A/N: Wow, this story is nearing the end. I won't tell you how many chapters are left, because then you guys will be sad. But, it's less that 10 and more than 1.

Chapter 20! Yay!

Chapter 20 Running Down Endless Halls

Gabriella ran but was leading nowhere. She heard footsteps behind her which made her panic. So she decided against wasting her breath and stopped.

"Go ahead take me. Tell my mother. Just let Sharpay see Ryan."

"I won't do that."

Gabriella turned around. It was little blondie.

"Okay, what?"

"I'm not going to get security on you. I'm letting you stay."

Gabriella's jaw dropped, "Are you serious?"

"Yes."

"Okay! We need to find Troy."

"Troy? Oh, um, I'll call security. They probably found him."

Gabriella watched her take out her cellphone while trying to hold on to a violin in her hand.

"I'll take that," Gabriella said while taking the violin. She looked at it. At the bottom under the strings there were the words, "Sylvia" carved into the wood.

"Your name's Sylvia?"

She laughed, "No, it's Sydney. I like to name my instruments. Like my guitar's name is Shelby."

Sydney talked into the phone and then hung up. "Troy will be released soon. So, where's Sharpay?"

Gabriella opened her mouth, but then realized. She didn't know where Sharpay was.

"Uh, yeah. I don't know."

They ran down the hall.

Troy sat and stared at the guard. The guard looked at Troy.

"Where are your parents?"

"Somewhere."

"Why are you here?"

"Some reason."

"Who's with you?"

"Some people."

"Are you going to answer my questions appropriately?"

"Sometime in the far future."

"Listen to me, boy-" He didn't finish his sentence. The phone started ringing. He looked at Troy suspiciously, and then answered.

"Hello?"

Troy stayed put. He would've ran, but that guard could've hung up on whoever it was. The guard hung up.

"You're free to go."

"What?"

"Sydney knows you somehow and is gonna let you go."

Troy didn't know who Sydney was. But he was definetly gonna hug her once he got out of here. Unless, Sydney was a guy...

"Thank you!"

Troy ran out the door and down the hall.

Sharpay continued running. She didn't know where she was going. She stopped. No point of continuing. Ryan's voice was disappearing. She leaned against a door. That's it. She was going to get caught, and then she would never see her brother again.

She sighed. Then she got up off the door. There was a sign on it. It read, "STAGE"

She opened the door and found a curtain. She peeked through the curtain.

There was a million people sitting in the audience.

And Ryan was singing to them.

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