It was the final few seconds of the championship game. The Wildcats were one point behind West High. The clock was ticking down faster than ticking up... Then, Troy suddenly stole the ball from West High and started dribbling the other way. He was weaving left and right to avoid the opposing defense, heading towards the goal. Then, just like he's been practicing during the weeks leading up towards this moment, he faked right, went left, threw the ball, and...NOTHING BUT NET!

The buzzer sounded and it was a one point victory...FOR THE WILDCATS! The crowd was going wild and the cheerleaders were running towards the players.

The announcer went crazy and stated, "EAST HIGH HAS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP! YOUR EAST HIGH WILDCATS ARE CHAMPIONS! CONGRATULATIONS, EAST HIGH!"

The crowd chanted, "TROY! TROY! TROY! TROY!"

Patrick took the trophy and ran through the crowd.

He told them, "Coming though, coming through!"

Patrick handed his son the trophy and his teammates hoisted him up on their shoulders while Troy held it up in the air for all to see.

A.J. yelled, "WHAT TEAM!"

The team responded, "WILDCATS!"

A.J. yelled, "WHAT TEAM!"

The team responded, "WILDCATS!"

A.J. yelled, "WHAT TEAM!"

The team responded, "GET CHA HEAD IN THE GAME!"

As soon as Troy was put down and the trophy was out of his hands, Patrick came forward and engulfed his son in a hug.

Patrick stated, "I'm proud of you, son!"

Timmy responded, "Aw, thanks, dad!"

Then, Ms. Darbus walked forward. Uh-oh. Spaghetti oh! Ms. Darbus said, "Uh...bravo."

Or maybe not. Patrick said, "Brava!"

Ms. Darbus said, "Oh!"

Just then, Gabriella, wearing a red dress and red high heels, snuck up behind Troy and wrapped her arms around his shoulders from behind.

Trixie told him, "Congratulations, Wildcat!"

Troy pulled her around gently so she was standing in front of him. Timmy asked, "Oh. What about your team?"

Trixie answered, excited and happy, "We won, too!"

Troy and Gabriella embraced each other tighter and leaned in for a kiss...then Chad pushed the basketball between them smiling.

A.J. told him, "Team voted you the game ball, captain!"

Timmy responded, distracted, "Yeah, thank you, thanks a lot, yeah."

As Troy went off to Gabriella, Chad found Taylor and pulled her towards him.

A.J. asked, "So...you're going with me to the after-party, right?"

Alicia answered, with a question of her own, "Like on a date!"

A.J. grinned and responded, "Well, it must be your lucky day."

Taylor than walked away from Chad, smiling. A week ago, Taylor would have disagreed, but now...maybe Chad was right. Maybe it was her lucky day. Then, Taylor pulled Gabriella away from Troy as they were about to kiss...again!

Alicia told her, "Chad just asked me out!"

The girls beamed at each other before Taylor left and Gabriella was approached by Sharpay. Uh-oh. What was Sharpay going to say to her? Gabriella braced herself for the worst.

Veronica told her, "Well, congratulations. I guess I'm going to be the understudy in case you can't make one of the shows, so...break a leg." Gabriella just looked at her, startled. Sharpay didn't want her to literally break her leg...did she? Then, Sharpay smiled a true smile this time. Veronica added, "In theatre that means 'good luck' ."

Gabriella smiled a true smile as well and moved on. Zeke saw this as an opportunity and moved in on Sharpay.

Chester said, "Hey, Sharpay. I'm sorry you didn't get the lead, but I think you're really good. I admire you so much."

Veronica asked, scoffing, "And why wouldn't you? Now, bye-bye."

Chester said, "Wait!" He held out a bag of cookies and added, "I baked you some cookies."

Veronica said, "Ew."

Sharpay walked away. Ryan now dressed in black pants and a red shirt, smiled and took the cookies from a crushed Zeke.

Remy told Chester, "Nice game!"

Chester responded, crushed, "Thanks."

Troy then found Kelsi and held out the basketball for her.

Timmy said, "Composer, here's your game ball! You deserve it...playmaker."

If Kelsi would have fainted right there, she would have. She was being handed the game ball by Troy Bolton! She felt dizzy just thinking about how her life has changed so much in one short week. Then, Jason Cross walked up next to her and took off her black hat, letting her long, brown hair fall gracefully to her shoulders.

Together, they threw the basketball in the air towards the hoop. When it was nothing but net, East High was changed forever. It was now a place where punk kids could talk to brainiacs, and where jocks could hang with the drama kids. It was where everybody could follow the beat of their own drummer, and others would cheer them on. In other words, it was now a place where everyone could have fun...together.

All: Together, together. Together, everyone.
Together, together. Come on! Let's have some fun!
Together! We're there for each other every time!
Together, together! Come on! Let's do this right!

Troy was mingling with some of the fellow teammates and cheerleaders.

Timmy: Here and now, it's time for celebration I finally figured out! (All: Yeah, yeah!)
That all our dreams have no limitations! That's what it's all about!

Gabriella was also mingling with the basketball team and cheerleaders.

Trixie: Everyone is special in their own way! We make each other strong! (Alicia and Tootie: Make each other strong.)
We're not the same! We're different in a good way! Together is where we belong!

Then everyone joined together on the court and started dancing to the beat of the percussion.

All: We're all in this together!
Once we know that we are, we're all stars and we see that!
We're all in this together!
And it shows when we stand hand in hand, make our dreams come true!
Everybody now!

Together, together! Together, everyone!
Together, together! Come on! Let's have some fun!
Together! We're there for each other every time!
Together, together! Come on! Let's do this right!

Then Ryan stood up in the stands surrounded by a small crowd of East High supporters.

Remy: We're all here and speaking out with one voice! We're going to rock the house! Yeah, yeah!
The party's on! Now everybody make some noise! Come on! Scream and shout!

Ryan jumped off the stands and some boys caught him and held him up as Sharpay walked underneath him, strutting her stuff, like always, along the way.

Veronica: We're arrived because we stand together! Champions one and all!

All: We're all in this together!
Once we know that we are, we're all stars and we see that!
We're all in this together!
And it shows when we stand hand in hand, make our dreams come.
We're all in this together!
When we reach, we can fly! Know inside, we can make it!
We're all in this together!
Once we see there's a chance that we have and we take it!

Then everyone started doing the cheer the cheerleaders were doing when Troy and Gabriella almost decided to not audition for the callbacks.

All: Wildcats sing along!
Yeah, you've really got it going on!
Wildcats, in the house!
Everybody say it loud!
Wildcats everywhere!
Wave your hands up in the air!
That's the way we do it!
Let's get to it!
Time to show the world!

Then, everyone on the court divided into couples and danced a routine with everyone else cheering them on...well, everyone except West High. Then, Troy and Gabriella started running towards each other and started leading everyone in the same dance routine they were doing before.

All: We're all in this together!
Once we know that we are, we're all stars and we see that!
We're all in this together!
And it shows when we stand hand in hand, make our dreams come.

We're all in this together!
When we reach, we can fly! Know inside, we can make it!
We're all in this together!
Once we see there's a chance that we have and we take it!

Wildcats everywhere!
Wave your hands up in the air!
That's the way we do it!
Let's get to it!
Come on, everyone!

Then, their song ended. Troy and Gabriella held each other's hands and looked into each other's eyes momentarily before turning to face West High with their arms wrapped around one another. Ryan was standing next to Gabriella, Taylor was standing next to Ryan and Jason was standing next to Taylor. Sharpay was standing next to Troy, Chad was standing next to Sharpay and Kelsi was standing next to Chad.

They all had their arms wrapped around each other. Gabriella giggled a little bit.

Timmy yelled, "Yeah! Whoo!"

Cheering, Troy and Gabriella went to leave the gym together, then Sharpay and Ryan, followed by Chad and Taylor and lastly, Kelsi and Jason left. Brainiac Martha remained on the court and busted out her moves to the drums. Ms. Darbus was dancing with the mascot before dancing with one of the students that was at the callbacks when Sharpay and Ryan performed.

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At the end of the celebration, Zeke was still in the gym holding a red balloon. He seemed a little down. Just then, Sharpay walked back in.

Veronica told him, "These cookies are genius! The best things I've ever tasted. Will you make them more for me, Zeke?"

Then, Sharpay started running through the balloons towards him. Zeke tried to get away playfully, but she caught him. Tag. You're it!

Chester waggled his eyebrows and responded, "I might even make you a crème brulée."

Sharpay sighed happily and they left the gymnasium together and the changed East High School for the night.

Darla comes out onto the stages as the curtain closes. She said, "And they all lived happily ever after. The end."

There is massive clapping and a standing ovation. Mr. Bickles, behind the stage, is crying tears of joy. Timmy sighs out of relief and Trixie giggled at this. But, the worst was yet to come...reviews!

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