This explanation is long, but it gives insight to why I wrote this. This is a story that I have been planning out for a while. For those of you who haven't seen my profile, I know I am probably too old to watch any shows on Nick, but I consider it taking a break from all the seriousness in my life. The main reason that I choose to write this is because I think there are many issues raised in Victorious that are never explored and non-canon stories are a better way to cover them as well as introduce new, possibly more interesting, information.

I know that since I picked to do a story on Trina most people probably won't read this, but I think it's necessary (I like stories that focus on her). She is constantly put down, ignored, and even when episodes are supposedly meant to focus on her, they just make her look worse. Most episodes featured lately seem incredibly biased towards her. Also, I guess I can relate to her because I'm the oldest sibling in my family and have been overlooked plenty of times (though I'm not as selfish or obnoxious as she is portrayed). Plus, I'm majoring in psychology, so I recognize that in the real world some of what happens to Trina has serious consequences that can't obviously be shown on a network kids watch.

So to finish off this explanation, I may make some characters look or act out of character, I have new characters that I am planning on introducing (seems necessary), each chapter is going to focus more on what is happening to a particular person (thoughts, events, etc.) instead of directly from their point of view, and if I end up borrowing material from another person's story then I apologize to you in advance and if you let me know I'll work to change it. If you don't like where it's going, please let me know in a review. Other than that…Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious

Chapter 1 (Background)

It was another bright and warm day in Los Angeles, California. Like most, the sun seemed to be shining particularly bright on Hollywood Arts High School. It was 7:30 AM and the halls were cluttered with all the students scurrying the hallways, exchanging books for others from their lockers, and still finding time to gossip with each other about whatever was new in their lives.

At that point, the Vega sisters walked through the front doors, both with a cup from Starbucks in hand. Everyone at Hollywood Arts knew the sisters quite well. Trina, the older sister, had been attending HA since freshman year and despite gaining a reputation through the school, she had not garnered much actual fame. While anyone who saw her would admit she was attractive, anyone who knew her, her sister included, would say that she was selfish, obnoxious, rude, and overall quite talentless. Despite all the hints people would try to give her, she continued putting on her one-woman shows, audition and sing for roles that she wouldn't get, and remain convinced that she was more talented than anyone else.

Anyone who knew the younger Vega, Tori, would have been hard-pressed to imagine how the two shared the same genetic material. True they looked somewhat alike, but that was where the similarities ended. Unlike Trina, Tori hadn't started Hollywood Arts until her junior year, but the progress that she had made since then was surprising. She had a natural talent for singing which she showed in the Big Showcase where, just after helping her sister and now best friend Andre rehearse, she performed "Make It Shine" without a flaw, received a thunderous applause, gained entrance to the performing arts school, and skyrocketed to one of the most noted actresses in the school.

Since she had been enrolled in Hollywood Arts, Tori was given the lead role in almost every play, she was given every opportunity to sing, and her teachers were recommending her for several roles outside of the school. In addition to gaining and helping several friends, she had ensured that her sister could stay in Hollywood Arts after the new principal decided that she was talentless.

While Tori seemed to be enjoying the highlife, Trina had been given few roles and made little progress in developing her talent. No one really had the nerve to try and confront her with the truth; sure Jade mentioned it often, but Jade's insulting everyone around the school had led to Trina ignoring her statements.

And so, Trina Vega continued her days at school convinced of how talented, perfect, and destined for stardom she was. What she didn't know when she arrived that day was that her whole self-concept was about to be shaken.

I know what most of you are going to say: that it's too short and that I pretty much introduced nothing at all new into this part of the story and characterized Trina the way she always is. When I first started mapping this story out this chapter was originally longer, but I realized that if I included the rest of the content that I had thought up for the first chapter then it would be confusing because of the shift in focus. Anyway, I don't expect many reviews so just hang with me. The next chapter will focus on Trina and follow the cliffhanger I ended with.