Ok so I have found my inspiration. So I am re-uploading the first chapter/the prologue. Instead of this taking place their junior year, this starts at the end of football season of their senior year. I've decided they need a lot more time than I was giving them previously. I've made a couple tweaks here and there but I've got enough to put up a few more chapters before I select the characters. This is a submission story and the form is at the end. Remember, this is a GLEE story first and foremost so those characters will be focused on but that doesn't mean that can't have some major competition. So please PM me your characters (reviews are accepted but not preferred…that doesn't mean your character is less likely to be picked, I just like having all the characters for me to know and you to meet). I have picked the musical but I'm still open to suggestions. It's a bit of a weird place to start but everything will be addressed…even things from the final. Anyway, I don't own Glee, I'm not making money, please don't sue. Now that all the business-y stuff is out of the way, let's get on with the story.

Prologue:

Rachel Berry stormed down the hall. As much as she hated the drama department, she couldn't believe they had decided against doing a spring musical. Some crap about too much competition with the Glee club had been spreading around the school and she wanted some answers. She had marched herself straight to the drama teacher's room and demanded the truth.

Now she was furiously making her way to Glee club. She had a plan. Sure it wasn't going to go over well with the rest of the Glee club, but she would be damned if McKinley High didn't have a spring musical this year. She had thought it all through. The Glee club would put on this year's spring musical. They would have auditions to get the extra people they would need and would do dual practices: mornings would be for regionals and afternoons would be for whichever musical they picked. She had a very long list of musicals perfect for their little group, or at least would show off her vocal abilities. She wanted to shine. This was her year. She would show everyone. She is Rachel Freaking Berry and she is awesome.

But not everyone thinks so; she was reminded of this when she entered the room full of Glee members. They glanced up at her small frame full to the brim with determination and returned to their gossiping. They knew she wanted something and like everything she wanted to do in Glee, they would more than likely be doing it. It was nothing new. So of course they didn't need to ask what she wanted as she was about to jump up in front of the group and demand exactly what she wanted.

By the time Will Schuester entered the room, Rachel was rocking in her seat ready to burst. He barely had to look at her before she bounded to the front of the room. She took one glance at her fellow members before spewing what she had been holding in for what seemed like forever.

"It's spring musical season but the drama department has opted to do a non-musical instead because they are so intimidated by us. Which got me thinking. It would be dreadful to not have a musical this year. And I know were a little bit behind schedule but we could catch up easily and it would be perfect practice for regionals. Of course we would need to host auditions for enough members for a full show but with the proper students, we could pull it off and even win. And these students might even want to join Glee and they might be able to help us win regionals. After all, we could use some support from other groups instead of just ostracizing everyone. A school production could boost our standings at school and we could have people who want to be us instead of slushie us."

As Rachel rambled on about her perfect plan and multiple options for the musical, the other students rolled their eyes and glanced at each other. They never expected this to happen. They were perfectly fine the way they were. They never expected Mr. Schuester to say what he said next.

"So when were you thinking we would hold try-outs?"

So the story is still open to suggestions and submissions. And help with characterizations would be useful. I thought I had Rachel down packed but trying to write her monologue really made me think. Anyway, here's the prologue, and the next chapter will be up relatively soon (by relatively I mean considering that this weekend is vacation time then…don't hold your breath). I really like submission stories because they give me more creative license than just the original characters would. If you haven't submitted a character yet (I think I still have all the ones from before around here somewhere but it wouldn't hurt to re-submit), or you want to submit another here's the form.

Submission Form:

Name:
-Full:
-Nicknames:
Birthday:
Grade:
Appearance:
-Overall:
-Picture or Celebrity:
Personality:
-In General:
-Family Would Say:
-Friends Would Say:
-Classmates Would Say:
-Enemies Would Say:
Family:
-Father:
-Mother:
-Brother(s):
-Sister(s):
-Pet(s):
Friends:
-Canon Characters:
-Type of Friends:
Enemies:
-Canon Characters:
-Type of Enemies:
Romantic Relationships:
-Orientation: (gay/straight/bi/confused)
-Status: (single or in a relationship…if in a relationship it can't be a canon character…yet)
-Importance: (how important is being in a relationship to them?)
-Canon Characters Crushes:
-Type of Crushes:
School History:
-Classes: (advanced classes? Math support type classes? You understand what I'm asking for?)
-Grades: (average, know-it-all, failing, meh…)
-Teachers' Impressions: (do they ever shut up? Do they get along with other students?)
Background:
Hobbies:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Anything Special:
Other:
Preferred Musical:
-Preferred Part(s):
-Realistic Part: