Author's Note: Another new story by me! Anyways, I've always wanted to try a HSM fanfic, but when I start them, I tend to get sucked into something else, but this one I'm very interested in writing. So, enjoy it, everyone!

Chapter One: New Set Of Twins

A pair of twins stepped out of their mom's SUV.

One of the twins has curly hair, which was blonde, and brown eyes. She was short compared to her twin sister, who was standing right next to her, and was holding a map. This twin was Haylie Anderson.

The twin who was standing next to Haylie was taller, and has brown hair, which was straight, and blue eyes. This was McKenzie Anderson.

Both girls were attending East High, except Haylie was attending as a junior, while McKenzie was attending as a senior. McKenize ruffled the map, and sighed, folding the map back to it's original state. Haylie looked over at her sister, with a concerned look on her face.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

She knew McKenize didn't like moving to New Mexico, before spring break had just started. Neither did Haylie, but Haylie knew that McKenize had some big plans with her friends.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just that this school is so frickin' big, I don't think we'll find our classroom, which is with a teacher named Ms. Darbus. Who in the world has a last name like that?" McKenize explained.

Haylie giggled.

"I'm sure we'll find it, sis. Let's just ask for directions."

McKenize rolled her eyes. "If you say so, Hay."

The two girls entered East High, and were spell-bounded by the colors, which were red and white.

"They must be the school's colors." Haylie prompted.

She noticed a guy and a girl standing next to a board, gazing at a sheet of paper. The girl wore a frown on her face, and was talking to the guy, who was nodding.

"Let's go ask them." Haylie told McKenize, pointing to the guy and the girl.

McKenize looked over at the duo who were by the board, and said,

"Let's not, Haylie. You don't know if they could be bad news."

But, Haylie was walking over there.

The duo stopped talking, and looked at her.

"Hi!" Haylie replied.

The girl looked at her.

"Um, why are you here?" she asked.

Haylie gave her a smile.

"Me and my sister are lost, and-"

"So, that tells me we have a couple of new students? The old one wasn't so cool neither." The girl said, cutting her off.

"Sharpay." The guy replied, and the girl, who was now Sharpay, rolled her eyes.

"Sorry. My sister can be a drama queen." he explained.

"So can you. Remember that time when you tore your teddy bear on a nail, and you cried for three whole minutes?" the girl snapped.

The boy blushed, and gave Haylie a smile. "I'm not the one who's being called an ice queen, Shar." he told her, and then focused his attention back on Haylie.

"Anyways, what room are you heading to?"

"I don't know. All we know is that the teacher's name is Ms. Darbus."

The guy nodded. "Right. We have her as well. Actually, she gets all of the new students." he said.

Haylie nodded.

"Cool. Do you think you think you can walk with me and my sister to her room?"

Sharpay looked as if she didn't want to, but her brother did.

"Yeah, we can. Right, Shar?" he asked, looking at his twin.

Sharpay smiled, and said, "Sure! Why not?"

The guy frowned, and glanced back at Haylie. "Did I forget to introduce myself? I'm Ryan Evans." The guy said.

Haylie smiled at him.

"Nice to meet you. Actually, the both of you."

Sharpay frowned. "Yes, well.."

The bell cutted her off, and the three looked at another.

"Come on, Ryan, we don't want to be late." Sharpay said, grabbing his hand, but he pulled his hand out of her grasp.

"Were not leaving without Haylie or her sister. We agreed to show them where Ms. Darbus' classroom is."

Sharpay rolled her eyes, and Haylie smiled as McKenize walked over to them.

"Did you get the directions, Haylie?"

Haylie nodded.

"Sharpay and Ryan are going to help."

McKenize nodded. "Good. Let's head there then."

As McKenize and Sharpay attempted at conversation (Haylie noticed they were way different than she thought they were), Haylie wanted to start a conversation with Ryan, but couldn't bring herself to do that.

"So..." she started to say, and Ryan turned to look at her.

"Yes?" he asked.

"What do you do for school activites?" she asked.

Ryan smiled, and looked at Sharpay, who was trying her hardest to not roll her eyes as McKenize was talking about a cute dress she saw the other day at Forever 21.

"I do drama." he replied.

Haylie cocked her head. "Drama?" she asked.

Ryan contuined, "Theater. Plays..?"

Then, realization dawned on her.

"Oh!" she commented, and she grinned. "Cool."

"Do you do drama?" he asked.

Haylie nodded. "Yeah, I did it all the time at my old school. Sometimes I got leads, other times I got-"

She stopped talking when she realized Sharpay was looking at her in a very weird way...almost, mad.

"Another drama-wannabe?" she asked.

Haylie gulped, and McKenize shook her head.

"Um, I prefer the term, drama-geek." McKenize stated, standing up for her sister.

McKenize didn't mind that Haylie liked drama. Infact, McKenize enjoyed Haylie's performances, and attended them whenever she could. That was how tight the two sisters were.

Sharpay looked at McKenize.

"Do you know what East High is known for?"

"I don't, but that does not mean you can take it out on my sister like that. She's just saying she likes drama because Ryan brought it up." McKenize explained.

"Well, the last musical was a major flop because of Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton auditioning, and winning the parts, which should have been mine and Ryan's!"

"Shar, I wouldn't call it a flop, but-"

"Shut up, Ryan!" Sharpay replied, and walked into the classroom with an angry huff.

McKenize, Haylie, and Ryan looked at each other.

"Sorry. Sharpay's still touchy about the winter musical. Hope she didn't make you feel crummy, McKenize." Ryan told her.

"No, of course not Ryan." McKenize said, and Ryan smiled.

"Okay. Because she can do that." As they walked in, a woman rose from her desk, and she peered at Haylie and McKenize.

"Ryan, are these the new students?"

"Yes, they are, Ms. Darbus." Ryan told the woman.

Haylie watched as she came towards the three students, and studied the twins.

"Excellent. Ryan, you may sit down. I need to have a word with these two." Ms. Darbus told him.

As Ryan headed back to his seat, Haylie, McKenize, and Ms. Darbus headed back into the hallway.

"First off, I want to say welcome to East High. It's a pleasure to have you here." she said.

"It's great to be here." Haylie replied, while McKenize nodded.

"Secondly, I'm sorry to say that there's been a change in the homeroom situation."

Haylie and McKenize looked at each.

"It's very uncommon that two twins, much like yourselves, are at different grade levels, but are in the same homeroom."

"But, aren't Ryan and Sharpay-" Haylie started, but Ms. Darbus cut her off.

"They are twins, but they don't look alike. They are in the same homeroom because they are in the same grade level, and their mom decided it would be best, considering they spend all their time with each other." Ms. Darbus said.

She produced a piece of paper, and she handed it to McKenize. "Miss Anderson, I believe this is your offical homeroom."

McKenize took it, and she smiled. "Thank you."

"And you, Haylie. You stay here."

Haylie pictured all of the mean looks she'll get from Sharpay.

She shivered, and Ms. Darbus nodded at McKenize.

"If your teacher askes you why you are late, just tell him you were with me."

McKenize nodded, and Haylie hugged her.

"Good luck!" she whispered, and McKenize smiled, walking off to her classroom.

Haylie returned to the classroom, and surveyed the room. So far, there wasn't a friendly face in the room besides Ryan's, who was waving at her. Haylie walked over to him.

"Sit next to me." he whispered, and Haylie nodded, taking an empty desk behind a dark-haired girl.

The girl turned around and smiled. The guy she was talking to focused his attention on Haylie, and she blushed. The guy was pretty cute, having brown hair and blue eyes, the perfect boyfriend material.

"Hey."

The girl whispered, and Haylie averted her gaze towards her.

"Hey." Haylie replied, returning the greeting.

"Miss Anderson!" Haylie glanced up, and she saw Ms. Darbus looking down at her.

At first, Haylie thought she was in trouble, but Ms. Darbus said, "The principal wants to see you."

Haylie nodded, and she got up quietly.

She noticed that Sharpay wore a smirk, and Haylie shook it off.

She was more worried about why she was being sent to the principal's office. As she walked the empty halls, she noticed a blown-up picture of a basketball team. As Haylie leaned in to get a better look, she was surprised to see that the brown-haired boy that was in her homeroom was on Wildcats basketball team, as well as some others from her homeroom.

"Need some help?"

Haylie jumped as she twirled around to face the person. The guy who was in her homeroom was standing behind her.

"Uh...no. I was just looking at this poster...it is a poster, right?" Haylie asked.

The guy chuckled. "Apparently. You should be down at the principal's office right now."

Haylie noted the humor in his voice, and she relaxed. "Yeah. I am. But, I don't know where it is."

The guy smiled, revealing perfect, white teeth. It made Haylie wonder if this is the guy that was popular. He seemed liked it.

"I can show you, but you have to tell me your name so I can introduce myself." The guy said.

Haylie blushed. "Haylie Anderson."

"Troy Bolton."

They shook hands, and Troy smiled.

"You and Gabriella would be fast friends because she was once the new student." Haylie remembered Sharpay's shrew comment about the last student who was new, and Haylie felt sorry for Gabriella.

"Oh. Yeah, definately. She seems nice."

More nicer than Sharpay would ever be, but she didn't say that to Troy.

"So, where did you hail from?" Troy asked.

"California. Los Angles." Haylie explained.

"Cool. I went there with my dad one year for a basketball tourtment." Troy replied.

"Yeah, there is always stuff going on." Haylie told him.

They walked down to the hallway. Haylie noticed more red and white, and she felt like she back at her old school. Her old school had the school colors everywhere, and that's what she felt like at East high: Home.

"Your school acts just like my school." she stated.

Troy looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"How so?" he asked.

"Because of the school colors. They are everywhere!" she prompted, and Troy laughed.

"Yeah, we get that alot. But, it shows we have pride. I guess your old school did too."

Haylie noticed that they were already at the Principal's office.

"Well, I guess this your destination then. Have fun." Troy said.

For some odd reason, Haylie didn't want him to leave. But, she smiled, and said, "Yeah, I will."

Troy gave her one last smile, and proceed down the hall. Then, Haylie opened the door, ready to face her doom.

The principal was a Japanese man, with glasses and a typical principal look. His office wasn't very business-like, and what made Haylie amuse over it was the mini basketball hoop that hung in a corner.

"Ah, miss Anderson. I just got done talking to your sister. I'm Principal Matsui." The man replied.

Haylie blinked, and she just stood. So, she missed McKenzie?

"Sit down, sit down! It's not often we get new students."

Haylie did as she was told, and sat down in the chair that was facing the principal.

Principal Matsui glanced at her file, and then looked at her.

"It says here you hailed from Sacramento, California, and that you transfered from Xavier High, correct?" he asked her.

"Yes, Principal Matsui." replied Haylie.

"It also says you had a good attendance record, and never missed a single school day. Also, your grades are quite good."

Haylie nodded. She never a missed of school, even with a cold. The only times she would that if she were to take a vacation, very sick, or someone died in the family. And the same with McKenzie, too.

Principal Matsui glanced down at her profile again, and rose an eyebrow.

"Another drama student, hm? That's interesting."

Haylie nodded.

"Yeah, I was a drama student at my old school."

"Well, you will fit right in with the drama club. Ryan and Sharpay are always welcome to new members. Also, Miss Darbus would love to have you as well." Principal Matsui replied.

Hearing Sharpay's name was like hearing thunder in the background.

"I'm sorry, Principal Matsui, but did you say..Sharpay?" Haylie asked.

"Yes, I did...is there a problem?" he asked.

"Oh, no...she just sounds familiar." Haylie explained quickly.

The bell signaling classes rang, and Principal Matsui smiled.

"Let me show you to your first class, huh?"