So Hi Guys and Welcome to a little test that I'm doing. So, I'm not gonna lie to you, I was working on Forever a King this week, and I realised how much I'm hating it at the moment. I know that's probably not the best thing to say, but it's true. So, to get out my anger and frustration, I started to toy with this idea. I've only been writing it for a day, and have managed to complete two chapters, so I wanted to upload one and get a grasp of what you think.

Yes this is a sequel to What Is Love Truly Worth, but it's different to the first story in terms of content and writing style. I'm trying the idea of writing in third person, instead of first person, and I'm also going along the lines of each character having their own story line and problems to deal with. It'll make more sense when you read it. I adopted this style from OuToFmYmInDbAcKiN5MiNuTeS, with his writing for BTR, so please let me know what you think. If you like the story, then this will come after Business Intern, rather than Forever A King and we'll forget that story ever existed.


"Carlos are you crying?" Ben asked, looking back at him after Carlos finally accepted that this was happening.

"Yes Ben. That has a tendency to happen when this sort of thing is going on" Carlos snapped back, trying to wipe the tears from his eyes, to no avail as they kept falling. Carlos was to upset that this was finally happening and was trying everything to ignore it, despite his better judgement, and his currently surroundings.

"Carlos, you knew this would happen eventually, and to be honest, I'm not sad about it what so ever. We both knew this day would come, so why are you getting so upset about it?" Ben replied, not understanding Carlos emotions what so ever.

As far as he was concerned, what was done was done, and nothing was going to change that. Ben always thought it was better just to accept things rather than dwell on them. In reality, only more hurt was caused that way, so it was better to just be done with it.

"Look, just forget it ok? For the sake of the public, I'll put on my brave face, and once it's done, I'll no longer be king ok?" Carlos replied, causing Ben to just roll his eyes at Carlos' current state.

"Stop being so dramatic" Ben mumbled under his breath when Carlos had stopped listening.


"How do you think Carlos is taking it?" Evie whispered to Mal as they watched Ben and Carlos from afar.

"He's crying E, even I can see that. He's definitely devastated over it" Mal whispered back, causing Evie to nod.

"Yeah, but he knew it was doing to happen eventually" Jay finally chimed in, making his presence aware to the two girls.

"Carlos has always been the emotional one though Jay, so whether he knew or not doesn't matter, he was still going to be upset." Mal countered, causing the other two to nod their heads. "All we can do is be supportive to him when this is all over." She continued as the other two nodded their heads.

"Yeah, cause us OG VK's need to stay together" Jay said, causing the two girls to break into a fit of laughter.

"God, you sound like the kids" Evie said in between her laughter, causing Jay to pout.

"Now come on, it's gonna be over soon, and he'll need us" Mal said, after her giggle fit finally died down.


Bailey, Adrian, Emily, Lexi and Xayn were all stood watching as well, having their own discussion what was going on. Bailey was the son of Ben and Carlos and currently 16 years of age.

Adrian was the son of Mal and Audrey and was also 16 and Baileys roommate at Auradon Prep, the school all the children were attending.

Emily was the daughter of Evie and Doug, currently 17 and was also Charlie's roommate.

Charlie, technically Charlotte, was Bailey's older sister, and was the same age as Emily.

Lexi was Lonnie and Jay's daughter, and was 16 alongside Bailey and Adrian. She was currently rooming alone, so spent many a night with Emily and Charlie.

Finally, Xayn was Xander and Jane's son, and was 16 as well. He was also currently rooming alone, and spent his time with Bailey and Adrian.

"What you do think of all this?" Xayn asked Bailey, causing him to shrug his shoulders, with an unfazed expression on his face.

"Well, Dad tried to put it off as long as possible, so I know he isn't happy about it. Pops doesn't seem too fussed though, so I'm not too worried. What will be will be" Bailey replied, causing everyone to respond with a non committal mutter.


Everyone stopped their discussions however when Charlie finally entered. She looked beautiful in her long black and white dress, following Carlos' style in fashion. It also helped that she shared his hair colour due to him being her biological father, so it suited her well. All attention was turned to her, as she walked down the hall of the cathedral. "I still can't believe it's her coronation day" Carlos whispered into Ben's ear, causing Ben to chuckle.

"Well, we've been in power since 21 so it's time for a break" Ben joked back, causing Carlos to chuckle.

"Please, we both know we not Scot free until she turns 21" Carlos replied, causing Ben to pout slightly.

"A man can dream, can't he?" He asked, causing Carlos to kiss him on the lips.

"Of course my King" Carlos replied, causing Ben to drop the pout at the use of his nickname.

"Will you guys stop being cute for one second?" Jane scolded, causing the two men to chuckle to each other, as Charlie finally reached the platform, and get down into one knee at the Dias. "Charlie De Vil-Adams" Jane began, causing Charlie to look up at her. "Do you solemnly swear to govern the peoples of Auradon with justice and mercy as long as you shall reign?" Jane asked causing Charlie to nod as she replied.

"I do solemnly swear" she said, causing Jane to begin knighting Charlie with the wand.

"Then it is my honour and joy to bless our new queen" Jane finished, causing everyone to applaud and cheer, when Charlie finally rose. Carlos was the first to jump out of his seat and give her a massive hug.

"My baby girl's all grown up" Carlos said into Charlie's ear, causing her to chuckle.

"Sorry Dad, I know you didn't want this to happen" she replied, causing Carlos to pull away.

"That's not true. I wanted you to have this, but I also wanted you to have a child hood. Back on the isle…" Carlos began, causing Charlie to roll her eyes as she interrupted.

"I know Dad, back on the isle you never had a childhood, so you wanted the best for us" she replied, with a flat matter of fact tone. She'd heard Carlos mention his lack of childhood plenty of times as was becoming sick of it. Of course, she didn't know the true extent of what Carlos went through, but both kids had some idea. Anyway, once Carlos had fully pulled away, it was Ben's turn to hug Charlie, also giving her his congratulations and whatnot.

"Do you remember your coronation?" a voice appeared from behind the pair of them, causing them to turn and see Mal, Evie and Jay stood there.

"Auntie Mal, Auntie Evie, Uncle Jay!" Charlie screamed as she went running up to the three of them. "I didn't know you'd be here!" she continued, as she hugged everyone of them individually.

"Of course we could kiddo! Wouldn't miss it for the world" Jay replied, causing Charlie to blush.

"I'm not a kid anymore" she replied, causing the three of them, plus Ben to chuckle while Carlos just scoffed.

"Don't remind me" he said, but Ben quickly changed the subject back to Mal's question.

"Yeah, I do. Which is why there are extra guards surrounding the Cathedral and extra reinforcement on the barrier around the Isle. We don't want another surprise visit" Ben joked, causing Mal to mock offense.

"Hey, that's my mother you're talking about" she said with a fake pout, causing the adults to chuckle. While Charlie knew all about Maleficent, she still didn't quite understand the joke behind it all. From what she had read, she sounded like a horrible, scary woman.


"Well, that's over with" Bailey said, once the ceremony had ended, and he saw Carlos run over to Charlie to give her a hug. Bailey was quick to pull out his phone and resume scrolling through social media.

"Come on Bai, it's her big day. Don't be such a dick" Emily said, causing Bailey to roll his eyes.

"I told you not to call me that. And I'm not being a dick, I'm just letting her have her moment in the spotlight" he added, with a rather large amount of resentment. With Charlie being the oldest, Bailey always thought that she was favoured over him. It didn't help that she was practically a female version of Carlos either, following all of his traits, whereas Bailey was different in that respect. With Ben being his biological father, he inherited most of Ben's trait, expect from his eyes, which unlike Ben's were blue from his surrogate mother. Other than that, everyone claimed he was spitting image of Ben.

"I don't want the spotlight" Everyone turned to see Charlie approaching them, causing Lexi and Emily to giggle as the curtsied in front of her.

"My Queen" the two girls said in sync, causing Bailey to roll his eyes and return to his phone.

"You may rise" Charlie joked back, joining in with the giggle fit the two other girls were having. Once the two girls stood up, they ran over to Charlie, and gave her a massive hug, congratulating her and whatnot, while Bailey just stood there, trying with all his might not to get jealous of the older girl. Before long, Adrian gave Bailey a tap on the arm, finally getting his attention back into the conversation.

"Sorry, what?" Bailey asked, as he locked is phone and shoved it into his pocket.

"I said, are you ready for the party tonight?" Charlie repeated, obviously annoyed that her brother wasn't paying any attention to her whatsoever.

"Yeah, it'll be fun. Loud pop music, a midnight curfew and no alcohol. Great" Bailey replied, not hiding his sarcasm whatsoever, only aggravating Charlie further.

"Come on dude, it'll be great! There will be girls there!" Xayn added, causing Bailey to discreetly roll his eyes.

"Yeah, the same girls as at school" Bailey replied, causing Xayn to groan one again.

"Just lighten up dude" Xayn replied, before finally giving up after relentless accounts of trying to cheer Bailey up. This wasn't the first time he'd bitched about the party, and everyone had tried to cheer him up.


Adrian was getting ready for the party, but he couldn't help and think about Bailey. Adrian had known Bailey since he was born basically, and they were best friends while growing up, so he knew when something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what. Bailey was always good at keeping secrets from everyone, something he picked up from his Dad.

Looking over himself once more, Adrian was finally satisfied with his appearance. With Adrian being Mal's biological son, he got luckily with his genetics. For a start, his hair followed his donor dad's, meaning he had light brownish hair rather than purple like Mal. He had a mixture of his father's and Mal's skin tone, meaning that he was slightly tanner than Mal, but not as dark as Audrey. He did however inherit Mal's piercing green eyes, a quality may of the students in the school seemed to adore.

Adrian was dressed in a Navy and Purple suit, with his blazer and trousers being navy, while his shirt and tie were two different shades of purple, and he was comfortable with his outfit. Banging on the bathroom door, he heard a groan come from the other side. "Bailey, come on, we're ready to go!" Adrian shouted through the door, resulting in another groan from Bailey.

"But I haven't done my hair yet!" Bailey shouted back, causing Adrian to chuckle.

"Then stick some gel in the front, and let's go!" he replied, resulting in one last groan. Five minutes later, Bailey emerged in his blue and gold suit, similar to the one's his Pops used to wear, and his hair was spiked up at the front to perfection. Or so Adrian thought so anyway.

"Are you checking me out?" Bailey said, causing Adrian to smirk.

"Dude, I'm Bi, and you look pretty hot right now" Adrian replied, causing Bailey to playfully smack him on the arm.

"Sorry, dude, you're like a brother to me" Bailey replied, completely avoiding the matter of his sexuality. Bailey knew that he definitely was gay, but still didn't want to admit it to anyone, including his bisexual best friend or his gay parents, who he knew would accept him. Of course, Adrian didn't have any feelings for Bailey, but Bailey was still scared that Adrian would change around him, if he ever found out.

Luckily, however Adrian didn't catch on to Bailey's lack of sexual clarification and just chuckled back. Before long, the two boys were making their way to the back of the school, where the party was being hosted, courtesy of Evie who was now the headteacher of the school.


"Ben, are we seriously here right now?" Carlos asked, as they approached the school.

"Yes Carlos, I thought you'd be happy to see our little girl" Ben replied, with a smug look on his face, causing Carlos to sigh in defeat.

"Well, I am. But, your parents weren't at your coronation party, so surely, we should leave Charlie to hers" Carlos responded, causing Ben to chuckle.

"Evie said she needed chaperones for the party, as school doesn't officially start for another week, so all the teachers are still away" Ben replied, trying to justify why they were there.

"You just don't want to let your little girl go either, but you don't want to admit it. At least I'm 100% honest" Carlos replied, before taking off ahead of Ben, meeting up with Evie, Jane, Mal and Doug. Ben sighed in defeat, knowing that Carlos was completely correct.

The two had managed to push the coronation back one year before the council started to become suspicious, claiming that Ben and Carlos just wanted to stay in power for as long as possible. That wasn't true, it's just Ben wanted Charlie to at least finish school before she became queen, but pushing it back to 17 was the best they could do.

Ben eventually joined Carlos with the rest of the group, as they began to talk about Ben's coronation party. "Do you think they'll sing a song?" Evie said, causing everyone to think about their answer.

"Well, growing up with Ben as their dad, he definitely tried to push his singing ability onto them, so probably" Carlos teased, causing Ben to snort.

"You're not so innocent yourself. Remember your marriage proposal?" Ben asked, causing Carlos to pout in annoyance, while everyone else chuckled. "Well, no matter that they do, it would be as good as mine. I remember that night, it was our first time" Ben continued, causing Carlos' pout to turn into an instant blush.

"Gee, TMI Pops" the group hear a voice behind then, and turned to see Charlie, Emily and Lexi all in slightly shorter versions of the dresses they were wearing earlier.

"If you weren't eavesdropping, you wouldn't have heard it" Carlos replied, causing Charlie to chuckle at the fact that her dad had bested her.

"Touché. Well, we're gonna go party. Don't embarrass me" Charlie replied teasingly, before placing a kiss on her two father's cheeks and walking off to enjoy the music and food.

Emily did the same with Doug and Evie, but before she could walk away, Ben quickly added "Em, just keep an eye out for her" causing Emily to smile.

"Of course I will Uncle Ben" she replied, before running off to join her friends, Ben and Carlos safe in the knowledge that someone was looking out for the baby girl, even when they couldn't.

The party was a huge success, with everyone having fun in the end. Bailey refused at first, but eventually lightened up a little, after constant a barrage from his friends. The group were in their own little world, and ready for the beginning of school next week.


Ok, so there is the first chapter, and let me know what you think. I know I introduced new characters, and made this story basically the Descendants of the Descendants, but like every other story I do, I like it to be unique. Like I said, let me know what you think about it.

I also want to quickly say a huge thank you so much because WILTW now has over 7,000 views which is completely surreal to me so thank you all for the support on that story, and I hope you enjoy the sequel just as much! So until Monday, for Water Under The Bridge TTFN :D