A/N: This is my first story written for NaNoWriMo. If you don't know what it is, you should google it. It would take me too long to explain. Anyways, this story is longer than the required 50,000 words, since I continued writing it after the contest ended. (PS, I made the deadline with 50,006 words!) Anyways, I will post the chapters on each day that the story takes place. Example: Today's December 7th, 2011. The chapter takes place on December 7, 2011. Anyways, Chapter one was a bit short, so I threw in a little information about the characters.
DISCLAIMER: I would like to thank Jessica (hispinksunglasses on Tumblr) and Kaitlyn (currently xLittleMisfit on Twitter) for letting me borrow their characters for this! I love you guys. (The Mackenzie Falls OCs are Jessica's and Caleigh is Kaitlyn's.) All the others (excluding Cassie, Demetri, and anyone else you don't recognize the names of) are not mine.
PS. For more info, you should check out my tumblr for this fic. It's "nycenchantment" on tumblr.
Characters
So Random
Name: Allison Sonny Munroe
Age: 17
Hometown: Appleton, WI
Eye color: Brown
Hair: Brunette
Height: 5'2"
Likes: "Uh, well. I like helping my friends… And sometimes strangers. I love putting a smile on someone's face. And, uh… Reading! Love reading. Also, dreaming. Dreaming is fun."
Dislikes: Rude people, lying
Abilities: Acting, singing, piano, guitar, making people feel her emotions just by walking into a room
Facts:
- Sonny has very long states of denial when it comes to admitting a crush.
- Tawni Hart is her best friend in all of Hollywood.
Name: Tawni Hart
Age: 19
Hometown: College Station, TX
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Height: 5'5"
Likes: Shopping, anything pink and/or sparkly, being the center of attention
Dislikes: Sharing, helping, caring, Mackenzie Falls
Abilities: "I can sing, I can act, and I'm always something and pretty!"
Facts:
- Tawni has always a crush on a certain boy who always seems to be chasing someone else.
- Though she doesn't like to admit it, her best friend is Sonny Munroe.
Name: Nico Harris
Age: 18
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Eye color: Brown
Hair: Black
Height: 5'11"
Likes: "Girls, video games, girls, being suave, girls, pranking… Did I mention girls?"
Dislikes: Rejection, Mackenzie Falls
Abilities: Acting, rapping
Facts:
- Nico's best friend is Grady Mitchell.
Name: Grady Mitchell
Age: 18
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Blond
Height: 5'7"
Likes: Video games, girls, cheese, Iron Man, pranking
Dislikes: Asking girls out, rejection, Aquaman
Abilities: Acting, being a generally sweet and good friend to others
Facts:
- Grady is the shyest one of the Randoms.
- His best friend is Nico Harris.
Name: Zora Lancaster
Age: 14
Hometown: Portland, OR
Eye color: Brown
Hair: Brunette
Height: 5'1"
Likes: Strange animals (snakes, tarantulas, aye-aye, ect.), cold cut catapult, pranking, spying, small spaces
Dislikes: Mackenzie Falls, sappy love stories/relationships, prissy girly girls
Abilities: Acting, sleuthing, hacking, hiding, generally being sneaky…
Facts:
- Zora is known as the quirkiest random and has the IQ of a genius.
- Audrey Vale is her best friend.
Name: Audrey Vale
Age: 14
Hometown: Denver, CO
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Height: 5'1"
Likes: Animals, love stories, spying, pranking
Dislikes: Mackenzie Falls, prissy girly girls
Abilities: Sleuthing, lying, acting, hiding
Facts:
- Audrey has the IQ of a genius and is often roped into Zora's schemes.
- Zora Lancaster is her best friend.
Name: Matthew Bailey
Age: 18
Hometown: Outer Banks, VA
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Brunet
Height: 5'11"
Likes: Reading, video games, pranking
Dislikes: Rude people
Abilities: Acting, pranking, making people laugh at any time
Facts:
- Matthew likes to write scary stories every once in a while.
- His best friends are Damien Johannsen and Shayne Zabo.
Name: Damien Johannsen
Age: 17
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Eye color: Brown
Hair: Brunet
Height: 5'11"
Likes: Pranking, reading, video games
Dislikes: Arrogant people
Abilities: Acting, charming people, pranking
Facts:
- Damien is the youngest of the five guy Randoms.
- His best friends are Shayne Zabo and Matthew Bailey.
Name: Shayne Zabo
Age: 18
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Eye color: Green
Hair: Brunet
Height: 5'9"
Likes: Reading, pranking, video games
Dislikes: Being interrupted in the middle of an intense book or TV show
Abilities: Acting, pranking, karate
Facts:
- Shayne is the most level-headed of the guy Randoms.
- Damien Johannsen and Matthew Bailey are his best friends.
Mackenzie Falls
Name: Chad Dylan Cooper
Age: 17
Hometown: Napa, CA
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Blond
Height: 6'
Likes: Being the center of attention, taking care of his sisters
Dislikes: Annoying people, illiteracy, people who are not like him or his friends, So Random
Abilities: Acting, singing, piano, guitar, hiding his feelings, causing girls to faint from his charm
Facts:
- Chad will always deny falling for a girl because, "CDC doesn't fall for a girl. The girl always falls for CDC."
- His best friend is Skyler DeVane, but he and all the Mackenzie Falls boys are close (excluding Ferguson Michaels).
Name: Skyler DeVane
Age: 19
Hometown: Windom, TX
Eye color: Green
Hair: Dark brunet
Height: 6'4"
Likes: Musicals, theatre, showtunes, pranking other shows
Dislikes: When people provoke him or the people he cares about
Abilities: Acting (TV, movies, theatre), singing, dancing, bass guitar
Facts:
- Skyler is openly gay, initially outed by the media.
- His best friend is Chad Dylan Cooper, but he and all the Mackenzie Falls boys are close (excluding Ferguson Michaels).
Name: Portlyn Maddison
Age: 18
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Eye color: Green
Hair: Brunette
Height: 5'5"
Likes: Clothing, chick flicks, the color lavender
Dislikes: Any form of work, reading
Abilities: "Acting, duh. Um… Does shopping count?"
Facts:
- Portlyn is seen as an airhead by most people. She has no problem with this, considering that she believes that an airhead is a type of candy.
- Her best friend is Penelope Balatico.
Name: Penelope Balatico
Age: 17
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Eye color: Green
Hair: Dark brunette
Height: 5'4"
Likes: Shopping, chick flicks, revenge, the color blue
Dislikes: When someone has someone or something she can't have, overly happy people
Abilities: Acting, singing, dancing
Facts:
- Penelope is sneaky and conniving when it comes to getting what she wants.
- Portlyn Maddison is her best friend.
Name: Rider Kingston
Age: 20
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Eye color: Green-gray
Hair: Reddish-brunet
Height: 5'11"
Likes: Music, causing trouble, pranking
Dislikes: Rules, being told what to do
Abilities: Acting, singing, guitar, bass, drums, piano, trumpet
Facts:
- Rider is openly bisexual.
- He constantly bickers with his best friends, and most of the time it's with Chase Alteau.
Name: Chase Alteau
Age: 19
Hometown: Pensacola, FL
Eye color: Gray
Hair: Dark brunet
Height: 6'1"
Likes: Classical music, learning, reading, writing
Dislikes: Ignorance, illiteracy, being without his glasses
Abilities: Acting, singing, dancing (prefers waltz and tango), has a high intelligence range
Facts:
- Though Chase is a certified genius with an IQ of 186, he feels terribly insecure without his glasses.
- He may not ever admit it, but his closest friend is Rider Kingston.
Name: Logan Beaumonte
Age: 22
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Auburn
Height: 6'3"
Likes: Sports, cooking, keeping his friends out of trouble
Dislikes: When people threaten his friends
Abilities: Acting, cooking, staying calm under pressure
Facts:
- Logan cannot sing whatsoever.
- Out of his best friends, he particularly seems to like Luke a bit more.
Name: Luke Finch
Age: 17
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Eye color: Green
Hair: Platinum blond
Height: 5'8"
Likes: Being with friends, quiet places, keeping to himself
Dislikes: Being in huge crowds, talking with new people
Abilities: "…It's a secret."
Facts:
- Luke carries around a notebook all the time, but no one knows what's in it.
- There is a very small, almost non-existent chance that he will speak around anyone other than his close friends.
- Out of his best friends, he feels the most comfortable yet uncomfortable around Logan.
Others
Name: Caleigh Danielle Cooper
Age: 6
Hometown: Napa, CA
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Height: 3'5"
Likes: Playing dress-up, fairytales, unicorns, pretending
Dislikes: People who bother her big brother or make him mad, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches (specifically the jelly), evil villains
Facts:
- Caleigh is the youngest member of the Cooper family.
Name: Cassie Demetria Cooper
Age: 15
Hometown: Napa, CA
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Height: 5'3"
Likes: Music, theatre, graphic design
Dislikes: People who try to act perfect all of the time
Abilities: Singing, dancing, acting, sketching (amateur)
Facts:
- Cassie is the older one of Chad's two younger sisters. Caleigh is the other.
- She goes to a performing arts high school and aspires to become a singer or actress.
Name: Casey Demetri Carson
Age: 16
Hometown: New York, NY
Eye color: Blue-green
Hair: Dirty blond
Height: 5'10"
Likes: Music, sports
Dislikes: People who pick on his little sisters
Abilities: Guitar, singing
Facts:
- Casey likes to go by his middle name, Demetri, since he lives with his mother, who is Greek.
- Demetri his two little sisters named Lexi and Kari.
Name: James Conroy
Age: 18
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Eye color: Brown
Hair: Brunet
Height: 6'1"
Likes: Being an actor, his bad-boy reputation
Dislikes: When someone has someone or something he wants
Abilities: Acting, singing, charming adults and teenage girls
Facts:
- James will do whatever it takes to impress a girl he really likes.
Note: There are more characters than these, but other information about them isn't crucial to know.
December 7th
"Why are we here? What did you Randoms do?" the arrogant blond actor named Chad Dylan Cooper asked accusingly.
"Why do you always assume everything is our fault? We didn't do anything!" the optimistic brunette actress, Sonny Munroe, countered defensively.
Her statement was only met by her cast mates' awkward and abrupt silence.
"…Right, guys?" she asked, glancing at the Zora Lancaster.
"Don't look at me!" Zora exclaimed. "We aren't dumb enough to try and create a portal to Narnia with the lab chemicals!" she said, gesturing to herself and her best friend, Audrey Vale.
"Thanks, Zora!" Grady Mitchell and Nico Harris spat angrily.
Immediately, the actress spun around on her heel to face the boys.
She glared witheringly at them and crossed her arms over her chest. "You guys! Really? A portal to Narnia?"
"Oh, like you've never tried a Harry Potter spell before!" Damien Johanssen interjected.
"That is so not the same thing!" Sonny defended.
"It kind of is," Matthew Bailey commented, trying to avoid Sonny's glare.
Chad smirked at the thought of Sonny running around, trying to cast spells on random objects.
"Seriously, Sonny? You're even more of a dork than I thought you were. I didn't think that was possible."
"Yeah? Well... you were wrong!" she sputtered.
The blond snickered, enjoying the conversation from his end.
"You do realize that you just called yourself a dork, right?"
"Psh, yeah! Duh!" she said confidently, not truly full paying attention to the words he was saying. She was just sick of the way he thought he was always right.
"Good."
"Good!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Shayne Zabo sighed, laughing under his breath. "They're at it again."
"Ugh. It's disgusting, the way she flirts with him like that," the blonde diva, Tawni Hart said.
"I guess... Personally, I wanted to build a TARDIS," he shrugged, really speaking to no one in particular. "I got outvoted."
"Not that I care or anything, but what on Earth is a TARDIS?" Tawni asked, fussing with her hair while looking in the reflection of her phone.
"Only a time machine slash spaceship from the most awesome British TV show ever!" Shayne answered.
"I doubt that," the blonde girl replied, checking her nails.
"You dare doubt the magnificence of Doctor Who?" the brunet boy gasped, aghast, before beginning a full rant to the girl, who was not even listening anymore.
As the Randoms were arguing, more members of Mackenzie Falls approached.
Skyler DeVane flamboyantly entered the So Random prop house with Rider Kingston, Chase Alteau, Logan Beaumonte, and Luke Finch trailing behind.
Skyler headed over towards Tawni, who had left the rambling Shayne alone, leaving the other boys to do as they pleased.
"Hey. Did we miss anything?" he asked the blonde.
"Just Sonny yelling at the boys and then flirting with Chad," she replied nonchalantly.
Both mentioned turned their heads sideways to face her and yelled, "We're not flirting!" before continuing their argument.
"Ah, such children," Skyler rolled his eyes. "Who do you think will make the first move?"
While he and Tawni predicted events for the non-existent relationship of their best friends, the Mack Falls boys were preoccupied as well.
Rider threw a hacky sack around while Chase had his nose buried in a book and Luke awkwardly hid behind Logan, his shyness getting the best of him.
"Why are we here?" Chase asked in an irritated tone, looking up from his book. "I've got better things to do than wait around and see these chuckleheads get yelled at."
"You mean reading that monster of a book about things no normal human being on this planet can understand or even cares about?" Rider Kingston remarked, tossing the hacky sack into the air and catching it effortlessly.
"Easy for you to say. You have the IQ of a squirrel," Chase said, rolling his eyes as Rider ran a few feet and chased after the hacky sack. "And the attention span of one, for that matter."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rider glared.
"Precisely."
"Shut up, Alteau!"
"Make me, Kingston!"
Rider snatched the book out of Chase's hands and flung it down on the couch. In turn, Chase knocked Rider's hacky sack out of the air and across the room, smacking Chad in the back of the head.
"Hey!" Chad yelled as Sonny broke into hysterical laughter. The boys pretended not to hear him.
Just as quickly as Rider had lunged at Chase, Logan pulled the two apart, trying to settle them down.
Luke scuttled off to the side of the group and took a seat on the arm of the couch, watching the mass of actors and actresses in heated conversations.
The next person to enter the room was the owner of Condor Studios, Mr. Condor himself, followed by his 11-year-old daughter, Dakota.
"Alright, alright. Quiet down, everyone. I have an announcement to make," he said sternly.
None of them could hear him over the commotion they were making. Dakota looked up at her father and he simply nodded. She pulled a chair from the table and dragged it to the center of the room.
Climbing up on it, she shouted, "Quiet!"
Instantly, everyone stopped speaking midsentence to look at her.
"My daddy has something to say," Dakota said, glaring at all of them, and then smiling angelically at her father.
"Thank you, sweetie," he smiled, helping her hop down from the chair.
"As you all know, the year is almost over," he began. "So as a reward for maintaining the titles of the number one and the number two tween shows, I'm inviting the casts of Mackenzie Falls and So Random to New York City for Christmas and New Year's."
Instantaneously, everyone turned to the person next to them and began chattering excitedly.
"But before you get too enthusiastic," he continued, cutting them off. "I've arranged a few meet and greets for you in Central Park."
"Oh, that's not too bad," Sonny whispered to Tawni.
"Speak for yourself! I want to shop in New York! I can meet fans anytime!" she replied, flipping her hair over her shoulder.
Sonny rolled her eyes, turning her attention back to Mr. Condor.
"Instead of staying at a hotel, you will be staying at our guest house," he continued.
Dakota piped up, "Actually, it's a floor of this ginormous building."
"Right. Thank you, sweetheart," he nodded.
"On Christmas Eve, I am hosting a party at our New York mansion," he said, turning his attention back to them.
"New York mansion? He has others besides the one here in California?" Sonny thought bewilderedly.
"It's a very formal and important gathering. You will probably recognize some of the people there. Award winning directors, producers, and writers, as well as actors and actresses will be attending. I expect you all to behave and conduct yourselves civilly," he stated firmly.
The sea of young people nodded in agreement.
"Good. Also, sales on that holiday album that you recorded in November: fantastic. Great job everyone," he said, checking his watch as everyone chattered quietly with the person next to them.
"I've got another meeting to get to, so here are your tickets. Don't lose them," he said slowly, as if he was speaking to a group of small children.
He handed the envelope labeled "So Random!" to Sonny and the one labeled "Mackenzie Falls" to Chad before exiting the room, Dakota skipping along behind him.
The room exploded into chaos as soon as Mr. Condor was out of view.
"Shh! Alright, everyone stop talking for about five seconds while we count the tickets," Sonny shouted over the cacophony.
"We have ten tickets, but only eight of us can go. Chas is in Paris for the month visiting family and Ferg's in Japan with his dad on a business trip," Chad said, referring to two of their other cast members, Chastity DeWitt and Ferguson Michaels.
"And we have eleven tickets. Grace is spending the holidays with her family in Texas and Bridget's in Maine," Sonny added. "Only nine of us are going."
"What should we do with the extra tickets?" he asked.
"Invite family?" Sonny suggested. "We'd just have to rearrange things with the airline company, but it shouldn't be too much of a hassle. I know my mom would love to go. Besides, I don't want to leave her alone for Christmas."
Chad nodded in agreement, "Yeah. If no one else needs the three other extras, I could use them."
"Who are you bringing? Three airhead girlfriends who don't know about each other?" Sonny said carelessly, rolling her eyes.
Before anyone could even laugh at the comment, Chad replied, "Actually, no. I'm bringing my two younger sisters and the housekeeper if she wants to come."
There was only silence as he plucked one of the extra tickets from Sonny's hands, then left quickly without another word.
"…Awkward," Tawni commented before pulling out her phone and reading a new text.
As the Randoms returned to their normal activities, Zora and Audrey plotting on their way up to the vents; Nico and Grady to video gaming; Damien, Shayne, and Matthew to sketch writing, the Mackenzie Falls boys lingered behind just a bit longer.
Skyler was the first to leave, following his best friend almost immediately after he had rushed out of the prop house. Chase was the next to leave, muttering something about quadratic equations as he headed back to Stage Two. Luke and Logan trailed after Chase, simply wanting to get back to work. Only Rider remained behind.
He strode over to the table where Sonny was sitting, pulling along the chair Dakota had used. He placed opposite of Sonny and sat down facing her.
"Don't beat yourself up about it," he said, rolling the hacky sack around on the tabletop.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Sonny replied, pretending to write something down in her sketch idea notebook.
"Sonny, you have guilt written all over your face," Rider smirked.
She sighed, setting her pencil down on the table.
"Don't worry about it. Chad's used to this type of stuff. He's just a little sensitive when it comes to his sisters. I know I am. I'd do anything for my little sister Melody."
"I just feel terrible… I didn't know he had little sisters," she said quietly.
"Yeah, you never hear about them in the tabloids. Chad wants to keep it that way for a while. Something about Hollywood corrupting them," he shrugged.
She smiled at the thought. "That's actually really sweet…"
He nodded in return. "Don't believe everything you hear about him in magazines. There's a lot more to Chad Dylan Cooper than you'd think," he smiled, standing up and heading towards the exit.
"…Rider?" Sonny said, standing up.
"Yeah?" he asked, turning around.
"Could you possibly tell Chad that I'm terribly sorry about that comment I made?" she asked as she walked towards him.
"Well, I don't usually make suggestions because Chase says I never have any good input whatsoever… That jerk…" Rider began, then trailed off.
"Ahem," Sonny cleared her throat, trying to get his attention again.
"Anyways, I think that's something you should tell Chad yourself. It'll sound much better coming from you than me."
She sighed, but nodded in agreement. "Alright… Thanks, Rider."
"No problem, Sonny," he smiled, tossing the hacky sack and catching it once more before heading out of the room.
A/N: I would totally love it if you could take a few moments to review... Please?