As the party continues, Gus didn't exactly know how to tell Jay about his parents. During the event, he spotted Prince Aladdin and Princess Jasmine talking to Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder.
"Ben, this is a lovely party," an old short man says to the king. "And Princess Anna isn't as cold as her powers."
King Benjamin and Garion began to laugh. "No, Grandpa, Queen Elsa is the one with the ice powers. Oh, Garion, this is my grandfather, Maurice. Grandpa, this is my new friend, Garion."
"Nice to meet you, sir." Garion greets him politely. Belle's father, he thought. According to Gaston, Maurice was just some crazy old man who has been loosing it ever since.
Maurice carefully studied the tall boy. "You look very familiar. I think I've seen you before…except with a different outfit."
"Oh, you must mean my twin brother, Gus," Garion mentions. "Yeah, nobody can ever tell us apart."
"No, no, I mean you look a lot like…Gaston." At that moment, Garion's heart drops into his stomach. He should've known that Maurice would recognize him by his father.
In order to change the subject, Ben interrupts, "Grandpa, you made another gadget again?" He points to the object in the man's wrinkled hand.
"Yes, I did, Ben." Maurice holds it up to the boys. "Now this is for a person who's heart may stop beating. All you need to do is yank on this lever a bunch of time and press it against a person's chest. It'll jump up their heart. Unfortunately, it's not exactly working very well. See?" The man demonstrates by pulling the lever multiple times and the machine just died down.
Garion thinks it over for a second. "Maurice, may I see that for a moment?"
The old man hands his invention to him and Garion grabs a seat. He places it on the table and opens it up. Garion starts adjusting the wires and plugging them to the right parts.
After that, he closes it and gives it back to Maurice. "Try it now."
Maurice yanks on it a few times and slams it on a silver plate. The plate was shocked with a little electricity and stops. "Eureka!" Maurice exclaims. "You did it!"
"I got to be honest, Octavia," Lonnie tells her. "I do love your hair. It's all gothic and different. So that's your natural hair?"
Octavia answers her, "Yeah, it's the same color. I call it 'Deadly Blonde.'"
"It's so a new look," Audrey compliments her. "I've been thinking of coloring my hair blonde."
"Hey, I'm going to go get some more drink. You girls want anything?" The girls didn't want anything.
Octavia walks over to the buffet and got another drink. She turns back and nearly bumps into an old man. The man was tall and built. He had long white hair and long beard to match. His skin was slightly tan and he had on a white suit. "I am so sorry," she apologizes.
"Oh, that's alright, dear." He tells her. "No harm done. I've never seen you here before."
"I'm new here." Octavia informs him. "Although it's my second week, I think I know you from somewhere."
Suddenly, Melody comes up to the man and hugs him. "Hi, Grandpa." The girl had black hair and green eyes. She turns to the sea hag and frowns. "Octavia."
"Melody." Octavia says her name. Even though she never actually met the girl, she knew that the princess wanted nothing to do with her.
"Grandpa, you shouldn't be talking to this girl." Melody tells him.
The old man stood there confused. "Melody, where are your manners? How dare you be hostile towards this lovely young girl?"
Melody turns to the sea witch and asks her, "You do know who my grandfather is? King Triton, Ariel's father."
That one truth triggered something inside of Octavia. She felt like she had been stabbed in the stomach. Octavia stumbles back and murmurs, "Triton?"
"Are you alright, my dear?" He asks her seeing how frightened she was.
Octavia turns back and collided into a waiter with a tray of glass waters. The drinks fall onto Octavia's hands and chest. "No, no, no, no!" She cries out.
It was too late.
The sea witch falls to the ground as her transformation begins. Her legs slowly morphed into six black tentacles and her clothes disappear leaving her top body nude. Octavia's pale blonde hair grows long enough to cover her naked chest.
People nearby started to panic in horror. "You!" Triton yelled at her. "Ursula! Ursula!"
"No, I'm not Ursula!" Octavia tries to explain. "I'm not her! I'm her daughter!"
As the whole party continues to shriek in chaos, her friends turn their attention to her. Elizabeth drops her glass making it shatter into pieces on the floor. "Octavia!" She hollers.
Elizabeth and the twins quickly run their friend's side. Since she was nude, Garion takes off his jacket and puts it on her. Gus bends down and puts his hand under her back and knees. He carries her in his strong arms as she hides her face in shame. "I got you, O." He tells her. "I got you." Gus takes her to an empty table and places her in a chair.
Mal and Carlos come to check on her as well. It was humiliating for Octavia. Unlike most people, she turns into a human and octopus hybrid when she's wet.
"Ursula!" Triton continues to scream. "What is she doing here? How did she stay so young? Why is she here?"
"She's not Ursula, Old Man Wiggleby!" Elizabeth insults him.
Jay quickly holds her back. "Liz, he's King Triton!" He whispers to her.
"I don't care who you are. You don't be embarrassing my friend like that!"
Fairy Godmother and Ben try to calm the merman King down. "King Triton, they came from the Isle of the Lost." Fairy Godmother explains to him. "They're the children of the villains."
"I allowed them to come to Auradon," Ben added. "They're just kids."
"How could you let them come here?" Princess Ariel demanded as she grabs hold of her daughter. "Do you have any idea what their parents have done to us, our families? All of them tried to destroy us because that's what they do! Her mother and aunt tried to kill me and my child!"
How dare she talk about their parents like that? She made it seem like it was their faults. Garion heard about the Little Mermaid, but he saw it the other way around. "Hey, no offense, Not-So Little Mermaid, but it was actually your fault that Ursula came after you!" Garion pointed out. "Think about it, Ariel. They told you not to go to Ursula, but you didn't listen. You signed the contract and you knew what you were getting yourself into. Of course Ursula was going to trick her. So it was your own damn fault, Ariel!"
"Don't you talk to my mother like that!" Melody barks at him. "She was victim of that sea witch!"
"Oh, look who's talking!" Garion mocks her. "You went to Morgana so you can be a mermaid too! You did the same thing that your mom did and blame Octavia for it!"
Evie stops him. "Stop, Garion! You are making this worse than it already is."
"Forget it, Evie." Garion tells her. "I'm not gonna stand here and let them talk about us like that."
"We mean you no harm!" Evie says aloud. "We're just the same as your own children!"
Rapunzel replies, "Our children are nothing like you! We raise them to be good. Villains don't raise their own kids the same as ours."
None of them could take it anymore. The one person to speak up was Elizabeth. "You're right about that. Our parents didn't raise us in golden castles with hundreds of toys and clothes. The Isle of the Lost isn't exactly a place to raise a child, but you people left us there. Our parents treated us more like minions and sidekicks. Garion and Gus are Gaston's sons. He wants them to be strong ladies men like he once was. The man made them lift weights and flirt with girls since they were little boys. Gaston doesn't even care if one of them is smart or not. He cares about brawn more than brains."
"Gaston," Maurice says under his breath. "Poor boys."
"Octavia is the daughter of Ursula!" Elizabeth declares. "Yeah, you think even villains love their kids? Ursula taught Octavia how to swim by throwing her the water and letting her drown until she starts swimming. She forgets her birthday and doesn't even remember how old she is.
"And me—my father is Captain Hook. I have to call him Captain because he is that before he's ever my father. When I do something wrong, he threatens me. Do you have any idea what it's like having your own father hold a sword at your throat? The scary part is that he's so evil that he is willing to kill his own child just like it was nothing." Tears began running down her face. Elizabeth turns back and is comforted by Evie.
Garion folds his arms and comes up to Ben. "You happy now? Now you know what life is like on the island. None of you would last a day there. Our parents wouldn't even care if we left home and die on the streets. Ben, you lied to me. They haven't let it go. They're just treating us like our parents. I know you're kind at heart, Ben, but they're not as accepting as you are. Your parents raised you good and I wish that they were mine as well. We're done being your little freak show."
Then, they started to walk away. Gus picked Octavia up and followed Garion and Elizabeth back to their dorms.
The whole ballroom was silent. Nobody knew what to say after what they heard from them. They just couldn't believe that they witnessed this event.
At last, Ben turns to his guest and says aloud, "You know the truth about them. These children are innocent and you're making them pay for their parents' sins. I expected so much from each of you. You just can't let it go, can you? Shame on all of you."
Back in the twins' dorm, Gus and Garion were packing up their things. Octavia was finally dried and able to walk again.
"Are we going home?" She asks them.
"No, we're not." Garion tells them. "We'll just leave and start our new lives here. It'll be great."
Elizabeth begins lighting a match. She glares at it and blows it out. "Jack's parents will never let me see him again. I should've known that it was a mistake."
"But it was worth it, right?" Gustav asks her as he stuffs his clothes in his bag.
The pirate slowly nods. "Yeah, it was."
Worried about them, Mal opens the door to Octavia and Elizabeth's dorm. "Hey, guys, you here?" She says aloud.
They were nowhere in sight. Suddenly, Mal notices something on the dresser. It was the glowing potion. She picks it up and studies it. "What is this?" She says to herself.
Out of the blue, it slips out of Mal's hand. The glass bottle shatters on the floor releasing purple smoke out of it. It floats up to Mal and she begins coughing. Then, she stops choking and looks at the mirror.
Her eyes started glowing.