Hello and welcome to Chapter 4 of Off With Her Head! Thank you so, so much for reading this, even though it probably isn't very good.
Disclaimer: I do not own Descendants or any of its characters, but Harper, Spencer, and Alexis are all my OCs.
"Looking for something?" Mr. Deley asked loudly, making Harper look up from her science textbook. Evie nervously looked at him, and Harper had a hunch about what was happening. "Thank you, Chad. It's gratifying to see that someone still respects the honor code. It will be my recommendation that you both are expelled." Harper glared daggers at Chad, who gave her and Evie a smug look.
"Mr. Deley, I-" Evie started.
"But that's not fair! She obviously wasn't cheating since she doesn't have that... whatever it is! And Harper is on the other side of the room!" Doug defended them.
"It's called a magic-"
"You're not helping. Maybe she needed another pencil," suggested Doug, interrupting Evie again.
"Actually I was-"
"Really, don't help!" Doug told Evie, silencing her for a third time.
"Please!" Doug, Evie, Spencer, and Harper all pleaded.
"Well, if both of you can pass this test, I'll return Evie's property and let the matter drop." Mr. Deley decided.
By the end of class, both of the girls had gotten their tests back. Harper stared in shock at the A- on her paper, and Evie had gotten a B+, meaning both had passed. They walked outside to a picnic table with Doug and Spencer, all four happy that Evie and Harper weren't going to be expelled.
"For the first time, it's like I'm more than just a pretty face!" Evie beamed.
"A shocker, huh?" Doug asked with a grin.
"I bet I can get an A on the next test without the mirror." Evie thought out loud.
"E!" Mal exclaimed to her blue haired best friend. "I have been looking for you literally everywhere!"
"What's wrong?" Evie inquired.
"Ben just asked me out on..." Mal sighed angrily and crossed her arms. "A date!"
Evie glanced at Harper. "Alright, Harper and I can handle this. Let's go."
The girls walked side by side to Mal and Evie's dorm, and Harper watched in awe as Evie worked her magic. First, Evie handed Mal a short, dark purple dress to change into, as well as a black leather jacket, and black boots. Next, Evie gave Mal various bracelets, necklaces, and other accessories, followed by styling Mal's purple hair. Finally, Evie did Mal's makeup.
"E, easy on the blush," Mal told her. "I don't want to scare him away. Well, not like I could." she joked.
"Please, my mom taught me how to apply blush before I could talk. Always use upward strokes." Evie said, finally done with applying blush to Mal's face.
"My mom was never really big on makeup tips," Mal admitted. "And I never had a sister."
"Well, now you have two." Evie smiled. "We're going to need all the family you can get if we don't pull this off. My mother isn't a woman who laughs when she doesn't get her way. Just ask Snow White."
"Are you afraid of her?" Mal inquired.
"Sometimes. Are you afraid of your mom?" Evie returned.
Mal thought for a few seconds before answering. "I just really want her to be proud of me. She just gets so angry whenever I disappoint her. And, yeah, she's my mom, so I know she loves me. Just in her own way."
"Moving on," Evie changed the subject. "Come see!" She guided Mal to a mirror, and Mal immediately looked shocked at her appearance. "What do you think?"
"I look..."
"Come on, say it!" Evie insisted.
"Not hideous." Mal decided.
Evie grinned. "Not even close."
With perfect timing, Ben knocked on the door, which Mal opened. "Woah!" Ben gasped in amazement. "For the first time, I understand the difference between pretty and beautiful. I hope you like bikes."
Mal laughed and followed him down the hallway, but gave Evie and Harper one more annoyed look before they left. Evie closed the door and turned around to face Harper. "So, you and Jay, huh?"
"E!" Harper exclaimed.
"What? You two obviously care about each other!" Evie defended.
"And that's all it is!"
"But-"
"No buts!"
"Harper-"
"Shush!" Harper ordered. Evie groaned and gave Harper her best pouting face, complete with puppy eyes. "E, don't give me that face, and while you're at it, stop pouting like a five year old."
Evie sighed. "But I could really see you guys together!"
"Evie, what have we said about meddling in my love life?" Harper asked.
"Not to do it," Evie grumbled.
"Now drop it!" Harper told her.
"Fine." Evie gave up. "Anyways, changing the subject, do you have all of your homework done for tomorrow?"
Harper nodded. "Yeah, and it actually felt good to do my own work for once."
"Wait... what were you doing before?" Evie wanted to know.
"Well, before, I just stole Chad's," Harper admitted.
Evie shook her head in amusement. "Why am I not surprised?"
"So, Evie, do you want to go hang out with the boys in their room?" Harper offered.
"Nah, I think I'll keep working on our coronation dresses. Have fun, though!" Evie responded, sitting behind her desk and getting out some extra sewing supplies.
"See you later then," Harper stepped outside, closing the door behind her. She turned a corner and accidentally bumped into another girl, knocking both back and onto the floor.
"Watch it!" the girl shrieked. She had blonde hair and icy blue eyes, which narrowed when she looked at Harper. "Hey, you're the Queen of Heart's daughter, right?"
Harper nodded. "Yeah, I'm Harper. Sorry for bumping into you."
"Alright, Harper, I suggest you watch your back from now on unless you want to get sent back to the Isle of the Lost!" Alexis threatened. "Oh, and I'm Alexis. Alice's daughter."
"You know, I thought the bratty blonde thing seemed familiar," Harper retorted.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me, Goldilocks," Harper told her. "You don't scare me."
"Nobody talks to me that way!" Alexis sneered.
"Well, get used to it, Blondie," Harper then walked away, leaving Alice's spoiled daughter alone in the hallway. She walked to Jay and Carlos' dorm and knocked on the door, which Jay opened.
"Hey, Harp," Jay greeted.
"Hey. Where's Carlos?"
Jay shrugged. "Something about meeting with a teacher, blah, blah, blah. Being a tech genius, blah, blah, blah."
"Sounds boring," Harper commented.
"That's what I told him," Jay agreed. "Also, you have got to check out this video game I found! It's awesome!"
Harper followed Jay into his room, and he handed her a controller. After giving her some instructions on how to play, they decided to do a practice round, which Harper easily won. "Alright, you win, but next time I won't go easy on you." Jay warned.
Harper rolled her eyes, and beat him again just as quickly. She fidgeted with her golden locket as Jay chose another game.
"Hey, remember that time back on the Isle when I stole your locket?" Jay asked with a smirk.
Three years ago...
"Where is Jay?" Harper demanded, making Jafar look up from the stack of gold coins he was carefully counting.
"Who wants to know?" Jafar replied stubbornly.
"The girl who's going to make you have a lot of regrets if you don't answer me!" Harper snapped. "I'll ask one more time! Where is Jay?"
"This is my shop, kid. So I suggest you either buy something or get out!" Jafar snarled, standing up and walking over to the daughter of the Queen of Hearts, while glaring at her.
Suddenly, she slammed him into the wall, her elbow jabbing into his arm, and he struggled to get away. "Listen here, old man. I need to have a little talk with Jay, about a certain item he stole. So get him down here right now, or I'll bring Mal over here, and believe me, you do not want that," Harper threatened.
Jafar sighed in defeat. "JAY! THE HEARTS GIRL WANTS YOU!" Jafar yelled. Within a few minutes, Jay had trudged down the stairs, so Harper released Jafar and instead pinned Jay against the wall the same way she had with Jafar, which made Jafar wince.
"Woah, easy girl!" Jay teased.
"Where is it, Jay?" Harper demanded.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Jay lied with a smirk.
"Give me back my locket, now!"
"How about we make a trade?" Jay offered, pulling Harper's locket out of his pocket with his free arm and dangling it above her head. "You give me something I want, and I'll give you your locket."
Harper pretended to consider the offer, but suddenly punch him in the stomach, and grabbed her locket out of his hand while he was distracted by the pain. "Was punching me really necessary?" Jay groaned.
"Don't ever steal from me again," Harper warned, turning around and walking out of the shop.
Harper laughed. "I remember that you haven't tried to steal anything from me since that day."
"In my defense, you are a lot stronger than you look," Jay commented. "So, what's the big deal about that locket anyways?"
Harper glanced down at the small gold, heart shaped locket in her hand, with a tiny ruby on it. She opened it with some difficulty, probably the reason that the original owner threw it out, and showed him the two pictures inside. On the left, was a boy with dark, curly hair, and brown eyes- Ace. On the left side, there was a young girl with the same dark hair and eyes, however her hair was straight, much like Harper's, and it was pulled back into a low ponytail- Quinn.
"Ace gave it to me," Harper said. "After Quinn was gone."
"Harp, I'm sorry about your siblings."
"Jay-"
"Yeah, I know villains don't say sorry," Jay interrupted. "So you better not tell anyone."
"Tell anyone about what?" Harper joked.
Jay laughed. "Oh, shut up."
The next morning, when all five of the villain kids had entered the Remedial Goodness classroom, Fairy Godmother made an announcement.
"Children, excuse me," she said, getting their attention. "As you know, this Sunday is Family Day here at Auradon Prep. And because your parents can't be here due to, uh... distance, I've arranged a special treat."
Fairy Godmother switched on a TV, and the faces of Maleficent, Evil Queen, Cruella, and Jafar appeared on the screen. Harper wasn't surprised that her mother wasn't there. The Queen of Hearts had never cared about her kids, and probably didn't even know Harper was in Auradon. "I can't see or hear anything!" Maleficent complained. "Is this- is this thing on?"
"Try pressing that button," Jafar suggested.
"Is it on? This thing's broken! I hate electronic- Mal!" Maleficent stopped when she saw the five villain kids staring back at her.
"Oh, Evie!" Evil Queen exclaimed. "Look how beautiful! You know what they say, the poison apple doesn't fall far from the tree!" she bragged.
"Don't you mean the weeds?" Maleficent scoffed.
"Who's the old bat?" Cruella demanded.
"This is Fairy Godmother," Mal told them impatiently.
"Still doing tricks with eggplants?" Maleficent asked mockingly.
"I turned a pumpkin into a beautiful carriage!" Fairy Godmother said defensively.
Maleficent scoffed. "You really couldn't give Cinderella until 1 A.M. I mean, really? What, did the hamsters have to be back on their little wheels?"
"They were mice! They were not- they were mice!" Fairy Godmother argued, glaring at the screen, before stepping to the side to let the villain kids talk with their parents.
"Hi, Mom," Mal greeted awkwardly.
"Mal! I m- miss you!" Maleficent lied.
"You children are never far from our thoughts." Jafar added.
"How long must mommy wait to see you?" Maleficent asked.
"Um, there's a big coronation coming up," Mal explained. "I think sometime probably after that..."
"When?" Maleficent demanded.
Mal glanced at the others before answering. "Friday, 10 A.M."
"Are you sure I can't see you before then? I don't know what I'll do if I don't get my hands on the magic wa- you... you little nugget, that I love so much," Maleficent said, almost giving away the plan.
"Yes, I completely understand, mother." Mal replied.
"Carlos, is that a dog?" Cruella questioned. "Oh yes, I do understand," she told her stuffed dog, "It would make the perfect size for earmuffs!"
"He's the perfect size for a pet!" Carlos snapped. "This dog loves me, and I love him! And fyi, your dog is stuffed! So give it a rest!"
"Oh-ho! Burn!" Jafar yelled.
"Oh, why don't you go sell a toaster, you two-bit salesman!" Cruella retorted.
"People who talk to stuffed animals shouldn't throw stones!" Jafar shot back.
"Well, people who sell toasters shouldn't use mixed metaphors-" Cruella's voice was cut off by Jay pressing a button that turned off the TV.
"I'm so sorry," Fairy Godmother said sympathetically.
"Thanks for the special treat," Jay grumbled.
"Of course," Fairy Godmother responded, sadly watching the five teenagers walk away.
"M, what do you think our parents are going to do to us if we don't pull this off?" Evie asked.
Mal and the others stopped in the doorway, where Fairy Godmother was out of earshot. "I think they will be... quietly disappointed in us, but ultimately proud of us. For doing our best." she said sarcastically.
"Really?" Carlos inquired.
"No, I think we are definitely goners," Mal told him.
"Yeah," Evie and Harper agreed.
Later, in Mal's dorm, the five Isle kids met in Mal and Evie's dorm. "Okay, we all know what this will look like. The wand will be under Beast's spell jar, and we'll be coming in from here," Mal said, pointing to the paper in front of her.
"Okay, so I'll find our limo," Carlos noted. "So we can break the barrier, and get back to the Isle with the wand."
"Alright, Evie? You will use this to take out the driver," Mal ordered. "Two sprays and he'll be out like a light."
Evie nodded as Harper followed the boys out of the room. Harper stopped when she heard Evie ask, "M? You're going to break Ben's love spell?"
"Yeah. You know, for after. I've just been thinking, you know, when the villains finally do invade Auradon, and begin to loot and kick everyone out of their castles and imprison their leaders and destroy all that is good and beautiful, Ben still being in love with me just seems a little extra... cruel."
That's it for Chapter 4. I know, I know, it's a little shorter than the other chapters, but because of how I divided up the first movie, I figured that this was a good stopping point. I hope everybody enjoyed it, and if you did please leave a review with feedback. Thank you so, so much for reading, and have a great day!