As the last notes rang out and faded into inaudibility Ian was still wrapped in the passion, the cries of love and devotion from the audience. It was the best feeling he never knew. All smiles the band retreated backstage and it was like flipping a switch. Ian suddenly remembered everything, the fire, the change, all he had been and it filled him with disgust. His memories had returned but not his personality, that was gone and his old memories were but secondary, overlapping were new memories of scriptures, prayers and songs, everything he needed for his new life. He looked around proudly at his new band mates and was stunned as he watched them change. The adult features softened, they became shorter, leaner and more awkward looking as they dropped back from college to high school. For most their hair rapidly darkened to jet black and their shirts rippled in a strange wind becoming various metal tees as tears and rips appeared in their pants. It was then Ian realized just who he had been playing with, the same band he had been trying to join in the first place!
“What… what happened, how is this possible? You all, this whole time?!”
“Relax Ian, look at yourself.” He obeyed and noticed he too had returned to how he used to look, and it bothered him; even his clothes returned to the way they were before. The disgust was visible on his face but the others just laughed and patted him on the shoulder.
“THIS is our real band due. We look like this and pretend to be a metal band to reach out to people like you used to be and bring you back to our side. You wouldn’t have come near us if we approached you looking like we did on stage. It was us in that white room, helping you out. God doesn‘t abandon his people and neither do we!”
“So that’s it? You got me to play a song with you and now I just go back to being who I was?”
“Heck no man! You’re still all righteous inside, and whenever we need to go on stage that side will take over again and you’ll change like us, soon enough you’ll even be able to change at will like we can.”
Ian was amazed, and intrigued. It would be hard now, trying to act like his old self when he had evolved so far above that but he would do it, for his new family. Ian also couldn’t wait until he could change whenever he wanted.
“So dude… now that you’re one of us, we need a favor: for you to induct someone. No, no not for our band, see we’re trying to put together a band to open for us and you get to pick the first member, they don’t even need any experience, the change will give them enough knowledge to be decent.”
Ian thought back and realized he knew the perfect person to change. His face brightened to a wide smile and for a moment his hair almost looked blonde and his shirt flashed the logo of his new opening band… Understanding the Infinite.
“Yeah I know the perfect person…”