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Requiem For a Wild Cat is a High School Musical: The Musical: The Series fanfic by Arrow_of_Ravenclaw

Big Red and Ashlyn get into a car accident. One half doesn't survive, and the other has to learn to live with the consequences.

The fic can be found here. Its sequel Seasons of Love can be found here.

Requiem For a Wild Cat provides examples of:

  • Bittersweet Ending: The wild cats are starting to heal, Big Red’s physical injuries have healed up nicely, and Kourtney has a Broadway audition. However, Ashlyn is still dead and Channing made another documentary series, with the trailer painting both Carlos and Big Red in nonpositive lights.
  • The Bus Came Back: Nini, who was written out of the show in season three, appears in chapters 7 & 8.
    • Val appears in chapters 9, 14, and the epilogue.
    • Maddox and Jet appear in the documentary trailer in the epilogue.
  • Dark Fic: The fic very much is this. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is a light-hearted coming-of-age musical series. The fic deals with grief, drunk driving, and a suicide attempt.
  • A Day In The Lime Light:
    • Chapter 1 is told from Ashlyn’s POV
    • Chapter 2 is mostly from the perspective of Gina and Ricky.
    • Chapters 3 and 12 have small portions that are from Lily's perspective.
    • Chapters 9 and 13 are completely from E.J's perspective.
  • Dead Guy Junior: A non-human example happens when Seb names a newborn calf after Ashlyn.
  • Diegetic Soundtrack Usage: Kourtney sings Wondering at Ashlyn's funeral after Big Red suggests she sing something Ashlyn wrote.

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