Author's note: This is a Pokemon + High School Musical crossover. It will be a little musical, just like HSM.

Disclaimer: Pokemon, High School Musical, and the song lyrics are property of their copyright owners. I do not own them.

Spoiler: All you girls who are gaga over Zac Efron might stone me to death for this, but you won't get to see Troy until the Jotho season. XP

CHAPTER 1: NEW BEGINNINGS

It was dawn on a summer morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gabriella Montez was sleeping in her cosy bed and dreaming endless fantasies. Then, her mother came into her room to wake her up. "Gabby, you're going to be late for graduation day!" Mrs Montez nudged her daughter.

Gabriella sat up, looking shocked. She had forgotten that vacation hasn't officially started yet. She threw herself out of bed, took a quick shower, and dashed to the breakfast table to gulp down her breakfast. Then, she kissed her mother and dashed out of the house just in time to catch the school bus. However, there was one problem that lingered on Gabriella's mind all along: which college should she enrol in?

During lunch, Gabriella was still thinking over the matter that she couldn't even hear her best friend, Taylor McKessie, talking. Then, a shrill scream pierced the air and into Gabriella's thoughts. She looked up and saw Sharpay Evans, also known as the Ice Princess.

"Look what you did!" Sharpay shouted at Gabriella. Apparently, Gabriella had been so engrossed about the matter that she did not concentrate on where she was walking. And that resulted in her knocking into Sharpay and staining her new dress.

Gabriella saw Sharpay's mascaraed eyes glittering dangerously and decided that she had better apologise, even though she was reluctant to. "Sorry…" Gabriella managed a reluctant reply. Suddenly, a cry for help came. Gabriella, Sharpay, and Taylor ran in the direction of the call.

When they reached the auditorium, they saw an exhausted old man in a lab coat there panting. "What seems to be the matter, sir?" Gabriella asked casually.

"They've escaped… My Pokemon…" The old man panted.

Taylor raised an eyebrow, "Pokemon?"

The old man spoke quickly, "No time to explain! Do you think you can get them back to their Pokeballs?"

"We'll do our best!" Sharpay shouted and dashed towards the stage, when the old man held her back.

"This is dangerous! I'll lend you Pokemon for your assistance!" The old man said as he took out three red and white capsules, "Choose one each!"

Gabriella picked the capsule containing a green dinosaur with a bulb on its back. They ran towards the stage to find three creatures waiting there for them. One looked like a yellow mouse; another looked like a normal bird; and the last one looked like a random blob of slime.

"Alright, go!" Gabriella hurled the capsule and the creature popped out of the ball. "Bulbasaur!" said the creature.

"So your name's Bulbasaur? Alright, you ready?" Gabriella asked. Bulbasaur smiled and nodded.

"Try Tackle!" shouted the old man.

Gabriella nodded. "Bulbasaur! Use Tackle!" Gabriella commanded. Bulbasaur ran forward and rammed itself against the yellow rodent. The mouse doubled up from the damage. But it didn't stay that way for long.

"Pika… Chu!" the yellow mouse unleashed a shock of electricity on Bulbasaur. However, Bulbasaur wasn't very shocked by the attack.

"This is a good match! Electricity does not much effect to Grass types!" The old man exclaimed.

Gabriella commanded, "Bulbasaur! Tackle again!"

Bulbasaur rammed Pikachu again. This time, Pikachu dazed from the hit. It was a critical hit!

The old man took out an empty Pokeball. "Throw this at Pikachu, while it's dazed!" the man shouted. Gabriella took the Pokeball and threw it at Pikachu.

The ball hit Pikachu and it disappeared into the capsule. The ball shook, then it stopped after shaking a few times.

Gabriella looked over to Sharpay and Taylor. Sharpay had already caught the bird-like creature, but Taylor was still having difficulties catching the little blob. Gabnriella shrugged and went over to help Taylor capture her opponent.

The old man in the lab coat looked impressed. Now here's young girls who have good potential! The man laughed heartily. He said, "Keep those Pokemon, but take care of them!" He winked and left, "I will see you later at assembly!"

The girls looked at one another. Then suddenly, the school bell rang to signal the start of assembly. The girls ran off to the auditorium.

TO BE CONTINUED…