Twin Life

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. Credit goes to Doc Anthony and Highlander348 for this chapter. As both had a similar idea about Thea on the island as well and I came up with this.

Summary: Oliver and Thea were born as twins, and Thea was the first to make it back home after the second year they were believed to be dead.

Despite the fact that Oliver and Thea Queen were twins, the two were pretty much as different as night and day. Whereas Oliver liked to party and not be serious, Thea didn't care a lot for partying and chose to take her studies seriously, though she had no interest in joining the family business. One of the more mildly wild things that she had done was when she had gotten and stayed with Roy Harper of the Glades area of Starling City. Many had not thought it would last considering their vast differences but they stuck through it all. Even eventually getting the full on approval of her parents once they realized just how happy he made their daughter. And for two years after having decided to join Oliver with their father on the Queen's Gambit, she had been believed dead by pretty much everyone after the boat had went down in the North China Sea. Getting on that boat had at times been a regret for her but she had at least gotten to be with her father before he ended his life just so that she and Ollie could survive.

And survive they had through various obstacles the island of Lian Yu had thrown at them. If it hadn't of been for her, Shado wouldn't even be alive right now after she hadn't been out so late hunting and had unexpectedly come across Ivo and his bunch forcing Ollie to try and choose who lived and who died between Shado and Sara. Unfortunately for her liking, Ivo had been able to escape but hadn't exactly got away arrow free in the process. Thea's time on the island had definitely improved her skills in archery, especially after she and her brother had gone through the Water Bowl training that Shado had put them through. Thea had considered Slade to be like an uncle and if it hadn't of been for Ivo twisting things, Slade would never have turned on her and the others. And now, after several months of travel by submarine, she, Sara Lance, Shado, and Anatoly Knyazev were finally in Starling City.

Despite her happiness at seeing Sara alive again, Thea had to admit to herself that she somewhat blamed the girl for showing up like she did and unintentionally ruining the peace she and the others had been enjoying since ending the threat of Fyers. But she did admit that her arrival had brought at least two good things in to her life. One being the submarine and the other being Anatoly who was pretty much like the eccentric uncle she'd always wanted. Even learning Russian from him as well while they made their way home. Shado was someone Thea genuinely liked as she had helped make her brother into a far better person and she wished Ollie was here too but because of their bond through twinship, she didn't believe he was dead at the bottom of the ocean alongside Slade. In the time they had been on the island, Shado had been nice enough to teach her Mandarin as well when she taught Ollie. If the girl had her way, Ollie and Shado would be getting hitched and living happily ever after. Laurel had never been her favorite person since she felt like the Lance girl was more interested in status then anything else since she never did the smart thing and dump Ollie like any smart and self respecting woman would have done.

And if Ollie had manned up and told her how he felt, he wouldn't have had to run off and mess aroudn with Sara in secret again. Granted, Thea was aware of how screwed over those two were thanks to the mechinations of Laurel and it was another point against the woman that the Queen girl had when it came to the future lawyer. And now, here she and her friends were after getting checked out at the Hospital and now witnessing Laurel Lance bitch out her sister for what she and Ollie had done to her. It made Thea sick to her stomach considering the fact that she hadn't expressed one ounce of happiness that either her or Sara were back. Shado and Anatoly were looking really uncomfortable off to the side and Thea couldn't quite blame them for it either! But damn was she about ready to slap the mess out of Laurel if she didn't shut up! And she knew it would hurt like a bitch thanks to the Water Bowl training she and Ollie had gone through.

Sara for her part, couldn't even look her sister in the eyes while Quentin and Dinah looked on in disapproval at Laurel for her actions and were about to step in and say something to stop the whole thing before it got any nastier. "Island was quieter than this..." Anatoly muttered to himself but was still heard by everyone else.

Which had actually drawn in Laurel's ire on to him. "Oh? And who are you? Another man this whore slept with!?"

Ohh that's it! Thea thought angrily and before anyone could do or say anything, she delivered one Hell of a punch to Laurel's face as anger burned through her. Not even caring about the pain in her hand now.

"Thea!" Moira Dearden Queen shouted out scandelized that her own daugther would act in such a brutish way! As there was other ways that could have been handled after all.

"Thanks Speedy." Sara said softly and Thea gave her a smile while ignoring the disapproval from her mother as there was more important things to worry about.

"Anytime." She told her and could hear Anatoly chuckling over it all.

Shado was starting to see why Oliver may have chosen not to be faithful towards this girl if the way she was acting was any indication. The Lance parents didn't exactly prove of what the Queen girl did either but kept silent so far. Laurel looked up at the crowd in shock as Thea stood over her and she could see a small trail of blood going down the girl's mouth. "Yeah, that was me and I suggest if you don't want another one of those, you get a little less bitchy. Get me?" Oh yeah, she was channeling Slade right there for sure but hey if it worked, then it worked.

Roy had to admit he was damn proud of his girl for what she had just done and knew he was going to have to keep from making her too angry lest he get a hit like that! "Hah, you would defend her and your brother wouldn't you Thea?" Laurel replied spitefully as she got up and glared at the girl.

Something Thea was definitely not intimidated by at all as she'd seen and dealt with much worse then this girl's glare. She got right up to Laurel and stared her right in the eyes. "You're damned right I would, yeah what they did was messed up but people make stupid mistakes when they aren't thinking straight. But Hell, you have yourself to blame for pushing him for more and not having self respect for yourself to end the relationship when you KNEW what a cheater he was!" She grabbed Laurel's hand before it could make contact, shocking everyone but her fellow islanders in the process.

Thea gave her a very intense glare over that. "Yeah… NOT happening. Like, at all." Roy was definitely impressed by that and wondered if he could get her teach him that?

A cough from the mostly silent Tommy Merlyn turned everyone's attention to him aside from the two glaring girls as their stare off continued. "So umm.. Why isn't Ollie with you guys?" He hoped like Hell this didn't mean his best buddy was dead. And seeing Laurel like this was another reason he was glad he hadn't let anything happen with her as he and Thea had had talks about the girl over the years and cuase of that wasn't exactly blind to her ways. Plus, he preferred his women to have some self respect for theirselves too.

"He stay on Amazo to talk sense into Slade, entirely possible he go down with Amazo too." Anatoly informed him sadly, making Moira gasp in shock with tears quickly coming to her eyes as her hands flew to her mouth.

Tommy felt crushed over that and wondered what exactly the man was referring too in relation to Ollie. "No, he's not dead. I can feel it." Thea responded adamantly, getting a scoff from Laurel in the process.

Sighing in disgust, the girl pushed away the hand Laurel had intended to slap her with and stepped away from the woman. She looked around at the room filled with everyone she knew before saying more. "Twins tend to have a bond and I just KNOW he's not dead cause of that." She told them and daring them to challenge her on that as she fixed Laurel with another glare.

Looking at Shado and Anatoly, and then at her mother, Thea came to a decision quickly. "Hey mom, my friends here are gonna need a place to stay for awhile. So would you mind some extra guests?" Her request had gained some surprise from the two mentioned, along with her mother as none of them had been expecting that.

After thinking it over quickly, she added in a potential spot for Sara too if things got more unpleasant for her at home. Something the young Lance girl was thankful for. Moira looked at the two her daughter had indicated and knew that refusing them would be wrong. Besides, she was curious about them and figured she could learn a bit about them before they decided to eventually go their separate ways. "S-Sure sweety, they are welcome in our home for as long as they need." She said kindly and pulled her daughter in for another hug.

Shado and Anatoly looked at one another and shrugged their shoulders, willing to take what they could get for the time being and being incredibly thankful that Thea had gotten this for them. "Your kindness and willingness to allow us into your home is appreciated Mrs. Queen." Shado said respectfully and Anatoly nodded along.

Laurel gave the Asian girl a glare and Shado noticed it and gave her a rather unimpressed look. "You waste your breath if you intend to say something derogatory about me. Whatever Oliver and I did is our business and no one else's." Her tone implied she'd be willing to add another hit to the woman's face if she said something disrespectful.

Quentin, having enough of the whole thing added in his two cents. "Alright, that's enough. Let's just get Sara home before I have to pull out my badge." He also had a fairly good idea about the 'business' between the newcomer and the punk kid and him being him couldn't help but to add his own belief into the whole thing.

"Uhh look, you seem like a smart girl and all so how you fell for the Queen punk's charm is beyond me. But I'd suggest staying away if he's still runnin' about." He ignored the glares from everyone else over that.

Shado looked at him cooly. "As I said, what happens or has happened between Oliver and I is our business. And while you knew him before the island, you do not know the Oliver that was born there." She told him sternly and gave the implication she wouldn't be bothered to hear more unkindness towards the man she fell for.

Dinah chose to step in and pulled on Quentin's arm to get him going in the other direction. Something he complied with instead of pushing the issue, much to her happiness. Sara trailed along after looking at her friends whom felt more like family then just mere friends. "See you soon." And reluctantly, went on her way with the rest of her family while being careful to not get too close to Lauarel's personal space.

"That not end well." Anatoly said and Thea had to agree with that.

"Hence why I offered a spot for her if needed." Thea said after pulling away from her hug. The Russian nodded at that bit of good thinking.

Moira had a feeling it wouldn't either and would ensure Raisa would prepare a third guest bedroom just in case. "Well, let's get home shall we?" She said with a clap of her hands and got a nod of agreement from Thea.

Soon the re-united family, Roy, Tommy, and new found friends were on their way to the home of the Queens. One not having been there in a long time and was more than happy to finally be back. Thea wondered how long Shado and Anatoly would stick around, though the girl knew her fellow girl wanted to get in contact with her sister and wasn't sure how that would turn out, and she wasn't entirely sure how serious the Russian had been about going to the Bahamas. She hoped the man would at least go by plane since she felt that being on the water was equaled badness.

Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this one! And apologies to Highlander and Doc for taking so long to get to this one! I may do a follow up at some point. But we'll see how that goes. R and R!