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 16: Nationals, Surprises and the future
After Will's announcement that ND were no more, the only glee club left in McKinley High made sure that the members of the former ND knew it. Firstly when Sugar was approached by Mercedes asking if she could join NM. Sugar turned around laughed at her and told her that NM would never accept her because of what she had done to Rachel and Quinn recently. Secondly they made sure that ND members were slushied at regular intervals with messages following the Slushie's ranging from "told you so", to "I win" when Finn was slushied. However NM realised that no matter how much fun it was to embarrass their former team mates, they had a final competition to win, a competition that would either make McKinley a national show choir icon or a national show choir let down. They had to win Nationals.
To make sure they had as good a chance as any of the other show choirs, and add to the fact that they had a coach who had won the National stage of the competition before NM practiced their song choices at every possible opportunity. The songs they picked ranged from Bon Jovi to Bullet for my Valentine, however Shelby quickly said that any metal songs wouldn't work because they weren't acceptable for a show choir audience. They eventually decided on five songs they were going to practice non-stop, and then decided on the dance routines that would accompany the chosen songs. It was also during this period that Beth started to attend the practices with her grandmother so that she could see her parents perform. Rachel and Quinn suspected that it was so that she could see Brittany and watch her perform and who were they to argue when they saw Beth's face light up when she got a hug of Brittany.
Quinn also made sure that during this period of practice her and Rachel took their honeymoon. They went away for a week to Florida courtesy of her fathers in law and Shelby. Beth stayed with the adults as Rachel and Quinn made sure that they visited all the theme parks down there and visited clothing stores to stock up on their wardrobes. They arrived back with tans that made Santana and Kurt jealous and were bombarded with questions on whether they enjoyed their honeymoon. They spent the rest of their arrival date telling everyone how their honeymoon went and then went back to practicing and studying for their final exams which started a few weeks later.
Said exams went well for all of the members of NM. However ND members didn't fare so well with Finn missing an English exam and Mercedes missing a Science exam. Brittany was happy when the exams finished for her for a different reason to the rest of the students. Her reason was better than most because she and Santana were taking a leaf out of Quinn and Rachel's book and they were getting hitched. However they had their wedding reception in the most unlikely of places. They had theirs in the gymnasium at William McKinley High. This impressed and surprised NM a lot because it took a lot of guts to get hitched, but to do it in front of all their friends took it to a new level. When they were asked what they were now known as they told everyone it was now Mrs and Mrs Pierce.
However that wasn't the last surprise that greeted the group of National finalists. The Monday before they got their results and then left for the competitions, Rachel complained to Quinn that she had been feeling unwell. Now for anybody else they would be worried, but Quinn wasn't. You see she had expected this to happen as had Rachel to an extent. On their honeymoon they had visited a doctor who had performed a complex scientific procedure that sort of got her pregnant. They did a test and it came back positive. Both were ecstatic because it meant that Beth would now have a new brother or sister. Everyone was stunned when they were told, but congratulated the pair and wished them luck. The good news for NM continued after that as all members got the grades they needed to get into their chosen universities. Now all that was left for them was Nationals.
Nationals turned out to be a fun event for NM as they were back in the place they were in last year and were determined that it wouldn't be the same as last year. They were shocked however by bumping into a certain Jessie St James who it turned out was the new director of Vocal Adrenaline. Shelby wasn't bothered however because she knew how he operated and told her group that she could probably guess what songs he was going to use. It turned out she was correct and when her group got up and performed their own songs in front of the national board of show choirs and got a standing ovation at the end of their performance, she broke down in tears because her baby girl had grown up, and was now a nationals champion, even if the judges had not announced the results. She was right not an hour later when they had performed again and finished first out of fifty two other schools. They left New York a few days later with a huge trophy and two huge prize checks, one for the school and the state of Ohio and one for her group. Oh yes NM were going on holiday, they just didn't know it yet.
They arrived at McKinley to a ovation from the whole school, well everyone but ND, but NM didn't really care, they had won and proved that they didn't need the arrogance of Mercedes or the idiotic nature of Finn to win them Nationals. However the highlight for them was watching Shelby walk up to Will and then scream in his face so that everyone could here.
"Haha, I did in one year what you couldn't do in three. I used the talents of my whole group to win, not one or two. So there you go Will I win and you lose. Now my group and me are going with my granddaughter on holiday with our winnings, so enjoy the Ohio weather. We are off to Australia for two weeks to enjoy theirs." Shelby finished with a laugh.
One Year Later
Rachel and Quinn arrived back at their Yale apartment and immediately flopped down on their couch. Luckily for them Beth and baby Ethan were at day care for another hour, so it meant they could enjoy themselves and unwind. The last year had been strange for them but one thing Rachel was thankful for was Quinn and her insistence that she and their friends joined her and left To The Dark Side.
A/N: Finished. I'm sorry if the ending wasn't that good but be aware that there will be a sequel to this story. My next one is the Harry Potter/Glee crossover so if you have any ideas for that story let me know. If not I'll see you there.
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