Author's Note: Do you want to read that I am sorry this update took so long? Probably not, but I am sorry. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you all for your patience.
Shauna stood next to Mao, one of her father's most trusted henchmen, he had been with him since the downfall and since Shan Yu couldn't be there to see his daughter off himself he trust no other with the job. Shauna told her father it was okay, knowing he was busy but the fact that their goodbyes were so simple still sat badly with her. She and Mao had been one of the first to arrive at the aside from Siguard Fontana who sat on his trunk by himself, his father had also not accompanied him to their send off. She had left Hallow with her falconer that had helped her raise her, after reading the details in their invitation the restrictions on what they could bring from the Isle. Pets were not permitted. Neither were any sharp objects, projectiles, or anything that she would typically keep with her just to walk down the street. Their luggage would be subject to security checks upon arrival and any items deemed hazardous would be kept by the headmistress with no promise of return.
Shauna found herself subconsciously pulling coat sleeve as she stood there waiting on the others. Her gray shirt under the sturdy woven black cloak seemed almost plain compared to the way Siguard had dressed himself. It was true his pants were ripped pretty much from top to bottom but the richness of color in his sweater brought out the blue of his eyes and the shiny pieces of metal that pierced through his face also helped him stand out. Shauna had always been taught it was best to blend in with the shadows, her black pants and coat allowed her to almost disappear at will, yet she felt maybe today on a day she knew all eyes would be on her, the ability to disappear would prove impossible.
Haley Burton was the next to arrive with her father assisting her in toting her luggage. She was would be someone who would catch the attention of everyone in Auradon even without her bright colored red pants and white blouse, the heels she was wearing didn't help but make the slim and tall girl appear even taller. Shauna was always amazed with how Haley towered over her father the way she did. The girls black hair mirrored Shauna's in length, yet while Shauna's flowed freely over her shoulder's Haley had her pulled into a high ponytail. Her father didn't stick around for long as he patted his daughter on the back and went waddling back towards their run down show. Shauna debated telling Mao it would be okay for him to leave her waiting on the car, but she knew even if she did he would not go far, he would simply wait and watch for her to climb safely into the car from the shadows.
Evan Queen and Gavin Gothel arrived next followed almost simultaneously by Annabelle Heart, while Evan and Gavin both dragged their own luggage to the meeting spot, Annabelle had a couple of her mother's employees haul her overly large trunk for her. Shauna couldn't really say much as it had been Mao who had carried her luggage but the sight of two men carrying one trunk and seeming to have a great deal of trouble with it made her judge Annabelle slightly. Evan Queen stood next to the youngest boy in the group, that Shauna knew to be accepted, Gavin Gothel, both boys appearing in their classic appearances. Evan with his dark hair with the blue his family used as their color almost painted into his spiked hair, his dark blue leather jacket that was covered in random patches that his sister used to sew on before she went to Auradon. Gavin who stood a couple inches shorter than his idol while he sported a crimson colored hoodie, his hood covering his dark curly hair. He sat down on his trunk as and laid back on it closing his eyes waiting for car to get there while Evan began harassing Annabelle like he typically did, childhood friends that seemed to never let the ruined down nature of the Isle let them bring down their powerful heritage.
Annabelle had clearly gotten ready this morning aiming to impress those who were about to welcome them. She had styled her hair up in a creative manor with a bright red heart shape clip keeping her bangs from falling over her bright green eyes. She was wearing a red plaid dress, with a large amount of shiny silver bangles hanging about her wrists. Annabelle's eyes met Shauna's with a sincere smile, but it put Shauna on guard, knowing that Annabelle was known to be as manipulative as her cohort.
Koda Wolf arrived next with her father in tow, he was speaking to her calmly and proudly, the way a father should be when approaching the idea of not seeing their child again, giving her advice and bits of wisdom. It almost made Shauna jealous of simple her father's goodbye had been. Koda unlike the other girls made Shauna feel more appropriately dressed, she was wearing a simple pair of jeans and a long sleeved baggy shirt, paired with her glasses Koda looked like the easily bullied in classes here on the Isle, though she would never be bullied. People feared Koda and her father, after rumors of what happened when they flipped sides, it was best not to poke at a ticking time bomb.
Shauna did a quick count of the people who stood waiting for the car. "Seven," the word escaped her lips as barely a sound, though it was enough to catch the attention of Haley Burton. Who also seemed confused, in the letter it said they were pleased to welcome eight incoming students from the Isle.
"Hey Queen, you gave out the letters right?" Haley said speaking the question Shauna wanted to ask. He nodded yes with a confused face painted across his face. "Who are we missing?" She asked to which Evan replied with a knowing laugh before turning back to Annabelle with his signature smile to which even she looked curious. Haley looked to Gavin for more information, but her look was met with a simple shrug. So even his right hands didn't know who the last invitation went too.
Shauna recognized the sound before she saw the creatures. The Gwythiants, these flying serpents that serviced the Horned King and these Gwythiants master, the Horned Prince. He walked up his dark hair standing in every direction, allowing his horns that Shauna knew were there to almost blend, he was an intimidating person on the Isle, Shauna didn't even remember the last time she had seen him in the school. His creatures had their tails coiled around the handles of his trunk as they set it down close to Siguard who actually stood and backed away slightly. HP's red eyes scanned the crowd, the corner of his mouth pulling into a grin that made Mao step closer to Shauna as a guard.
"What are you doing here?" It was Haley's voice the cut through the tension that arrived when he did.
"Same as you, I here the weather in Auradon is lovely this time of year." He stood there in his long dark cloak with really the only allowed one to see he was wearing combat style boots. While most eyes were on the arrival of the Prince, Shauna's eyes darted to Evan who stood beside Annabelle with a dangerous smile.
The group as a whole didn't have long to take in news of their final traveling companion, as the cars pulled up in front of them. Large men wearing the sigil of the royal family stepped out to begin loading their luggage in a large van while a smaller man stepped out to open the door to the extended limo that pulled up for the children. Evan didn't allow anyone to stay stuck in their moment of shock as he stepped up, almost pushing Annabelle towards the limo ushering her in.
Shauna nodded to Mao as she watched Annabelle, Evan, Gavin, and Siguard. Mao nodded to Shauna with a smile as she walked passed him and towards the door of the limo, she stopped as she noticed Haley unmoved. She was not like Koda who was hugging her father goodbye, she was simply staring at HP as he walked over to the limo as well. He climbed inside as Shauna put her hand gently on Haley's arm. "Are you coming?" Shauna asked as the slightly taller girl swallowed hard and nodded. Shauna climbed into the long limo finding a seat next to Siguard as Haley sat to Shauna, again Shauna found herself noticing that Haley didn't take the open seat next to HP but seemed to try to find as much space as she could from the boy. Koda was the last to join them in the limo, sitting next to HP but keeping her face down. Perhaps she had taken leaving her father harder than she wanted the group to know. A sign of weakness was like bleeding into water filled with sharks, and though Shauna thought herself better an a simple shark, some of the people in their company would use and abuse that simple sign of weakness.
As the car pulled to a stop in front of Mestor he began to feel nervous, Audrey stood next to him as he stood next to Ben with Vincent on his other side. Four Auradon kids did not seem like enough as the original four villain kids stood off to the side waiting for the new arrivals. Mestor had come up with the idea of allowing the original four and four people from the student council to serve as guides for pairs of the new incomers, but now he wanted to be anywhere but waiting for the driver to open the door.
"Gothel!" A girl's voice barked as the driver opened the door and a boy came tumbling out. The boy pushed himself up off the ground as another boy came out of the limo this one striking a high pitch noise that came from Evie. She pushed by Audrey and Mestor and tossed her arms around the boy who bore a striking resemblance to the older girl. As the rest of the new villain kids exited the limo one by one the original four seemed to come up and greet them as old friends. Mestor felt the nervousness of moments earlier melting away, it had been the exact same when the original four had arrived, however he remembered Jay and Carlos were much worse behaved.
"Welcome to Auradon!" Ben said with his classic charming smile that came with such ease it was made everyone seem around relax. "It will be a pleasure to get to know all of you." Mestor watched the expression of the new kids recognizing them based upon the pictures in their files for the most part. For the most part they all looked excited however a couple of them left him feeling uneasy, most specifically Evie's younger brother, Evan Queen, Haley Burton, Shauna Yu, and most of all The Horned Prince.
"We're all going to split up around campus then you can settle into your dorms," Evie was almost glowing as she spoke too the new students.
Audrey nudged Mestor as he Evie smiled at him, he had forgotten he had the list of who was going with who. "Oh yes, sorry. Mister Prince and Miss Yu, you will be with Ben and Mal. Mister Gothel and Miss Burton, you will be with Jay and Audrey. Mister Queen and Miss Heart you will be Vincent and Evie. Finally Mister Fontana and Miss Wolf you will be with myself and Carlos." Evie's arm was still wrapped around her brother as she seemed to pull him and a smaller girl away towards Vincent as they headed off towards the campus. Jay waved for Gavin and Haley to follow him and Audrey quickly smiled and introduced herself to the students. Mal kept a cautious eye on her two as she greeted them and as Ben shook their hands, it was Carlos who brought over Mestor's students to him. He extended his hand to Siguard first, "Mestor Thatch," he said as he shook his hand, though Siguard seemed uninterested in the gesture before extending his hand to Koda, "it's a pleasure to meet you." He said as he shook her hand. "Is their anywhere you'd like to see first?" He asked with a smile hoping they would feel welcomed by the gesture.
"I'd suggest the tourney field," Carlos said with a smile. Mest watched as the girl nodded and the boy looks so uninterested in anything to do with this place, this was going to be a long tour.
Shauna was surprised when they were the last group to finish the tour and meet up at the dormitories. Ben and Mal quickly excused themselves as Evie and Mestor stood smiling with the rest of the teens, apparently the other kids had all been relieved of their duty of showing the kids around as soon as they got them back to the dormitories. "This is a special hall, it is only villain kids in this wing and if you need anything I am the dorm assistant so just come see me or Mal at the end of the hall on the right." Evie smiled. Evan groaned audibly and Annabelle quickly shoved an elbow into his side to silence him. "HP, Siguard, you two are in the first room on the left, the keys are on the table inside." Evie explained and Shauna found a small sense of dread growing in her stomach, she hadn't thought about the fact she'd have a roommate. Every fiber of her body hoped it wouldn't be Annabelle and her primadonna status, and Haley wouldn't be much better in her opinion. "Evan and Gavin you two will be in the first rooms on the right. Haley, Annabelle you will be in the second room on the left. Shauna and Koda you will be in the second room on the right." Evie smiled from ear to ear and Shauna found relief in being paired with Koda. Koda was a no nonsense type of person while Annabelle and Haley just spelled drama. "Please just let me know if you need anything, and make yourselves at home." Evie said as the groups began to split off to see their rooms.
Koda beat Shauna to the door and swung it open and let out a sound of disgust as she walked into the room. Pink. Their was so much pink. From the sounds of joy and disgust coming from across the hall Shauna assumed the other girls room also bore a great deal of pink.
"That is coming down, or I am going to lose my temper." Koda said with a smile at Shauna, a sign of friendship perhaps, Shauna nodded as they walked into their room and closed the door behind them and began to make themselves feel at home in Auradon. Bringing the Isle to Auradon was easy with a few cans of spray paint after all.
Haley laid back on the firm mattress of her dorm with a single thought running on repeat through her mind tormenting the moment of peace she had found. Why him?
If it hadn't been for him, she would have lost the thing that mattered most to her, but she would also be whole. She would have never ended up on bended knee in front of a demi-god. She would never feel the last flickering of spark of hope fade and die. She would never know what it was like to feel to break apart from the inside.
The light knock on the wooden door startled Haley as she shot up in her bed. Annabelle must have forgotten the key when she left to explore the campus with Evie and some of the others. Haley found herself climbing off the bed as the knock continued. "Hold on," she muttered as she crossed the room and undid the lock. However when she opened the door, the small bundle of light that was her roommate was standing in front of her. It was him, in his tall looming dark figure making her feel like slamming the door quickly, as she moved to try to shut it, she felt the resistance of him pushing against it.
"We need to talk." His words were simple, yet she found herself shivering as the cold chill surged through her spine. His eyes were back to the bright red she knew them to be as his gaze burned into her skin causing heat to rush to her cheeks.
Haley swallowed hard as she stepped back and allowed him the space to enter her room. "Come in." She found her voice squeaking out of her as he walked into the room and closed the door behind him. She noticed that even though during their tour welcoming them to Auradon Prep he had put his horns away, he had darkened his bright red eyes, now as he stood in front of her he was back to his traditional appearance. "Heart will be back soon, so you might want to..." Haley found herself saying before she felt his touch on her skin as he pulled her to his chest, pressing their bodies together spinning her around to put her back to the door he had entered through. The words she had once found were again stuck in her throat as she looked up at his clenched jaw.
In that moment her earlier thought began to race through her head again. Why him? Why did it have to be him?
She attempted to squeak out a word as he held her securely between him and the door. "Silence." HP's command made her lips seal tightly. "When I said we need to talk, I mean you need to listen." He said simply releasing his grip on her side and just using his size to keep her where he wanted her. "Do you know that souls wither when they are to far from their vessels?" He asked grinning down at her, he reached up and pulled a blue crystal from beneath the collar of his shirt, "Henric couldn't let that happen." The gleam in her crystal eyes as her soul dangled in front of her. He was amazed as she raised her hand to reach out for it only to have it disappear beneath his shirt once more. "I promised him, I would keep it safe."
"Please don't use it." Haley found the tears brimming in her eyes against her will.
"Don't give me a cause too." He grinned down at her in her defeat as she bit onto her lip in anger and frustration. The closer a soul is to a vessel the stronger emotions the vessel can feel, HP knew this to be a fact and the anger he saw dancing behind the tears that wavered in front of her eyes was exciting.
"I hate you." Her words so strong and defiant, they caused HP to almost chuckle.
He took a step back and allowed her space as she quickly found herself wanting to get as much space from him as possible as she quickly crossed the room away from him and towards the window. "It's about time, hatred will make you stronger." He said simply as he opened the door and left finding himself fiddling with the glowing blue charm around his neck.
Haley found herself shrinking in on herself as she sat in the window sill, her knees fitting perfectly against her chest as she stared out on the setting sun over the castle. "And love is weakness..." the words escaping her lips like a whisper.
Author's Note: So once again sorry for the huge delay for the last part of this chapter. Anyways, I am going to start the kind of episodic parts next. The worst part about this is I already have four other chapters written I just couldn't get motivated to do the arrival of the villain kids. I wanted to get going with the stories. So to sum up a few things, Henric is the son of Hades and a demi-god. This kind of finishes laying the ground work for the character connections I needed to finish setting up to move on with the story.
Also one side note, I got to watch Descendants 2 and I kind of am confused of what ships I like now... And I love Harry but I dont like Harry and Uma as a ship, he seems to be too playful for her. But what do I know. Anyways expect the next update sometime this week.
Thanks again everyone, author's note is now over.