Marley Lynn slowly approaches the principal's office. She wasn't sure what Principal Tucker wanted, but she knew it couldn't mean good news for her and the glee club. Marley knocks on the door, and through the glass door, she sees the tall, handsome man wave her in.

"Mrs. Lynn, thanks for coming in." He tells her with a smile on his face.

"No problem, Principal Tucker." She nods her head. "May I ask what this is about?" She wonders aloud.

Principal Tucker nods his head. "I have some bad news, Marley." He tells her honestly.

Marley's eyes grow big. Sure, she was on rather friendly terms with the principal, but Oliver Tucker only used her first name when he was about to tell her something really serious, usually something she wasn't going to like. "What is it?" She asks, clearly worried.

The principal lets out a sigh while rubbing her chiseled jaw quickly. "I'm going to have to cut the glee club." He tells her. "There's just not enough money in the budget." He explains.

"That's not fair." Marley shakes her head. "Oliver, we both know how important the arts are!" She exclaims, forgetting she's at school and using her friend's first name, even though he is technically her superior.

"I know." Oliver tells her. "But, what am I supposed to do?" He asks. "Look, you know I enjoy the arts just as much as the next guy, but The New Directions haven't placed in a regionals in over five years! And, it doesn't exactly bring in a lot of donations or ticket sales."

Marley shakes her head. "You have to give me a chance to save the club." Marley argues with Oliver. Just then she remembers the story Santana, now the Cheerio's coach, had told her about when Mr. Schue took over the glee club in Santana's sophomore year. "If we don't place at regionals and advance to nationals this year, then you can cut the club." Marley tries to deal with him, already fearing that she may not have a job for too much longer. "If we go to nationals though, you have to keep us, at least for another year." Marley practically begs the principal.

Oliver Tucker takes a deep breath, thinking about Marley's proposal. He really did love the arts, and specifically Glee Club considering he'd been in his own high school club. "Alright." Oliver nods his head. "But, you have to go to nationals this year, Marley." He tells her seriously. "Or else I'm not going to have any choice but to cut the club."

"I understand." Marley nods her head. "Thank you so much, Principal Tucker." Marley tells him, remembering that he is indeed her boss. She stands up and walks out of the principal's office, already trying to think of various ways to save the club she had loved so much when she was in high school. First thing's first, she needed more members to join!

Hey everybody! I decided to try & write a next generation/syoc story because I see so many of them out there… And, it looks fun but also challenging… I've been writing for a long time, but I've never posted anything so this will be a whole new experience for me in so many ways! Anyway, you've read the prologue, now it's time to get to know the families right after you've read a few rules…

1. I will not be accepting any character sent through reviews. If I don't get it through PM and PM only, the character will not be accepted, no matter what. As a sidenote, please put the character's first and last name as the subject of the PM.

2. I do not need any clones of the original/canon glee clubbers. Those characters will also not be accepted. Also, don't make your character perfect. Everybody has flaws.

3. The families I give are the only couples/families I'm interested in seeing characters for. For example, I'm using Quinn & Puck (Quick), therefore I don't want to see any children for Quam or Puckleberry, got it? (With that being said, not all ships will be in this story. I just don't see it being plausible.)

4. With that being said, I would be willing to accept 100% new characters, ones that aren't related to any actual Glee Club cast member. I actually really encourage this!

5. Please do not submit any character that you've submitted to any other story (that's been accepted). I don't want to find out that I'm the twelfth person to write about whatever character it is. And, just a warning, if I find out that your character has been submitted & accepted to another story, I will immediately write them out of the story, regardless of what is happening with that particular character in my story.

6. Have fun with your characters! I'm willing to do most storylines, dark or happy, so just get creative! I can't wait to see what you come up with! :) OH! And, younger kids are welcome, too! :)

Oh, and don't forget to somewhere in the character submission to tell me the name of your favorite Glee song/performance, just so I know you've read all this!

Quinn & Noah Puckerman – Quinn went to Yale where she participated in the theater department, but she actually got her B.A. in English with a minor in literature. She is now a book editor at a big name publishing house in New York, although she lives in Lima with Puck & their family. She just travels for about a week to ten days every month/month and a half. Puck, on the other hand, wasted a few years pursuing various odd jobs and careers. But, eventually, he got a job as a bartender. He stayed with it for so long that he realized that he was actually good at this. So, then he decided to open his own bar, which he did. Hudson's (named as a tribute to Finn) is a local bar in town that does pretty well, and it allows Puck to provide for his family pretty well (along with Quinn's income). They got back together after Finn passed away. They just realized that life was too short to waste any of the time they have.

They're going to have 2-4 children. All must be 17 or younger.

Marley & Ryder Lynn – Marley and Ryder got together during their senior year of high school. He never truly got over her, and once Marley and Jake broke up, they just fell right into it. They've been together ever since. While Ryder struggled with some things in school, he always tried really hard to succeed. He ended up getting a degree in architecture, and about five years after he graduated and had some experience under his belt, Ryder opened his own architectural firm. It's pretty successful, and he does work all over Ohio. Marley went to school, and she got a degree in education with a minor in music studies. She taught music classes at an elementary school until Will & Emma moved to Washington D.C. Then, she took over the Glee Club at William McKinley High School.

Marley and Ryder will have between 1-3 children. All have to be 18 or younger.

Brittany & Sam Evans – Brittany accepted her early admissions to MIT. Sam just couldn't forget about Brittany so he decided to go to the Berklee College of Music in Boston to be near to her. The schools were literally just a mile away from one another. As soon as Sam moved to Boston, he and Brittany were back together, and she was so happy to see him. Being away from everyone was hard for her. She graduated close to the top of her class with a degree that she doesn't even understand while Sam graduated at the same time with a degree in audio engineering. Now, Brittany owns a dance studio and gives dance lessons while Sam owns his own little recording studio. They live comfortably, but they're not mega-rich. Although, Sam was able to attain his dream and buy his parents a house outright (it took almost ten years), but he's very proud of himself.

Sam and Brittany will have three kids, two teenagers, and one smaller child (around 8-11)

Kurt & Blaine Anderson – Blaine proposed to Kurt during his senior year of high school, and while Kurt did eventually accept, it took him a few weeks to give Blaine his decision. Blaine was really there for Kurt when Finn died, given that Kurt took his stepbrother's passing very hard. Kurt took a semester off at NYADA to be in Lima for Carole & Burt, but went back to New York in the fall, trusting that Santana would be there for Rachel. In the fall, when Kurt moved back to New York City, Blaine was with him. They lived in the Brooklyn flat together until the three NYADA students graduated. Rachel moved into the city with her boyfriend and starred on broadway. But, eventually, both boys felt it was time to go back to Ohio. Kurt wanted to be with his parents, and Blaine missed his family as well. Now, Kurt runs his own fashion blog, which is advertised heavily on the vogue website thanks to Isabelle. Blaine gives both acting and singing lessons at a private, performing arts school in Cincinnati on Tuesday's through Thursday's. He stays there on the days that he has to work, but comes home every weekend. He has a small condo there that he stays at while there.

I'm leaving how many kids they have open. I'll see how many good submissions I get.

Santana Lopez & Sebastian Smythe (co-parents, NOT TOGETHER)– Santana lived in New York until her abuela got sick. Although the woman hadn't spoken to her for years, Santana felt compelled to go back home and try to mend their relationship again. It worked, and Santana was able to reconnect with her abuela a few months before she died. While in Lima, Santana also ran into her old "enemy" Sebastian Smythe who was working a crummy internship and often got a drink after work at the bar Santana bartended at. They became friends. Once Sebastian got a better job and Santana took over for Sue as the Cheerio's captain, they both just felt stuck. Neither was in a relationship, but they both really wanted a family. So, one night, while drunk, they decided to have a baby together. Before they could sober up, they had sex (much faster& cheaper than going through implantation and all that). They woke up the next morning not really knowing how they came to that decision, but they both realized that they still meant everything they'd said the night before. So, they kept at it until Santana got pregnant. She had a set of twins. Santana and Sebastian were never actually together, and they went into this whole thing planning to co-parent, which they've been doing for the last 16 years. They're now pretty much the best of friends & love their kids more than anything.

They have two kids, both 16 (either gender). Both can have younger children with somebody else, but they'll have to be 10 or under & with someone else. If somebody also wants to make love interests/spouses for either Santana or Sebastian, that would also be awesome! :)

Jake Puckerman & OC – Jake ended up attending Juilliard on a scholarship. There, he also met the mother of his children, Ally. He'd been split from Marley for over six months by the time they met, and he was immediately smitten with her. It was a quick courtship for the pair. They were married and pregnant before their sophomore year ended. During the course of her pregnancy, Ally changed. She was more resentful towards Jake because she had to drop out of school while he got to keep living out his dreams. Well, once their son was born, the two couldn't have a conversation without arguing and yelling. One night, Jake had had enough so he went out, and he got drunk. He ended up having a one-night stand with this girl. Once he woke up and realized what he did, Jake felt awful. But, he didn't want to be his dad so he got up the courage because he respected Ally too much to lie to her. Ally quickly kicked Jake out and started the divorce proceedings. Jake and Ally decided to share custody of their son because it was what was best for him. Well, a couple months after the first hook up, Jake's one-night stand, Valerie, tells him that she's pregnant. Jake wants to be there for his child. He wasn't his father, and he never wanted to be. Throughout the pregnancy, Jake and Valerie grew closer and ended up together. They got married when their son was about a year old, but they've also recently divorced. Now, Jake shares custody of both of his boys with his mother and has them both every other week. Now, Ally teaches at an elementary school in Lima, and Valerie is a dental assistant while Jake gives lessons at Brittany's dance studio. He's also taught master classes at various performing arts schools and colleges, but he doesn't want to ever get too far away from his kids.

- Jake has two kids, ages 16 & 17, either gender.

I will be making a tumblr for this page, and I'll be updating that as much as I can in the next few days & then throughout the story… But, I'm new to tumblr so it may take me a little while to get a real good hang of it. I'll post the link on my profile.

UPDATE: Character submissions are now closed! There's a list of every new character in the story on the tumblr, and I will be writing the first chapter tomorrow. Hopefully it is ready and posted by Thursday at the latest (although I'm shooting for Tuesday to be honest)!