A/N: Ok, so I just figured out that you have to have a separate file for every chapter you upload. So to those of you that have 45 chapter stories, I have a new respect. Anyway, I don't own CB, yata yata.
Charlie's jaw dropped. He had known that Fidelio had tons of siblings, but he had not known that Fidelio had had a sister that was the exact same age as him.
Ria Gunn was a tall girl with deep brown hair that had been permanently dyed with streaks of gold, creating a catch the light effect. Her eyes were such a deep brown that you could hardly tell where iris ended and pupil began. Her complexion was perfect. Her skin was tanned, yet not very dark. She was one of the most beautiful girls that Charlie had ever seen.
Tancred swept in at that moment. " Sorry I'm late. I…" He stopped dead when he saw Ria. " Who…. What?" He was obviously confused. Ria stood up and smiled. " Hi, I'm Ria. I'm also Fidelio's sister." Tancred smiled and said hello. Charlie noticed a slight bit of color come into Emma's cheek's.
Tancred took a seat next to Emma, and Emma lost that bit of color, that Charlie finally recognized as jealousy. I can be so clueless sometimes Charlie though.
"Ria plays the harp, but she's a genius when it comes to singing. Mom and Dad are going to enroll her in Bloors this semester. They're also going to put her in drama, so that she and Olivia will be in the same section. Ria's a really good actress too. We're hoping that there will be a position in one of the upcoming plays that will use both her acting skills and her voice." It was not very hard to see that Fidelio was extremely proud of his sister.
" So Ria, how old are you?" Asked Olivia, always to the point.
" I'm only two hours younger then Lio, but he seems to think that I'm still too young to take care of myself."
Several revelations surfaced in Charlie's mind. One, Fidelio had a twin, and two, Ria called Fidelio Lio. Olivia looked like she was about to burst. You could just tell that the words " Why didn't I think of calling him Lio" were going through her head.
" Whoa, whoa, whoa, you're a twin?" Tancred looked just as confused as Charlie, which made Charlie feel a little less clueless. Fidelio looked surprised, as if this was common knowledge.
" I thought that I had told you" he said, looking like it was a no-brainer. Emma, looking aghast, said quietly " Fidelio this is the sort of thing that is kind of hard to forget being told."
Ria, looking quite pleased with the commotion she had caused, smiled and said " Fidelio and I are very different, so he usually forgets that we're even twins."
Ria smiled a smile that would never be forgotten by anyone present at the small meeting. She looked at her watch and started. " Lio, I've got to get to that audition."
" Righto" said Fidelio, jumping up. Ria stood and the group got a really good look at her, not just the slight view they had had when she came in. She was wearing a light green T-shirt, jeans that continued to fan out as they went down, and a black jacket that came down in a V line and buttoned on top of her stomach.
" Ria is auditioning for a part in the community play. She is going to get the part. It's impossible for her not to. She's bloody brilliant! Of course the play goes on before she leaves for Bloors."
"OOH! Can I come! It sounds really exciting!" Of course Olivia would want to go. It must just be part of her personality. Always in everyone else's business.
" Of course you can come!" Said Ria. All dramatic girls must think alike. Fidelio, Ria, Olivia, and Emma, who had decided to come, walked out of the Pet's café and headed to the theater.
This left Charlie, Tancred and Gabriel. " Well, I say we go and watch people make either complete fools of themselves, or be brilliant. Let's go sit in the seats of the theater, see if Ria is successful or not."
The boys went up and paid for their lunch. After this they went up the street and to the theater that was on a street somewhere near the square.
They entered quietly and took seats in the back. They read a flier that Gabriel had taken off a bulletin board. The play was supposed to be something to the effect of Peter Pan. The lead part for girls was Jane, but that's not what Ria was going for. Ria was going for Tinkerbell.
Charlie had to admit that Ria fit the part. She was kind, slim, and ,according to Fidelio, could get very angry, and hold a grudge. Perfect personality fit.
The first person up was a girl that was about Ria's age. She was going for Jane. Over all not a bad performance, but the girl was too young for the part. It showed.
Ria was the second up. She had decked herself out. She was in the green mini-dress and all. She put on a completely believable and over all adorable performance, as was needed for the part. At the end of her segment the directors were literally left with their mouths hanging open.
All other candidates for Tinker Bell were immediately told to either choose a different part to go for, or to go. All of the directors knew that they would find no one better suited for the part.
Charlie, Gabriel, and Tancred found the others backstage. Fidelio was doing some sort of happy dance with his sister. Not the type that would make any guy cringe, but still embarrassing. Tancred gave a snort of laughter, and Fidelio stopped short.
Fidelio blushed like crazy. Ria just grinned. " Hey guys. When did you get here?" Gabriel was tongue tied, and Tancred was too busy smirking at Fidelio, so Charlie had to tell Ria.
" We came just before auditions started. We were in the back, so you probably didn't see us. You were brilliant though." Charlie finished with a smile.
Ria grinned and said " I'll be right back guys. I'm going to go and change." She sped off toward the dressing rooms, passing Emma and Olivia on the way.
" The costume section isn't as big as at Bloors, but it doesn't have that eerie feel, which I would trade for almost any costume in the world." Olivia said while she bounced up to the guys. Emma approached a little more subtly.
" Hey Emma." Tancred finally stopped smirking at Fidelio to greet Emma, something he hadn't done for Ria. Emma felt a little more content with that feeling.
" Hello Tancred" she said in the soft voice that seemed to always creep into conversation when she was talking. " What's going on here? Why is Fidelio blushing like he was just caught stealing cookies from the cookie jar?"
Of course, this made Fidelio blush even more. Gabriel sniggered, Charlie grinned, and Tancred burst out laughing. " He was caught doing a, in search of a better word, happy dance." This brought on another fit of giggles from the boys, a doubled over bout of laughing from Olivia, a smile from Emma, and more blushing on Fidelio's part.
" Well Lio" said Olivia relishing every second of being able to use Fidelio's new nickname " that's certainly something that you wouldn't normally do. Why the sudden change? I think Ria's a good influence. Or a bad one, depending on how you look at it."
Ria got back just then. She was back in her T-shirt and jeans and jacket. " I think Lio and I probably need to get home" she said, looking at her watch. Fidelio nodded and said goodbye. Eventually each one of the group said goodbye and left.
Charlie walked back along the route that led to Filbert street. He snuck into the house and ran up to his room. Once there he picked up a book and started to read. The rest of his day continued in this fashion.
The next day Charlie decided to go to Ingledew's seeing as his Uncle, and hopefully some of Charlie's friends, would be there.
Charlie pushed open the door to Ingledew's and found Uncle Paton looking at a book. That wasn't new. In fact, looking at books was practically all Uncle Paton did at Ingledew's. Well, almost all. Every now and then he would glance Mrs. Ingledew's way. Just then Uncle Paton glanced up at Charlie. " Ah, Charlie dear boy. We were starting to wonder where you were. We found something very interesting about the Red King."
A\N: Cue the Paton awesomeness! He is my favorite character in the entire series. There's a little button down at the bottom of the screen. Do me a favor and click. Review's much appreciated.