Day 3 of CarVie Week. Chapter contains Mal and Audrey sisterly bonding (someone's noticed their lack of moments in "The Fire In The Soul"). Enjoy.
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Summer is coming to an end. For high school graduates, it's the time that they go off to college. Unless you happen to be married to the King of Auradon, you won't have to go to college. That is the case for the daughter of Maleficent. Now that she is now Queen of Auradon, she can live in the palace with Ben and take her royal lessons there instead. Her friends, on the other hand, have to go away to college, or in Carlos' case, finish high school.
Mal's first few weeks as queen has been both thrilling and infuriating. It was thrilling because she liked the royal treatment she gets. It was infuriating because everyone, including the hero kids and her fellow villain kids, keep addressing her as "majesty". She even threatened Carlos when he addressed her that way five times in one conversation.
The day when Evie and Jay have to go to college has finally come. Evie is going with Doug to White Bloom University, located in Snow White's kingdom. Jay is going to Rosenvale University, the college located in Aurora and Philip's kingdom. Fortunately for Jay, Audrey has been planning to go there since grade school. As for the other hero kids, Chad and Jane are going to the college in Cinderella's kingdom, and Lonnie is going to Enchancia's college, because Sofia invited her.
Mal heads to the dormitory to visit Audrey. She knocks on the door and her "sister" answers.
"Hey, Mal," greeted Audrey.
"Thanks for not calling me, 'your majesty,'" said Mal. "And hi."
"After that threat you gave Carlos, I'd rather keep the formal greeting to a minimum," said Audrey. "So, what can I do for you?"
"Well, everyone I know and love is going away for college today. I thought I'd spend one more moment with all of them," said Mal. "Well, except for Ben and Carlos. Ben is my husband and Carlos is still in senior year."
"Well, we haven't spent a lot of time together this summer," said Audrey. "Come in."
Mal walks inside and sits on Jane's bed. She looks around. The room felt empty. All of Audrey and Jane's pictures and personal belongings are no longer crowding the room. They were all in suitcases. The three cases stacked belong to Audrey, while the light blue one belonged to Jane.
"Why are you wearing your Isle clothes?" asked Audrey, noticing Mal's attire. "You're a queen now. You don't have to wear that anymore."
"As queen, I say you have no authority to tell me what to wear," sassed Mal. "Queen or not, I'm going to wear this. It makes me look bad."
"Still, you're stuck to your old wicked habits?" questioned Audrey.
"Just like Carlos said at the court. Being good and bad makes me special," said Mal.
Audrey sits down on her bed and asks Mal, "So, is there something we need to talk about?"
"Yeah. Jay," answered Mal. "Take care of him."
"He can take care of himself," said Audrey.
"Yeah, but you know what he does when he runs out of lunch money," reminded Mal. "Just keep him out of trouble."
"I promise," said Audrey.
"And if you break his heart, I'm coming after you," threatened Mal with a glare.
Audrey was feeling scared, but Mal's threatening glare turned into a laugh. Audrey pretended to laugh along, feeling ashamed for falling for her game.
"The look on your faces never gets old," said Mal.
"I'm not gonna fall for it again next time," said Audrey.
Mal responds by standing up, walks towards Audrey, and flips her hair over her head, covering her face.
"You are bad," said Audrey in a calm way.
"Not bad. Wicked," said Mal. "Take care of my boy, sis."
Audrey removes her hair from her face. "No problem, sis."
Meanwhile, Evie and Carlos were spending time together at the Tourney field. Carlos played goalkeeper while Evie shoots the balls. Carlos blocks Evie's first nine shots, but his girlfriend scores on the tenth try, using a trick the Auradon Knights used to win a game years ago. Evie purposely bounces the ball off the post, causing Carlos to fall on the dive, giving Evie an easy chance to score. Evie started jumping in celebration.
"You pulled a Carlos on me," said Carlos.
"I did," replied Evie with a smile.
"Well, nice shot," complimented Carlos.
"This is fun," said Evie. "Too bad they don't have a girl's league."
"If there are more girls like you and Lonnie, it could happen," said Carlos.
"So, I guess this is it," said Evie sadly. "Our last day together."
"It's not like we're never gonna see each other again. We can see each other on spring break and summer," said Carlos.
"I know, but I know that one day without you is going to drive me nuts," said Evie.
"Just promise me you'll make new friends," said Carlos.
"Of course, I will," replied Evie. "It's just gonna be weird not having my friends by my side for an entire year."
"You lived your first ten years without us," reminded Carlos.
"That was the Isle of the Lost. This is different," said Evie.
"Hey, don't worry. I'm gonna miss you too," said Carlos.
"I know you will," said Evie, petting Carlos like a dog.
"You know I don't like it when someone does that," said Carlos.
"Not even me?" asked Evie.
"Honestly, yes," answered Carlos.
"Have you always been concerned about your hair before you met me?" asked Evie.
"Yeah," answered Carlos.
"I guess there's some things I still don't know about you," said Evie.
"I'm so glad I don't own a diary," said Carlos.
Evie just chuckled in response.
"What about you? How are you gonna handle yourself without your friends?" asked Evie.
"I'm sure it's gonna feel strange, but Mal will still be around," said Carlos.
"Well, she does love her little brother," said Evie, pinching both Carlos' cheeks like a baby.
"Please, don't do that again," pleaded Carlos.
"I'll do it again if I want to," said Evie, pinching Carlos again.
"Do that again and I'm breaking up with you," threatened Carlos.
"I know you don't mean that," said Evie.
"You're right, I don't," said Carlos. "But seriously. Stop."
Evie pinches Carlos on the arm.
"Ow!" he reacted. "Are you gonna stop? You're acting like Mal."
"I guess I'm starting to understand her sense of humor," said Evie.
"Next time, point that humor at someone else," said Carlos, clutching his arm. "Just not at the teacher."
"I won't... or maybe I will," said Evie.
Carlos just rolls his eyes. Evie grabs Carlos' hand and walks towards the bleachers. The two sit down as Evie continues.
"It sure has been a crazy time here in Auradon," she said.
"And after everything that's happened, not everyone got their happy ending," said Carlos sadly.
Evie puts her arm around Carlos and gives him a comforting hug.
"I know your mom would be proud of you," said Evie.
"How do you know?" asked Carlos.
"She's not all bad," said Evie. "Having a child surely puts a soft spot in even the vilest of villains. Look at Maleficent. She's the worst, yet she loved her own daughter, well, in her own way."
"I know I should care about what happened to my mother, but I never thought I could feel this low," said Carlos.
"You're bad, not heartless," said Evie. "If you didn't care about your mother, you're worse than Mal."
"Now that every single villain is gone, no one can be worse than Mal," said Carlos.
"Be sure to pack an anti-Mal gadget in case she turns evil again," joked Evie.
The two laughed with each other.
"Well, I'm done with the weapons," said Carlos. "I just wanna focus on inventing some gadgets that don't involve harming others. Although, I was thinking of a blaster that shoots toy balls. If Ben will allow me, I can set up this new game I have in mind. A maze where people can hide and shoot at others. One hit and you're out."
"Sounds fun," said Evie. "I hope Ben will allow that."
"I'm sure he will," said Carlos. "It's just toy balls. They won't hurt."
Evie checks the time on her phone.
"Only thirty minutes until the limo arrives," said Evie. "I better get ready."
Before Evie leaves, Carlos grabs her hand.
"Or we can have at least fifteen minutes of fun, if you what I mean?" suggested Carlos.
"I'm gonna miss doing this every day," said Evie.
Carlos sets the timer on his phone, then the two lock lips, starting their session.
Half an hour later, it was time for Evie, Jay, Audrey, Chad, Lonnie, Jane, and Doug to go off to college. Mal, Ben, and Carlos wanted to say their goodbyes. The first limo was for Chad and Jane.
Fairy God Mother decides to talk to her daughter. "Good luck, sweetie."
"I'll try my best," said Jane.
Jane hugs her mother before boarding the limo.
Meanwhile, Chad was saying goodbye to Ben and Jay.
"Look forward to facing you in the college games," said Jay.
"Me too," said Chad.
Jay and Chad share a brotherly hug.
"I hope Lonnie's really taught you to study harder," said Ben.
"If it makes her happy, I'll bring my A-game in academics," said Chad.
Ben and Chad share a brief hug. Chad joins Jane in the limo.
The next limo is for Jay and Audrey.
Jay approaches Carlos and gives him a friendly punch to the shoulder. "Will you be alright without me?"
"I'll manage," said Carlos, clutching his shoulder. "And I wish you didn't have to do that. Evie just pinched me on that arm earlier."
Jay just laughs off Carlos' words. He waves to Mal and Evie and boards the limo.
After hugging Ben, Audrey approached Mal.
"Wish me luck, sis," said Audrey.
"You don't need it," said Mal. "Take care, sis."
Mal and Audrey hug. Evie decided to add herself, which didn't bother the two sisters at all. After the hug, Audrey joins Jay in the limo.
The next limo was for Lonnie. Too excited, the daughter of Mulan quickly hugs everyone before boarding the limo. The limo after hers is the one for Evie and Doug. Doug says goodbye to his friends and gets inside the vehicle. Evie takes a moment to say goodbye to her best friend and her boyfriend.
"Take care of Carlos while I'm gone," said Evie to Mal.
"Always happy to look after my little bro," said Mal, petting Carlos like a dog.
Evie puts both her hands on Carlos' shoulders and said, "I love you."
"I love you, too," said Carlos.
The two share a kiss. However, after just five seconds, they were beginning to get carried away. Mal splits them up to make them stop.
"Keep those lips warm for when I get back," said Evie.
"I'll try," replied Carlos.
Evie gets on the limo. Before the limo left, Evie opens the window and blows a kiss at Carlos. Carlos pretends to catch it and pastes it on his cheek. Evie laughs in response. The limo departs. Evie sticks her hand out the window and waves. Mal, Carlos, and Ben wave back.
Mal puts her arm around Carlos and pets him again, messing up his hair.
"Are you ever gonna stop?" complained Carlos, fixing his hair.
"You know I love you, little guy," said Mal. "So, no, I'm not gonna stop."
Day 3. Done. Four more days to go. See you tomorrow.
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