Chapter 8

Carlos POV

5:30 PM

"Hurray for the newlyweds!" Mal announced as Evie nudges her elbow laughing.

"Congrats bro," brunette fist-bumps. Jay and the others greeted me and Jane. I looked into Jane's eyes, I think I can be happy with her. I feel a slight pulse of pain in my head, similar to the one I experienced earlier while talking with brunette.

Our moment was broken when someone approached us, the person I was last expecting to be here, Chad.

"Jane is a sister to me, you better take care of her or else, capishe?" He threatens.

"I will," I smirk. Chad smiles, "Congrats," He then goes to Audrey.

"We should give you two lovebirds some alone-time, see you tomorrow at the lamp, 'kay Jane?" Jordan winks.

"We'll be at the dorm okay?" brunette and Jay announce.

"We should get going too, we have to show Freddie the food here in Auradon," Audrey says as she goes out the store with Freddie, Mal and Evie.

Before they left, Freddie comes up to us, "Make sure to keep it PG okay?" Freddie laughs as she runs out the café.

Later, 6:00 PM

I pull Jane away and we go to the park, the same park we talked yesterday morning. We sit in the bench nearest to the pond.

I look back to Jane, "The pond's really beautiful, right?"

"Yes it is," She leans her head on my shoulder.

"Thanks for everything Jane,"

"No, thank you for loving me for who I am, I appreciate it,"

We both smile, look into each other's eyes and share a chaste kiss.

"Well, I guess it's time for me to go," brunette smiles. I look at the clock, 11:58 PM.

I hugged brunette as he was about to depart, "Thanks for everything, me,"

"No problem,"

Brunette starts glowing, "I should be going now, well," he looks at me and Jay, then his eyes went shocked, "I think I figured it out! Carlos! You're red eyes are-" he was turned back into Dude.

Jay and I shared a confused look, "What was he about to say?"

I shrug, it was something about my red eyes. Dude runs up to me and curls into a ball by my feet. I squat on the floor and brush my hand through his fur.

Too bad, he was so close too. So close to telling Jay about my evil little secret.

It was the dead of night in the Isle of the Lost. As I was in my tree house, my lab to be precise, a dusty old crow landed on the hole on the roof, it was Diablo. The crow makes a soft cawing sound so it could capture my attention. I look up at it, then it drops a small, slightly crumpled, slightly burned piece of paper. I take it and read it.

Meet me at the Bargain Castle, there are things that need explaining

Evil lives,

Maleficent

I gulped, what did I do? I look back up at the crow and it signals me to get going. Cruella's asleep, so I'm free to go. The streets of the Isle were deserted. Now that Maleficent had her scepter, everyone feared her more and no one dared to go out at night, even Jay. I run on top of the roofs of the pitiful houses that littered the main 'town', not bothering if I woke up any sleeping islander or not. I was atop Reza's house, I smirked and stomped on the steel roof as strong as I can, making a loud - wait, loud is an understatement - deafening pang. I hear Reza screaming at the top of his lungs in shock, then I run before I get spotted.

At last, I ended up at Bargain Castle, I slip in the nearest open window, Mal's room, I exit the door to the living room as quick as I can so as not to wake up the sleeping half-dragon. I enter the main living hall.

"Welcome, de Vil," I hear Maleficent purr, she gets up her long-back recliner and flashes her green eyes at me, holding the Dragon's Eye.

"Come," she escorts me into a door hidden behind the rusty old fridge, I don't think Mal knows about this. The door leads us to a long, spiral staircase, it takes us deeper down Bargain Castle, underground, beneath the rental home.

After the winding stairs, we are in a small, circular room, not too cramped, but not too spacey either. The rooms walls were replaced with looming bookshelves, with books of many dark, eerie colors. The room had two Victorian chairs that had faded, worn, purple cushions with an old-ish coffee table that had a lamp on it, which gave the room it's only, dim, light source, beneath was a rugged purple carpet that looked very old and worn down. I'd have to admit, this place is cozy.

Maleficent signaled me to sit.

"I usually come here at night to recount the various tales of the kingdoms I have cursed. Be grateful, even Mal doesn't know about this,"

Silence.

"Mal has disappointed me once again, but alas, evil lives. You," she points at me, "You, Carlos, shall help me," I gulp.

"Why me?" I ask.

"When Mal touched this scepter earlier, did you feel a surge of…magic?"

I nod.

"Then that surge you felt was a spell that is activated when a dragon, even a half, awakens the scepter. This surge is a wave of evil energy that turns the most innocent, into a despicable mastermind,"

I gulp once more.

"Since there is no magic on this wretched rock, the effect will happen a week after you step out of the Isle," she stands up turning her back.

"You are not the first to fall victim for this," she pauses, "Before I was uninvited by that cursed Princess Aurora's christening, I decided to fully retire from being evil, and become a 'good fairy', I placed the eye in it's slumber, and settled down with a man, Mal's father, a human, a kind-hearted human,"

"What happened?" I stuttered.

"After not being invited to that christening, I fell in rage and awakened the scepter once more, the man, my husband, was affected by this surge and was turned evil. Actually it was him who devised the plan to put Aurora into sleep once she pricks her finger on a spindle's needle on her sixteenth birthday, the story went on and we were both placed on this slice of land, along with the other villains,"

"Where is he now?"

"Even if the barrier prevented magic, it does not nullify any effect that was done before the dome was up, so both of us, a duo, frightened the islanders, and I was pregnant with our child, Mal. We enjoyed tearing up the lives of many people, until one day, I spotted him, with a different woman. A woman that was willing to fall from her villainous roots and kissed my husband, it was true love's kiss," Maleficent narrated, I felt a chill run down my spine.

"Where is she now?" I ask once more.

"Dead," I gulp again, "I killed her, along with my weak husband,"

I was frightened by that story. So that's why Maleficent called Mal her 'father's daughter' instead of her own child.

"Back to the task at hand. Tomorrow, you, along with Mal, Evie and Jay will be brought to Auradon, as decreed by Prince Benjamin who will soon take the throne, your parents have been informed on this already, your task is to take Fairy Godmother's wand and free us from this rock. If that plan fails…"

She looks at me, green eyes flashing.

"You will step in, gain Fairy Godmother's or perhaps her child's trust and steal the wand yourself,"

I sit still. She cups my chin, green eyes flashing once more, "You're a smart boy, right de Vil?"

I nod.

"Do not fail me,"

"Hello? Earth to Carlos?" Jay snaps a finger in front of my face, "Hey!"

I was back from my stupor, Jay flashes a worried face.

"Jeez, you're always like this when you're with Dude,"

"O-oh…"

"You should get some rest, you'd need it, you wouldn't be wanting to spend your first official day with your girlfriend asleep like that!" Jay scolds.

"T-thanks Jay," I carry Dude and lie on my bed, "I'm turning off the lights," Jay announces as he switches off the lights.

It was silent.

"Jay?" I ask.

"Yes?" He replies.

"Do you think Maleficent will come back and…you know, spread all evil on the land?"

"I don't think so, she's back on the Isle now, she won't bother us anymore," Jay said.

"Thanks…" I say as I drift to sleep.

"Good night Carlos," Jay says, then he falls to sleep.

The story of evil Carlos revealed! Did you like it? I hope you did!

Anywho, Chad acts like a overprotective older brother to Jane, coz I really think these two should have some kind of connection or something.

I hope you liked the backstory I gave about Mal's father! I was really inspired to make this as soon as I possibly can.

Thank you for reading 101 Reasons!