A/N: So I thought of this little goodie when I was lying down a little bit ago because my side hurt, but my side is feeling better. It's the Parody/Comedy part of the challenge. And you guys are so incredibly lucky that I have such an active brain today. The only thing I don't technically own is Link. Otherwise, everything else is made up. Enjoy! R&R as usual! And I know the ending is really weird, sorry about that. Anyways, enjoy.

Chapter 2: "It's the Link Larkin Show!"

Link was tired. It had been a long and strenuous day. All of his classes were long and boring, and all of his teachers had seemed to want to stuff a lot of information into his head, which he didn't particularly liked. Then after a long day of classes, he had a very long rehearsal for The Corny Collins Show. The new station manager was nice, certainly much nicer than Mrs. VonTussle had been, but he worked them way harder and longer than she ever did. Everyone was at the end of their rope by the end of the rehearsal. He was very glad to go home and go to bed.

The bus dropped him off at the corner near his house and he waved goodbye to the remaining kids and walked home. He opened the door and mumbled a hello to his father who was in his favorite easy chair reading the evening paper.

"Hi son. You're home late."
"Yeah, sorry about that. Mr. Jones kept us later than usual. He was running several new moves with us and wanted them to be perfect."

"Did you have a good day?"

"It was okay I guess."

"Learn anything interesting in school today?"

"Not really. All of my classes were long and boring today."

"Sorry to hear that. I want you to tell me something you learned interesting tomorrow. Okay?"

"Yes sir."

Link yawned.

"May I just have a sandwich and then go to bed?"

"As long as you take a shower afterwards Son. You smell bad."

Link chuckled. "Yes sir."

"Goodnight son."

"'Night dad."

Link went into the kitchen and got out the bread from the storage garage and he got some bologna, cheddar cheese, ketchup, mustard, lettuce and tomato from the fridge. He thought for a moment and decided that some peanut butter would be good too. He made his sandwich and chowed down. He felt a lot better after he had something to eat.

He trudged upstairs to the bathroom and took a quick shower and then went to his room. He pulled back the covers and got in. He sighed happily, his bed felt so warm and his pillow felt so comfortable and soft. Link immediately drifted off to sleep, and started dreaming.

His dream started off being very normal. In his dream, he walked into the WYZT studio, went to his dressing room, and got ready for the show. This is when things started getting a little weird. He dreamed that the new station manager, Mr. Jones, came into talk to him about the schedule for today's show.

"Ok Link, here's the run-down for the show today. We're doing roll-call like normal, same order as usual, except since we added Steve in as our new council member, we're going to introduce him last, you know who Steve is right? Good. Then we're going to introduce the dance of the day, which is the 'Wavin' Raven', which you know how to do right? Good. And then we'll do a quick commercial break, and then we'll have a solo from Alvin, featuring Susie and Cruiser as our feature dancers for that spot, then we have another group dance, followed by another quick commercial, another solo spot with Rob and Cindy as the dancers here, and then we do a final group dance, we wrap up and then we do final roll call. Got it? Good." And then he left.

Link sat there for a moment processing it all. He decided that he would make sure Steve knew his way around the set, being a new kid was always so weird. You always felt so intimidated by the kids who had been there longer and were used to the whole set up.

Link walked down the hallway to the boys dressing room and scoped it out for a moment trying to find the black sheep in the heard of white ones. He spotted Steve almost immediately in the corner by himself.

He walked over and introduced himself.

"Hi, I'm Link, you must be Steve, the new council member."

Steve looked up at him and gaped at him like a fish.

Link smiled.

"It's okay, there's no reason to be nervous. Well, I'm sure you might have a reason, but in all actuality there's really no reason to be nervous."

Steve just nodded at him.

"If you need anything my dressing room is down the hall."

Steve nodded again.

"Alvin. When you get a chance, show Steve around the studio. Okay?"

"Yes sir."

"And Cruiser, tuck in your shirt."

"Yes sir."

Link felt good about the new kid. He thought that within time he would feel comfortable and feel at home.

Link walked down the hallway to check on the girls.

"Girls, we're going to be warming up shortly."

Susie, a brunette, walked over to Link.

"Hi Link."

Link just stared at her. He knew Susie had a thing for him, but he wasn't going to let her tempt her.

"Hi Susie."

"So, I was wondering if we could get together after the show and…"

"Susie, no. I'm older than you and would get in trouble if you tried anything with me. So just forget about it."

And he walked out.

"Women." He muttered under his breath.

A few minutes later, all the kids were gathered on their sound stage.

"Alright kids. Lets have a good show. And I also wanted to introduce you to our newest council member, Steve. So lets all try and make him feel welcome alright? Now, Mr. Jones here is going to give you a run down of the schedule for today."

And with that Mr. Jones had the floor.

The show ran fairly smoothly, there were a few hiccups with the dances but for the most part everything worked out well. And Steve seemed to be fitting in just fine. Link had changed clothes and was just about to head home for the day when he heard someone calling him.

"Link. Time to get up."

The voice felt distant.

"Link. It's time for school."

He sat up and looked around

"Whazat'?"

"Link. Come on, Up and at em'. Come down stairs for breakfast son."

Link looked around and realized he was in his room and not at the station, which he was very grateful for.

He got dressed and headed down the stairs for breakfast. His father was already at the table drinking coffee and reading the morning paper.

"Morning son."

Link yawned.

"Morning pops."

"Good dream last night?"
"It was strange."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I dreamed I was the host of The Corny Collins Show, except it was called The Link Larkin Show."

"Hmmm…interesting."

"Yeah, it was."

There was an awkward moment of silence.

"Well son, better get a move on. Don't want you to be late for school."

"Right."

"Have a good day at school and I'll see you after the show."

"Bye."

And with that Link went off to school.