Hey Descendants!
We're excited to start this week off with another chapter. This one...
Are you ready for shit to hit a fan or two?
Because it's about to.
We hope you enjoy.
-Dark-
Mal looks around the hall before she rolls her shoulders. Something was off, but she couldn't put her finger on it. For whatever reason, the feeling made her think of the isle.
"Something weird is going on," Carlos whines softly as he and Dude rush to stay in the middle of the group.
Great. Even the pup could feel it. So it wasn't just paranoia.
Evie furrows her brow as she looks around at the students in the hall, "Everyone is staring at us."
"How is that weird?" Mal rolls her eyes, though now she was getting creeped out at the way everyone was looking at them. The hks had a weird decorum to their side glances. But now they were all openly staring.
"We haven't parted halls like this since we got here…" Jay points out with a frown, adding another layer to her comparison to the isle.
Carlos frowns before he pulls his phone from his pocket, "I think." He sighs as he looks up at the rest of the group before his eyes rest on Jay, "I think I want to text David." He whispers, "something feels really off and I um-"
"You're not wrong. Text David." Jay takes the girls by the shoulder and starts leading them away from the cafeteria. "And we're skipping breakfast today. I know where a vending machine is and my paranoia is going nuts."
"Wait for me!" Carlos hits send before shoving his phone in his pocket as he runs to catch up.
Mal shrugs Jay's hand off her shoulder as they round the corner and find themselves staring at a horribly tagged bank of lockers. "What the fuck?"
"Mal? Did you get a fan?" Jay scrunches his face as he stares at the crudely painted 'Long Live-eviL' painted across the entire bank of lockers.
"Uh, or an enemy, because that sure as hell ain't my work." Mal crosses her arms over her chest. "That's just shoddy craftsmanship." She scoffs. "I mean look at her horns they're not even symmetrical. Like were they even trying to put effort into framing me? Rude."
Carlos furrows his brow as he walks over to the cans of paint littering the ground, "Uh, Mal, isn't this the paint brand you started using?"
Mal's eyes widen. It was the brand she was using. Now that she had a choice she found herself picky over the paint she used. But she'd only settled on a brand a week ago, so how did these, whatever they were, people know her choice of paint? "I don't care," She snaps, shaking her head at the can in Carlos's hand, "unless I was drunk last night-"
"Wow, so you're drinking on school property too." A snobbish voice calls out from behind them, "Classy."
Mal turns on her heels, glaring at the stupid posse and their prince of stupidity.
"Shove it up your ass Chad," Jay growls without even bothering to turn around.
"I think he threatened you, Prince Chad." Cayden slowly shakes his head.
Chad nods emphatically, "Yeah, I heard it. Not surprising really."
"Not a threat, just a friendly suggestion as to where you can put your opinion." Mal snarks with a challenge in her eyes. "Did one of you stupid fucks pull this stunt?"
"One of… Seriously? One of us?" Chad's eyes bulge as he presses a hand to his chest, "Why would we deface school property?" He gestures at the wall, "Why would we want to have anything to do with evil living for a long time?"
"We don't want you here, but we knew you'd start messing up eventually." Chet rolls his eyes.
"Yeah, we just had to wait for it." Chip pats Chad on the back, "Like our man here said."
"You're all so done here after all this shit you've pulled." Chad shrugs, "No one, except Ben, really expected anything different when you guys got here. And then things went missing. Like we all didn't know it was you four."
Jay drops his eyes as his muscles twitch with tension. But a crowd was starting to gather, so he knew better than to act.
"But then, it all just, stopped. And suddenly it was all water under the bridge." Chad scoffs, "But I knew." His eyes narrow as a smug smile pulls at his lips. "I knew you'd taken my watch. And my phone. But did anyone care? No." He states haughtily as he shakes his head, "They brought villains to our school, the villains stole from us, but no one cared." He tsks.
Mal's eyes sweep over them in disdain as she sizes them up. "No one cared because they found all your shit in your room-"
"Yes!" Chad shouts as he takes a threatening step forward, "But I didn't put it there. And I don't care that you seemed to have a change of heart. I knew you'd do it again Jay."
"Leave him alone." Evie quickly steps in front of Jay.
"And you, oh, don't even get me started on you. You were only interested in me because of the size of my castle. Like the gold-digging wannabe princess you are."
"So?" Her glare was chilling as she stood up taller, "You were only interested in me to maintain your C average." She states for all the world sounding like a princess scorning a peasant.
"What?" Jay glares at Chad before he looks down at Evie, "What does that mean?"
"Oh," Chad's eyes widen as they suddenly sparkle, "She was so eager to please she offered to do my homework for me, hoping I'd have more time for her if she did." He declares so smugly it made her skin crawl.
She shoots her hand out to grab Jay's wrist in an iron grip. "Jay, don't." She whispers, also starting to notice the gathering crowd. "He's so not worth it." She adds under her breath.
Chad laughs, "Not that it mattered. I mean she'd already told me she was a cheater." He mockingly holds up his hand and speaks into his palm, "Mirror mirror, tell me the answers so I don't have to learn anything."
"I haven't used that in weeks-" Evie stomps her foot as her arms cross over her chest.
"I know, explains why you had to get all the test answers." Chad shakes his head.
"What are you talking about now?" Mal raises her brow.
"Oh like you don't know." Chad rolls his eyes, "the teachers are all talking about it now. Seems they noticed that Roy's grades were getting better at the same time that he started really hanging out with you four, so when the answer sheets went missing..." He fake smiles as he shrugs exaggeratedly.
"What the fuck is an answer sheet? And why would we need it?" Mal snaps in annoyance.
"Nice try Mal." Chad rolls his eyes, "But acting ignorant isn't always going to be convincing."
Mal waves her hand dismissively, "Whatever. We don't have to cheat, we're just smarter than you and your fuckboys." She scorns. What a smug little prick. If this was the isle she would have already dropped this fuck several pegs. But this wasn't the isle. So as much as she hated it… The best they could do was defend themselves verbally. It was killing her.
"Wow, the language we've been exposed to from you guys." Chad rolls his eyes, "So violent even with your words."
"Oh poor baby," Mal rolls her eyes, voice dripping with sarcasm, "Look at that, another thing you can't handle. Shocker." Her lip curls with a snarl.
Carlos bites his lip as he pulls out his phone to text Ben. Or David. He wasn't sure anymore. He just knew he didn't want to be here and that they needed help.
Before he can do more than type a message, dog barks suddenly start filling the hallway, echoing off the wall and up and down the stairs. He frowns as he looks down at his phone. It was fine. So where-
"Wow." Chad shakes his head as he pulls out his currently barking phone. "Bold of you to tag your virus so personally." His voice was grating to her nerves, "One hundred and one dalmatians huh? That's one way to leave a signature. Your mother must be so proud"
Carlos steps closer to Jay, "I didn't do it."
"You don't like to make references to your mother?" Chad laughs.
"No." Carlos trembles.
"Then why is your gamer name also one hundred and one?" Chad challenges to the sounds of dogs barking and the crowd shouting in agreement.
"Because he's owner one-oh-one shit brick," Roy shouts as he pushes through the crowd. "Like chem one-oh-one. Fuck man, if you're gonna go around tossing accusations you want people to take ser-" He pauses as his eyes land on the lockers. He snorts as he shakes his head, "Oh that's just fucking sad."
"I'm glad you're so fucking amused shitiot." Mal rolls her eyes.
"How can you not be? I could've copy-catted better and I've never even tagged." Roy shakes his head before he joins them.
"You don't have to be here Roy." Carlos shakes his head, his voice trembling fearfully.
"Nah, I'm exactly where I wanna be." Roy gives them a toothy grin.
"Except we don't want you here." Mal glares, willing the redhead to go the fuck away. Was he seriously a fucking idiot? Damn it. What a pain in her fucking ass. This situation was tedious enough without adding hks to the mix. What the fuck was he thinking? "Like the fuck at all. You ain't a part of us."
"Meh," Roy shoves his pinky into his ear and turns it, "This is where I wanna be."
"Wow, that's how they treat their friends." Chad holds his hands up as he turns on the spot to face the crowd, "Except, they don't have friends. I've heard them."
"We all have." Chet chimes in.
"There's no such thing as friends on the isle." Chad shakes his head, "So why is it okay for them to be here? With us good and kind hero kids?"
"Baaa," Roy snorts before he looks around, "Who here is actually buying this shit?"
"Bibbity Bobbity Roy, language!"
"Fucking seriously, that's the part you show up for?" Roy rolls his eyes before he kicks out with a foot, "There goes another week in detention."
Fairy Godmother finally manages to make her way through the wall of students, "What is going on here? Shouldn't you all be in the cafeteria eating breakfast before classes start." Her eyes settle on the painted lockers before she sighs, "Shoo! Shoo! All of you not involved. You five, my office now."
"They didn't do anything Fairy Godmother." Roy instantly defends, "They were being harassed by these five jack asses."
"Roy! Language!" Fair godmother glares at him, "Did I say argue? Or did I say office?"
"Yes Fairy Godmother." The core four say in unison.
Roy sighs, kicking at nothing again, "God damn it."
Carlos reaches out to tug on Roy's sleeve, "Dude, it's okay. But stop, you don't need to get in more trouble."
"Eh. This is a daily thing for me." Roy shrugs as he takes the lead.
"Jordan," Fairy Godmother calls out, "Come back here with that phone."
"FG, the people have a right to the truth." The slender girl flicks her long, deep purple streaked ponytail over her shoulder.
"And they'll have it after I do, you know better than to have it out anyways."
"How can I record the truth if I don't have it out?" Jordan questions with a glare.
"Phone. Now." She holds out her hand. "You'll get it back by lunch. Use your tablet."
Jordan groans before she holds her blinged-out phone up, "I guess that'll have to work for now." She turns to the rest of the group, "Good luck with your scandal, I'm going to enjoy covering this." She spreads her hands wide as if showing off a headline, "V.K.s good or bad, you decide. Come hit me up if you ever get outta detention. I'm sure everyone will want to hear about this from your side."
"Who the-"
"Thanks Jordan." Jay quickly interrupts Mal.
"Sure thing Jay." She shrugs before she walks off.
"Chill Mal, I think she's on our side. Lonnie vouched for her." He whispers in her ear.
"Great." Mal narrows her eyes as they flair neon green. Someone was targeting all of them. All at once. And she wanted to get to the bottom of it before it got them shipped back to the isle.
This seemed bad. Like stupidly bad. What a fucking mess. Roy rolls his eyes and leans back on the bench seat. He'd been in trouble enough to realize most of the time the adults just wanted you to own up to what you did, wanted you to do the time or punishment or whatever, and wanted you to learn a lesson.
He was used to Fairy Godmother's looks of judgment and disappointment.
But that's not what was going on here. Fairy Godmother had an earbud to her ear as she watched the video on Jordan's phone. And no one was talking. You could've heard a stupid pin drop, and the tension. Ugh. He was barely able to breathe it was so thick.
Who would've thought that these kids from the isle would be so… He wasn't even sure what to call it. They weren't scared, well, maybe Carlos was if the grip on his sleeve was any indication. He would have found it adorable if it wasn't for the circumstances. But the rest of them? They were just staring at FG, still as statues. If he were being honest, it was kind of unnerving.
"I swear I didn't have anything to do with the dog barking computer virus." Carlos half whines as his grip on his sleeve tightens.
He resists the urge to smile. It was kind of nice to actually support someone for once, instead of being the one being supported. And Carlos needed support like a mother fucker right now. All his pack did. He'd never seen such a shitty set up in his life. If he was one of them he'd be pissed. Someone had some serious balls to try and make these particular kids look bad. And not only because they were badass. Ben, for as much as the prince had once made him uncomfortable, was going to be pissed when he found out. And Doug- He wasn't sure what Doug was going to do when he found out his princess had been framed like this, but he was sure he was about to see a whole new side to his friend.
Fairy Godmother sigh as she looks the group over before her eyes land on Carlos, "I know that dear one." She holds up her hand. "But with these allegations flying around the school I believed it best to just remove you four-" She sighs again as she looks him over, "Five from the situation."
"Tch," Roy scoffs. "Like hell I was gonna just stand there and let Chad verbally throw up all on them." He shakes his head. So that's what was different. Fairy Godmother believed them. Interesting. This was definitely going to be different.
"So I noticed from the video," Fairy Godmother's eyes shine with mirth as her lips twitch into the smallest smile. "But as it stands we're waiting for a couple of people to join us before we begin." She steeples her hands in front of her.
The room falls back into tense silence so potent it was almost deafening before there's a knock on the door.
"Please come in." Fairy Godmother beckons before David and Nani slip into the room.
Roy sighs in relief. He knew how much Jay and Carlos respected David. Hell, he did too. The guy was chill as fuck.
"Sorry. We stopped and admired the damage on the way here." David shrugs before he sets down a tray of fruit.
"We also grabbed you guys some breakfast." Nani adds as she starts pulling drinks out of a carrier, "I've never heard any of you turning down hot chocolate." She smiles.
The core all hesitantly take cups.
"So howzit FG?" David walks over to lean against the wall.
"It's not good David. I'm not sure what's going on, but these five seem to be at the center of it."
"Oh, right, they did say Roy was stealing test answers." Jay sighs.
"I'm stealing test answers!? Fuck, why didn't I actually think of that? Woulda saved me some damn time."
David chuckles, but quickly covers it with a cough after a look from Nani.
"You're not helping." Fairy Godmother explains in exasperation.
"Sorry." David clears his throat. "I just- Obviously he's not. I know he would've been smarter than actually taking the sheets, kid's have cameras on their phones, why not just take a picture. Stealing them out-right like that suggests someone outta touch with the times, or like a deliberate setup."
Nani closes her eyes, "Thank you David, but I don't think we should look too closely at that."
"And not give Roy any ideas for the future." Fairy Godmother smiles tightly.
"Hey! I was okay with failing. It's one-oh-one with the hair across his ass about me putting in some effort."
"Because Carlos is a good friend who cares about you and your success." David grins.
"I do." Carlos agrees with a mouthful of banana.
Roy rolls his eyes, "My point is if I was okay with failing, why the hell would I steal test answers?"
"Because that would at least show some kind of initiative?" Fairy Godmother snarks.
"And I don't have that outside of playing games with my brah here." Roy wraps his arm around Carlos's shoulders but still doesn't break the pup's grip on his sleeve.
"But I think that one was supposed to target me and you just got rolled up in it." Evie offers meekly after she swallows a mouthful of blueberries.
"Now that really doesn't make sense." Roy shakes his head with a furrowed brow, "You're hella smart and don't need that shit."
"I wasn't so confident when I first arrived here…" Evie sheepishly makes a circle with the tip of her boot. "And I'm sorry about that, but I swear I haven't since our second week. Doug helped me figure out I was good at math and science after Chad called me out for not doing his homework anymore."
"I'm aware of that dear one," Fairy Godmother smiles warmly, "But thank you for your honesty."
Jay drops his gaze as he shifts uncomfortably on the other side of Roy.
"Just like I know you stole the first week you were here." She adds with a sad look towards Jay.
"I swear I gave it all back." Jay shakes his head as his shoulder slump. He hides his face behind his loose hair, "Like we talked about it, and decided to really try and make this work. So I put everyone's stuff in their rooms or left it at the lost and found."
"Which is why you've never seen the inside of this office." She smiles encouragingly.
"Well, I tagged things- Still do. But I didn't do that. That was atrocious and I haven't tagged inside the school in forever."
"Yes I noticed our growing wall of artwork by the Turney field dear." Fairy Godmother smiles warmly, "And it inspired the art class to all take up a section and boost school spirit."
"Tch." Mal rolls her eyes as she sits back, "I knew Ben was too goodie-goodie to not have a plan when he suggested that."
Nani covers an amused snort.
David grins at Nani before he turns, "So, what's the call here FG?"
"I am going to have to do an investigation. And I'm sorry, but the fastest way to clear this up is for you five to let us check your rooms and lockers
"Fuck! No way- You're gonna- Gonna need a- like a court order or something!" There was no way he wouldn't be expelled if FG found his green.
He blushes when all four of the core turn to look him over in concern.
"Roy!" Fairy Godmother snaps, "Breathe. Right now the only things I'm looking for are answer sheets and stolen property. Not what you do in your spare time while ignoring your schoolwork."
Roy's eyes narrow, "So nothing can get held against me, or Doug, cause god knows that boy will freak out if he gets in trouble."
"Dude." Carlos winces as he tugs on his sleeve.
"Just the missing items." Fairy Godmother shakes her head. "Not whatever has you near panicking."
"Yeah brah, take a breath."
"Can I get this in writing? Cause I also don't want it thrown away."
"Oh no, it's getting flushed. You're just not getting in trouble for it."
Roy opens his mouth to argue but Jay's hands clamp down on his shoulders and squeezes in warning. "He gets it."
Carlos nods his head, "He's not gonna argue anymore."
"Ah, the downside to having friends." Roy grumbles before he slumps back in his seat, "Still, better than being alone."
David chuckles.
"Do any of the rest of you have a problem with your rooms being searched to clear your names?"
Carlos takes in a deep, shaky breath before he raises his hand, "I'm um, I'm going to look suspicious."
Fairy Godmother raises her brow, "What do you mean, suspicious?"
"I uh, my computer got hacked or got the barking virus a few days ago," He admits as he wipes at his eyes, "So I uh, I wanted to reverse engineer it because I wanted to figure out what it was supposed to do. So I have schematics of it on my computer."
"Tch," David waves his hand dismissively. "We can get Hiro here and get that virus cleared up in less than two minutes, and another one to find who developed it in the first place."
Fair Godmother blinks, "I don't think it's necessary to pull him away from his work."
"Oh F G, don't take this from me." David claps his hands together, "I need those two to meet, and this seems like a legit reason for it to happen."
Nani rolls her eyes, but even Roy can see the smile she tried to hide.
"Oh." Fairy Godmother blinks. "A statement from Hiro would clean up the virus mess immediately. No one is going to argue his findings on the matter."
"Really?" Carlos jumps to his feet, nearly dragging Roy to the ground in his surprise at the quick motion, "Cause I would never do that. And I didn't even know that my mother and one hundred and one was a thing and I thought she was a dog yellerer. And I would never try to mess up other people's computers, because this isn't the isle and we don't break things we can't have here-Not that I liked breaking things on the isle-"
Mal drops a hand on his head, "C! We get it, chill." She states sternly. "You're not breathing between sentences."
David nods, "Listen to your pack brah, take a deep breath."
Carlos nods as he takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly.
Roy stands up and pulls him into a side hug, "Besides, you're just too adorable to be a criminal mastermind!"
"Shut up." Carlos's cheeks turn bright red.
"See? Look'it those cheeks."
"Rooooy!" Carlos whines "Stop it."
"You're the one who wanted him in the group, pup." Jay chuckles.
"Because I'm awesome." Roy grins before he pulls Carlos back to sit beside him on the bench.
Nani shakes her head though she doesn't hide her smile. "Back to the problem at hand. May I suggest something?"
Fairy Godmother nods, "Please, I'm all ears."
"I know that Saturday is the start of family weekend, so there won't be time to sort all of this mess even with a full investigation. So to save you, and them, some grief why don't we take them for a few days and call it a mental health retreat. That way it sates both sides of the coin and confuses the rest. I'm a certified test proctor. They'll be able to keep up with their school work in their absence, and this will keep them from being accused of cheating."
David nods enthusiastically, "What she said. This way they're not getting punished for sh-stuff they didn't do, and those who are accusing them will see that there was swift action from you."
"Mmhmm." Fairy Godmother holds David's eye for a moment before she sits back in her desk chair and sighs, "That sounds like it would be for the best."
"But, I have a dress I'm working on. Outfits I'm working on for Ben's ceremony."
"You can bring the dress and outfits, but we'll get you a sewing machine privately," Nani assures her.
"So wait, we're not in trouble?" Jay frowns as he looks around the room.
"No. None of you are in trouble-" She glares at Roy pointedly, "This time."
"Was it really necessary to single me out FG?" Roy sighs.
"I'm just happy you found some good influences, Roy," She blinks innocently. "Lord knows Doug tries."
"Are we able to pack a bag or anything?"
"Of course," Nani nods. "We'll come with you to make sure no more scenes are caused."
Whelp, shit certainly hit the fan.
Who saw this coming? Of course these kids can't have nice things for long. Not even in Auradon.
Someone is definitely out for the core four. The question is who? And why now? Any guesses?
Luckily these kids have friends in some really high places. An adult Hiro is no laughing matter. And Cobra kicks ass no matter what his age. The question is, which one of them is bound to show up next?
We really fucking hate our selves for adding so many characters, and honestly, we are afraid we might drop the ball while juggling so many awesome additions. As readers, we're hoping you guys can call us out, or help remind us when a character is being dropped or seems to be acting outside themselves. It would really help us out in the long run. We thought our Supernatural Cast was hard af to balance, but this fic has us bouncing so all over the place we had to split our books up. Ugh.
Anyways…
What do you guys think about this setup?
We thought Mal's disgust about the tag was super on point. She didn't give a flying fuck someone tried to frame her, so much as the shit effort that got put into it. Like a true artist. What did you guys think?
Chad is a flying douche bag. We all know this. So we decided to give him some backup. We have nothing against anyone whose name starts with C, but we couldn't stop ourselves from making all of his lackeys' names begin with the same letter as him. They didn't really have a chance to go in-depth with the character in the movies but with his personality, we figured he'd be like a less successful Draco. What do you guys think? Agree with the fact that he would have some bulky jock-ish backup? Promise there'll be more of them before the story ends. We do have plans for some of them. ;)
Carlos and Roy are fucking adorable together and the fact that C tries to keep Roy outta trouble just tickles me pink. What did you guys think about the interaction between the two once F G showed up?
Dun ta dun- We finally introduced Jordan for any of you who were fans of her mini-series. What do you think of her intro? She was pretty peeved her phone got taken, but that just seems so on point for what little we know of the character. She's like Auradon's very own Deez, if ya know, Deez was into gossip and more shallow affairs.
David and Nani are these kids number one supporters, (besides Ben and Belle of course) and David was doing his best to keep from losing his shit on these kids behalves. We know we don't focus on Nani too much, but seriously people, it's hard enough writing one counselor and focusing on their sessions. What did you think of their addition to the scene?
F G is one positive boss ass bitch in the movies, and I think Dark does a great job of portraying her. Any surprises that she knows so much about what's going on at her school? From the C-4's first week activities to Roy's extracurricular activities?
Who are you guys more excited to meet, our versions of Hiro or Cobra? We assure you both will be showing up.
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