Hello! This is my first fanfiction ever. I do not own Descendants or Cheetah Girls.
A Mother's Love
Jenat walked along the roads of the Isle. She stopped when she came to a stack of crates. One on top of the other. Jumping on top of them, she set a hat down on the ground. Nothing extravagant, much like everything else in the land Jenat and her family called home. Already she saw she had several customers waiting to see her story.
Jenat started in first position. One foot behind the other, hands together at the center of her hips. Head held high. She moved her right arm first. Her right hand moved to her head. War. The left joined her right hand. Home. Jenat placed her left foot behind her. A girl. She turned and stood straight. A soldier. She placed her left hand on her right and set her cheek on them. The girl had fallen asleep. Jenat picked her head up quickly. The girl was spooked. She then brought her arms gently to her waist and stared to the invisible soldier. Jenat lifted her right hand. The girl in the story was offering something to the soldier. Most likely food from the way Jenat presented it. Jenat took her hand away from the soldier and turned on her heel doing a complete spin.
Rotten to the core
Rotten to the core
I'm rotten to the core
Jenat prided herself by rarely breaking character, but her audience's attention was no longer on her. Instead, most fled. She knew all too well who would scare away her customers. Her rotten brother and his friends. She gathered what money her audience members were willing to part with and walked closer to the distraction. She saw Jay amongst the crowd and soon she was leaning against a wooden beam.
"Why do you have to do that?" Jenat asked her older brother. Jay looked at her and grinned.
"Do what?" Jay replied as if he didn't know. Jenat placed her hand on her hip. "Oh, come on. If you come home, then you won't have to dance. Then you won't have to worry about your customers anymore."
"No, then I'll have to deal with your's." The words coming smoothly off her tongue. Her attention was caught by Mal, daughter of Maleficent, stealing a piece of candy from a baby and holding it to the crowd as if it were a trophy. Honestly, the purple haired girl could've done better. Jenat rolled her eyes at the crowd of teenagers who whooped and hollered in support, only to be spooked off moments later by two angry looking men. Jay moved in front of his sister in the slightest of motion. Barely anyone noticed. Maleficent, herself, then stepped forward.
"Mal. Stealing candy. I thought I taught you better." She pouted in an obviously fake manner. Mal's shoulders dropped briefly before handing the candy over to her mother wearing a smile on her face.
"It's from a baby, though." Mal mentioned.
"That's my nasty little girl." Her mother grinned and grabbed the candy. She quickly spat on it and shoved it under her armpit. Then handed it to one of her goons.
"Return it to the wretched creature."
"But mom-" Mal tried only to be interrupted by Maleficent.
"It's the deets, Mal, that makes the difference between being mean and truly evil. When i was your age I was cursing entire kingdoms." She mentioned as she waved to the mother of the child passing by which stopped her from noticing her only child mocking her. "You. Walk with me. See I'm just trying to teach you the thing that really counts." Maleficent paused and looked at Mal. "How to be me."
Mal nodded. "I know that and I'll do better."
"Oh! There's news! I buried the lede."
Jenat stood curiously as she saw out of her side vision her brother and his friends try to escape to only be stopped by the goons. What a great escape plan.
"You four have been chosen to go to a new school. Auradon Prep." Maleficent announced with a disgusted look.
"So which one is staying here?" Jenat asked. Maleficent turned to see who asked her such a deft question..
"Oh, you. You're not going." Maleficent said as she turned her back to walk back to her castle. Jenat didn't follow and unlike her brother and his friends who were making several remarks. She instead turned and headed in the opposite direction.
Jenat had moved along the trail more than a thousand times in the past four years since leaving her childhood home. However, she paused. Harry Hook and several others were coming down the street and she had very little time to waste on such a foolish character such as Harry Hook. She darted left into an alley and spotted a ladder. She climbed the ladder until she was on the roof. Once Jenat knew she was safely secured she kick the ladder so no one, Harry Hook or not, could follow her up.
Running across the ceilings of the buildings she allowed her thoughts to run with her. Jay was going to Auradon. Auradon was the home of Agrabah. Maybe she could ask him, but she knew she couldn't. Jay was still relying on their father and their father on him.
Jenat stopped and stared at the building across from her. She stepped back three paces and then sprinted. Her left foot hit the edge of the building and she found herself heading into the next building's windows head first. She reached out her hands and cartwheeled into a standing position.
"Do you have to do that?" A voice on her left called. She turned only to be greeted by her dear friend, Terrance. He was seated in front of his monitors and was watching what seemed to be several camera feeds. She grinned at him.
"Sorry. I had to get here before sunset and Harry was in my way." Terrance looked at her strangely. "Anyways, how quickly can you hack into Auradon Prep's camera system?"
"Depends. Why do you need to see what's going on in Cheerville?" Terrance asked her with his arms crossed over his chest, looking bored.
"Because my brother and his friends are invited to Auradon Prep for some reason." Terrance looked at her again and then grinned while turning in his chair.
"What?" She asked. "What do you know?"
"Well, furball's son is soon to be King, and as his first Proclamation he has declared that the children of the Isle shall be given a chance. He's only starting out with a handful. Your brother and his friends must be them." Jenat looked at him as he faced one of the monitors. Turning away from him she came face to face with her own reflection. Her gaze found its way to the swirling patterns of her tunic which came just past her hips. She looked down at the plain red tights and the dark boots. Her attention got caught by the tip of her hair and she followed her hair all the way up to the yellow vest which matched the trim on her tunic. She smiled at the beads on her left forearm. One of her customers had given them to her. Her smile faltered though when she came to her ears. A pair of earrings fell gracefully around her. She stared at them.
"So, what does it matter? They go and we stay. If anything our profits will go up by at least fifty percent." Jenat heard him, but she refused to listen. There had to be more than just dancing in the street and begging for money.
"Get the others here." She said. Terrance looked at her to see if she was joking. She wasn't. He grabbed his black leather jacket and left.
Jenat heard them coming in before she saw them. Sitting on her desk, she was staring out the window looking at the reason for the meeting. Auradon sat on the sea as triumph as always. The others were coming up the main entrance on the opposite side of how she came in. She still didn't turn when she heard them talking once they were inside.
"So, why exactly did we have to call a meeting?"
"Is it okay if I crash here tonight? Dad's really trying to open the portal to the underworld again and I'd rather not be there when it blows up."
"You know you're always welcome here." Jenat spoke. The group fell silent. Finally, she turned to look at them. "This has been our home for several years. However, one of us needs to leave."
Everyone looked confused. Jenat spoke again. "My brother and his friends are part of the new King's Proclamation and seeing as how their still working for their parents, I have a feeling we aren't going to be next in line for going to Auradon. One of us needs to sneak over. Terrance, do we know who and when my brother and his friends are going to be picked up?"
Terrance moved over to his monitors and after a few moments he found the information he was looking for. "Some sort of motor vehicle called a limousine. Driver's name is Charles Potts. He's expecting to be here around ten tomorrow morning."
"So, how are we going to pull this off?" Henrika asked, sitting on the couch. Everyone turned to her and then back to Jenat.
"Everyone needs to write a letter to their family member who is not on the Isle. One of us will sneak into the limousine's trunk. Whoever goes will find the family member of each relative and then go from there. While over there they are to look for those who are missing. Remember these letters are not a plea to be taken off the Isle, but something used to ask for help. If we are to get caught, lie, cheat, manipulate. We're still villains." Jenat looked at the four faces. She sighed.
"Anyone want to volunteer?" The three girls looked at each other and then at Terrance and then back at Jenat.
"It needs to be you, Jenat." Mary Lynn said. Her sister looked at Jenat along with the others. Eva Lynn continued, "If anyone can do it, it's gotta to be you. Your brother is going and Agrabah is right next to Auradon. You're the most resourceful one. I've seen you lie your way out of things. If anyone goes, it's gotta be you."
She backed up against the desk which was behind her. A smirk found its way onto her face. "I don't lie. I find loopholes."
Several chuckles came from the group. Henrika, or Henri, looked through her bag until she pulled out a wadded up paper.
"Regardless, you're the best person to go." Eva Lynn said. Jenat looked down at her toes, not ready to face all of their expecting faces.
"I don't think I am though. I doubt the future King will be glad to see me. He wants my brother, not me. Eva Lynn, Mary Lynn, you two could possibly go. Your parents talk the most about Auradon. You'll know more about it, and be able to lay lower than anyone else." Jenat argued. The two girls looked at each other.
"Maybe, but they're business is making more profit now." Terrance said looking at his computer. "Many people are looking for someone to clean out their apartments so they can work longer hours. It's really beneficial for us, and even the businesses are starting to become interested in the Lynn Twin Service."
Jenat looked at Terrance. "Well, what about you?"
Terrance let out a hollow laugh. "Cute, but seeing as how my mother physically placed a curse on me. I can't go anywhere until my aunt finds me and breaks it."
"Jenat." Henri called. Everyone turned to her. "You truly are the only one who can go."
Henri looked up at the confused looks who surrounded her. "One of my customers at Dad's shop left behind this newspaper.'" Jenat sat down on the sofa beside Henri.
"Its dated from today, and has the direct proclamation along with an interview from the future King." Eva Lynn and Mary Lynn grabbed the back of Terrance's computer chair and moved him over to where the group was congregating.
"The Proclamation states, 'Only the children on Maleficent, Jafar, Cruella, and Evil Queen may come to the land known as Auradon.'" They soon jumped onto the adjacent cushioned chairs.
"'The future will determine when and who will come next.'" Henri looked at Jenat. "It specifies which parent, but not which child. If we want a fighting chance, then you're our knight in shining armor."
Everyone looked at Jenat expectantly. She wasn't looking at them. They assumed she was dazed, but Jenat was looking in the mirror. Her mother's earrings reflected off of the light and seemed to be staring at her.
"Come on. Step up!" Eva Lynn said.
Jenat looked at her and grinned.
"Uh, here we go" she sang. Terrance rolled his eyes and pushed his seat back so he could come face to face his computer.
"That's right. Uh huh uh huh." Sang the twins. Henri smiled.
"And 5,6,7. Let's go." Henri contributed. Terrance made a few clicks before playing the right track and Henri continued.
"Right here and now is what it's all about
Bring out the crowd, we're ready, steady, strong and proud
We're a lot, it shows, no stopping us, we're in the zone
Red hot, we know, in it to win it, girls let's go". The girls moved off their spots and met at the center of the apartment. Sliding to the right, Mary Lynn took over the song.
"Step up, it's time to work it, step out, gotta do it for real
Say it loud, it's time to dance, step up and shine the way it feels
Step up, it's now or never, step out, all the Isle Girls
Say it loud, we're here together, time for us to show the world" Jumping onto the desk Eva Lynn sang with her sister.
"Show 'em what we're working with
Ah yeah, all right
We got it
Don't let them know". They chorused together, before Eva Lynn stole the song completely from her sister.
"Let's turn away from the mirror, it's time to play
Our rules, our game, we know we got just what it takes
We've come this far, sometimes it might be hard
We know we are each one a superstar". All the girls turned around and then back to the imaginary crowd.
"Step up, it's time to work it, step out, gotta do it for real
Say it loud, it's time to dance, step up and shine the way it feels
Step up, it's now or never, step out, all the Isle Girls
Say it loud, we're here together, time for us to show the world" They chorused together, and crouching down. Jenat stood up.
"We believe it 'cause we know we can
Reach in each dream now we understand
There's no giving up or giving in" The rest of the girls stood up and Eva Lynn jumped down from the desk. Raising their arms they pretend to throw in a towel before Jenat started again.
"5 6 7 8, again again oh yeah"
Henri and Jenat sang together. "Never gonna stop 'til we reach the top, never gonna stop".
All the girls chorused together with "Never"
Then the twins took over the song. "Never gonna stop 'til we reach the top, ooh yeah"
Henri and Jenat looked at each other and started singing together.
"Step up, it's time to work it, step out, gotta do it for real
Say it loud, it's time to dance, step up and shine the way it feels
Step up, it's now or never, step out, all the Isle Girls
Say it loud, we're here together, time for us to show the world" Backing up they allowed the twins to step forward.
"Say it loud for me now, it's the dance break, time to work it out
(Uh huh, time to work it out)
Uh, break it down for me now, Isle ladies in the house, won't you dance for me now?
Uh, work it out for me now, Isle ladies in the house, won't you shine for me now?
Eva, Jenat , Mary , Henri in the house, won't you sing for me now?" Falling back Eva and Mary came to stand next to Henri and Jenat. Finishing the song.
"Step up, it's time to work it, step out, gotta do it for real
Say it loud, it's time to dance, step up and shine the way it feels
Step up, it's now or never, step out, all the Isle Girls
Say it loud, we're here together, time for us to do it
Step up!" The girls stood there. A moment needed.
"So does this mean you're leaving?" Terrence asked. Turning their attention to him, they saw him sitting there. Hands on lap and eyebrow raised waiting for an answer.
"I'm going to need to pack my bag."