It wasn't until long that the Muppets found Will waiting for them in the hallway.
"Hi-ho" greeted Kermit, "you must be William Schuester, the glee club coach."
"Yes I am" Will replied shaking the Frog's flipper. "It's an honor to meet you and all your friends here!"
The Muppets all said hello and introduced themselves one by one, except Miss Piggy, who was still disgruntled over the fact that she was going to be performing with a school glee club…until she set eye on Schue himself.
'Oh lord…" she thought with an agape mouth, 'he is what Kermie would look like if he weren't so green and wet…' At that moment, she thrust herself through the group and grabbed hold on his sides.
"Bonjour mon admirer, vous don't need any introduction said for moi."
Will started to blush. "No…" he said, "I know well enough that you are the irreplaceable Miss Piggy!"
"Well mon Cheri, moi is looking forward to working with your cute little kiddies…"
"Gee Piggy, whatever happened to "working with this glee club is going to bring me down"?" snapped a slightly un-amused Kermit.
"I…uh…changed my mind? Ha-ha…" Piggy laughed nervously as she always did when caught in the act.
"Well either way, I'm glad you're gonna be working with us, Miss Piggy. You'd work great with one of our most gifted performers. Her name is Rachel Berry and she's just dying to meet you. In fact, all of my students are inside waiting to meet you all. Come in!"
Will opened the door and saw Emma and the kids all sitting quietly, awaiting his next move.
"Ladies and gentlemen" he began, "THE MUPPETS!"
At that point, all the Muppets came barreling, shuffling, and flapping into the room to the applause of Will, Emma, and the club…except for Rachel, who still remained despondently quiet. Kermit, being the leader, stepped in front.
"Hi-ho everyone, Kermit the Frog here. On behalf of all the Muppets, I just want to say that we're all very excited to be performing with all you students in New Directions in celebration of your big win at Nationals. We were all shown a video of your performance and I must say you all are intensely talented one and all! In fact, if you were to perform on The Muppet Show, you'd probably get a much better audience response than 90% of our usual acts do…"
The kids all laughed at that remark.
"Now I also hear that your teacher is a talented performer himself, am I right?" Kermit looked at Will. Being put on the spot, Will blushed.
"I, uh, wouldn't really call myself a performer, per say, but my own talents have lent themselves to a few interesting lessons!"
Pulling his famous banjo out, the Muppet amphibian looked at the human teacher, who brought out his own guitar. The two then began performing a string duet to the delight of the entire room.
"Oh my…" Piggy swooned, "he has such a way with music…"
"He sure does" Emma replied. "He's my fiancé!"
THAT didn't abide well with the Pig, but seeing as not only was he still talented and nice to look at but also the fact that she was in a classroom surrounded by young students, she decided to let it go for once.
"Hmph, he could do much better than you…" she angrily muttered.
After they finished, everyone applauded. Piggy then cleared her throat loudly and spoke up.
"Well, I don't know about all you, but moi would like to see this Rachel Berry moi has been told about!"
The students all looked at each other nervously. Would their resident diva star get over her residual disappointment regarding her school of choice and open up to the Muppets' own diva star or otherwise?
"She's right here, Miss Piggy ma'am" said Kurt. The gay boy went over to the sulking girl and pointed her out for the famous Pig.
"Thanks, porcelain" she said, sending Kurt walking off and praying that she hadn't already met Sue. Kermit and Will motioned for everyone, student and Muppet, to leave the two some space.
"So…" Piggy began, "you must be Rachel. Moi has heard a lot about you."
Rachel just looked up with low eyes, nodded slowly, and then went down again.
"For this glee club's "shining star", you don't seem so bright in spirit…"
No response.
"Say something! Are you a girl or some… lifeless, talentless PUPPET?"
That remark invoked a collective gasp from everyone, for more than one reason considering the "circumstances" regarding the Muppets. Regardless, Piggy turned to Schue, displeased.
"THIS is your beloved star? She can hardly say a word! I bet her voice was just prerecorded dialogue for her to lip-synch to…"
All of a sudden, Mercedes went up to Piggy and tapped her on the shoulder.
"And what do YOU want?!"
"Excuse moi, but my name is Mercedes Jones and I've been a fan of your work since I was a little girl. In fact, I mark you down as the #1 influence of my own budding singing career!"
"Oh?"
"Let me demonstrate…"
Mercedes then sang her own rendition of "Don't Rain on My Parade", the very song Rachel loved AND flubbed during her Nyada auditions. In fact, she walked right up to her, more hurt than ever, and whispered to her "You snooze, you lose, Rachel. You're missing out on the chance of a lifetime." Needless to say, Piggy was impressed. She took Mercedes by the hand and they both walked up in front of the room.
"It is official" Piggy announced, "this girl is to be moi's official protégé for the Muppets' Glee Club Gala! The rest of you little brats can work with whichever freak you want…"
Still a little shaken from Piggy's unceremonious outburst towards one of his students, Will turned to the class.
"Ok…I suppose you could all take a hint from Miss Piggy and Mercedes, each of you partner up with your favorite Muppets and work on an act together for the show! Go and find a nice spot where you can work quietly and…"
"Um, Mr. Schuester…" Kermit interrupted, "I don't think that's such a good idea."
"Why, Kermit? What harm could it do?"
All of a sudden, the bell rang and immediately all of New Directions walked out with their new Muppet partners in tow.
"Be sure to meet up again in an hour and a half with your acts!" Will called out to his students. "Now Kermit, you were saying?"
Kermit grimaced. "You'll find out soon…and don't say I didn't warn you…"
Will looked at Kermit with a look of concern, and then saw Sue walking toward him rather happily.
"Hey there, Willy" she smirked. "I see the glee club will be working with the Muppets, I'm just here to tell you that me and my two new friends can't wait to see your show."
"Friends?"
She then stepped aside to reveal her new comrades: Statler & Waldorf! All of this much to Will, Emma, and Kermit's dismay!
"Looks like both the frog and the teacher are looking a little green around the gills over the news!" exclaimed Statler.
"You'd think they'd be more shocked over the fact that we're being seen with a woman half our age!" Waldorf replied.
All three laughed and walked off. Could all this be a sign of things to come?
"I warned you…" Kermit said ruefully.