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Author's note: Hi, everyone! As most of you know, I finished my story "Next in Line" a few weeks ago. What most of you might NOT know, however, is that many scenes and events were changed around prior to publishing each chapter, which is part of the reason why the story took so long to complete. I thought I should share some of my early drafts and ideas with you all so that you can see how the story progressed from my initial ideas to the work that I have up here on FanFiction dot net.

I have a plan for how this series of "secrets" will be published. They will be presented in a somewhat chronological order, starting out with the unused Golden Ticket winners before moving on to explore deleted/rewritten story events, demises, and Oompa-Loompa songs. Note that some chapters will be written from scratch, as I have not made a rough draft for those ones. Anyway, the first "secret", as some of you may know, is that there was going to be a hockey kid who won the second Golden Ticket, but I chose to scrap him for unknown reasons. Here's the draft that I managed to salvage from my computer, and I hope you'll enjoy it! :)

Secret 1 - The Second Ticket Winner

The next day, the news about Antonio had spread like wildfire throughout the entire factory. Even though the air was filled with excitement and suspense, Willy Wonka was still nervous that someone similar to Veruca might be the next one to find a Golden Ticket. He and Charlie were about to find out for themselves once the news came in about the second lucky child.

"We now have an update on Willy Wonka's worldwide contest," the newscaster announced. "The second Golden Ticket has been found."

"Please don't worry, Mr. Wonka," Charlie told him as they sat in front of the TV. "Who knows, what if the second one isn't so bad, either?"

"It was only yesterday when Antonio Ricci found the first Golden Ticket," the newscaster continued, "and the wait for the second ticket is now officially over. It has been found by a ten-year-old hockey player named Drew Hyde from Edmonton, Alberta."

"A hockey player?" Mr. Wonka questioned, stroking his chin with a gloved finger. "This one had better not be too rotten."

The interview was being held at a local indoor skating rink, where a hockey game was taking place. One of the players wore a red jersey with the number 21 and the name "HYDE" stitched onto the back.

"GO, DREW!" a voice shouted from the stands as the boy managed to steal the puck from an opposing player. Without anyone else between him and the goalie, he quickly skated towards the net, and he fired the puck between the goalie's legs with a wrist shot.

"HE SCORES!" someone else's voice shouted, and almost everyone in the stands, including the news reporters, began to cheer loudly as the scoreboard showed 1-0 for the home team. "What a way to finish the first period!"

Drew began jumping up and down on the ice, jabbing his chest with his thumb as the spectators and reporters in the stands took countless photos of him. His teammates surrounded him to join in on the celebration.

"Judging by the footage here," Charlie said as he watched the TV, "Drew seems like a nice kid so far, even if he's a little bit obsessed with fame. But he's just a kid, so I'll forget about that last part."

The kids stepped out of the rink to head back to the dressing room for the first intermission, but Drew, of course, stayed behind so that he could be interviewed.

"Drew, tell us a bit about yourself!" a reporter said, shoving a microphone in front of Drew's face.

"A bit about myself?!" he exclaimed. "Why, I may as well tell you ALL about myself! I'm ten years old, for starters, and I'm a proud resident of the best city in Canada, which is EDMONTON! I'm the best hockey player in my entire neighborhood, and, uhh, Mom, if you could come over here, please." He stepped out of the frame as his mother handed him something, and then he reappeared on the screen a few seconds later, clutching his Golden Ticket in his right hand. He madly waved it in front of the cameras as if he was flagging a taxi. "Here it is, everyone, Golden Ticket number two, and it's all mine!"

"How did you w—" one of the reporters began to say, but Drew interrupted her.

"You were going to ask, 'How did you win?', right? Well, I'm the captain of the West Edmonton Derricks, and this ticket here is my greatest prize I've ever received! I bought fifty Wonka Bars just before going to school, and I went through them all, and the very last bar I opened had the Golden Ticket inside! I showed it to all my classmates, my teachers, the principal, and even the fish! They were all so proud of me, and then I showed it to my mom and dad, and they were ecstatic! I also posted it to Facebook, and I got over five-hundred likes and reactions, as well as a thousand retweets on Twitter! I bet this news broadcast here is gonna get fifty million views on YouTube once it's uploaded, and hopefully everyone watching this from around the world is as proud as I am! Woohoo! Yippee! Yeah!"

Mr. Wonka and Charlie looked at each other in disgust as they continued to watch the news.

"Good riddance," Mr. Wonka groaned. "He is probably one of the most selfish, boastful kids I've ever seen, and I thought Violet was bad enough! I'm leaving for the Music Conservatory right now!"

"Willy, please!" Charlie cried, but Mr. Wonka ignored him as he turned around and stormed his way towards the Music Conservatory to compose a song for Drew. "Do whatever you want, I guess."

Mr. Wonka's voice suddenly boomed through the speakers: "NO MUMBLING, CHARLIE!"

Author's note: I hope you enjoyed reading about the first "secret". Do you wish that Drew was included in "Next in Line", or are you glad that I decided to scrap him? Feel free to tell me in your review, and stay tuned for more secrets from the vault! :D