Somewhere deep in the Isle lies a small, intelligent boy, Carlos, who loves school. It's his sanctuary and only place to be at peace, he loves learning and wouldn't dream of missing it.

The only downside of school was the taunting's and bullying he received from Gaston Junior and Gaston the third, mostly. Even though they had a rotten brain, they still had muscles to beat Carlos to a pulp whenever they had a chance.

Carlos glanced around the Dragon Hall's hallway, so far no Gaston twins. Smiling, Carlos rushed to his class to find his best friend, Evie, already there. She was something in Carlos' opinion, he never met someone who could be so beautiful and at the same time smart. He was lucky to have her as a friend, it made school even more fun for him.

"Hey, Evie!" Carlos smiled as he sat on his desk. Grabbing his torn backpack, he pulled out several textbooks and wires with batteries. Aside from science he loves building devices that'll come in handy for Carlos in the future.

"Morning, Carlos. Building already?" She chuckled and held her mirror up high in order to see herself. "Did you hear the news?"

Blinking, "News? What news?" Carlos put down the screwdriver he was holding as he turned to look at Evie. "Apparently, we'll be writing to someone. I don't know all the details but I heard a rumor that it involves Auradon." Evie said.

"What? This is the first time I'm hearing of this. And from Auradon? Isn't it forbidden?" He inquired, furrowing his brows in confusion. "Besides, I don't have time for writing to someone, I have inventions to build." Evie grinned, "Well I'm excited! Maybe I'll talk to a prince." Carlos resisted the urge to gag, he hated when his best friend would talk about princes.

"For the last time, Evie, you don't need a prince. You're okay on your own." This was probably the fifth time Carlos tells her, but he wanted to reassure her that it's true.

Evie softly smiled. "When did you become my sweet little brother." She pinched his cheek, much to Carlos' annoyance as he swatted her hand away. But, that didn't stop him from blushing, suddenly feeling embarrassed. Evie knows exactly how to mess with him.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't miss perfect and boy genius," Mal smirked as she entered the classroom. Evie's smile immediately flattered and went back to looking at her mirror. "Hey, Mal," she murmured.

Carlos lowered his head, trying to avoid Mal's gaze. Whenever she was around him it always made him quivered in fear. "H-hi." He wouldn't call Mal his friend, more like an acquaintance that often pranks and makes fun of him.

Mal sat in front of Carlos, much to his dismay, but said nothing and went back to tinkering his invention. More students enter the classroom being: Harriet Hook, Anthony Tremaine, Ginny Gothel, Sammy Smee, Claudine Frollo, and his cousin Diego De Vil. Few others were missing and Carlos really hope they don't come...

The teacher, Yen Sid, who was already in the classroom, rose from his desk. "Hello, everyone. I have exciting news," he announced and cleared his throat. "We'll be doing a little project involving from Auradon." The class roared upon hearing the hideous place they despised the most.

"Auradon! Project with them?! Not on my life," Harriet huffed, "Rather swim with the crocodile." Everyone agreed, "Yeah! Why should we do anything with them?"

"Class, I want you to learn-" Yen Side halted as the trouble-makers entered the room. "Ah, Gaston's and Reza, nice of you to arrive late as usual." He grumbled, while Carlos gulped as he heard their names. "Please take a seat, NOW."

Everyone snickered as the Gaston's flexed their muscles for the ladies, much to Yen Sid's anger. Carlos glanced around his area, Mal was in front of him and Evie was at right side of him. Oh no... Carlos' left side was empty and so was behind. Please don't seat around me, Carlos thought over and over again.

Sadly, luck wasn't on his side today.

"If it isn't Carlos!" Gaston Junior roughly nudged his shoulder as he sat behind him. Carlos winced, he can imagine the bruise that will form tomorrow. He rubbed his shoulder to soothe the pain, but he was nudged again by Gaston the third.

"Leave him alone," Evie defended, glaring at the twins, who merely eyed her seductively.

"Hey beautiful, how about we ditch class and go behind a tombstone," Gaston Junior flirted, which disgusted Evie. Gross! Carlos bit his lips, he hated when they would harassed Evie with dirty comments. It wasn't even flirting anymore, at least not to him.

"Not on your life!" She huffed and looked away. The twins whistled at her causing more laughter from the class as everyone laughed instead of listening to the teacher.

"Enough!" Yen Sid shouted as he slammed a book on his desk to get the student's attention. "If I hear another peep out of anyone, you'll fail the class. Do I make myself clear?" And just like that, the class went quiet. "As I was saying before, we have to learn to get along with someone who's different from us, because maybe sometimes different can be good for us. I talked to a teacher in Auradon who happily agreed to this assignment. You'll write letters to someone from Auradon."

Carlos was intrigued. It may not be weird science, but it certainly was an experiment that he could be fond of. He saw his rival, Reza, raised his hand. "Do we have to do this? This has nothing to do with weird science." Leave it to Reza to ruin everything.

Yen Sid sighed, "You must unless you want to fail." Reza's eyes widened and shook his head. Continuing, "Anyways, each of you will have a pen pal." Yen Sid opened his drawer from his desk, taking out pile of envelops. "As you can see I already have them. Your pen pals wrote to you already and have chosen who to write to with." He explained, then started to pass around the envelops to who it belonged to.

Mal grabbed hers, she saw the name Ben written on the corner of the envelop. "Ben?" Mal tested the name out loud in confusion, while Evie glanced at her envelop and saw that name Lonnie on hers. She smiled and opened the letter in excitement. The thought of having a friend from Auradon was certainly amusing.

Carlos patiently waited for his as everyone was handed their envelops. He couldn't believe he was so excited about this. The thought of making a new friend from Auradon brought him joy. He can ask many questions about how it's like to live there, and if are dogs banished from Auradon.

"Here you go, Carlos." Yen Sid gave him his envelope. Carlos grinned and inspected the name of the mysterious writer, Jay. He couldn't help but chuckled as he saw scribbles all over the cover. He started to wonder who this Jay was already.

"I got Lonnie. Who did you get?" Evie asked. Carlos showed her his envelop and pointed to the name with a smile. She nodded, and told him to read it so he can tell her everything. Yup. That's Evie for you, always wanting to know the scoop.

Just as Carlos was about to open it, the envelope was suddenly snatched from his hands. Frowning, he turned around, "Give me back my letter!" Carlos demanded and then reached forward to make an attempt to get it back, but it was fruitless. They only pushed away his arms with ease.

"Come and get it then." Both Gaston's smirked as they waved the envelope back and forth. Carlos wouldn't stand a chance...