When we last left off, High School Musical had only just exploded onto the scene. A year after the filming was finished, the entire cast had gone from little known Disney performers to stars of their own caliber.

Zac, Vanessa, Ashley, Lucas, Corbin and Monique had flown around the world, premiering their 90 some-odd minute movie. They had visited Australia, where Vanessa was beat up by a kangaroo; they toured London on a personalized double-decker bus;

Monique starred on ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' and had come in fourth place. Zac had been cast in the remake of the hit musical 'Hairspray;' Vanessa had come out with her debut album titled 'V;' Ashley had announced her own album which would come out later on in the year;

Corbin was cast in a new DCOM called 'Jump In;' And after filming 'Return to Halloweentown' over the summer, Lucas shaved off all of his hair after growing it out for 6 months so he could play the role of Young Lex Luther on 'Smallville.' And now the latest escapade for these young people was about to begin…

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"A tour?!" Ashley exclaimed, throwing herself into the car and gaping at Lucas. "That's what Kenny told me," Lucas shrugged and started the car.

"What is it, like the stage production?" She asked, shaking her head in disbelief.

"I honestly have no idea," He replied, "I'm sure we're going to find out now." He pulled into the parking lot of the studio and jumped out of the car, wincing as he put weight on his knee.

Ashley came around the other side of car and furrowed her brow, "Are you alright?" She asked concernedly.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine!" He started walking into the studio, cringing with every step. Ashley shrugged and followed after him.

"A tour?!" Vanessa gasped, staring at Corbin dubiously. Corbin nodded and grinned, "Hey, you get to live with me for the next two months!"

Vanessa pretended to scream, "No! I refuse!"

Corbin feigned hurt, "Fine, be that way! I thought you were my friend!" He pretended to sob and Vanessa laughed out loud and hugged him, "You rock!"

"Thank you, thank you very much!" He pointed at her and did a little head nod.

Monique rolled her eyes at them as she walked by, "You guys are so weird!"

"But you love us!" They responded simultaneously.

"That's questionable," She grinned evilly at them while they pouted and threw their arms around her.

Ashley and Lucas walked in before Monique could respond. The three girls screamed and ran into each other, jumping up and down and squealing. Lucas and Corbin shook their heads and laughed at them then began talking about the tour.

Drew walked in and Monique stopped jumping and smiled secretively at him, "Hi…" She blushed a little. Drew grinned at her and crossed the room, sweeping her into his arms, "Hello there…" He murmured then kissed her softly.

Vanessa and Ashley 'awed' and that caused the kissing couple to break it up.

"What are you doing here?" Monique asked excitedly.

"I don't really know," Drew laughed, "Kenny called me up and invited me to the meeting."

"Where's Zac?" Ashley asked Vanessa, looking around the room for the now black-haired boy.

"Oh, he's filming and stuff for 'Hairspray,'" Vanessa rolled her eyes, "I never see him anymore!" She pouted a little.

"I'm sure once he's done you'll see him all the time," Ashley comforted.

Just then, Kenny walked in followed by Chucky and a young man with light brown hair.

"Kenny!" The girls shouted and launched themselves at him. He laughed and hugged them all, "Hello girls!" He shouted back. The guys too went over and greeted Kenny happily.

"Ah, now that we're all together, let's sit down and chat!" Kenny went to the head of the table while the others assumed their seats and looked at him expectantly. "As you all know, we have been invited to do a tour promoting 'High School Musical,'" He began and everyone nodded, "What you don't know is the height of this tour. It is not just going to be the usual you guys running around singing the songs and doing the same dances for a few cities. No, this tour is going national! We will be hitting 42 cities in the next two months and we will be traveling all over the county!" Kenny informed them, grinning.

The cast began whooping and cheering.

"That's amazing!"

"Oh my gosh!"

"When do we begin?!"

They all overlapped each other. Kenny held up his hands and they all quieted down.

"I know, I know. We begin at the end of November!"

"Wow…" Ashley murmured, smiling and spinning around in her seat.

"So what exactly are we doing?" Lucas asked the question on everyone's minds.

"Here's the next part of the surprise! So, Vanessa has an awesome album out, Ashley's working on her album and I'm sure it will be amazing and Corbin has just announced his upcoming album. I've decided, to spice things up, we should allow them to showcase their hard work and allow them to perform a few songs off of their albums!"

Ashley and Vanessa screamed and threw themselves at Kenny again. Corbin jumped out of his seat and did a victory dance.

After they had settled down (again), Kenny cleared his throat, "As we all know, Zac is working hard on his upcoming movie and he doesn't actually sing in the movie so I am extending this invitation to Drew! Drew, would you like to your nationally with us and become a member of the HSM family?" Kenny asked, turning towards the cute boy.

"Are you serious?!" Drew's eyes went wide. Kenny simply nodded and smiled at him. "Are you kidding?! It would be an honor!" He half-yelled then grabbed Monique out of her seat and spun her around.

She screamed and clung to him then he put her back down and sat in his seat again.

"But what about the people who don't have albums?" Vanessa asked over all the celebrating.

"Ah, thank you Miss Nessa, that was my next point. Monique," He addressed, turning towards her, "Would you like to show off your amazing ballroom skills?" He asked.

Monique stared at him, "Well, yes! But how?"

Kenny gestured for the brown haired boy to step forward, "This is Jared Murillo. He was in the movie as a basketball dancer and he also happens to be a national ballroom champion!" Everyone looked impressed while Jared blushed and looked around the room awkwardly.

"He will be one of our backup dancers and assisting with choreography and I've asked him if he would dance with you!"

"Oh my Lord!" Monique exclaimed, clapping a hand over her mouth, "That's amazing! But what will we dance to?"

"Wow, you guys are really aiding my speech!" Kenny laughed, "Drew, since you don't have an album coming out, would you like to perform your song 'Dance with Me' from Cheetah Girls 2?" Kenny asked.

"Uh, yeah, thank you!" Drew laughed.

"Alright! Then Monique, you and Jared will be dancing to that!" Monique laughed and grinned at Jared, who smiled shyly back at her.

"So what's Lucas going to do?" Ashley asked, looking from Lucas to Kenny.

"Don't you worry, Ashley, Lucas has a very important part in this!" He reassured her.

Lucas grinned, "This is the part where they say I'm the one who's going to pull the curtains or something," He whispered to Ashley. Ashley burst out laughing and hit him on the arm, "That's terrible!"

"But true!" He replied.

Kenny cleared his throat and they fell silent. "Lucas, how would you like to be the emcee of our show?" Kenny watched him closely.

Lucas' mouth dropped open.

"You seem to be the most qualified for the job and I think you're talented enough to string everything together," Kenny added.

Lucas grinned, "I'd love that! Thank you so much!" Ashley squealed and grabbed his hand. Lucas smiled at her and squeezed her hand.

"So, first things first, we have to pick out song for our showcases to perform. We have our dancers in place, they should be arriving tomorrow and rehearsals start next week. I want to have everything in place before we start the choreography! Ashley, Vanessa and Corbin, you will be meeting with either me, Chucky or Jared to decide on your songs. We can do that tomorrow and we're working on the order of the show so have a nice night guys, see you bright and early!" Kenny nodded at all of them then turned and left the room.

Chucky grinned at all of them, "Lucky us!" He joked, referring to the 'bright and early' then ducked out of the room. Jared shrugged at them and waved, following after them.

As soon as the door clicked shut behind him, the cast jumped to their feet and began dancing around. Corbin pulled Ashley up onto the table and began doing overly dramatic ballroom moves with her.

Lucas grabbed Vanessa and they began spinning around each other. Drew and Monique started crumping together.

"We're breaking free!" Vanessa yelled, spinning away from Lucas and slamming into Drew.

Drew caught her and spun her around some more, "Get'cha head in the game!" He shouted back, picking up Monique.

"Stick to the status quo!" She laughed.

"We're all in this together!" Corbin chimed up, jumping off the table and holding out his arms to Ashley.

Ashley leapt of the table and he caught her, "We're popping like a mop!" She tried.

Everyone stared at her then Lucas added, "I can't take my eyes off of you!"

"We're all in this together!" They all shouted in unison then collapsed in a heap on the floor, ready to start the next portion of their journey.

Hello again! Welcome to the sequel of When Dreams Come True! This is the prologue! I'm so excited to be writing this story again! Hopefully this one does as well as the first one but I never hold expectations! Send in your feedback so I know what you think of this! It's been awhile since I've visited these characters so forgive me if I'm a little rusty! Thank you! XOXO