Short #27-28: Options Are Shrinking and Party Crasher


I'm combining the two shorts because I can't really put much in #27 since it's focused on Zevon. And Pen wasn't there to witness what happened!


Audrey has zero patience. Fifteen minutes later – it was a miracle she lasted that long – she began to complain again. "What's taking so long?!"

"I'm starting to worry as well," Lonnie put in, frowning. "What could have happened?"

I could only sigh. I was sitting on the stairs of the hall. I had to admit, this was getting quite worrying. "Are you sure you don't want me to check on them?"

"No!" Audrey cried. "What if you don't come back too?! We can't lose anymore people for the dance!"

"Okay, one, you're starting to sound like it's creepy that everyone's missing. Two, how is that all you care about."

"Of course I'm worried too! But if they don't have any logical explanation for being late, I'm going to smash them like pumpkins!"

"Hey, that's Jane's line," Jordan pointed out.

"Whatever."

"Still not here?" Ben approached us. He was holding the box of jewels for the VKs and set them down on a stand nearby. He was going closer to me as he looked up at our small group, frowning a bit once he realized how few of us there were.

"No," I groaned, standing. "If I'd known Carlos was going to take this long with fluffing his hair, I could've offered to design it with flowers!"

"As if that's going to make things better."

"Ugh!" Audrey was pacing now, clearly exasperated. "I can't believe they're still not here!"

That's when Lonnie's phone rang. "Oh, I just got a text from Jane! But I…I can't read it, it's…it's like super tiny."

"Why in the world would Jane be sending you a super tiny text?!"

"Maybe her phone shrunk," I joked. Audrey shot me a look and I shut up. "Maybe we should get into position."

"Great idea!" Audrey had us all stand before our respective mics and she crossed her arms. "Okay, I refuse to wait any longer! The Jewel-bilee must begin, and more importantly, my big number must go on! Hit it!"

The unsure tone in Jordan's voice was obvious as she reluctantly turned the music on. "As you wish…"

"Audrey," I began. "Are you sure—"

She ignored me as she began to sing and go from one microphone to another as we danced. It seemed like she was trying to fill in everyone's roles… Let me just say, it was not pretty. She even bumped into me and Lonnie. And it was far from amazing. Audrey gasped at her own horrible performance that she and Ally both fell to the floor.

Wait, no. Audrey fell because of the sound of a bang.

Everyone gasped when blue mist appeared out of nowhere. "He-llo, Auradon!"

A tall man stepped out of the mist. He sported a long black jacket with a high collar and a light blue shirt underneath. It seemed that he had a blue streak in his semi-spiky black hair. What horrified me most was that he was carrying Jafar's old cobra staff.

Audrey seemed to be the least stunned from us all. In fact, she looked infuriated. She stood, dusting herself off, and placed her hands on her hips. "What is the meaning of this? Do you know how long I worked on this number?!"

The man, who seemed all high and mighty when he entered, suddenly looked awkward when he was face-to-face with Audrey. "Oh. I didn't, realize, it's so hard to see from outside." I actually thought he was being sarcastic, based from his tone, but he truly seemed sincere that all I could do was gape at him. "If I'd time it, just right, it's really just to roll the dice. I'm sure it's gonna be a great little song and dance, your folks would be proud."

The brunette was actually flattered. "Aww, thanks~!"

"Audrey, what the dust." I deadpanned.

The man then turned to the rest of the crowd. "The good news, however, is that you'll all have a front-row seat for the coming Revoltolution!"

"Doesn't he mean revolution?" I whispered to Lonnie, as the man approached the jewel box.

Ben instinctively went in front of it. "Okay, that's far enough!"

The man – only then did I realize he was around teen years – brought out a blue chemical from his jacket and threw it down. "Pa-pow!"

We all watched in horror as Ben was suddenly covered in ice! "Ben!" I cried, as the guy pushed him away with the staff.

Audrey gasped when he just took a purple one. "No! Not the jewels!"

Too late. "Haha!" He placed the jewel in the staff and lifted it up, sparks flying from it.

"Why you…!" I took a knife from my boot, ready to throw it, but the guy seemed to expect that, because he lifted the staff to stop my throw mid-air, and sent it back at me.

"Ka-chow!" I yelped and ducked out of the way, but he still used the staff to send a force so strong at me that I hit the wall. "Ka-blooey!"

"Pen!" Lonnie ran up to me, ready to help me up.

I could only grit my teeth. "Who are you?!"

The guy smirked. "I am Zevon, son of Yzma! For those of you who are still confused, I don't mind making this crystal clear!" He then collected the rest of the gems and held them up. "Once I fuse all the stones together, this staff will be more powerful than a magic wand!"

"Then that's not going to happen!" Jordan ran forward, ready to take him on.

But Zevon used the same spell he used on me to send Jordan into the wall. "Ka-blooey!"

"Whoa!"

"Ba-bam!" Gem shards shot out of the staff, and pinned the genie girl to the wall like she was a dart board and he missed all her parts.

"Jordan!" I cried. Everyone began to run away screaming as Zevon then shot sparks up at the ceiling.

"That's just one jewel. Once I've combined them all, I will rule all of Auradon!"

The girls gasped. "Oh no!" Lonnie cried.

But Zevon just laughed. "Hahahahahahaha! Ba-bye!" He slammed the butt of the staff onto the floor, and he was gone in blue mist.

"This is bad," I muttered. Lonnie shouted something about getting hair dryers. "This is very bad."