Carlos POV- Carlos lost sight of Gil who was riding around on his bike. Deciding to give up, Carlos went back to the main square to wait for the others. Jay and Evie showed up shortly after he did.
"Any luck?" Carlos asked, though since he didn't see any of their bikes he knew the answer.
"Freaking Hook" Jay said kicking a rusty can. Then he leaned against the wall crossing his arms clearly angry.
"No bikes but… we got the Ember" Mal said as she, Celia and Rayna walked up to them.
"Let's go then" Jay grinned.
"All right, get in get out. Jay you good?" Mal asked as they walked towards the barrier.
"Yeah" Jay replied.
"Okay. Hold on" Mal said holding out her arms to stop everyone.
Jay pressed a button on the barrier remote and it opened for them. They all walked out perfectly fine but Mal and Rayna had a reaction to magic reentering them. Rayna's eyes flashed yellow just for a second and she grinned. Mal had a ripple of blue magic flow over her.
"Whoa. You got a little Hades thing going" Evie commented.
"Wow" Mal said looking at the Ember.
"That thing packs a punch huh?" Carlos asked smiling now having hope of beating Audrey.
A crash behind them had them all turning around ready for a fight.
"We made it bro" Gil said hugging Harry.
"We made it" Harry grinned as they both now stood outside the barrier.
"Hey guys. We're just coming for a wee visit" Harry said grinning.
Then he and Gil started to walk towards them. Carlos pushed Harry back and Jay pushed Gil. Harry and Gil pushed back in turn.
Rayna POV- Rayna's temper flared when Harry had pushed Carlos so she intervened before it could get out of control. She knew as she looked at Gil and Harry that her eyes were now yellow.
"What are you Jewel?" Harry asked without a single trace of fear.
"Not…" Rayna started but Gil bumped into Mal out of fear of Rayna and it knocked the Ember from her hand.
"Hey! No! No!" Mal said chasing it.
Harry also reached for the Ember but with his hook. He caught Mal's wrist just as she grabbed the Ember but when he pulled his hook back it hit the Ember sending it out over the water. A tentacle reached out of the water and caught the Ember before it got wet. Then Uma appeared grinning.
"Drop something?" Uma asked.
"It can't get wet. Give it back before it goes out" Mal begged.
"Uma?!" Harry and Gil cried out.
"That's my name" Uma grinned before going back under water.
"No!" Mal cried.
The water began to churn and swirl but when it stopped Uma wasn't there.
"Hi boys" Uma said behind them back to regular size and on two legs.
"Welcome back" Harry grinned walking over to her.
"Uma you swam off and forgot all about us" Gil said sadly walking over to her.
"Yeah planning her revenge no doubt" Mal said crossing her arms.
"It's not all about you Mal. I was looking for a hole in the barrier to let everybody out. And you know what I found boys? It's way better out there than we thought. There's this thing that looks like a fuzzy rock called a coconut. And fish so big you could dance on their backs. And they've been keeping it all for themselves" Uma said.
"Whatever Uma, I need that to break a spell" Mal said holding out her hand for the Ember Uma held.
"Cast by Audrey. Sleeping Beauty's daughter" Carlos added.
"So the good guy is the bad guy? Well I might not give it back. Let's see what happens."
"Everyone is both good and bad it's your choices that define you" Rayna said having heard that line all her life and only now truly understanding it.
"Uma it's not the time for games! People's lives are in danger!" Mal cried out.
"Guarantee me that every single villain kid who wants to can get off the Isle" Uma ordered.
"I can't do that" Mal said.
"Can't do that?" Uma repeated rolling her eyes as she walked over to the edge of the bridge Harry extended his arm toward the water and Uma held the Ember out.
"Well how bout now?" Uma asked.
"Deal! Deal" Mal said.
Then Uma pretended to drop it.
"Uma!" Evie cried out but Uma just laughed.
"Her word is good" Evie said.
Mal once again held out her hand for the Ember.
"I'll still keep this for the time being. Because if you think I trust you to save the world on your own think again. This is a job for pirates" Uma grinned turning back to Gil and Harry.
"Yeah" Gil grinned as he and Harry high fived Uma.
"We can always go back to hating each other when this is over" Jay told Mal.
"Fine" Mal agreed through clearly not happy.
"Where are our bikes?" Jay asked.
"Oh yeah. We crashed them" Gil smiled.
Then Harry imitated himself on the bike and he revved the engine then he did a loud whistle and it got softer before he finished it off with what would be the bikes crashing and he grinned.
"Here's a thought. We could try to be friends. Put our history behind us and celebrate our differences. Yeah? Who wants gum?" Evie asked trying to be the optimist.
They all just stared at her. Uma shook her head and started to walk towards Auradon.
"Let's go" Uma said.
"Ah! No. I'm in charge. Let's go" Mal said.
"Hold on Mal. Sure you're in charge but I'm still security they… are my issue" Rayna finally spoke up pointing at Uma, Gil, and Harry.
"I'll handle Uma okay" Mal said.
"You got it. You two… don't get on my bad side" Rayna grinned walked past Gil and Harry.
Gil flinched a little.
"Oh but what if I want to get on your bad side?" Harry almost purred.
"Don't" Carlos said pushing past Harry and taking Rayna's hand.
"I thought being territorial was my thing" Rayna grinned.
No one spoke another word the entire walk back to Auradon. Awkward was too simple a word to describe the silence.
"They're asleep. Everyone" Evie said once they got to Auradon Prep.
"I can't get Ben" Mal said looking at her phone.
"Or Dizzy or Doug" Evie said.
"I can't get Jane or the twins" Carlos said.
"And I can't get Maximus. The signals out" Rayna added.
"Is that Auradon Prep?" Celia asked staring slack jawed at the school.
"Yeah. When everybody wakes up you're going to love it" Carlos told her.
"Everything is so…" Gil said looking around.
"Freaky" Jay said.
"Green. You have leaves on your trees. And what are those colored things on the bushes?" Gil asked.
"Uh… flowers?" Jay said slowly.
"Flowers are pretty. Cantaloupe!" Gil took a bowl off the table and started eating.
"We don't have fresh fruit on the Isle. Remember?" Uma explained.
"Thank you" Gil told the sleeping students before he set the bowl down.
"They're grapes" Jay informed him.
Rayna smiled a little seeing how much Gil liked Auradon. But she sighed in annoyance when she looked at Harry. Jay started to walk over to him but Rayna stopped him.
"I believe I deserve some compensation for my muscles, my wile and my role in this endeavor" Harry said to the sleeping students that he was stealing from.
"Drop it Harry" Rayna said softly having snuck up on him.
He jumped and spun around.
"Jewel! I was just…"
"Put it back. No stealing" Rayna ordered.
"Fine" Harry said almost pouting as he put the money back.
Carlos POV- "Yum" Carlos heard someone talking.
He looked around and saw Dude licking a student's fingers.
"Dude" Carlos called.
"Delicious" Dude said before he burped.
"Dude really?"
"What? It wasn't me I swear. Okay it was me."
"Hey do you know what happened here?"
The others gathered closer to Carlos and Dude.
"Yup. Audrey showed up. She put everyone to sleep. And then she turned some of them to…" Dude explained.
"Guys!" Evie called out a little ways closer to the school.
They walked towards her and saw why she called out.
"Hannah turned to stone" Evie said standing next to a stone statue of Hannah.
"I don't have an idea on how to break that spell" Rayna said looking at Hannah.
"All right. Everybody stay on their toes" Jay said.
"Look since we're here let's check the school" Uma said.
Gil, Harry and Celia started to follow her.
"No. Audrey went straight for the crown so I think it's safe to assume that she's gonna go for Ben and his castle next. That's where we'll go" Mal said.
"Says me."
"And that's supposed to mean something to me?"
"Guys" Evie pleaded.
"Please?" Rayna added.
Carlos knew how badly she wanted to check on Ben. If Uma argued he'd take Rayna to the castle himself.
"To the castle" Mal said when Uma gave in.
As quickly as they could without bikes they made their way to the castle.