Hello! Welcome to my Descendants' fanfiction!
First of, disclaimer: I do not own anything related to that movie (I just borrow).
Now, we can get started. Hi. This story revolves mostly around Audrey, and deals with the way she reacted after Ben fell in love with Mal and made it official. It is set just after 'Did I Mention', and it totally deviates from the original reaction she had. It is written from an omniscient point of view.
Enjoy! ;p
PART ONE: Auradon
Chapter 1
I love you. Just like that. How could such beautiful words send such a hard and senseless punch in her guts? It sounded as light as wind chimes, and as electrical as a lightning bolt. It brought so much emotions to her, had so much meaning, that her tears were pouring down her cheeks.
Maybe if he had said it to her, it wouldn't have been tears of despair.
Chapter 2
She knew they were trouble. The moment she saw them, treading in their reckless manner, with caramel and chocolate smears on their faces, fighting and bickering like lost puppies over a stupid chicken bone. She knew she would hate their guts. With a deep, and fierce passion. It was not exactly love at first sight, indeed. Yet the boys, she could handle. They were rude, and a bit dumb-dumb on the edges, but nothing worrying overall - if they didn't crossed paths anymore, that is. No, the real issue, was with the girls. Or rather, that girl. She, on the contrary, wasn't bickering with anybody. She remained rather calm, poised. Seeing the scenery, but not really watching. Her stare wondered on the many trees of the garden, and swept mindlessly the various flowers with her crystal-clear eyes. She was thinking.
"Of course she's thinking! Thinking of her next trick. What else would you expect from a cunning witch."
Purple hair, violet leather outfit, angel face and devil smile. Her attitude screamed Renegade!, and by the first step set out of the car, she started reeking the entire kingdom with the delightful scent of the devil eau de toilette. Sweet, spicy, with a tiny zest of hell. And what an outfit! Oh so stylish ; a cute, adorable dragon was sewed onto her jacket's left shoulder. What joy Audrey felt when she learned she was the spawn of infamous Maleficent. She almost puked out her lunch. "It's gonna be great", he said. "You'll see, I'm sure you're gonna end up friend with them!" Yeah, right. Candid prick.
Ben greeted them with such warmth. It was almost offensive. How couldn't he see the flames dancing in the most profound depth of their eyes? She could. Or perhaps it was only the reflection of the sun, shining bright as the bells rang noon. Benjamin welcomed them all, with a friendly smile. He even made a kind little comment on each of the new comers, his smile getting brighter and brighter, brighter then the reflection of the sun, brighter than the sun itself, brighter than the flames of hell in their eyes.
It was loathsome.
But that, she could handle. A quick meaningless speech, greetings, "welcome to Auradon!", and she would send the pricks away. Easy. But no. There had to be trap in the bargain. Some trick of some sort. Otherwise, where's the fun?
Ben came up to Mal. And Audrey still wondered if it was the angel face, or the devil smile. Or maybe both. Or maybe her eyes, light-colored as Heaven would be, a peaceful haven from all the darkness, in her hair, in her clothes, in her cold and stern facial expression she wouldn't let go of. The prince dived into them, exploring them while they sparkled under the sweep of a sun beam.
It was beyond loathsome. It was sickening.
Of course, Audrey made her entrance before he drowned, as she felt he was already sinking into her gaze. She introduced herself, very politely. With an ounce of bitterness she attempted to hide, while she was talking to Mal, for there was still the echo of an history of spindles and fairies when she spoke.
Oh, yes. From the moment she saw them, she knew they were trouble. Just, not necessarily that kind of trouble.
Yet, here she was. Hiding in the bathroom, weeping waterfalls of salty tears, and blowing her nose on a thirty-eight-tissues-per-hour velocity. She tried not to cried too hard ; she didn't want to grimace to much, afterall, she remained the daughter of the Sleeping Beauty. But when she thought of the smile he had on, the way he laughed, the way he screamed "I love you, Mal!", the emotion and enthusiasm in his voice, she couldn't help but think : why her? And she'd slip in another wave of cries, these ones even harder, with sobs that would shake her entire body. For, she had absolutely no comprehension of the situation, in a way.
Ben was a real sweetheart. He couldn't be nicer. Sometimes a bit to nice, she would reckon. Him allowing four people from the Isle of the Lost to live here was the ultimate proof of his noblety of heart (and his extreme naivety). He didn't judge them, didn't bring up the morbid past of their parents, but he befriended them instead - or more than befriended for some... so how could he, him, Prince Benjamin Florian of Auradon, the most loyal, kind-hearted, generous, sweet and trustworthy young prince that had ever walked this Earth, how could he have betrayed her in such an unashamed, rude, and disgusting way? How could he have been so cruel?
She was so embarassed. She couldn't even get out of the toilet. She, Princess Audrey, was supposed to become the spouse of the royal heir. She was to be a Queen. But now she was doomed to remain on that stool forever and never get out. Never, ever.
Eventually, she stopped crying. Afterall, Ben was just a stupid prick. Who was to be crowned King, though. But a prick nontheless. She got out of the bathroom. The time had flown by and her butt had become sore after sitting for so long. She didn't want anyone to see her puffy eyes, therefore she tiptoed to her room, in the fastest way she could. In the corridor, unfortunately for her dried-tears filled face, she encountered Lonnie, getting out of Evie and Mal's bedroom. She was smiling. She seemed to be caught in a daydream ; perhaps thinking of what she was just talking about with her new friends. Her gaze wandered innocently, drawing loops in the air, until her eyes connected with the mess in front of her.
"AH! Oh, Audrey, you startled me," she said, and then relaxed before entering another daydream of hers. And then a state of shock, again.
"AH! Audrey, it's you! You know, I didn't know you and Ben broke up."
"Me neither."
"Oh, I've you been crying? Are you alright? You look a mess."
"I know that. I'm aware of that."
"You have an eyelash on your cheek. No, not that cheek, the left cheek. No, the other left cheek. Where were you all this time? You should have seen this, Ben declared his *love* to Mal! It was so romantic!"
"Really?... What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything; he sang!"
"I feel sick to my stomach."
"It was the greatest thing, Audrey! Everybody danced, and cheered, and sang, and... oh, you're turning white, Audrey, are you okay? Oh, my, I'm such an idiot-"
"Indeed."
"- you're still all shaken by the breakup, is that it? Oh, and I'm here talking about Ben and, erm... Oh, I'm so sorry! How could you ever forgive me? Oh I know! Do you want me to bake you some delicious chocolate ships cookies?"
Audrey turned around, ready to walk away, "No, thank you. I don't like chocolate," and then she marched herself to her bedroom, eyes glued to her feet, forgetting to tiptoe. She left Lonnie to her daydreaming.
"You're sure you don't want cookies? What about brownies? Oh, yeah, right : no chocolate. What kind weird living being doesn't like chocolate?"
She closed the door. In a desperate, theatrical manner, she fell on her bed and sank her face into her pillows. Something soft and warm, at last. She remained there, sprawled as a starfish, rambling on whys, and whats, and why mes. Whoever would have seen her would probably question her state and wonder if she's still alive. However, under her sloppy apparel, creeping underneath her skin to surface out, was the dullest, hardest, hottest anger that could ever be. Step aside sadness, make place for fury, the craziest bitch you'll ever meet.
Suddently, she felt enraged. By that stupid loonie-Lonnie. By that piece-of-crap prick Ben. By Mal. She couldn't even make up a nickname for her, for words couldn't describe how much she despised her. With all her heart and soul. More than anything else on Earth. More than her mother Maleficent. Well, isn't that daunting. Her dried-tears started to burn her skin.
She bit one of her cushion. She was sweating and she needed to get changed, but she didn't care. Because she swore that, from that day, she would be an even more cunning witch than Mal. And Audrey was smart, very smart.
However, and unfortunately for her, she didn't have a spell book. When Mal did.
To be continued...
Anyways, I hoped you like the first chapters (I guess chapter 1 is more of a prologue than an actual chapter, but I don't like prologues, so), the chapters will not always be even, lenght-wise, so I apologize in advance if some chapters are a bit to short. That's why I put chapter 1 and 2 together.
Thank you very much for reading, the next chapter will be uploaded soon! 8D
Kiss kiss XX, Atshepsut
