Summary: Shawn and Derek were told they had to dance their week 3 Quickstep in the finals. But they've been known to break the rules all season, so what if the last rule they broke meant not dancing their Quickstep, but the dance they originally wanted? A "what if" story based on the rumor that they originally wanted to dance their fusion dance during finals.

A/N – I'm not quite sure what compelled me to write this but it was a plot bunny that wouldn't leave me alone. Normally my policy is that I'll read fanfics based on real people, but I won't write it. But I'd like to think that the events of this fictional story wouldn't be too far from the truth…I gave myself permission to do it.

This plot bunny came to me after I finished watching the AfterBuzz TV break downs of the Season 15 episodes. The hosts Kristyn Burtt and Suri Serano voiced everything I felt about that season. Check it out on YouTube.

Disclaimer: The show, "Dancing With The Stars," belongs to ABC and BBC entertainment. AfterBuzz TV belongs to Bing and Maria Menounos. I do not own anything other than the storyline.

Dedication: For my tumblr buddy, chelsie-mae. You're a sweetheart

"Alright, before we continue discussing Dancing With the Stars Season 15 All Stars, we just wanted to remind you that if you're listening to our podcast on iTunes or watching us live or on YouTube, I'm Kristyn Burtt with my co-host, Suri Serano, and this is AfterBuzz TV. Please be sure to give us five stars because we'd love to be a five star show as well as give us feedback on how to improve and what guests you'd want to see in future episodes."

Suri let out a smile and a laugh. "Yes, thank you so much for the awesome feedback so far and thanks for watching."

Kristyn took over once more. "Alright so let's continue discussing the Dancing With The Stars All Star semi-finals with our guest today, troupe dancer Henry Byalikov. Henry thanks again."

In his accented voice, Henry replied with a "no problem" and a "thanks for having me."

"So let's get back to the semi-finals. We have just finished discussing the first half which was the themed dances. Next section is probably going to be my favorite because I am a huge Michael Jackson fan. I love how it was the perfect tie-in to the ABC special which is happening on Thanksgiving Day which I have tvoed."

Suri and Henry just laughed at Kristyn's enthusiasm before Suri spoke. "Who doesn't love Michael Jackson, or at least appreciate his music?" Henry nodded his head in agreement.

"Ok, for the first Michael Jackson dance, we had Melissa and Tony doing 'Dirty Diana' and the tango. Wow."

Kristyn looked at the other two to see who wanted to kick off the conversation. Everyone basically agreed that it was an amazing dance. It was passionate and well done. Henry only had good things to say and couldn't stop raving about this particular dance. Melissa was a good dancer and extremely likeable. Since Sabrina and Louis were voted off, Kristyn had been routing for them to win.

After a couple more raves on Melissa and Tony, Kristyn moved the conversation to the next couple. "So we move on to Suri's favorite, Shawn and Derek, to 'Bad' and they did the Tango."

Suri was excited when they started talking about Shawn and Derek. Like with Melissa and Tony, the three of them only had good things to say about the dance. Suri and Henry argued Carrie Ann's point about Shawn not showing enough passion during the dance. Suri pointed out the point Kym Johnson and Shirley Ballas made backstage show night, that Derek had the ability to bring that out of Shawn so it was possible that he choreographed her emotions in that particular way. Henry also added that Derek had his creativity limited. Due to copyrighted issues, Derek couldn't have the Knight Rider car or even put in Michael Jackson moves to a Michael Jackson tribute dance. It was tough on them, but they still managed to nail both dances.

Although both Henry and Suri defended Shawn and Derek's choice of the amount of chemistry and emotion in the dance, Kristyn couldn't help but agree with Carrie Ann's reason in giving Shawn a nine for the dance. "I just thought it was a little too posed. I just wanted a touch more emotion. And I don't disagree with the score of 29 at all by any means but I do kind of side with Carrie on this."

Henry just shrugged his shoulders. "Well they're in the finals so you're gonna probably see it." Henry smiled and laughed. "You're gonna see a lot more chemistry, I'm sure." Henry continued to laugh.

Kristyn was a little surprised at the way he said it. "Oh my God. Do you know it? Is that their favorite dance that they picked?"

Henry gave her a mischievous look. "That's all I can say…" Henry pursed his lips giving Suri and Kristyn a look that said "I know something you don't know." So far, Henry was the only one Shawn and Derek had told their decision to so to spill it would mean to sign his death sentence.

Kristyn was so excited at the new information. "I think we just got an AfterBuzz exclusive!" Kristyn asked if Henry knew if Melissa and Tony chose a Tango as well but he genuinely did not know the answer. For the next twenty or so minutes, the three of them continued discussing the rest of the dances by the other contestants.

"So it is an all ladies finale and they'll be doing their favorite dances and they'll be doing freestyles. We already think that perhaps someone is doing a Tango…Shawn…maybe…and we'll see what the other two will pick but we'll have to wait until next week." Kristyn just shrugged her shoulders as Henry and Suri laughed.

"It's gonna be so good." For the rest of the show the three of them talked about the troupe and future musings and predictions. All throughout the rest of the show, Henry couldn't help but think how amazing next week was going to be.

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The Next Day

Henry had come early to the dance studio in order to work on the troupe dance only to walk in on Shawn and Derek doing one of their packages for the finale.

"For our favorite dance, we decided to do our week 7 Tango/Paso fusion. It's a definite crowd pleaser as well as a judge pleaser and, as much as I love Mark, I really wanted to be able to finally dance it with Derek." Both Shawn and Derek were sitting on the stairs as the cameras were on them videotaping their explanation for their dance.

Derek added to what she had to say. "I was a little surprised when she told me this was the dance she wanted to do. I half expected the Quickstep or Mambo, or even the Rumba because I know how much she loved those dances. I was really surprised but I was also really touched when she told me that the real reason she wanted to do this dance was because she didn't originally get to dance it with me." Derek, whose arm was draped across Shawn's shoulders, squeezed her in a little side hug as she smiled up at him. "It's also great because the Tango and the Paso are two of my favorite dances anyway and this was a fun dance that both the audience and judges loved."

Shawn spoke again. "I know people are expecting we do a dance that we didn't get a perfect score on so that we could improve it but honestly, I'd much rather please the crowds anyway since we dedicated this season to the fans. Judges' scores are important but the fans are what it's all about so even if we get a lower score than last time, at least we finally got to dance this one together."

Henry stayed at the door and watched the two of them dance for the rest of the package. It was truly amazing to watch the two of them. Shawn danced like a pro and Derek looked happier than he'd ever been compared to other partners he's had.

When the cameras shut off and the two thanked the camera men and left, Derek took Shawn's hand and led her to the stairs to cool off. Henry decided to finally make his entrance. "That was a pretty amazing dance. It's even better than the first time around."

The couple looked up and greeted the troupe dancer. "Hey Henry!" Shawn loved getting to know all the dancers. Everyone on the Dancing With the Stars set were practically family. Henry walked up to them and bent down to hug Shawn. While his arms were around her waist, she put her arms around his neck and he lifted her up off the ground and placed a kiss on her head – the standard form of greeting her from her 'honorary big brothers.' Because she was the youngest, and arguably the sweetest of the group, the guys of the troupe and cast all treated her like a little sister who they protected and cared for…minus the guy sitting next to her.

When he put her back down, he fist bumped Derek and they started talking about the finals, how things were going, what they were doing later in the day and what they were doing after the show ended. After a little bit more talk and Shawn and Derek showing part of their freestyle to him, Shawn told them she needed to get back home.

The boys stood up as she got up as well. Derek bent back down to grab her bag for her. "Don't forget, Jules is flying in today, so you're having dinner at my place."

She took her bag from him. "Thanks. Wouldn't miss it for the world." She smiled at him and gave him a hug before turning to Henry and giving him one as well.

Henry and Derek talked a little bit longer after Shawn left but as they were about to leave, were interrupted by someone official looking. The man gestured at Derek to speak with him alone. Derek and Henry exchanged weird looks but afterwards, went separate ways. Neither of them had a very good feeling about what was about to happen next.

At Derek's place

Shawn had made it to Derek's before Derek did, which she found odd, but put the thought aside when she was greeted by Julianne who had already started making dinner. The two girls had a lot of catching up to do. They talked about Shawn and Derek making it to the finals, Julianne getting through Hurricane Sandy, the Fierce Five being part of their freestyle and how they had only two days to learn the dance and rehearse, and anything and everything else while preparing the rest of the dinner. It wasn't long until a loud slamming of the door brought them out of their nice conversation. Both girls looked at each other confused and quickly walked into the living room area to find Derek leaning back into the couch, head tilted back, with his hands on his face.

Both girls immediately went to either side of him. Julianne was rubbing her hand up and down his arm trying to soothe him. "Derek, what happened?"

Derek abruptly stood up and started pacing. "A producer pulled me aside today." Shawn and Julianne both gave him worried looks. "Apparently, we're not allowed to do our tango/paso fusion."

The worried looks on both of the girls' faces immediately went to one of shock. Shawn had been telling Julianne that that was the dance that they had chosen to repeat. They both yelled at the same time. "What?!"

Derek just nodded and kept pacing. "Yeah…apparently, everyone else is going to dance their week three dance. Which means we have to as well." He stopped pacing to seriously face them. "And get this…we're not allowed to change any of it."

Realization began to dawn on both girls' faces. Julianne expressed her outrage before Shawn could. "That means your scores will get low balled! That's fifty percent of the total. Too many points off could really hurt you!" Derek gave her a look that said "see why I'm mad?"

Shawn reached out and grabbed Derek's hand, pulling him over to the couch to try and get him to sit. "Derek, just calm down. We said this season that we would dedicate our dances to the fans. Who cares about the scores? Our quickstep is fun and a great crowd pleaser."

She was almost able to pull him over to the catch but he quickly snatched his hand away and continued pacing. "I know we said we'd dedicate this season to the fans. I love our quickstep. The scores that we're going to get for doing it isn't what I'm angry about. I'm angry that the producers know what they're doing. They want us to lose. They're rigging this competition so that we don't win this season."

Shawn knew it was possible but didn't want to believe him. "Asking us to change our dance is one thing, plotting our demise is another. They wouldn't actually make us lose, would they?"

"But that's the thing. They didn't ask me to change our dance. They ordered me to. We have to dance our quickstep and to change it would mean serious consequences."

Shawn looked at Julianne to try and beg her to talk some sense into her brother. She gave Julianne a pleading look asking her "it can't be true, can it?"

Julianne, although not present at the live shows, watched every episode this season despite her busy schedule when she found out her brother had Shawn Johnson as a partner. She looked at Shawn sympathetically. "To be honest, I don't think Derek is wrong." Shawn gave Julianne an incredulous look but Julianne continued. "Shawn, if you think about it, they've been low balling your scores all season compared to everyone else's. I mean, the only criticism Len could give you during country week was that you used too many gimmicks. But it's not like the tractor or cow was actually part of the dance. Or your samba. Was taking three whole points off really necessary? There was plenty of samba and you brought it back to its roots rather than going the traditional route. And in that same week, Kirstie's dance was definitely not the greatest of her dances and it got no less than an eight. I honestly don't think the producers or the judges are on your side. I actually think they're showing favoritism towards Melissa."

Derek thought over everything Julianne had said. He suspected that someone was trying to bring them down, but to hear it from someone not on the show anymore, solidified everything he believed. He sat back down on the couch and ran his fingers through his hair as Julianne rubbed his back in comfort. "I guess we'll just have to hope the fans pull through for us."

Julianne put one arm around his shoulders and rested her head on his shoulder as she continued rubbing his arm. "Honestly Derek, if they don't want you to win, what makes you think they won't rig the voting system?"

Derek sighed deeply knowing she was right. "We don't stand a chance, do we?" Julianne didn't answer but she didn't really need to.

After being silent for so long, Shawn finally spoke up. "Well maybe we don't have to do what the producers say."

Both Houghs looked at her as though she was crazy. "What are you trying to say? That we just dance our fusion dance? Shawn, we can't just defy the producers' orders. We could get into some serious trouble."

"What can they really do to us? The season is practically over. Once we perform, that's it, there's nothing that the producers can do about it." Derek and Julianne were still trying to grasp what Shawn was saying. "We'll make our entrance in our quickstep outfit, convince the tech crew to play our fusion package, and change last minute before the producers notice anything out of the ordinary."

Julianne looked at her with a surprised, yet highly impressed, look. "That might actually work."

Derek thought so too. "But we could still get into some major trouble."

"Derek what are they gonna do to us? This is your last season on the show anyway so it's not like they can get back at you next season. And everyone in the dancing community knows how amazing you are, there is no way possible a reality tv show can possibly blacklist you in the ballroom society. And even if they did try to take us down it'll cause questions to arise and we'll have to tell everyone the truth - that the producers tried to manipulate what we do to get us to lose. And when that gets out, who's gonna want to watch the show?"

Julianne looked at Shawn amazed and then back at her brother. "I think she's right. You should totally do it. Dang, who knew America's sweetheart had a dark side?" The three of them let out a chuckle. Derek was still on edge about it and Julianne saw it in his face. "Derek, trust me on this. I know for a fact that you guys are the favorite to win. If you two do the quickstep and lose, then there will be suspicions but the producers will just play it off as your low scores being the reason for your loss. But if you do the fusion and either tie or get higher scores and still lose, then there will be suspicions and conspiracy theories. There's gonna be an investigation and who knows what'll happen to the show."

Shawn grabbed his hand in a comforting grasp looking him in the eye. "Normally I wouldn't care. This season has been amazing and you've helped me to feel like me again. It doesn't matter if we win the Mirror Ball trophy or not, you've given me so much more." Derek smiled at that and gave her a kiss on the cheek. As he pulled away, she continued. "But we can't just ignore the injustice that goes behind closed doors. If we're gonna lose, I want it to be for the right reasons. Not because the producers chose us as the losers, but because America did. And who's to say they won't do it again next season."

Shawn stood up from the couch and held her hand out for him to take. "Whataya say, Derek Hough? Care to take a risk and break one more rule with me this season?"

Derek looked at Julianne who gave him an encouraging smile. He looked back at Shawn and smiled as he grabbed her hand. "I love dancing with you. Do you love dancing with me?"

She smiled and giggled in her trademark Shawn Johnson giggle. "I love dancing with you."

Derek stood up and kissed her hand. "Then let's dance together."

They couldn't believe they were actually going to go through with it.

Dancing With The Stars: All Stars Finale Night 1

Shawn and Derek were both dressed up in their quickstep outfits. Derek, like Julianne, also believed that producer/judge favoritism was leaning towards Melissa who seemed to be the only one excited to dance their week three dance. He couldn't help but wonder whether or not Val and Kelly were told the same thing he was about their dance. But then again, Kelly and Val's Paso Doble wasn't an insane rule breaking dance. Derek tried to shake his head of the thoughts and focused on their entrance.

He was still a little skeptical as to whether or not they'd be able to pull of their plan and whether or not it was the right thing to do. But when he heard the crowds cheering for them, he knew that what he and Shawn were about to do was right. The crowds knew who they wanted to be crowned the champion of champions (not necessarily Shawn and Derek) and no producer was going to squish their rights by picking for them – this season or any future seasons.

Neither Shawn nor Derek tried to think of how badly this could all end if they messed anything up. They instead, thought of the dances ahead of them and tried to remind each other to just have fun no matter what dance they were forced to do for round one. Shawn and Derek would be performing last so while Melissa and Tony were getting their scores (perfect 30, no surprise there) for their repeated Samba, Derek and Shawn had to prepare for their dance. No one suspected anything when Shawn left for the dressing room rather than waiting stage right or Derek heading for the tech room.

It took a little convincing, but Derek managed to convince the techies (who didn't know about the producers' intent) that there was a technical difficulty and that there was no way they could perform their quickstep. Because of this, they'd have to dance their "back-up" dance. As soon as the techies loaded the disk of the "right package," Derek waited as the video technicians relayed the message via headset to the lighting technicians and then again to the band so that Harold could tell the band of the song change. The night before, Shawn and Derek had personally emailed Harold warning him that in case anything happened, they wanted to be prepared so he should probably have the band equipped with their "back-up" song (Living On A Prayer) for their "back-up" dance (tango/paso fusion). Harold, who loved both Shawn and Derek and didn't want to screw up their chances of winning because of a technical difficulty, agreed to have the band prepared to play either of the songs for whatever dance they needed to dance. Finally, the video technicians made sure that they knew which camera angles to use for the people watching at home considering camera shots were different for each dance.

Derek quickly ran for the dressing room and immediately changed into his fusion costume and stood by Shawn (who was now also dressed in her fusion costume). He grabbed her hand and squeezed it out of both comfort and nervousness. The two stood in the dark to prevent anyone (especially the producers) from seeing them and waited with bated breath to see if they had succeeded in changing their dance. When the fusion dance package played, both blondes let out a deep sigh of relief. They tood center stage and prepared themselves.

They waited until they finally heard the one sentence they were waiting for. "Dancing a Tango/Paso Doble fusion, Shawn Johnson and her partner Derek Hough."

Derek and Shawn gave each other a small smile before getting into character for the dance. As the band started up the music, the two were lost in the dance and in each other. As much as she loved dancing with Mark again, something about doing this with Derek felst so right. So much so that she didn't even care how much trouble the producers would put her in. she wouldn't change this for anything or anyone. Derek was also thinking the same thing as they danced. He immediately regretted not fighting through the pain and dancing it with her the first time. The two of them were having fun finally being able to dance this particular dance with each other as well as the crowd was going wild though Shawn and Derek tuned all of it out.

When their dance finally ended and they struck the final pose, Shawn and Derek couldn't help but think that despite what was about to happen next, they made the right choice in doing what they had done. They stood up to see a standing ovation from the audience as well as the judges. They couldn't have been more proud for each other.

Carrie Ann gave her review first. "Oh my God, Shawn, you have come such a long way since the first week. I know you said you didn't care what score you as long as you danced it with Derek, but girlfriend, lemme tell you…you delivered this so much better than the first time around. As always your technique is impeccable but what I noticed is how much passion you managed to exude compared to the first time. It was absolutely amazing. Great job!"

Derek wrapped his arms around Shawn's waist and squeezed her letting out a sigh of relief. Even Len and Bruno only had good things to say about the dance, mainly at how much better it was because of the emotional connection Shawn was able to show towards Derek.

When they got to the Skybox, they exchanged high fives with the other two couples and answered the usual questions with Brooke before finally getting their scores.

In all the excitement of planning their switched dances and fighting injustice, the couple completely forgot about scores. They could not have been happier knowing that they still received a perfect thirty to tie them for the lead with Melissa and Tony. It wasn't even their intent.

After they received their scores, the show cut to a commercial while the three couples were escorted to make up and dressing trailers to prepare them for the freestyles. Shawn and Derek made sure they were never alone so that a producer wouldn't try and set them aside for a talk. It's not like the producers could do anything about it anymore. What's done is done. The dance happened and nothing was going to change it or the scores that were now broadcasted live to America – at least not if they wanted the show to continue running smoothly. Even so, neither Shawn nor Derek wanted to have a producer confront them and ruin their good mood before they'd have to dance their freestyle.

They decided to put everything about their first dance behind them and just focus on the freestyle they were doing with the Fierce Five. And it was a good thing they did too because their amazing and daring freestyle gave them another perfect thirty – still giving the a tie for the lead. But they didn't really care about the outcome. That freestyle was just too dang fun plus the crowd freaking out about it only pumped them up more. Whatever happened tomorrow with their instant dance didn't matter yet. All that mattered was the dances they did today and how they didn't regret anything because they knew they gave their all and left it all on the dance floor. It was in America's hands now.

The Next Day

Shawn and Derek didn't know whether or not to be worried. They were still a little tired form late night dancing in preparation for their instant dance plus the emotions from knowing it was their final dance together caused them to very little sleep. But when they got to the studio the next day, they still hadn't been approached by a producer and that worried them a bit. Why haven't they been told off yet?

They tried not to think about it as they prepared for the results show. Instead, they greeted their old cast mates and pros, watched their rehearsals, and went over the instant dance styles one more time before showtime. As the two of them exited make up and wardrobe, they were approached by one of the producers. Shawn instinctively grabbed Derek's hand causing him to squeeze it comfortingly. When the producer approached them, he gave a mischievous smile before speaking. "The other producers and I wanted to congratulate you on your performances last night." The couple was a little wary but thanked him no less. "We also wanted to wish you luck on your instant dance tonight." And with a final smirk, he left them to contemplate what he said.

Shawn looked up at Derek who was still staring in the direction the producer had left. "What do you think he meant by that?"

Derek looked down at her. "I think we both know what he meant."

Shawn nodded her head. "Yeah…"

Derek looked back at where the producer had exited. "We probably shouldn't have voiced how much we didn't want the cha cha."

Shawn let out a sigh. "Yeah, probably."

No surprise, when it finally came time to pick dance styles and music, Melissa and Tony got the samba (the exact same dance style as the night before) while Shawn and Derek got the cha cha.

Derek tried to refrain from rolling his eyes. The set up was getting way to obvious at this point. Melissa and tony getting the exact same dance style as the night before? Really? And it happened to be the "broken ball" in the basket? That couldn't have been a coincidence. That had to have been a set up. Derek didn't have to roll his eyes because Julianne in the audience who also saw the obviousness, did it for him.

Knowing what the producers hinted at that morning, Shawn and Derek just resigned to the fate they had been condemned to and decided to just spend the hour working on a kick ass cha cha to prove to the producers they could handle anything thrown at them.

While the couples were working and the ballroom was enjoying the rest of the entertainment provided that night, the producers held their own mini meeting discussing how their original plan was failing tremendously because of the one couple they tried to bring down.

One of the senior producers stood up and began speaking. "Are you sure there's no other way to manipulate the votes a little?"

"No there isn't. Legally we're not even supposed to touch the results of the viewer's votes. We did try to bring down the server to reduce the number of votes as well as change the phone number for a short period of time to send some of Shawn's votes to Melissa, but that still wasn't enough. Melissa may have a pity vote but her fanbase just couldn't complete against an Olympian's."

The senior producer ran a hand through her hair. "What about the instant dances? Can we use those to change the winner?"

"Honestly, it's already over. America already knows who won and if we tell them otherwise, they'll know something is up."

"No, it's not over yet. How about this, if Shawn bombs the instant dance, we'll change the winner. The votes were so close, that the final score determines the winner. That'll be our explanation."

The other producers looked at each other. It was true that none of the finalists wanted the cha cha, especially Shawn and Derek. They still had a chance.

Unfortunately for the producers, what the couple produced from that hour of rehearsal definitely made a statement. They became the only perfect scoring instant dance putting them in first place with a score of a perfect 90. If America didn't know who the real winners were before, they definitely knew now.

The producers watched the dance and the scores and only had one thing on their minds. "Shit."

Shawn and Derek had put their hearts, souls, bodies, and everything they had in them into that season. They broke rules, pleased the crowds, and defied their superiors. They woke up old injuries but developed new feelings. They brought out the best in each other. Because of all of that, neither of them really cared about the couple Tom would call out as the winners. All the work they put into the previous night wasn't about making sure they won the trophy. It was about teaching the producers a lesson in morality. But a Mirror Ball to cap off the redemption both of them wanted (Shawn for her Olympic comeback and Derek for not being able to break away from the show let alone win since season 11) would definitely be the perfect ending to the best season they could've asked for.

Shawn had her arm around Derek's waist while he had his around her shoulders, their left hands intertwined. Though they didn't care for the trophy, deep down the competitive part of them still did…a lot. They were both nervous and held each other tight as Tom started speaking.

"And now, after ten long hard fought weeks of competition, we can finally crown our champion of champions. The winner of Dancing With The Stars: All Stars is…"

A pregnant pause. Melissa was biting her lip in anticipation while Tony squeezed her hands. Shawn and Derek kept solemn faces but held tight to each other. They could deny it all they want, but when it came down to it, all four of them were heavily competitive and all four of them wanted that Mirror Ball Trophy.

"…Shawn and Derek."

The crowd went wild as Shawn and Derek let go of each other to put their hands over their mouths in disbelief. They couldn't believe they just won the All Star season. Derek immediately grabbed Shawn in a tight hug and lifted her off the ground, not planning on letting go anytime soon.

When Melissa and Tony heard the news, they bowed their heads in sadness but immediately picked themselves up again to congratulate and be happy for Shawn and Derek. Tom and Brooke were still speaking above the cheering crowd but were practically drowned out by the excitement and the other contestants running up to hug and congratulate the winners as Shawn and Derek held the trophy together above their heads. Derek even jokingly squatted down a bit so that he was level with Shawn to hold up the trophy. Soon Derek was lifted up onto Mark's shoulders as the same was done to Shawn by Apollo.

As they were on their friends' shoulders, Shawn Held onto the Mirror Ball Trophy and looked at Derek as she reached for him. He grabbed her hand and kissed it as he mouthed the words "thank you" to her.

She was the light and the spark that gave him back his confidence and he was the one who helped her feel like herself again. Though the season was over, they won so much more than a trophy or a title. They won each other.

Dancing With The Stars Season 16 Finale

"Hello everyone. I'm Suri Serano from AfterBuzz TV network and I am here at the Dancing With The Stars Season 16 Finale. " She turned around to show the camera just what was going on behind her. "Just a few moments ago, a new champion was crowned as well as a certain pro won his very first trophy. As you can see behind me, people are still celebrating the epic win."

Suri tried to maneuver around people. "We're gonna interview the winning couple in just a little while but first let's get some feedback from some of the famous faces in the audience this night."

Suri kept walking until she found someone interesting. She managed to find a couple of people, including a couple of the pros and contestants. As she moved, she finally came to a couple that she really wanted to interview. "Oh my God, look who we have here. Season 15 winners, Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough! Hey guys, what's up?"

They both smiled at her and waved into the camera. "Hey Suri!"

Suri looked back at the camera. "As you may know, these two won the All Star season making Shawn the first ever celeb with two mirror balls and Derek double that many before officially leaving the show. Anyway, we at AfterBuzz TV know that both of you have been super busy. How does it feel to be back at the Dancing With The Stars studios?"

Derek smiled at Shawn and then back Suri. "It's definitely an amazing feeling to be back here. I mean before leaving, I was on the show for so long. So this is home, you know what I mean? So to be back and to support my friends and see them finally win is definitely amazing."

Shawn smiled at Suri and continued. "Yeah, I love coming and being able to support my friends and just watching the amazing dancing that comes through here."

"So who did you guys think would win? Or who did you want to win."

Shawn looked up at Derek expecting him to answer first. He shrugged trying to think of an answer. She looked at Suri. "Well, Aly is practically my sister so I was definitely rooting for her and Mark, but really it was anyone's game."

Derek nodded and continued. "Yeah, Mark is my brother so I was definitely rooting for him. But I was also kind of rooting for everyone else too because they all deserved to win this trophy, you know?"

Suri nodded. "So before I let you go, is there anything you'd like to say to the winners?"

Shawn and Derek looked at each other and then back at the camera. "Congrats Kellie and Tony!"