Nina Vale: It did make him angry, which is why he reacted to Sophie the way he did.

Disclaimer: I do not own "Huntik."

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Chapter 18: The Brother Trap

The rest of the vacation went by smoothly. Renee and Wilder spent a lot of time with the Huntik team, Renee spending most of it with Sophie. The two talked about their childhoods, what they loved most about being a Seeker, and how they were going to introduce Renee to the rest of the family.

The answer came three weeks later when the team received a flyer for a Seeker convention in New York City. Renee called to tell Sophie that she and Wilder had also received a flyer. Sophie had then called Dante, inquiring about this strange coincidence, and he informed her that the rest of the Casterwills had been sent flyers as well. The team and the Wilders RSVP'd, and soon got the call that the other Casterwills, specifically Lucas, had also done so. With that information, the plots began.

Renee and Wilder came to stay with the team at Sophie's house in Venice the week before they left for the convention. The first few days, everyone offered different ideas on how to reveal Sophie's long-lost twin. Harrison wanted to have the pair just walk up to Lucas and say "Hi," and see how he would react. The rest of them dismissed that idea, claiming that it was "too boring and obvious." Den suggested that Wilder and Renee just go to the convention as themselves. Lucas would run into them eventually. Zhalia said that that wouldn't work because they wouldn't know when he would find them and everyone else might be all over the place. They would have to keep up-to-date on everyone's locations to make sure that someone was there to explain everything and keep Lucas from freaking out too much and doing something drastic. Den complained that freaking him out was exactly what they wanted to do. The plan was also labeled with the other one under "too boring and obvious."

Thinking about it over in his head, Lok finally suggested a plan that everyone agreed on. The rest of the week was spent in preparation. They flew out to Manhattan the day before the convention started.

The Seeker convention was three days long and took place at Foundation headquarters. There were booths that taught powers to new Seekers, booths that held amulets for Seekers to try and bond with, and other booths that you would normally see at a convention. It was basically a normal convention, just with a Seeker twist to it. It was a time and place set aside for Seekers to come and hang out and socialize.

Everyone in the team went their own way, for the most part. Lok went straight for the nerdy stuff. Den and Harrison just strolled around and looked at everything, since this was their first convention. Zhalia was working at one of the teaching booths, having been asked to work there because of her mastery of ThoughtSpecter. Wilder had volunteered to work at one of the amulet booths, encouraged by Renee, who said that he could match even the most stubborn of Titans to the right Seeker.

And where were Sophie and Renee?

Sophie had headed straight for the books, non-fiction genre to be precise. On the other side of the convention, Renee had spotted booths for a bunch of fandoms of which she was a member. She'd nearly fainted at the sight of them all.

Each member of the team, including Wilder and Renee, had an earpiece that would allow them to communicate with the others. They also each had a map of the convention, and frequently checked it to be sure of their location. Why did they have these? It was part of the plan.

The plan first came into effect early in the day. Lok had spotted Lucas first, walking with Lane and Dellix through the fandom booths. Lucas was standing at one end of the aisle, next to the LotR booth, while Renee was at the other end at the Hunger Games booth, currently trying on dresses the booth was selling, dresses that were identical to the ones Katniss Everdeen wore. Lok fiddled with his earpiece.

"Loksmith to Horsefeathers. Come in, Horsefeathers." The codenames had been Den's idea, and Lok wasn't too happy about his.

"Horsefeathers here," Renee answered. "Help me out here. I'm trying to decide between the red dress from the first movie and the Mockingjay dress from the second movie."

"Lucas is coming your way," Lok said, ignoring her dilemma. "He's over by 'Lord of the Rings.'"

"Got it. Never mind about the dresses. I look terrible in red, plus the fire element won't do anything to help my phobia."

With that, Lok went back to looking at puzzle boxes and Renee made her purchase of the Mockingjay dress. She went to the other booths and looked around as she made her way down the aisle, taking her time and not rushing things. She was at the Doctor Who booth, looking at a poster of Van Gogh's exploding TARDIS painting when she finally met Lucas for the first time.

"I should have known you were a Whovian, Sophie."

Renee turned around to see Lucas standing there with a slight smile on his face, though she could see disapproval in his eyes. She smiled back, nice and sweet.

"And what is that supposed to mean, dear brother?" Renee asked with a perfect accent, sounding exactly like her sister.

"Nothing," Lucas answered, the smile dropping a few centimeters.

"Lucas here doesn't approve of anything that falls into the genre of fantasy," Lane said. Lucas turned and glared at her.

"This coming from a boy who fights with Titans and uses magic? Isn't that like the pot calling the kettle 'black'?" She hadn't known him for even five seconds, but Renee already didn't like this guy.

"I just don't see the point in watching a show about a man who travels through time and space in a wooden box that's bigger on the inside, which is really quite ridiculous, and takes several female companions who always end up with a terrible fate. It's just a great big waste."

Everyone in the booth gasped and turned to Lucas, who was just now realizing that he had insulted one of the most popular TV shows in the world, with one of the biggest fandoms, while surrounded by several members of said fandom. Someone pressed the button on a toy Dalek, which immediately said what everyone was thinking.

"Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!"

Lucas may have been an idiot, but if there was one thing he was good at it was running away. He walked away from the booth as fast as he could while dodging people going from one booth to the next.

Renee turned back to the toys, shirts, and posters, and found a remote-controlled Dalek that came up to her knee. Within the next thirty seconds, it was hers. She asked the person who ran the booth if they could hold it for her until the end of the day so that she wasn't carting it around the entire convention. They agreed, and she made a call as she walked out of the booth.

"Horsefeathers to Bookworm. Are you there?"

"Bookworm here," Sophie answered. "Having fun?"

"Tons," Renee said. "There was that couple of seconds I ran into B.B., but that was over pretty quick and I'm not about to let him ruin this trip for me." "B.B." in this case stood for "Brainless Brother."

"You ran into Lucas? What happened?"

Renee quickly told Sophie about Lok's call and the incident in the Doctor Who booth. Sophie laughed, having been a fan of the show herself for quite a few years. When Renee told her about the Dalek she bought, she could practically feel Sophie smiling and plotting. They were twins, after all.

"I can think of so many ways to torture him with that," Sophie said.

"Let's wait until we finish up the torture we've already got going before we start on another one," Renee said.

Sharing a few more laughs at their brother's expense, the sisters closed the call and continued exploring the convention.

Yes, Renee was pretending to be Sophie, but only for now. How did they pull it off? Well, after coming up with the idea, Sophie had spent the remaining days before the convention teaching Renee how to act like her. The accent was no problem, as Renee had been to England quite a few times and spoken with an accent to fit in. The behavior took more effort, as Renee was more carefree and energetic than Sophie, but she was also a very good actress. Also, Renee had spent a lot of time with Sophie on Sutos and had gotten to know her sister very well.

Zhalia had also taught Renee ThoughtSpecter. With it, Renee was able to cast a perfect illusion over herself to make her look just like Sophie. The team had been worried that she wouldn't have been able to master it in time, but Renee was a fast learner.

Renee had practiced on the boys and on some of Lok and Sophie's classmates from school that they met in town, and she was able to fool all of them. She had tried it once on Wilder, but the man knew his daughter too well to fall for her little trick, even with the illusion.

The communicators were to let Renee know when Lucas was coming so that she could take on the roll of Sophie ahead of time. Renee tried to make it easier on herself by acting like her sister most of the time. It wasn't all that hard, and she knew that the convention was big. There wasn't a big chance that she would be running into Lucas every other minute. Still, he had fallen for the charade, and there were two more days of the convention to go.

This was going to be so much fun.

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So what did you think? How did you like the idea of the convention? Did you like their plan? It's like "The Parent Trap," only they're fooling their brother instead of their parents, which is how I came up with the title for this chapter. I'm so looking forward to writing the revelation.

I wish I could just go to a store and buy Katniss' dresses. I almost didn't know what to write for Lucas to say about Doctor Who. I can't think of anything insulting about it.

Hope you all had a very merry Christmas.

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