The Queen and King were still seated in their library when they had called for their son. The Queen was quietly sipping her tea as thousands of questions filled her mind. "Come in," Adam called, snapping Belle out of her trance. "Ben my son," The King boomed when he realised it was his son.
Ben grinned at his parents, "You wanted to see me?" He asked closing the door behind him, before making his way over to the plush lounges.
"Yes, we did dear," Belle continued, placing her cup of tea on the glass table next to her, "Why don't you sit down," She suggested tapping the empty lounge space beside her.
"Okay," Ben agreed, sitting next to his mother, "What's wrong?" He asked concerned when he noticed the looks his parents were now exchanging.
Belle opened her mouth momentarily to speak, but quickly reclosed it knowing she didn't have the words to explain,"Adam," The woman stuttered out, nervously.
"Mum, dad what's going on?" Ben questioned confused.
Adam sighed, placing a hand on his wife's shoulder comfortingly, "Son, do you remember when we told you about your sister," Adam asked his son, who was now holding his mother's hand.
Ben nodded, "Yes, she was taken away from us,"
Adam acknowledged him with a simple nod, knowing his son had put it mild for Belle's sake, "Well here's the thing Ben, we think she's here," Adam alerted his son, whose eyes widened at the mention.
"Hang on. Here?" Ben asked shocked, looking back and forth between his parents. "When did you guys figure this out and what's here name? I have to meet her," Ben rambled excitedly, he would finally get to meet his little sister.
"Her real name is Alysianna, or Alyssa as you know," Belle spoke for the first time, "but she's known as Captain Hooks daughter, Kalani," Belle finished quietly, looking down at the floor, as her eyes filled with tears, over the thought of her daughter.
"Oh," Ben sighed, "She's going to cheerleading tryouts with Evie and Mal, this afternoon," Ben answered surprisingly optimistic. "Maybe I can meet her there," The excited prince thought aloud.
"Is she?" Adam questioned his son. "Maybe we could go watch?" Adam suggested looking at his wife for approval, who gave it in a heartbeat.
"Yeah," Ben nodded, "I think that's what Mal said, but why are you so worried?" He questioned his parents, still confused slightly.
"We just don't how to tell her," The mother's voice, breaking as she spoke. "It's not like she remembers us,"
"I guess I can talk to her but it's also family day this weekend so perhaps something will work out," Ben replied, grinning up at his parents excitedly. "We should probably head to the tryouts, they will be starting soon," Ben informed his parents, who both nodded, making their way towards the door.
"Evie, are you sure you'll finish in time?" Kalani asked nervously, as she paced around Mal and Evie's dormitory.
"Trust me," Evie promised, frantically sewing at Kalani's old 'Dragon Hall' training cheer uniform. "Here put these on," Evie said, chucking the pair of black and gold polka dot bike shorts, she had just finished at Kalani.
"Thank you, Evie," Kalani sighed with relief, quickly entering the bathroom and changing into them. "These are cute," Kalani laughed emerging from the bathroom dressed in the black and gold polka dot bike shorts and black crop top.
"And to finish it off," Mal smiled, handing her the black and gold cheer bow from 'Dragon Hall'.
"Thank you guys," Kalani thanked, tieing in the bow. "We should probably head down now," Kalani suggested grabbing her white knit jumper from Mal's bed and throwing it over her head.
Mal and Evie nodded, "Did you hear the coach is picking a new captain this year?" Evie gossiped, just like she had always done back on Isle, "Apparently Audrey isn't the first pick anymore,"
"To be honest, I just want to get in," Kalani sighed, rubbing her arms nervously.
"You'll get in for sure!" Mal reassured Kalani, "You were the best Dragon Hall has ever, and will ever see," Mal laughed, remembering just how could Kalani really was.
The three girls arrived at the gym. Kalani watched as the others girl dressed in their bright coloured crop tops and bike shorts stared at her with a look of disgust. "You need to go sign up were Coach Anderson is," Evie said, pointing towards a large white table in front of the stands, "She's the coach of the cheer squad and that's Coach Jenkins if you remember from earlier today."
"Okay, thanks." Kalani smiled, watching as Mal and Evie walked over to where, Jay, Carlos, Damien, Chase and Hartley had seated themselves already.
Kalani had finished writing her name down on the sign-up sheet when she noticed the whole room staring at her with mixed expressions. The young girl fidgeted with her jumper, watching as Ben took a seat next to Mal. He turned to face Kalani, sending her a smile, making her feel more comfortable for reasons she couldn't explain. "Alright, ladies, the floor is yours to stretch and have some practice run-throughs," Coach Anderson announced with attempts to break the awkward silence surrounding Kalani.
Kalani quickly stretched out her muscles before taking the opportunity to practice some of her basic warm up stunts. One of the girls smiled at Kalani as she took her spot in line, making her feel welcomed. It didn't take long for Kalani's turn to arise and she wasted no time in practising her round off backflip tuck and jump splits. Mal and Evie waved Kalani over to them, and the young girl quickly ran up the stands.
"That was amazing!" Mal praised, placing her hands on Kalani's shoulders,"You have nothing to worry about,"
"Mal is right," Evie agreed, "Just look behind you everyone is completely gobsmacked," She laughed, playing with her blue ends nonchalantly.
"Why are so many people coming to watch this?" Kalani asked nervously, as she pointed to the many students, teachers, parents and apparently the King and Queen entering the gym.
"This is a big event," Ben told his sister for the first time, "Don't worry, you'll be absolutely fine," Ben smiled down at his sister.
"Okay," Kalani sighed taking a large breath, "I can do this," She said, giving herself her ritual pep talk before cheer.
"You never no Lani, you might be as popular here as you were there," Hartley smirked, adding into the conversation.
Kalani just shook her head, "I doubt that. I don't think anyone here would actually want to be my friend," She sighed, as the King and Queen took their seats behind the group, alongside numerous other parents.
"What do you mean?" Ben asked shocked by his little sister's words, "Everyone will love you," Ben proclaimed startling both Evie, Mal and Kalani.
Kalani sent Mal a doubtful look, "I doubt that very much because where I grew up, being nice got you nowhere but the torture chamber," Kalani sighed, rubbing her white knit covered arms, causing troubled looks from her unknown parents one row up and before Ben could breathe another word Coach Anderson cut him off.
"Can all candidates collect your numbers and take your starting positions," Coach Anderson yelled into the microphone getting everyone's attention.
Kalani quickly pulled off her jumper and handed it to Mal to hold onto, "Good Luck," the group of teens called after their friend as she skipped down the stairs.
The group of girls lined up on the edge of the sprung floor, waiting for Coach Anderson to give further instructions. Kalani looked to her left to see the girl who had smiled at her before when they were warming up. She was dressed in purple bike shorts, a white crop top and had a stripey white and purple bow. "Hi, you must be Kalani," The blonde started, holding out her hand for Kalani, "I'm Raizel Rider,"
Kalani smiled, "As in Rapunzel's daughter?" The brunette asked as girls began to perform their stunts.
"Yes, that's me," She giggled, "We should hang out sometime," The blonde suggested, playing with her long ponytail.
Kalani just smiled as the girl next to her she knew to be Audrey, did a front handspring tuck. The crowd cheer loud, as she walked back to her stop next to Kalani, glaring at her, "As if you could do better, Jones,"
"No. 21, Kalani Jones give us 30 seconds of your best tumbling sequences." Coach Anderson announced through the microphone and the crowd went dead silent. None of the Isle children had ever tried out for the cheer team, half of Auradon Prep hadn't dared for that matter, especially since Audrey was made captain.
Kalani took her place on the corner of the midnight blue sprung floor. "1, 2, 3," she breathed counting herself in, as she waiting for the music. Kalani was very scared, hardly breathing at all as she stood there for what felt like hours. There was students, teachers, parents she knew would judge her every move because of the blood that ran through her veins. But as the first sounds reached her ears, her legs started to move, as if on their own. She now saw no one, she was alone on the stage of her life.
Now it was the candidates and crowds turn to hold their breath, as she did every tumbling sequence and stunt to perfection. With every ariel, their hearts skipped the beat, with every double twisted flip, they got more and more excited and for the candidates more concerned. When compared to the other girls she looked like a star. Powerful and strong. To them, she was a threat... and suddenly it all stopped as it all started, in a second.
Kalani landed her final stunt and the crowd was silent, she looked around her attempting to find a reason for everyone's quietness but failed. Kalani turned around to take her place when the entire stadium started to cheer and scream as she retook her place on the edge of the floor, butterflies racing through her stomach as she suppressed a smile.
The rest of the Auradon Prep candidates performed their 30second routine before Coach Anderson emerged from behind the judging panel to give the next instructions. "Alright, ladies I understand that we have seven auditioning flyers for only three available spots. These girls know who they are so please tell your base what your freestyle stunt you will be performing after you before the required stunts."
It was finally Kalani's turn and the crowd were on the edge of their seats as performed an assisted flipping mount, onto her base of four. She quickly performed a barrel roll and a back tuck basket toss, per Coach Anderson's request. "Scorpion," Coach Anderson stated, curious to know if she was flexible enough. Kalani just smiled pulling her left leg into a needle and sliding her arm through smiling with a big grin through the impressive stunt. "Dismount of choice," She announced, and with that Kalani dismounted with triple backflip tuck. The crowd roared once more with cheers and screams and Kalani made her way over to Raizel. "Well that concludes this year's trials, I'd like to thank everyone for coming along and the team will be up no later than Wednesday," Coach Anderson said ending the trails and walking over to Kalani.
"I'll catch up with you later, Kalani," Raizel called out to her new friend as Coach Anderson approached Kalani.
Kalani swallowed the nervous lump in her throat as the woman towered over her, "You were amazing today," Coach Anderson beamed, "I never had a candidate like you before. Please tell me where did learn all your skills?" She asked gobsmacked.
"I was the captain of the acrobatics and cheerleading team, at Dragon Hall," Kalani told her quietly, not wanting to boast too much about Dragon Hall.
"Well, I was hoping you'd accept my offer as captain of the tourney cheerleading squad," Coach Anderson asked hopefully, as Kalani's eyes widened.
"Really?" The young girl asked shocked.
Coach Anderson nodded, "You were amazing, dear," She laughed, placing a hand on Kalani's shoulder, "Now go see your friends, I'll talk to you tomorrow about the team," She finished walking off in her own direction.
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