When they arrived in Altea, they drove straight to Altean Prep High School. The sounds of cheering could be heard from outside the limousine as they pulled up to the school. Students who had volunteered for welcoming the four new students to the school had scattered around the center and cheered and waved as the limo drove up. The school marching had also volunteered as they played music for the teens to be welcomed by.
The limo driver stepped out of the driver's seat and opened the back door, only for Rolo and Matt to tumble out of the limo. Both fighting over a blue cloth.
"Oh! Ah! Ow! Stop! You got everything else! Why do you want whatever this is?" Mat yelled from the ground as Rolo tried to yank the cloth out of Matt's hold. In Rolo's arms were several gadgets from the limo, but for whatever reason, he felt the need to have whatever Matt had.
"'Cause you want it!" Rolo yelled back. The marching band slowly stopped upon seeing the boys fight and the music stopped. Keith rolled his eyes as he stepped out of the limo along with Acxa, his basically sister, who sent him a soft smile.
"No! Give it to me! Ow! Let go!" Matt yelled as the pair continued to fight. Keith looked up to see the marching band had parted to allow a woman with brown hair and tan skin to walk through.
"Guys, guys, guys! We have an audience," Keith said as he forced a smile on his face. Rolo and Matt stopped fighting to stare up at the woman in front of them. She was wearing a light grey bodycon dress, black heels, and a dark blue blazer. She also wore a gold chain necklace with a star pendant, gold earrings, and a gold bracelet.
Behind her were two teens. One was a girl with fair skin and blonde wavy hair. She wore a white long sleeved knee length dress with a pink and gold belt around the waist and light grey knee-length heeled boots. Around her neck, she wore a gold chain necklace with a pink gem as well as gold hoop earrings.
The boy beside her had tan skin and brown hair. He was dressed in dark blue pants, a white shirt, and a black blazer with matching black shoes.
"Just cleaning up," Rolo said with a smile as he let go of the cloth and pulled Matt up.
"Leave it like you found it!" the woman said in a sing-song voice, a smile on her face. "And by that, I mean just leave it," she said pointing to the open limo door. Rolo sighed and tossed the gadgets he had back into the limo as well as the blue cloth he and Matt had been fighting over.
"Hello, foxy," Rolo said eyeing the girl behind the woman in front of him. "The name's Rolo," Rolo said with a wink and a smile. The girl letting out a nervous laugh and sliding closer to the boy beside her. Keith could tell that they were a thing at first glance, Rolo didn't seem to.
"Welcome to Altea Prep," the woman said drawing Rolo's attention back to her. "I'm Fairy Godmother Shay, headmistress," Shay said with a smile.
"The Fairy Godmother?" Keith asked feigning surprise. "As in, "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo"?"
"Bibbidi-bobbidi. You know it," Shay said waving her hand as if holding her wand.
"Yeah, I always wondered what it felt like for Cinderella when you just appeared, out of nowhere, with that sparkly wand and warm smile," Keith said which made Shay's smile grow even more. "And that sparkling wand."
"That was a long time ago. And as I always say, "don't focus on the past or You'll miss the future," Shay said which made Keith's smile fade a little bit. It was at this moment that the boy behind Shay stepped in.
"It's so good to finally meet you all. I'm Lance," Lance said as he stepped up with a smile, the girl beside him following.
"Prince Lance. Soon to be king," she said with a small squeal and a smile.
"You had me at prince," Acxa said stepping up with a smile before Keith could catch onto her and pull her back. "My mom's a queen, which makes me a princess," Axca said doing a small curtsey.
"Ladnock has no royal status here," the girl said with a shake of her head. "And neither do you, "she said with a small glare to Axca.
"This is Nyma," Lance said with a smile as Nyma grabbed his hand.
"Princess Nyma," Nyma said as she adjusted her hair over her shoulder. "His girlfriend, right Lancey?" Nyma asked with a smile.
"Lance and Nyma are going to show you all around, and I'll see you tomorrow," Shay said as she placed a hand on the couple's shoulders. "The doors of wisdom are never shut," Shay exclaimed as she held out her arms. "But the library hours are from 8:00 to 11:00. And as you may have heard, I have a little thing about curfews." The group of teens nodded and Shay headed off with the marching band behind her. There was an awkward silence between the six teens before Lance broke the silence.
"It is so, so, so good to finally me... meet you all," Lance walked up to give Rolo a high five but was met with a punch to the chest instead. Rolo gave him a nod and smile to which Lance forced one back through the pain in his chest. Lance then moved to shake Keith's hand, as they stared at each other, Keith couldn't help but feel his heart flutter and confusion fill him as Lance moved onto Matt.
"This is a momentous occasion, and one that I hope will go down in history," Lance said shaking Matt's hand with a smile and then moving to Acxa. "As the day our two peoples began to heal."
"Or the day that you showed four peoples where the bathrooms are," Keith said with a smirk on his face.
"A little bit over the top?" Lance asked turning back to face Keith who held a smile on his face.
"A little more than a little bit," Keith said with a soft chuckle.
"Well, so much for my first impression," Lance said with a cheeky smile on his face.
"Hey you're Haggar's son aren't you?" Nyma asked breaking the moment between Keith and Lance. Keith tensed and literally wanted to shrivel up and hide. "Yeah, you know what? I totally do not blame you for your mother trying to kill my parents and stuff," Nyma said with a smile. Keith's eyes widened and he pulled back a little. Lance rolled his eyes, this is what he was afraid of letting Nyma join him today. "Oh, my mom's Malocoti…"
"Beauty! Yeah, I've heard the name. You know, and I totally do not blame your grandparents for inviting everyone in the whole world but my mother, formally called Honerva before, to their stupid christening," Keith said with a soft glare to the annoying princess.
"Water under the bridge," Nyma said with an awkward smile.
"Totally," Keith said mirroring her smile.
"Okay! So, how about a tour? Yeah?" Lance asked to which the whole group nodded in agreement. "Altea Prep," Lance said leading the group towards the school. "Originally built over 300 years ago and converted into a high school by my father when he became king," Lance explained, the group following after him, Nyma clinging onto Lance's arm.
As they passed a statue, Lance clapped his hands and the statue morphed into the evil side of his father. The part of his life when he went by 'Kuron' before meeting his mother. Matt screamed and literally jumped into Rolo's unsuspecting arms. Lance turned to him with a kind smile.
"Matt, it's okay. My father wanted his statue to morph from evil to good to remind us that anything is possible," the tour continued as Rolo shoved Matt out of his arms and followed the group. Matt stopped and stared at the statue, he clapped his hand expecting it to shift back to the 'good side' of Shiro. When it didn't he ran after the group.
"So you guys have a lot of magic here in Altea? Like wands and things like that?" Keith asked as they stopped inside the entrance room of the school.
"Yeah, it exists of course, but It's pretty much retired. Most of us here are just ordinary mortals," Lance replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Who happened to be kings and queens," Keith pointed out with a small smirk. Though it faded with Nyma opened her mouth to speak.
"That's true. Our royal blood goes back hundreds of years," Nyma said wrapping Lance's arm around her shoulder.
"Narti, come down here!" Lance called to a girl walking down the stairs. The girl had tan skin and dark blue hair. She was dressed in a pair of light blue jeans, a light indigo long-sleeved blouse, a greyish green vest, and black combat boots. She also wore a gold chain necklace with a gold pendant and a gold bracelet.
"This is Narti," Lance said wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "She's going to help you with your class schedules and show you the rest of the dorms, "Lance said to which Narti smiled in response to the teens. "I'll see you later, okay? And If there is anything you need, feel free to-"
"-Ask Narti, "Nyma chimed in with a smile. Lance gave a nervous laugh before saying his goodbyes to the teens and walking off with Nyma.
"Hi everyone, I'm Hira's daughter," Narti said with a smile, that is until she caught sight of Acxa staring at her.
"Acxa, Ladnock's daughter," Acxa said walking up with a seductive smile.
"Okay. So about your classes, I, uh, put in the requirements already... history of woodsmen and pirates, safety rules for the Internet, and, uh, remedial goodness 101," Narti said as Keith stepped onto her other side and stared at the clipboard in her hands.
"Let me guess. New class?" Keith asked as he popped in a piece of gum into his mouth. Narti nodded and adjusted her hair nervously, still feeling Acxa's eyes on her. "Come on, guys, let's go find our dorms."
"Oh, uh, yeah, your dorms are that way, guys," Narti said as the teens started going up the wrong set of stairs. The teens gave nervous smiles before heading off to the dorms that Narti assigned them to.
As it turns out, Keith and Acxa were sharing a room while Matt and Rolo were sharing one. Keith and Axca didn't mind, they had always been as close as real siblings. When they opened the door, they found the room to be about as what you would expect from a royal school dorm.
"Wow. This place is so amaz-"
"Gross," Keith interrupted with a shudder. The blues and gold of the curtains and the bed sheets were definitely going to be replaced with darker colours.
"I know, right? Amazingly gross," Acxa said with a hidden smile, it was so different from her room back home.
"Ew. Ugh! I'm going to need some serious sunscreen," Keith said as he stared at the open windows.
"Yeah," Acxa replied remembering how easily Keith burned from the sun.
"Acxa," Keith said as he pointed to the far windows as headed to the other window.
"Right," Axca said as she headed over and closed the curtain as Keith did the same on the other windows.
"Whew! That is much better," Keith said with a sigh of relief as the room felt much better with the curtains closed.
Hours later, it had turned dark outside. It was almost curfew and so everyone had retired back to their dorms for the evening. Matt and Rolo had busied themselves throughout the rest of the day. Rolo had been wandering around campus and stealing things from people who weren't paying attention while Matt had found an interest in the fighting game on the console in their room.
Keith and Acxa had managed to sneak out of their room and into the boy's room without being noticed by someone. They walked in and found Matt playing on the console and Rolo emptying his pockets onto his bed.
"Rolo, what are you doing?" Keith asked as he walked up beside his friend who gave him a cheeky smile.
"It's called stealing," Rolo replied as he tossed the phone on the bed from his pocket.
"Okay, what's the point?" Keith asked as Acxa sat down at the table in the center of the room.
"Well, Keith," Rolo said as he pulled out a laptop. "It's like buying whatever I want, except it's free."
"Okay. So, you could do that," Keith said as he picked up a brown leather wallet before shaking his head and tossing it back on the bed. "Or you could leave all of this here and pick it up when we take over the world."
"You sound just like your mom," Acxa replied as she adjusted her hair while staring into her mother's' magic mirror. Keith turned to her and smiled.
"Thank you," Keith said with a tip of his head as Rolo rolled his eyes and tossed the laptop on the bed.
"You do it your way and I'll do it mine."
"Die, suckers!" Matt yelled as he defeated another bad guy in the video game. He paused it and turned to Rolo with the controllers. "Rolo, come check this thing out. Man, It's awesome," Rolo stared at the controllers for a moment before taking them and unpausing the game, crying out as he dodged a punch from the bad guy and then going on to fight the others.
"Guys! Do I have to remind you what we're all here for?" Keith called with an annoyed sigh.
"Fairy Godmother Shay, blah, blah, blah. Magic wand, blah, blah, blah," Rolo said which drew laughs from Aca and Matt.
"This is our one chance to prove ourselves to our parents," Keith called out which made his friends stop. They all turned and faced him with frowns on their faces. "To prove that we are evil and vicious and ruthless and cruel," Keith said his eyes glowing a tiny bit yellow from his frustration. "Yeah?"
"Yeah," his friends all replied with nods. Rolo put the controllers away and shut the gaming console off.
"Acxa, mirror me," Keith called out as he sat beside his friend. Acxa nodded and pulled out the mirror from her black leather purse.
"Mirror, mirror on the... in my hand, where is fairy godmother's wand... stand?" as Acxa pulled the mirror away, the image of the magic wand appeared on the mirror.
"There it is!" Keith called out as Rolo and Matt crowded around them.
"Zoom out," Matt said as he opened a search tab on the laptop Rolo had earlier.
"Magic mirror, not so close," Acxa said to the mirror. Only the mirror didn't take that direction well and showed them a view from space of Earth. "Closer," Acxa said and the mirror zoomed in a little. "Closer," Acxa said again annoyance clear in her tone. "Closer," Acxa said with a growl.
"Can I go back to my game? I'm on level three," Matt said as he pointed to the game console.
"Stop!" Keith exclaimed as he caught view of a sign. "It's in a museum. Do we know where that is?"
"2.3 Miles from here," Matt said as he typed in the name on the sign.
"Come on," Keith said as he headed towards the door and slowly opened it. He checked to make sure the coast was clear and then signaled for the others to follow as he headed down the hallway.
"Come on. Check your mirror," Keith said to Axca as they arrived at the museum, which was closed for the evening.
"Sure. This way," Acxa said as she followed where the mirror told her to. They ended up at the back door of the museum. Through the glass windows of the doors, they could see the security guard watching the monitors.
"That's your mother's spinning wheel?" Rolo said through his laughter to which Matt soon joined in.
"Yeah, It's kinda dorky," Matt said to which Keith glared at the pair.
"It's magic. It doesn't have to look scary," Keith said as he pulled out his mother's spellbook. "Magic spindle, do not linger. Make my victim prick a finger," the group turned back to the security guard but, he did not move.
"Impressive," Rolo said with a shake of his head.
"I got chills," Matt said as he pulled up his jacket sleeve to show his "goosebumps".
"Okay, you know what?" Keith said with a roll of his eyes as he read over the page for a different spell. "Prick the finger, prick it deep. Send my enemy off to sleep."
Their attention was brought back to the security guard as he got off the chair he was sitting on. He headed towards the spinning wheel and stared at the needle for a moment. Then, just like Haggar had explained to him so many times, the security guard pricked his finger on the needle. Within moments, he was laying down asleep.
"Wow," Rolo and Matt said at the same time.
"Not so dorky now, huh?" Keith asked with a smirk on his face. Keith then grabbed hold of the door handle and tried to pull it open. Only, the door was locked. No matter how hard Keith tried, the locked door would not open.
"Stand back," Rolo said as he pushed the group aside and backed up a few feet from the door. Keith rolled his eyes and flipped through the spellbook before finding the spell he needed.
"Make it easy, make it quick, open up without a kick," Keith said and the doors opened. Just as Rolo went to kick them in. Rolo ended up crashing to the ground. The trio behind him erupted into laughter as they walked in.
"Coming?" Keith asked as he walked past.
"Come on, dude," Matt said as he helped his friend up, only to be pushed away.
"I'm good," Rolo said as he huffed and followed after Keith and Acxa. Matt following after.
"So close. Upstairs," Acxa said as she checked the magic mirror.
"Come on. Go, go, go, go. Up, up, up, up, up," Keith said as he pointed upstairs, following after Rolo and Matt as they ran after Acxa.
"Come on, guys. Almost there," Acxa called as they reached the top of the stairs. However, the room they reached was not the one they were looking for. This room made the teens freeze in place. Inside were statues of their parents. Wax figures of course, but very real looking.
"Mom?" Acxa asked in a hushed tone as she studied the figure of her mother.
"Killer," Rolo said as he stared at the figure of his mother.
"I will never forget father's day again," Matt said with a shudder.
"Well, the wand's not here. Let's bounce," Rolo said as he backed up out of the room, he noticed that the others were not following. "Let's go," Rolo called out and Acxa and Matt followed him out. Keith however, remained staring at the statue of his mother.
" The future of the free world rests on your shoulders. Don't blow it ," Keith shuddered as his mother's last words to him repeated in his head.
" Look at you
Look at me
I don't know who to be
Mother "
Keith couldn't help but feel conflicted with his emotions. Usually, his mother was always there telling him what to do and how to do it. Always reminding him to be evil like her.
" Is it wrong?
Is it right?
Be a thief in the night?
Mother
Tell me what to do "
"Keith," Acxa called as she headed back to find her friend still in the villans room. "Come on," Keith nodded and went to follow after his friend. However, he was stopped by his mother's familiar evil laughter behind him. He turned and his eyes widened when he saw that the statue of his mother had come to life.
"Don't be so serious, darling. I'm sorry," Haggar said as she snapped her fingers and became serious once again.
" I was once like you my child
Slightly insecure "
Haggar motioned for Keith to come closer and she sat beside him on the stairs.
" Argued with my mother too
Thought I was mature
But I put my heart aside
And I used my head
Now I think it's time you learned
What dear old mamma said "
Keith watched in confusion as his mother stepped down the stairs and started dancing along to her singing.
" Don't you wanna be evil like me?
Don't you wanna be mean?
Don't you wanna make mischief your daily routine? "
Keith watched on in awe and surprise. The last person he expected to be singing, let along dancing, was his witch mother.
" Well you can spend your life attending to the poor
But when you're evil doing less is doing more
Don't you wanna be ruthless and rotten and mad?
Don't you wanna be very, very good at being bad? "
Haggar turned to her son with a small smile on her face. Keith jumped as his mother pointed her scepter at him.
" I have tried my whole life long
To do the worst I can
Clawed my way to victory
Built my master plan "
Haggar placed her scepter beside Keith and stood up behind him. Keith couldn't help but feel the want and need to grab the scepter and use it.
" Now the time has come, my dear
For you to take your place
Promise me you'll try to be
An absolute disgrace "
Haggar hopped down the stairs and pulled Keith up as she started dancing with her scepter again.
" Don't you wanna be evil like me?
Don't you wanna be cruel?
Don't you wanna be nasty and brutal and cool? "
Keith rolled his eyes as his mother tried to do the hand signal for cool. As if the singing and dancing wasn't weird enough for him.
" And when you grab that wand that's when your reign begins
Who wants an evil queen without a sack of sins? "
Keith jumped as his mother tossed him her scepter. He could almost feel the magic running through him. His mother motioned for him to toss back the scepter, which he did.
" Don't you wanna be heartless and hardened as stone?
Don't you wanna be finger licking' evil to the bone? "
Keith watched with wide eyes as his mother levitated off the ground and above him.
" This is not for us to ponder
This was preordained
You and I shall rule together
Freedom soon regain
Mistress of the universe, powerful and strong
Darling, hear me
Help me, join me
Won't you sing along? "
As if a magic spell was put on him, Keith started to sing and dance with his mother.
" Now we're gonna be evil!
It's true!
Never gonna think twice
And we're gonna be spiteful "
Keith tried to pull the scepter out of his mother grip, only for to give him a smile and pulled it away from him.
" Yes, spiteful!
That's nice
In just an hour or two
Our future's safe and sure
This mother-son act is going out on tour
If you wanna be evil and awful and free
Then you should thank your lucky star
That you were born the boy you are
The son of an evilicious queen
Like me! "
As if the spell had worn off, Keith watched in shock as his mother floated once more, purple lightning striking around her as she laughed.
"Hey, I found the wand. Let's go," Acxa called bringing Keith's attention back down to Earth.
"Be there in a sec," Keith said as he turned back to his mother. Only to find her a statue once more, as if nothing had happened. Keith shook off the chills he had and followed after his friend.
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