Vanessa sang the words to the song and couldn't disguise it any longer. It wasn't natural so she couldn't sing artificially any longer because it made her throat sore. "Beautiful Vanessa," Ms. Darbus encouraged. Kelsi looked up from the piano and had a good look at Vanessa when Ms. Darbus had stopped her to speak to her.

'I've heard that voice before and I've seen that face before but I can't make out who that is,' Kelsi thought.

"I'll get Troy to come in and show you the performance," Ms. Darbus said enthusiastically as she walked out of the room. Now it was just Vanessa and Kelsi in the music room.

"So, Vanessa, where have you travelled?" Kelsi asked to gain information and to see if this was the person she thought it was.

"Well um, yeah, I've been to, um Mexico, um Europe, yeah um, Russia and um Australia," Vanessa stuttered.

"What was the best thing you went to in Australia?" Kelsi tested.

"Um, let's see… hmm… theme park!" Vanessa stuttered.

"Which one?" Kelsi tested yet again.

"Um… hang on… Dream World," Vanessa managed to make out.

"I know who you are now," Kelsi said proudly.

'Oh no!' thought Vanessa.

"I'm Vanessa!" said Vanessa trying to cover it up.

"You're Gabriella," Kelsi announced.

"Shh… not too loud," Vanessa whispered.

"Why not?" Kelsi asked.

"I'm trying to test my friendship," Vanessa whispered.

"OK, not a word," Kelsi whispered. "Here's Troy," she added.

"Hi girls!" Troy said enthusiastically.

"Hi Troy," Vanessa and Kelsi said at the same time.

Troy showed Vanessa the actions to the song and where to walk around on the stage. It was hard for Vanessa to pretend that she didn't know what she was doing, because it seemed so boring to just sit through the instructions wasting time. Vanessa felt like just telling Troy that she knew what to do, but that might have given away her real identity.

Students from everywhere came to pack the hall. An announcement was made by Ms. Darbus, "Attention students, our first act is by Ryan and Sharpay." Sharpay skipped onto the scene with a stunning sequin filled costume and Ryan ran in with a dull white shirt and pants. Sharpay sang most of the song, leaving Ryan doing most of the actions. Although this act wasn't to be laughed at, the sight of Ryan dancing made everyone laugh until their stomachs ached. The judges on the panel held up a 2, 3 and a 4.

"Ms. Darbus, that's just not fair!" Sharpay exclaimed.

"What the judges pick is not up to me, Sharpay, now go backstage," Ms. Darbus replied.

"Uh! Come on Ryan! These people just can't appreciate our brilliance," Sharpay snapped.

"Our next act, Vanessa and Troy with Kelsi accompanying," the M.C announced.

Vanessa and Troy ran out, and Kelsi took a seat at the piano. Kelsi winked at Vanessa but she frowned back. "One, two, three," Kelsi lip said. Vanessa and Troy sang loud and clear, and just by looking at the audience, they were fantastically engaged to their song. Vanessa couldn't believe Troy didn't know it was her. The judges, with wide smiles on their faces held up a 10 and two 9's. They then heard a disturbing scream from backstage. It was Sharpay, she was watching the whole act with a large frown on her forehead. She whacked Ryan in the arm when Ryan began swaying to the music and kicking the beat.

"Uh! Ryan! They are our enemies! You're so STUPID!" Sharpay screamed.

"Sharpay, the music is irresistible," Ryan defended.

"GO!" Sharpay squealed.

Ryan went off to the other room backstage to enjoy the song.

The night ended. "The winner of the East High Talent Show is… VANESSA AND TROY!" the M.C screamed. They ran out from both sides of the stage with Kelsi. They accepted the trophy and Troy made a speech.

"I'd like to thank everyone in the audience today. Thank you Kelsi, without you, we wouldn't have any music to our fabulous song you wrote for us. Thank you Vanessa, without you, myself and Gabriella's dream to win this Talent Show tonight would not have been fulfilled. I just hope that Gabriella will recover her sickness soon. I'm pleased to collect this trophy."

A tear fell from Vanessa's eye. They collected the trophy and held it up high.

"Now, if any fans could come up and get their autographs," the M.C announced.

Ryan rushed out from backstage, but followed was Sharpay dragging him back.

"Please?" Ryan said smiling in front of Troy and Vanessa.

They looked at each other, then dashed to get the permanent marker to sign his autograph book. The pair signed tens of books and thanked many fans. Inside, Vanessa knew that she was Gabriella, and so did Kelsi.

"I can't wait until tomorrow, we've got a special guest," Troy remembered backstage.