Disclaimer: I own nothing. Okay, not true, I created the daughters, and the head programming director. And Belinda. And the actors. Okay, so I don't anyone or anything that reminds anyone remotely of the television show. Those all belong to Craig Bartlett (all hail Craig) and Snee-Oosh (all hail Snee-Oosh) who are kind enough to turn their heads while we play in their sandbox.

"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better." – Anne Lamott

Press Release: Happily ever after

Their tag line might be "not all stories have happy endings" but that isn't the case for Ever After.

This quirky show that the powers that be took a chance on three years ago has blown up in popularity and ratings.

The show, which was introduced to the WCB as a "high school drama in four seasons", quickly rose to the top of the rating for the station. Hel and Tad, the creators and writers of Ever After have remained closely aligned with this show, demanding an almost unswerving loyalty from everyone attached from the directors to the cast.

The show was a gamble because of the way it was introduced to everyone: a high school show that would only be four season, one for each year of school. No one character was ever raised about any of the others. Even the actors and actresses that play the characters are only ever professionally photographed as a group, no one person is raised above any of the others. One on one interviews are never approved, and in a surprise move we've seen recently even the cast members themselves refuse to be photographed or interviewed without another cast member present.

So as Ever After heads into its Senior and last year, what's in store for the students of Holly Hills High as well as the young actors and actresses that have played these characters for the last three years of their lives? We can only tune in and find out but I can guarantee it's going to be magical.

"There's no way we can convince you to continue the show?" Richard Becker, head programming director for the WCB, asked. "We are more than happy to sign everyone to a ten season contract right now, no questions asked."

The dark haired man sitting in one of the chairs to Becker's left grinned mischievously and glanced towards the blond woman sitting next to him.

"When we came to you with this idea, Inane Zebra specifically stated that this would be a four season television show only. There is no story after graduation. I understand that you feel this is one of your more popular shows but I'm sorry, there isn't anything after this."

Becker chuckled. "More popular? This show is the most popular show on this channel. Anderson West is the teen answer to Ryan Gosling and Ann Cummings is the next Nina Dobrev."

"Well then, it's a good thing this show is in its final season. After it's over you can finally market these kids separately because while they're on this show, there are no favorites. And a potential six more seasons of group only photos and interviews won't do them any favors." Tad, the dark haired man said. "Each and every one of these kids signed on knowing that this show was four seasons only. Just enough to rise them to popularity if it did well. They all understood, agreed and signed the same contract. Going back and asking them to extend said contract would not only ruin the show but it would ruin their careers because I promise you Mr. Becker, if we ever did ridiculously agree to more seasons, the same contract would be in effect for everyone. This show was never about one person; it was about a group of fifteen kids during the most important four years of their life."

"Got a little passionate there at the end." Helga said once they were in the car. Beside her Tad breathed a heavy sigh and leaned back in his seat as his companion pulled out of the parking lot.

"Studio heads seeing dollar signs is always bad business." He answered. "I think I scared him down though."

Helga laughed. "Threatening him with ruining the one thing he wants to exploit more than anything, hell yeah you scared him."

"Good, that was the plan." He picked up his phone and began typing. "So, where to now?"

"I figure we'd order pizza and find a solution to this ridiculous contest the suits want us to do. There has to be a way to keep them quiet without losing our dignity."

Author's Notes: I never do this but this time it felt warranted. As of today's first posting, this story is not complete. Which is some I usually never do, but I've fallen for this story and I'm impatient to share it with all of you and technically I only have maybe one more chapter to do before it is completed. In the meantime, I'm going to try out this posting once a week thing. Except this post. There will be two chapters posted today. (see, I'm already breaking my rules!)

This is actually a love letter to you guys, my readers. Some of which are some of my favorite writers in this fandom. It makes me so happy that you guys like my work. So this is dedicated to you out there. I hope it lives up to your expectations.

~Mouse