Second chapter is being posted because someone reviewed who loves both The Lodge and Descendants. If they review on this chapter, I'll post the next one within a week. In fact, I'll do that with every chapter from here on out. If they or someone else review, new chapter. If they don't, have to wait until they do.

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Sean could not believe how beautiful the girl was coming down the walk way to the front of the lodge. He had been walking out of the juice bar room when he saw her from the lounge room's window from the corner of his eye. When Sean came to the main desk, he was awestruck.

She did appear to be more on the shorter side compared to the guy next to her. The guy had tan skin while she was on the darker side. Her raven hair was long and flowy—way past her waist almost to her feet—with hints of teal and white highlights, not enough to be over-powering. She wore skinny jeans, a teal blouse with a black leather jacket, and teal sneakers, which made Sean think that teal was her favorite color. The only jewelry she wore was a gold seashell necklace that looked professionally pieced together.

Sean couldn't help it. He stared at her with admiration, which he hoped didn't freak her out.

The girl was dragging a blue suitcase with a yellow stripe wrapped around the center of it while the masculine boy next to her had what looked like a carpetbag over his shoulder and duffle bag in his hand. He had on an orangish reddish sleeveless shirt on with leather pants. His brown hair went just below his shoulder blade with orange highlights. What is it with the exotic hair colors?

Sean met the girl's gaze by accident. Her eyes went wide and she suddenly stopped in her tracks, causing the boy to do the same. The boy most likely asked her what was wrong, but now she couldn't stop staring at Sean. Her mouth opened and closed erratically like a fish out of water.

Before she could say something, Jess suddenly appeared in the main lobby with a squeal, making Sean break his gaze for a moment. "They made it!" She announced to no one in particular before she ran to the duo.

Ben, Sean's best friend, had been walking by when he heard the sudden exclamation. He stood next to Sean as they watched Jess give the boy a massive hug and then a more awkward one to the girl.

"Who are they?" Ben wondered as the three interacted with one another. "Are they friends of Jess's?"

"I believe the boy is her brother," Sean recalled, though it was hard to do with the mystery girl still in his line of sight. "She didn't tell me anything about that girl. She's so . . . I don't even know where to begin."

His friend raised an eyebrow at him. "Sean, you and Skye just broke up a couple days ago. I would wait a little bit before you thought about dating again. Besides, I don't think she's your type."

"And just what is my type?"

Ben pondered on it for few moments before determining, "City girls, since those are the only girlfriends you've had."

"That may be true," Sean admitted. "But she's different. She seems more like an island girl."

"'An island girl'," Ben repeated with a laugh in his tone. "How would you know anything about islands considering you've lived in the country side most of your life?"

Sean couldn't answer, but for some odd reason he felt like he knew a lot more than Ben thought. He felt this strange sense of anger when Ben questioned him. Suddenly a memory of someone speaking exploded in his mind. The per—she basically snarled out the statement to him.

Leaving us here will be their last regret!


"You made it!" 'Jess' exclaimed as she gave the boy, her brother, a massive hug. He ended up lifting her off the ground. "Did you have trouble finding the place?"

"No," the brother claimed once he placed her back on her feet safely, "your directions were spot on, Mal."

"You can't call me that here, Jay," Mal chided with a scowl. "You'll blow my cover." She turned to the other girl, giving her a more awkward hug. "How are you doing, Uma?"

Uma glanced back at the building, where the boy was still staring at them, but with a possible friend next to him. "It's him," she muttered. "It has to be. He hasn't stopped staring at me since we started down the walkway."

"And that's why I needed you here," Mal insisted encouragingly. "You're going to help make sure it is him."

The trio began walking to the motel at a slower pace than before. "Just a warning," the blonde-and-pink haired girl began, "I picked out names for the two of you to go by here."

"Why would we need fake names?" Jay questioned.

"So we don't fry his brains with memories." She replied. "Once we definitely know it's him, we'll slowly try to make him remember. Anyways, here I go by 'Jess', you will go by 'Jayden', and Uma I hope you don't mind the name 'China'."

"That's fine." Uma agreed before she let out an uneasy breath. "Let's get this week over with. The sooner I get him back the better."


The trio walked inside the main entrance quicker than Sean wanted. He adverted his gaze from the beautiful girl, mainly because she was trying hard to avoid his.

"Guys," Jess said to her friends as she gestured to Sean and Ben, "this is Sean and that is his friend Ben."

The boy let out a snort of laughter, causing Jess to smack his arm in warning. "This annoying guy is my brother," Jess continued, "Jayden. He's usually not this rude, but forgive him for his odd behavior."

"Aww," Jayden gushed as he rubbed her hair, "you called me your brother."

"I should have called you pain in the ass." Jess smacked his hand away and quickly fixed her hair. "And this," she placed a comforting hand on the mystery girl's shoulder, "is my friend, China."

"Been a while since you called me that," China muttered barely loud enough for Sean to hear.

"Jayden's going to help me catch up on a school-wide project." Jess informed before giving Sean a scheming smile. "Do you think you can take his bags and show China to our room?"

He faked a reluctant sigh. "I suppose so. Gives me a reason to avoid my chores." He took Jayden's bags and instantly regretted it. They were so heavy! It's like he carried all of his personal possessions on him.

Jess and Jayden were about to walk of the lodge when she suddenly turned on her heels. "What time are we leaving for the camping trip?"

Ben gave Sean an 'are you kidding me' look. "You invited them?"

"I was trying to be nice." Sean argued. "Jess said they would be waiting around in their room all week because they didn't know what to do." He turned back to the visitors. "We're leaving at around nine tomorrow morning. We can wait if you run a little late."

"We'll try to be early," she promised. She winked at China. "See you later."

The brother and sister left to go find a spot to work on the project. Meanwhile, China motioned in front of her. "After you."

Hesitantly, Sean led the no longer mystery girl to her room with one question in mind.

Did the voice belong to her?


"Here's your room." Sean opened the door for China, who entered the room before him. "If you want, I can have an extra bed brought—"

"There's no need," she insisted, plopping a seat on the bed that had a couple drawing notebooks on it. "M-Jess and I will share a bed and Jayden will have the other, or he'll sleep on the floor so I can have the bed."

Sean placed said-boy's belongings on the other bed, questioning, "Does he usually sleep on the floor? You make it sound like he does."

China sighed as she laid back on the bed to stare at the ceiling. "The three of us come from a rough place and childhood. Jayden had never slept on an actual mattress until he was sixteen and transferred to our new school, Auradon Prep. There's another boy that we know that didn't have a pillow until he was about fourteen or fifteen."

"So, what's with your hair?" Sean continued to interrogate as he took a seat in the same recliner chair as yesterday, purposely changing the subject. "Does everyone have colorful hair where you're from?"

"Most girls," she revealed slowly. "The boy I mentioned before was the only male. Jayden had lost a bet with a trio of girls he's friends with. They dyed his hair, which he didn't like since he's so protective of it."

Sean titled his head in curiosity. "So, the teal and white are dyed?"

"Actually," she sat up to give him a smile, "that's my natural hair color. My hair had been dyed to make it look like it wasn't. Jess did the same thing, except neither one is her natural color."

"It's not?" He slumped in his chair slightly stumped. "Huh, I never would have guessed."

Things became a little quiet. Neither one was sure what to say, or they were afraid to speak. Finally, Sean wondered, "So, you and Jess are old friends, something happened to make you stop being friends, and then you suddenly reunited?" When he saw the surprise on her face, he explained, "I heard you say it's been a while since Jess called you 'friend'."

China sighed, mentally chiding herself for saying anything. "It's a long story."

"I have time." Sean shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "The longer I stay with you the longer I can avoid being my dad's servant."

She was hesitant at first, but she told the story nonetheless. "We were about ten years old. We lived on different sides of the isl-city so the only time we could play with each other was in the summer. One day we decided to play a prank on those walking by the harbor. We 'borrowed' a bucket of this slimy stuff that had baby shrimp in it and spread it across the dock. People would slip and we'd get a laugh."

Sean laughed at the image. "You two must have been some mischievous children."

"Well we had gotten into an argument on who would make the next person slip," China continued, wanting to get the story over with. "I grabbed the bucket from her and Jess had fallen on the slim. She started toward the ocean. She screamed for help, but I couldn't stop laughing at her misfortune." She looked down in disgust of herself. "I finally ran to help her when she was close to edge because she had yelled something."

"What did she yell?" Sean questioned as he sat forward. "It must have been important."

China looked up at the boy, her eyes slightly watery from remembering. "She can't swim," China revealed quietly. "I practically lived in the harbors while she lived in the center of town. I should have known she couldn't swim, most from where we live don't."

She shook her head to get rid of her guilt. "Jess got back at me. She didn't fall into the ocean because she grabbed the ledge at the last second. She surprised me when she was suddenly behind me. I was relieved that she was safe, but then she dumped a bucket of baby shrimps over my head. I was never able to get the stench out—until I came to Auradon Prep—so I got a new nickname that she invented, Shrimpy."

Sean's head buzzed with a warning, or was it with a familiarity? He must have heard the nickname before if his head was acting like this.

"That's very rude of her," he finally commented, resting his arm on the arm chair and his hand on his head, trying to inconspicuously will the ache away. "I wouldn't think Jess was capable of such a thing. She seems too kind."

"She does now," China agreed with a nod. "But back then, that's how all of the children acted. We didn't change until we attended Auradon Prep. Jess, Jayden, and their two friends have been there for eight months while my friend and I have only been there for two."

"But Jess said she's been gone from school for two months," Sean pointed out. "Did you become friends again before she left?"

"It's a long story," she insisted again, "and a hard one to explain. I'd prefer that I keep it to myself, if you don't mind."

"Of course." Sean stood from the chair and headed to the exit. "I better get back to work. I'll see you around."

"We'll see each other for the camping trip." She gave him a kind smile. "Bye, Sean."

Sean simply waved before closing the door behind. He shook his head in disbelief.

The voice definitely belonged to her. He made sure to keep her talking to confirm his suspicion. Now he was met with more questions.

Why would she say that? Why to him of all people? Who left her? Why would it be their last regret?


Uma waited a few moments before she urgently dialed Mal's number. She brought the phone to her ear, waited for the three rings, and then finally spoke in a whisper, "It is him, M! I managed to tell him my old nickname without giving too much away and he acted like he knew it."

"That's great!" Mal exclaimed with a smile in her voice. "Let's try getting him to remember something tomorrow during the camping trip. Hopefully his friends won't try to keep him from us. I have to go China. Jayden is still trying to help me with the dance."

"Good luck, Jess," Uma commented sarcastically. "I don't know why Lumiere decided to do such a difficult routine for Family Day. So far Carlos and I are the only ones who can do a majority of the routine and there's only a little over a month left until the whole school performs it."

"Then I better get back to work. Bye!"

Uma tossed her phone to the end of the bed before she fell back with a great huff. She'll get her first mate back.

Eventually.