You know the drill: Drake & Josh characters do not belong to me. The Wicked songs and concepts don't belong to me. All the songs were written by Stephen Schwartz. The line "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" is spoken by Glinda in the Wizard of Oz movie. That's not mine either.

So, does Drake get the part? Good question. Let's find out.

Oh yes, ReginaBina33: Awesome your school got to do that. I just graduated last year and did "For Good" as my senior solo with one of the juniors. Now, after I've graduated my old choir director has decided to haul out "Defying Gravity", "Popular", and "For Good", even though I just did "For Good" and two girls did "Popular" at the fashion show. My sister told me they butcher "Defying Gravity" and the person who arranged "For Good" made it so it's the girls and guys singing it to each other, so it's now essentially a love song, when it is so not! Okay, yeah, venting. I don't get to do them. Actually, I was originally going to do "Defying Gravity" for my solo, but I decided that it was too difficult to learn well in the amount of time I had, so I switched it. It's probably one of the hardest songs in the musical and I wonder what my old director is thinking sometimes. Anyway...onto the story!

Drake sat in class waiting for the morning announcements. Normally he didn't like to pay attention to them, but today he would hear whether he would get the part in the play or not. Not that Broadway was now cool, but perhaps Drake could make it cool. At least, this is what went through Drake's mind. Even if that didn't work he could tell the other guys he did it for the girls. Everyone could easily believe that. He was Drake Parker after all.

"Hey, Drake," Josh poked him in the back. Drake turned around, his thoughts had just been interrupted. He hated that.

"What?"

"They just started the announcements."

"Oh, great!"

Drake sat and listened to the unimportant stuff, the lunch menu, the football scores, the audition results...wait, the audition results!

"The following students will be in the production of Wicked. If your name is called please attend the rehearsal this afternoon to receive your part," announced the secretary. She went through the list, naming in alphabetical order. "...Madison Oleson, Drake Parker..."

"Yes!" yelled Drake as he shot out of his chair.

"Mr. Parker," said Mrs. Haifer. "Do not interrupt the announcements. Please save your antics for after class."

"Sorry ma'am." Drake saw Mindy Crenshaw snicker. What did Josh see in her anyway? It was bad enough she tried to frame him for putting Mrs. Haifer's car in the classroom. Now Josh was dating her, so he had to be civil. He was happy for Josh. He finally had a girlfriend and was happy with her, which was the only reason Drake put up with Mindy.

"Did you hear though?" said Josh. "Hewitt also has a part in the play. Only one of you can be Fiyero."

"He was? Well, the part Mrs. Lane asked me about was Fiyero."

"Who knows, she might have stuck one of you as the understudy or in the chorus."

"Blah, I'm meant to be heard," said Drake.

"Mr. Parker, if you insist on talking, please share with the class. What did the turtle in last night's reading of The Grapes of Wrath represent?" asked Mrs. Haifer.

"Um...that if you don't like the book, reading it can be slow?"

"No Drake," sighed Mrs. Haifer. "I expect you to catch up with this reading. Mindy, what is the correct answer, please..."

Drake sat in the choir room by himself. He didn't know many people here, mostly because half of them were in choir. As much as he was into music, choir was not cool. He saw Hewitt and his gang of chorus boys. Drake had become worried. Suppose Hewitt was Fiyero? Just then, Mrs. Lane walked in.

"Hello everyone," she said. "Now, you are all here, because you each have a part in Wicked. Whether you are a main character, supporting character, or in the chorus, you have been called here. Now, once I assign the main characters, I will assign the supporting. The rest will be in the chorus and broken up from there. Also, understudies will be people in the chorus. Now, first is the lead, Elphaba will be played by Shelly Bernez." A pretty blonde girl stood up and took her script and music from Mrs. Lane while everyone else clapped. A few of the other girls looked disappointed. One brightened when Mrs. Lane called next, "The part of Glinda will be played by Lea Norris." A second also very pretty blonde girl, who looked about a year younger than Drake, he was sure she was a sophomore, stood up and took her music and script from Mrs. Lane. Drake sighed. More people looked disappointed. "The part of Madame Morrible will be played by Veronica Miles." A third girl stood up and grabbed her things. Drake shifted his weight in his chair. "Now, the part of Fiyero will be played by..." Drake sat up. "...Drake Parker." Drake smiled and took his music and script. He sat back down. He noticed Hewitt giving him a nasty glare. "Nessarose will be played by Madison Oleson. Boq will be Craig Norbert. Our Doctor Dillamond is Hewitt Long. Elphaba and Nessarose's father will be Tom Daniels. Chistery will be Peter Samuels. Finally, our Wizard of Oz is Greg Joel. The remainder of you will be chorus members. You will be divided, some may have small solos. Now, I'd like to start running through these songs. So, let's start with the first song." Drake turned to the first song. "No One Mourns the Wicked." Flipping through the script he realized he really only sang in about three or four songs. That was fine. Less to memorize that way. Mrs. Lane spent some time assigning solos and running through several of the songs.

"Alright everyone, tomorrow we will rehearse lines. Soon we'll be able to move into the auditorium. Right now, Josh, our stage manager, is making sure everything that is needed is there. After that we should be able to rehearse in there, and they'll be able to work on the set. See you all tomorrow," said Mrs. Lane.

Hewitt approached her as the cast left. Drake caught little bits of their conversation. Hewitt wasn't happy to be playing Doctor Dillamond. First, he had lost the part he wanted, and now, he was playing a goat. Drake gave a quick laugh and left.

A group of girls stared at Drake as he left. Shelly was among them, she simply eyed him and tossed her hair. She knew he was a rocker. What was he doing there? He was intruding on their territory. Probably trying to get word of his band out. That had to be it. Shelly had received the part of Elphaba for her voice.

Meanwhile, Lea stood in the corner by herself. Like Drake, she had been alone too. She didn't have many friends in the choir, but she had a gorgeous voice and was a wonderful actress. Mrs. Lane had chosen her for Glinda because she could be serious and giddy, which was a great asset to anyone playing Glinda. Lea had been watching Drake. She watched him often. When she entered the school as a freshman, she fell for the sophomore who dated all the girls and had a band. She went to see him play a few times, but he never noticed her.

The interesting thing about the characters Shelly and Lea would play was that they were completely different from themselves. Shelly was the bubbly popular girl, and Lea was the one who sat aside and didn't socialize much. She loved performing though and someday hoped to sing and dance on Broadway. Shelly performed because she could. People adored her voice. It gave her attention. Why shouldn't she do it? She liked Broadway the most but would never make a career out of it. She had better things to do. Some Broadway shows had rock and roll. Lea on the other hand loved most kinds of music. She loved dancing and singing. She didn't like to share her Broadway dreams. Some people thought they were unrealistic. She didn't throw in the towel on her goal though. She would go to college to study music and theater. She would achieve her dream no matter what.

Haha...Hewitt's a goat. I just had to get him in one of my fanfictions for stealing Drake's song on the show. Not that I'm making fun of Doctor Dillamond. On thecontrary, Doctor Dillamond plays an important role in both the novel and the play...though I prefer the play over the novel, and if you've read the novel you know what I'm talking about and it's not just Doctor Dillamond.

Anyway, any Wicked fans notice the cast names? Craig Norbert plays Boq. The original Fiyero was played by Norbert Leo Butz. Greg Joel plays the wizard, while the original wizard on Broadway was Joel Grey and Gregory Maguire wrote the novel. Oh yeah, and Carole Shelley played the original Madame Morrible. Of course, I spelled the names differently here. Oh, Peter Samuels is Chistery. When I saw this play in San Francisco on its tour, Peter John Chursin played Chistery.

One last thing, I just HAD to put Drake as Fiyero. Fiyero really reminds me of Drake. The not liking school. Wanting to have fun. It just fit.