It seems falling for villains is all the rage nowadays what with the new queen in line being an ex-villain. In the coming summer, Auradon Prep would likely be opening its doors to the rest of the descendants of the wicked thanks to King Ben's revision. The school would no doubt be flooded with newcomers within the coming year. Sure it was looking to be pretty crowded, but it would make for more interesting peers, right? That's at least what Weiss White, Snow White's son, thought.
CHAPTER 1: WEISS
The brown eyed boy had paid close attention to the descendants of Cruella De Vil, Jafar, Maleficent, and Evil Queen since they first stepped onto Auradonian property. He was interested to see what kind of people villain kids could be especially after being taken away from their familiar environment. The son of Snow White was almost disappointed to find that they weren't too different from him or the other descendants of heroes. He also found they were less pretentious. In his mind, their civility was sort of a bummer. Sure Jafar's son, Jay, was rough and a kleptomaniac at first, but now he's the star of the tourney team and one of the most popular and trusted students on campus. Mal, daughter of the most evil of all villains, Maleficent, is with King Ben and technically in line for Belle's crown if the two end up marrying. Then there's Evie. Weiss had rather not think about her or her mother. Finally there was Carlos. The boy Carlos. There was something about the son of Cruella De Vil that whenever Weiss thought about him, he didn't want to anymore. Sure, of the villain kids, Carlos was the one Weiss was most acquainted with since they shared chemistry(the class of course), but thinking about the slightly younger boy always made the black haired prince's face turn as red as a poison apple.
The school year was nearing an end, and after Ben's coronation, everything had been pretty uniform at the prestigious academy. It was late afternoon and Weiss was sitting on his bed, just as bored as usual with life. Weiss scratched his short, night-black hair and pretended to pay attention to the monotonous book work he was assigned for today. His roommate was Doug, who he'd always been close friends with since Doug's father, Dopey and his own mother, Snow White, were old friends. Weiss watched TV in between homework while Doug was studying something magical and likely forbidden inside of a book over on his desk.
"You mind if I invite Evie over?" Doug asked permission from the other side of the room. As if it wasn't his room as well. "I were going to study and you know, cuddle a bit." He blushed.
Weiss made a wry expression. "Are you two a couple yet? The suspense is killing me..." Weiss rolled his earthy eyes.
"Not yet." Doug smirked goofily. "I was gonna take her to Audrey's party this Saturday. Present her like the princess she is. Ya know?"
Weiss ignored any comment regarding the commonly blue-adorned girl. "That's this Saturday?"
"Yep. Will you be attending Mr. White?" Doug said in his regular corny, but entertaining, jokey way.
"I'll pass. I'd rather not engage in you guys' tomfoolery." Weiss shook his head.
"Tomfoolery? Who says that? What are you? 78?"
Weiss looked at his friend with a raised brow. "That's a mighty specific number Doug." He laughed though. "Besides, who's all going to be there?"
"Well the usual stuck up Auradon Prep student. Donald and Gunther said they'd be there for once too."
"Your cousins who live all the way in the Woodlands?"
"Yeah, Uncle Doc and Uncle Grumpy's kids! You know, they sure miss seeing you and your mom at the family reunions."
"I always want to go but…well, you know how she is…" Weiss's mother wasn't the same as she used to be in her youth. She was once a kind, caring, and nurturing person, but that reputation went to her head and attracted entertainment managers to her that wanted to spread her face all over Auradonian television. This consequently led her to cut most of her familiar ties in favor of more lavish Auradonian ones. She advised her son to do the same, encouraging him to break ties with any of the Dwarfs who didn't make a living in Auradon Kingdom like Dopey.
"Auntie White's still sweet." Doug said. "She needs to lay off on the cosmetic magic though. Evie's super good with makeup and she can tell organic stuff from magic."
Weiss narrowed his eye in discomfort. "Would you be quiet about Evie? For five seconds Doug?" He said a bit harsher than he meant. He was apprehensive of the Evil Queen's daughter after what she did to his mother years ago, but he know he shouldn't judge a book by its cover. He took a deep breath as he realized his tone. "I'm sorry."
Doug sort of recoiled, his mouth nervously curved into some sort of painful smile. "It's fine. I won't call her over."
"No, no, no." Weiss hopped off his sapphire and golden colored sheets. "I'm being a jerk. I'll finish my homework in the lounge or something. You know, to give you and...Evie some alone time." He grabbed his blue and red backpack that had yellow straps and slung it over his shoulder.
Doug's smile returned almost instantly. "Okay. Thanks a lot Weiss." The dopey boy's smile was almost perpetual so Weiss found it odd whenever it didn't dress his face. The black haired boy pat his roommate's back and gave him a thumbs up as he left the room.
Now heading down the halls of the boy's dorm, the black haired boy could see people who weren't boarded up inside their rooms partaking in activities other than lame schoolwork. It was Thursday and everyone was rearing for the coming weekend and of course Saturday's party at the girl's dorm. Because of his knack for sniffing out ingredients that he had acquired from his early years of cooking with his mother, he could tell, no matter how padded the room, what people were eating as well as if they were smoking or not. Smoking, drinking, and practicing illegal magic wasn't uncommon among Auradon's privileged elite. He personally considered it too much of a hassle to try himself though.
Heading down the stairs to the first floor, he decided to skip the somewhat crowded lounge as it was full of boys who were playing a VR game. The game was similar to the one in Jay and Carlos's room, but set up for several players instead of just one. The primary color dressed boy went outside the dormitory to the backyard and past its remarkable collection of comfortable and sturdy benches in favor of a spot in the healthy grass. The birds chirping and the soft breeze relaxed the boy but he was sure to scan the spot he chose for any bugs. The boy had grown up in the Dwarf Woodlands in a mansion of a cottage. Despite the privileged and sheltered upbringing, he was in fact accustomed to hiking, camping, and other activities in the wilderness since he was raised secondarily by the Seven Dwarfs and alongside their children. Unlike the other six dwarfs though, he and Doug left for the Kingdom of Auradon around middle school with their parents. In that time, maybe that was when Weiss had gotten soft and unnaturally afraid of insects and other creepy crawlies. Because of that fear, he had never been outside at night for too long. Unless of course he was in an expensive, thick insulated tent.
After a half hour or so of lying down and finishing his homework, Weiss noticed Carlos De Vil playing fetch with the campus mutt, Dude. Weiss thought the dog had a peculiar name, sure, but he had to admit it was the most adorable little thing he had ever seen. As he watched the white haired boy run after his adopted puppy, Weiss couldn't help but notice how athletic Carlos looked running after the animal. Watching Carlos and Dude made Weiss think about how even being the child of a villain, the freckled boy was caring, loving, and thoughtful. The black haired boy was amazed by just how complex Carlos and the other villain kids were. That and how handsome Carlos was.
Since Carlos was the child of a villain, Weiss never had much intention of getting personally involved with the other boy aside from studying him and his friends to see if they were still evil. Xenophobia against people from the Isle was starting to diminish in Auradon, but he still had a bad feeling about the VKs for some reason. He knew that his prejudice would have to be forgotten though because VK or not, Carlos was all the son of Snow White thought about. If he hadn't just finished his work, he'd be too distracted now to do so with the cuter-than-hell former villain in sight.
Weiss finally sat up, legs crossed in lawn, and gazed at the monochrome haired boy. Dressed in a tight sleeveless zipper decorated black top, with bright red shorts, and checkered black and red sneakers, and a ton of accessories on his arms, Carlos's fashion sense was different from the usual in Auradon, but definitely striking. This wasn't uncommon of the VKs, but hi style interested Weiss in particular. Like Carlos, Weiss stuck to three colors, his being blue with splashes of yellow and red. Safe, primary colors like his mother wore. Carlos did something similar with red, black, and white but the integration of leathers and faux furs. Weiss felt it was a lot more exciting than what he did with his own wardrobe.
Seeming to tire from running after the small dog, Carlos had finished playing catch. Weiss figured he'd head back to his room before the other boy saw him just staring and began packing. He looked away from Carlos and to his books and backpack, hoping to avoid starting an awkward conversation with the boy he was crushing on.
"Hey Weiss!" The black haired boy shook when he heard Carlos's voice. As he was packing, he didn't even realize the boy walked right up toward him.
Weiss smiled though. His cheeks always went red when he was flustered and he was always a bit flustered when the fashionable boy was around. "How are you Carlos?" He asked softly.
"I'm pretty good. Kind of sweaty." Carlos said in his sugary voice as the two walked back into the dorms together. "You ready for summer vacay?" He asked the not much taller boy.
"Definitely." Weiss said and he meant it. He didn't like school very much, but that was only because of his own anti-socialness and anxiety around people. "I'm probably just gonna end up camping with Doug as usual if my mom doesn't have me doing some ridiculous TV interview with her." He said and was relieved to hear Carlos chuckle.
"I've never been camping, but I did get to be on TV once after the coronation." Carlos said stroking Dude who was in his hands.
"I remember that. You did really good. Great stage presence."
"Why thank you." Carlos smiled appreciatively. "It's gotta be cool having a mom who's a Television star though."
"You'd be surprised." Weiss sighed.
"What's camping like anyway? I can't imagine why someone would want to live somewhere colder than one of the shacks back on the isle."
"When you're in a stuffy mansion all your life, the great outdoors can be really refreshing."
"Well I'll have to try it sometime." Carlos said eagerly.
"What do you usually do over the summer?" Weiss returned the question only to see Carlos's expression had become blank. The black haired boy was scared he had said something wrong as he was prone to do.
Carlos had this face where he'd stare upward when he thought about something real hard. "I'm usually slaving over my mother year round. It's gonna be weird being away from her this summer for the first time."
Weiss's eyes became low. "Do you miss your mom Carlos?"
The freckled boy's face became sad. "I don't know." He looked down and Weiss felt sorry for asking him. Carlos scratched his white hair and then picked looked at Dude. Snuggling the brown dog, his face lit up again.
"Well, don't worry about that! I uh, really need a shower so I'll see you in class tomorrow okay?" Carlos said as he head off in front of the other boy.
"Okay." Weiss said holding his slower pace.
Halfway up the stairs Carlos stopped though, turning back to the other boy. "You um, wouldn't happen to be going to Audrey's party by any chance?" Carlos asked suddenly.
"Oh. Why? Are you?" Smooth me Weiss thought.
"Yeah. I mean I know Mal and Ben'll be there and Jay's trying to convince Lonnie to go with him. And I feel like Evie's gonna go with Doug. So I just didn't want to be hanging around there by myself like a loser. Haha…." Carlos giggled awkwardly as he swayed back and forth. "Y'know only if you weren't going with anyone else."
The black haired boy went from Weiss White to Weiss Red in a second. Well his cheeks did. "I'm not going with anyone else."
Carlos's faced beamed. "That's great! I mean, cool." He giggled nervously. "See you there?"
"I will see you there Carlos." Weiss smiled, making an 'ok' with his fingers. Smiling, the two sort of just stared at one another for a moment.
"Oh yeah! My shower!" Carlos remembered and nearly fumbled up the steps with Dude still in his arms. "See you there!" He said but then stopped again, flustered. "At the party I mean of course!" He said and Weiss giggled at the goof.
Carlos finally waved goodbye, then using Dude's paw to do the same cutely as they head up the stairs. Now alone, Weiss just stood in the foyer smiling, sort of embarrassed. He wasn't a regular hide-your-face-in-your-hands embarrassed though. He felt excited and warm inside.
