I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this FanFic besides Danielle Snow. She is MY own character that I created. I do not own the song mentioned, either, nor do I own Lake Forest Academy. All locations used that ARE real are completely coincidental. Enjoy and don't forget to review! =)

The moment she stepped through the McKinley doors, she knew she belonged here. She tightened the shoulder strap to her hipster-esque bag and put on foot in front of the other. Compared to all the other 5'6 skinny minis, Danielle Snow stood out with her 6'2 height and her size 18 jeans. The jocks, nerds and all the other cliques parted like the Red Sea as Danielle put on bejeweled flat in front of the other. Suddenly, a guy parts from his locker and totally crashes into Danielle. She sprawls on the floor and starts to pick up her papers. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. This is my fault," murmured the gorgeous, brown eyed boy as he helped Danielle pick up her books. He looks up into those startling violet eyes and slips on the floor.

"Hi, I'm Ryder Lynn. You must be new here."

"Yeah, I am. I just transferred here. I heard the arts program was good here. I'm Danielle Snow."

Ryder fumbled with his books and stuck out his hand, which Danielle took gingerly. "It's nice to meet you, Danielle. Well, the arts program here is fabulous, if I may say so myself. I'm a part of the glee club and, not to brag or anything, I played the role of Danny Zuko in Grease last month."

"Really, now? You don't strike me as the 'musical' type."

Ryder just smiled at the beautiful girl in front of him. It's not often where you meet a girl who's just a few inches shorter than you are, he thinks to himself. She's gorgeous. I mean, look at that long red hair and those dreamy violet eyes. Sure, she's not skinny like every other girl in the school, but I like that.

"Here, come with me; I'll give you a tour of the place. What's your first class?"

"Oh. I have…history, with Mr. Schuester. Can you tell me where room 213 is, Ryder?" asked Danielle.

"Sure, but I can do you one better. Looks like you and I have the entire day together." Ryder smiled at his new friend. "And I can even take you to Glee. It's actually really fun. You sing?"

"Do I sing? Honey, I sing AND I play many, many different instruments." Danielle laughs at Ryder's astonished face.

Suddenly, Danielle looks up from her schedule to see a blonde little cheerleader come up to her and say, "Nice bag, Zebra Cakes. Where'd you get it from, Goodwill?"

Danielle's never failing smile wavers for just a second until Ryder sees it fall completely.

"Hey, don't worry about Kitty. She's got nothing nice to say after she lost out to Marley for the lead in Grease."

"Oh, I know the girls like her. That's why I transferred here. I used to live in Chicago. The school I went to was a boarding school; my parents are super rich, unfortunately, and so they made me go to this prestigious little performing arts boarding school called Lake Forest Academy. Anyways, these popular girls there, Samantha and Katelyn, made my life a living hell. So I transferred here."

"Wow. What makes a super-rich chick like you choose a public school over a boarding school?"

"Like I said, the people AND the arts program; I hear your glee club won Nationals last year."

"Well, you heard right, BUT the bell is going to ring in a minute, so let's get our butts to history. Mr. Schue's cool and all, but he doesn't tolerate tardiness."

Danielle and Ryder go through their day, laughing and giggling, and it's time to go to lunch.

"Hey, Mrs. Rose! Where's Marley today?"

"Oh, she's just home sick today; she should be back tomorrow, Ryder." The overweight lunch lady smiles at Ryder and sneaks him a few extra meatballs on his spaghetti plate. "Who's this pretty little girl you've got with you, Ryder?"

"Oh, this is Danielle Snow! She just transferred here from Chicago!"

"Hi, Mrs. Rose. It's really nice to meet you. Everything looks really delicious," says Danielle, giving Mrs. Rose her award winning smile.

"Aren't you as sweet as apple pie, young lady. Here, I'll give you a few extra meatballs, too! It's so nice to meet you, as well, Danielle. I'll see you tomorrow, though. You're holding up the line." Mrs. Rose winks at the couple and they walk off to go sit with the glee club.

Artie and Sugar are in deep conversation when Danielle and Ryder walk up to the New Directions' table. "Hey guys, this is Danielle. She's new here. Mind if she sits with us?"

Sugar gives one stare at Danielle and goes, "No. She's too poor to sit with us."

And awkward silence fills the table until she gives a laugh and motions for Ryder and Danielle to sit down. The table goes up and down each end to introduce themselves. There was Joe Hart, Sam Evans, Sugar Motta, Tina Cohen-Chang, Artie Abrams, Brittany Pierce, Blaine Evans, Unique Adams and Jake Puckerman. After the group goes around introducing themselves, Jake mentions that Marley's out sick.

"Yeah, I know. I talked to her mom. She really likes Danielle."

The group splits off into its different conversations once again, but Unique asks Danielle a vital question; "Danielle, do you sing?"

Danielle's lips curve into a slow smile and she pulls out her ukulele from her hipster sack and begins to play the opening strands of Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant.

I was walking down the street when out of the corner of my eye I see a pretty little thing approaching me…

Danielle finishes the song and Artie looks around in awe. "Guys, get Mr. Schue here. He needs to meet this pretty little thing."

Ryder looks at his new friend in awe; when she said she could sing, she didn't say she could sing. She catches him staring at her and she elbows him saying, "Buck up, cowboy. That ain't all I can bring."

With that statement, she winks at him and picks up her books. "C'mon, Ryder; we have to go to math."

Still speechless, Ryder picks up his books and follows the new girl down the hall. He looks back to the New Directions and they give him thumbs up and that's when he noticed that everyone else's trays were eaten, but Danielle's was left completely untouched.