To The Dark Side
What if when Quinn joined the Skanks, she wasn't alone? What if she showed Rachel, Santana and Brittany the light and they joined her. What if more people joined them? Would Glee and McKinley survive?
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee. It belongs to Ryan Murphy and FOX. Any band names and songs mentioned belong to their respective owners.
A/N: From now on New Directions will be displayed as ND and New Meaning will be displayed as NM.
Chapter 15: Regionals and the end of a glee club
The Regionals stage of the show choir competition was a big deal, because it allowed the entrants to see where they were in regards to competition and it allowed them to see if they would have any chance of defeating the opposition at Nationals if they got through Regionals. It also gave NM one final chance to destroy and humiliate ND and make sure McKinley High was properly represented at Nationals. It allowed Quinn one final chance to destroy Finn in front of a huge audience, and it was one chance she was going to take because the idiot didn't seem to understand that Rachel was her wife and would never get back with him.
As she sat in the NM changing room, Quinn went over the song she had chosen to sing and was pleased with the song selection. It suited her vocal range, would entertain the audience which was important and would finally show Finn who is boss, She is the boss. Rachel was also going over her song choice. It was a previous ND song which she had sung herself and she thought it would accompany Quinn's song choice beautifully. The rest of NM were currently going through the final song that they would all sing. They had agreed the song with Shelby, Quinn and Rachel after hearing what Quinn and Rachel were going to sing. So after running through it one final time with both Quinn and Rachel, NM got ready in their Regionals outfits which consisted of Black skinny jeans for the boys and White skinny Jeans for the girls, they also had corresponding tops to match the Jeans and on their feet were jet black converse to finish their look. Kurt then surprised the group by showing off his now black hair with red highlights in. He had hidden it under a hat which had previously caused Shelby and Puck to raise their eyebrows because Kurt never wore hats that never matched his outfit and today he had.
All self-musing was cut short when all Regionals competitors where asked to report to the stage, where a draw would be held to decide what order the show choirs would be competing in. As it turned out Dalton, who's leader Sebastian was sporting a new black eye thanks to Blaine this time, went first. Then ND would follow them with their three songs and finally NM would end the competition with their three songs. This meant that Quinn would have to wait for nearly an hour and a half before she could help finally bury ND and Will Schuester for good from their glee club lives.
Dalton, in Rachel and Santana's opinion were quite good because they used their team to great effect made sure that everyone had something to do. They were both sure that Dalton would score highly on the judges final vote due to this. After the Dalton boys had made their way back to their seats, the ND group arrived on the stage and began their routine. Firstly the girls that were left in the group strode, in Sam's opinion smugly to the front of the stage and where led by Mercedes who belted out the first bit of Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. The rest of ND moved around her whilst she sang in tandem with Tina and one of the new members and when the song finished, it faded into Night Fever by The Bee Gees. The dance routine to this song made the whole auditorium fall around laughing because it made Finn look like a constipated horse, made Tina and Mercedes look like they had ants in their pants and made Artie look like a poor robot. The only member of ND to make the routine look decent was Mike who could actually Dance. Once they had finished embarrassing themselves the last song they sang was I believe I can fly by R-Kelly. Once they had finished they got a round of applause from the audience, although Puck and Sugar both thought it was out of sympathy rather than their performance being any good.
NM were called onto the stage soon after and made their way over to their required positions, the lights then dimmed and then a single spot light began to beam onto Quinn, the drum solo then started up as Quinn glared at Finn as she sang the song Better Off Dead by LostProphets. She made sure that when the word dead came up, she glared at Finn who had started to squirm in his seat. As the song came to an end NM gave Quinn the chance for her solo and enabled her to finish with a flourish. They then blended the ending of Quinn's song into Rachel's. Said girl then serenaded the whole of ND with one of her classics, Gives You Hell by The All American Rejects. She danced across the stage making sure that at particular moments of the song she looked at ND and laughed to herself when she saw them look worried. This made her happy because it showed her that she had finally beaten them at their own game. The hall was on their feet at that stage and continued to be when NM's final song Born for This by Paramore began to play. Brittany and Santana had the lead for this with Puck, Blaine and Sugar providing back up when required. NM left the stage to applause that almost deafened them and cheers from all around the room.
Upon their arrival in the changing room, Shelby gave them all a hug and congratulated them on a job well done. When she began to tell them how proud she was she was interrupted by a loud "Mummy, Momma and Daddy". This caused the whole of NM to burst out laughing because they knew that little Beth had arrived and they were correct not a few minutes later when a little bundle of energy flew into the room and latched herself onto Quinn and Rachel's legs. Puck scooped her up and hugged her as she then gave both of her mother's a hug and then gave her grandmother a hug. After hugging everyone, Beth was given to Hiram who also congratulated the group and wished them look at the final result announcement.
They were called back to the stage a half hour later and were asked to stand in order of performance. This time a well-built gentleman walked over to the microphone and asked for everyone's attention. He then announced the following.
"In third place is the New Directions Show Choir." At this announcement Finn started crying and Mercedes fainted. This caused all of NM to break out in silent sniggers. The announcer then said "In second place is the Dalton Academy Warblers." This caused Sebastian to go red and nearly storm off the stage. The announcer then said "The Winners and Ohio State representatives are the New Meaning Show Choir."This caused the whole auditorium to break out in applause and cheers as Shelby was presented with the Regionals trophy. She then turned to where ND were stood shell shocked and laughed at a now speechless Will, she then mouthed.
"Better look next time" and left to celebrate with her charges. This the group knew would be an all-night and maybe all weekend party they could savour and turn up on Monday to school with a worthwhile hangover.
Will Schuester however wasn't happy. Due to the bullying and backbiting his club had done to Rachel and other members over the past two years, they had been soundly beaten by most of their former star performers. Will knew what it would mean and so with a heavy heart he turned to his now quiet choir and said a sentence that he had hoped to say in a few years' time.
"Guys, I am sorry to say this, but due to our placing tonight and your constant poor behaviour over the past year to former members of our show choir. We New Directions after tonight no longer exist. So thank you guys it's been fun, but I now have other things to do." With that he walked out of the hall and out of the show Choir business at McKinley high for good.
A/N: Nearly finished. Only a few chapters to go. Thanks for all the feedback. With regards to my next story, I will do a kind of sequel to this but my Glee/Harry Potter crossover will come before. See you next chapter.
T-REX06