Please review after. I only got 1 review for the last Chapter so I assume it wasn't good. Also to those who ask about the rated M scenes. I didn't post them because I really hated how they turned out. You notice I haven't refereed to the rated M scenes story in a long time.
Tyler's eyes opened slowly, revealing a bright white ceiling that reflected the light from the open windows. It took him a second to fully grasp how much pain he felt in his head. It felt like a pickaxe had been driven through his skull and was still in there, wiggling around his brain.
"ugnm" He groaned, shutting his eyes tightly.
"Tyler!" a voice almost shouted, driving the axe further into his brain. Tyler's face scrunched in pain and the voice softened. "Tyler thank god you're awake. I was really worried." the younger boy's eyes shifted to the person sitting beside his bead. A familiar freckled face stared down at him in worry.
"What happened?" Tyler groaned.
"You fainted" Carlos said. "I carried you to the nurse's office.
"Oh" Tyler murmured, mind flashing back to Jay pounding his head against the wall.
"What did you tell them?" He breathed. He might have a splitting headache but he still knew the consequences of someone finding out who really beat him up.
"The truth" Carlos said. "I didn't see what happen. We were near my dorm when I saw you faint and I carried you to the nurse." It was the truth. They were near his dorm because they had been in it and Carlos didn't actually see Tyler get beaten up. "They're going to ask you what happened." He continued, looking even more worried than before.
"I don't know." Tyler said. "Everything's kind of a blur." He'd seen Carlos's eyes flick to their left before asking him the question. They probably weren't the only ones here or a least someone else was listening to them.
"Just try and remember" Carlos said slowly, patting Tyler's arm. Carlos's brown eyes grew sad. Here he was next to a young boy that had been beaten till he fainted, someone who probably had never been beaten up in their life, and he was asking him to lie. He wanted to show compassion but worried any closeness seen between them might be viewed as him threatening the boy. "I'll tell the nurse you're here. She'll be happy to have me gone."
"Ok" Tyler whimpered, his pain searing wildly. "Thank you." A small smile crossed his face though it looked more like a grimace in his pained state. Carlos stood and gave his friend one last smile before walking away. Several seconds later the nurse walked to his bed.
"It's good to see you awake Prince Tyler. You took quite a few hits to your scull. Thankfully there was nothing serious. The headmistress healed you up in a second. Unfortunately you'll still have a headache for the next few hours." She said in a soothing tone. Tyler tried to nod but flinched in pain. Movement of the head was not a good idea. "Try not to move your majesty. The pain will be gone by noon. You should be able to move your head without it hurting by then.
"Ok" Tyler grunted. The headache flared worse as he used his mouth. The woman gave him a sympathetic look.
"I'm sorry to ask you this your majesty but it is important we know quickly. Who did this to you?" She asked.
The hairs on the back of Tyler's arms stood up. He didn't like how the woman had said that. She sounded sincere and caring but something was off. She might have sounded a bit excited though that didn't make sense. Tyler's eyes widened. He felt like face palming himself. This one ne of THOSE people, one of the ones that wanted nothing more than to throw the villains kids out of Auradon and back onto the isle.
"You don't have to worry Tyler" She said softly, placing a hand on his shoulder. De vil won't be able to do anything. He'll…"
"You think Carlos did this!" Tyler spluttered. He wanted to regret the exclamation for the pain it caused him but he couldn't bring himself to be willing to act any differently at such an accusation.
"Your majesty" The woman said softly, still sounding like a worried mother. "No matter what he told you, you don't have to be afraid. He'll be sent away before he could cause you or anyone else anymore harm." Tyler opened and closed his mouth. This woman couldn't really be that stupid.
"He brought me in here!" Tyler almost shouted. "Who knows when someone else would have found me?"
"Prince…"
"Carlos didn't hurt me and I wouldn't lie if he had." Tyler spat, completely shocked at his over the top reaction. He never acted so angrily. It drew too much attention to him. The nurse's eyes grew dark. It reminded Tyler of the bullies that beat up the younger kids.
"Then please tell me what happened" She hissed. "So we can help."
Tyler gulped. He hadn't come up with anything. He'd planned on stalling so he could think but he had lost control and overreacted. He needed to name someone who sounded realistic. He needed someone who wouldn't deny it. Maybe a bully would be glad to take the credit but he doubted it. Beating up a prince had consequences beyond detention. Guilt grabbed Tyler's heart and crushed it. There was only one name and he already regretted saying it.
"Chad, Chad Charming" He said slowly. The woman raised an eyebrow with unconcealed surprise.
"Prince Charming?" She asked. "Why would he do something like this?" Her voice became suspicious.
"He was mean to my friends earlier and I kind of insulted him under my breath when I saw him in the halls. I didn't think he'd here and I especially didn't think he'd beat me up."
"He gave you quite a beating" The nurse responded, still sounding suspicious. Tyler's expression shifted to one of embarrassment.
"When He grabbed my hair and shove me against the wall I kicked him in the shins. I was just trying to defend myself!" The nurse sighed. Tyler almost did the same, realizing the woman believed him.
"Get some rest" She said, trying to sound kindly. "I'll need to speak to the headmistress. She left him alone to wallow in his guilt. Chad had been his only option. If anyone but Carlos had brought him here his word would beat whoever he accused. But Carlos's word was worth nothing compared to any Auradon Prep student. They'd have found out it was Jay after a much more thorough investigation. He only hoped Chad wouldn't be too angry.
Carlos walked past the nurse nodding his head once to signal her patient was awake which he knew she already knew. She'd been glaring daggers into his back since Fairy Godmother healed his wounds. The memory made Carlos ball his hands into fists. Jay had done that. Jay had beat up much younger student because he got insulted.
Jay was reverting back to his old ways. He was putting them all at risk. If it hadn't been Tyler that Jay attacked they would have been sent home by now. There was no doubt in Carlos's mind. IF Jay kept this up the council meeting would be useless. They'd want them off their land no matter what the government said. Carlos sighed. He really needed to calm down.
He paused looking between his room and the way to Chad's. He wanted to go to Chad's but Jay would still be asleep and it was time to confront him. This time he wouldn't be the one on the defensive. He grabbed the doorknob and thrust the door open. The noise of door hitting wall filled the room causing Jay to jump from bed, in a attack stance.
Jay's eyes blinked away the sleep. Years of training and experience had taught him to react to every loud noise as if it was an enemy, especially while asleep. If someone had been standing over him they would have had their arm snapped and be on the ground before Jay was even fully awake.
"Carlos" Jay snarled. Carlos closed the door more gently behind him. No one would confuse the action as him calming down. He had closed it slowly and carefully, eyes never leaving their prey.
"Jay" He said darkly.
"You didn't sleep here last night!" Jay growled. He stomped toward Carlos as if to grab him and shake the truth out of him but when he was within arm's length Carlos shot his fist forward, hitting Jay just below the left side of his ribs. Jay shouted in pain, hands going to the spot above the kidney. Carlos stepped forward and kicked up, hitting Jay hard between the legs.
The Arabian let out a whimpered shriek and doubled over. Getting over the initial shock Jay tried to lower himself into a more defensive yet aggressive stance. Carlos almost smirked when he did a side kick to take out Jay's shin. The shriek was even louder than the others. Carlos didn't need to see Jay's leg to know he just broke a bone.
"I've changed." Carlos said with hatful darkness. Jay attempted to make a roll onto his feet but wasn't able to avoid the foot to the stomach. "But you should still remember why you shouldn't cross me." Carlos kicked Jay in the back twice, not enough to cause serious pain but in a spot that made the boy roll onto his side. The foot came down, stomping onto Jay's liver again. "I might not be strong or fast but I'm smart. I know all the places that hurt. I know where to punch to burst that liver or crush your groin. I can break your rips and pierce your lung in only five moves. Your skull is as good as cracked before you can throw a good punch. DO NOT CROSS ME JAY!" Carlos shouted.
Jay groaned and this time Carlos did smirk. The great Arabian acrobat curled in the fatal position. His skills were feared on the island almost as much as Mal but Carlos could beat him. Carlos could destroy almost anyone one on one if he really wanted to though it would normally end with them dead, not on the ground. It was so much easier to break the neck in a position like this than it was to cause maximum pain. Carlos kneeled down next to the boy, knowing he was in too much pain to attack.
"You're ruining everything Jay" Carlos hissed into Jay's ear. "Beating up a prince would have us all back on the isle. I'm tired of your crap. This time I'm not letting you control the situation. I'm in charge ass hole and if you try anything I'll break you like a twig."
Without another word Carlos left the room and the boy who most likely needed medical attention. Carlos couldn't find it in him to care. The guy's had much worse on the isle. He wasn't going to die from a little pain.
The rising sun cast beautiful amber color over the horizon but Austin was not paying it any attention. He stood on one of the tallest buildings on the isle. Today was the day it all started. In two days' time he would be taken off this island and brought to the kingdom of Auradon. He would no longer have to fight to the death in this hell hole. He could finally take his place as the cute little boy that had the face of an angel and a manipulative streak wider than anyone in the kingdom.
He'd have a new slate. On the island he was the trickster conman who was cute yet dangerous. He was mistrusted by everyone even his closest allies. They knew his smile and goo-goo eyes were fake. Soon he'd be in a world where no one knew. He'd be stronger than he ever was before.
He listened carefully to the movement bellow him. A pair of light yet rushed feat ascended the ladder attached to the building. He turned to watch the pale skinned ink haired boy pull himself onto the dirty roof.
"What's the deal with the sudden change of venue" Uranus snapped. He'd been halfway to the meeting point before a parrot flew down and dropped a letter on his head.
"I feel it's best to have the home field advantage. Here, you haven't had the chance to set a trap. There's no telling what would await me after Cody flew away."
Uranus's hand twitched toward his belt which had a dagger sheath attached. Only an intricately carved onyx handle was visible. Austin chuckled. The chime like laugh was caught by the wind and carried off.
"Your mother gave you her dagger. Maybe you did have a trap. She wouldn't let that out of her sight for a second. Tell me, are the stories about it true? Outside this barrier will it cut through men like butter, leaving a mixture of the most deadly poisons in its wake?"
"Yes" Uranus smirked. "But on this Island it can still cut through men like butter." Austin's face took on a look of childlike wonder. HE didn't mention that similar to the dagger he carried before this one it also was coasted in his mother's poison. IT might not be as strong as the mixture but on the island this was the best he could do.
"Wow" He cooed, voice sounding much younger. "That's so cool. Your mom really is awesome with magic. Can I touch it please? You don't even have to let go of it! I just want to touch the handle" he said.
"Auradon won't know what hit them" Uranus grinned. "I however know you're not some stars truck little kid."
"It was worth a shot" He chuckled. "That would get a pretty penny in the market place. And with those potions I'd she gone before she even found out."
"Just do your thing" Uranus growled, holding out a bag. Tentatively Austin took the bag from the boy. He glanced inside and smiled. Four purple potions bubbled slightly in their glass vials.
"Very nice" Austin said. "We'll be off the isle soon. Cody" he called. A brightly colored parrot ascended from the lower building and landed on Austin's shoulder.
"He got it?" The parrot asked.
"Yes" Austin grinned. "You know what to do." As he spoke he removed each vial and tied them together so they wouldn't bounce into each other and break. "One for Jasmin, One for Rapunzel, one for Ariel and one for Kuzco. IF you have any trouble you can go for the others."
"I got it" The parrot said cheerfully. "And what about the De vil boy? Did you ever ask for that potion?"
"What potion?" Uranus asked. Austin gave him an innocent smile. "What are you keeping from me?"
"Auradon might not be much like the isle but bribery can still get you a long way. I'm meeting with Izzy later" Austin told the parrot.
"And why didn't you ask me?" Uranus asked suspiciously.
"Oh Squidy we all have secrets and if I want to keep them all I'll need my supplies from more than one source."
"Call me Squidy one more time" Uranus hissed.
"Calm down friend. It's only a joke." Austin snickered. He checked the bundle of vials in his hands for any loose nots. "Here" he told his parrot. Cody raised a leg for Austin to tie the vials onto. "Remember, you have today and tomorrow morning. I'm counting on you Cody."
The parrot squawked back. Austin gestured with his head and his friend took to the skies. Uranus watched the bird carefully. It was time to see if this really was a con. Just as the sun's light shifted from reds to yellows a golden bridge began to form between Auradon and the Isle. A garbage truck filled with compressed garbage drove rapidly toward the Isle. The barrio opened as the Truck met ground, and sure enough Cody flew through the hole just before it closed.
"This better work" Uranus said, fingering his new dagger.
"It will" Austin Grinned.
What did you think. Was Carlos OOC in this chapter. I thought he might have been a little bit but Jay attacking tyler, a boy he's come to care for a lot was the last straw. I got the fight seen info from my brother. I asked him which parts of the body would hurt the most to be punched and worked around that. I kept out a few of the things he said because they would have killed Jay. Should I be worried about him having this knlade? No, i think the wall of swords, axes, throwing knives and halberds is the more worrying thing about him.
Chapter 35 was supposed to be the entire day that was skipped in the last chapter but I got to nearly 3k words and realized I'd have to split it in two. That gives me more time in the next chapter for a romantic scene between Carlos and Chad. Yes I know the romance has been lacking for too long. After the trial they will once again become the main focus of the story.