"Come back here you-" "Try to catch me!" "I will end both of you!"
Ben woke up to the sound of fighting. He hurried to the sound. He saw Audrey, Carlos, and Evie fighting.
"What are you guys doing?" Ben questioned. When they heard Ben, they froze. Evie let go of Carlos' ear.
"Those two pranked me!" "Only cause you pranked back for the chocolate sauce prank!" "Anybody else thinking we say the word 'prank' too much?" The three of them argued.
Ben was getting irritated. "Stop!" He shouted. They stopped shouting.
"One at a time," Ben said. Audrey took a step forward to indicate that she was going to speak.
"Well, after they pranked me I decided to prank back. So I scared them with my dragon mask," Audrey explained.
"Yeah. And thanks to you, Carlos is now afraid of dragons," Evie interrupted. She crossed her arms.
Audrey rolled her eyes. "And then they put toothpaste on the cookies instead of frosting," she continued.
"It was so gross!" she complained. Ben raised and eyebrow.
"You guys are having a prank war?" He asked. Carlos chuckled nervously.
"It's not as bad as you think. We're just-" suddenly, Silent Night was heard throughout the room.
Evie's eyes widened. Her arms dropped and she walked towards the door to see what was making the noise.
Audrey, Ben, and Carlos were confused. "Where are you going?" Carlos asked Evie, but she didn't answer.
She kept on going till she got to the fireplace room. The music was coming from a snow globe. Evie stared at it.
'Why is this so familiar?' She thought. She lifted up the snow globe to get a better look at it. The figurine inside had a mother and a daughter.
Suddenly a flashback came into her mind.
-Flashback-
The Evil Queen's castle on the Isle of the Lost. It was decorated on the inside with garland and lights. A young Evie played with her makeup brushes on the floor.
"Silent night, holy night," Evie sang. "All is calm, all is bright."
The Evil Queen heard Evie singing. She loved Evie's voice, but she had to stop her daughter from singing too loud.
"Evie," The Evil Queen said. Evie looked at mother. She stopped playing with her brushes.
The Evil Queen sat on the floor next to Evie. "Do you know why we don't invite anyone on the Isle here for Christmas?" She asked.
Evie's face looked confused. "No," she answered simply. The Evil Queen let out a sigh.
"Well, it's because villains don't usually celebrate Christmas," she explained. "And if we get caught celebrating Christmas, we'll be shunned."
"You know what that means, right?" The Evil Queen asked. Evie nodded.
Evie stared at her mother in surprise. She didn't know what to say. "So, try not to sing so loud," The Evil Queen said with a half smile. She tapped Evie's head.
Evie replied with a half smile as well. When her mother left, Evie looked sad. 'Shunned? Really?' She thought. She sighed and continued playing with her makeup brushes.
-End of Flashback-
A tear rolled down Evie's cheek. She looked down. Carlos, Mal, and Jay walked into the room. They saw her standing there.
"Evie?" Mal called. "Are you okay?" She asked. Evie just stood there and didn't answer.
"Carlos told me that you acted strange when a Christmas song played," Mal said. She took a few steps closer to Evie.
"Why?" Mal asked. Evie stared at the snow globe in her hand.
"My mom and I celebrated Christmas," Evie whispered. Mal thought she heard wrong.
"What?" She asked confused. Evie put down the snow globe and turned around to hug Mal.
She began crying. Mal was caught off guard. She hesitated, but tapped Evie's back. Carlos and Jay were watching from behind Mal.
"O-Okay. Let's talk about this," Mal said. She led Evie to a couch and they both sat down. Jay and Carlos sat down beside them.
Evie wiped her tears away with her hand. "My mom and I celebrated Christmas," she repeated louder for them to hear.
"On the Isle of the Lost?" Mal asked, surprised. Evie nodded.
"But no one celebrates Christmas there," Carlos commented. "They said Christmas will make us soft." Evie looked up.
"I guess my mom was," she paused for a moment cause she didn't want to say it. "Soft," she said quietly.
Mal, Jay, and Carlos looked a bit sad. "But wouldn't that be a good thing? Because we're good now, and being bad is wrong," Jay asked.
"So that means your mom has potential for good," he added.
Evie sniffled. "I miss my mommy," she said before crying and hugging the closest person next to her which was Mal.
Mal again, hesitated before petting Evie's hair. She looked at Jay and Carlos. They just shrugged.
Ben, Audrey, Lonnie, Doug, Chad, Jane, FG, Belle and Adam came into the fireplace room when they heard crying.
"What's going on?" Chad asked. Mal, Jay, and Carlos looked behind their shoulders to see their friends.
"What's wrong with Evie?" Doug asked. He walked to her.
"She misses her mom. Turns out they celebrated Christmas on the Isle," Mal explained.
Doug was surprised. Evie sat up. She looked around at her friends. She saw Doug and smiled. A little. Evie looked down at her feet.
The room was quiet. Everyone just stared at each other. Carlos looked at Evie. He didn't like seeing her like this.
"Silent night," he sang, breaking the silence. Evie and everyone else looked at him. Evie smiled. Carlos smiled back.
"Holy night," Evie joined him. "All is calm," Ben, Mal, and Jay sang along.
"All is bright."
"Round yon virgin mother and child," the rest joined.
"Holy infant so tender and mild."
"Sleep in heavenly peace."
"Sleep in heavenly peace."
Evie smiled at all her friends. "Thanks guys," she said.
"Thanks Carlos," she said to him. Carlos grinned.
He looked at Ben. "So...presents?" He asked. Ben laughed.
"Tomorrow," Ben replied.
Carlos wants presents! Luckily in the next one-shot, he will get his present. Not Christmas related though.
