Three chapters in a week? Now you guys are being spoilt rotten!

Thanks to: Chibi Horsewoman, Spongey and Gabby for their reviews, and Megumi Hiyashibara for giving us 'Sakura Saku', the most enjoyable song I've heard in years!

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The next two weeks were very busy ones for Mimi and Nini. They did the whole pop-phenomenon thing - gigs, interviews, promos, freebies, and fending off music agents with whiter-than-white smiles and expensive sunglasses who were eager to get a piece of the action. The management at the Hotel Aurora also did their bit to make their stay more enjoyable, moving the Starz up to their luxury suite free of charge. The Starz really were stars.

However all good things must come to an end, including holidays, and this particular holiday was now into its last day - a day which also happened to be Charlotte's birthday. The girls were sat in their usual spot by the pool, basking in the sun and bathing in the glow of the twins' celebrity status. Charlotte in particular was in a state of total bliss, as she lay on a sunbed being pampered like crazy. It was a birthday treat courtesy of the others and she was getting the works - massages, manicures, pedicures and facials, complete with obligatory cucumbers over the eyes... of course she would've preferred Nahri chillies to cucumbers, but Nahri chillies are rather thin on the ground here on Planet Earth.

Meanwhile, as the indulgence was getting into full swing, a couple of sets of jealous eyes were firmly fixed upon them. Nikki, being the spoilt little brat that she is, was positively seething to see the timid little girl she had tried to run into the ground looking so happy with her friends. On the other hand, Steve was still smarting over that slap in the face, even though he had made a move on no less than fourteen girls since then (two of whom were actually daft enough to kiss him back).

"Look at 'em, thinking they're all that." Steve muttered under his breath. "I'd sure love to wipe that pretty little smile off Anyuna's face."

A wicked grin crept on Nikki's features, and she whispered something into her brother's ear. Steve sniggered.

"That's a bit childish, ain't it?"

"Yes, but then again, it IS them!"

"Sweet... I can see it now - they'll be totally shown up in front of their mates! Come on then, let's do it."

"Nice one. I know just the place..."

Anyuna sighed a sigh of contentment as she, Charlotte, Mimi and Nini relaxed in the sun, catching just a few more rays before it was time to pack up and head home. But just as they were getting nice and cosy, a pair of shodows fell across them.

"Hey!"

The two girls sat up to see Steve and Nikki stood in front of them, hands behind their backs.

"What do you want?" Anyuna said grumpily. "You're interrupting some quality chill-out time... this had better be good."

Nikki grinned innocently. "I hear it's someone's birthday today."

"Yes, that's right. It's mine." Charlotte replied.

Nikki shot a glance at her brother. "Good - here's your cake!"

Without warning, Nikki and Steve slammed a pair of large cream sponge cakes straight into Charlotte and Anyuna's faces. The fairies stood up flabbergasted, with oodles of creamy, jammy goodness dripping off them, watching on as Steve and Nikki strode away triumphantly, milking the cheers from their friends.

"Why those little...!" Anyuna suddenly snarled. "If they think they're gonna get away with..."

She was stopped by Charlotte, who put a restraining hand on her friend's arm.

"Hold it Yuni" she said calmly. Anyuna looked at her, trying her best not to look too confused.

"What? Don't you wanna get back at them?"

"Of course... but let's get cleaned up first." Charlotte replied with a knowing look on her fondant-covered face. Anyuna smiled - she knew the petite fire fairy well enough to know exactly what that look meant - Charlotte had an idea... and when Charlotte gets ideas, you know it's going to be good.

Anyuna emerged from the bathroom, wrapped in her bathrobe and towelling her hair dry. Charlotte was sat on one of the beds with the twins, admiring their latest stockpile of corporate freebies.

"So Charlotte," Anyuna started. "This little 'get back at Steve and Nikki' thing... what's the plan?"

Charlotte smiled sweetly. "Well, as I was watching them after they'd caked us, a thought occured to me. All those things they've been doing - pushing me into the pool, Steve getting heavy with you, the cake thing, and all those nasty little comments in between... all they're doing is playing up to their friends. They're just a couple of attention-seekers."

"Yeah, so?"

"So, the best way to get back at them is to give them a jolly good de-repping. You know, embarrass them in front of their mates."

"Uh-huh. So what have you got in mind?"

"Simple!" she said as she stood up and transformed into her fairy-form. "We introduce ourselves... PROPERLY. Here's what we'll do..."

"I wish the others would hurry up and get here," Steve said as he sat impatiently on his bed.

"Yeah, I know what you mean," Nikki replied as she touched up her coral-pink lipstick. "I can't wait to go for one last blast."

They were interrupted by a tapping on the window. Curious, Nikki opened the curtains to see Charlotte sitting on the balcony and waving cheekily, along with the other Starz, all of them in full fairy mode.

"What the...?" she said angrily as the stormed out to meet them. "Oi! Speccy! What do you think you're doing here?"

"More to the point," Steve said following her, "How on Earth did you get there in the first place?"

"We kinda got off on the wrong foot, and we wanna put things straight before we have to go home." Charlotte replied. "As for HOW we got here... ummm, how can we put this?"

"I know," Anyuna giggled. "Steve... remember when I wouldn't let you touch my wings?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, there was a very good reason for that." she said as, to the amazement of the brother and sister, she gently fluttered to the other side of the balcony and sat down in a deckchair that the gruesome twosome had stolen from the nearby beach. "Our wings... are real!"

Steve and Nikki looked on in total shock. Did she just fly?

"But... but... how?" Steve spluttered. "I mean... what... how...?"

"I think what Stevo's trying to say is... what kind of freaks are you?" Nikki cut in.

"We're fairies!" Charlotte said in a matter-of-fact way as she conjured up a little fireball, tossed it up in the air and caught it, snuffing it out in her dainty little hand. "I'm a fire fairy from the Planet Nahri..."

"...I'm a dream fairy from the Dream Realm..." said Anyuna.

"...and we're music fairies from the Planet Melody!" the twins said in unison.

By this time, the poor unsuspecting saps were in a state of complete bewilderment, their eyes wide open, their mouths open so wide you could shovel a whole paella (1) in them and still have space for a small cake or two.

Charlotte gave a little smirk. "You're probably wondering why we're telling you all this, aren't you?"

Steve and Nikki nodded.

"It's like I said, we kinda got off on the wrong foot, and I figured the best way forward was to come clean as to who we really are. I guess we can trust you guys not to tell our little secret, right?"

A short silence followed. Steve and Nikki looked at each other and smiled wickedly.

"Keep your secret? Are you kidding? This is tabloid gold-dust! Once we expose you freaks, we'll be rich!"

A small look of panic appeared on the girls' faces. It looked as though Charlotte's plan was about to go well and truly pear-shaped (2)- were their true identities about to be revealed?

1. Paella: a Spanish delicacy consisting of rice, saffron and seafood. It's bloody gorgeous.

2. To go pear-shaped: to go badly wrong.