Chapter Four: The Audition

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairly Odd Parents or any of the songs featured in this chapter.

Remy had to get to the bottom of this. He had to talk to Timmy. Luckily, they had free period together. He found him outside on the patio on his laptop. He marched over and sat down next to him.

"Timmy, I need to talk to you" Remy said sternly.

"Uh, okay" Timmy replied.

"In private" Remy added.

The two of them got up headed into the bathroom. After making sure that they were alone, Remy wished the door sealed and the bathroom sound-proofed.

"Alright, what's up?" Timmy asked.

"I've noticed some strange phenomena today" Remy replied.

"Oh? Like what?" Timmy said innocently.

"Well, Tootie making the Top Thirty List and Trixie flirting with you" Remy answered.

"Oh that!" Timmy cried, "I won't lie to you. I wished Tootie on to the list but I have nothing to do with Trixie flirting with me though it was pretty sweet."

"Well, that's one less rule than I had thought you'd broken" Remy retorted.

"What are you talking about? I know the rules. 'Magic can't be used to win a completion.' FYI: I just wished her into the completion. I didn't wish her to number one" Timmy argued.

"Do you think we'd still be here if he had broken the rules?" Wanda inquired.

"Probably not" Remy answered, "Sorry."

"It's ok. Anyway, can you believe that Trixie wants me?" Timmy chirped.

"No, I can't" Remy replied, "It doesn't seem right to me."

"We have a mucho bad feeling about Trixie" Juandissimo added.

"Sorry, sweetie, I have to agree with Juandissimo and Remy on this" said Wanda.

"Trixie meanie" said Poof.

"What's going here? Are you leaving me for this nub?" Cosmo shouted.

"That's sexy nub to you" Juandissimo retorted.

"I love you, you idiot!" Wanda said to Cosmo.

"Anyway, be careful, okay? I don't wanna see you get hurt" Remy said.

Timmy sighed, "Alright, I'll be careful. Anyway, I have to go. Auditions for the fall musical are next week."

"Musical? Since when do you sing?" Remy asked.

"Since Trixie asked me to audition" Timmy answered.

Uh oh. Remy thought. Timmy can't sing! Is Trixie trying to humiliate him? On second thought, this could be good for Tootie. Remy had a plan.

"What's the musical?" he asked.

"Wicked" Timmy replied, "Trixie thinks I would make a good Fiyero."

Remy had to fight really hard to hold back a laugh.

"You should audition. You're really talented. Plus, not that many guys do the musical. We both have a good shot. Oh, and tell Tootie too. Wicked is her favorite musical, you know, and she's a really good singer too" Timmy said.

"Alright, I'll do it" Remy said.

"Cool. I guess I'll see you guys there" said Timmy, "I wish the door was unsealed and the walls unsound-proofed."

Poof! Timmy pushed the door open and left. Then Remy and Juandissimo slipped into a stall. Then, Remy muttered, "I wish Timmy had an amazing singing voice!"

Poof!

Tootie took a deep breath before walking into the auditorium Monday afternoon. She looked around. There was a fair crowd sitting in the audience. She turned and looked at Remy. He smiled.

"It's going to be okay, Toot-A-Lu" he turned towards the front row, "Timmy!"

Timmy turned around and gestured to two seats on his right, "Hey, guys! Down here!"

Tootie froze. Timmy's here? Remy gingerly guided her down the aisle. Remy sat down so that there was an empty seat between him and Timmy. Tootie gave Remy a sarcastic "gee thanks" look and sat down between the two boys.

"So…Timmy, I didn't know you auditioning for Wicked" Tootie said in an attempt to make conversation.

"Heh…yea…well…Trixie convinced me to audition. She's auditioning too. She'll be here in a minute" he gestured to the two empty seats on his left, "she asked me to save seats for her and Veronica."

Tootie breathed deeply. There was a brief a silence. Then the silence was broken when Trixie and Veronica burst through the door.

"Timmy!" she called as she strutted down the aisle to the front row.

Then, she saw Tootie, "Oh, it's you."

"Thanks. That's real good for the self esteem" Tootie retorted.

"Just so you know" said Trixie, "I always get the lead and I'm probably going to get Elphaba. Oh, don't worry; I'm sure you can get Nessarose or perhaps Madame Morrible."

"Thanks" said Tootie before rolling her eyes and turning away.

"May I please have everyone's attention?" said an older man, "For those of you who don't me, I'm Mr. Doyle, but you can me JD. I'm going to pass around audition packets. In it are excerpts from two of the songs in the show. 'Defying Gravity' is the girls' audition song and 'Dancing Through Life' is the boys' song. We will do a cold read tomorrow. Now, Ms. Brahms will go over the audition songs to with you to make sure you are all familiar with them. Then, we will start hearing people."

After ten to fifteen minutes of running the audition songs JD addressed the group, "Do we a volunteer to go first?"

Timmy bravely raised his hand.

"Thank you…" JD began.

"Timmy, Timmy Turner" Timmy said.

"Thank you, Timmy" JD said, "Now go stand center stage and give us the best you've got."

Obediently, Timmy took his place on stage. He nodded to Ms. Brahms to begin. He took a deep breath and sang:

The trouble with schools is
They always try to teach the wrong lessons
Believe me, I've been kicked out
Of enough of them to know
They want you to become less callow
Less shallow
But I say: why invite stress in?
Stop studying strife
And learn to live the unexamined life

Dancing through life
Skimming the surface
Gliding where turf is smooth
Life's more painless
For the brainless
Why think too hard
When it's so soothing
Dancing through life
No need to tough it
When you can slough it off as I do
Nothing matters
But knowing nothing matters
It's just life
So keep dancing through

Tootie and Trixie's mouths fell open. Neither of them knew that Timmy could sing so well. Remy just smiled. Everything was falling into place. Everyone applauded as Timmy returned to his seat.

"Thank you, Timmy" JD said, "Now, why don't have a lady sing?"

There was silence. JD looked around the room. Then he spied Tootie. "You! Be a brave soul!"

"Me? Uh…sure" Tootie said as she got to go on stage.

"Thank you…" JD began.

"Tootie, Tootie Hopkins" Tootie said.

"Thank you, Tootie" JD said.

"This outta be good" Trixie snickered to Veronica.

Tootie took a deep breath and nodded to Ms. Brahms to begin. Tootie looked directly at Trixie and sang:

Something has changed within me.
Something is not the same.
I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game.
Too late for second-guessing.
Too late to go back to sleep!
It's time to trust my instincts.
Close my eyes, and leap!
It's time to try defying gravity.
I think I'll try defying gravity, and you can't pull me down!

I'm through accepting limits,
'Cuz someone says they're so!
Some things I cannot change,
but 'till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
losing love, I guess I've lost!
Well, if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye!
I'm defying gravity, and you can't pull me down!

Tootie smirked at Trixie as she confidently marched off the stage and back to her seat to the thunderous applause.

I hope you enjoy chapter four! Chapter five brings new twists and is coming soon! R&R!