Preface
Changes to Come
William McKinley High School was almost like every other public high school. Did you catch that key word? Almost. There was bullying (being thrown into dumpsters, slushie facials, cruel name calling, violent body checks into lockers), the popular crowd (shitty football team, hockey team with out of style and plain horrifying mullets, national winning Cheerios), the losers (creepy and Gossip guy Jewfro and the glee club, New Directions), and the faculty (optimistic Spanish teacher/glee director, powerful, if not man-ish football coach, crazy as hell Cheerio coach, germophobe guidance counselor, and principal that does jack shit).
This how McKinley High functioned and it was successful (well if you were popular). There was no need for change on something that people think wasn't broken. But change is inevitable.
So what was going to be the colossus for this change?
It's not a what but a who.
Emily Preston.
As in Noah Puckerman, Finn Hudson, and Dave Karofsky's childhood best friend.
When tragedy strikes her in her life in Arizona she is forced back into a life in Lima, Ohio that she's not sure if that's a life she wants to be in.
So when her first day at McKinley arrives she starts to change things.
How?
Like she knows.
Her plan is to get through her last two years of high school relatively unscathed. However, when she's actually there, she knew that was not going to happen.
Why?
Lets see:
1. Finn and Noah? In the glee club. (She's surprised that they committed social suicide. Proud but surprised.)
2. Dave? Torments them and the others because of it. (She doesn't even try to hide her disappointment in him.)
3. Finn? Dating Rachel Berry, the school's biggest freak. (She's quoting here. Therefore she doesn't actually think that.)
4. Noah? Crushing majorly on Rachel (She's not surprised but is a little worried.)
5. Quinn Fabray? That bitch is going down after she learns about last years drama. (She doesn't like her. So she has no problem bringing her down.)
6. Mr. Schuster? She tells him that she won't be joining the New Directions. (Blow to his ego with him being her uncle.)
Harsh.
Unfortunately, she sees what's going on with the club, both in and out of the choir room and her damn conscience gets the better of her, especially with whatever is going on with Dave and Kurt Hummel.
She's not going to go through that again. Ever.
While having easy and simple friendships with Artie Abrams, Mike Chang, Tina Cohen-Chang, and Brittany Pierce and a protective relationship over Kurt with Blaine Anderson and Mercedes Jones, she forms a weird and devious ally in Santana Lopez and equally weird and tense as hell friendship (that word doesn't seem right) with Sam Evans.
This is not going to end well. At all.
Joy.