If Only
By: AndiKaneUnderwood
Okay, so this is a DC's Legends of Tomorrow fanfiction, but it's AU. Based off Disney's Descendants.
Sue me.
Ray Palmer: Prince Ben
Leonard Snart: Mal
Rip Hunter: Jay
Sara Lance: Evie
Kendra Saunders: Carlos
Martin Stein: Fairy Godmother
Mick Rory: Audrey
Gideon: Chad
Carter Hall: Lonnie Li
Jax Jackson: Jane Godmother
Lindsay Carlisle: Doug
Vandal Savage: Maleficent
Damien Darhk: Evil Queen
Valentina Vostok: Jafar
Grant Wilson: Cruella de Vil
Oliver Queen: King Beast
Diana Lance: Queen Belle
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Leonard Snart was a feared man. He was not patient, he was terrifying, and he was cold.
His natural powers of ice made sure that he was one of the most feared people on the Isle of the Forgotten.
This made him an excellent leader. Especially to the likes of Rip Hunter, time manipulator, Sara Lance, trained assassin and advanced healing, and Kendra, part hawk.
In case you didn't know, the Isle of the forgotten was the place that King Oliver and Queen Diana booted all the villains and sidekicks to when Oliver was voted king of the United States of Star City. King Oliver stranded them there with a barrier to keep them on the island.
Fun, right?
Vandal Savage, the worst villain to ever walk the Earth, was the first to be rounded up and sent. Along with his four month old son, Leonard.
Next came Damien Darhk, Valentina Vastok, and Grant Wilson, the three worst behind Vandal Savage, and their kids, Sara, Kendra, and Rip.
The villains and their children were forced to live like this until King Oliver's sheltered (adopted) daughter; Raelynn Palmer came of age to be the new queen.
She made her first proclamation. The children of the villains that lived on the Isle of the Forgotten where to be gathered up and brought to live in Star City. That they were not their parents and deserved to be given a second chance.
Raelynn Palmer did, of course, make an adjustment period. They started small, with the children that needed their help the most.
And wouldn't you know it? Leonard and his gang of villains where on her list.
Leonard, Sara, Rip, and Kendra where rounded up and brought to Star City.
They met up with Raelynn the second their transport stopped.
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The second he stepped out of the limo, Leonard was struck by how warm it was in Star City, how bright.
Jeez, how clean did these people need to be?
He settled his gaze on the man who stepped forwards, then the beautiful young lady behind him.
"Hello!" The man cried, "Hi, I'm Professor Stein." He greeted them all with a smile that was too bright and too clean.
Leonard settled with a slight smirk and nod to this man. "Stein?" He asked. "The Professor Stein? One half of Firestorm?" He questioned.
"Yes, that's me." Stein replied.
"I was always fond of your superhero progress, Professor. Particularly with Firestorm, I've always wondered who the other half was." Leonard questioned, gaze staying curious and polite, though his skin crawled with the disgusting tone in his own voice.
"Ah, that would be my son, Jefferson. You'll meet him later. For now, take time to relax and get to know your surroundings. I'm sure, Princess Raelynn will be happy to give you a tour." Stein looked back at the young girl behind him and was greeted with a bright, charming smile.
"Of course, Professor." She replied.
Oh my God, this is gonna be a long trip.
Stein left and Princess Raelynn took a deep breath before approaching the four with a smile. "Hello, it's wonderful to meet you. I'm Ray-" She was cut off by a large, bulky man with a bald head and deep voice, who'd been standing next to her when they arrived.
"Princess Raelynn. Soon to be Queen." He said.
Raelynn sighed, the smile slipping from her face. Leonard tried not to care, but it managed to sneak in. Just a bit.
"And this is Mick Rory-"
"Her bodyguard. And boyfriend." He took Raelynn's hand and gave her a faked smile.
The only reason Leonard could tell was because the smile A) didn't reach nor match the emotion in his eyes, and B) Leonard had faked several smiles of his own over the course of his sixteen years of life. Especially with his father.
"Rory. Mick Rory. Yeah, know the name. Your daddy threw mine in jail." Leonard gave one of those faked smiles and held out a hand to give the son of the Flash a handshake.
Rory took it and the steam that rose from their palms told Leonard that he was a fire user. This would be fun.
"Hey, Mick. Why don't you go help Jax?" Raelynn asked, looking down at the ground. It was very clear they'd been fighting. Entirely too clear.
Leonard almost felt bad for the Princess. Almost.
Rory left without even so much as a goodbye and once he was gone, the Princess relaxed.
She took their hands; Sara's first, greeting each of the kids as she went down their line. "This is a massive occasion." She moved to Rip. "A day of reckoning has come." She moved to Kendra. "A day our people can begin to heal." She stood in front of Leonard.
"Or the day you showed four people where the bathrooms are." He interrupted, shaking her hand.
Raelynn's big brown eyes glittered, almost like she was happy to have been stopped, a far cry different from how Rory interrupted her. "Too much?" She asked and even with the glittery heels she was wearing, Leonard was still looking down at her.
"Little bit." Leonard replied with a smile. Not forced, but teetering on the edge. That was new.
"Well, then if we're skipping the welcome speech, let's get on with the tour." Raelynn gestured them all to follow her.
Leonard didn't know why he did it... almost eagerly.
He blamed the puppy dog eyes she threw at him every once in a while.
"Does King Oliver play darts and such often?" He wonders out loud as they passed his statue. He hadn't meant for Raelynn to overhear.
"Yeah, Mom makes him play in the garage." She paused, looking at him with a grin as he looked back at her.
And the banter.
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Now, here they were about a month later, and a week after the super hero game, Saving the Civilian, where Raelynn had asked Leonard to be her date to the crowning.
Leonard suspected that Rory looked so pissed only because he'd been trumped by a villain.
Now, they were on a picnic. Apparently.
As they rested in the gazebo by the Enchanted Lake, Raelynn began to ask about life on the Isle.
"Have you ever done this before?" Raelynn asks as she hands him another frozen treat.
"Go on a date? No. On the Isle it's more like gang activity." He jokes and Raelynn actually laughs.
She laughs.
He simply looks at her, admiring her and how her tawny-caramel hair was lined with sunlight and how her coffee colored eyes glittered and glowed.
He realized with a sharp jolt that he'd fallen in love.
He'd fallen in love with the Princess of Star City.
His father was going to kill him.
Raelynn suddenly stood, pulling off her t-shirt and shorts and revealing the bathing suit underneath.
"Ray?" Leonard asked, looking surprised.
He was more concerned with the ribs he could almost count and the bruises that blended perfectly with her red and blue bathing suit.
Ray'd been hurt.
That made Leonard's blood boil.
He was interrupted by a hand in front of his face. "Swim with me." Raelynn said with a brilliant smile.
"Oh. Oh, no. I think I'll just stay here and eat these..." He looked around, spotting the strawberries and picking one up, "Strawberries! I've literally never had a strawberry before." He took a bite. "Mm!" The flavor burst to life on his tongue. "Mm."
Raelynn, to Leonard's surprise, just laughed. "Okay, but you're missing out." She teased, and then she ran off and jumped into the deep water of the lake.
Leonard ate a few more strawberries and then stood, walking to the edge of the gazebo.
Ray was treading water. "Are you sure you won't come in?" She asked, looking up at Leonard with pleading eyes.
"Sorry." Leonard replied, sitting at the edge and letting his feet tuck in underneath him. "You're crazy you know!" He called as she swam out and under the water.
Leonard sighed, standing and going back to the picnic blanket he'd lain out for Ray.
Hundreds of millions of thoughts swirled around in his thought. Should he keep listening? Should he let his heart?
He'd walked a thin line up until then. He'd lost nothing. Something had always been missing though.
He couldn't decide what was wrong and what was right. Which way was he supposed to go?
If only he knew what his heart told him. He had no idea what he was feeling and was this even real? Or was it all a dream?
Leonard couldn't read the signs that directed him, but maybe if he did, he could find a way to be who he was supposed to be.
He scoffed. Yeah, if only.
Was he crazy? Was he sane? Perhaps maybe he could love Ray. Maybe he could let himself be loved in return.
Would she still be with him when the magic had all run out?
If only he knew what he felt. If only he knew the signs. Maybe then he could understand. Maybe then he'd know what to do.
Leonard sighed, looking down at the stone gazebo as Raelynn came out of the water and wrung out her braid.
He smiled at her as she came over and he offered her a towel.
If only.