Okay, so it's a little later than I thought it was going to be, but it's here!! Chapter one is actually a bit boring to me, because it's mostly just an introduction to Tracy, who is almost the exact same girl from the movie. For this same reason, it's a little short, but it will do.

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE YET, GO BACK AND DO THAT!!!

I'm serious; this won't make much sense without it.

"Penny, come on, we can't be late!!" Tracy Turnblad had her best friend by the hand and was pulling her through the streets of Brookville in a frenzy. She had to be home on time. If she was even a second late…

"I'm going as fast as I can!!" Penny Pingleton called, running to catch up to her shorter, rounder friend.

"MOVE FASTER!" Tracy said, finally seeing her front door ahead of her. She opened it, ran upstairs, and had the TV on before Penny could even register the fact that they had stopped moving. Tracy immediately started dancing along, as Penny sat down to catch her breath.

"Tracy Turnblad, what's that racket?" A voice drifted in from the expanded laundry room. Tracy rolled her eyes.

"It's not racket, Mama. It's the Corny Collins Show!" Tracy yelled back.

Edna Turnblad emerged from the room to give the television a disdainful look. "Why do you watch that show?"

"Because it's good, Mama." Tracy said, returning to her dancing.

"You know, my parents used to listen to that music and dance like that! It'll turn your brain to mush!" Edna warned her daughter. She returned to her laundry, muttering. "She's gonna get big dreams now, and she won't be able to follow them."

"I could dance on that show, Penny." Tracy said, determined. "I'm a much better dancer than Amber."

"You could dance lead, Tracy." Penny said encouragingly. "Tracy, you could dance with-!"

"And I'm…Link." said a familiar voice on the screen. Tracy and Penny both screamed with delight.

"Girls, quiet down!" Edna yelled into the room. She then bustled out to pick up the ringing phone.

"Look at him, Penny!!" Tracy squealed as Amber was pushed out of Link's arms by Shelley. "I wish I could dance with him. Just once." The dance ended, the Council crowded around Corny, all smiling.

"Penny, that was your mother." Edna said, coming back into the room. "I would suggest you get home before she sends out a search party for you."

"Mama, shhh!!!" Tracy said. She had caught a snippet of the word 'leave'. Was one of the council members leaving?

"Don't you shush me, Tracy!" Her mother said. Ignoring her, Tracy turned up the volume.

"We want one of you groovin' kids to come down and take her place. We'll be holding auditions here at the WYZT studios tomorrow morning at eleven, so bring your best and see if you can make it onto the Council."

"Mama, I've got to!!" Tracy ran around to the laundry room. "Mama, please please please let me audition!!"

"You want to be on that show?!?" Edna exclaimed. "Oh no Tracy, you can't."

"Why not??" Tracy cried.

"Tracy, it's just silly." Edna said, carefully avoiding the real issue.

"But Mama…" Tracy whined.

"What's the problem?" A male voice said, and Wilbur Turnblad entered the room on the way to the kitchen. He worked from home, running an online joke shop that was booming.

"Daddy, the Corny Collins show is holding auditions for a new dancer and I know I could make it, but Mama won't let me!!" Tracy said in one breath.

"So do it anyways." Wilbur shrugged. "You're sixteen, you're not supposed to listen to your parents."

"WILBUR!!!" Edna screamed. "What are you teaching her?"

"What?" He asked, confused at what he did wrong. "I'm just saying, when we were teenagers, we didn't listen to our parents."

"Daddy, please, just say I can do this and I will be a good girl forever and a day!" Tracy begged.

"Yeah, you can do it." Wilbur said, heading to the kitchen.

"But-But Wilbur!" Edna followed her husband. "You know what will happen there." She lowered her voice so the two girls couldn't hear her. "They won't pick Tracy. She's just…not like them."

"So?" He asked. "Edna, just let her audition. They can't hurt her anymore than she's already been hurt. If we don't let her do this, that's what will really hurt her."

Edna sighed. "Fine. You can audition Tracy."

"THANK YOU!!!!!" Tracy yelled. She smiled and placed a finger to her lips, signaling Penny to keep quiet about the time of the audition, and how it would require her to skip half a day of school. Penny nodded, smiling as well. This was going to be a fun day.

So there you go!! Chapter two is all prepped, but I'm gonna hang out and see how this one goes over first. Trust me, Chapter two is way more interesting.