This story was written for my friend darkdragonofthenever, but I hope that you will enjoy it too! It will be a short story consisting of tryouts, Act 1, Intermission, Act 2, and Afterwards. And now, to tell you a few author's notes before I start. First of all, in this story, Yugi and the gang are in 11th grade, junior year, except for Seto (who's a senior) and Serenity (who's a freshman). Everyone has changed since freshman year, (or whatever they were) some slightly, some dramatically (differences will appear in the story). Oh, and because of lack of characters, Mai, Duke Devlin, and Mako Tsunami go to their school as well, (Mai's a senior and Duke and Mako are juniors). Also, because of lack of characters, there are a few of my own characters too. ~Reading paper~ Enough of my rambling, I hope you enjoy this! On with the show!

Disclaimer: Jeeze people! Do I really have to write this!? Oh well. I don't own Yugioh. *sniffle*

"YAMI!!!! Yami, guess what!!!" Yugi shouted as he ran into the Turtle Game Shop. He paused a moment to close the door behind him and throw his book bag down, then he was off to find his darker half.

Yami, who was sitting on the couch in the living room, smiled at his light's excitement as he ran into the room, waving a paper in the air. Yugi may have changed on the outside but he was still the innocent, fun-loving child on the inside. "What is it?" Yami asked, looking up at the happy teen.

"The high school is putting on a play!!!" Yugi said, handing Yami the flyer he was holding.

Yami read it to himself. It said:

~HONK! Open auditions Thursday, 3 to 7. Everyone's welcome to tryout! ~

"Honk?" Yami asked.

"It's a parody of The Ugly Duckling," Yugi answered.

"The Ugly Duckling?" Yami asked, looking even more confused.

Yugi stopped a second, realizing that Yami had never heard of The Ugly Duckling before, and sighed. "Never mind. I'll tell you that story later. But me, Joey, Tristan, Tea, and Ryou decided to tryout for it!"

"That's great!" Yami agreed. He may not understand this "ugly duckling" thing, but if it made his aibou happy, then it was alright with him.

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"Man, there sure are a lot of people here," Tea commented as she and Yugi walked into the packed auditorium for tryouts.

"Yeah" Yugi agreed, "Lets go try to find the guys."

"Okay."

They walked through the many numerous people until they found Ryou.

"Hey Yugi!" Ryou said as they walked up to him.

"Hi Ryou!" Yugi said, "Have you seen Joey and Tristan."

"No, not yet," Ryou said, "but I did see Tristan's motorcycle in the parking lot so I know he's here."

"Hey guys!" Tristan shouted, coming through the crowd to join them. "What's up?"

"Nothing much," Yugi said, "You?"

"Nothing much here."

"Tristan!" Tea said in a state of shock, "You got your hair cut!"

"Oh yeah," Tristan said, rubbing the back of his head, "I got it cut a few days ago." His hair looked the same, except for, instead of a huge spike sticking out of the front of it, there were just short bangs hanging over his forehead.

Yugi smiled. He had already seen it.

"Well I think it looks good on him," said a new voice.

"Serenity!" Yugi said, "You trying out too?"

"Yes," she said, smiling shyly.

"Hey Seren, where's your bro?" Tristan asked.

"Around here somewhere," she answered, looking around.

"Hey guys!!!" Joey shouted from within the crowd. He made his way over to them and put his arm around Yugi's shoulders.

"Hiya shorty!" he said.

Yugi laughed at the old joke. "Not anymore!" he said. Over the past 2 years, Yugi had gotten much taller, and was now a little bit shorter than Joey, though it was hard to tell because of their hair.

"Hey Tea! Ya gotta tan!" Joey commented.

"Yep, that's what Spring Break does to ya," she said.

"So, the gangs all here," they heard someone say from behind them. They turned around to see...

"Hey Mai!" Ryou said.

Mai smiled at them.

"You trying out?" Yugi said.

"Well I didn't see how this play would succeed without me."

"Sure Mai," Joey said, smiling.

"MAI!!!" someone called through the crowd.

"Gotta go," Mai said, "See ya!"

"Good luck!" the group shouted after her.

"Yugi!" someone shouted. A small boy ran up to the group, dragging a reluctant person behind him by the hand.

"Mokuba? What are you doing here?" Yugi asked the young Kaiba brother.

But the older one answered. "They asked a few of the middle schoolers to be in the play for the younger roles," Kaiba said, "Mokuba's friend Vye dragged him into this and now he's, most literally, dragging me into it." Kaiba sighed.

"You're the one who agreed!" Mokuba said, smiling up at his older brother.

Kaiba rolled his eyes, but Yugi could tell that he really didn't mind being in this play.

"Mokuba!" a girl called through the crowd.

"That's Vye! Come on Seto!" Mokuba said, dragging his brother away.

"Bye Kaiba!" Yugi shouted after the grumbling CEO.

The group paused for a second, then burst out laughing.

"Let's see who else is here!" Tristan said, trying to look over all of the people's heads.

"Hey! Over there is Duke Devlin!" Tea said.

"And there's Mako Tsunami!" Ryou stated.

"And Violet Jones with her friends!" Yugi said.

Hearing her name, Violet turned to see who said it. When she spotted Yugi, she smiled and waved.

Yugi waved back and Tea fumed with jealousy. Ever since that girl moved to Domino, she had been "extra" sweet towards Yugi, and it had made Tea super jealous, even though she wouldn't admit it.

"Tea..." Serenity said, noticing the look on Tea's face.

"What!!!?!!!!" Tea yelled, turning towards her. But when Serenity smiled, Tea just said, "Oh."

Conveniently, no one else noticed.

Then a man walked up on stage. He was young looking, bald by choice, with a short beard and mustache. "Hey everybody QUIET!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone stopped talking and looked up at him.

"Better," he said, smiling. "Now everyone take a seat and we'll get started!"

Everyone sat down in the auditorium and turned their attention towards the man.

"For those who don't know me, I'm Mr. Clems... also known as Clemdog by my loving students." He looked backstage at the laughing crew members.

The audience also laughed.

"I'm glad that all of you came to tryout!" he continued, "Now for some info on the play. I'm sure many of you have heard that the play HONK is a musical, so that means many will have to have the ability to sing."

Yugi's group all looked at Joey. "What!?" he whispered, "I can sing!"

Mr. Clems continued. "There are several parts and you can tryout for a total of 2 parts each!" he said, holding up 2 fingers. "Here is a paper that explains the main characters..."

He nodded towards the crew members and they started to pass out papers to everyone.

"Costumes are provided and if you don't make cast you can always help out with crew," Mr. Clems continued, "Well, sign up for your parts and pick up your scripts on stage. Good luck and have fun!"

People cheered and rushed towards the stage. Yugi's gang hung back.

"Who are you gonna tryout for Yug?" Joey asked.

"Don't know," he answered, "I haven't looked at the paper yet."

This is what the paper said:

~HONK! Characters

Ugly: (The ugly duckling) Appearance: Gray topcoat with a white undershirt, small black bowtie, a pair of different shade gray shorts, and large black shoes with grey socks. Hair messed up and glasses. Needs to be able to sing and take lots of bullying.

Ida: (Ugly's mother) Appearance: Faded light orange knitted sweater with same color orange bandana over hair, a medium length khaki skirt, and high orange knee socks under white shoes. Needs to be good singer.

Drake: (Ugly's father) Appearance: Red flannel shirt with blue overalls, a green baseball cap, and brown work boots. Needs to be able to shout very loudly.

Cat: (Bad guy) Appearance: Black button up shirt and black pants, silver tie, and black shoes. Needs sense of humor and ability to dance.

Maureen: (Ida's friend, chicken) Appearance: Red long-sleeved high-neck shirt and pants, black shoes, and hair pulled back in a bun. Sweet but stiff. Needs to be able to sing.

Grace: (Most beautiful duck in the duckyard) Appearance: Beautiful full- length yellow dress that poofs out at the bottom, dress shoes, and a red band around her ankle. The queen of the duckyard, all of the ducks respect and look up to her.

Turkey: (Exactly what it sounds like) Appearance: Orange-ish pinstripe suit. (Not as bad as it sounds) Hates Thanksgiving.

Greylag: (Goose captain) Appearance: Gray trenchcoat with black shirt and gray pants. Old commander with a British accent.

Dot: (Graylag's wife) Appearance: Gray business suit with skirt. Very happy and business-like.

Queenie: (Female house cat) Appearance: Black long dress, hair back in a bun, and glasses. Very stuck up and fashion centered. Needs to be able to sing and dance.

Lowbutt: (House chicken) Appearance: Flowery, colorful flowing long dress. Best friends with Queenie, very happy, and gets jealous easily. Needs to be able to sing.

Bullfrog: (Exactly what it sounds like) Appearance: Light green jump suit with dark green shirt underneath, green bandana tied around his head. Best sense of humor in the entire show and talks quickly.

Penny: (Female swan) Appearance: Long white dress. Likes Ugly and is the first one to figure out that he is a swan.

Smaller characters (in order of appearance)

Downy, Beaky, Billy and Fluff: (Ducklings) Appearance: Yellow t-shirts and overalls. 3 girls 1 boy. Ugly's siblings. Middle schoolers' parts.

Henrietta: (Duck) Appearance: Orange short dress with white scarf and yellow nylons. Only other duck in the duckyard that actually has a name. Needs to be able to sing.

Chicks: (Maureen's babies) Appearance: White turtlenecks and pants. 2 children. Pick on Ugly. Middle schoolers' parts.

Jay Bird: (Blue Jay, reporter) Appearance: Blue topcoat and pants with white shirt. Needs sense of humor.

Snowy, Pinkfoot, and Barnacles: (Goslings) Appearance: Gray topcoat and pants with white shirts. Just follow parents Greylag and Dot.

Bewick and Mother Swan: (Other swans) Appearance: White dresses. Penny's family. ~

"Wow, there are a lot of characters!" Serenity commented.

"26 to be exact," someone said behind them.

The group jumped at the suddenness of the voice then relaxed when they saw it was only Mr. Clems.

"8 guys, 12 girls, and 6 middle school parts," Mr. Clems continued, "More girls parts than guys but hey, it's a good play."

"Thanks Mr. Clems," Tea said, smiling, and the group walked away, over to the line to the table.

"So who are ya signin' up for Yug?" Joey asked again.

"I still don't know," Yugi answered.

"Well I'm signing up for Drake and Greylag!" Tristan announced.

"Those are some big parts," Ryou said, "You sure you're up to it?"

"Sure I am!" Tristan said, "How about you Ryou?"

"Well I was thinking about Jay Bird and Barnacles," he answered, "Tea?"

"I thought maybe Henrietta and Penny. Serenity?"

"Dot and Penny." Serenity smiled at Tea. "Joey?"

"The Cat and Ugly!"

"You're gonna tryout for Ugly!?!?!?!!!!" the group shouted.

"Sure, why not!" Joey answered.

"You sure do look the part!" Mai shouted from somewhere in the line in front of them.

Yugi shook his head. "That's the main part!!!! You sure you can handle it?"

"Sure!" Joey said, frowning at all of his friends, "Don't you guys think I can?"

They all looked at him for a second... then burst out laughing!

"Hey!" Joey shouted pretending to be hurt. Then he smiled. "Hey Yug! You should tryout with me!"

"Uh, I don't know Joey."

"Why not?! You can sing! I've heard ya before!" Tristan joined in.

"Yeah, but that's like along with the radio, not in front of a huge crowd."

"Well, you're going to have to sing no matter what part you get, why not go for the top?" Ryou said.

"And you really are a good singer," Tea said.

"All you need is confidence," Serenity added.

Yugi looked at all his friends, smiling at him. He wasn't going to get out of this one. He sighed, defeated. "Okay." He smiled up at them.

"That's the spirit!" Joey said.

After everyone was signed up, they all sat down as Mr. Clems started to call up whoever wanted to tryout for different characters, and he judged them from the front row of the auditorium. It was fun to watch people tryout and Joey and Tristan started to try and guess who would get what part.

They cheered for Ryou when he tried out for Barnacles and Jay Bird, and for Mokuba and his friends while they tried out for the younger parts. Serenity and Tea went up to tryout for Penny laughing, and when they returned, they jokingly said that they would still be friends if either of them got the part. They were surprised when they saw Mai tryout for Queenie, but it was funny nonetheless. Serenity went up for Dot and Tristan for Greylag, then another surprise when Duke tried out for Turkey. Mai and some friends tried out for Grace, Violet for Maureen, and Tea got a cheer for Henrietta. Joey and Duke competed for Cat, and the biggest laugh came when Mokuba forced Kaiba to tryout for Drake! Tristan was laughing so hard that he couldn't even perform his part! They saw Violet and a few of her friends tryout for Ida, and it finally came to the big part, Ugly!

"Uh guys, are you sure about this?!" Yugi said as Joey "dragged" him towards the stage.

"Yes!!!" they all shouted back, smiling.

Joey made Yugi go before him just to make sure he actually went.

"You are... Yugi Moto, correct?" Mr. Clems asked.

"Um yes."

"Just a few questions before you start. First of all, can you sing?" Mr. Clems smiled.

Yugi looked over at his friends, who were nodding their heads vigorously. "Yes."

"You can take being picked on?"

"I've had to before," Yugi whispered.

"What?"

"Uh, yes!"

"Can you speak very loudly?"

"Yes."

"Okay, last question. Do you have a brother or close relative that kinda looks like you?"

"Why!?!!!" Yugi asked, looking around.

"Oh, it's just that at one point, Ugly needs time to change, and be on stage at the same time, so in the script, it is recommended to have a double," Mr. Clems answered.

"Oh," Yugi said, relaxing, "I think I know someone who can do it." He smiled, and his friends started to laugh.

"That's great! Okay, now you can tryout!"

After having relaxed, Yugi did quite well. Everyone was amazed at how he got into that character. Actually, he did so well, that he got a standing ovation from everyone in the audience when he finished, including Mai, Violet, Mokuba, and even Kaiba! He blushed as he walked off stage.

"How am I supposed to follow that?" Joey joked, making Yugi blushed even deeper.

With the tryouts over, Mr. Clems walked out on to the stage again. "Cast Lists will be placed up in the high school and middle school in a week after school! I just want to say that it will be hard to choose but everyone did a good job! See you in a week!"

Everyone then started to leave, Yugi's friends all still telling him what a good job he did.

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"I can't wait any longer!" Joey moaned as he, Yugi, Tristan, and Tea all sat in last hour. Thursday had come around again and it was almost time for them to find out who got what part in the play.

"Hold on a little bit longer," Tristan said, "The bell should ring any minute now."

The teacher smiled as she saw most of her class staring at the clock, waiting for school to end. So she decided to do something.

"Since you all seem to be so focused on getting out of here," she started.

The whole class turned to look at her, dreading what they thought she would say next.

"You can all leave early," she said, smiling at their stunned faces. Then the class let out a cheer and started to leave. "Good luck with the play!" the teacher shouted after them.

The class, along with Yugi and the gang, ran to the cafeteria, which led to the auditorium. They were met by other classes that were let out early, including Ryou's and Serenity's.

"Hey guys!" Ryou called as the 4 friends joined the growing crowd in front of the auditorium's announcement board.

"Hi Ryou! Hey Serenity!" Yugi said.

Then the bell rang and the crowd gave out a cheer. Then all became silent as Mr. Clems walked out of the auditorium.

"Man, quite a crowd!" he said.

Everyone backed away from the announcement board as Mr. Clems opened the protecting glass, posted up a paper, and backed away. The group stared at him until he nodded, and then they rushed the board, trying to see if they got the part they wanted.

Yugi and his group waited a while until most of the crowd left, either sulking or celebrating.

"Now let's see what this says!" Tea said.

~ Cast members for HONK

Bewick and Mother Swan: Nadi Angle and Sanka Rain

Snowy, Pinkfoot, and Barnacles: Iceli Very, Pesha Grow, and Jo Harris

Jay Bird: Ryou Bakura ~

"Congrats Ryou!" Tristan said.

"Thanks."

~ Chicks: Idoe Fernandez and Suey Wen

Henrietta: Chell Atta

Downy, Beaky, Billy and Fluff: Rebecca Hawkins, Mandy Offet, Mokuba Kaiba, and Vye Smith ~

"Hey look guys!" Serenity said, "Mokuba got a part with his friend Vye!"

"That's great!" the rest said.

"Wait, does that say, Rebecca Hawkins!" Tristan yelled, "Doesn't she live in America?"

"Oh yeah," Yugi said, "I forgot! She's staying in town with her grandfather for about four months and she had to go to school, so I guess she could tryout."

"Oh great," Joey said sarcastically.

~Penny: Tea ~

"Congrats Tea!" Yugi said.

"Thanks," she said, blushing.

~ Bullfrog: Mako Tsunami ~

"Mako got Bullfrog!" Tristan said, laughing.

~ Lowbutt: Amis Offet

Queenie: Mai Valentine~

"Guys, look!" Joey said, not being able to control his laughter, "Mai got Queenie!"

"The part fits her," Ryou said, smiling.

~ Dot: Serenity Wheeler ~

"Congrats sis!" Joey gave his blushing sister a hug.

~ Greylag: Tristan Taylor ~

"Looks like I get to be Greylag after all!" Tristan said triumphantly.

"That means that you're married to Serenity, doesn't it?" Ryou asked, grinning.

Joey stopped smiling and glared at his friend.

"Hey I didn't mean for it to turn out that way!" Tristan said, trying to defend himself.

Yugi, Tea, Serenity, and Ryou just laughed and went back to reading the paper.

~ Turkey: Duke Devlin~

"Duke's a Turkey!" Tea laughed.

~Grace: Diana Kay

Maureen: Alexandra Fernandez

Cat: Joey Wheeler~

"Hey Joey!" Serenity shouted at her brother, "You're the bad guy!" She giggled.

"Really?!" Joey said, looking happy. He quickly forgot about being angry with Tristan. "Cool!!"

~ Drake: Seto Kaiba~

This stopped all of them for a few moments, then they all burst out laughing! Joey fell down, clutching his stomach, and Yugi was bent over, holding his. Tristan put his hand on the wall and Serenity and Tea were leaning on each other for support, trying to stay up.

"Okay, okay guys," Ryou said, between chuckles, "Calm down."

"But I can just imagine *laugh* the look *laugh* on Kaiba's face!" Joey said, sitting up on the floor.

They all thought about this for a second and stated to laugh all over again!

"Come on guys," Yugi said smiling, "We have to see who else got picked!"

~ Ida: Violet Jones~

"Hey look!" Yugi said, "Violet got Ida!"

"Oh joy," Tea whispered sarcastically to Serenity.

~ Ugly: Yugi Moto~

"YUG!!!! YOU GOT THE MAIN PART!!!!!!!!!!" Joey shouted happily.

"WHAT!!?!!!!!!!!!" he shouted. Yugi stared at the paper, but no matter how long he looked his name was still in the same place! He'd got the main part!!!!!!!!!

Hey everybody! That's the end of the first chapter! The next one is going to take a while because the play is long and I'm still trying to remember all of the lines. I'll get back as soon as I can! Oh, and so I don't get sued, hopefully, HONK actually belongs to George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Please read and review! Bye now!