The Fight for the Throne
Claire and Lawrence Simons have been the stars of the school play since kindergarten. No one else dared to challenge them when it came time for pair auditions. Then it happened.
They were practicing for they're new production when their parents walked in to tell them the terrible news. They were moving to New Mexico. Why New Mexico of all places?
They had begged their parents not to make them leave, but their dad had been transferred to Albuquerque, were Claire and Lawrence would be starting East High School for the begging or third quarter.
"You will be fine." Their mom commented before they walked through the double doors to the school. "They have a drama program here, so ask Mrs. Darbus, your homeroom teacher, about it."
This statement brightened Claire and Lawrence's day (or at least the begging of it).
The first thing they saw was the basketball team, who had one teammate propped up on they're shoulders, yelling, 'Troy, Troy, Troy!' all up and down the halls. The twins guessed that this 'Troy' was two things: a. the person who was on the teams shoulders b. the team captain. Their guesses were confirmed by the teams chanting of 'whose are captain?'
'Troy!'
Next they was another set of twins. One had curly, blonde hair that was dressed in a denim skirt and a light pink blouse. The other was a tall young man with khaki pants, a blue button-down shirt, and a navy blue Berea. People were shouting things like ' The return of the Ice Queen' This person would be interesting to meet. They walked further on towards homeroom. Claire was in the lead followed by Lawrence, unperturbed by the watchful eyes of the Ice Twins (This is the name Claire gave to the other set of twins they saw a minute ago.)
They walked into homeroom, and sat down towards the front of the room, patiently waiting for class to begin.
---------Ryan & Sharpie's point of view----------
Sharpay was interested in the new kids. Ryan, on the other hand, had no interest at all in them. Since they shared first period, Mrs. Darbus introduced them to the class. Their names were Claire and Lawrence Simons.
"What is one thing you want to tell the class?" she asked the twins when she introduced them.
They looked at each other for a second, then simultaneously said, " We have been the stars of our school's productions for nine years strait, and we plan to make it ten."
As soon as these words passed through Sharpay's ears, she thought ' No way'.
---------Claire and Lawrence's point of view-----------
Their first day of school went ok. They learned the Ice Twins real names, Sharpay and Ryan. Who names a girl after a dog?
They found the sign-ups for the school's 'musi-cal' as Mrs. Darbus so rightfully puts it. That's actually where they learned Sharpay and Ryan's real names; they met them at the bulletin board during free period.
"Nice penmanship." Claire pointed out when Sharpay signed in the 'pairs' space.
"I heard about your little goal, I think it's sweet, but I wanted to let you know that it is going to stop here. Ryan and I have starred in 17 school productions, and how many have you starred in?" she asked.
"Seventeen." she scoffed.
Sharpay sneered back, then said, " Come on, Ryan." Her twin, Ryan, followed, then whispered something to Sharpay, which apparently was very funny, because she started to laugh.
"So it's war, then is it?" Claire said, only loud enough for Lawrence to hear.
"War? He asked. Sometimes he could be very slow.
"Yes, Lawrence, war." She replied, signing as big as Sharpay did (which took up half the little box) on the sign-up sheet. She didn't notice the small, neat, handwriting of Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton on the first line where you are 'supposed' to sign.
The rest of the day went just fine for the twins. They were debating on which song to sing for the auditions, as Mrs. Darbus said to choose their favorite. They chose 'Highway to Nowhere' which was one of their favorites. When they got home, their parents were still at work, so they practiced the song for the next day's auditions.