My Dear Readers,

Finally getting around to starting the sequel to "Mommy Missed You". I've got a lot going on right now so I don't know how often I'll update and I'm still trying to focus on "Trying to Fit In" so this will be updated as my muse and time allows.
This is totally off canon and AU.

I hope you like it, please review.

Carlos had been back in Auradon for about 6 months now. He had spent a month of that time in the hospital recovering physically from everything he had gone through. He had pneumonia and frostbite. Countless bruises and burns and then there was the emotional trauma. He still had to see someone every week to try to work on all that There was still no news on how Carlos had been abducted to begin with, or by whom, as the boy hadn't seen anyone when it happened. He was thrilled when he was allowed to move back into the dorms. Fairy Godmother and the other adults even ignored the fact that Mal and Evie usually slept in the boys room with them. Although Fairy Godmother put her foot down when Jane and Lonnie tried.

"Hey. A package came for you." Jay said tossing a small package to Carlos.

The younger boy looked confused, who would send him a package?. He opened up the box.

Inside was a leather dog collar and leash. Carlos thought it was for Dude until he lifted it out, it was too large for Dude. He looked at the dog ID tag attached to the collar. CARLOS

Well that was weird, Carlos felt a little shiver crawl over him, there was magic in this object, he could feel it. It was drawn to him, or he to it; he wasn't sure which.

As his thumb grazed over his name etched in the metal the magic came alive and the collar hovered out of his hands before flying at him and attaching itself magically around his neck. Carlos yelled and Jay ran over both boys frantically trying to remove the collar. Jay even tried to use his knife to cut it off but it wouldn't budge. Once Carlos realized it wasn't going to strangle him he calmed down enough to notice that there was a little note in the box and Carlos picked it up to read it:

"Don't think I'm letting you go this easily. Remember who you belong to."

Jay and Carlos immediately ran to Fairy Godmothers office in a right panic. Mal and Evie arrived a few minutes later, somehow knowing there was a problem. The boys quickly explained the mysterious collar, Fairy Godmother tried both magical and non magical methods to remove it but wasn't finding any success. Mal flipped through her mother's spell book as well and tried every possible spell she could think of. Nothing seemed to work and Carlos was beginning to get desperate.

"I'm sorry, Carlos, I need to go do some research on this." Fairy Godmother said after over an hour of trying.

Carlos looked ready to cry and he yanked on the collar again.

"C, stop you're going to hurt your neck if you keep yanking on it." Mal chided gently. "We'll figure it out."

"I can't walk around with this thing on!" Panic was evident in the youngest's voice.

Evie thought for a moment, "Just act like its the new fashion trend. Everyone here thinks we dress weird anyway and 2 months later they're trying to copy us." It was probably the most encouraging thing to say under the circumstances.

The next couple weeks Fairy Godmother summoned as many magical beings as were available to help solve the problem of the magical dog collar that attached itself to Carlos, as well as Auradon Bureau of Investigation to try and figure out where the package came from to begin with. Although no one put much faith in them anymore since they still hadn't figured out who had drugged and kidnapped Carlos 9 months before.

The four VKs, Fairy Godmother, Flora, Fauna, Merryweather, and Genie were all assembled in Fairy Godmothers office a few weeks later to try a few more spells when Carlos suddenly felt a little off. He had been looking through Mal's spell book for the hundred and oneth time with no luck when he suddenly dropped it. Everyone looked up at him startled meanwhile Carlos looked at his hand. Or at what was his hand. Right in front of his face his hand turned to dust, it didn't hurt but that's not something anyone wants to see their hand doing. The particles flew around the air before flying out the open window as the rest of Carlos began to do the same thing.

"What's happening to me?" he cried out panicked, and rightfully so. Dude barked and Jay caught the smaller boy as he passed out only to succumb to whatever magic was literally turning Carlos into dust in front of them.

"Look" Mal cried pointing out the window as she noticed the steady stream of Carlos dust particles flying away steadily north "Someone's doing this on purpose, someone's pulling him to them!"

Jay and Dude jumped out the window, thankfully it was a first floor office and ran after the little stream of dust but quickly had to stop as it left him behind. Dude barked wildly next to the older

boy.

Back in the office Evie had collapsed to the floor, her scream of despair and raw anguish could be heard throughout the campus and brought goosebumps to all.

Mal's eyes glowed furiously as she stared off into the distance, who ever had taken Carlos would pay.