Hello, supercat fans! A few things first:
- This is my first attempt at fanfiction ever and I am not an English native speaker so it won't be flawless, obviously. But I'll try, I swear.
- This is an AU with no Supergirl in it, or any other superhero for that matter.
- It was easier to stick with the locations of the movie, so London and Napa, California.
- Also, you need to know that for this story, Cat & Kara are 12 years apart in age. So, Cat was 34 when the twins were born and Kara was only 21. In present time, Kara is 34, Cat is 46 and the twins are 13. It seemed important to keep the age gap between them.
Please, do keep in mind that this is a fanfiction LOOSELY based on the movie The parent trap, it's not a copy/past of it, I will add and change some things, events, names and other stuffs.
Thank you SO MUCH whorecrux for suffering through this as my beta-reader.
Thank you and enjoy it!
Casting :
Nick Parker becomes Kara Danvers
Elizabeth James becomes Cat Grant
Chessy becomes Alex Danvers
Martin becomes Lucy Lane
Meredith Blake becomes Siobhan Smythe
And the twins are boys named Carter Grant & Clark Danvers
PROLOGUE
"Danvers! Clark Danvers!"
The young boy jumped and raised his hand, yelling over the crowd "I'm here!"
The woman smiled at him and crossed something off her list, already moving on to another name.
Clark looked around himself, a huge grin etched on his face. He took in the sight of the lake surrounded by a small number of little woody bungalows and the colorful and loud crowd that was happily chatting and screaming. Staff members were running all over the place, talking to kids and to some concerned parents, trying to make things run as smoothly as possible.
He was finally at Camp Henshaw for what seemed like a promising summer.
Cheerfully, he walked to the luggage area and searched for his sport bag. Unfortunately, by the time he found it, more bags had been added on top of his and he sighed with annoyance. He should have known better. After all, Alex had told him to go for his bag before doing anything else, to avoid situation like that.
Narrowing his eyes at his bag, he tried to pull it out but it was buried too deep in the mountain of luggage and he wasn't strong enough. Looking up, he saw a tall dark-skinned boy approaching the area and he waved at him.
"Hey, Hulk!" Clark yelled, watching as the boy looked around and narrowed his brown eyes at him. The young boy smiled and asked with a sheepish look "Yes, you. Sorry, but my bag is stuck under others bags and I was wondering … could you help me pulling it out?"
The dark-skinned boy stayed still for a bit and then laughed. He nodded with a smile and Clark pointed at his bag.
With a strong pull, the tall boy retrieved it and handed it over to his owner, who took the bag with a relieved sigh. "Thank you so much! I'm Clark, by the way." He was bouncing with joy and excitement.
The other boy smiled too and answered "You're very welcome. I'm Jimmy, nice to meet you! Nice bag, by the way."
Clark's smile widened and he explained "Yeah, at first it was a random white bag but my mom is a painter and she thought it was a little bit sad. So, we threw colors at it and she added some weird varnish to preserve it. And here it is, unique and colorful."
The thing was indeed full of nuances, blue, pink, red, yellow, orange and green splashed altogether on the once upon a time white fabric. Jimmy eyed it one more time and said "That's very cool."
They chatted for a while, standing in the middle of a buzzing crowd, until a staff member told them to get in line for their bungalow attribution.
Both of them squealed with joy when they learned they would share a small woody cabin for the summer, along with a few other boys. They became fast friend with one of them, a nerdy little geek named Winn and soon enough, they formed an inseparable trio.
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Carter sighed, slightly annoyed. Lucy was telling him again not to eat strawberries and to make sure he always had a shot of epipen on himself. Gently, he tried to say "I know, Lucy, I know." He wanted to add that he wasn't a baby anymore but she already looked so dejected, he didn't say it.
Instead, he smiled at her and told her "I will be just fine, Lucy. You're the one that convinced my mom to let me go, do you remember?"
The small brunette muttered something under her breath and Carter was pretty sure it involved something like "I regret it now".
Looking out the window, Carter saw the lake first, shining under the bright sun of July. It was beautiful and the small cabins around it added something very Disney-ish to the scene. Like it was straight out of Snow White and he half expected to see dwarfs.
Shaking his head with an amused smirk, he turned his attention back to the woman in front of him. Curious, he asked "By the way … How did you do that? My mom never let me go anywhere out of her reach …"
The brunette smiled, malice flickering in her beautiful green eyes. "Who say you're out of her reach here?" Carter gave her a not so impressed look and waited for her to actually answer his question.
"Well, I told her it would be a really great opportunity for you to avoid spending the summer in a big city with your nanny, when all of your friends are elsewhere and when she and I would be working all the time." Lucy's voice was somehow edged and Carter narrowed his eyes.
"Don't look at me like that, Carter El Grant. Your glare might be impressive but may I remind you that I've known your mother for almost thirteen years now?" Lucy was really not impressed by Carter's look and he smiled.
She had always been in his life, for as long he could remember. She worked with his mother but it was so much more than that. She lived with them, in the big London penthouse, helping Cat around without even asking, being there for every birthday, every Christmas or New Year Eve, for every school event, science project, everything. She was, after all, his godmother.
"Yes, I am well aware, Luce." Carter watched as Lucy's lips twitched. She was fighting back a smile and he knew it.
The car came to a stop and suddenly, boys were running everywhere around the vehicle. Luckily, the limo was shielding them from the noise but Carter felt his throat tighten. He was really not used to be this far away from home and for a split second, he wondered if it was such a good idea. Feeling Lucy's green worried eyes boring into the back of his neck, he straightened and smiled with faint assurance.
"This is it. I will see you in six weeks Luce. You are to pick me up at the airport, aren't you?" He looked back at her, eyes suddenly clouded with hesitation.
The small brunette smiled and nodded "I wouldn't miss it"
He grinned and leaned forward to kiss her on the cheek before opening the door and getting out of the limo. The driver had already pulled out his set of luggage off the trunk and he waved at the car. The windows were tinted but he knew Lucy was waving back.
Then, the car started to drive away and a voice asked him "Are you Carter Grant?"
He smiled and looked up to say "Indeed I am. Very nice to meet you, Ma'am"
The woman looked surprised for a second but she took the hand he was offering and laughed "My my, you are such a gentleman! Nice to meet you too, Carter. Follow me, I'll show you your bungalow and introduce you to your new friends for the summer."
He took his bags and started to walk along the woman whose name was Susan.
As it turned out, he was sharing a cabin with only three others boys. They were all nice but one of them stood out, offering him a handshake and a perfect white smile. "Pleasure to meet you, Carter. I'm Maxwell, but you can call me Max. I noticed your accent, are you British?"
The young boy smiled widely at him.
He had already started to enjoy his holidays in Camp Henshaw.
Hi guys !
This was the prologue so it's shorter than an actual chapter. Let me know if you liked it !
As for the schedule, I will try my best to update this fic' every week or at least every two weeks.
Finally, I'm lost-your-memory on Tumblr. Please, feel free to come and ask about this AU, or anything else ! I would love that.
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