In front of Mal's house sat a stretch limo, adorned with a mini crown. I gave most of my bags to the limo driver, keeping my purse and Violin case, there is no way I am leaving my violin case in the hands of a stranger, even if he is from Auradon. I walked up to the limo door and started to get in but Carlos came rushing out, "Carlos!" Cruella called out. Carlos threw his trash bag of clothes into the limo and dashed past me into the limo. I hopped in after him. I sat next to Evie and Mal sat on my other side when she got in. I placed my Violin case on the floor in front of our feet and my purse on my lap.
"Have fun dear!" Mother waved at me. I smiled and waved back.
"Bring home the gold!" Jafar called out to his son.
"Bring home a puppy!" Cruella demanded,
"Bring home a prince!" The Evil Queen shouted at Evie. The Limo drove out of the run down street. Jay and Carlos instantly went to grab some candy. Evie then started to brush my cheek with makeup,
"Your looking a little washed up," She said, I closed my eyes as she did my makeup. Unlike Mal I take pride in my appearance, but not as much as Evie. After Evie had applied some blush, eyeliner and eyeshadow, she stopped. "Done." She stated. I opened my eyes to see her holding her mirror in front of my face. I had red and black eyeshadow.
"Wow, thanks E, I love it." I complimented. She smiled and turned in her seat, grabbing a blue candy on a stick and biting into it. I looked around to see a bowl of candies with small 's' on them. There was an array of colours, orange, green, red, purple and yellow. I grabbed a red one and popped it in my mouth. I smiled at the flavor and grabbed some more.
"Oh, these," Carlos started, hitting Jay on the arm, "There salty like nuts but sweet like I don't know what."
"Let me see." Jay said. Carlos opened his mouth, showing jay the chewed up piece in his mouth. Jay grabbed the half eaten candy and popped into his mouth, Mal was playing around with a button. She pressed it as I looked out the driver's windshield window, my eyes widened,
"Look!" I exclaimed. We were heading straight to the magic barrier,
"It's a trap!" Carlos yelped. We all huddled together, fearing the worst. Evie and I held onto each other for dear life. When nothing happened, we sat up, "What just happened?" Carlos asked, Evie looked out the driver's windshield window. A bridge, made out of yellow bricks was spread out before us. (A/N Follow the yellow brick road! Ok I'll stop….)
"It must be magic!" Evie exclaimed, bouncing in her seat. Mal turned to the driver and taped the button she pressed,
"Hey, did this little button just open up the magic barrier?" She asked,
"No, this one opens the magic barrier." The limo driver said, holding up a gold button, "That one opens my garage, and this one…" He pushed a button on the dashboard that closed the partition.
"Ok," Mal started, turning back around, "Nasty...I like that guy." She stated. We drove until we reached a driveway to a school that looked like a castle. The sign at the front of the school driveway said 'Welcome To Auradon Prep - Goodness Doesn't Get Any Better' I smiled, my Mother wants me to find my own happiness. This is where it starts. We stopped in front of some people. I slung my purse over my shoulder and my hand held tightly onto my Violin case. Jay and Carlos tumbled out of the car, each tugging on the end of a posh scarf. Mal got out next, then Evie, then me. I held my Violin case with both my hands, I don't trust these Auradonians.
"You got everything else, why do you want whatever-this-is!" Carlos screeched as the band that was playing came to an abrupt stop,
"Because you want it!" Jay replied, still pulling. We then noticed that three people, two girls and a boy, had approached us. The older lady was a teacher, obviously, she had brown hair styled neatly wearing a blue dress with a pink bow. The girl had brown hair and caramel skin. I had to admit, the boy was kinda cute, he had honey blonde hair and hazel eyes.
"Guys, guys, we have an audience!" Mal said through gritted teeth. Jay spit out a candy he was holding in his teeth.
"Just cleaning up!" Jay said, looking at the people as he pulled Carlos to his feet,
"Leave it like you found it~!" The lady sang, "And by that I mean just leave it." She said seriously. Jay grabbed everything from the limo and threw it back in. Jay then saw the girl with the caramel skin, he walked up to her,
"Hello foxy," He said flirtatiously, "The name's, Jay." She laughed for a second then stopped,
"Welcome to Auradon prep." The lady said, putting her head between the two of them, "I'm Fairy Godmother, headmistress." She gave a little curtsy,
"The Fairy Godmother!" Mal faked surprise, "As in, Bibbidy-Bobbidy-Boo?" She asked, waving her hand around like she was waving a wand,
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-you-know-it." She said with a smile,
"Yeah you know, I've always wondered what it felt like for Cinderella when you appeared, out of nowhere with the sparkly wand, and warm smile." Mal forced a smile and acted like good little girl, "And that sparkly wand!" Mal repeated,
"That was a long time ago, and as I always say, don't focus on the past or you'll miss the future!" She waved her hands in front of her face to indicate magic. The boy stepped forward,
"It's so good to finally meet you all." He said with a smile, "I'm Ben-"
"Prince Benjamin." The girl with caramel skin interrupted, "Soon to be king!" She gushed,
"You had me at 'Prince'" Evie sighed, "My mum's a Queen, which makes me a Princess." She stepped up and curtsied.
"The Evil Queen has no royal status here." She said, "And neither do you." Evie stood up straight and glared daggers at her, backing away,
"This is Audrey…" Ben said awkwardly.
"Princess Audrey." She corrected, "His girlfriend." Audrey grabbed his hand possessively, tucked her chin and gave a smile. "Right Bennyboo?" Ben gave a short laugh. I tried my hardest not to snort. That wasn't love, that was Audrey trying to make herself popular. The headmistress held both of their hands,
"Ben and Audrey are going to show you all around, and I'll see you all tomorrow. The doors of wisdom are never shut!" She threw open Ben and Audrey's hands, I jumped, "But the library hours are from eight to eleven and we do have a little thing about curfews." She explained, then she left with the band in toe. There was a second of silence before Ben spoke again.
"It is so so-" Ben went to shake hands with Jay but he punched Ben in the arm, "Good to finally meet you all." He shook Mal's hand and moved onto me. I took one hand off my Violin case to sake Ben's hand. He held my hand a little too long. He got out of his trance as I took my hand out of his and griped my Violin case. "This a momentous occasion, and one I hope will go down history. Chocolate?" Ben asked as he shook Carlos' hand, "As the day our two people's began to heal." He continued,
"Or the day you showed five people where the bathrooms are!" I said, imitating his tone,
"A little bit over the top?" He asked me, smiling,
"A little more than just a bit." I responded,
"Well, so much for my first impression." We locked eyes, I gave a short laugh and looked away, my cheeks turning slightly red,
"Hey, you're Maleficent's daughter, aren't you?" Audrey asked, looking at Mal, who rolled her eyes, "You know what I totally don't blame your Mother trying to kill my parents and stuff." She looked around at all of us, "Oh, my mum's Aurora. Sleeping-"
"Beauty." Mal interjected, "Yeah I've heard the name. And I totally do not blame your grandparents inviting everyone in the whole world except my mother, to their stupid christening."
"Water under the bridge!"
"Totes!" Mal plastered on a giant fake smile. They both laughed and dropped out at the same time.
"Ok! So how bout a tour?" Ben asked, trying to divert the conversation. Audrey linked her arm with Ben's as he turned. "Auradon prep was originally built over three hundred years ago and was converted into a high school by my father, when he became King." He explained as we approached a statue of King Beast. Ben clapped his hands twice and the statue started to change shape until it was a beast. Carlos yelped and jumped into Jay's arms. Ben looked over at him, "Carlos, It's OK, my father wanted his statue to morph from beast to man, to show that anything is possible."
"Does he shed much?" I asked,
"Yeah, Mum won't let him on the couch." Ben said seriously. We shared a small laugh. We continued into the school.
"So do you have magic, here in Auradon? Like wands and things like that?" Mal asked,
"Yeah, it exists, but it's pretty much retired." Ben explained, "All of us here are just ordinary mortals."
"Who happen to be Kings and Queens." Mal rolled her eyes,
"That's true!" Audrey piped up as she moved Ben's arm to wrap around her shoulder, "Our royal blood goes back hundreds of years!" She bragged, trying to make us jealous. Ben gave an awkward chuckle and looked as if he wanted to get his arm off Audrey,
"Doug! Doug come down here!" Ben called, moving over towards a boy with glasses and a band uniform. Audrey gave us a small smile and fixed her jacket, trying to seem like she wasn't fazed that her boyfriend technically left her with spawns of Villains...and an adoptive Villain spawn...not that the Auradonians needed to know that. Ben wrapped his arm around Doug's shoulders, "Guys, this is Doug, he'll show you around and help with your schedule." Ben walked back over to us, "I'll see you later ok?" He said, looking mostly at me, "And if you need anything, feel free to-"
"Ask Doug!" Audrey interrupted, we shared a laugh like she and Mal exchanged before. She took ahold of Ben's hand and lead (read dragged) him away.
"Hey guys, I'm Dopey's son." Doug introduced, "As in Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy and…" He trailed off after seeing Evie, "Hi-ho." Evie sashayed over to him,
"Evie, Evil Queen's daughter." She said flirtatiously, Doug snapped out of his daze,
"So yeah, about your classes I put in the requirements already." I stepped behind him and looked over his shoulder, "History of Woodsman and Pirates, Safety Rules for the Internet and," He cleared his throat, "Remedial Goodness 101." He said sheepishly,
"Let me guess." Mal popped a candy her mouth "New class?" She asked, Doug nodded his head. Mal dropped the wrapper on the floor, "Come on guys, let's go find our dorms." Mal started up the nearest staircase,
"Uh, your dorms are that way guys." Doug pointed to the staircase on the other side. We turned around and walked over to the staircase he was pointing at. "Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy and…." Doug trailed off, trying to remember his other uncle. Mal, Evie and I walked into our room, and the only work I can describe it was pink. It was ok. There were three pink beds, three white dressers, photos of princesses who, I am assuming, had lived in this dorm previously, there was one desk and a table in the middle.
"This place is so amaz-" Evie started to say before Mal cut her off,
"Gross." She said,
"I know right, amazingly gross ew." Evie corrected, I looked over to her and saw she couldn't contain a smile. I gave my own small smile
"I am going to need some serious sunscreen." Mal said, "Hads, E" Mal pointed to the windows. I placed my violin case on the bed closest to the door and went to close a blind. "Phew, that is much better." Mal stated, sitting on the middle bed. I took of my leather jacket and laid it on my bed. I glanced down at my mark. It looked like a dragon wrapping around my forearm. I traced the scales of the dragon, the mark of the Jabberwocky. I was cursed with this on my sixth birthday. Since the Jabberwocky was my mother's pet in Wonderland, he came to the Isle. He gave me this mark so that people know who he was loyal to.
"Is it bothering you?" Evie asked.
"No...just a painful reminder." I replied.