Okay to make up for being away for such a long time I'm updating a new chapter early. This chapter doesn't serve a real purpose but it's a funny chapter so deal with it.
''Hurry up Belle, Sebastian is gonna reveal with musical we're gonna do.''
''I'm just getting my stuff from my locker.'' Belle pulled her books from her locker and put them in her bag before she hurried after Ariel.
Sebastian was already waiting for them at the door. ''Hurry up everybody is already waiting inside,'' he said in his Jamaican accent. When everybody was seated he began. ''As you all know auditions for the musical will be coming up. But before you can properly audition you must first know which musical we are gonna do. So drumroll please this year where gonna perform The Phantom of the opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber.'' Ariel practically screamed inside she was really happy. ''I expect all of you to audition but we need a lot of people for this musical there are a lot of background dancers needed and other small rules that don't have to include singing, so ask all of your friends to audition as well. And of course we also need stage hands, costume-designers and more of that kind of stuff.''
''Which role are you gonna audition for?'' Ariel asked her childhood friend Flounder who sat next to her in choir.
''I don't know yet, maybe I'm gonna try for larger roles, I just hope I don't get stage fright.''
''Oh Flounder you can be such a guppy, there is nothing to be afraid of.''
''That's easy for you to say you have the most amazing voice.''
Later that day Ariel was called by Eric. ''And in which musical will you have the lead?''
''There haven't even been auditions yet,'' Ariel laughed.
''Mr. Sebastian is sure to give you a lead role you're the best singer.''
''You should audition to,'' Ariel suddenly said.
''No way I'm not nearly as good as singer as you.''
''You sing great, besides we're short on males, and some roles don't require singing.''
So a couple of weeks later Eric auditioned. A week after that the assigned roles hung on the noticeboard. Ariel played Christine Daaé and Belle was her understudy while also playing Meg Giry. Eric played Raoul and flounder played the Phantom. ''Oh no,'' Belle said.
''What's wrong?'' Ariel asked worried.
''Look who is the understudy of the Phantom.'' Ariel looked and saw that Gaston was Joseph Buquet and the understudy of the Phantom. ''If you and Flounder get sick I will personally hunt down and kill you two because there's no way that I'm playing a love story together with Gaston.''
''Don't worry,'' Ariel laughed, ''there is no way that I pass up playing a love story with Eric. I'm so glad that we got the lead roles.''
''You do realize that Flounder got the male lead role right? I mean the musical is called The Phantom of the opera, not the lover of the opera singer.''
Rehearsals soon started and everyone worked hard Andrina played the role of Carlotta and Arista played Madame Giry. Every rehearsal they had to listen to Gaston demanding a larger role because 'no-one sings like Gaston'.
When the day for the play came Ariel was a little nervous but she knew that her real nerves would start when she was on stage giving her a big adrenaline rush. The play went perfect and Ariel loved every minute of it. She felt comfortable with playing a love story with flounder because he was her best male friend. Everyone in the audience could feel the love between her and Eric during the song all I ask of you. When the curtain fell and there was a large applause and Ariel was a little sad that it had ended. But at the same time she was very happy and she knew that she would always be happy as long as Eric was besides her.
The reason that Gaston and Belle are the understudy's for the phantom and Christine is because I'm dutch and I always found it a funny coincidence that Henk Poort voiced the dutch Gaston and was the original dutch actor for the phantom (he was even called the best phantom by Andrew Lloyd Webber himself) and Joke Krujif was the dutch voice of Belle and the original dutch Christine. And I see great resemblance between the roles and the story both focus on the fact that true beauty comes from within.
Here beneath is the complete role call.
The Phantom: Flounder (The little mermaid)
Christine Daaé: Ariel (The little mermaid)
Raoul: Eric (The little mermaid)
Meg Giry: Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
Madame Giry: Arista (The little mermaid)
Carlotta: Andrina (The little mermaid)
Piangi: little John (Robin Hood)
André and Firmin: Cogsworth and Lumière (Beauty and the Beast)
Joseph Buquet: Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
Reyer: Robin (Robin Hood)
Ballerina's: Bimbettes (Beauty and the Beast)