After taking around three months to write, I've finally finished the first chapter of the curse!
Also, throughout the three months it's taken me to write this, I've created a oneshots and original characters story for those enjoying the story. Those are already posted. I apologize for those who received over twenty emails for all of those chapters.
There are a few references from other things in this chapter besides Descendants.
Disclaimer: I do not own Disney Descendants, Once Upon A Time, Catcher in the Rye, the odd1sout, or Sam(Cloud4012's OC),Becky(Kennedy11035's OC), Manny(Kennedy11035's OC), Eddie(Kennedy11035's OC), Alan(Kennedy11035's OC), Bryan(Kennedy11035's OC), Blake(Kennedy11035's OC), Drew(Kennedy11035's OC), Gus(Kennedy11035's OC), Tony(Kennedy11035's OC), Jason(Kennedy11035's OC), Jacob(Kennedy11035's OC), Jill(Kennedy11035's OC), Ulyssa(Anonymousnette's OC), or Melisatoma Sohcahtoa(Kennedy11035's brother's OC).
I know these are all their actual names, and that I could've listed their curse names instead, but I didn't.
Anyways, please enjoy!
Lily's Pov:
"Sherman, North Carolina is a small, quiet, hidden town where nothing exciting or dangerous ever happens. A town where everyone knows everyone. A town where Kristen Elias and a young woman named Sirena has all the authority. A town where nothing too new ever happens. It's always the same routine.
Ms Elias is the mayor of Sherman. She keeps the town in line. Every morning, she takes a stroll to see what's going on. The same things happen every day. First, over by the library, Kay Austen turns the sign from 'closed' to 'open' and unlocks the doors. Then, at the Be Our Guest cafe, there's a long line of people waiting to order their breakfast. By the school, Cameron and Brenna Smith are hurrying to their classrooms. At the Gizmos Enterprises, hundreds of people in professional attire are hurrying to get into the company. In Once Upon A Bookstore, Dove Parker can be seen re-shelving books while Jean Euclid and Taylor Irving help out by wheeling in carts and tidying up the store. At Sofia 4 Hearts, Sofia Banning is pedaling away at her sewing machine. Over by Thingamabob Enterprises, lots of people are hurrying into the company as well. It's not as big, though. There's the sheriff, arresting those who are violating Ms Elias's laws. There're thieves in the alleys. Over at the Donner mansion, maids and servants can be seen watering the greens/grounds and attending to the Donner family needs.
But, on top of it all, at the end of town, is Sirena's pawn shop. That's always Ms Elias's last destination. Sirena is the founder of Sherman. But, I don't exactly know what Ms Elias does there. Sirena makes deals with people so that not only do they get what they want, but she gets what she wants in return.
How do I know Ms Elias's routine? It's because, secretly, I think she's a phony. A charlatan. Her smiles towards everyone are always fake, her personality always seems fake as well. So, sometimes, I go to school tardy. Just so I can see what she's up to, and what she even does. I could ask her son, but, he never shows up to school. I don't know why
But, one thing's for sure. I, Lily Walsh, know that Kristen Elias is hiding something. And I'm going to find out what."
My twin presses the stop button on the voice recorder. "Hey, Lily, are you sure about this? If you go through with this plan, you could get into huge trouble. I mean, what if you get arrested? And put into jail?" "Adam, that won't happen. Trust me. All I need to do is get one person on my side, and that's Jack. He might know something about this." I said. He sighed. "We haven't seen Jack in forever! Mayor Elias is always either at home or at the office. Jack is probably always home, playing video games. He never shows up to school. So how are you going to get him on your side?" I thought for a minute. "Hmm...maybe I can get others on my side first, before we hunt Jack down and try to convince him." I said. Adam sighed again. "I dunno. Are you sure this is going to work?" "No, not completely. But the least I can do is try." I said confidently. He frowned, giving me a doubtful look. "Okay." he said.
"Kids! Dinner!" our mom yelled. "Coming!" we both shouted, running out of our room and downstairs to the dining hall. As we sat down, our dad came in, slamming the door behind him. "I can't believe them!" he shouted. "Believe who?" my grandmother, Keegan Parker, asked. Before my dad could respond, my mom stopped him. "Uh-uh. Save it for dinner talk." she said. "But Rose, it's important!" he protested. "Save it, Andrew." she said. Once my grandfather and elder brother sat down at the dining hall table, we finally started dinner.
"Now you can tell us, dear. What happened that's so important and shocking?" Mom asked. "Yes. Well, you know our rival company, Thingamabob Enterprises?" he asked. "Yeah?" mom said. "Did they send another spy to your company?" grandpa asked. "No. This is worse. Sir, they launched a new product we had been planning on launching this thursday, today. Now, if we still decide to send it, it'll seem like we're copying them! They stole our idea!" my dad exclaimed furiously. "Andrew, honey. You'll think of something. You always do, and you know what? It'll become a huge hit, just like the others." my mom reassured.
That cheered him up a little. He even smiled. But then, he became angry again. "You know who's a huge hit? Thingamabob enterprises. They always steal our thunder, and they're a rising company. One day they'll rank higher than us in the ceo industry and, guess what? We'll become bankrupt. We'll lose the mansion, our money, our status. Everything. EVERYTHING!" my dad cried out. My mom sighed as dad stood up and got a bottle of wine out of the dining hall mini-fridge, pouring himself a glass and sitting back down. "So, Edison, what did you do today?" she asked. My older brother looked up from his phone. "Huh? Oh! Uh, well, I learned how to manage an office today. Dad showed me how to deal with a business issue, how to get your employees to work hard, how to be a ceo, and how to organize and set up meetings." he said. Mom sighed again. "And how does one BE a ceo?" "Uhm, dear, this isn't a good topic in front of the twins." grandma said. "Oh! Right, mom. Lily, Adam, go to your room and..do your homework." Mom said. "Already done." we recited. "Oh. Well, then, clean your room." "Already clean." we said. "Yes, but maybe that sweet boy across the street needs someone to clean his room," Grandma said. "What's his name, um..." "Chance?" Adam asked. "Yes, Mom you're a genius! Go help Chance's family do something. I'll call Sarah right now and let her know why you're coming. Go on." Mom said. Without arguing, but with much sighing, Adam and I left the house.
"Lily, I don't want to go to the Donner mansion. Do you?" "No. I mean, Chance is only nice to me because he hits on girls. But, otherwise, he's the snottiest brat I've ever met. He's a bully!" I exclaimed. "Yeah, but we know where he gets it from." Adam pointed out. "True." I said. Chance is the kind of person with a huge ego. But because he's the fifth richest family in Sherman, he acts snotty and bratty all the time. His parents, Jedediah and Sarah, aren't any better. But they don't mind helping out my family every once in awhile. I think it's because we're the second richest family in Sherman, but I could be wrong.
Well, Adam and I decided to go over to the Donner mansion anyway. He made a point that I could try to get Chance on my side, the side that thinks Kristen Elias is hiding something. Who knows, maybe I could convince him. I at least have to try.
We entered the mansion and was immediately given a hug from Sarah. "Oh! It's always so wonderful to see you twins. Go on ahead, Chance is in his room. He already knows you're coming up." she said. Adam and I looked at each other, shrugged, and went upstairs to Chance's room.
"Come in!" he shouted when Adam knocked on the door. His room was always so...organized. Trophies lines along the walls of his room. Nothing was ever on the floor. Sometimes Adam and I walked in at the wrong time, like if he had a girl over and they were having a kiss off. So we came up with a knock system where Adam knocks a certain way so Chance knows it's us. To, you know, give him a warning. Today he was face-timing a girl. "Catch you later babe, I have company over now." he said. "But..I wanna see who it is!" the girl said. "Oh, heh, it's just the twins." he said. "Oh. ThEm." she said. "Yeah. I'll call you later, then?" "Yeah. But not if I call you first!" she said. "Bye, babe." "Bye, chancebear."
He looked up at us. "So, what is it this time? Fight? Adult talk? I want details." he said. I glanced at Adam, who seemed ready to pounce but also scared at the same time. Chance seemed to notice, too, and said, "No reason to be scared. I'm trying to change, okay? You don't have a reason to be afraid unless I'm angry." Chance said. That made Adam relax a little. I guess, you could call us all frenemies, in a way.
I sighed. "Today Edison said he was taught how to actually, BE, a ceo. Mom wanted the details." Chance nodded his head in understanding. "Remember those times you accidentally walked in on me doing kiss fests with girls? It's basically that, but with the girls you're employing. They obsess over the ceos just to get that kind of thing." he explained. "Ohhhhhh." Adam said.
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Sarah came in with some snacks. Then, she said someone was downstairs here to see Chance. "Send them up." Chance said. He then asked us if we wanted to play monopoly. "Um, sure." I said. Adam gave an undecided look, but said he'd play as well.
But then the door was slammed open by a boy that was about the same age as us, and he seemed to be 6'5. "You can't have Dena. She's mine. Back off." he said. Chance seemed perplexed. "Who?" he asked. "You heard me. Dena. Now hand her over." the dude said. "Again, who? I have no idea who you're talking about." Chance said.
The mysterious boy locked eyes with me. "What are you talking about? She's right there!" the boy exclaimed. "HER? That's Lily, and, she came here for advice and to hang out, not against her will. Look, what's your name?" Chance asked. "William. But in a different world, it's Kai." "Okay, William. You can't just barge in here, expecting me to hand over some girl that came to visit. Even I'm not THAT dumb." Chance said. I smirked. "I beg to differ." I said. He glared at me. "ANYways, if you want Lily, then ask her to come with you." Chance said.
William looked at me. "So...you're Lily in this world? Does the name Dena ring a bell at all?" he asked. Suddenly, my head began to hurt. And then I remembered. "Yeah, actually. It does. Why didn't I remember before? That my name isn't Lily, it's Dena?" I asked. William smiled at me. "That's it. You're slowly remembering." he said.
Adam became angry. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't know who you think you are, but you can't start putting ideas into my twin's head. Look, she already believes Kristen Elias is a charlatan and is hiding something. Please don't make her believe something else, too." he said.
William stared at me. "You think Mayor Elias is up to something?," he asked. "So do I!" My eyes widened in excitement. "Then, will you join me? I want to find out what it is, but I need more people that believe it too. I want to DO something about this. Don't you?" William grinned. "Yeah, I want to do something about this. I'll join you." he said. "Great! Then meet me under the cherry tree tomorrow after school," I said. "I mean, unless you're homeschooled?" William laughed. "I'll be there. You just haven't seen me before because I leave to go to my father's company after school every day." he responded.
Adam, Chance, and I froze. "What, did I say something wrong?" William asked. "You stole our idea! You were successful!" Adam exclaimed. "Why's that a bad thing? Who's idea?" William laughed nervously. "You'll make our company bankrupt! We'll lose everything. We'd be devastated." Adam said. William's eyes widened. "What do you mean, your company?" "Our dad owns Gizmos Enterprises." I explained. He looked confounded, but then he smiled. "I should've guessed. That makes sense." he said.
There was an awkward silence. But then Chance said, "Next time you barge into my room, demanding I hand over a girl, I will force you out of here. You're not welcome here anymore. Please, just leave." William looked down at his feet. "Yes, I understand. Bye." he left the room. "Wait! You're still meeting me at that tree, right?" I shouted after him.
Adam stared at me in shock. "Are you kidding me right now? We just found out that this kid, demanding to see you, is the future heir to our rival company. And you're asking him if you can still meet up? Dad would never allow it!" "What do you mean, Dad would never allow it? He doesn't even know!" I exclaimed. He glared at me. "...you're not planning on telling him, are you? About this whole thing, this idea of mine? He'd ground me for weeks, months! Send me to a mental hospital, or have counseling!" I exclaimed.
"Isn't that what you need? A break from ALL your nonsense? Maybe then you could wake up to reality. You'd finally go back to who you used to be. I miss the old you. The fun, adventurous, twin of mine that always knew the right thing to do. The risks you're taking now? I..I don't even know who you are anymore! I...I can't even look at you!" he ran out of the room, just as Jedediah walked in. "Hey, your mom said you can come back now." he said. "Thanks, but, I won't be going back. I have other places to be." I said.
Turing to Chance, I smiled. "Thanks. For everything. You're a good frenemy." He grinned. "No problem. But, how about that date sometime?" I smirked. "Not gonna happen. Thanks again, Chance." I said. "It was worth a try." Chance said to Jedediah. "I know how that feels." he whispered. "Bye!" I said, rolling my eyes as I left the room.
Instead of going home, I went to a good friend of mine. Elijah Banning. Well, actually, he was Edison's friend first. But as I got to know him, we became close friends. He said if I ever felt down, that I should come to him to talk it out.
Entering Sofia 4 Hearts, the chime on the door jingled. "Hi, I'll be right with you in a moment." the lady said. "Thanks." I replied, sitting down on one of the waiting room chairs. About ten minutes later, she came over to me. "How can I help you? I understand you don't need to be fitted for anything?" she asked. "No, ma'am. I'm here to see Eli." I said. "He's not here right now. Are you his girlfriend?" she asked. I laughed. "No, just a friend." I said. "Oh. Well, I'm not sure when he'll be back, but..."
We heard the door jingle again, and a deep voice said, "I can take this one, Gina." He stared down at me. "Hey." "Hi Eli." I said. "Did you and Adam fight again? Want to talk it out?" he asked. I nodded, tears welling in my eyes.
Eli led me into the back room, where he usually hung out. We sat down on the nearest sofa. "So..what happened this time?" he asked. I gathered myself together. "He got angry again. You remember my idea? About Mayor Elias?" I asked. "Yeah." he replied. I told him everything that had happened, from dinner to Chance's house to the fight. "I finally found someone who believes what I believe, and knows more than I do. I have a chance of figuring out this whole thing. But, he's the son of Dad's archnemesis, and Adam's going to tell Dad. I don't know what to do." I said.
He thought for a minute. "Well, I think that, whatever punishment your dad gives you, it won't stop you from believing what you believe, will it?" I shook my head. "No." I said. "Exactly. It's your decision. So, even with your punishment, you can still continue with what you wanted to do, which is to figure out what Kristen Elias is hiding," Eli said. "Besides, there's a small chance that Adam's going to avoid you, based on what he said. You still have me, Chance, and all of your other friends to back you up. I'll cheer you up. You'll get through this, and we'll help you." he said. I gave a weak smile. "Thanks. I guess I should go face my punishment now. I'll see you tomorrow!" I said.
Eli led me to the door where I had originally came in. "Bye." I said. He gave me a hug. "Remember what I said, okay?" "Okay." I replied. "See you tomorrow!" he said as I walked out the door.
Once I reached my family's mansion, I hesitated. I hate getting yelled at. Sometimes I start to cry. Do I really need to endure this today? I thought for a minute. Yes, I should. I took a few deep breaths before going in.
"Your family is in the family room, miss." one of the servants said. "Thank you." I replied. I walked to the family room, and at the first sight of me, my dad became enraged. "You backstabber! Traitor! How could you?!" he yelled. Mom put a hand on his shoulder, to try to calm him down. "Andy, honey, calm down, you're drunk. That's it, shh, shh." she said as he stopped yelling, starting to relax. "Honey, did I ever express how much I love you?" he asked, smiling. "Yes." she replied, giving a light kiss. Dad smiled, appreciating what happened a moment ago before falling asleep. "Uh...I'm going to go to my room." I said, but mom stopped me. "Nope. We're not done here." she said, pointing to a spot next to Adam on the couch. I unwillingly obeyed, scooting over all the way so there was a lot of distance between us.
"Adam told your father and I everything, before he became drunk. We both agree, for coming up with the ridiculous idea of Kristen Elias being a phony, AND hiding something? 2 months grounding. Okay?" she asked. "Okay." I replied. "Hand over your phone, you know the rules. You don't get any electronics, you don't get to do after school activities, or socializing after school. You will come to the diner immediately after school." she said. "Alright Mom. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to my room." I said, running up the stairs.
Adam ran up after me. "Lily, wait. Lily!" He grabbed my hand, stopping me. "What? You think that after you crushed my thoughts, we're still best friends?" I asked. "But...we always have been! Why are you saying this?" "You're expecting me to be back to my old self right away, am I right? Well, me being grounded on mom's terms won't stop me from continuing with this idea." I said.
"But, Lily! You can't continue with this fantasy of yours. You need to face reality." Adam said. "If I may quote, almost two hours ago you said, 'I can't even look at you. I don't even know who you are anymore!' " I quoted. "But..that was two hours ago! We had gotten into a fight then. I want to be by your side to help you get over your idea." he said. "Well, I'm not getting over this. She IS hiding something, and I'm going to figure it out." I said.
"Lily, listen to yourself! You're spouting nonsense! You need to open your eyes to the real world. Reality. What's ACTUALLY happening. I can help you. I can help you come back to who you once were!" Adam exclaimed. "Okay, but, did you ever think, that the person I once was, could be gone? Adam, I've woken up to reality countless times. Kristen Elias is the one who knows why I have two names. Why it feels suspicious in the town. Why and what she's hiding," I said. Adam frowned. "Maybe, you DON'T know who I am anymore, like you said. Maybe YOU need to wake up. I'm going to my room." I said, wiggling out of his grasp and running to my room. "Lily. Lily! Wait!" he shouted after me.
The next day, we got up early for school. Since we're 16, we have to take the ACT, which is a test you need to take to get into certain colleges. However, it only took us the who school day to finish it. Some people, if they don't finish, can finish it within a half day the next day. Well, after the ACT, I went to my locker to get my bag, and I ran into William. Literally. "Oh! Sorry!" I exclaimed. "THERE you are! You're meeting by the tree, right?" he said. I shook my head. "I can't after school anymore, how about before school or during lunch?" I asked. "Before school works." he replied. "Great, so, see you then! Bye, I have to go." I said, rushing to get to the diner RIGHT AWAY.
Once I reached the diner, I quickly put on an apron and got to working right away. Yes, I'm mad at my twin, and yes, I'm grounded, but if I have to keep up this new act, then I have to make it look like nothing's up.
Two normal looking teen boys came in, waiting to be seated. "I'll be right with you in a sec!" I called to them. Once I finished taking a table's order, and handing it to Jason, our cook, I seated the two guys.
"Can I get you anything to drink?" I asked. "Yes, I would like a scotch and soda-with a catch." the one wearing glasses said. I raised an eyebrow. "What's the catch?" "The catch is that I tell you something secretive that I don't want you to tell anyone else." he said. "Okay." He leans over and whispers to me, "Holden is a phony b*stard." My head started to hurt all of a sudden, and then my vision blurs for a second. Then, I remembered.
I smiled. "Nice catcher in the rye references," I said. "But do you actually want a scotch and soda? If yes, I need some form of identification first." He shook his head. "I'll just have a coke." "And for you?" I asked the other guy. "A kitty cocktail." he said. I nodded. "Alright, I'll be back."
I seated another person, a young woman, who I'd never seen before in town. Normally, everyone knows everyone in Sherman. But this lady I'd never seen before in my life. She ordered a skim milk and a bowl of gummy bears.
Then, I came back to the other two teens and gave them their drinks. The one with glasses ordered a spaghetti. However, the other boy asked me, "What are your suoobway options?" The same effects as before happened, and then I remembered. "Ah, odd1sout. We have a meatball sub, otherwise we have a variety of melts." I said. "I'll have the meatball sub." he said. "Okay." I said, and left.
The lady I had seated before beckoned for me to come over to her. "Listen, I'm not from around here, but I've heard what your theory is, and I can help. I know her weakness," she said. "Here's my card. Call me, if you're interested." She stood up and walked away.
"Cheryl Potter." That was the name on the business card. As soon as I reached my room that night, I called her, telling her I was interested. "Meet me at the library tomorrow at 10 am." she said. "Alright." I replied. We hung up.
The next day, I told my parents I was going to study at the library. "Adam should come with you." my mom said. "I have all my work done. Besides, I have plans with Lionel and Liam. We're going to go play basketball." he said. Mom sighed. "Fine, you can go. be back by 2!" she shouted as I walked out the door.
I reached the library at 9:45, where I was shocked to see eleven other people besides Cheryl there. Three of which, were William, Kay, and Jason, and another two that I had served at the diner yesterday.
"All of us are interested in taking down Maleficent." William said. "Maleficent?" I asked. "Kristen Elias is Maleficent." the guy next to William said. "Hi, I'm Felix, or, Soren in another world." he said. Everyone else introduced themselves as well. William/Kai, Jean/Kennedy, Kay/Emma, Justin/Ryan, Rosalina/Abby, Jason/Sam, Alvin/Patrick, John/Ashton, Taylor/Katie, and Paul/Jamie. "And you, of course are Lily/Dena." Felix said. I raised an eyebrow. "How do we all have two names?" I asked. "Kristen put us all under a curse. That's why you can't remember anything, either." Paul said. I was still confused. "So, Kristen is Maleficent, she put us under a curse, we lost our memory, and were basically created a new life?" I asked. "Yep." they replied. "Okay. How do we beat her?" I asked. "True love's kiss." Cheryl said. "Huh?" She sighed. "When your aunt and uncle meet and kiss, the curse will be broken." "I'm confused, aunt and uncle?" I asked.
This time, everyone sighed. William stepped forward, holding a small vial. "This will help you regain your memories." he said. I slowly grabbed the vial and opened it. "Is the safe?" I asked. "Very." Cheryl replied. I lifted the vial and drank the potion. Of course, the side effects were sudden headaches and blurry vision, but then, I remembered everything.
"Whoa. So, when Aunt Mal and Uncle Ben meet and kiss, the curse will be broken?" I asked. "Yes, however, your aunt is Dove Parker, and your uncle is Mitchell Parker. The hard part about this is that your aunt has no idea where Ben is, and Ben is in a coma in the hospital." Cheryl said.
My eyes widened as a VK and his son marched into the library, dressed as cops. "What is going on here? Why aren't you working?" Hank asked. "Officer, we were discussing new ways to lay out the library." Kay replied. "It better not be anything more. Miss Walsh, your father is worried about you. He thinks you've run away." he said. I scowled. "My mom gave me permission to be here until 2." I said. Harry opened his phone, and showed me it was 4 pm.
I turned to look at the recruits and Cheryl. "What time does it say on your phones?" I asked. "Noon." everyone said. "I don't need to come with you." I said. "If you know what's good for you, I suggest you cooperate and come with me." Hank said. "No." I shouted. "Bart, cuff her." he said. They started to drag me away, and for some reason, I bit my lip to hold my screams.
"Little miss Walsh has finally found out our secret," Kristen Elias said once I had been brought to her home. "How do you feel?" I glared at her. "That's what I thought, dear child. Put her with my son!" she barked to Hank. "Yes Ms Elias." he said, He led me down some stairs until we reached a dungeon. There were two jail cells right next to each other, and one of them had Jack Elias in it. Harry opened the second jail cell and threw me inside, locking me up in shackles. "I'm sure you two will find something interesting to talk about. Enjoy the rest of your days rotting in this cell!" Hank snarled. He left us in pitch darkness.
Struggling, I tried to see how far I could reach with the shackles on. "It's no use. You won't be able to escape. No one has ever escaped," Jack said. "Why do you think there's skeletons in here?" My eyes finally adjusted, and I noticed the walls of the dungeon were covered in bones. I gasped. "Yeah, NOW you realize we're done for," he said.
"And there's nothing we can do about it."
That's all that I have so far! I apologize for the long chapter. I'm planning on having two more chapters around the same length as this one for the curse, and then we'd get back to the rest of the story.
Also, for those who are wondering, Gina is just a random worker.
Thanks for reading, and happy easter! If I don't create another document or anything in around two more weeks, then also Happy May the 4th and Revenge of the 5th!