The Wildebrams Saga 2: New Beginnings
The following is the second part of The Wildebrams Saga, the continuous story of Artie and Kitty's relationship with each other and their friends.
The Wildebrams Saga is:
The Wildebrams Saga 1: The Ballad of Kitty and Artie
This is a retelling of the 2012-2013 school year (seasons 4 and 5a), and will tell the story of how Kitty and Artie met and fell in love. There will be a chapter for each episode, along with several "bonus episodes".
The Wildebrams Saga 2: New Beginnings
This story is AU and takes place during the 2013-2014 school year (overlaps season 5b) and tells what happens during Kitty's sophomore year when she is separated from Artie and there is no Glee Club at McKinley, and Artie's freshman year in college. With Glee Club gone our heroes are forced to find their bearings again so they can navigate the complicated waters of high school and figure out how to get their glee club back. Meanwhile Artie navigates college life and figures out what he is going to do without his love Kitty around. [ This is a rewrite of my existing story A New Beginning. Because it is being changed so much, it's going to be a totally new publication instead of an in place replacement of the older story. ]
The Wildebrams Saga 3: New New Directions
This is also AU and is more of an ensemble story. It takes place during the 2014-2015 school year (overlaps season 6). Thanks to the efforts of Kitty, Mr. Schue, and the other season 4 newbies, Glee Club is back at McKinley and they have one year to demonstrate the validity of the program or its gone for good. Both sets of newbies (Season 4 and 6) band together, with a few other familiar faces to compete for the National Show Choir title. Along the way they will continue the tradition of weekly glee club lessons and have plenty of drama along the way. I'm hoping to recreate the drama and sense of urgency of season 1. Unlike the show itself, during season 4, I want to really focus on the current gee club members themselves. The Alumni will make a brief appearance at the beginning and at other times as needed. Otherwise we will assume that the alumni are off in the world pursuing their dreams and will only be occasionally mentioned, and only seen if the story really calls for it. Some stories and songs from cannon season 6 will be incorporated into this, but with different characters and plot twists, and songs may be sung by other characters. [ I had originally intended this to be the later chapters of A New Beginning, but the more I thought about it the more apparent it was that it deserved to be a separate story. ]
The Wildebrams Saga 4: Wedding Song
This story is also AU and takes place 2 years after New New Directions. Artie is about to graduate from college and Kitty is finishing up her sophomore year (Spring/Summer of 2017). Four years after they began dating, Kitty and Artie prepare to take the next step in their relationship and Artie is offered a tempting opportunity. As the title implies, this story will include the wedding of Kitty Wilde to Artie Abrams.
The Wildebrams Saga 5: Homecoming
Ten years after the original glee kids graduated (2022), Mr Schue holds an All Glee Club reunion. Kitty, Artie, and the rest of the alumni return to McKinley and catch up on where they are in life.
The Wildebrams Saga 2: New Beginnings
Chapter One: So Here's What You Missed...
By Wilde Abrams
"So here's what you missed on Glee!
Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Santana, Quinn, Mercedes, and Mike all graduated from High School and went out into the world to pursue their dreams. Artie, Tina, Blaine, and Sam, along with Brittany, who flunked her senior year - Who didn't see that coming? - became the senior members of the Glee club. Unique quit Vocal Adrenaline and Transferred to McKinley - Yay! - Artie pissed off Tina and named Blaine the New Rachel, but he was quickly replaced by this new girl Marley - where did she come from? - Mr Schue decided to make Puck's black younger brother Jake his new special project even though he kicked over a music stand during his audition (Kurt: How Rude!). Finn washed out of the Army and came back to McKinley to see Mr. Schue when he found out Rachel liked this Brody guy - OUCH! - Artie got Finn to help him direct the McKinley production of Grease to help him out of his funk. Mr. Schue suddenly decided on a whim to go to Washington for a few months to advocate for Arts Education in Public Schools, and left Finn in charge of the glee club - and somehow everyone seemed okay with it except Sue! Finn and Artie poached this new kid Ryder - who had a raging crush on Marley, who was actually in love with bad boy Jake - who saw that coming?! - and the bitchy new Cheerleader Kitty from the Grease Cast to fill up the Glee Club roster. Poor Tina got the shaft again when Finn called in Santana to replace Unique as Rizzo when her overprotective parents pulled her from the show. (Tina: Unbelievable!) Speaking of Tina, she broke up with Mike after graduation (JBI: because "long distance relationships were too hard"), and then got mad when he came back to do choreography for Greece, but didn't clear it with her first. After some awkward moments, Tina and Mike did decide to try their relationship again, but it was like literally never mentioned after that. But she got over it and developed a raging crush on Blaine, who cheated on and broke up with Kurt, and developed a crush of his own on Sam, who was dating Brittany. - Lost yet? - Artie crushed on bitchy Kitty, who acted like she didn't care about him for like half the year until she conspired with his mom to get him to go to film school. To thank her, Artie asked her to a carnival, and proceed to melt her heart to the tune of a Beatles themed glee club lesson, and the two of them have been all lovey dovey ever since! Ryder didn't 'get' Unique and said that she wasn't a girl, so she catfished him online using the image of this innocent girl Marissa, under the name Katie, and then developed a crush on him. Ryder caused a scene and threatened to quit Glee Club when he found out what Unique had done, but abruptly forgot about that idea. Becky brought a gun to school because she was afraid to move on with her life, and it went off, but Sue took the blame for her - that was nice! - and got fired [ Sue: I don't work here anymore ] - but after Becky confessed to bringing the gun to school and cleared her name, Sue decided to return to McKinley in a big way. [ STUDENT: Welcome back Coach Sylvester. SUE: That's Principal Sylvester! ] Sue framed Figgins with planted fetish porn and Nazi memorabilia in his desk drawer and took his job, demoting him to lowly Janitor. Then she picked up her old vendetta. [ Sue: Destroy the glee club! ] She told Will that Glee Club had to win Nationals or the club was over. So like boo! Tina got carried at the Prom and Sue made Bree, the girl responsible, the new Captain of the Cheerios instead of punishing her, and asked her to continue to mess with the glee club. Rachel got the lead in Funny Girl. Finn died after telling off Brody. [ Finn: Stay away from my future wife! ] Unique got bullied, Jake cheated on Marley with this new head cheerleader Bree because she wouldn't sleep with him, and Ryder finally got his chance to be with her, but blew it because he got pushy. Marley lost her confidence. The New Directions lost Nationals. Sue canceled the Club, and foe some reason Mr. Schue barely put up a fight. The Alumni returned to say goodbye to the choir room, which Sue was making into a computer lab, and Quinn decided to give Puck one last chance. Kitty cried at Artie's graduation, and she and the other four newbies just looked all depressed and lost when they finished cleaning out the choir room. Kitty and Artie decided that they should be allowed to see other people over the summer because they were going to be 587 miles apart for two years, even though their relationship was one of the healthiest ones Glee Club had ever had, so that makes sense!
And that's what you missed on Glee. GLEE!"
[ Note: Minor text revisions 2/7/17. ]