"Are you nevous?" Blair Bass asked her sixteen year old daughter as they sat around the family table eating croissants. Madison Bass was picking her croissant apart with her fingers and spreading it around her plate. She looked at her mom and flicked her shiny dark hair over her shoulder.

"No way, I've been waiting for this since kindergarten."

"You are your mother's daughter." A soft murmur came from Chuck Bass who was flicking through a pile of documents with his brow furrowed.

"Chuck, no working at the table, remember?" Blair smiled sweetly at he husband. Chuck looked like he was going to argue, but instead straightened up the pile and dropped them on the floor beside his feet with a smile on his face.

"You're absolutely right."

Madison rolled her eyes. It didn't really make that much of a difference to her if her dad worked at breakfast or not. She wasn't exactly a morning person, and actually preferred a quiet breakfast than one where her parents questioned her all morning.

"How many AP's are you taking this year, Madison?" Her mom asked.

"Um...four or five." Madison guessed; in reality she had absolutely no idea. She'd been so focused on being Queen, she hadn't taken the time to study her schedule.

Her dad grinned at his daughter. "Impressive, that's my girl. But don't stress too much, I didn't take any AP classes and look at me now."

Madison laughed, but the noise was silenced by her mother's shouts. "Where have you been?! You have a twelve o'clock curfew on school nights, Tyler."

Madison had one brother; Tyler Bass. He stayed out late and got drunk, never tried in school yet seemed to get good grades, and never obeyed the school rules. And everyone loved him. It annoyed Madison to the core; Tyler seemed to be so effortlessly cool while she strived to be perfect. Tyler didn't have to try, he just seemed to ooze personality. His looks didn't hurt his reputation either: he had dark brown hair that he always ran his fingers through and bright blue eyes that lit up his whole face. His body was toned from playing sports, and it infuriated Madison how every girl at school seemed to worship at his feet.

"Out with Dean, chill out mom." Tyler grabbed two croissants and began taking alternating bites.

"Doing what?" Her mom shot back.

"We were checking out the staff at Victrola were doing a good job, when they didn't have warning we were coming. Dad asked us to do it."

Blair turned round to her husband and he shrugged. "Sorry, Blair. I didn't think they'd be out all night."

Blair turned back to her son. "Oh, all right but this can't happen again! Now, I'll go get your jackets or you'll be late."

"Sure thing, mom." Tyler replied as Blair left the room. "Thanks." He whispered to his dad.

"Your welcome, but I won't do it again. I hate lying to your mom, and you should have been home. This can't happen again. What were you doing anyway?"

"I was out with Dean, we were just checking out other things." He laughed. Chuck didn't know whether to laugh or not, so he compromised by shaking his head and taking a drink.

Madison wasn't letting it go that easily. "Checking out who? Which girls? Did you sleep with them?"

"Madison!" Chuck stopped her. "Nobody sleeps with anyone in this house, okay?" His eyes narrowed at his daughter. "Especially you."

"Yeah, of course Dad. I know that." She smiled innocently. Chuck stared back at her, trying to read her expression. He seemed satisfied, because he kissed his daughter on the forehead and patted his son on the shoulder before heading upstairs to get ready for the day. "Bye, Daddy."

"Dean was blazing last night. He had two girls over him, I left with Katy so I don't know how that ended. I'll find out today, I hope."

"You're disgusting." Madison tried to keep her voice even, but her mom came back with their coats and they were bustled out the door within seconds.

"Have a brilliant day, love you both!"

"Love you." They called back.

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"Guess who?" A pair of male hands covered Madison's eyes as she and Tyler approached the school.

"Hmm, it might be Ethan? Or Colin? Or Max?" Madison joked.

"Very funny!" Dylan Archibald removed his hand and spun his girlfriend round to kiss her. "Hi."

"Hi." She replied in between kisses. "Where's Rori?"

"Who cares." Dylan replied, focusing on his girlfriend.

A minute later, Aurora and Dean Archibald rounded the corner and caught up with the rest of them. "Hey, Maddie! You excited?"

Madison grinned at her best friend. "Yeah, can't wait." Aurora was her best friend, and it just so happened that her twin brother Dylan was her boyfriend. Dean Archibald was two years older than them, and him and Tyler were inseparable. Dean and Tyler were so alike that everyone seemed to think they were twins, but they never seemed to fight. Dean had messy blonde hair and dark brown eyes, and he always seemed to have a new girlfriend on his arm.

"Hey, Madison." Dean greeted her, and she looked up and smiled briefly. She wasn't sure why he bothered.

"We gotta go, guys. Meet you for lunch, Dylan?" Madison asked.

"Can't today, I have practice! Bye, love you." He kissed his girlfriend one last time while Tyler frowned on the scene.

"Later." Aurora waved and pulled Madison away. "It's so annoying how I have to hang out with him all the time. I mean, I shared a womb for nine months and a house for sixteen years. Now I have to share my best friend? Where is the justice?" She sighed as she pushed the Constance doors open.

"You're my number one, Rori!" Madison teased. "Don't tell him that, he'd kill me." The best friends burst out laughing and clutched arms, strolling down the hallway as heads turned. Madison and Aurora were both used to this, heads always turned when they were around. They both had tall, slim bodies with long tumbling hair. The only striking difference between them was their hair; Madison was so dark against Aurora's highlighted blonde mane. Secretly, Madison had ensured she had rolled up her regulation skirt an inch shorter than her best friends, so her legs would look longer. She loved her best friend, but a girl has to do what a girl has to do.

"So, you ready to take your crown, your highness?" Aurora giggled.

"Yes! Let's go now, I can't wait any longer."

The girls made their way to the front steps, where they knew they had to be. Last year, the old senior Queen Caitlyn Carlos had presented Madison as the new Queen. It had been close, but Madison never really doubted it. She was Blair Waldorf's daughter, after all, and her mom had practically invented headbands. She was a little bit worried about Aurora, but she had a funny feeling that Aunt Serena had spoken to Aurora about how important it was to Madison and Blair. Maddie knew how important it was to her mom, even if she'd never say it. Her dad had told her enough stories about her mom's desire to be Queen that she knew Blair expected Maddie to follow her lead, and Maddie was excited to start.

Madison's face turned into a frown when they reached the steps. A girl was sitting in her spot. The girl had almost black hair, with wide brown eyes and olive, smooth skin. She was wearing black leather boots that Madison had tried on, but couldn't pull of properly. A group of girls sat around her, with little smirks on their faces as their eyes darted back and forth between the three girls.

Madison pulled the confident glare she'd seen on her mother's face so often. "And you are?"

The girl smiled sweetly. "We'll get to that. Madison and Aurora, right?"

"Rori." Aurora corrected her. She don't know what was going through her mother's head when she named her Aurora, but she wasn't going to let everyone call her that.

"Right. And Madison is it?"

She knew perfectly well who Madison was; everyone did. The Bass family were the richest in the Upper East Side, and owned the most popular club and hotels. And her mom ran Waldorf Designs, which had opened up a new store in Manhattan and was popular with all the Upper East Siders.

"Right."

"Lovely." The girl stood up, and on the steps she seemed to tower over the other two girls. Her shadow even dominated them. The other girls around her stood up too, but she quickly shook her head and they retreated. Madison raised her eyebrows; who did these girl think she was?

Aurora frowned at the girl. "Who are you?"

The girl just smiled in return.

"I think you should move." Madison stated. "You see, the other girls might get the wrong idea. There's only one person who can sit there." She jutted her chin in the general direction.

"Yeah, that would be me." The girl smiled as she descended the steps gracefully. "Your reign's over, Bass."

Madison didn't think it would beneficial to mention it hadn't really started. "I don't think you know how it works. The last Queen passed it on to me, it's tradition. Now move." She pushed into the girls hips.

"Constance is in need of a change, I think." She grabbed Madison's hands as they touched her. "Now leave, and throw this in the garbage for me when you do." The girl shoved an empty package into Madison's hands, and turned to walk back up the steps. Her friends, and a few onlookers looked shocked, but also kind of impressed. A few laughs broke out. Aurora grabbed her best friend by the arm, and pulled her away. Madison was in too much shock to speak, so Aurora spoke for her.

"This isn't over."

*.*

Hello, Upper East Siders, and welcome to Gossip Girl 2.0. I've just got in touch with the once-upon-a-time legendary Gossip Girl, and I think it's time this place was spiced up again. And what better time than when the original gossipers B and S's offspring are coming of age? I've been digging, and with the stuff I know about the past and the present, things are about to get dirty. Look's like A and M are in for a tough year without that sought after crown...

Until next time, you know you love me.

XOXO GOSSIP GIRL.