Back to Auradon
Chapter One: Welcome
"Welcome to Auradon Prep. I'm fairy godmother, headmistress."
Mal did a double take. "Excuse me, what did you just say?" She asked alarmed.
"Welcome to Auradon Prep. I'm fairy godmother, headmistress," the woman repeated.
Mal glanced at Evie, Carlos, and Jay. "And, to be extra clear, we are the transfers from the Isle of the Lost and it's our first day here, right? Ya know, arriving? Our first arrival?"
Audrey stepped in. "Yes," she answered slowly. "Are all of you this slow?"
"No," Evie replied panicky. "We're all perfectly normal children of the villains who have been banished to the Isle of the Lost and have never seen Auradon Prep in our entire life. Nope never been here before." Evie smiled hastily.
"Ah, I'm Prince Ben, but I prefer Ben," the boy next to the fairy godmother said. He looked nervous too. "Come on, I'll show you around," he said.
"Benny boo?" Audrey asked looking hurt. "Aren't I going?"
"Oh, I thought you could use some time with your friends," Ben replied.
Audrey grinned. "So thoughtful," she sighed. She hurried off to find her friends.
"Right this way," Ben said. He ushered them into a empty hallway. "Okay, so are you four the same four who-"
"Yeah, we've been here before, Benny boo," Mal said. She grinned at the scowl on Ben's face.
"Stop that," Ben said irritably. "I hate that name."
"Mal and Ben sitting in a tree," Carlos sang softly. Jay snickered.
"Shut up," Evie said whacking them with her hand.
"What are we gunna do about the wand?" Jay asked.
Mal froze. "Oh no," she moaned. "We promised to steal the wand!"
"So break it," Ben suggested. "Be a villain."
Mal laughed. "Mother binds the promises people make to her. It's the only form of magic that works anywhere, even in the Isle of the Lost."
"So we have to steal it," Evie put in.
"Or something really bad will happen," Carlos finished.
"But last time," Ben started.
"We stole it then we gave it back," Evie explained. "That completed our promise. Steal the wand and Maleficent got it. Then we gave it back to the Fairy Godmother."
"Mother never said what we had to do after," Mal clarified. "Mirror me, E." Evie tossed Mal the mirror. "Mirror, mirror in my hand," she began, "show us what has happened in our land." The mirror rippled and changed to show a spring day at Auradon Prep. The student were all their enjoying the fresh air. The tourney team though was glancing around and looked as though they were looking for something. "Evie, does this thing have sound?"
Evie shrugged. "I don't listen to people's conversations on my mirror."
"Mirror, mirror in my hand, turn the volume on for that land."
"How does they work?" Carlos complained. "That's not even, I don't even know what you mean by saying that!"
Mal smirked. "I'm just . . . unique," she quoted herself.
They turned their attention to the mirror.
"Where are they?"
"Jay? Carlos?"
"We really aren't there anymore," Evie whispered. "The tourney team has a game and when Jay and Carlos don't turn up, someone's going to think . . ." She didn't finish.
"Any I'm gone too," Ben added. "They'll think you four kidnapped me or something."
Evie grabbed the mirror. "Mirror, mirror in my hand, show me Belle of the other land."
"Evie!" Belle gasped. She looked at them through the mirror. "Jay, Carlos? The team is looking for you two!"
"They won't find us," Mal said grimly. "We're at Auradon Prep, but it's when we first arrived. Only, we're the only five who remember the coronation and all that good stuff."
"Can we get back?" Ben asked his mom.
"I don't think so," Belle said sadly. "I should have expected this." She took a moment to compose herself. "Ever decade or so, a student of group of student disappears. We get a note saying the student or students are fine. That they've gone to fix things. But big magical events or desperate things happen and it can happen earlier."
"Great!" Evie cried. "We still have to steal that stupid wand and give it to Mal's mom. Then we have to figure out how to get it away from her!"
"What?" A voice from behind said. They turned around.
A/N: How do you like my first Descendants story? Please read and review.