A/N: In this story Evie and Doug are NOT a couple. Jay and Evie both like each other but are not a couple... yet. This story also contains elements from both the first book and the movies.
Summary: Ben promised Evie she wouldn't be stuck on the isle again. What if he broke that promise?
"Come on!" Carlos yelled as the teenagers ran to the limo. They ran into the vehicle in a rush to get back to Auradon and of the Isle. Ben jumped in the drivers seat and the second the doors were closed sped off down the road.
In the back of the limo everyone was calming down from the adrenaline rush they just felt. Jay looked around the limo to take a head count. "Guys where's Evie?" Jay started to panic.
Mal and Carlos shot their heads up from where they were leaning against the head rest and leaning with their head in their hands respectively at Jay's words, Carlos startling Dude in the process. They looked for themselves and panicked when they couldn't find their blue haired friend in the limo either.
"Relax guys. I saw her going towards the front of the limo. I think she's making sure Ben gets us off the isle and not lost." Lonnie assured them. They nodded that they had heard what she had said but did not speak.
The rest of the ride back was tense and silent. Not even Dude made a sound. The Villain Kids did not yet want to talk about what had happened with Evie up front though it would be the first conversation they had once they got back.
There was so much that had to be discussed. Would Mal get back together with Ben? Would she still want to go back to the isle? Most important of all they had to talk about the one thing they had been avoiding since they chose good. The reason Mal decided to leave Auradon in the first place. They were still battling with the evil inside of them.
Mal, Carlos, and Jay each had all of these thoughts racing through their heads. Lonnie sat, also in silence, watching them carefully. It was obvious to the daughter of Mulan that there was a lot that had yet to be said but also knew it was not her place to say anything about it. So Lonnie too sat in silence as she looked out the tinted window at the bleak and dreary scenery as they passed it by.
They were approaching the magical barrier and when they were only feet away up in the front if the limo Ben picked up the remote and hit the big button on it. Just before they reached the end of the isle the barrier opened for the briefest second before closing behind them as the magical bridge continued to appear in front of them allowing them to get back to the school.
After they got across the ocean separating the isle the villains from the heroes it was only a matter of minutes before they were pulling into the garage and Ben pulled the limo to a stop. They silently got out of the limo. Once they were all out they just stood for a moment. Jay looked around. Mal, Carlos, Dude, Lonnie, Ben... where was Evie.
Jay tensed up again as did Mal and Carlos when they came to the same conclusion that he had. "Ben" Jay ground out through clenched teeth trying trying his best to keep his temper intact for the moment. "Where is Evie." He left a slight pause between each word, anger dripping from his voice. Ben's eyes widened as he looked at the son of Jafar. "What are you talking about? She was in back with the rest of you."
"No she wasn't!" Carlos yelled.
Mal turned on Lonnie. "You told us you she got in front to give Ben directions!" Mal's eyes were glowing green and Lonnie took a few steps away from her with her arms up defensively.
"Mal I swear I saw her running towards the front as I was getting in. I didn't actually see her get in but I assumed that was where she was." Lonnie's words came out shaky as she sputtered out an answer.
"Well apparently you assumed wrong!" Carlos yelled now glaring at the girl too. Jay on the other hand had yet to take his eyes off of the king. In three quick strides he was in front of Ben and had him by his shirt. Jay held Ben up against the car with no hope of Ben getting away unless Jay chose to let him go.
At that moment Fairy Godmother came running into the room. "What on earth is going on here. Do you kids have any idea what time it is, it is far past curfew!"
She was ignored as all eyes were on Ben and Jay. Jay growled at the boy in front of him. "How could you leave without making sure everyone was in the damn car. You promised her she wouldn't be stuck there again!"
"I didn't know. I thought-" Ben started but Jay wasn't hearing it.
"You thought wrong." Jay said. He didn't yell this though, he spoke in barely a whisper and it was ten times more terrifying than if he had been screaming.
"What is the meaning of all of this!" Fairy Godmother shouted over the chaos in front of her. At this point Jay had let go of Ben who sagged against the door of the car as Jay walked over next to Mal and Carlos with his arms crossed still glaring.
Lonnie was the one to speak up and give her a condensed version of the days events. "Mal decided to go back to the isle because she didn't think she fit in here. She left a note for Evie who told Ben who decided to go get her and bring her back. Evie knew Ben wouldn't last five minutes on the isle alone so she told him she would go with him and then got Jay and Carlos to go too. They got there and found her but she refused to come back even after talking to Ben so they were going to leave but then Ben was kidnapped by Uma, Ursula's daughter and her crew, including Gil and Harry the sons of Gaston and Captain Hook. She said they would exchange Ben for the wand. So then Evie went to tell Mal what happened and the plan that she, Jay, and Carlos had come up with. Since Uma wanted your wand Jay and Carlos came back here to use their 3D printer to make a fake wand while Mal and Evie made smoke bombs to use as a distraction when they realized the wand was fake. When Jay and Carlos were here I heard what happened and made them take me with them. So then we went back and went to get Ben and we did but they knew the wand was fake so Mal broke the bridge connecting the dock to the tunnel we left from and we all got back in the limo to come back home and we thought Evie was up front with Ben but she wasn't in the limo. She's still stuck on the isle."
Fairy Godmother was speechless. "Oh my." she whispered.
"That's all you have to say? We have to go get her." Mal gave no one a chance to reply as she and the other two remaining VK's made to get back in the limo.
Now Fairy Godmother stopped them. "Absolutely not." she commanded firmly.
"What?" Mal hissed out, eyes glowing green again before she shook her head and took a deep breath. Her eyes went back to normal but she was still furious. "My best friend is stuck on an island full of villains who, need I remind you, aren't exactly our biggest fans right now. Not to mention her mother!"
"Mal I understand-" Fairy Godmother tried to placate the girl.
"No! You don't understand. You've never been on the isle, you have no idea what it's like there!"
Fairy Godmother now took a calming breath herself now. "Children I realize that you are all worried about Evie but I can't have you go back to the isle again. None of you should have left in the first place and just look what happened then. I will speak with the Royal Council and will have a group of guards go to get Evie in a few days, just long enough for them to prepare."
"A few days?" Jay questioned as if Cinderella's godmother had lost her mind.
"We can't leave her there for days!" Carlos finished Jay's thought.
"Well there is nothing else we can do right now. I will not risk any of you by sending you back or anyone else by sending them off unprepared after everything that has just happened." Fairy Godmother said with finality in her voice. Not that it meant a thing to the three members of the core four. "Now I am going to escort all of you back to your rooms and I am going to get the guards to keep watch on the limo and all exits out of Auradon so don't get any ideas." With that she walked to the door and looked back at them all expectantly. Ben and Lonnie followed immediately and the others reluctantly once they saw she was not planning on moving anywhere until they gave in.
As they walked through the halls Mal, Carlos, and Jay shared a look. Silently agreeing to meet in the boys room and come up with a plan to get back to the isle. They reached Ben's room first but before he went in he pulled Mal aside.
"Mal I am so sorry for everything. I never meant to leave Evie behind, I thought she was with you guys the whole time." Ben started apologizing.
"I know that Ben. I know you wouldn't have left if you knew." Mal accepted his apology but it didn't change the fact that their quartet was currently down to a trio.
"Mal, you know I love you, please-" Mal didn't let Ben finish.
"Ben I know you love me and I told you before I love you but I can't think about that or anything else that's happened until we get Evie back. She's my sister Ben." Mal told him.
"I understand." With that Ben kissed her cheek and slipped into his room.
The silence returned as they made it to Carlos and Jay's room and the boys went in. The rest were about to leave when they suddenly heard yelling. "Chad!" Everyone on the outside of the door looked confused. Suddenly the door was thrown open adn Jay tossed Chad Charming out of the room. "Stay out of our room!" Jay shouted before walking away. A moment later Carlos threw what looked to be an action figure of Chad himself wearing Ben's crown out with him before shutting the door again. Chad grumbled as he grabbed the toy and picked himself up. The door opened one more time to reveal Carlos. "Key." Chad grumbled some more as he held the key out. Carlos snatched it from him before slamming the door shut in the prince's face. Chad turned to Mal. "What's their problem?" he asked but in return got a death glare from her with glowing green eyes. Chad gulped and ran off back to his room.
Deciding that whatever had just happened now was better dealt with later Fary Godmother chose to ignore it. she dropped off Lonnie and then they made it to Mal and Evie's room.
"Mal in light of everything that happened I don't expect you or the others to go to classes tomorrow. Just take your time and I promise you we will get Evie back as soon as we can. Mal nodded and walked into the room shutting the door behind her.
When the door was shut Mal leaned against it and rubbed her temples. A single tear ran down her face. After she heard Fairy Godmother's footsteps walking back down the hallway Mal pushed herself away from the door and walked towards Evie's side of the room. She started looking through the girls bookshelf until she found what she was looking for. Evie's potions book.
Mal waited a few more minutes before she left and walked back down to the guys' room, book in hand. Before she got to the door she something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. Mal turned her head and saw the racks of cotillion dresses Evie had made. Mal sighed in frustration, Evie would never forgive herself if these dresses didn't get sent out. Mal turned around and and started shifting through everything Evie had thrown on her desk until she found a blank piece of paper and a marker. Luckily Evie had name tags on all the dresses. Mal wrote on the paper 'Pick up your Evie cotillion dress' and stuck it to the rack before grabbing the book and wheeling the racks to the girls common room before finally heading to her original destination.
She opened the door and let herself in. Carlos was pacing around while Jay just sat in his bed with his head in his hands. No yelling, no throwing things, nothing.
Mal put the book down on a table and sat on Carlos's bed across from Jay. Noticing the purple haired girl Carlos sat down next to her. "Jay" Mal tried to get his attention.
"Don't Mal." he huffed.
"Jay come on." Carlos tried.
"I said don't." He snapped at them. Finally standing and taking Carlos's place in pacing. No one spoke for another minute. "I should have made sure she was there." Jay muttered. "She probably thinks we all abandoned her. We did abandon her."
"Jay she knows we would never leave if we knew she wasn't there. All we can do now is go back to the isle, find her, and bring her back here." Mal told him.
They both knew exactly what Jay was thinking about and tearing himself up about most right now. He was in love with Evie but hasn't told her.
"Evie will be fine. She's not like Ben, she knows how to take care of herself and she knows how the isle works. If she can teach Ben to be a believable enough villain in the time frame we had she can do anything. Including keeping herself safe long enough for us to get back there and find her." Carlos told him.
Jay sighed and rubbed his hands down his face before sitting down again. "Okay you're right, but she shouldn't have to. So now what's the plan?"
Mal stood up and picked the book up from the table. Remember that potion Evie made? The one that knocked Chad out at Family Day. We're going to make that again and then use it on the guards watching the limo and the exit to the isle. Fairy Godmother said nobody will expect us to be in class tomorrow. Nobody would expect us to leave in the middle of the day. So tonight we make the potion and as soon as everyone is in class we go and get her back."
Jay and Carlos agreed with the plan. They worked out a couple of details before sneaking down to the kitchens to make the potion. Once done they sneaked back up to Jay and Carlos's room where they all fell asleep.
Of course by the time they made it down to breakfast the next morning everyone had found out what happened and gave them all sympathetic looks as they got their food and sat down at their table. Though none of them dared say anything to them or even approach the three villain kids.
They ate in silence glaring at their plates and the stares. When they finished eating they threw out their trash and left the cafeteria without looking at anyone. They went back to the dorm room and bottled up their potion. They got dressed and prepared to go back to the Isle of the Lost.
They heard the final bell ring signalling the start of class and after waiting another ten minutes to ensure that everyone was out of the halls Mal took one potion and went to knock out the guards watching over the exit while Jay and Carlos took the other to to get the limo.
Once the guards were asleep Jay got in the drivers seat while Carlos got in the back where Mal would soon join him. Jay hit a button on the dash board and the window separating the front and back of the car rolled down.
When they got outside Mal was standing around waiting for them, keeping a watchful eye out for anyone coming around that could stop them. When the limo pulled up Mal entered and sat next to Carlos. Jay hit the button that made the magical bridge appear and sped down it to go find Evie.
Once again the ride was silent. No one could find anything they deemed important enough to say. So instead they all kept to their own thoughts revolving around their blue haired princess.
Jay stared straight ahead but was barely paying attention to what he was doing. He had been protective of Evie for a long time but he wasn't sure when he actually began to fall for her. All he knew was that now he had it bad for her and he, along with Mal and Carlos, would do anything to find her and get her back.
Jay promised himself that when they did find her he would tell her how he felt about her. He would make sure she knew that they never meant to leave her behind and that no matter what they, he, would always be there for her.
It was safe to say that once they reunited with Evie they were not going to let her out of their sight for a long while.
What felt like hours later but really hadn't been all that long at all they arrived back on the isle and parked the limo. Again they got out and covered it before setting off in search of the missing isle girl. Time to go and find Evie. Everything they learned from growing up on the isle resurfaced and with the attitude and confidence of villains they were off.