The next morning, I kissed Tia's head before pushing her off me and jumping in the shower. When I came back down, my piglet was gone. Knowing Tia, she was either went back to sleep under the bed, my pillow, or somewhere underneath the bed sheets.

With that being said - or is it with that being thought? - I frowned. I really need to take her out more often... Maybe after classes I'll take her for a walk around the grounds.

Slipping my clothes for the day on and taking my hair out of its messy bun, I grabbed my schoolbag and slung it over my shoulder before walking to the door. "Bye Tia, Mama loves you!"

Quietness answered me as I closed the door behind me. I turned and came face to face with Mia. My ivory haired friend smiled before squeezing my hand. "You got this."

I took a deep breath to calm myself. Get it together Malia. What are the chances of you having Jay in any class besides Remedial Goodness?

With that small 'confidence boost' smiled at my best friend before the two of is made our way down to the dining hall.

-Very Brief Time Skip-

"Malia?"

We turned to see Evie and Mal coming down the stairs and smiled.

"Hey Guys! How'd you sleep?"

The way that their eyes widened and the slightly panicked look the two shared between didn't go unnoticed.

Evie gave me a nervous/gorgeous grin. "We slept fine, thank you. I don't think my bed back on the Isle was that soft, and the things my mother had in her castle were in slight better condition than anything else."

A frown began tugging on my lips. "Better condition?"

Somber expressions leaked onto the two VKs faces. Mal was the one who answered, voice cold. "We don't have a lot of the same stuff on the Isle that you guys have here. And if we do, it's in pretty bad shape."

Mia and I shared a look, but said nothing. When we came to the dining hall, we led the two girls through the foodline and then to our usual table. Ben and Esme were already there, talking lowly to each other in French.

During the duration of our friendship, Tate, Mia, and I have watched how close they were and how powerful the bond between them was. We all hoped that they would get together, but they only saw one another as brother and sister.

Ben looked up and smiled as the four of us sat down. "Good morning! How did you sleep?"

Besides, it's obvious that he's crushing on Mal hard... even if he doesn't know it.

The blueberry princess smiled before giving Ben the same answer she gave us, minus the better condition part. Audrey showed up and dragged Ben away. And just as Ben grinned apologetically, a body sat itself down next to mine. I looked to see Jay, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

"Morning Tiger, sleep well?"

I raised an eyebrow at the thief before taking a bite of my apple, saying nothing as I chewed slowly. To which he raised an eyebrow back. "You're still mad about your necklace? I thought the people here were all about forgiving and stuff like that."

I held up a finger as I chewed and swallowed. "First off, am I anything like the usual goody-two shoes around here?"

Jay looked me up and down before smirking. "Definitely not."

"Didn't think so. Second, no. I'm not entirely mad."

The thief along with Esme, Tate - who arrived with Jay and Carlos - and Mia looked at me in shock.

Now I know what you're thinking, last night I was raging over Jay stealing my necklace. But at one point I also said that I knew that the VKs weren't going to switch over to the good side the moment they crossed into Auradon. So, I decided to be the bigger person, take a page out of Queen Elsa's book, and let it go.

"Just being mad at you isn't going to do jack-shit."

Well... kind of the bigger person.

Jay, along with my friends, raised an eyebrow. "So you plan on getting revenge?"

I grinned coyly. "Maybe, maybe not. Maybe I'll say I'm planning revenge when really I do nothing and watch you grow paranoid. Maybe I'll prank you someway. Or maybe I'll do nothing because like you said, we Auradon kids are supposed to be all about forgiveness and all that shit. Really it's a 'play with your psyche kind of thing'. Oh, and to answer your previous question, I slept fine, thanks."

I took another bite out of my apple and took a moment to savor the looks of respect from the VKs.

"Are you sure you're not from the Isle?"

My eyes went to the daughter of Maleficent before grinning and winking. "Pretty sure."

Everyone gave me one last look - the VKs with respect and my friends with exasperation - before digging into their respective meals.

After a while, Mal looked at my bag with a raised eyebrow. "Is your bag supposed to be moving like?"

My eyebrows furrowed as I looked down at my school bag, and saw that it was indeed moving. I heaved it into my lap and peered inside...

...only to yelp and immediately snap it shut.

Ignoring the looks from everyone else at the table, I set my bag by my feet before pulling the stow away out.

"Tia you naughty girl? What do you think you're doing?"

My beloved pig oinked adorably before digging her nose into my palm, something she always tried to do to get out of trouble.

Key word being tried.

"Is that a pig?"

I looked up at the blueberry princess before grinning awkwardly and adjusting my pet so her butt was in the crook of my elbow. "Yeah... This little stow away is Tia. Ben managed to pull a few strings so I could bring her with me from Home."

Tate took Tia from my arms. "And now our dear piece of bacon somewhat serves as the mascot for our merry band."

Mal raised a confused eyebrow. "Bacon?"

My ginger headed friend grinned wickedly. "Yup."

What my beloved pet did next surprised everyone save for my friends.

Tia leaped out of Tate's arms, scurried across the table, and snatched the piece of bacon from Mal's fingers before scurrying across the table and jumping down into my lap, the shocked looks from the VKs following her

Esme sighed exasperatedly. "No matter how cute that is, it's still so wrong."

Carlos looked at her with furrowed eyebrows. "How is it wrong?"

The gypsy smirked. "Bacon is pig meat. Our dear Tia over there is eating her own kind."

All besides my best friends eyes went wide with shock as they looked to where my beloved pet just disappeared to. Smirking to myself at the looks of their faces, I continued to eat my food right up until the bell rang, signalling that breakfast was over.

Tate stood up from the table and stretched as I put Tia in my bag with a few more pieces of bacon that should hold her over for a while. "Okey dokey then. Jay and Mal, your first classes are with Esme and I. Evie and Carlos, go with Mia and Malia, you have the same classes too."

As he and Esme left with Mal and Jay, the thief once again gave me a very obvious look over his shoulder. Which once again, tried my best to ignore.

We walked through the halls until we made it to our first class, which was English, taught by Miss Wendy Darling. Evie and Carlos followed Mia and I inside and sat in the two chairs that were next to ours, which we both plopped down in with a slouch. As Mia pulled out the book she was reading, Miss Darling looked up and eyed our poor posture with disappointment... to which I responded to by grinning and waving cheekily.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the two VKs looking at me with raised eyebrows and a touch of respect. "You guys really like breaking the rules, don't you?"

Mia looked up from her book and at Carlos with a smirk. "Technically, we're bending the rules, not breaking them."

I grinned before cutting in. "And we've discovered that life's no fun if you don't, you know, live a little. Even if that means bending the rules."

The touch of respect grew in their eyes just as the bell rang and Miss Darling called the class to order. I tried to pay attention to what she was saying, but I couldn't help but think back to breakfast. I watched Jay, Evie, Mal, and Carlos as they ate, and the portion sizes they chose were a little bigger than normal, and they ate their food almost in a way as if they were never going to see food again. My mind went back to what Evie and Mal said earlier out of my mind. Bad conditions? I mean, whenever I managed to catch a glimpse of the Isle whenever I was at Ben's castle, deep down I kind of knew that living condition couldn't have been great considering that the Isle is a prison.

And was King Beast doing anything about it?

No, he wasn't.

"Am I boring you Malia?"

I looked up to see Miss Darling looking at me with a raised eyebrow. To which I responded with my usual grin. "You? Boring me? Never!"

-Time Skip-

I said goodbye to Mia, Evie, and Carlos before heading to my next class. On the way, a now familiar voice called out to me.

"Hey Tiger, wait up!"

My teeth gritted together as I turned on my heel just as Jay caught up to me. "What's up?"

He came to a stop in front of me with a grin. "Nothing, Tate said to find you since we in the same class next."

I'm going to kill that ginger haired fiend.

I sighed. "Come on then, Math's this way."

We walked in silence. But after a while, I felt Jay take my arm in his hand. "I didn't peg you as a tattoo kind of girl."

I looked and saw that he was looking at the tattoos on my arm. "Those show my commitment to the Prince's guard. But my people are kind of famous for their tattoos."

Jay raised an eyebrow. "You're kidding."

I raised an eyebrow in amusement. "No?"

I took my phone out before pulling up the Photo Gallery. "Roughly half the tribe gets them at some point. Some take weeks, others take months, some even take years. It really depends on how big."

The thief's eyes went wide as I scrolled through the pictures of the traditional P'ea tattoos of my tribe. "Damn."

I grinned. "I know. Painful to put on, but the results are so worth it."

Jay raised and eyebrow. "How are they put on?"

My grin turned into a grimace as I thought back to all the tattoo ceremonies I've seen. "You lie flat on your stomach or back, and the artist taps the needle into your skin."

He gagged and shook his head. "Nope, nuh-uh, never! Not even if you offered me the biggest score ever!"

I smirked. "I don't know, you'd look good with tattoos."

The moment the words left my mouth, heat burst in my cheeks. Jay raised an eyebrow in my direction before smirking. "Well thanks Tiger."

I rolled my eyes and looked away, trying to ward off the heat in my cheeks. "Zip it."

The thief chuckled, and we continued walking to class in silence. After we made it to the classroom and I sat in my usual spot, Jay sat next to me and leaned back in his chair. "So how's your pig? You said her name was Tia?"

I looked down at my bag where my beloved pet was snoozing. "She's good, she pigged out - no pun intended - and then passed out during my last class."

Before Jay could respond, the bell rang and the teacher walked in. After we were instructed to continue with the lesson from yesterday, I noticed Jay looking at the math equations in confusion.

"You okay?"

The thief looked over at me before smiling tensely. "Yeah, I'm good."

I kept watching them as he continued to stare at the math problems in utter confusion. A knowing smile crossed my lips as I turned in my chair to face him. "You don't know what any of this means, do you?"

Jay sighed before sitting back in his chair and rolling his head to look at me. "Not a clue."

I chuckled before scooting closer to help him. "So what you want to do is-"

That's how most of the lesson went on, me helping him and him slowly starting to grasp the concepts. A lull in the tutoring had the thief sitting back in his chair with an exhausted sigh. "We never had to do shit like this on the Isle."

I grinned. "Wish I went to the school on the Isle then."

Jay raised an eyebrow. "But you're so good at this."

This time I slumped in my chair. "Just because I'm good at math doesn't mean I like doing it."

The thief chuckled before looking at me with a grin. "Fair enough."

His grin was different from the other ones I've seen so far. This one was softer, more genuine. And once again I felt my cheeks heat up. I stood up from my chair and didn't look Jay in the eye. "I'll talk to the teacher about me tutoring you."

I didn't look back as I walked to the teacher's desk.

-Time Skip-

When we walked out of class, Jay stuck his hands in his pockets before turning to look at me, a tiny grin slowly spreading across his lips. To which I responded by raising an eyebrow. "What?"

He kept watching me silently for a few short moments before speaking, grin widening ever so slightly. "I think I'm wearing you down."

I stopped before crossing my arms. "And just what gives you that impression?"

When he stopped, his grin was now a smirk. "You offered to help me instead of letting me sink in there."

I scoffed and kept walking. "Don't read too much into it, it's the right thing to do."

Jay shook his head, the same infuriating smirk still on his face. "At breakfast you said you weren't like the other goody two shoes here, so your definition of 'the right thing' is probably different from most. And yesterday you said I had to try harder... Well Tiger, I intend to."

I looked away so he couldn't see the emotions on my face. My mind went back to what Ben said last night, about the way he looked at me was the same way our parents looked at each other.

Still though, if the suspicious way Mal was acting yesterday, and said girl and Evie's reactions when Mia and I asked them how they slept was anything to go by, they might have an ulterior motive.

I mentally sighed. This was getting way too complicated way too quickly.

I masked my thoughts by rolling my eyes. "Whatever. Come on, we're going to be late."

Author's Note: Long time no see everyone!Someone asked if this was going to continue into Descendants 2... I am happy to say that yes it will.Especially after seeing both the old Descendants 3 teaser and the Under the Sea teaser.Also, after watching Descendants 2 for the umpteenth time... I decided on who I'm pairing up with who.I'll let you guys guess what couples I have in mind.