Four months later, Beth and Evie were still going strong. Evie had started a fashion business, Evie's 4 Hearts, in which Beth started helping with the accounting (she was as good at math as Evie was at chemsitry). The taller girl had been hired by almost every girl at Auradon Prep to make their gowns for the upcoming Royal Cotillion, in which Mal would become a Lady of the Court. In fact, Beth was practically the only girl at Auradon Prep that Evie wasn't designing a gown for, as she had a royal designer. Currently, Evie was walking to class when she heard someone calling her name.

"Evie. Evie, over here!" Recognizing her girlfriend's voice, Evie turned her head and laughed before walking over to the Princess, who was holding her phone like a microphone. "Evie, you look gorgeous. Who designed your beautiful dress?" Beth asked.

"I did." Evie replied. Beth grinned. "It seems to be a hit around campus." The blonde dropped her arm, raising an eyebrow.

"With who?" she asked, earning a wink and teasing grin from her girlfriend. Glaring, she pointed at the blue-haired girl. "That's not funny."

"I thought it was." Evie said. Raising her phone back to her mouth, Beth rolled her eyes playfully.

"Evie, who are you taking to the upcoming Royal Cotillion?"

"I'll be attending with the gorgeous Princess of Auradon." Evie replied, smiling as she wrapped an arm around Beth's waist and pulling her close. Grinning, Beth placed her phone back in her purse.

"Gorgeous, huh?" she whispered. Evie nodded, kissing the blonde. "Sounds like you really like this Princess."

"I kind of love her a little bit." Evie said. Before Beth could respond, the sound of the school bell ringing broke them out of the separate world they'd created with each other.

"I have to get to class." the blonde said, sending her girlfriend a disappointed look. Evie pouted. "I'm sorry, pretty. Are you doing anything for dinner?"

"No."

"Great. I'll meet you here around seven." Beth said, kissing her girlfriend before pulling away. As she started walking backwards, she blew a kiss before turning around and walking away. As she watched her girlfriend's departing figure, Evie grinned before turning around and walking to her next class.


"How was the rest of your day?" Evie asked, taking a bite of her salad a few hours later.

"It was good. I had my final fitting for my Cotillion gown. Do you want to see it?" Evie nodded, accepting the blonde's phone as it was handed to her.

"This dress is beautiful, B." Beth smiled, taking the device back and setting it down on the table next to her tray.

"I wish you were designing it, though." she said. Looking up at her girlfriend, she took a sip of her water.

"I would love to design a gown for you, babe, but you're a royal. You have royal designers." Evie pointed out. Beth shrugged.

"Who are nowhere near as talented as my girlfriend." she replied. Evie chuckled.

"That's sweet, but this dress is gorgeous and you know it." Beth nodded, looking at Evie's tray and realizing it was cleared.

"Do you want anything else?" she asked. Evie shook her head.

"No, I'm good. Do you want to take a walk?" she said. Beth grinned.

"That sounds perfect, Eves." Standing up, the pair made their way over to the trash can. "Is Mal okay? She's seemed off the last couple of weeks." Beth said as she set her tray down on the dumbwaiter. Evie shrugged.

"I think the pressure is just getting to her. She'll be fine." she replied, placing her own tray down. Beth nodded. "Are you excited for Cotillion?"

"I guess." Evie looked over, an eyebrow raised. "Cotillions get old after awhile." Beth explained.

"Well, this is my first." Evie said. Beth smiled.

"You just gave me a reason to look forward to this one." she replied, grabbing Evie's hand and pulling her into a kiss.


Two days later, Beth and Ben were in the King's office, going over plans for the upcoming Royal Cotillion. "Okay, so I think you should give Mal your present after you two have your dance." Beth suggested. Ben nodded in agreement just as there was a knock on the door to his office. Looking up, the siblings both smiled when they saw Evie in the doorway. "Hi!" she said, standing up straight. Sending her girlfriend an almost invisible smile, Evie closed the door.

"Mal's gone back to the Isle." she whispered. Ben froze, watching as Evie made her way into the room fully. Approaching the pair, she handed over a note and a very familiar ring. Staring at the items, Ben shook his head.

"This is my fault. She's been under so much pressure lately and instead of being understanding, I just went all Beast on her!" Sharing a glance with her girlfriend, Beth reached out and placed a hand on her brother's shoulder. "I have to go there and apologize. I have to go there and beg her to come back."

"Ben, you'll never find her." Evie pointed out.

"I have to try!" Ben yelled. Beth bit her lip.

"If Ben is going to the Isle of the Lost, then so am I." she said.

"Absolutely not." Evie replied, sending her girlfriend a look. The Princess raised a challenging eyebrow. "No, Beth. You are not going to the Isle."

"I'm the Princess of Auradon."

"Which is exactly why you shouldn't step foot on the Isle. The villains on the Isle of the Lost hate your family and the VK's more than they hate anyone else in Auradon. It's bad enough that Ben is going, I'm not letting two members of the royal family go." Evie said.

"You're forgetting one thing, Evie." Beth pointed out, earning a raised eyebrow in response. "You can't stop me. I'm going with my brother." Staring at her girlfriend for a moment, Evie sighed.

"Fine, but only if I go with you. I'm not letting you out of my sight until we're safely back in Auradon." Beth nodded. "And we'll bring the boys because there's safety in numbers and none of us are too popular over there right now." Ben and Beth nodded. "Let's get two things straight. You have to promise me that I won't get stuck there again."

"Evie, I'm not coming back without you." Beth promised. Evie nodded. "What's the second thing?"

"There's no way you two are going looking like that." the blue-haired girl said, causing both siblings to look down in confusion. Glancing back up, Beth raised an eyebrow. "Come on, we have a lot of work to do."


"So this is the Isle?" Beth asked, looking around curiously as she got out of the vehicle a few hours later. Evie nodded as they covered the limo with a tarp. "It's different than what I imagined."

"How did you imagine it?" Beth shrugged, leaning up against the car and looking over at her girlfriend. "I forgot how dark it is here." Evie admitted. Beth grabbed her hand. "I don't like being back here."

"We won't be here long." Beth promised. Evie sighed, looking around only to find Ben wandering away from the group.

"Ben." she hissed, following the King. She reached him just as he was holding out his hand, reaching out to shake a nearby pirate's. "Stop."

"What'd I do?" Ben asked as Carlos got in the pirate's face. Turning his head, he saw Jay pulling him away.

"This isn't a parade, it's the Isle." the blue-haired girl hissed.

"Keep your hands in your pockets unless you're stealing." Jay instructed.

"You either slouch or strut." Carlos added.

"And never, ever smile." Evie finished. Beth and Ben nodded.

"Okay, thank-"

"No." Hearing a tone from her girlfriend that she'd never heard before, Beth took a step back. "No 'thank you's' and drop the 'please,' too. Just... chill. And don't be yourselves." Evie explained. Beth frowned.

"I thought you liked who I am." she said. Chancing a glance to ensure that nobody was around, Evie took a step forward and took her girlfriend's face in her hands.

"I love who you are, but I also want you to stay safe. You can't be yourself here, because that will give you away." she said. Beth nodded, accepting this answer as the group made their way through the Isle. Before they could get too far, Ben ran into a guy that was walking toward them.

"Hey, man... hey, I know you." the boy said, staring at Ben. Realizing that he was going to catch on, Evie subtly pushed Beth behind herself and Jay, but in front of Carlos as they guarded her from the boy's sight.

"No. Don't know you either, man." Ben replied as Evie shook her head.

"Yeah, you do. I'll give you a hint. My dad is quick, slick, and his neck is incredibly thick." Evie resisted the urge to roll her eyes at him as Beth leaned back a little bit.

"Am I seriously standing in front of Gaston's son right now?" the blonde whispered. Carlos nodded. "He's kind of stupid."

"More than kind of." Carlos replied. Turning back to the boy, Beth raised an eyebrow as he caught sight of something behind them.

"You're King Ben!" he exclaimed.

"Okay, let's go." Evie said, grabbing Ben as Jay and Carlos grabbed Beth, ushering them away from the boy. When they were a safe distance, the blue-haired girl let out a frustrated sigh. "That was not good." she said as she led the group toward a familiar staircase. Pushing Ben toward the gate, she waited as Jay threw a rock at the sign.

"Wish me luck." the King said, making his way up the stairs. When he disappeared from view, Evie turned toward her girlfriend, who was looking up and down the alleyway.

"B, stay close to me." she hissed, pulling her girlfriend in front of her.

"Why?" Beth asked. Evie sighed, wrapping her arms around the blonde's shoulders from behind.

"Nobody else can know that you and Ben are on the Isle. I'm not letting you out of my sight." she explained. Beth sighed. "Humor me, please."

"Evie..."

"Beth, it's better that nobody knows that you and your brother are here." Jay said. Giving in, Beth leaned into her girlfriend's embrace.

"I really wish you'd stayed in Auradon." Evie whispered, earning an eye roll from the blonde.

"Well, I didn't, so stop bringing it up." she snapped, causing Evie to look at her curiously as she moved to stand by Jay. Before she could respond, Ben was making his way downstairs - alone.

"Where's Mal?" Evie asked.

"She's not coming back." the boy mumbled, pushing past them. Evie closed her eyes.

"I'll talk to her." Grabbing a speaker, she sighed. "M? Mal, it's Evie. Let me just talk to you for a second."

"Go away!" Jay sighed.

"Let's give her a couple of hours to cool off." he said.

"Guys." Evie, Jay, and Beth looked over at Carlos. "Where's Ben?" Looking down the alleyway, all four let out a sigh of relief as a figure approached them.

"Ben, don't scare us like that." Evie said.

"Don't scare you?" Hearing a voice that didn't belong to her brother, Beth tensed up as an unfamiliar figure appeared in front of them. "But that's my specialty." The Princess could tell that Evie recognized - and didn't like - the boy in front of them by the way she grabbed her arm and pulled her close.

"Harry." the blue-haired girl hissed, squeezing her girlfriend's arm protectively. Beth knew better than to speak to him, allowing the VKs to handle it.

"What did you do with Ben?" Jay yelled.

"Oh, we nicked him." Beth's eyes went wide. "And if you want to see him again, have Mal come to the chip shop tonight - alone. Uma wants a little visit." Harry said, turning to Jay. When he didn't say anything, Harry smirked. "Aw, Jay, seems like you've lost your touch." When Jay lunged forward, both Evie and Beth reached out to stop him. As the boy walked away, Jay began climbing up the side of the building, with Evie motioning for Beth to follow him. When they found Mal, she raised an eyebrow.

"Apparently you don't know what go away means." Seeing Beth, she sighed. "You brought both of them?" she exclaimed.

"I forced my way into this." Beth admitted. Mal shook her head.

"That was stupid, Beth, you and Ben should not be on the Isle." she said. Looking around, she frowned when she didn't see Ben. "Where is he?"

"Uma's crew captured him." Carlos explained. Mal froze. "They want you to go down to the chip shop."

"If you guys never would have brought him here, this never would have happened. What were you thinking?" Mal asked.

"He was going to come with or without us, we just wanted to protect him." Evie replied.

"Yeah and we completely blew it." Carlos pointed out.

"What are we going to do?" Jay asked. Beth looked up at Mal curiously.

"We are not doing anything. This is between Uma and me and she's a punk. Now I have to go and get him."

"You're going to need us." Jay pointed out.

"Uma said to come alone." Mal said, walking out of the room and leaving the four to stare after in silence.

"I have a lot of questions." Beth finally said, breaking the silence. Sitting down on the couch, Evie turned to her girlfriend and nodded. "First of all, what is this place?"

"This was our hideout. We came here to get away from our parents and other villains that we'd upset with our pranks and thievery." Evie explained, looking around the room with a nostalgic smile on her face. Beth nodded.

"And who was that guy that we talked to in the alleyway?" Carlos growled.

"Harry, the son of Captain Hook. He's part of Uma's gang of pirates." he said. Beth raised an eyebrow.

"Who's Uma?" she asked. Jay sighed

"Ursula's daughter. She's Mal's rival. Uma, Harry, and Gil - the kid we met earlier-"

"Gaston's son?" Beth asked. Jay nodded.

"They made up one of the two main Villain Kid gangs on the Isle." he finished. Beth's brow furrowed in confusion.

"Who made up the other one?" she asked. Evie bit her lip.

"The four of us." Beth looked up. "I'm not proud of some of the things I did here, but I'm not going to lie about them either." the blue-haired girl said. Nodding, the princess grabbed her girlfriend's hand. "Beth, I don't know what you're going to find out about me, but-"

"Evie, nothing can change the way I feel about you." Beth assured her, squeezing her hand. Looking over, Evie nodded.


"Okay, is everyone clear on their jobs?" Mal asked; she'd been back from her visit with Uma for twenty minutes with the news that the girl wanted to trade Fairy Godmother's wand for Ben. In that time, they'd come up with a plan that involved Jay and Carlos returning to Auradon to make a fake version of the wand. At the sound of Mal's question, everyone nodded. "Okay. Jay, Carlos, go ahead and get back. It'll take awhile to get the wand printed."

"Wait. Take Beth back with you." Evie said with Mal nodding behind her in agreement.

"Wait, what?" Evie glanced at her girlfriend. "I can help." the blonde said.

"Beth, we can't risk you getting captured, too." Mal pointed out. Beth sighed, turning to her girlfriend.

"Evie, come on." Evie shook her head. "Eves-"

"Beth, we don't have time to argue over this. We need to go so we can get your brother back." Clenching her jaw, Beth glared at the girls before following Jay and Carlos out to the limo.

"I'm not happy about this." she said when she slipped inside the car.

"Trust me, Beth, we know." Carlos mumbled as Jay drove off.


Meanwhile, Evie and Mal were entering Lady Tremaine's hair salon. Drizella's daughter, Dizzy, had always been like a younger sister to Evie, and she was excited to see her. Sneaking up behind the girl, she bit her lip as she moved into her peripheral vision.

"Evie!" Smiling, the blue-haired girl hugged the younger girl.

"Hi!"

"Is it true that you're dating Princess Bethany?" Dizzy asked. Evie nodded with a smile on her face. "What's she like?"

"She's amazing." Evie replied.

"Is she as beautiful as she looks on TV?" Thinking for a moment, Evie chuckled.

"The TV doesn't even begin to capture her beauty." she whispered, thinking of her girlfriend with a wide smile. Dizzy stared at her for a moment before giggling. "What?"

"You love her." Dizzy said. Evie chuckled.

"I do, Dizzy. Very much so." Dizzy grinned. "Dizzy, can we use some of your supplies?"

"What for?" the younger girl asked. Sharing a glance with Mal, Evie gave a strained smile. "You can't tell me, can you?"

"I think it's better that you don't know." Mal replied. Dizzy nodded.

"You can use whatever you want." she said, smiling as Evie hugged her again.


Two hours later, they finished making their smoke bombs. Walking through the streets of the Isle as they waited for Jay and Carlos to return, they reminisced about their time spent together growing up. After several stories, Evie finally addressed the metaphorical elephant.

"If you're staying here, then so am I." Mal shook her head.

"You belong in Auradon. You belong with Beth. I've never seen you happier than you are when she's around."

"She's the love of my life." Evie admitted softly, earning a nod from the purple-haired girl. "But you're my best friend."

"I will always be your best friend, E, I promise you that." Mal whispered. Staring at the girl in front of her, Evie looked down. "You have to go back, Evie."

"I know." Evie replied softly, looking down at her hands. After a few moments, she turned back to her best friend. "And you have to stay."

"I know." Mal whispered. Looking at the taller girl, she pulled her into a tight hug. "I love you, E."

"I love you, too, M." Evie replied, closing her eyes as she hugged her best friend.