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Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are two totally different teenagers who meet at a party while singing karaoke on New Years Eve. One week later Troy goes back to his high school, East High, in New Mexico to find that Gabriella is a new student there. They quickly become close friends and accidentally audition for the school musical. After getting a callback, drama queen, Sharpay Evans and her sidekick brother, Ryan are furious. Then Chad, Troy's best friend and basketball teammate, and Taylor, Gabriella's new friend on the decathlon team must find out a way to make Gabriella hate Troy. After seeing that Troy and Gabriella sad about not talking, they soon support their choices and let them "break free". Written by ShannonO'Reilly

Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez come from two different world. Troy the Basketball God and Gabriella the Smart, Stunning Geek. When they meet at New Years Eve they instantly click. When they meet each other again at East High School, they accidentally audition for their High School's Musical. The social cliques they belong to don't approve of this new friendship and try to separate them. At the same time, Drama Queen Sharpay Evans and her brother Ryan the co-captains of the Drama department try in every way to prevent Troy and Gabriella from winning over them in the callbacks... Can Troy and Gabriella lead their friends to a more open-mind thinking and acceptance of one another? Or will their friends win? Written by Galoosh16

New Years Eve - Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are at a Ski Resort during Winter break. Troy is a popular basketball player and Gabriella is a girl Einstein. They are forced to sing karaoke together but afterwords exchange numbers. After winter break, Troy returns to his school in Albequerque New Mexico, where he is surprised to discover Gabriella is a new student. They become friends quickly and decide to audition for the Winter Musical in pairs. They get callbacks, and have upset Drama Queen Sharpay Evans and her brother Ryan. Troys friend Chad becomes upset because he is afraid that Troy will become distracted from the basketball championship. Gabriella's friend Taylor wants her on the Decathelon team and is willing to do anything to get her on the team. Chad and Taylor decide to film Troy saying how Gabriella isn't important after Chad tricks him into saying it. Taylor shows the video to Gabriella. Gabriella then refuses to do the call backs with Troy. Confused, Troy convinces Gabriella that he didn't mean it by climbing up into her balcony and singing to her. Meanwhile, Sharpay and Ryan manipulate the Callbacks to the same time as The Championship game. Written by highangel

Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez met over winter break after they were forced to sing together at a party. They became friends, and expected not to see each other again. But then, Gabriella's mother's company transferred her to another home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Troy lives. Troy and Gabriella end up at the same school after winter break. They decide to audition for their school's musical, and after they audition and get a call back along with Sharpay and Ryan Evans, the two actors who've been in every school musical, the whole school makes the biggest deal out of it. Written by Hayden Vurdie



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