It was unusual for Fairy Godmother to be late to her own class, especially one that she had created. It was even more strange for the Isle teens to find a television on a cart standing right up front where the chalk board was.

"Are we going to watch a movie?" Carlos dared to believe they would get a pass on the ridiculous lessons for that day.

"I doubt it…" Mal eyed the television rather suspiciously.

"Children, excuse me!" Fairy Godmother came rushing down the aisle between the desks.

"We were wondering what this was for…?" Shreya made a gesture to the television.

There was a nervous tint in Fairy Godmother's face that hadn't quite been there for a while. It reminded the teenagers of their early days in Auradon where everyone was outright terrified of them. "Um, as you know, uh, this Sunday is family day here at Auradon prep. And because your parents can't be here due to,
uh, distance-" she made a gesture with her arms, "-we've arranged for a special treat."

The teenagers intently watched the woman pick up a television remote and turn on said television. In a second they had their parents' faces right in front of them. All of the villains were trying to get their computer to work in order to make the video chat useful.

"Huh," Shreya tilted her head thoughtfully, "Shuriki the Dark Sorceress...taken down by a little ole laptop?" Her friends snickered beside her and Fairy Godmother just stared curiously at them. It was quite a sight to see villains and their children interacting up close.

Eventually, the villains had pressed (by sheer luck) the right button that brought their screen alive.

"Evie, It's mommy. Oh!" went the Evil Queen, who looked - by far - to be the only parent who was truly happy to see their child. Evie gave a meek wiggle of her fingers at her mother. "Look how beautiful. Oh, you know what they say, the poison apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

"Don't you mean the weeds?" Jafar muttered who instantly earned himself a glare.

"Who's the old bat?" someone asked but since Jafar and Evil Queen had gotten into a rather loud argument, it was hard to tell who was speaking.

Mal gave an apologetic glance at Fairy God mother. "This is fairy godmother."

Maleficent took pleasure in seeing the woman again. "Still doing tricks with eggplants?"

Fairy Godmother was falling under the provocation as she moved to be just in front of the camera. "I turned a pumpkin into a beautiful carriage!" she said as if she were trying to convince the teenagers behind her. Out of sheer apology on behalf of their parents, they gave her smiles.

Maleficent had not been done however. "You really couldn't give Cinderella till one A.M.? I mean, really. What, the hamsters had to be back on their little wheels?"

"They were mice!" Fairy Godmother almost turned red while the villains laughed in her face. "They were not - they were mice!"

Eventually, Shuriki cut into the laughter with her usual cold voice. "Let us speak to our children you old bat."

Fairy Godmother puffed and stepped to the side, and Shreya slipped in a quiet apology before facing their parents on the screen.

"Hello...mother…" Shreya said, quite nervous.

Shuriki of course spotted such behavior and Shreya watched, with dread, as her mother's face filled with cold suspicion. "I miss you, dear," Shuriki said so cooly that if anyone in Auradon had heard they would've believed the Sorceress was actually kind and nurturing.

Shreya knew better.

"You children are never far from our thoughts," Jafar added.

"How long must Mommy wait to see you, Mal?" Maleficent inquired, following, but failing, Shuriki's act.

Mal glanced at her friends, all of them sharing the same nerve wrecking feelings. "Um, there's a big coronation coming up. I think sometime probably after...that."

"When?" came Shuriki's voice again, her dark eyes boring into Shreya's despite being screens.

"F-Friday, 10 a.m," Shreya spoke quietly.

"You sure I can't see you before that?"

"N-no ma'am…"

"Carlos, is that a dog?" Cruella had stuck her face in front of the screen. Her hand flew to the fake dog wrapped over her shoulders. "Oh, yes, yes, baby, I do understand. It would make the perfect size for earmuffs. He's the perfect size for a pet!"

Carlos instinctively held onto Dude tighter, as if his mother would climb out of the screen for him. "This dog loves me, and I love him! And F.Y.I, your dog is stuffed!"

Cruella had never looked so offended in her life. "Oh!"

"So give it a rest!"

Jafar cackled. "Oh-ho! Burn!"

"Oh! Why don't you go sell a toaster, you two-bit salesman!" Cruella turned on him, starting battle between them.

"People who talk to stuffed animals shouldn't throw stones!"

"Oh, well, people who sell toasters shouldn't use mixed metaphors!"

"Enough!" Shuriki shrieked at the two but neither paid her any attention.

Their children watched dejectedly knowing their briefest attention on them had vanished. They'd forgotten how that felt honestly. In the end, Jay turned the television off.

Fairy Godmother felt pity for them, never having seen such parenting. "I'm so sorry."

"Thanks for the special treat," Jay politely thanked her.

"Of course."

Shreya shook her head and turned to leave. No one wanted to stay there a moment longer.

"M?" Evie quietly spoke. "What do you think our parents are gonna do to us. If we don't pull this off?"

Mal opened her mouth then shut it, thinking on what everyone would like to hear. "I think they will be quietly disappointed in us, but ultimately...proud of us for doing our best."

Shreya stopped ahead and turned sideways, sharing shocked and confused expressions like the rest.

"Really?" Jay was the one to break the silence.

"No," Mal didn't hesitate to break the lie. "I think we are definitely goners."

"There's a reason why Shuriki was the last villain to be captured," Shreya informed and started off again.

The rest gulped. Shuriki had managed to defy the Auradons for an extra year or so by cursing and causing chaos in parts of Avalor. She evaded capture and perhaps gave Auradon its last run for their land. Yes, meeting her wrath was not on anyone's list.

~0~

When Sunday rolled by, the whole school was buzzing with parent day preparations. For that day, neither Elle nor Audrey had time to snag insults at the Isle teens as they were head of the preparation committee and were head up to heels in work. When Shreya had woken up that morning, a bit late mind you, she was a bit confused to find Mal and Evie coming into the room already dressed and whatnot.

"Did you guys raid the kitchen without me?" Shreya groggly asked as she climbed out of bed. "Because that's one serious theft I'm committed to." She discovered she absolutely loved macadamian cookies and was not afraid to take some.

"Ha, ha, no," Mal sarcastically swayed her head. "We figured since everyone was busy with Parents' day that we could get a good look at the cathedral where the coronation is going to be."

Shreya was frozen for a minute, part of her bed's spread in her hand. "...and?"

Mal shrugged. "It's big and wide, perfect for our escape. You'll probably be right by the platform where the wand will be so…"

"I have the perfect chance to get the wand," Shreya understood. She went back to doing her bed for the day.

"Exactly," Evie said quietly, both she and Mal matching with nervous looks. It was no longer a secret that the mission hadn't turned out to be their number one desire. However, it wasn't spoken out loud either.

They were villains, after all, plotting and stealing is what they did. It was in their blood.

~0~

Shreya tugged on her turquoise skirt on their way to the school gardens. She was sure that the same skirt - a high-low skirt - had fit her just fine on the Isle. Then again, on the Isle their meals were scarce and not as delicious...which meant a lot of less amount of 'snacks'. No matter, she'll just have to ask Evie to make the adjustments for her. There was no way in hell she was giving up the snacks.

"Stop tugging," Evie scolded but all Shreya did was move on to fix her purple buttoned-up blouse tucked underneath her skirt. "What is wrong with you!?"

Shreya groaned. There wasn't anything wrong with her, at least not that she could voice out. Fortunately, or unfortunately, her friends thought they did.

"We're surrounded by everyone who despises us," Jay said.

"And now with their parents," Mal had added once she began spotting a few familiar faces amongst the crowd from a stone balcony.

"Snow White," Evie couldn't help glower. "She's the one who took my Mother's grimoire you know."

"We know," Mal, Jay and Carlos groaned with exhaustion.

"There's Cinderella, Evie," Shreya pointed to the bright blonde in the crowd, believing that would cheer Evie up a bit.

"Hey guys," Jane startled the group from behind. She smiled widely despite the clear shock on her friends' group. She wore a cute little lavender, polka-dotted, dress. Her curly hair was pulled into a half up and half down style.

"Jane, why aren't you down with the others?" Carlos pointed at the group of Auradon students centered at the head of the garden. It appeared they were going to do a little show in a bit.

"Oh, Audrey said I wasn't needed for their show," Jane said, rather disappointed.

The group exchanged looks. Figured Audrey would pull something like that. Still, Jane put on the same cheerful smile Fairy Godmother face often put on. She led them down into the actual garden just as the Auradon students started their show.

'Ma chere mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight.'

"That's adorable," Shreya remarked at the procession. They were singing the same song that had once been sang to Belle by the Beast's workers (then house pieces).

"Yeah," Jane agreed, and it was clear as day to the group that she would have loved to participate in the song.

Almost everyone they knew was in on it - Elle, Lonnie and Audrey were the lead girls of course with Ben as the head of it all. Chad and Doug flanked him, and Mal had pointed out that Princess Merida's son - the same boy who the group swore had a crush on her - was just behind them.

'And now we invite you to relax.
Let us pull up a chair, as the dining room proudly presents your dinner…'

In that moment, Shreya had never thought that Ben had looked as charming as he did now. She soon wondered where that came from...and decided she wouldn't like to know.

Jane excused herself to meet with her mother, and left the group just by the chocolate fountain. Seeing that glorious thing, Jay and Carlos rushed to try it out. Evie was handed Dude and despite her curiosity, Mal even started eyeing the fountain with a degree of interest.

'Be our guest, be our guest
Put our service to the test
Tie your napkin round your neck, cherie,and we'll provide the rest,'

Shreya entertained herself deeply with the event. She had never seen so many parents enthusiastic with something their children did. On the Isle she was sure the entire thing would've been laughed at. Here, the effort was appreciated, and loved.

"No! Celia!"

"Ow!" Shreya jumped back when she felt something roll right over her shoe. She cursed Evie for making her wear open-toed heels.

A metal - dog ? - had stopped just beside her, scaring the living crap out of her. A light-skinned, raven-haired girl of about twelve years came scurrying over to Shreya.

"I'm so sorry!" the girl exclaimed and hurriedly picked up the metal tin dog which couldn't be bigger than her forearms. "I guess I still have some glitches to work out."

"Glitches…?" Shreya eyed the dog with mighty confusion. "You mean...you created that?"

The girl nodded her head, seeming quite proud to admit her creation. "Took me a while but I'm almost there. I thought i give it a test drive here, but…"

"I think you need to check the driving gears a bit," Shreya said, wishing she could rub her foot at the moment. The dog may not seem heavy but she was sure her bruise would prove it wrong.

"Yeah, sorry," the girl smiled sheepishly.

Shreya studied the girl a bit and realized that she had not seen this girl at all in Auradon Prep. "Are you new here?"

"Oh, I don't go here!" the girl exclaimed. "I go to a technology academy. But my cousin goes here so my Mom and I came to see her. I'm Isela by the way."

"Shreya," the Isle teen introduced herself as well.

Isela glanced back at the singing procession and smiled softly. "They're really good, huh?"

Shreya looked past Isela and of course smiled like her.

Come on and lift your glass
You've won your own free pass,
To be our guest,

"Charming," Shreya settled for, but Isela didn't know she'd only been referring to one specific singer of the group.

If you're stressed it's fine dining we suggest,
Be our guest, be our
guest, be our guest
Yeah, yeah, uh, come on
Be our guest, be our guest,

Come on, come on
Be our guest!

The entire crowd cheered for the students once they were done.

"Shreya! Look at these!" Carlos was too excited about the chocolate fountain to care for the singing procession. He was holding chocolate covered strawberries, and Shreya was momentarily taken away when she saw even Mal was trying them out.

"What's wrong with them?" Isela gawked at the teens by the chocolate fountain. Shreya knew that the girl probably wasn't in the loop about Ben's proclamation and Shreya decided that it was better if Isela stayed that way.

Thankfully, Ben came by and deferred any explanation that would have outed the Isle teens. "Shreya," the King-to-be was completely ecstatic, "what did you think?"

"We thought - collectively - that you were all a bunch princes and princesses being your fluffy selves," Shreya responded with a widened smile on the verge of laughter.

"Is that...is that...bad…?" Ben shot the other Isle teens a confused glance. Only Evie gave a somewhat nod to their conversation.

With a laugh, Shreya shook her head. "For you, no. I've grown accustomed to your princely ways."

This time it was Ben who had a laugh. Hearing his name being called by their family's photographer, he knew he had to leave again. "I will be back as soon as possible, okay?" Shreya was in the middle of nodding when Ben swooped down and stole a kiss from her. Although startled, Shreya smiled like only a smitten girl would.

Isela reminded of her presence as soon as Ben was gone. She was gaping with a mouth open. "I didn't know Prince Ben wasn't dating Audrey anymore." Shreya was then fairly amused when Isela stomped her foot much like a child would. "Sometimes it sucks not coming to Auradon."

"You don't go to do Auradon?" Mal had finally torn her attention from the chocolate fountain and walked over to the two with a half-eaten chocolate covered strawberry in her hand.

Isela shook her head and motioned to her dog still in her arms. "My mom created a technology academy and since I'm really good - or at least I like to think I'm good - at making stuff, I go there instead."

"But you're like...ten," Mal gave Isela a brief look over.

"I'm twelve," Isela shrugged her shoulders, apparently not at all offended by the assumption. "I'm only a year older than my Mom was when she started to invent stuff. Did you know that she invented a portable wardrobe powered by an exercise bike when she was just eleven years old?"

"No. But I bet Audrey has," Mal rolled her eyes.

"Shreya!" they heard Ben calling from the photographer's place.

"Uuh…" Shreya had gone pale-faced when she realized Ben wanted her to meet with him and his parents.

Evie gave an innocent push forwards and earned herself a rather mean look in return.

"Shreya!"

With a sigh, Shreya moved and met Ben halfway. "What are you…?"

"I wanna introduce you to my parents," he said like it was obvious, and really it had been. He took her by the hand and walked them back to his parents.

"Believe me I think they know enough about me," Shreya mumbled under her breath. Neither the Queen nor the King seemed to be having a better time than Shreya.

"This is Shreya. From the Island. My girlfriend." Ben was still smiling incredibly happy, making Shreya wonder how the hell he managed to do that. It must be an Auradon thing.

"Hi," Shreya gave a meek wave of her hand.

"I was thinking maybe she can join us for lunch," Ben said, but Shreya wished he would stop talking already.

"Of... course," Queen Belle said, her face still trying to claim its calmness again.

"Um, I actually came with my friends," Shreya quickly inputted. If she was going to have to spend time with the Queen and King then she woul not do it alone. It sort of went like the 'If I go down you all go down with me', but in this case she was doing it for support.

"Well, you should invite them," the King automatically said. "Because the more the merrier!"

"Yeah, I'll go grab them," Shreya pointed back and silently thanked for the opportunity to leave.

"Uh, how about a game of croquet before lunch?" the King stopped her from leaving, along with Ben.

"Huh? Of course…" Shreya nodded.

"Game on," the King said for Ben's case, the two joining fists.

"Game on!" Ben exclaimed and turned himself and Shreya around to get the rest of their friends. As they walked, Ben had the idea to inquire over Shreya's status in 'croquet'. "Have you played before?"

Shreya unceremoniously snorted. "You do know the story of the Queen of Hearts, right?"

"Right, right, so you do."

"Well yeah, but if no one's threatening to cut my head off I'm going to be playing for real!"

"Wait, that's real?" Ben stopped for a moment. "She actually...you know...did the thing with the 'off with their head!'?"

"Oh yeah. She's done it for real," Shreya nodded fast and laughed at Ben's reaction.

His eyes widened to the impossible. The Queen of Hearts was definitely not a woman he would like to meet in his lifetime.

~ 0 ~

Croquet indeed turned out to be a little more fun when someone wasn't threatening to have your head at each round. Although for some - say a boyfriend who was interested in holding onto a girlfriend - the game wasn't as much fun.

"Ha, I win," Shreya laughed when she'd made another score.

Ben groaned and moved beside her, actually looking offended. "C'mon!"

Shreya laughed at him. "Aw, is someone mad I'm beating them? I had my fair practice with the Queen of Hearts' daughter. I beat her ass at every round."

"When you say 'beat' do you mean like a clean game, or…?"

Shreya mocked an offended gasp, even putting a hand on her chest. "Are you accusing of me cheating?"

Ben gave a tilt of his head, now smirking, and neared Shreya. "You are from the Isle, remember?"

"Mhm…" Shreya matched his smirk with her own.

"And let's be honest, your definitions of 'fun games' does include a lot of cheating…"

"If you don't quit I might just hit you over the head with this mallet," Shreya warned in a highly sarcastic manner.

"I've got a better idea of what we should do..." Ben didn't hesitate to kiss her there and then.

But before Shreya could truly enjoy the kiss - because she really was beginning to enjoy them - something quite heavy rolled over her feet again. "Not again!" Shreya instinctively pulled away and hissed at the pain she now felt on her toes.

Ben was nearly trampled over by the actual dog of the school, Dude, who was chasing after the tin dog. "What the…?" Ben truly had no words for that.

"Sorry! Sorry!" Isela came running towards the two, along with Carlos.

"Dude won't let it go!" Carlos complained to Isela, without properly knowing the girl.

"Isela…" Ben had grabbed the tin dog before Dude could efficiently try to bite it, "...is this really yours?"

Isela sheepishly nodded her head. "Y-yes. I-I made it...but it doesn't work that well yet. I thought I c-could try it out h-here…"

"Yeah, it seems to have a love for my feet," Shreya threw her a mock glare.

"They are lovely feet," Ben said first and foremost, causing Shreya to roll her eyes. He then handed the tin dog to Isela. "And this is a grand creation, Isela. You're amazing. Just like your mother."

Isela's face completely lit up at the praise. "Thank you, Prince Ben!"

Ben chuckled. "You know you can just call me by my name, right?"

Isela sheepishly nodded. "Isela, you want to play a round?" Shreya decided to ask, figuring the girl could use a break from her 'creations'.

"I've never played before," Isela admitted.

"We can teach you. Carlos, take care of the tin dog," Shreya snapped her fingers. Carlos scowled.

"Her name is Celia," Isela didn't hesitate to hand over her tin dog to Carlos. "And you should probably keep it off."

With a grumble, Carlos stalked off with the tin dog and Dude behind him.

"I'll go get a mallet," Isela exclaimed and rushed off.

Shreya smiled as she watched Isela go off. "Where's she from, Ben?"

Ben innocently looked away. Shreya would have noticed his nervous, shifting, expressions if she hadn't been taken away by a fashionable girl across the garden playing croquet as well.

"Who is that?" she couldn't help laugh.

"Hm?" Ben followed her gaze to the girl Shreya was talking about. Said girl was playing a round of croquet with Jane, but what probably took Shreya away was the odd, colorful hat sitting on top of the stranger girl's head matching her oddly colorful clothing. "Oh, that's Hallie." Shreya gave a questioning look in return. "The Mad Hatter's daughter, you know-"

Shreya had gasped, going as far as letting her mallet drop to the ground. For a minute, Ben thought she was scared or angry...but then Shreya had started giggling like never before. It shocked Ben because this was the lightest, warmest Shreya had ever been.

"What? What is it?" he reached for Shreya's arm.

"I-is she, you know, from like...the whole Wonderland place…?" Shreya was expressing a giddy smile, her hand latching onto Ben's arm for a minute. "W-w-ith the...the talking fl-flowers and...the cat! The Cheshire cat!" she covered her mouth, squealing excitedly.

"Who are you and what have you done with Shreya?" Ben was in the mixture of confusion and amusement.

"You don't understand," Shreya dropped her hands, sobering from her smiling, "Wonderland has always sounded like...the right sort of crazy I have wanted to see. It's probably one of the few places I've ever been truly curious of in Auradon."

"Really?" Ben raised an eyebrow.

"Mhm," Shreya nodded. "Oh my God, Wonderland! Is that place real? Could I see it? Like properly see it with my own eyes?"

"Yes, it's in our forest just between Auradon City and Camelot."

"Oh my God," Shreya threw her head back laughing.

"Would you like to meet Hallie? She's actually really nice - albeit a bit...cooky," Ben said, reaching for one of Shreya's hands.

"No way, she probably hates my guts too," Shreya shrugged. "But just promise me you'll show me pictures of Wonderland, alright?"

"I've got a better idea - we could visit soon," Ben grabbed her other hand and pulled her up to him. "I could show you the singing flowers...the Cheshire cat might be a bit trickier to see. He lives to be mischevous."

"I know a thing or two about that," Shreya cheekily said. "Could I see the Queen of Hearts' castle?"

"Yeah, I'm sure we could open it up again," Ben nodded his head. "I could set it up all nice for you."

Shreya smiled softly, taking a good moment to look at him. "You are nothing of how I imagine you would be, you know that?"

"I dread to think what you thought of me before on the Isle…"

"Oh, um, something along the lines of preppy...goody goody...know-it-all ...clueless… naive, a bit-"

"Okay!" Ben put a hand over Shreya's mouth. "I got it."

Shreya snickered.

"I got one! Look!" Isela came running back to them with a mallet in hand. "Is it really alright to play with you two?"

"No problem," Shreya assured, Ben nodding in agreement.

"You already have a partner," Isela shrugged, her eyes scanning the area nearby. "Maybe I should find someone else. Like her," she pointed to someone past them.

Following the finger, they saw it was Mal who was attempting to play. However, there was an elderly, dark-skinned woman nearing the girl. Shreya would have let it slide had it not been for Audrey swinging by.

"YOU!" The elderly woman suddenly shouted, startling everyone nearby. Even Mal had jumped back a bit. "How are you here? And how have you stayed so young?"

Ben and Shreya had ran over, along with Isela.

"What did you tell her?" Shreya immediately demanded from Audrey. She assumed Audrey had let some horrible thing slip of Mal and now had the old woman losing it.

"She's her 'grammy'," Mal sourly explained. "And she thinks I'm my Mom."

Shreya shivered. "No…"

"Queen Leah, It's okay. Maleficent is still on the island," Ben hurriedly explained. "This is her daughter, Mal. Don't you remember my proclamation to give the new generation a chance?"

This, however, was still no better than believing Mal was Maleficent. "A chance to what, Ben? Destroy us?" Queen Leah demanded.

"You're Maleficent's daughter?" Isela's eyes widened and were now glued on Mal who shifted uncomfortably in her spot.

"Come on," Queen Leah looked at the others who were gathering nearby. "You remember, don't you? The poison apples. And the spells. Spells. My daughter…" she set a cold, hard look on Mal, "...was raised by fairies because of your mother's curse. So her first words, her first steps, I missed it all!"

"Hey, you're no good yourself lady!" Shreya snapped. "What happened was horrible - I will be the first to admit - but you and the rest of your little Auradon royalty are no better."

"How dare you-"

"No how dare you claim to be all good and mighty when you cast off a whole second generation of children to a an Island to live on your scraps!?"

"Don't speak to my grandmother that way!" Audrey tried to argue but at that moment Shreya's eyes had glowed red, scaring her to silence.

"Shreya…" Ben would have really liked to avoid a confrontation like this but Shreya pushed him away. Evie, Carlos and Jay had hurried over now.

"You punished the culprits, fine, but you sentenced people like me, like Mal, like so many other children to live a life of poverty while your brat of a grandchild lived in a frikin castle with all the commodities children of the Isle could only dream of."

"You're from the Isle too…" Isela stepped back from Shreya.

"Isela! Get away from her!" Elle's sharp voice cut into the mix. She and Chad were hurrying towards them.

"But I-"

"Get away! Now!"

Isela moved to Audrey's side, although she didn't look too happy.

"Elle's your cousin!?" Shreya said in disbelief. She then shot an accusing look to Ben, because she was sure he knew all along and purposely hid it from her.

"My mom's Princess Isabel," Isela said, confused, "Queen Elena's sister and my aunt."

Shreya could not believe her ears. "You're just as bad as they are then," she made it clear for anyone wishing to hear.

Elle blocked her cousin's way. "You are nothing."

"Elle…" Ben pleaded, but Chad cut in next.

"They were raised by their parents, Ben. What do you think villains teach their kids? Huh? Kindness? Fair play? No way, okay? Uh-uh." Chad pointed an accusing finger at Shreya. "You stole another girl's boyfriend!"

"I'll beat you into a pulp," Shreya threatened and moved forwards but Mal latched onto her arm and kept her still.

"You enjoy hurting people!" Chad then accused Jay. "And you-" he settled a condescending look on Evie, "you're nothing but a gold digger and a cheater."

Evie's jaw tightened. She pulled out her miniature magic mirror. " Mirror, mirror, in my hand, who's the biggest jerk in the land?" she flashed it in Chad's face, showing a clear picture of himself.

"What?" Chad tried snatching the mirror from Evie's hand, only mildly pushing her...but it was enough for Jay to get involved.

"Back off!" Jay had pushed Chad backwards.

Chad did not go down easy, which pushed for Evie to pull out her own secret weapon. With the perfume Mal had made, which was a mild sleeping potion, she sprayed it in Chad's face. The blonde collapsed on the ground.

"Chad!" Audrey shrieked. Doug and Lonnie had come over to help Chad off the ground and hopefully to awaken him.

"What the hell is that!?" Elle wasn't even trying to help Chad, far more interested in the perfume bottle. "New spell you got, Mal?" Mal backed away, pulling Shreya with her. "But we can't…"

"Come on, Shreya," Mal tugged harder. The place was no longer safe for them, and above all they took care of their own.

Shreya crossed gazes with Elle and scowled called before following Mal and the others away.

~0~

Later on, the Isle teens had found an area to just take their lunch and inevitably think about the fiasco that happened earlier. They blamed themselves, honestly, for believing this day would turn out any other way than the actual way it did. Everyone acted the way they originally believed they would.

They were villains, after all.

All these thoughts swarmed in each of the Isle teens' heads. Their lunch trays hadn't even been touched. And behind their table stood the very people they were now despising with everything they had...with a few exceptions.

"Hey, guys," Ben thanked his lucky stars he was able to find them so easily. He feared they might have done something on a whim like go back to the Isle or something. "How is everyone?" No one answered him. "Hey, listen. Forget about it. All right? It was nothing. Forget about it. Let it go."

But of course they couldn't. And wouldn't.

"Tomorrow, after the coronation, I promise everything will be okay." He stopped behind Shreya, putting his hands on her shoulders. He leaned down beside and spoke quieter, softer. "I have to go." She gave a brief nod in return. "I'll see you guys later."

"Poor unfortunate soul," Shreya mumbled under her breath. She wished she could think the way Ben did, but that - she assumed - came with living in Auradon. On the Isle you would never hear 'It's going to be okay'.

"Listen, Evie-" Doug crept to their table, and immediately Evie straightened up, "-I wanna talk about earlier today. I just-"

Chad saw the moment and growled. "Doug!"

Evie wished he wouldn't be pulled away from her but also knew the circumstances. "It's my fault, Doug. I'm sorry."

"No, It's mine-"

"Doug!" Chad called, and louder, to where Doug had to give in and turn to Chad.

"What!?"

Chad said no words but motioned Doug to return to their table.

"Doug…" Evie pleaded in vain.

"Sorry, I can't," Doug regretfully returned to the other table, leaving Evie distraught.

"How long does she think that's gonna last?" Audrey came walking around with Elle interlocked by the arms.

"Shreya is just the bad girl infatuation. I mean-" Elle purposely leaned over to Shreya's side, "-he's never gonna make a villain a queen."

Shreya's blood boiled as the two princesses snickered and walked to their own table. Abruptly, she slammed a hand on the table and got uo from her spot, turning to them.

"I don't know who you think you are but you don't know who I am," and on cue, Shreya's eyes flowed threateningly red again. Elle's snicker vanished and her hand flew to her amulet.

"You're villains," Audrey stepped forwards, a condescending look on her face as she stared Shreya up and down. "You're nothing but evil and disappointments."

Mal then got up with her spell book in hand. "And a villain always knows when to stand with their own. We've got a code, interested in knowing it?"

Audrey raised an eyebrow, apparently deeming the threat as trash. However, Evie, Jay and Carlos stood up as well and moved around the table to stand on either side of Shreya and Mal. The five teens of the Isle stood in a perfect line, standing against those of Auradon.

"And with a spellbook we could have some fun," Mal smirked. "The sleeping perfume drought was only a brief snippet of what we can do but I promise there's a lot more where that came from." There was a flicker of panic on Audrey's face, even Elle's, when Mal opened up her spell book and started skimming for an appropriate spell.

"Oh Mal-" Shreya spoke up darkly, "-in one of my looks at the spellbook I saw something about a body-boil curse?"

Mal's face lit up with malice. "Fantastic!"

"Page 46, bottom right corner."

Those were the magic words to get every last Auradon student running away from them. No one said it but there was feeling of satisfaction watching the Auradons run away from them like that. It just have felt like their parents always told them it would.

"I didn't know you could do that with your eyes," Mal glanced at Shreya, watching to see if her eyes would glow red again. "What are you? Part Dragon too?"

Shreya laughed. "No idea. It just comes and goes I suppose. But I bet when I get my hands on that wand I'll know exactly what it's good for."

A matching smirk spread across each of their faces.

"You know, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow," Mal said to her friends. "Let's grab that wand and blow this Popsicle stand."

"Literally," Jay laughed.

The five Descendants agreed and simultaneously strode away.

Author's Note:

I, personally, loved this chapter. Yall caught those little Elena of Avalor references? Princess Isabel is actually an inventor in the show - or she tries to be - and the girl's only 11 years old...and she built the portable wardrobe thing! Also, I decided to take out Jane as the one who says 'he'll never make a villain a queen' because it just didn't feel right with the way she's been portrayed so far. I feel like she has a closer relationship to the group than in the movie.

Also, I'm so excited (again lol) because I just finished writing the second story - covering Descendants 2 - and I'm thinking of going for the 3rd one? I want to go into the book plot lines but also some of my own? Whaddya guys think?

For the Reviews:

I mean, Auradon looks awesome but I definitely feel like there's some two-faces around there. At least on the Isle if someone hates you they'd tell you. No secrets at all lol.

Yeah, I think above all Mal just really wants to make her mom proud and she can't do that unless she's truly evil. And since the girls basically share the same problem, Mal wants to help Shreya out. It might not be the best methods but in Mal's perspective, she's doing Shreya a favor.

Yes, sorry for the lateness in updating! I've got finals going on and packing to do, and applications for classes - it's all just a big mess! But I hope you liked this new chapter!

You guuuuuys...there's only 3 chapters left in this story. Well, it's technically 2 but since the last chapter is just for Set it Off I count them as 3! Can you believe that!?

As always, thank you for reading! Leave a thought if you'd like! :)