The Snake and the Octopus.

"Everyones here except Titania. Where is she?" Evie mumbled to herself as she continued re-checking the names of teenagers who came from the isle of the lost. Every student is here except Titania.

"Evie! Hey. Are you finished with that job?" Mal runs towards Evie with her purple hair in a pony tail. She was smiling so hard her cheeks were flushed. Mals first thought was Ben must have given a present. Again. He is a nice boyfriend and all but Evie didn't like when someone gives her present almost every week. It makes birthdays less special.

"What? Uh, no. Titania is missing. You know Ursula's daughter?"

"Oh. The book worm? I don't really see her as much." Mal shrugged. "Lets have a break. You have been working your butt off for a week. C'mon. Jay and Carlos are waiting in the cafeteria."

"I'm sorry Mal, you know I love Tuesday specials but I have to find her. It worries me that it has been a week since everyone has settled here and no one had seen her." Evie ran her fingers through strands of her hair.

"She might be under the ocean. She is an octopus after all." Mal laughed. "Wait a little bit more. She will show up."

"But I asked Melody. She doesn't come here to study. She is in Music Sea school. She said she hasn't seen her for ages."

"Well, why don't you go ask Carlos and Jay? They are in the cafeteria. I'm hungry and they could help."

"Okay, I'm going to ask them. If I can't find her I have to inform fairy god mother." Evie clutched her notebook tightly. Ever since she got the title of school president it has been stress all over. She is starting to have bag under her eyes which isn't pretty for her complexion. She needs her beauty sleep but Titania is blocking that.

"Yeah go do that later. C'mon." Mal pushed Evie along the hall way and into the cafeteria.

The cafeteria was filled with student laughing chatting and rare dramatic proposals for the senior prom. Evie could hear squeals of yesses ev

"Evie! Mal! We are over here!" Carlos raised his hands up.

"Carlos. Whats for lunch?" Mal says as she reached their table.

"Surprise lasagna, chocolate chip cookies and orange juice."

"Not bad." Mal says analyzing the food on Carlos's plate. "Ill be back. Evie do you want anything?"

"Uh, orange juice will do."

"What's wrong school prez? You love surprise lasagna." Jay looked up from his food. He was eating his secret homemade sandwich.

"Its just that Titania is not just frustrates me. Have you seen her?"

"No." Carlos responded. Jay kept quiet.

"Really? That's just sad. Tell Mal I'm going to see fairy god mother." Evie sighed and got up but someone was pulling her hand.

"Don't leave." Jay hissed, desperation in his voice.

"What?" Evie looked confused.

"Sit down." Jay was breathing fast. He looked as frustrated as Evie was before. Evie obeyed and sat down.

"So you know?" Evie asked. Her eyes were glinting. Finally some lead. She can finally find her!

"Yes? No? I don't know?" He kept his eyes locked on his food. He gave a deep breath. "I didn't think she would disappear…"

A month before Jay left to go to Aurodon prep.

He was bored and had nothing to do. He had basically stolen anything and everything in this junk island. Well, anything that can be valued. He had gone to abandoned mines and factories. But he never went to one particular place.

The lost library.

The only library in the whole island which no one cared. It looked rundown like the rest of the buildings. When opening the doors Jay felt a cold breeze. The only light was from the windows. Shelves of books of different genres. Big fat encyclopedias. There said to be a man who owns the library but he had died before he could pass his whatever legacy to someone.

Jay was walking through the library trying to find stashed coins when he spotted a white body out of nowhere. His first intention was to scream thinking it was the dead man trying to kill him for trying to find his valuables.

But no.

It was a girl. Her thick framed glasses was too big for her small face. Short white hair pulled into a tight ponytail with strands poking out. A grin on her face and her grey eyes grew wide as she read the book. The black t-shirt and jeans made her light lavender skin very noticeable. But one thing Jay noticed the most was the golden shell necklace around her neck. Sweet, sweet gold.

"Hey kid."

The girl looked up surprised to see a human. But her eyes slowly grew with hatred when she noticed who it was.

"Jay." She hissed. The guy who destroyed her life. Humiliated her in front of her so called 'friends' and the only reason why she hated the island completely.

"Funny to see you here. What are you reading there?"

"Nothing that will spark your interests."

"Well you do." It spilled out of his mouth. What was he saying? She has a freak show parent. Though she is human and he liked how soft her hair is, when he pulled it while torturing her once. Yes he kicked her and might have caused some scars on her fragile body but it was just for fun. He is glad that useless creatures are here to make this island a bit better.

"Har-har. Go rob a jewelry shop or something. I don't have time for your sweet talks."

"I'm bored. So I thought I'd check out some books. Any recommendations?"

"Oh yeah. Start with this. You'll need it." She slammed a book at his face. She was so sick of him. She thought the library kept stupid people away but she was wrong. She had to deal with this idiot at the moment who cannot take a hint.

Jay looked at the book she gave. It said 'Learn your A B C's.' "Are you kidding me?"

"Look Jay. I know you want to be with me but this isn't working out. You being stupid is such a embarrassment. We should break up." Titania smirked. This made her remember of her old times with Jay. They used to be best friends. But everything changed because of Mal's influence. Yes, Jay always stole stuff but he never was mean or sour. He returned them back a week after saying sorry.

"Oh titania.. I love you to the depths of the earth. I would read millions of books just to get you to notice me." He started to move closer. "I like your soft white hair. Your smile is enough to brighten up my day." Jay moved closer. He could see a light blush on her face. They were only a centimeter apart. Jay slowly held his hand on the necklace without her noticing ."And the only one that sparks my interest." He yanked the necklace off. He saw a reaction he never have thought of. "Is your necklace."

Titania screamed. She crouched down holding her stomach. Tears started to stream down her face. It felt like a fire burning in her stomach.

"Jay… It hurts.." She croaked. She looked up to see him holding her mothers necklace. Rage started to burn within her. "HOW DARE YOU!" She shouted with all her might but the pain never stopped. It only started to grow. It passed to her legs and she felt her legs splitting. It started to turned into eight octopus arms. Titania looked completely horrified. Her secret is out. Now everyone knows.

She wanted to kill him. But it has been 10 years since she was in this form. She just couldn't move. She felt helpless.

Jay just turned around and ignored her cries. "Thanks for the gift." He laughed and left the library. He could hear her scream cuss words at him. Who knew a good girl would do that?

Evie slapped him.

"Ouch.." Carlos said.

"Ouch? It should have been more than that! You… Why would you do that?" Evie shouted. The whole cafeteria was quiet.

Jay was still. When he recovered from the slap he saw all eyes staring at him. Mal dropped her food on the floor.

"Calm down Evie."

"CALM DOWN? HOW –" Mal cupped her hands on Evies mouth and started to pull her out of the cafeteria. "not here sweetie." Mal whispered as she pulled her outside.

They took an empty classroom and Evie was free. Her face was red with anger.

"YOU KNOW ITS DIFFICULT FOR HER! She- she is a very sensitive person! Why would you do that?"

"I told you guys this story before except Carlos. You were looking at yourself from the mirror. While Mal was just doing graffiti. Both of you were laughing." Jay tried to defend himself. " As I said before I was bored."

Both of them looked down in guilt. Evie was scolding herself. Why was she so stupid?

"No time for scolding. We need to find Titania. Do you have the necklace?" Evie asked Jay.

"Yeah. I never leave anywhere without it." He says taking it out from his pocket handing it to Evie.

"Mirror Mirror in my hand. Where is the current owner of this shell?" A text suddenly appeared on the mirror it was holding. A deep voice boomed. "The lost library."

"Are you sure we should go there? You said Titania is sensitive and I'm pretty sure she is more than pissed right now." Carlos said.

"We should make up for our actions and return this to her. I'm pretty sure all of us are at fault not only Jay." Evie took a deep breath. This is going to be difficult.

xxxxXxxx

They were finally at the lost library after two hours. Convincing fairy god mother is very time consuming. Evie forgot how dark and dirty Isle of the lost looked. Even the sun was shining very brightly in Aurodon it completely changed when they arrived here.

Mal was completely uncomfortable seeing her graffiti 'long live evil' in every wall of the island. Carlos was not happy seeing the looks given by sellers in the markets. Jay was completely quiet but inside his brain was drowning with all the possibilities. He was so cruel leaving her just like that. She was cursing for crying out loud.

They opened the doors to the library. It was how it was when Jay left.

"Guys. You stay here. I will go alone. If I need help I will shout. Okay?" Jay said.

"Sure." Carlos said without a single thought.

"Carlos! But is it okay?" Evie asked.

"Yes. She will be more mad if I brought her along." He says pointing at Mal. Who was simply listening while playing with her nails.

"What? She has personal grudges against me? I know I used to be famous here but that doesn't mean I associated with low lives. Previous Mal wouldn't do it." Mal scoffed.

"See what I mean?" Jay said before getting inside the library.

"Hello?" His voice echoed.

"Jay?" He almost didn't recognize her. Her white hair grew a lot longer than the last time they met. She wasn't wearing glasses and she was still in her half octopus form. Her eyes filled with hatred ( per usual ) when she saw his face.

"What do you want to steal now? My life?" She says sarcastically.

"What? No. I'm here to give you this." Jay held the necklace in mid air . For a moment he saw her eyes sparkle but immediately it turned motion less.

"Thank you." Titania says snatching it back. After a moment of silence between them Titania started to speak. "You know what? I wanted to tell you this ever since you disappeared. What you did there is basically stealing my life. My mom died few years after my birth, who knows where my dad is and you, the only light in my life barges in and convince me to go on your mini adventures and I blindly followed you"

"You made me happy but then all of a sudden just because of some group of people you barely knew comes along, this friendship suddenly disappears? Then my light sets and it turns into the darkness. I was alone again. Do you know how many times I cried my self to sleep? Oh wait you don't care do you? YOU DON'T CA-"

"I'm sorry." Jay was in shock. He didn't realize he was a really important person to her. He didn't know what else to say at this point.

"SORRY? Haha this is the funniest thing you said in ages Jay. You stole my necklace. I've been trying to keep it a secret that I'm like my mother just so I can have friends. But no, you wanted more gold and sees this!" She points at the necklace. Her fingernails were painted black.

"You leave this island for months. I couldn't leave to go underwater because of this stupid shield around the island. I didn't go to Aurodon prep because I would be called a freak. I am a freak aren't I Jay?" Titania suddenly became hysterical. Her hand started to make some weird movements. Her hand suddenly pointed towards Jay,

Jay suddenly felt his throat go dry. Like something is sucking from him.

"Like I'm ever going to forgive you Jay." She said in his voice. She turned into her human form. She was wearing a long strapless black dress. Titania gave a last look towards Jay."Bye." And leaves without saying another word. Oxygen started to fill in his lungs.

"AARRGHHHH" he finally manage to shout but she left.

"JAY!" Mal barged in with Carlos. Evie wasn't there.

"Are you alright? Where is the octopus? She knows I threw her out of a building once right?" Mal says petting his back. Jay was breathing heavily. Flashbacks flooding his memory.

"Stop disrespecting her. She has more power than I thought. If she wants she could have killed me. But she didn't. " He started to rub his head. "I'm so stupid. All she ever wanted is to have a friend. Why did she keep clinging on me if she knows I'm a horrible person?"

"Because you are her light?" Evie entered the library. She was holding her notebook and strutting towards them "Sadly Titania confirmed that she won't be attending Aurodon prep. I got her signature. She told me to tell you never let anyone change you."

A girl ran through the wet icy roads. Her hands covering her crying red face. She didn't know where she was going. But anywhere else is better than the Mal's gang. They chopped of her hair in different lengths. Even though she spent months trying to grow it out.

She suddenly bumped into someone. She didn't care who it was. Titania got up and just started to run again. But a voice stopped her.

"WAIT!" The voice caught up to her held onto her right shoulder until she slowly stopped running. "You okay buddy?"

"no." She managed to sniffle out.

"Well. Its okay to cry. But you are missing on things if you keep crying." The voice said. He starts to pull her hands away from her face. "Just now I missed out on how cute your face is…"

"You're lying. I'm a freak! No one likes me…. Go away. You are a waste of my time." She pushed him and started to run again. She felt his presence behind her. Why was he still following her? She was running out of breath. She needed to hide.

She managed to arrive at one of shores of the garbage island. Piles of plastic rotten food was seen in the distance. The sight of the pile was enough to make her faint and the smell made it worse. But she still ran towards it. She wanted to be alone.

When she arrived at the pile she saw a cave a bit far from there. When she looked behind she saw the person still running after her. She started to run towards the cave. If she could she would slide underwater but the shield is not helping at all.

When she arrived at the cave it was magnificent. Beautiful. Extraordinary. Light teal blue crystals lined on the walls forming a pattern leading deeper into the cave. It was mesmerizing and she slowly started to walk inside. But the voice called out.

"ITS A TRAP!" Before she could have a second to think a snake slid around her ankle making her rooted to the ground. She was absolutely terrified of land animals. Not to mention snakes. The snake started to creep under her dress and it was the most grossest feeling she felt.

The voice came to her rescue. It took a really sharp stick and started to stab it continuously. Blood spurted everywhere. When it was over her savior fell to the ground. He looked really tired and the snake was dead. She said the first thing that came into her mind.

"Are you a girl?"

"What? No. I just like my hair grown out." He says playing with his hair. He got up and regained his composure. "Can I style your hair? It looks awful."

"Sure. But you don't have scissors."

"No. But I borrowed one from someone." He took out a golden scissor and started to level her hair. "See now you look much better."

"Wow you are so cool!" She started to gawk at the result. Her hair looked million times better than before. "My names Titania."

"I'm Jay. You are awesome too."

They both hi-fived and headed home. On the way they told stories of their parents and tales they hear from them.

"There is a snake where it hides gold?"

"Haha. YES! I SAW IT! IT HAD RED GLEAMY EYES. Also really sharp fangs."

"Scary."

"Don't worry its my dads pet now."

"So you are the snake." Titania said. She looked sad. Atleast he has a parent of some sort. "And I am the octopus. Such an unlikeliest pair for a friendship don't you think?"

"As long as nobody change either of us the friendship still stays. I mean both of us together, we are indestructible!"

"And Mals gang doesn't even have a chance!" Titania says smiling.

"Yep! Pinkie promise me that you wont let anyone change you." Jay said pointing his pinkie finger out. Titania joined her finger and smiled.

"Never. Ever." Titania smiled. "I pinkie swear."

"Never. Ever. I pinkie swear."Jay said.

I'm sorry about the abrupt end. At least no one's dead right? Hahaha ookay moving on. I am going to make this into a two-shot. Or more chapters depending how long it will take for JayxTitania to happen. Considering how Titania doesn't trust him I am guessing two more? Idk.

Thanks for reading.