"Lola, you are just too young to hang out with me and my friends. I mean we're 9 and you are only 8. It's better you find friends your own age." I frown at my sister's words and I reply, "But Evie I don't want to stay here alone. I'm scared to be alone." She rolls her eyes and says, "You are a villain's kid, the evil queen's daughter, and we live on the isle of the lost, get over it." Before I can respond there is a knock on the door. I walk over to answer it while Evie gets her stuff together.
When I open the door I see Mal, Jay and Carlos on the other side. Mal smirks and say, "Is Evie ready?" I nod while keeping my head down. I step aside and let them in. Jay sees my sad face and says, "Hey cheer up kiddo one day we'll take you out to cause some trouble with us." I nod sadly and he gives me a quick hug. Mal and her crew even at a young age are truly one of the most fearsome on the isle and it's not that they don't like me, it's just that they are protective of me. I'm a little sister to them and I know it. Even as young as we are I know they won't let me come out with them when I get older, because they know I can't hang with them. Mom worries about me all the time because I just don't have the evil in me like her and Evie do and she doesn't understand how. They hope I'll grow into it, but we all know I won't Mal and them are evil no doubt about that, but they have this compassion that only I see when I'm in trouble and I need help.
I love them, but Evie is right I need to find my own friends, because I will always be a little sister to Her and her friends and it's hard to have fun when people are so worried about you, not that they would ever show it to me or anyone else. Evie comes to me and gives me a big hug as she says, "You will be fine little sister. If you need us you know how to find us." When Evie pulls away Mal pats me on the shoulder and says, "You're evil Lola embrace it and forget the stupid fear." I nod and she walks off. Carlos, who is only a couple of months older than me, hugs me and says, "You will be fine Lola, just take deep breaths if you start to panic and come find us if something is wrong." I nod and tell him, "Thank you Carlos." He nods and follows Evie and Mal out the door. Jay stops to give me another quick hug and says, "I know you are not as defenseless as you seem. Get out there and find your own adventure. You know where we are if you need us." I nod and before I can utter a single word to him, he too is out the door.
I sigh and look up at one of the many mirrors we keep in our house. I look different compared to my family I guess. I have midnight black curly hair, porcelain skin, Ruby red lips, and striking purple eyes. My name is actually Lola Violet, mom thought about naming me just violet for my eyes, but liked Lola better, however she just couldn't leave out Violet. Mom drank some kind of potion when she pregnant with me that was supposed to make her younger and more beautiful, but all it really did was change me somehow. After staring at myself for a while, family trait I guess, I decide to do what Jay told me to do. Go out and find my own adventure. With that decided I grab my black leather coat. I'm a fashionista like Evie, but unlike her I don't have a signature color I tend to jump around today I'm in a green dress with black boots and my black leather jacket.
I decide to venture off from where Mal and her friends go and go to a different part of the island. I'm getting to the part of the isle where a lot of pirates run wild and it's really exciting. I've always been amazed by pirates, but I've never had the courage to even approach one. I come across Ursula's fish & chips, it looks like an interesting enough place to start my adventure. As I make my way over some guy bumps into me and knocks me to the ground. He says, "Get out of the way. Geez." I look up and say, "Sorry," before I can stop myself. I'm not a mean person, but when you live here you have to at least pretend to be or else you could be in big trouble. The guy looks at me in a questioning way for a minute then shrugs.
As I stand he says, "You're weird. I like you. Hi, I'm Gil son of Gaston." I smile slightly and say quieter then I meant to, "Hello, I'm Lola daughter of the evil queen." His eyes widen as he says, "I thought Evie was the daughter of the evil queen." I sigh and say softly, "She is, she is also my sister." He looks shocked again as he says, "Oh, oh, oh you have to meet Uma! She'll want to know this." I look at him strangely, but let him drag me into Ursula's anyway. When went it in it wasn't too bad of a place, not for the isle anyway. There was a girl barely older than myself handing out trays of food. Gil rushed over to her yelling, "Uma! Uma! Uma!" She turned to him with a glare and says, "What Gil? Stop screaming!" He came to a halt causing me to slam into him. He says, "Uma this is the evil queen's other daughter and Evie's sister! She's here on her own."
Uma looks very interested by that information which cannot be good. I may be the nice one, but I still know how to lie. Mal taught me how, so I'm pretty good at it. Uma says, "Well hello. What's your name?" I hesitantly say, "Lola." She smirks and says, "Hi there Lola. What are you doing so far away from your friends?" And there it is. She is probably one of the many people who were deemed not bad enough to be in their crew and she thinks she's found her pay back. I shrug and say, "I don't have friends. I'm too nice to be in Mal's crew with Evie, so I'm always told to stay home when she leaves with them." I didn't really lie they aren't my friends more like annoying older siblings. Uma nods she still looks intrigued, but now I'm not sure why. Another boy walks up to us holding a hook in his hand and I know instantly who he is.
There is talk all over the isle about Harry hook. Even at only 9 he is a definitely not a pirate you want to mess with. Harry says, "Who's this?" Uma says, "This is Lola, the evil queen's other daughter. Lola this is Harry hook and as you heard Gil loudly say, I'm Uma." I nod and say, "Nice to meet you." She smirks at me and says, "I can tell why they think you are so nice. We'll have to toughen you up a bit, but how would you like to join our crew?" I looked at them curiously. Well I am fascinated by pirates, I do need my own friends, and I find these three pretty interesting. I say, "Ok, but I am so not dressing like a pirate." She rolls her eyes and asks, "Really?" I say, "I'm the evil queen's daughter. She would kill me if I did that." She nods and says, "Fine. Welcome to the crew." Gil starts jumping up and down as he says, "Yay! We get to keep you!" When he calms down he says, "Just don't call Uma shrimpy. Mal has everyone calling her that she doesn't like it." Uma screams, "Gil!" He looks at her confused as he says, "What?"
Harry rolls his eyes as the two begin to fight. He comes over to me and says, "So what's a princess like ya doin around pirates like us?" I smile and tell him, "My sister said I had to make my own friends, so I picked a place to look on a different part of the isle then they frequent." He nods and says, "'Interesting choice. Did you know there were pirates on this part." I nod and say, "Yes." He smirks and says, "Ahh, ye were looking for pirates weren't ya little love?" I nod my head, but keep my face down so he doesn't see me blush. He puts his hand under my chin and pushes up until we are making eye contact and says, "Don' worry princess, ye secret is safe with me."
Gil and Uma finally stop fighting and I sit around talking to the three for quite some time. Their just like the rest of us, they want to make their parents pride of them, but can't do it while they are on the isle of the lost. I resent being here sometimes. I didn't do anything wrong my mom did, but I'm being punished just the same as her. I like Gil, Uma, and especially Harry. Harry is the oldest in the group and then Uma followed by Gil and I would be the youngest. Harry is truly going to be a ruthless pirate no doubt about that, he's pretty close to that now, but he's smarter than he gets credit for. He observes everything around him and let's everyone underestimate him. Even Uma underestimates him and I think that's the way he wants it. He may be her second in command, but he could run this whole thing if he really wanted to.
I finally got them to tell me about the whole shrimpy thing. Apparently, Uma wanted to join Mal's crew, but wasn't bad enough like I suspected. I however would not have guessed the shrimpy nickname. Mal is better than that, I mean shrimpy? You can do better Mal. After a while I realized it was getting late and I needed to head back I said, "Well I need to head back I'll see you guys tomorrow." Uma nodded and said, "Be here by two 'o'clock." Gil says, "Bye Lola!" I smile and say, "Bye Gil." Harry says, "I'm heading out too. Let me walk ya out." He wasn't dismissed by Uma like I was, but I doubt she would ever really dismiss him. She may underestimate him, but she's not dumb she must know not to push him to hard. I nod my head and wait for him to grab his coat and hook.
Once we were out the door he says, "Might as well walk ya home too. Since I'm out." I was going to say he didn't have to, but it was dark and I didn't want to walk alone so I said, "Thank you Harry." He shrugs and says, "No problem princess. So, did ya have fun with the big bad pirates?" I smile softly and say, "I did. I really like you guys." He smirks and says, "Ye may be the only one princess." We make small talk for the rest of the walk and when we get to my place I stop him and say, "This is me. Thank you for walking me back Harry." He says, "My pleasure little love. I'll see ya tomorrow." He takes my hand and places a kiss on the back of it and walks away.
When I walk inside I see Evie is already back. When she sees me she asks, "Where have you been?" So, I tell her about my day. When I finish she says, "Well I can't really tell you who to be friends with, but Uma is a little dramatic and desperate to prove Mal wrong. Gil is pretty dumb much like Gaston. Harry, well Harry is Uma's lap dog." That one I know is not true. Harry is way smarter than he lets anyone realize. I tell her, "I'll be careful, but I like them Evie." She nods and we go about the beauty rituals mom makes us do before bed.