Starstruck II: Saruman's Curse

Changing Dynamics (Basketball Team AU)

Basketball season was the peak of excitement at Average High School in New York. The basketball players basically ran the school with their overly expensive Nike socks and Walmart basketball shorts. They were the greatest high school basketball team in all of New York- no. In all of northeastern America. The Lion basketball team now held five championship titles for the past five years in a row and, with this season, they would be going for their sixth. No other basketball team in the history of northeastern American high school basketball had ever won six consecutive championship titles, and the Lions were going to be the first to do so.

The entire school was excited for basketball season. More people turned up to watch the tryouts than the homecoming football game. The coach, Jack Bolton, was considered a god at Average High.

The team consisted of fifteen players, each having their own unique talents that made the team so unbeatable. There was Dean and Sam Winchester, brothers who could practically read each other's minds out on the court, and could play expertly off each other with ease. Castiel Novak, who could dunk the ball like he was flying through the air on angel's wings. Harry "Magic" Potter, whose skills are coveted because of how outstandingly impossible they were (his skills were often compared to that of Magic Johnson, which only made the nickname stick more). Kevin Tran, who was able to take the physics from a textbook and apply it on the court. Steve, who was so tall that he could basically just place the ball in the net from where ever he was on the court. Colin Creevey, who was crazy enough to try anything, which made him a valued player. Spock, whose cool and calculating demeanor often caused the opposing team to underestimate him, then have their asses handed to them when Spock was on the court. Pavel Chekov, who was the perfect person to have helping you out on the court. Leonard McCoy, who was a basketball badass and could play any position necessary. Troy Bolton, whose dad was the coach and, apparently, basketball is an acquired trait in the Bolton blood line. Chad Danforth, who, whenever he left a room, left people arguing what was better- his basketball skills or his hair. Then there was Nathan and Zach, the new freshmen on the team who were really good at sitting on the bench.

And how could anyone forget James T. Kirk, basketball extraordinaire. He had been the team captain since his freshman year and could play like there was no tomorrow. Rumor had it that he had 72 colleges waiting with full-ride basketball scholarships for him once he finished high school at the end of the year. Apparently, he had once been challenged to a game of basketball- 24 players against him- and he had 60 points before 10 minutes had passed. The pillow on his bed is just a slightly deflated basketball. He once made a basket from inside a moving vehicle, and all the windows had been up (not recommended, as windshield replacements can be expensive). Once, he was on vacation in Germany while he was supposed to be playing a game, so he video called another player and played from over the phone. When asked if there's anything he wants to do, he always says play basketball. When that's not an option, he looks up basketball statistics on his phone and sits in silence. And if that's not an option, he'll watch a basketball game in his head where he's the star and everyone else is inferior. So it's basically exactly like when he plays basketball.

Basically, James Kirk is a legend, not only among his classmates, but all over northeastern America.

Now every member of the basketball team was a legend in his own right, which made them some of the most sought after dates in the school, yet all of them remained single except Sam and Colin, to a lot of their classmate's surprise and confusion.

But something was different this year, Charlie could tell. The team seemed to have a different... dynamic then it usually did. And it was bugging the shit out of her.

"So you're telling me none of you noticed the difference in the team this year?" Charlie asked her friends, Jo, JJ, Ezri, Phyllis, Aileen, and her girlfriend Arwen, at lunch.