Hey, so I'm sorry this first chapter is so short. I liked where it left off at. For anyone out there who was worried, I did include the ships in the summary. ;-)

Disclaimer: I don't own Disney's Descendants. ;-)

Mal suddenly stopped thrashing in her sleep. She woke up abruptly, thinking happily of Ben but feeling like something was wrong. Sitting up, she looked around the room. Evie was gone; she had left the blasted window open. Mal rolled her eyes and smiled; she probably had gone out to see Doug in the middle of the night. You would never catch Mal sneaking out to see Ben, even if she had, but Evie was incredibly likely to do something so silly. So Mal got out of bed and shut the window without locking it. Evie would need to get back in later and they were like sisters now, Mal wouldn't be cruel and lock her out. Then she got back in bed and thought of Ben to avoid any more nightmares.

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Mal woke up again. This time, her alarm woke her up. She had to get ready for school; Ben was going to meet her for breakfast again this morning before they had to get to school. She glanced over at Evie's bed and frowned. So Evie hadn't come back yet. She wouldn't be able to help Mal get ready. Oh well, Mal thought, I can do it without her. She picked out some clothes, made an attempt at putting on makeup and left the room.

Ben was waiting right outside. Mal jumped and he laughed at her shock. She gave him a look waving a worn out book her mother had given her, before she left the island, in his face.

"Oh no," Ben laughed, "You're really going to spell me."

"Don't test me," Mal teased him back, "I did give you a love potion. You never know what I'm capable of."

"Yeah right," Ben offered her his arm

"Don't test me, Benjamin Florian," Mal replied, "I may decide to prove you wrong."

"Are you ready for breakfast?" He asked, leading them towards the dining hall

"I'm ready if you are, Your Majesty," Mal smiled up at him

"What do you think you'll want this morning?"

"I-" Mal noticed Doug across the room, sitting alone, "Doug, where's Evie?"

"What are you talking about, Mal?" Doug laughed, "You share a room with her."

"But she left to see you last night," Mal furrowed her brow, "You two had something planned, I thought."

"No," Doug shook his head, "Did she tell you that?"

"No," Mal shook her head, "I woke up again last night. It felt like something was wrong and I noticed the window was open. I saw she wasn't in her bed and assumed she had gone to see you. It seemed like something she would do."

"I haven't seen her since you guys went to bed," Doug admitted

"Weird," Mal shook her head again

"What's up, guys?" Carlos sat down next to Doug

"Evie's missing," Doug declared

"What?" Jay had followed Carlos and was standing directly behind him

"I haven't seen Evie since we went to bed last night, Jay," Mal told him

"She probably went to see Doug," The muscular tourney player shrugged his shoulders

"I haven't seen her," Doug shook his head, turning pale

Mal scanned the open area around them. Lonnie was with Jane; Audrey was flirting with Chad, Mal laughed quietly to herself when Jay tensed up at that. Ariana was wheeling herself to a table. Merlin, Merida's son, was padding along softly behind the mer-princess. Paul sat on a tree branch, a book in one hand and an apple in the other. Jasper was jogging outside, his father's pet monkey trying to keep up with him. No Evie. Something was seriously wrong.

"What's the date?" Jay asked, staring off into the distance

"The first," Ben interlocked his fingers with Mal's, "Why?"

"What month is it, Mal?" Jay raised an eyebrow at her while Carlos dropped his cup

"I can't believe I forgot!" Mal exclaimed

"Neither can I, honestly," Carlos muttered

"Shut up," Mal replied off-handedly, "They must've gotten off the island. My mother did it so-"

"What is going on?" Doug interrupted, "What's so important about May Day?"

"Nothing," Mal rolled her eyes and Ben deflated ever so slightly, "Two Fridays from today is the thirteenth."

"Okay," Doug's knuckles were white from gripping the table, "What so important about Friday the thirteenth?"

"We are the children of villains," Jay pinched the bridge of his nose, "Why would the most unlucky day of the year be so important?"

"Oh," Doug went limp, "How do you celebrate?"

"Ever heard of the expression, 'Fairest of them all'?" Mal questioned

"Definitely," Doug nodded solemnly

"Well," Mal squeezed Ben's hand, "On the island we had an expression, 'baddest of them all'. And we took it very literally. Every year on Friday the thirteenth we had a competition. It was run by the villains and we were their champions, the competitors. Our parents were allowed ten days to retrain us before the event. This year, Friday the thirteenth is in May."

"So," Doug took a slow breath, "The Evil Queen kidnapped her own daughter?"

"I think so," Mal answered grimly, "She probably knows my mother isn't coming back and thinks she might actually have a chance at winning."

"I wish I was taught to sword fight," Doug bit his lip, "I swear-"

"This is not the time to lose our temper, Doug," Ben rested his free hand on his friend's shoulder, "You've got to hold it together for Evie. We don't even know for sure if she is- if she has been… kidnapped."

"Right," Doug stood up, "I've got to go cool off. See you later."

"See you," Ben nodded

The four of them remained frozen in place. Anxiety ran through all of them in that moment, in different ways. Ben was concerned that Mal might be taken too. Mal was afraid of what might happen to Evie. Jay was worried that the rest of them might disappear too. Carlos was thinking about who would take care of Dude if he went missing. Despite the strangeness of his concerns, the latter was completely serious.