Hi! Well, what I meant about the musical was that I'm writing a separate story of the musical. For people who want to hear the songs, YouTube should have all of them – they're all from Emilie Autumn's albums "Opheliac", "Enchant" and "Fight Like A Girl". OK, now on with the chapter. Thanks for your reviews, frumouttamimind, A Scribbler, zackman1996, damonika2009, and Emmygirl822.
I didn't have much time to contemplate Yakko acting so weird, because I got a call the next day about my audition, and I got the part! There were six different hallucinations that taunted Olivia, and I was being offered the part of Rose Red, one of the younger hallucinations. That would also mean I'd be the focus of the song "Rose Red". So they sent over the music CD and lyrics so I could practice in between rehearsals. The songs I needed to learn were "Opheliac", "Gentlemen Aren't Nice", "Rose Red", "The Art Of Suicide", "Misery Loves Company", "Dead Is The New Alive", and possibly "Gothic Lolita", but I'd have to read the script until I was sure of that. They were also cutting out "I Know Where You Sleep".
But meanwhile, things were actually getting weirder in the tower. It wasn't just Yakko, who always seemed to be out with no explanation. Dot, for some reason, was working at the beauty salon more and more. Wakko was at home more, which was actually weirder than it sounds. Usually, he was recording music, but not then.
A couple of weeks after this began, it was a rare time when we were all in the tower at the same time, and I just couldn't stand it. "What's been going on?" I demanded. "Some of you are never here, and others, never out? Are you keeping secrets from me? Again?"
"Of course not!" Dot said quickly. Too quickly. I gave her my most menacing glare (that I could with black beady cartoon eyes). "Well...I'm not." she amended.
I looked at the guys. Wakko looked unconcerned, even a smile appearing on his face. "Well...I wasn't going to say anything until it was definite, but if you insist...I've been here all day because I've been trying to think of a new composition. A new recording studio listened to a demo of one of my pieces, and wants me to do a CD of compositions."
I smiled. This was a first for Wakko, keeping a secret. Even wanting to keep something a secret. I mean, he was probably the most open of all three of the Warners, and that was saying something. Even I kept some things to myself. As teenagers, we'd pretty much shared everything with each other, but by the time Dot was 16, that was over.
Yakko was the only Warner left. I fixed my gaze on him. "So? Why have you hardly ever been here?"
"Alex..." A pause, and a serious look. "Just trust me on this one. I can't tell you yet, but I promise I'll explain."
I groaned. "Not this again! If this is anything like the situation back before I was one of you, tell me now."
But Yakko wasn't budging on this one, so I gave up. Then I had to try and lighten the situation. "So...I'm having trouble with a couple of my singing roles. Anyone want to help me with practice?"
The boys both said they had to go out. Again. Well, OK, Wakko said that obviously being at home wasn't working, so maybe leaving the tower would help with inspiration. But Dot was happy to help. All the Warners, as I mentioned, were musically talented in some way, but these days, it seemed like Dot was the only one who would do anything musical by someone else's choice.
She offered to act as the other characters, just so I could practice my parts. "On one condition," she added, with a mischievous smile right from her childhood years. "Once you're done practicing, you have to do one more practice – perform how you think Opheliac will be done when you start rehearsals."
I agreed, because it was worth having someone acting with me.
"Once or twice we went around,
But now I'll tell you the thing I've found..." Dot sang.
"You shouldn't make your move until you know the price..." I trilled
"Because gentlemen aren't nice!" we chorused together.
It was kind of nice to be doing something like that again with my sister, after a fortnight of her being out nearly all the time.
My first rehearsal was nerve-wracking. It was comforting to see the similarities between me and the girls playing
Goth, Record, Misery and Pretty, but after that, I couldn't see much. The girl playing Little Olivia was so cool and composed, it looked as if she could do that in her sleep. Ditto the man playing Martin, and the women playing Olivia and Ophelia.
We only practiced a few scenes, so the rehearsal consisted of a lot of waiting around for everyone except Sara, the woman playing Olivia. We did practice the "Thank God I'm Pretty/Rose Red" scene, though, so I got a bit of time to shine, once Olivia and Ophelia had sang "Thank God I'm Pretty" together.
"Rose, Rose, Rose Red," The other hallucination girls sang. "Will I ever see thee wed?"
"I will marry at thy will, sire." I answered, "At thy will."
The song was slow and sad, and I felt depression flooding me during the scene. But once it was over, I was Alex again, and Rose Red was stored inside me, if that made any sense. But that meant my worries stayed.
I talked to the other cast members after the rehearsals too. I became especially friendly with Lily, the girl who played Pretty.
"I think I only got the part because I'm the only blonde toon who auditioned." she giggled. "I know they wanted a blonde Pretty."
"I used to be blonde, you know." I sighed. "Looks like I'm going to have red hair instead, now."
We talked a lot in the breaks of those first few auditions, and I had no time to think about that secret being kept from me until a few weeks later.
Sorry it's so short, but I'm running a bit low on ideas again! PM me with ideas if you have any, I'm desperate! I don't want this one to end up discontinued (and the prequel came pretty close to that)! And of course, review!