"Alright guys, listen up. I have some really important announcements to make." Mr. Schuester glanced at the remaining members of New Directions that Friday afternoon in the choir room. "Now I know Puck and Quinn are out of commission for awhile, and to be honest I'm not sure if they're going to be able to compete at all for Nationals. With everything that they have going on right now the last thing they should have to worry about is us, so for the next while we're going to have to move on without them."

"What are we supposed to do?" Kurt spoke up. "We have to have at least twelve people to be eligible to compete. We're screwed."

Rachel let out a moan. "We're not asking Jacob to stand in again are we?"

"Relax guys." Will held up his hands for quiet. "I got a hold of the committee for Nationals and explained our situation to them. And while they didn't think it was a smart move on our part, they agreed to let us go ahead and compete in a few months with only ten members. But they strongly advise against it because they think it will make our chances of losing a lot greater. So I've decided we're going to put it to a vote. We can either try to do this with only ten people, or we can hold auditions for Puck and Quinn's replacements. It's up to you."

Rachel stood up from her chair primly and faced her peers. "I vote against new members. It would take far too much time trying to scout out two people with the same individual vocal abilities as Puck and Quinn have, and it would be a loss of valuable rehearsal time."

Finn nodded. "I agree with Rachel. It's pointless to look for new people who don't know anything about this. We should just work around it and keep going."

"Alright, anyone else have an opinion?" Will glanced out at the rest of the kids. "Okay. All those in favor of moving on with ten members, raise your hand." When ten hands flew to the air he nodded. "Let's get to work."

"Hey Mr. Schue, did you ever find out where Nationals are being held?" Artie asked as everyone began getting up from their seats and clearing away chairs for more practice space.

Will's face lit up at the comment. "Actually, I did ask when I was on the phone earlier." He grinned at the kids. "Pack your bags guys, because we're going to Disney World!"

"Seriously?" Brittany asked eagerly, her blue eyes going wide with excitement.

Mercedes dark eyes narrowed, her head tilting back and eyebrows rising up in disbelief. "Don't mess with us Schuester."

Will shook his head happily. "I'm not kidding. Nationals are being held in Orlando this year and Disney is hosting the event. In two and half months we're all flying down and staying in one of the park's resorts. And we get free passes to the park."

The room went completely silent for about ten seconds as each of the kids processed this new information. And then, Kurt let out a girlish scream and within seconds the entire group was shouting with joy.

"I'M GONNA SEE MICKEY!" Brittany shouted excitedly.

"Screw Mickey, we're gonna meet Belle!" Santana yelled.

"She's my favorite!"

The entire group silently turned to look at Mike, whose face immediately went red from his outburst.

"Uh, because she's the hottest...?" He mumbled weakly.

"And the castle!" Tina was quick to add. "We get to see the castle!"

"I've wanted to go to Disney World since I was two." Kurt said happily. "But we never had the money."

"My mom works at the airport." Artie spoke up. "I'm sure she could help us get cheap flights."

"That would be great Artie. But guys, you have to listen to me," Will's face turned serious as he stressed the importance of what he was about to say. "Nationals are going to be a lot different than you think. At Regionals we competed against the best glee clubs in the state. But at Nationals we're facing the best in the country. That means about forty other clubs will be there, and they're all going to be the best where they're coming from; Which means that we have to give everything we have to prepare for this and then some, because we're short two members." He glanced out at the kids. "So for the next two months we're practicing four times a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from three to five, and Saturday from one to five. I know it's a lot but we have to be perfect if we want a real shot at winning this. Who's with me?"

Rachel's hand was the first in the air. "I'm willing to do any and everything it takes to bring home that trophy Mr. Schuester." She said dutifully coming to stand beside him.

Finn nodded. "Me too."

"And us." Artie rolled over to join them, with Tina, Kurt, and Mercedes right behind him.

Santana rolled her eyes. "I'm not about to start a group hug or anything, but yeah. Okay."

"Ohh, me too!" Brittany smiled. "I wanna play too."

Mike and Matt nodded. "Let's do this."

"Alright." Will smiled. "Let's get started. I want to start every practice with ten minutes of the vocal warm ups Rachel taught us all, and then five minutes to stretch for the choreography. Your first assignment is duets, this time with a partner of the opposite sex that I've selected. You'll perform together this Saturday at practice."

"But that's like four days away!" Mercedes exclaimed.

Will nodded. "I know. Aside from learning to work with another person this also teaches you time management and how to work under a deadline."

"What's the prize?" Artie wanted to know.

"A surprise that will be awarded after Ms. Pillsbury and I have seen all of the performances." He answered. "Now, the pairs are pretty standard but here's the list: Artie and Tina, Kurt and Mercedes, Finn and Rachel, Matt and Santana, and Mike and Brittany. You have the rest of practice today and Friday and whatever time you want to use of your own before Saturday. Good luck."

The remaining ten members wasted no time in pairing off with their respective partners and grabbing iPods to sort through songs while Will sat down by himself and continued to come up with more ideas for group numbers.

"Okay, we need to find a kick ass song." Santana said firmly as she and Matt sat down on the floor in the corner of the room. "Because I don't care what that prize is, I want to win it."

Matt smiled at her. Typical Santana, not that he wanted or expected anything less.

Noticing his stare, the cheerleader blushed under his gaze. "What?"

He shook his head and he laughed. "Nothing. You're just really cute when you're competitive."

Santana blushed again. "Whatever." But both of their smiles grew as she scooted over closer to him. "We may need to work on this after practice." she said after a minute.

Matt nodded. He was more than okay with that.

"I want to do something fun." Brittany announced as she twirled around in circles.

Mike watched her dance from his chair. "Like what?"

"I don't know. But it has to be good. I'll bet the secret prize is a duck or something, so I kinda want to win." She began humming softly to herself, still twirling absentmindedly.

They both went silent for a minute; Brittany's humming the only noise between them, before it hit him.

"Brit,"

The blonde paused and looked at him. "Huh?"

"I think you just gave us our song."

"So, what do you think we should do?" Finn and Rachel were sitting near the back of the room facing each other, their legs intertwined between them as well as holding hands. Their other empty hands were clutching their respective iPods as they sorted through the hundreds of songs between them.

"Well, there are plenty of Broadway duets out there," Rachel told him.

"You know, my mom had this song on in the car the other day," Finn said after thinking for a minute. "It was pretty cool."

Rachel looked up at him expectantly. "Do you know what it was called?"

He frowned. "No. But I can try and hum it. Maybe you'll know it?"

"Okay, give it a shot." As soon as Finn began to hum out a piece of the melody Rachel's eyes lit up.

"I know that song. Granted, it's not Broadway, but it very well might work."

"So…." Artie glanced over at his partner. "Mercedes and Kurt should be interesting to see."

Tina smiled, looking towards their two friends in question. Kurt and Mercedes were over in the corner heatedly arguing between Beyonce classics versus numbers from Mary Poppins.

"If nothing else it will be interesting." She agreed. "So, do you have any ideas for our song?"

"A lot of the music I listen to is rap and jazz," he admitted. "And I can't really see us doing anything like that."

"Yeah, I'm not much of a rapper." Tina smiled. "Maybe we can find something on my iPod." Grabbing the purple music player from her bag she passed it over to him.

Artie clicked on Most Played and started going down the list, stopping at one near the middle.

"Hey, I know this song."

Glancing at the small screen he held up Tina nodded happily. "I like that one."

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A/N: Who loves Disney World? MEEEE! Review! If you do, Mickey will love you!