Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of High School Musical, I only own the plot line.

It was late at night and Troy, Chad and the rest of the basketball team had finished a late night of practice. Troy's dad had to leave right after the practice was finished so Troy was going to be brought home by Chad's mother.

The members of the basketball team had left all except for Troy and Chad. Then suddenly Chad's cell phone started ring.

"Yello…" answered Chad, "Oh hey mom."

'Your father just called me and his car broke down so I have to back to pick him up. I'll be there as soon as I can. I'm sorry Chad and also apologize to Troy for me. Thanks'

"No worries mom, just get here as soon as you can," replied Chad. He closed his phone and turned to Troy.

"Looks like we're stuck here for a while. My dad's car broke down, the whole ordeal. She's going back to pick him up now," told Chad.

"No big. Anyway, I forgot my chem book. I have to go back to my locker and get it," said Troy as he turned around and headed for the darkened hallway.

Chad was staring blankly at the floor and then snapped out of it. He looked up and saw Troy almost was totally engulfed by the darkness of the hallway. Then Chad said, "Dude, wait up. "

Troy looked back and smiled because he was Chad running towards him to catch up.

The hallway was pitch black. The only light that was given was the moonlight shining though the windows of the classrooms which lit some sections of the hallway.

"Dude does this kind of creep you out a bit. I mean being at school this late with no lights on?" asked Troy.

"Not really, but I feel that way during the day," joked Chad and Troy began to laugh.

They reached Troy's locker five minutes later. He opened it and looked for his chem book. He searched for it up and down in his locker and it wasn't there. He spun his back pack around and looked for it in there. He still couldn't find it and he closed his locker.

"Sorry, dude it's not here. I think I might have left it library when I started the homework," told Troy.

"Dude, are you serious? That's all the way on the other side of the school," said Chad, "We might as well, I mean it's not like we don't have time."

Troy and Chad turned around and headed for the other end of the school. They started to talk about random things such as school, teachers, and Gabriella and Taylor. The moonlight dimmed in and out because of clouds passing by. They were now in the art wing, including the library and auditorium.

The moonlight dimmed as they passed the auditorium. As the moonlight started to shine they heard footsteps behind them. Troy and Chad started to turn around. Before they were fully turned around they heard a familiar voice.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Both of them finished turning quickly and ducked a little.

"Holy..." exclaimed Troy, "Ryan you scared the hell out of us."

"Yeah…sorry about that," apologized Ryan and then continued, "By the way, what are you doing here this late?" asked Ryan

"Practice ran late and we're waiting for my mom to pick us up," stated Chad.

"Ryan, why are you here late?" asked Troy.

"Shar wanted to run a late practice for the auditions for the winter musical. But of course once I got here she calls me and cancels for some reason. So I decided to stay a while before I left," explained Ryan, "Wait a minute… If you guys are waiting for your ride, why are you all the way over here?"

"Einstein here forgot…" started Chad but was cutoff by Troy.

"I forgot my chem book in the library today," said Troy.

They turned around and went to the library, and Ryan followed. They went to the box in the library that contained all of the stuff that was left behind. There was Troy's book right at the top.

Troy started to leave but he noticed that Chad and Ryan were not following him. He looked back and he saw that Chad and Ryan were looking through the box to see what else was there. Troy walked back over to Ryan and Chad.

"Guys this isn't our stuff. Come on let's go," said Troy as he looked in the box.

There were at least a dozen glasses, five or six calculators, and an old book. Chad started to go deeper into the box. They could tell that not many people looked in the box because there were many outdated objects. There were things like an original game boy, a couple of cassettes, and even an eight track.

"Dudes, check this out," said Chad as he was trying to pick up something and try to bring it to the surface. He pulled out a yearbook. They could tell that the yearbook was very old but it was almost in new condition. Chad had to look in it.

"Dude this is like from the 50s," spoke Chad. Troy and Ryan came around to look at it.

"Uh, Chad, This is from 1980," corrected Troy as he pointed to the date. Then Chad gave a slight 'oh' and continued to look through the old yearbook.

They set down the yearbook and continued to look at it more. They occasionally laughed at some of the looks of the old students. They flipped the page Troy closed the book extremely quickly.

"Please don't tell me I wasn't the only one who saw that," hoped Troy.

"If you're talking about the picture of the skeleton staring up at us, no," said Ryan weakly.

"Good, so…uh…let's go and wait for our ride," said Chad trying desperately to get out of the room and forget what he just thought he had just seen.

They started to walk towards the door and Troy stopped for a minute and spoke, "I'll catch up with you guys in a minute. I don't think it's here but I think I left something else here and want to see if it's here."

"See you in a bit, come on Ryan" said Chad.

With that Chad and Ryan walked out of the library and down into the hallway. Troy made sure that they were out of sight until he went back to the yearbook. He flipped though the pages quickly to see if he could find that picture again.

Sure enough he did but the skeleton wasn't there anymore. It was replaced by a man. The man was staring straight out of the yearbook and looked very orderly. He was about forty-five, had glasses, hair was parted on the left side, and was wearing a suit. Troy also noticed a caption beneath the picture, it read:

Marcus Fielding

A principle that won't be forgotten

Troy closed the yearbook, put it back in the box and ran out to catch up with Chad and Ryan.

To Be Continued………