A/N:Sorry it's so late. We're trying. But we promise to finish!

Chapter 8

Maleficent perched gracefully on her ornate, stone throne. The high-backed chair was one of the only remnants she still had after their banishment to this Isle. The castle surrounding her was nearly in ruins. She gripped the armrests beside her tightly before releasing them and stroking gently at the carved talons that were there.

"Mistress!" a guard shouted as he burst open the door.

"Why are you intruding into my chamber! How dare you enter without my permission!" she screeched at the man. He halted mid-step.

"I-I-I'm sorry m-m-m-m'lady. B-b-but I have im-important news," the man trembled as he explained.

"Well! What is it?"

"A group have brought a boy to the castle. They are demanding an audience with you."

"What do I care of some boy? I shall punish them for disturbing me."

"They say the boy is the son of King Adam," the guard was still nervous, but less so now that her anger was no longer directed at him.

"Send them in immediately!" Maleficent's entire demeanor changed at this newest revelation. The son of King Adam...that would be a most useful hostage. He wouldn't dare defy her anything with his child's life hanging in the balance.

A group of three came in dragging an unconscious teenager behind them. The group consisted of two women and a man. The first woman woman had a black afro with white streaks in the front. She had darker skin and wore robes made of black and white fur. Crazy Cruella. The other woman had a large golden crown on her head. She wore a royal blue dress and hints of red peaked out from the inside of her otherwise black cape. Around her neck she had a red amulet, but it was her face that drew attention. She wore bright blue eyeshadow and deep red lipstick. But despite her attempts to be perfect she had a mole on the right side of her face. Queen without a throne the Evil Queen. The only man in the group wore a red and blue turban. He had slight mustache and goatee. His clothes were the color of garnets and royal blue. Conman Jafar.

"Sorry for disturbing you my lady, but I thought you would want to know about the recent developments on the Isle," Jafar bowed slightly.

"Developments? What developments? Speak quickly Jafar. You have interrupted my brooding time," Maleficent barked.

"The children of our enemies are amongst us," Cruella dramatically declared.

The Evil Queen rolled her eyes, "Don't be so theatrical de Vil. It seems a group of teenagers from the mainland have come to the Isle. They were seen at the school earlier. And we found this boy at the edge of the market. We believe he is the prince. Ben the others called him." She nearly simpered as she finished explaining the events. She gestured to the unconscious teen at the end before turning back to Maleficent eagerly. "We knocked him out and brought him to you directly."

Maleficent smiled as she stood and grabbed her scepter. She transferred it from her left to her right hand as she stepped down the two steps in front of her. This was interesting. She stepped around the boy lying on the ground. He certainly did not look to belong on the Isle. His clothes were rumpled from being carried through the streets of the Isle, but they were the biggest give away. No one would believe these would be clothing found on the Isle. To begin with, not a single item was made of leather. Beyond that, he wore blue and gold- the king's colors. This boy was royal.

Maleficent began to plot as she paced back and forth in front of the raised dias. "Wonderful, splendid. Now I can get off this wretched island. With the boy, I will make Adam bend to my will. He will give me the keys to his precious Auradon for his little boy. And once I'm off this miserable piece of land, I will get that good fairy's wand and be able to bend all magic to my will."

"Of course, my lady. We hope with this gift you can free all the islanders. I know we would all love to get revenge on those cursed jackanapes," Jafar suggested with a bow of the head.

"Hmm," the evil fairy paused in her passing to glance over the other villains. 'These three were powerful once. They might just be useful in Auradon.' "You three may come," she paused when they began to cheer, "IF you get me the rest. One child can only get me so far but to have all the children our enemies sent here, well, we'd be unstoppable."

"Of course, your grace," the Evil Queen exclaimed. "You will have the rest." They turned and filed out of the room, stopping only to give a short bow of the head.

Maleficent circled the teenager who was still lying unconscious on the floor. She grinned before summoning her guards and ordering them to 'escort' the boy to a room. The guards lifted the boy by his arms and dragged him out and down the broken stairs of the broken castle. They finally reached the lowest level. The one guard that was already in the row of dungeons jumped to attention at the sight of them. He quickly opened one of the cells and after the others had thrown the boy in, he locked it.

"Oh, fiddlesticks!" Fairy Godmother exclaimed. Aziz had disappeared again. She looked left and right but all she saw were the other children bartering with the shop owners. Audrey had purchase a pink necklace, Lonnie had found a small dagger with blue and pink dressing for the hilt wrapped around it, and the boys had managed to find food that had yet to rot. Doing a quick head count, she realized yet another one of her students had gone missing- Prince Ben.

"Audrey dear, go and help Albert round everybody up. I think it's time to head back," she instructed her student and shooed her off. Faye and Madilin quickly followed and she wandered through the nearest rows in search of the wayward prince. She spotted Lonnie helping Albert gather the jocks over near where they had entered the market. She jumped slightly as someone touched her arm. "Oh, Jane dear, there you are."

Jane smiled nervously. Her eyes flitted back and forth before settling on her mother again. "Hi Mom. What's going on?"

"We have decided to cut the trip a little short. We are heading back to the border near the bridge." Fairy Godmother said as she turned back to the main group. As much as she would love to continue searching for the future king, there were 13 other children to ensure the safety of. "Come along with me, Jane."

Together, the mother/daughter duo headed toward where Albert had herded most of the students. She quickly counted heads as they headed out. All of the children except Aziz and Ben were accounted for. After meandering through the streets of the Isle for over twenty minutes, the group finally reached the location they had first exited the limo. Fairy Godmother was upset to see that only Phil was waiting for them. There was no sign of the missing prince.

The good fairy turned back to the children, doing a second headcount to make sure the entire class had made it back to the limo. "...6, 7, 8…" she paused and looked around quickly. "That can't be right? Let me count again. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8… Where are the rest!?" she shrieked.

Phil and Albert both jumped a bit at her loud exclaim. "They were with us when we left," Phil assured. I had a group of the girls around me and they're all here. The three boys there were ahead and Jane was next to you."

"Yes, that-still-leaves-five-more-students-missing-than-we-left the market with." Fairy Godmother spoke in such a rush, many of her words seemed to connect.

Albert stepped up to the upset principal. "Ma'am, you need to take a deep breath...that's it. Inhale slowly...hold it...and now exhale very slowly. There you go. Now, let's start at the beginning. Who is missing?"

"Well Ben went missing before we even left the market," Fairy Godmother started.

Audrey cut in, "What? What do you mean Ben was missing before we left? Why didn't we go find him before?"

"Did you seriously just notice your boyfriend was missing?" Houston asked dumbfounded.

"Madilin was having a panic attack. I was a bit busy being a good friend," Audrey defended herself.

Albert huffed before yelling at the group, "Everyone be quiet! This is not the time to be squabbling. We need to act quickly! Madam, please continue with your list."

After a brief nod of thanks towards the guardsman, she continued. "Aziz of course has been missing since the school. But that still leaves Doug, Betty, Melody, and the twins who all were at the market when we left."

"Okay. That's a good start. So now, we need a plan," Albert calmly said. Fairy Godmother had calmed down a bit now. The two started to throw ideas back and forth at a low voice, while Phil kept an eye on the kids who were standing in a tight circle. The students who remained would be sent back before the adults returned to begin the search for the missing students. The adults were about to put their plan into action when a surprising sight stopped Fairy Godmother in the middle of her sentence.

Aziz was standing at the entry to one of the alleys that led to the outskirts. Unlike when he abandoned the field trip, Aziz was dressed in complete leather. His colors the same as usual only darkened by garnish of the fabric. "Uh hey. What's up guys?" he sheepishly greeted the group.

"Where-have-you-been," Fairy Godmother shrieked. *

"Ummm. I met some people and they taught me all about the Isle. I think I could teach the class now!" Aziz awkwardly started chuckling and rubbed the back of his head when Fairy Godmother glared.

Fairy Godmother stepped forward and grabbed Aziz by the arm. "You, young man, are not leaving my sight again until we set foot in Auradon where I will be having words with your parents."

"Okay, how about this? You just tell dad!" Aziz suggested in slight fear of his mother's wrath.

"Yeah, like that will work. No, I will be telling your mother."

"Well, fuck." Aziz crossed his arms. The entire class gasped in disbelief.

"YOUNG MAN! That is not how Auradon children behave."

"Well, we're not in Auradon," Aziz rolled his eyes. He's already in deep trouble, he might as well go all the way. He turned to his classmates and paused. "Where's everyone else?"

"Well, after you disappeared we went to the market where several others seemed to have gotten lost," Audrey explained.

"How'd they get lost? You stayed in a big group, right? Unless they decided to make the trip fun like me."

"Betty and Doug are missing. They would never just wander off," Lonnie defended the missing students.

"Enough, children. We will deal with the other's disappearances, but first we must get the rest of you off the Island," Fairy Godmother ended the confrontation.

"You mean we're leaving the Isle without the others? But Ben is missing!" Audrey exclaimed.

"Have any of you thought about the possibility that they didn't get lost? Rumors are probably all over the Isle that Auradon kids are here. I bet someone kidnap-..." Aziz never finished his sentence. "Gotta go."

Fairy Godmother tried to grab the teen's arm as he ran back to the alleyway he had come from. "Aziz! Get back here! Albert!"

"On it, ma'am." He took off after the runaway teen.

Fairy Godmother turned back to the class. "Alright, everyone is going to get into the limo." She pulled out the shrunken vehicle and placed it on the ground. Backing away she pressed the button on the remote and waited. When nothing happened she pressed it again. In a panic she began pressing the button repeatedly. "What is happening? Why isn't it working? The spell should make it enlarge again."

Phil stepped forward to calm Fairy Godmother down. "Maybe the magic has been on this side of the barrier too long. I don't know. I'm not magical but that's my logical guess. Now, the others will realize something is wrong when we don't show up at 5 like expected. We just have to wait a few hours and they'll come over and open the barrier from the other side."

Lonnie interrupted the adults. "So we have plenty of time to go rescue everyone."

"Yeah, we can save the prince. We'll be just like our parents," Chad rallied behind Lonnie.

"You guys are insane. We will be fighting against murderers, bandits, and outcasts. Normally, I would tell you no but we have to save Ben," Audrey stepped forward with determination.

"No, children! It's dangerous. We already have 7 of you missing, we are not adding to that list. We are staying here," Fairy Godmother dictated.

"Ma'am, might I suggest we find somewhere to hide. We're out in the open and I don't think we want any confrontations with the locals, one was enough." Albert glanced around looking for a place to hide until 5.

"Yes, that's a wonderful idea." She started looking too.

Lonnie pulled Audrey and Chad aside. "Okay guys, they're not going to let us go. But I'm still in if you guys are," she whispered.

They nodded their heads in agreement. "We're in," Audrey said.

Chad turned towards Fairy Godmother and started to tell the group that they were leaving. Audrey and Lonnie each grabbed an ear. "You better not say anything," Lonnie hissed in his ear.

"Ow, thanks mom" Chad said sarcastically.

"Shhh, let's go." They quickly ran down an alleyway leading toward the main part of the Isle.

Fairy Godmother and Albert finished their discussion on where to hide. Turning around she started to tell the class the new plans when she did a double take. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Oh sugar trees!"

Bonus Scene

****Flashforward****

Aladdin and Jasmine stood with the other parents waiting to pick up their kids. They were relieved to spot Aziz dark mop of hair amongst the other teenagers as the group climbed out of the limousine. A moment later, Fairy Godmother appeared at his side and the two quickly made their way toward Aladdin and Jasmine.

"Now, young man, would you like to tell your parents about the first half of the trip, or should I?" Fairy Godmother said before even greeting the couple.

Aziz downplayed his adventure a bit, "Well, I stepped away for just a minute. I was upset and needed to calm down, but I ran into some people. They offered to show me an insider inside look of the Isle and I learned so much. Eventually, I got back to the class. Everything worked out."

Jasmine's usually tan face was almost pale. Beside her, Aladdin was grinning like a Cheshire cat. "Really? How did it go?" Aladdin almost bounced forward in excitement. Jasmine immediately smacked him hard on the arm. "That was very wrong son. Very wrong indeed," he switched to a stern voice, but he winked at the end which causes Aziz to grin.*

"Would you like to tell them the rest?" Fairy Godmother gave him one more chance.

"Oh yeah! I saved the entire class from being murdered!" he added.

"That is not what I meant. Your son purposefully ran off with the worst the Isle has to offer. He was missing for hours and showed up dressed like this." She gestured to the leather clothing Aziz now wore. "And when he got back, he was there for all of five minutes before running off again!"

"I went to go rescue the class. You're welcome," his voice dripped with sarcasm at the end.

"That is beside the point. You never should have left the class. You are grounded until you're 30!" Jasmine cut in to punish her son.

"Well, fuck," he sighed.

"32!" Jasmine immediately amended.

"Really Mom? Two years for that?"

"34. Do you want to go for 36?"

"I'll be out of the house by then...by all of these."

"Oh my baby! Almost grown!" Jasmine threw her arms around her son in tears. Aladdin stood behind laughing so hard, he too was crying.

*These lines have been inspired by (aka stolen from) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets