Hi guys, and welcome to another surprise update for this story. So, thank you all for the support I received on this, it was amazing, and honestly made my day. For some reason, I want to have a rant so, I'm just gonna go for it, cause some prick set the fire alarms off in the halls at half 11 last night! I was all comfortable, reading fanfic, and then I had to go outside into the cold! So yeah, I'm mad about that. In other news though, Star Trek Online has launched their 8th Anniversary Event, so that's all good.
I'm done being stupid now, so let's crack on with the story :)
Evie and Carlos were pacing up and down at the entrance of the school, their nerves on overload. "E, C. just calm down" Mal said, trying to provide some kind of comfort, but it was obviously useless. Telling someone to 'just calm down' never works.
"How can I be calm Mal? This is the first lot of new Villain kids that had decided to act on my proclamation." Carlos snapped, his nerves obviously getting the better of him. Although to be fair, he did raise a brilliant point. When Carlos introduced his proclamation at 21, he expected it to get an overwhelming response, with lots of VK's taking the opportunity to join them in Auradon. Instead, the opposite happened, with no one signing up for it, or even acknowledging its existence. Carlos was hurt over this for a while, but he understood why it had happened.
After their 'failure' at gaining the wand, and their conversion to good, many of the Villains wouldn't want the same to happen to their kids, so they keep them at bay from Auradon. How, 20 years after the proclamation had been made, a group of four villain kids had finally taken up the offer, and were arriving at Auradon Prep today.
"And there has to be something up with them. Nothing has happened with the proclamation for 20 years, and now a group takes it. That can't be a coincidence" Evie chimed up, finally letting out the reason she was nervous.
"Guys, just calm down. We'll each mentor one of them, and if anything is up, we'll figure it out." Jay replied, only to receive a glare from Carlos and Evie.
"The only reason they found out about our plan Jay was because we told them! If we hadn't they would have been completely clueless to it!" Carlos snapped back, causing Jay to roll his eyes.
"Exactly, we'll know what signs to look out for! Just chill, the limo's approaching now anyway" Jay said, as the four of them formed a line, with the limousine pulling in front of them. Unlike their arrival, there was no marching band, or a mass assembly of students, it was simply the four original 'Villain Kids.' Inside, Bailey and Charlie were waiting to give the kids a tour when the introduction talk was over.
Finally, the limousine door opened, and the four new villain kids stepped out, forming a line of their own. On the left, opposite Jay, was Hayden the son of Hades. He was 17 years old, and wore a black grey hoodie with black combat trousers and boots. His hair was an electric blue colour, much like his fathers when he was calm, and he was fairly pale skinned.
Opposite Evie was Hattie, the daughter of the queen of hearts. Much like her mother, she had black hair, and favoured a red and black colour scheme. Her outfit was a leather jacket, and a skirt both with a chequered and black pattern. She also wore red high heels and she was the same age as Hayden.
Opposite Mal was Maia, the daughter of Madam Mim. She also followed her mother, with her purple hair, not as vibrant as Mal's, and she wore a simple purple t-shirt with dull pink joggers and trainers. She was 16, but not the youngest of the new bunch.
Finally, opposite Carlos, was Grayson, the son of Mother Gothel. He had black hair, which fell just above his eyebrows and was wearing a crimson jacket with a black undershirt and crimson jeans, with black combat boots coming up to his calf. He was the youngest in the group, still at the 16 of sixteen however.
"Welcome to Auradon Prep, my name's Evie, and I'm the head mistress" Evie began, greeting the new arrivals, and trying her best not to show her nerves. "Would you like to introduce yourselves?" She asked, as she stepped closer to them, causing the VK's to hold their ground. One by one, they rattled off their names.
"Hayden"
"Hattie"
"Maia"
"Grayson"
The four said, each holding their own slight nervousness in their voices. Obviously, they were scared, but at the moment, Evie only thought it was due to their current, new surroundings. The new VK's attention was always trained to the floor, accept when Evie spoke to them, when they looked solely at her, and no one else. Carlos could tell something was definitely up with them, as could Mal and Jay from the looks they exchanged. Evie turned and looked back at the three behind her, causing them to finally join in with the little introduction.
"So, I'm Jay. Hayden, I'll be your mentor for the first year here, so if you need anything just let me know" Jay said, all the VK's eyes trained on him. As soon as Hayden was solely addressed, the other VK's dropped their eyes from him immediately, turning them to the floor in front.
"Um, I'm Mal, and Maia, I'll be your mentor" Mal said, and the same process happened as before. Evie claimed Hattie, leaving Carlos with Grayson.
"So, I'm Carlos, and Grayson, I'll be your mentor throughout the year. I'm also in charge of the transfer program, so if you do have any issues, let Evie know, and I'll be with you as soon as I can" Carlos said, causing all their attention to avert to him.
"You're King Carlos?" Hayden asked, with a slight amount of surprise in his voice. Whether that be due to the fact they didn't expect him to be here, Carlos didn't know.
"Yeah, here and present" Carlos joked back, causing the four VK's to exchange a small look to each other, before getting down onto one knee, shocking the rest of the old VK's into silence.
"Thank you, King Carlos. Thank you so much!" Hayden said, causing the other three to follow. Before long, they new VK's had got back onto their feet, and were now staring at Carlos once again.
"What was that all about?" Carlos asked, trying not to sound rude, but still in shock from the scene that had just unfolded.
"We are so grateful for you!" Hattie said first, causing Maia to follow.
"Without you, we'd be trapped on that Isle forever" she said, causing the older VK's to slightly understand.
"Ok, so what exactly happened with your transfer?" Evie finally asked the burning question the old VK's had burning in their minds.
"We applied without our parent's knowledge. The villains tried everything to hide all knowledge of your proclamation, not allowing any of their children to come to Auradon. Growing up, no one knew about this opportunity, and school was brutal, trying to shape us into the next generation of villains." Hayden responded, before Grayson finally spoke up.
"One day the four of us wanted access to the secret library within Dragon hall. After bribing Dr Facilier with 4 tarot cards, he eventually let us enter. While browsing, we found the newspaper articles of the four of you, and how you'd been 'corrupted' by Auradon, and we were intrigued. Looking deeper, we eventually found everything that had happened, and also the news of the proclamation allowing VK's a new chance in Auradon. The four of us agreed, and signed the sheets straight away. We were able to send them off, but in doing so our parents became aware of what he planned. For weeks leading up to this, we were starved and beaten, until the Auradon Guards finally came and collected us today." Grayson finally finished, causing the other three VK's to nod in agreement.
"Oh god" Evie spoke first, small tears welling in her eyes, but she was unable to actually prepare any words. Luckily Carlos was more stable that the other three at the moment, and was able to form a proper sentence.
"Thank you for sharing that with us. We'll take you straight to the cafeteria, where you'll be able to eat some proper food, and then we'll take you to the nurse who will check and heal any injuries you've got ok?" Carlos asked, causing the new VK's to nod as they followed the four old VK's into the school.
"How are they this young anyway? I mean, aren't their parents the same age of Grandad and Nan?" Bailey asked, obviously curious about the age of the new VK's.
"Well, yeah" Charlie replied, finally thinking about what Bailey had said. He did raise an excellent point.
"So surely, they should be the same age as Dad and Pops, right?" Bailey continued, causing Charlie to become even more confused. As Charlie couldn't find an answer, she decided to give up.
"I don't know, maybe magic had something to do with it? Look, just forget it ok? Either way, they're our age, so we have to be nice to them. This is important to Dad, so don't mess this up" Charlie replied, as the main doors to the school opened. As soon as the new VK's came into site, Bailey was stunned into shock. There, right in front of him, was the most perfect boy he'd ever seen, and he had no clue how to respond in this scenario. Instead he just stared, causing the new boy to awkwardly avert his eyes. That was until he felt an elbow strike his side.
"Ow!" Bailey exclaimed, rubbing the affected area, as his sister stood there with a smirk on her face.
"Bailey?" Carlos asked, staring quizzically at him. "Could you help us lead Hayden, Hattie, Maia and Grayson to the cafeteria please" Carlos continued, causing Bailey to nod.
"Yeah, yeah, follow me" he said, turning heel and starting to walk towards cafeteria, as Charlie gave them her little welcome speech.
"Auradon Prep was original built over 300 years ago, and was converted into a high school when my Granddad became king" she said, causing the older VK's to give each other a look due to the fact that she basically copied Ben's speech, claiming it as her own. This pretty much continued until they reached the cafeteria.
"So, do you think they're here yet?" Adrian asked, staring up at the ceiling in his room. Evie had given the students the morning off, when the new VK's arrived to make sure she didn't overwhelm them. This resulted in Adrian, Lexi, Xayn and Emily laying about in Adrian's room, waiting for some sort of news or for class to begin.
"Probably, and I can imagine their being given the 'grand tour' of the school" Xayn replied with a large amount of sarcasm in his voice.
"Come on guys, this is a big day for them. Those 8 are the only people from the Isle, so of course they want then to settle in ok" Emily chimed up, trying to provide a new perspective on the idea.
Of course, all the VK's kids knew to some extent about the Isle, but it was agreed between the parents that they'd never fully tell the kids what they went through. After all, it wasn't fair on the parents to relive it, or for them to pass that down onto the kids. So, they stuck with the little stuff, like they eat rotten food and attending school where they were taught to be evil.
And luckily, the kids accepted it, never really questioning it any further than that.
Bailey was completely hypnotised by one of the new VK's, but at the moment, he didn't know their names individually. Deciding to try and get one step ahead of the game, he decided to ask. At the moment, Mal, Carlos, Evie and Jay were away silently discussing whatever they were discussing, leaving only the kids. "So, I know we've got Hattie, Hayden, Maia and Grayson, but who is who if that isn't being too rude?" Bailey finally asked, causing the four VK's to look up from the plates they were currently protecting with their arms.
One by one, the VK's rattled off their names again, and Bailey finally knew the name of the boy of his dreams. 'Grayson' he kept repeating in his mind, slowly resulting in staring at the boy once again, something he didn't intend to do. Bailey got another elbow to the stomach, and he snapped out of his trance, when he realised the whole table was staring back at him.
"What?" he asked, causing Charlie to groan next to him.
"Idiot" she said, before turning back to the VK's. "Yeah, so King Ben and King Carlos are our parents, Mal and Audrey have a son called Adrian, Jay and Lonnie had a daughter called Lexi, and Evie and Doug have a daughter called Emily" Charlie replied to their question, which was asking about the other VK's children.
"And you like it here?" Grayson asked, causing Charlie to give him a confused look.
"What, at the school?" she replied, obviously confused by their question.
"I think he meant Auradon, you idiot" Bailey replied, finally able to get his own back on his sister. "Yeah, it's really nice. I mean, everyone is super friendly, and polite, so hopefully no one will give you any trouble. The school is good as well though, with the teachers being really nice and the lessons are interesting." Bailey replied, causing Grayson to give him a small, yet cute smile.
"So, you guys ready to head to the nurse?" a voice boomed from behind them, and they turned to see Ben stood with his hands on his hips.
"King Ben?" Hattie stuttered out, as the rest of the VK's stared at him in complete awe.
"Pops, what are you doing here?" Charlie asked, standing up and giving Ben a quick hug, which he returned. Bailey just sent a nod Ben's way, which Ben also returned.
"I wanted to see the new arrivals. I remember the day your father arrived, so I wanted to see how everyone was getting on" Ben replied, before Hayden freaked out.
"King Ben, thank you so much for this opportunity, and we promise we won't let you down" Hayden rambled, causing the rest of the VK's to nod along in agreement.
"Don't worry about it, Hayden, right?" Ben said, causing Hayden to nod. "But in all fairness, this was all on Carlos so he's the one you should be thanking" Ben continued, causing Maia to pipe up next. "
We already have, your highness" she replied, causing the other VK's to nod once again in agreement.
"So, we ready?" Carlos' voice was heard, causing the VK's to stand up from the table and follow Carlos to the Nurses office.
"I'm telling you Ben, they got onto their knees for me, they're not planning anything. If anything, they're just super scared" Carlos whispered to Ben, as Evie, Jay and Mal chatted to the rest of the kids.
"I'm just wanted to be sure Carlos" Ben whispered back, causing Carlos to raise his eyebrow at him. "I mean, I thought there was nothing wrong with you guys, until you spelled me" Ben whispered back, causing Carlos to glare at him.
"Keep your voice down, and stop bringing that up, it was one time! Believe me Ben, they admitted to being beaten and starved. I mean, I didn't do that until I was having dinner with your family. They're being genuine" Carlos reassured him, before Ben nodded in agreement.
"Ok then, I trust you. So, what's the plan for them anyway?" Ben asked, causing Carlos to roll his eyes in frustration.
"The same that happened to the four of us really. Hayden and Grayson will be given a room, same with Hattie and Maia. They'll attend normal lessons, as well as a crash course in goodness 101, cause god I remember how painful that class was and I don't want to put them through a whole year of it. Plus, Mal, Evie, Jay and I are mentoring them, so we'll look after that mostly" Carlos said, causing him to receive a smack on the arm.
"Hey, goodness class was my idea!" Ben said with a pout, causing Carlos to chuckle.
"And it was very cute of you" Carlos replied, kissing him chastely on the lips before returning to the rest of the group.
By this point, Charlie was chatting to Hattie and Maia about clothes and whatnot, while Grayson and Bailey were sat next to each other. Each with a small blush on their face.
"So, you like video games?" Bailey asked, trying to strike some kind of conversation with Grayson. I mean sure, he was nervous as hell, but it was better than the awkward silence they were currently sat in.
"We didn't have video games on the isle." Grayson replied, shifting awkwardly in his seat at Bailey's sudden conversation.
"Oh, what about TV?" Bailey replied, causing Grayson to shake his head, once again.
"No, we only got 2 TV channels, and one of them was the news. The other was propaganda about being good" Grayson replied, still uncomfortable with his conversation with Bailey. I mean, it's not that he didn't like Bailey, I think the problem was that he liked him a little too much.
"Oh. Well, you'll get to watch lots of TV here. Maybe I could show you some of the channels?" Bailey asked, deciding that he at least wanted to befriend Grayson, if it was the only thing he could do.
"Sure, I'd like that" Grayson replied, looking at Bailey with that small but cute smile once again. Suddenly, Grayson wasn't so nervous about his time here in Auradon, even though the thought of him disappointing his mother still loomed over him.
Before long, it was his turn to visit the nurse, and after being given some medication for some swollen ribs, he was all set to go.
"Do you think they caught on?" Hayden asked, pacing up and down his room in nerves as Hattie and Maia sat on his bed, while Grayson sat on his own.
"Dude, why are you so worried?" Grayson replied, watching as his best friend slowly wore a whole in the carpet with all his pacing.
"Cause our parents sent us here with a mission!" Hayden snapped back, causing Grayson to roll his eyes.
"Hay, we just need to stick with the plan, and everything will be fine. They won't catch word of anything, and everything will be ok" Hattie replied fed up with her friends stressing. He'd done it the whole journey there, where they all told him everything would be ok, and now they were having to witness him doing it again.
"But we are going through with it aren't we?" Maia asked, who was just as scared as Hayden was, she was just a little better at hiding it.
"Yeah, of course we are. We just need to stick together" Hayden replied, as there was a knock at the door.
"Oh great" he muttered, before swinging it open, revealing Bailey stood there.
"Hey guys, I didn't expect you all to be here." Bailey said, suddenly getting all nervous. "Err, Grayson, I was wondering if you wanted to check out the TV, and video games and that. If you don't want to, it's cool" he continued, causing Grayson to blush as he said it.
"Uh, yeah, sounds good. I'll see you later guys." Grayson replied, causing Hayden to stare at him in disbelief.
"So much for sticking together!" Hayden shouted before Grayson slammed the door closed.
"Honestly Hay, just chill out. Everything will go to plan" Hattie re-iterated, causing Hayden to let out a huff.
"That kid is going to be the death of us" he mumbled under his breath.
"So, how did their first day go?" Ben asked Carlos, while the pair of them were getting ready for bed.
"Yeah, Evie said they got on really well. None of the students made a big fuss over them or anything, and she said they seemed to settle in nicely. Struggled a bit during some lessons, but that's only normal. Especially after the stuff you get taught on the Isle" Carlos replied, stripping down into his boxers and slipping into bed.
Ben shortly followed, wrapping his arms around Carlos, causing Carlos to snuggle into Ben's chest. "So, any plans for tomorrow?" Carlos asked, rolling over so he could face Ben while the two of them talked. This was one of their favourite positions, cuddled up together, holding each other in their arms.
"Yeah, I've got negotiations with the council in Cinderellasburg. Apparently, we need to assign an heir to the throne soon, as Cinderella and Prince Charming are looking to retire soon." Ben replied, causing Carlos to nod in agreement.
"I suppose when they lost Chad, they also lost their only heir" Carlos replied, still slightly spiteful when he mentions Chad's name, no matter the fact that it was over 20 years since he was banished. After the events of Ben's coronation, Chad's exile was made permanent, which left Cinderella and Prince Charming to rule over the Kingdom still. Now, the two are in their early 60's, and have sent the majority of their lives in the throne.
"Yeah. Snow White has offered one of her sons however, so they can keep the Charming name, but I need to be there to mediate the discussion, and see his suitability." Ben replied, and Carlos noticed the use of 'I.'
"Wait, aren't I coming with?" Carlos asked, sitting up slightly in the bed, so he could face Ben properly. Ben quickly followed suit, with the pair of them, now sat with their backs against the headboards.
"Well, with the new VK's coming, I didn't know if you were busy with them, so I didn't want to make any promises for you" Ben replied. As a result, Carlos quickly straddled Ben, before pulling him into a passionate kiss.
"Damn, you're good to me." Carlos said, once the need to air so strong. He rested his head onto Ben's chest, causing Ben to run his hands through Carlos' hair.
"It's because I love you pup" Ben replied, causing Carlos to snuggle closer into Ben's chest as he whispered "I love you too, my king," before pulling Ben into another passionate kiss, which quickly turned into a battle for dominance.
"You know, the kids are out, so we have the castle to ourselves" Ben whispered into Carlos' ear, before kissing and biting the side of his neck.
"I like your thinking" Carlos moaned in reply, causing Ben to smirk before the two of them continued their 'nightly activities'
So, there is chapter 2, and we have four new VK's introduced. Don't worry though, i'm not just gonna replicate the story from Descendants, as I have plans for each of the characters. I hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think.
Thank you to White Collar Black Wolf for the review, and thank you to MaliceMalAmyMalevFaery for getting in touch with me, and helping me with some ideas with the story.
Other than that, I suppose I'll see you tomorrow for Chapter 9 of Business intern!
Until then TTFN :D