A/N: here you go, all you eager fan, chapter 3 is here! Enjoy and keep the reviews commin' (excuse and errors, I wrote this after a long day at school, and submitted it at like... midnight.)

On Friday, Danny walked into school nervously. How was he ever going to beat those drama freaks? Sure, he had practiced all-night and sure, he had memorized every line, but that wouldn't do any good.

He walked around all day with butterflies in his stomach. It was at lunch when he finally realized that he had not seen Sam all day.

"Hey Tuck," he asked Tucker once he sat down at their usual table, "where's Sam?"

"Don't know," he replied stuffing his face with a burger. Danny looked at him in disgust.

"Maybe Sam has a point with the whole Ultra-Recyclo Vegetarian thing…" Danny said

Tucker opened his burger-filled mouth in protest when Mr. Lancer's voice came over the intercom.

"All students that are auditioning for the school musical, auditions will take place in the auditorium now for the parts of Elphaba, Glinda, Fiyero, Boq, and Nessarose. That is all."

"Oh my god!" Danny scrambled out of his seat and stumbled out of the cafeteria.

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Danny ran into the auditorium out of breath. Everyone looked at him as he made his noisy entrance.

"Thank you, Mr. Fenton, for gracing us with your presence today." Mrs. Anderson, the drama teacher, said flicking one of her heavily jeweled hands.

Danny took that as a sign to sit down.

"As I was saying," Mrs. Anderson, "anyone trying out for the part of Boq, get on stage now." Mrs. Anderson sat in the front row and looked at her list of students. As she did, five boys Danny had never met, got on stage.

"Okay, first up we will have Edward Johnson." Mrs. Anderson called. A very tall boy with blonde hair stepped forward and told Mrs. Anderson that he was singing March of the Witch Hunters, and started belting out his lines.

Danny screwed up his eyes.

Edward Johnson was loud, no doubt about that, but he wasn't that good. Neither was the guy after him, or even the guy after him. The last two were good though. They both sang Dancing through Life at the part where Boq comes in. But the last guy, Robert, was better in Danny's mind.

Next up was Nessarose. Some drama club girls tried out and were okay, but when Valerie sang The Wicked Witch of the East; it blew them all away.

After Nessarose, came Glinda. A lot of popular girls, including Paulina and Star, tried out. Danny was also happy to see the laid-back Liz among the throng of high-strung cheerleaders. Paulina sang Popular, of course and was all right but Danny still thought that Liz's performance of I'm not that girl (reprise), was much better.

Finally it was Danny's turn; Fiyero was next. Danny went up last and only three other guys tried out; Dash, Kwan, and some kid from the chess club.

Dash and Kwan only want to kiss Paulina, Danny thought to himself. Even though in the back of his head, he would have liked to do the same thing. Dash and Kwan both sang Dancing through Life, while the boy from chess club sang the Finale.

"Next we have Daniel Fenton," Mrs. Anderson announced, "and what will you sing for us, Daniel." She said sweetly. She could see that he was nervous and tried to make him feel better. Danny was grateful for this.

"Um," Danny looked around for Sam. He thought he saw her by the door but once he looked again, she was gone. "um," he said again, "I'm singing As Long as You're Mine." He replied nervously. Dash and Kwan laughed at him but Mrs. Anderson silenced them.

"Go ahead whenever your ready, honey" she said.

Danny cleared his throat and closed his eyes. He tried to think of Sam and him singing in his room yesterday. He smiled at the thought and took a deep breath. He looked over at Allen, the kid working the stereo, and told him to play track 15. The music started to play and he waited for his cue. He looked out into the auditorium and saw Sam in the back row. She looked different, but Danny couldn't place why. It was too dark to see anything. Danny's entrance came and he started to sing.

"Maybe I'm brainless, maybe I'm wise, but you've got me seeing through different eyes. Somehow I've fallen under your spell and somehow I'm feeling it's up that I fell!" Danny held out the last note and looked out to see, what he swore he thought, was Sam mouthing the words.

"Every moment, as long as you're mine, I'll wake up my body and make up for lost time." Danny looked again, but Sam was gone. "Say there's no future, for us as a pair. And though I know I may know, I don't care! Just for this moment, as long as you're mine, come be how you want to and see how bright we shine! Borrow the moonlight until it is though and know I'll be here holding you…as long as you're mine." Danny held out the note for a long time and sighed. He was startled when he realized that he had just auditioned. He thought that he was still in his room, singing with Sam.

"That was simply beautiful, Daniel." Mrs. Anderson stated happily. She stood up and turned toward the crowd of kids in their seats, "All right, with Daniel's lovely performance over, that only leaves the slot of Elphaba, everyone trying out, on stage!"

Danny jumped off stage and went to sit with Liz.

"That was wonderful, Danny! And I thought I was good!" she praised him as he sat down.

"Thanks," he whispered as the first Elphaba hopeful tried out. One by one, the girls tried out. Some were good, others bad, and many were just okay.

Where the heck is Sam! Danny thought.

When the last girl finished her song, Mrs. Anderson stood up. "That was wonderful everyone, that cast list will be posted after school—"

"Wait!" It was Sam's voice. Danny was relieved, "Sorry I'm late. Can I still try-out?"

"Yes, fine, what is your name," Mrs. Anderson sat down again.

"Sam, Sam Manson" she came out from the shadows and walked down to the stage. Everyone in the auditorium gaped at her.

It was the same Sam, but there was something indeed different about her. She had on her trademark combat boots but she wore a long black skirt that was tied with a simple bow at the hip. Her shirt was like the one she usually wore, yet without the purple on it. She also wore deep red lipstick and had on a big, black, witch's hat.

Danny stared at her, opened mouthed and wide-eyed. As she passes him, she giggled a little and looked forward. She jumped up onto the stage and straightened out her skirt.

"What song are you going to sing?" Mrs. Anderson asked.

"Well, I'm trying out for Elphaba, obviously," she pointed to the witch's hat, "and I'm singing The Wizard and I."

"Nice choice." Mrs. Anderson sat back in her chair.

"Track 3." Sam told Allen.

The music started to play and Sam waited for her cue. It came and she started to sing.

"Did that really just happen? Have I actually understood? This weird quirk I've tried
To suppress or hide is a talent that could help me meet the Wizard if I make good so I'll make good…"

The music started to build up a bit, then Sam went on. "When I meet the Wizard, once I prove my worth and then I meet the Wizard what I've waited for since—since birth! And with all his Wizard wisdom by my looks, he won't be blinded. Do you think the Wizard is dumb? Or, like Munchkins, so small-minded? No! He'll say to me,
"I see who you truly are -a girl on whom I can rely!" And that's how we'll begin
The Wizard and I!" Sam got into her moves then, not dancing, with her voice, flashy moves would only marr her performance, she just walked around the stage. "Once I'm with the Wizard, my whole life will change 'cuz once you're with the Wizard no one thinks you're strange! No father is not proud of you, no sister acts ashamed and all of Oz has to love you when by the Wizard you're acclaimed. And this gift –or this curse—I have inside maybe at last, I'll know why when we are hand and hand– the Wizard and I!"

Sam stopped in the middle of the stage and went on singing. "And one day, he'll say to me, "Elphaba, a girl who is so superior, shouldn't a girl who's so good inside have a matching exterior? And since folks here to an absurd degree seem fixated on your verdigris, would it be all right by you if I de-greenify you?" And though of course that's not important to me "All right! Why not?" I'll reply oh, what a pair we'll be
the Wizard and I! Yes, what a pair we'll be the Wizard and…"

The music changed to a mystifying chord and Sam just kept singing. "Unlimited, my future is unlimited, and I've just had a vision almost like a prophecy I know– it sounds truly crazy and true, the vision's hazy but I swear, someday there'll be a celebration throughout Oz that's all to do with me!"

She held out the last note for a long time and belted out the last lines beautifully. "And I'll stand there with the Wizard feeling things I've never felt and though I'd never show it, I'll be so happy, I could melt! And so it will be for the rest of my life and I'll want nothing else till I die! Held in such high esteem, when people see me, they will scream, for half of Oz's favorite team: the Wizard and I!"

Mrs. Anderson sat back in awe, "My goodness, child! That was wonderful!"

Sam blushed and jumped off stage.

"Remember children," Mrs. Anderson called as people left the auditorium, "the cast list will be posted after school!"

All proud of the jobs they did, Danny, Sam, and Liz walked out in excitement.