*AN* This new story is going to be part of a 2-3 part series. This is somewhat going to be the background on how my OC Katie got involved with BTR and all of their adventures, so we are going to go way back in time here. The first chapter of this plot was published already as my first story, however it has since been cancelled. The story has changed alot and has a different plot line, i'm not going to give too much away as too how/why so just read on and enjoy. Since this story might get long, there will be periods of lag between updates as I try to 'perfect' the story and tweak it how I want. Grammar and other errors may ensue, I am just filling in some blanks is all.*

Screams could be heard all around, but they were screams of joy, not fear. Katie was at a concert, her first one actually. She was 21 years old and hadn't been to a concert until now, but she enjoyed it none the less. She looked around and saw familiar faces and she pictured herself all smiles as she danced and jumped around, eyes locked on the stage. The music sounded familiar but she couldn't quite place it, she couldn't see the performer either. Something was a miss and wasn't adding up, but she didn't second guess anything and just enjoyed herself.

"KATIE!" a voice yelled. Suddenly her surroundings began to fade and she was in darkness for a second, confused as to what was happening. The voice called out again and this time she could feel her body flailing as she felt as if she was falling. She came out of her REM sleep quickly to be met with the sound of her mother calling her to get up.

"You're still sleeping! It's nearly noon! Get up before your father comes home for lunch, don't let him see you still sleeping or there will be a hole other lecture." she said as she left. Katie began to stir and she looked at the clock; it indeed read noon and she was surprised, she didn't expect to sleep in that late. It was a dreary day outside so she kind of figured that that may have had something to do with it.

She forced herself up and got ready for her day. Her dog, Shadow was waiting in the hall, tail wagging upon seeing her. He sprang to his feet and gave her his good morning hug before greeting her cat, Fluffy, again who had followed her from her room. The animals were never far from Katie at any given time. Once she was ready, she went downstairs to feed the animals and make her own breakfast, or in this case, lunch.

Her mom was busy doing some house work so Katie sat down to watch some TV on the kids network. It was one of her favorite channels; she hadn't outgrown it yet and despite missing the older shows from when she was a kid, she still enjoyed the newer shows to some extent. She watched it for a good hour as she ate he lunch, surrounded by her pets, who were begging for left overs. She ignored their pleas for her food, but did give them some attention and reassurance until an ad caught her attention.

It was the yearly contest run by Kids Network TV, to bring Kids Network to your school, select stars and or game shows would come to the winner's school and just take over for the day. Katie entered every year but once she turned 15, she was no longer eligible. This year though, she decided to give it a shot anyway since she had made an account to play games with, a few months prior. The list of rules clearly stated, winners were eligible only if they were under 16 but she signed up anyway just for fun.

Months went by and she heard nothing until an advertisement on TV showed the winner's school and the craziness that happened. Most of the schools that won, were elementary schools. She did some research and found that middle school children never won, so a college student would never win either, even if by chance her name was drawn. She thought it over and figured that there would only be a handful of people out of the entire university's student body of 4,000 who would be even remotely interested in either the stars or the whole event. The networks trademark, goo, would make an appearance as well and she had a list of people she would want to be oozed.

She spent the day thinking about what could have been and although, kinda hurt that her age group was excluded, she figured it was for the best that it was given to younger kids so that it wasn't a wasted day on the star's or network's part. She'd never get a chance to have fun like they did, but so did many kids actually. Would it really be worth the possible humiliation by preppy and snobby peers at her university at how kiddish she was being? There was a high standard in general at her school so she didn't fit in too much as it was but her own department major, had strict high standards that she had to live by and it really restricted her freedom and self expression. She lived with it peacefully since she hoped it might shape her into a better person, although deep inside, she didn't think she should have to change at all. Why was being different so bad?

Days turned to weeks and weeks to months and soon enough Katie was back in school. She hit the books hard, since last semester was rough, she didn't do too well but only because, she had a lot to deal with, personally. She managed to bring her GPA back up to a 3.6 but it wasn't going to get any higher until she retook a class she took a year prior. The class was only available once every three semesters, so when registration rolled around, she was first in it.

With her classes nearly settled, she enjoyed her summer break to the fullest, although most of her time she spent home working on her computer for future assignments. Her advisor told her about the different classes Katie would be taking and since syllabuses rarely changed, Katie got a head start over the summer but getting a preview copy of the syllabus and got to work on outlines for possible papers and topics.

She had eventually gotten busy over her summer as she did her own thing. She hung out with friends, did some shopping, occasionally she did some odd jobs as well. It had been a few weeks, since she had been anywhere near a computer and with some downtime to her self, she took the opportunity to kick back and relax and surf the web. She did the basics such as face book, you tube and checked her email. She had quite a few but then again not all that many. She sifted through them quickly, most were emails from school. She kept all emails from school, even if it didn't pertain to her directly, just so she would have the information if she ever needed it.

By the third page, she had sorted everything either read or delete and was near the bottom of the list when she noticed an official looking, yet strange topic in one of her emails. "Kids Network TV has been trying to contact you!"

"What the heck?" she thought to herself. "Must be about my account on the website, I havent been in a few months. Probably deleted by now."

The email came up addressed to the parent of Katie although her parents never used the internet. It was just the sites policy and automated way of doing things, two email addresses were needed even though she was over 18. Both emails went to one major one that she could access quickly and easily. The email was about her account and that it was inactive but she had a message waiting and it was alerting the parent to remind them to watch over their chats.

Curious as to what the message might be, she hopped over to their website and tried to log in but couldn't remember the password. She reset it and logged in successfully this time and was pleased. She actually had 2 messages waiting as well as a few friend requests. She accepted the requests and moved onto the messages, the first was from a buddy asking what was up and where she had been; she replied, typing out a long message detailing a few events before pressing send. The second one was from the website itself so she figured it was just a site update thing but clicked it anyway

"Dear Katie3452,

My name is Nate Krunther, I am the CEO of Kids Network. I assume you are a long time fan of the network, being 21 years of age so I also assume you are familiar with our company's yearly contest, 'Kids Network takes over your school'. I write you today, regarding your entry from last year, I noticed you had recently joined prior to your entry and you are one of the oldest members on the site. This letter isn't asking you to leave the site, on the contrary, we are happy to see 'adult sized kids' that still enjoy our network. The point of this letter is about your entry to the contest; your entry was randomly drawn last year, but because of your age, you were not eligible and we had to draw again.

We havent changed the rules just yet and we probably wont, however, I was wondering if you would still be interested in doing a publicity ad for us, the theme being, you are never too old to have would love to bring our network to your college that you submitted, we think it would be a fun experiment. If You'd like to accept this offer please contact us right away at NateKrunther or 745-555-9832.

Sincerely yours,

Nate Krunther."

Although the letter was old, Katie was in shock at what she was reading. She wasted no time and replied, apologizing for the delay. To her relief, Nate had replied a few days later, still very much interested in his offer. He had contacted a few other parties but either they declined, had no school to bring the network to or were unreachable. Katie was super excited and couldn't wait. She gave them her contact info once she verified who she was talking too and plans had begun.

During the spring, the network would show up at her school to bring the fun and the goo. The dean and other school officials approved the activities and all was set. 3 months before the event, a new president came in after the previous one became ill. He abolished all activities that were not school appropriate and that included, the network event. A petition began to go around to get the event back but not even 200 students signed it.

Defeated, but at the same time not surprised that her college classmates, found this childish, she let it go. It wasn't long though before she came up with the brilliant idea to give away the event to another school. Although the network wanted a college or high school, they also didn't want the event to go to waste. Katie offered the idea of brining the event to her old elementary school where her dad currently worked and had connections. As of late, their were strict guidelines but a few good words and his higher authority allowed the event to take place.

Katie posted at her college and to people that she knew were interested in the event that they could come to the elementary school in her hometown. Less than half responded but it was still a good number. With the event back on, Katie was thrilled and prepared for the big day.