Disclaimer: I do not own Disney or Descendants, and none of the characters.

Three Square Meals

The students of Auradon prep have have never realized how bad things were on the Isle of the Lost, but they always assumed food wasn't an issue. They were wrong.

The first time the student of Auradon got a glimpse of the life on the Isle of the Lost, it was at dinner on their first day. It wasn't special, just a regular dinner. But to the four children of villains, it was a whole new experience.

It started with the four in Mal and Evie's room, Mal reading the spellbook, Evie sewing and Jay and Carlos playing a card game, when Carlo spoke up.

"Do you think they feed us? I mean, we arrived after lunch time, but do they have dinner here?"

No one could answer his question.

"I'm sure they do. I mean, these prissy kids probably throw fits when they don't get enough to eat."

"Yeah," Laughed Mal, "I would love to see Audrey on the island. She'd probably cry to "Bennie-Boo" after five minutes."

"I'd barely give it one." Jay answered.

As they laughed, there was a knock on the door. Evie, being the closest, answered.

As she opened it, she was greeted by the site of Doug, who seemed nervous, even more so now that Evie was the one he was talking to. She leaned against the door frame, leaning her head in a way that distracted Doug with her beauty.

"Yes Doug? Is there anything you need me for?" She asked. He swallowed harshly, before saying the words he rehearsed on the way over to the room.

"Um… Well… Dinner has started, so i'm here to escort you to the dining hall. I mean, you and your friends."

She gave a big smile, excited at the prospect of ending the pain of her empty stomach, a feeling that they all had sadly become accustomed. She whipped her head around to the three still in her room, all of them curious, but excited to eat an Auradon Prep dinner.

The group in the room all got up and followed Doug.

As Doug showed them to the cafeteria, already full of children, Ben made is way over to them.

"Welcome to the Auradon Prep dining hall. We have a table reserved for you all, and the food is already on the table. Just take from the plates and baskets at the table. It's a different setup usually, but this is so you don't have to wait on line."

The four looked at each other in confusion as they were brought over to their table. When they focused, they were in shock. So. Much. Food.

After their initial shock, they all ran to the table, piling food onto their plated, eating already as they did. Carlos and Jay fought over the plate full of burgers. Mal was stuffing her face with pieces of bread, taking turns between that and scooping pieces of chicken into her mouth, and even Evie was filling her plate with sandwiches and cooked vegetables. The rest of the students stopped eating their own food to look at the new kids, with a mixture of confusion and disgust. It was Ben who finally said something.

"Whoa guys, you are all going to get sick if you eat so much. Don't worry, there will be food here at breakfast too."

He meant it as a joke, but when he saw the reactions of the four, he realized that they were seriously worried about the lack of meal times.

"We get breakfast too!?" Carlos asked, finally swallowing the food in his mouth completely.

"Um... Yeah." Ben said, as Jay and Carlos high fived, while Evie clapped her hands in excitement. Mal was still in shock as she stood to face Ben completely.

"How many meals do we get?" She asked.

"Three a day." Ben answered.

"Everyday?" Piped in Evie.

"Yes of course. No one goes hungry in my kingdom..." Ben said, trailing off when he remembers that the Isle of the Lost is still in his kingdom. "How often did you eat on the island?"

Mal was the one to answer, as the others were back to eating. She herself has snuck in bites while Ben was talking. "Well, it depended on if our parents decided to feed us, which wasn't often, honestly. But we found ways to get food ourselves. Usually, we were able to scrape up enough for at least a meal a day."

"A few weeks ago," Carlos started, "Jay had gotten us two whole loaves of bread."

"Only a day old, too!" Jay interrupted, proud of himself. But he still he continued, "And, well, Evie did her part..."

"Yeah!" She said, excitedly, "The butcher's son had some feelings for me, so I was able to get him to give us a whole pound of... hm... what was it?" She stopped, looking at Mal.

"Ham." She said, smiling at the memory of the last time they were actually full, even though it was weeks ago.

"Yeah, that day we had a real feast!" Carlos exclaimed.

They went back to eating, but no one else did. That was when the students of Auradon prep started thinking about the Isle of the Lost. If children rarely ate, what else went on there. Eventually, people started to eat their lunch, not wanting to let it go to waste, and appreciating it a bit more. It got some thinking. Could these kids ended up choosing good, if that ever was an option? Was it fair to punish them based on their parents crimes? If the people of Auradon were so good, why were things to unfair? Maybe, just maybe, Prince Ben wasn't wrong.

A/N

Thank you so much for reading my very first fanfiction! All feedback is very much appreciated, praise and constructive criticism. I have a list of other stories I hope to write, so please let me know if you would like some. Also, if you have a request, please tell me! I'm okay with most ships, though Jay/Carlos is my OTP at the moment.