Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical or its characters.

Author's Note: Sorry this is considerably shorter… I normally have at least 1,000 words per chapter but this felt complete where it was, so here it is for you. Not the best content ever, I know, and I apologize. It should get better in the next chapter. Thanks again for all the reviews, you have no idea how much I appreciate them.

High School Drama
Based on 'High School Musical'
By Fiyero Oberon
Chapter Three
It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!

"Is this some kind of joke?"

Sharpay found herself repeating the words she had spoken last year at the posting of the winter musical cast list. The Oz cast list had just been posted and a small stampede had stormed their way to it after final period, lead by Sharpay and Ryan Evans.

And, of course, Sharpay was appalled.

"The Witch!" she screamed. "RYAN! I'm the Witch!"

"Hey, cool, I'm that copper guy."

"Tin Man?"

"Yeah, that."

"Oh, cool. But RYAN! Pay attention to the issue here! Gabriella is Dorothy and I'm the freaking Wicked Witch of the freaking West."

"Who's the Scarecrow?"

"Who cares?" Sharpay stormed out of the crowd, her eyes burning with hot tears. "Ryan… this is a disaster! Ever since that idiot Montez showed up, the entire school has gone downhill!"

Zeke picked that perfectly inopportune moment to come up to Sharpay. "Hey, Sharpay… I made some chocolate chips and I wanted you to be the first to try them… There's a special ingredient. Here." He handed Sharpay the cookie.

Sharpay took a bite and threw the cookie to the floor, choking. "I hate marshmallows," she snapped. Zeke's face fell and he hurried away, apologizing.

"Miss Evans?"

Darbus suddenly appeared out of the crowd, beaming. "Congratulations are your roles, Sharpay, Ryan," she said. Sharpay sniffed her disapproval. "Miss Evans, last I remember you have a dog, have you not?"

"Yes," Sharpay said, her voice weighing with suspicion. "A Bichon Frise, Bernadette."

"Bernadette?" Darbus asked, referring to the dog's strange name.

"After Bernadette Peters," Sharpay said, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Right. Well, I was hoping we might be able to use Brunette –"

"Bernadette."

"Right, I was hoping we could use her for the dog in the show, Toto."

It would be a question, but Darbus whisked away right after finishing, assuming that Sharpay would naturally say yes. After all, they had used Bernadette for Sandy in Annie several years ago.

"No!" Sharpay called after Darbus. "No! You can't use her!"

Darbus ignored her.

"MY DOG GOT A BETTER PART THAN I DID!" the blonde whined.

Sharpay stamped her foot. Ryan stamped his foot. Luna Barnes stamped her foot.

"Why are we stamping our feet?" Luna asked.

"Who'd you get?" Sharpay asked Luna.

Luna spoke quickly: "I'm a Munchkin and a Monkey and a person in the Emerald City and a –"

Sharpay cut her off with a "shut up" motion "We get it," she said curtly. "How can you be satisfied with a… a chorus part?" she spat.

"I've never done a musical before," Luna said, her cheeks and nose flushing red with excitement. "I can't tell you how unbelievably thrilled I am!"

"Shut up." Sharpay stormed away, running down the hall.

Ryan hurried after her. "Sharpay? Sharpay!" She had gone into the makeup room behind the auditorium. Ryan burst into the room, his lavender hat falling off. Sharpay was sitting on one of the stools, her face in her hands, sobbing.

"It's not fair," she whimpered. "They're ruining any chance we'll ever get."

Ryan sat on a stool by his sister and hugged her awkwardly. "It's all right," he said. "It'll still be fun."

"But I'm the Witch."

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