YAY another chapter so soon! Wow! So I was going to post this in a few days but decide dto post it noe :p Im writing fanfiction when I should be writing the 4 paper that are due tuesday :P :( That no fun! make me no happy! I hope my papers are better than my fanfiction lol. So review pleeease.
The council was in an uproar. People were trying to yell over each other and Ben just couldn't calm them down. He kept glancing to where the two other teens were standing, facing the council. If they even moved it could cause everything to go down in flames. The moment the three of them had stepped in the door Charming was shouting about checking them for weapons. Jay of course made a rude comment with words Ben didn't want to repeat and made a lunge when the insult was retuned. Carlos, held Jay's bicep tightly and the only reason Ben was shoving his jealousy down was because he knew it was just to keep Jay from doing something stupid.
"Enough!" A female voice shouted. Everyone fell silent. Only two other times had Fairy Godmother raised her voice at a council meeting and doing so meant trouble would come to anyone that disobeyed her. "Let us calm down and let this meeting begin" she said, back in her sweet tone. Charming was the only one who didn't release his glare. His wife gently lay a hand on his shoulder in an attempt to console him.
Ben watched the interaction with a calm face that didn't show his disgust. That man was horrible and he could see Cinderella had the same opinion. It had both been in her words and her still tense body language. Ben could tell when someone was angry and that woman was furious. She was no better than the man she had married. It was no wonder they created someone as despicable and hatful as Chad.
Ben spoke steadily and loudly. "The council has reassembled due to a lack of information during yesterday's meeting. Today we will vote on whether we should bring another group of kids from the island." Charming opened his mouth but his wife hissed something in his ear that made him close it again. "Before we here the testimonies of Carlos de Vil, son of Cruela de Vil and Jay, son of Jafar, is there anything relevant that needs to be stated before we begin?"
There was no answer so Ben continued. "Carlos, I understand that this will be difficult for you but I must ask if you are willing to remove your shirt." The council saw the young boy stiffen and go white as a sheet.
"I… I" Carlos stuttered out, arms beginning to shake slightly. This was starting of just grand. Weren't they supposed to talk? Did he really have to show them!
"Carlos" Jay said in almost a whisper, touching his friend's shoulder. "This is what you wanted. You told me that we needed to help the others. God I know that you don't want them to see this but isn't that why you came? To show them your scars?" Carlos nodded mutely, before his shaking fingers went to his shirt's buttons.
Charming huffed as he watched the pathetic boy struggling to undo the last button with his shaking hands. One the button was undone Jay helped him remove the jacket. A tie was undone and handed to Jay followed by his collared shirt. Then the hard part came. Carlos grabbed the hem of his black undershirt and hesitantly pulled it up. He heard the gasped as his head was coming out of the head hole.
Every one of the council members had a disturbed look on their face, some more upset than others. Even King Charming looked troubled. Carlos stood with his back straight and eyes forward. He wouldn't show fear or weakness. This was the island and he wasn't weak. Just because things in Auradon were different, it didn't mean he should be ashamed. This was normal and he wouldn't allow anyone to make him feel ashamed of his scars. He hated them but he would stand proud. They took in the site in front of them for almost a minute, eyes roaming from scar to scar and a few undefined wounds.
"Turn" Cinderella said curtly. Aurora shot her fellow queen a glare. Carlos did as he was told. This time every king and queen made a sound. The front of his body had long and short slash marks, crisscrossing his chest and upper arms. There were probably almost a hundred old and new scars. He couldn't tell for sure because the faded scars would just be slashed again on another punishment. His back however was worse. The scars were endless. There looked to be almost chunks missing from his back but if one looked closely they'd realized they was an indent from a hot fire poker that was jabbed into him and held in the bleeding wound for nearly two minutes. They didn't know that though. Maybe he should tell them. That would help Ben wouldn't it?
As the seconds passed and the murmurs began Carlos found it less and less hard to stand proudly. He didn't care if they judged him. He wasn't week for this. He was strong. He survived things that these preppy princes and princesses couldn't even stomach. Snow white was actually turning green. Turns out not even all the kings and queens could stomach it.
"What are those from" Arora choked out. Carlos tried to look over his shoulder in a stupid manner, twisting and turning around to see his back. Ben would have laughed at him if it wasn't such a dark topic. Finally Carlos gave up trying to see and ran a finger over the different kind of scars. "That" Aurora told him as his hand met an oddly shaped black mark.
Carlos let out a load laugh, startling the council. Even jay gave his friend a worried look. It wouldn't be good if he was having a panic attack. "I'm sorry" Carlos said darkly after the initial cackle. It's just this one was because of something funny."
"What is it and what did you do?" Snow white asked. Jay's eyes went wide when he recognized the shape.
"It is…" Carlos began.
"WHY DIND'T YOU TELL ME HE DID THAT TO YOU!" Jay shouted.
"I don't have to tell you everything" Carlos said rolling his eyes. Jay's pale face turned to rage.
"That fucking bastard branded you and you didn't think you should tell me!" Jay growled. Ben's eyebrows shot up. He hadn't even thought about the black spot just above the back of Carlos's waste when he'd seen him in the shower.
"Don't get upset with me Jay" Carlos hissed. "It…"
"MY FATHER BRANDED YOU!" Jay shouted. The council flinched back in surprise.
"I was four years old" Carlos snapped in a dark voice. My mom told me not to tell you. She said you were too important an asset to scare away. Plus I shouldn't have been messing with his staff anyway." Snow gasped. The odd shape took form. Jafar's staff! The man must have heated it and hit the four year old with it.
"Carlos…" Jay started.
"Jay shut up. I know what this is about. Don't get all angry at stupid things like this. You wouldn't bat an eye if you hadn't found out about…" Carlos trailed off.
"Carlos he raped you" Jay said in almost a whisper. The few Council members who were able to make out what he said looked appalled. They hurriedly passed on what had been said to those who didn't here.
"So what" Carlos said angrily. It's not like he was the first person. That's life Jay! It's just how things work on the island. If I'd told you about the others than you wouldn't have a problem. Your only upset because it's you damn dad. So either buck up like the rest of us or cry in a corner. You will NOT act like I'm broken anymore…"
"I know you're not broken!" Jay shouted.
"Then stop acting like I am! Constantly you need to talk about this. You look at me with pity and sadness. You've never behaved like that before! Not when the evil queen kicked me off that cliff or when Maleficent chucked me in with those rottweilers or even when your dad threw me through a window! It's not any different so stop acting like it is!" Carlos was breathing heavily by the end, fists clenched and body shaking. "Never look down on me again because if you think I can't handle something as small as being raped then you're treating me like a pathetic child."
"You think caring about you is treating you like a child!" Jay growled.
"You don't show people you care like that!" Carlos shouted. "You don't pity. You pretend it didn't happen. It's disrespectful to talk about each other's punishments. What would happen if you tried to talk to Uranus, Gorden, Noreen or even Hanna about their punishments? They'd get their gangs and broke every bone in your body! Why cant you just act like anyone else on the island and look the other way?"
"Because we're not on the island!" Jay shouted. "We don't have to live that way anymore. Maybe I would have ignored everything if I was in the island but no one here is going to attack you if you ask them if they're ok."
"You might think you're helping by acting like that but you only make me feel like I should have been stronger, like I could have prevented it. I couldn't have! He tied me up and did what he wanted! I was strong enough to walk away with nothing more than a few bruises. Don't take that away from me." He growled at jay before turning away from him, back to face the council. It was only then that he realized their argument had been public.
Ben didn't know whether to be elated or horrified. He could tell by the way the council was looking at the two boys that he'd won the majority vote. But he was horrified because that was worse than anything he could have imagined. He'd thought Carlos had given him a good picture of the island but he'd been wrong. Now more than ever he knew he'd need to free those other kids.
Aurora was the one to speak up. "I request the vote for the king's proclamation begin immediately".
"I second the motion" Her husband said.
"You can't second her motion" Charming spat. "Only someone from another line can second a motion." Cinderella and Snow white nodded.
"Then I second the motion" Snow white's husband stated, holding back a glare at the Charming king.
"You're dismissed" Charming spat at the boys, shooing them with his hands as if they were pets. Carlos grabbed Jay and pulled him out of the room before he could react.
"We are not finished with this discussion" Jay hissed the moment the doors closed.
"Shirt" Carlos said.
"What?"
"Shirt" Carlos repeated, holding out his hand. Jay glanced from Carlos's hand to the clothing still in his grip. He handed over" the clothes. "And we are" Carlos said calmly. "I don't want to speak about your dad raping me again. If you have such a problem with it, ring up your old man and yell at him, NOT ME!" Carlos stomped away adjusting his tie as he went.
Charming was the first one to speak when the doors shut. "I don't give a crap what they say. Their word means nothing. Sure the boy has some scars but how do we know his friends didn't give them to him. If you won't send them back then you have to open your eyes and realize they are nothing but uncivilized, disgusting varmints that are no better than rats. And they should be treated the same way, exterminate the little freaks!"
"Stop ranting" Snow white's husband huffed. "Let someone who has a real opinion to speak." King Charmin's face reddened.
"There's no question" Aurora said. "I refuse to allow any child to be treated like that. I don't believe they are lying Charming" She said with as much fake respect as she could muster. "We'll bring another small group over and see how they interact and if they change as much as the first four did then I say we start bringing them in larger groups."
"You're getting a little ahead of yourself dear." Her husband said, signaling with his eyes to look at the other members. Her comment hadn't boded well with everyone. "Let's just take this one step at a time."
"I agree" Snow said. "I don't think any of our opinions will change so I suggest we vote."
"This is what the motion was" Charming said sarcastically. Ben calmed himself before addressing the matter.
Ben ignored him and stood. "All in favor of bringing another group of children from the isle of the lost." Six hands were raised. "All apposed." The two Charmings raised their hands. "Then it is decided. I'll reveal my decision on who will…"
"You don't get to decide again" Charming barked. "For all we know that whore of yours is influencing you. I demand the decision of which children will come be decided by the lower council, that way those villains hold no power over the decision."
Ben's hands turned to fists but knew his fellow king was just bating him. "I agree." Ben said slowly through clenched teeth. "Five hands rose?" All hands rose. "All apposed?" Snow white, Aurora and Arora's husband all raised their hands. "Those in favor have the majority vote. The lower council shall be contacted and briefed. I suggest four days before their meeting so they can be briefed on all that has happened. Unless someone is apposed?" The room stayed silent. "Then the meeting is adjourned. The schedule stays the same, all council days stay the same. We get together again in four weeks from today." The council stood and ambled out of the room.
What did you think? Review and tell meeeeee! After i'd posted the council I'd realized I'd missed some people and since i was anal about it I went through all the disney royalty and picked out enough to finish a lower council. Also every OC both from the isle and Auradon are an actual charactor with disney parents but they may never be mentioned. If you want me to list the parents of each OC tell me :p any part of the plot will have their parents stated in the story.