned to Ash who had finished her song. "Great work, Ash. Um, can I see Meena singing... A Dream is A Wish..?" Buster shook his head to clear the fuzziness and took another drink of his coffee.

While Meena sang, Buster noticed the cord coming lose of the microphone.

"Wait! Hang on." He said as he leapt do to fix it. But as soon as he hit the ground, the world began to spin. He shook his head as he grabbed the chair for support.

"Mr. Moon?" Rosita asked as she and Gunthar went to help.

"What's wrong?" Gunthar asked.

"Nothing." Buster said as he reached for his coffee, but Mike got in the way.

"Oh no you don't. I think you've had enough coffee for one day." He said, crossing his arms.

"Okay, out with it, Buster, what's going on?" Ash asked.

"Nothing!"

"Buster." Rosita said in her "mom" voice.

The Theater Owner sighed. "I'm just a little tired."

"When was the last time you had gotten a good night's sleep?"

Buster rubbed his neck. "I don't know, I've been really busy."

"Have you had anything to eat?" Apparently Johnny was aware of Buster's habits as well.

"Not since yesterday."

"Buster..."

"I hadn't had time! This charity is taking all my energy. I really hadn't time to do anything. I still have the costumes to order, fliers to send out and-"

"Your health should come first, Buster." Rosita said.

"Yeah, we wouldn't be able to preform if you weren't here." Mike said as he leaned on the cup.

"That," Rosita said as she glared at the mouse. "And your family, Buster, our family."

The koala sighed.

"I know! Let's order pizza! We have time for a break and Buster, you NEED a break." Gunthar said.

"Good idea. Ash, you and Meena go order. While we wait, I'm going to take a look at that arm." Rosita said.

Buster shook his head, smiling as his friends went off in different directions. Rosita led him to the stage where she properly tended to his injury.

Johnny and Gunthar went out and bought sodas for everyone while Ash and Meena ordered the pizza.

"Thanks." Buster said as he pulled his arm away.

Rosita smiled. "You're our friend, Buster Moon and without you, none of us would have met."

Buster felt his ears drooped as he remembered how he had lied to them.

"I was selfish when I started this competition." He said, softly.

"But you learned from your mistake and you apologized. And in the end, we all won. You were desperate to save something your father worked hard for. We respect that. And if you hadn't, we wouldn't be friends."

Buster smiled.

Suddenly the door opened and Gunthar and Johnny walked carrying the pizzas to the breakroom.

"It's time to chow down, já?" Gunthar said as he laughed.

"Come on, before Gunthar eats it all." Rosita said as she jumped from the stage.

Buster laughed as he followed. Sighing, he smiled as he watched his friends dish out their choice of pizza.

" 'ey, Buster! Come on!" Johnny shouted.

Buster shook his head, chucking, as he went to join them.