Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and please let me know what you guys thought. And there is a big twist coming at the end of this chapter that I hope you guys enjoy.
"Okay this is clearly some prank! Are you here from the Royaltons! I bet you are! Just take off your masks and go back back to the others because I'm not going to let you Royaltons distract me and get in my head! My girls are going to win this year!" April screamed out to Evie as she thought Evie and Lola were just trying to prank her.
Before Evie could respond Mal just walked over to her with her dragon. "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Strawberry says she's hungry! She wants Strawberries!" The small four year old cried out as she used her dragon to complain knowing that Evie didn't like when she would complain. And she didn't care about interrupting Evie's conversation because she wanted strawberries.
Evie just sighed as she looked at Mal. "Mal sweetie mommy is talking to someone right now. Can you please tell Strawberry that she needs to wait," Evie told the small girl who just huffed. "Ugh fine mommy! Strawberry did you hear mommy? Uh huh yeah I know! Strawberry is mad at you mommy! Lola! Please take me to get some strawberries Lola!" The young four year old screamed out as she ran back over to Lola, clearly upset as she really wanted strawberries, but Lola said she was busy and her mommy told her to wait.
"Mal please not right now! I'm getting some good shots here! Oh I got an idea okay now stand right there and keep up with your tantrum! Okay great this is going to look so authentic!" Lola screamed out excitedly as she took pictures of the clearly upset four year old.
Evie just sighed again as she watched Mal pout. "Okay well back to what you were saying. I'm not from the Royaltons whatever that is even though I am technically royalty and the fairest of them all, but don't tell mom. Anyway like I said before I'm Evie and that's Lola. We are definitely not pranking you. Here this paper explains everything. You can read it while I go deal with my cranky four year old," Evie told April as she handed her the paper that explained everything with proof and ran over to go calm down the now pouting four year old.
"Mal come on please stop pouting or I won't get you anymore strawberries ever again," Evie told her small sister immediately making Mal start panicking. "What! Mommy you can't do that! Strawberries are my favorite food! And you told me that they are good for me and you would be a bad mommy if you ever took them away! Remember mommy you told me that when I said I didn't want to go to preschool and said I would give up strawberries! Remember mommy! Remember!" The small girl screamed out making Evie just sigh again as she knew Mal was right.
"I hate when you use my own words against me. Alright Mal come on let's go get you some strawberries," Evie told Mal making Lola and April who had finished reading the paper just stare at Evie like she had lost her mind.
"Um what are you doing?" April asked Evie in shock as she had just watched the small four year old yell at Evie and basically throw a tantrum and Evie was just letting her get away with it and not only that she was giving in. April would never let her dancers get away with that.
Evie just looked at April as she pointed to the store next to where they were. "I'm just going to get her some strawberries," Evie told April who just shook her head no as she looked at Evie. "Okay I'm confused here. Are you the parent or the child because it seems like you're letting her control you! You have to be disciplined with kids otherwise they don't listen!" April told Evie who just laughed as she looked at her.
"Okay I think I know more about kids than you do. I've been raising one for two years now on my own," Evie told April who just sighed. "Yeah well I've been teaching kids dance for some time now and they always respond better when I yell and discipline them. Do you even yell at her ever," April practically screamed out to Evie making Evie just give her a smile.
"Mal doesn't respond well to yelling. It makes her cry, so I don't do it directly to her. I do discipline her though, but most of the time she is pretty well behaved, so I don't have to," Evie told her new sister casually as she didn't want to start another fight, but she wasn't liking how her new sister was trying to judge her on her parenting styles just because she teaches a few kids how to dance.
Sure it takes a lot of time and hard work to do that, but at the end of the day teaching dance is not the same as being a mother to a child. And everyone has their own way of parenting it doesn't mean that it's a wrong way as long as Mal is behaving and staying safe, happy, and healthy than it doesn't matter how she parents.
April just sighed as she decided that it wasn't her job to deal with how her new sister was choosing to deal with her own kid. She had a whole team of children that were relying on her for getting them ready for their next competition in a few weeks.
"Okay whatever if you want to let your kid walk all over you then that's on you. Now we can discuss this whole life changing news later right now I have some young dancers that are waiting for me in the dance studio. And I've been keeping them waiting," April told Evie making Evie smile at the mention of dance class.
"I don't let her walk all over me, but I guess you can have your own opinion. Oh and can we check out your dance class? That sounds really fun to watch! And it will give me an opportunity to check out how dance classes work since I've been thinking about getting Mal into dance classes. I mean that's going to have to wait a little bit now that Mal has broken her arm, but Mal has been talking about wanting to join dance classes since she was like two," Evie rambled out excitedly making April just sigh.
"Yeah alright fine, but you better not distract them. We have a really big competition coming up and they need to concentrate and work hard. And what I saw earlier is not what I want to see if I let you, Lola, and Mal observe our class," April told Evie sternly, making Evie smile and nod.
"Of course I would never cause any problems and I can assure you that Mal really is a really well behaved little girl. Right Mal," Evie told both April and Mal. Mal just smiled as she nodded. "Yeah I'm a good girl! Oh wait what's that Strawberry? Okay I'll tell her. Mommy Strawberry says she doesn't want strawberries anymore since she was making us be bad girls! I'm sorry mommy and Strawberry says sorry too," The small girl told Evie, making Evie smile.
"It's okay Mal I forgive you and Strawberry. And this is why I love you! See she's really well behaved. Now Lola I'm not going to lie I don't know too much about her yet, but from what I've seen so far she should be fine too," Evie rambled out and Lola came over when she finished getting photos and began to focus again as she heard her name.
"Whats up? I heard my name. Oh wow look at that, so you're our other sister. Wow look at that. You know this is honestly so cool! So what were we talking about? I was totally invested in getting some good shots with my camera. And by the way this place is amazing just look at all of these amazing shots I got!" Lola rambled out as she hadn't seen April before as she was so concentrated on observing the town and getting some creative pictures.
Mal just laughed as she looked at Lola. Mal was really starting to like Lola a lot. Lola reminded her so much of her Auntie Uma and Mal loved her Auntie Uma. "Hehe you're so silly Lola! We're going to see a dance class! Come on! I'll race you!" The small girl screamed out excitedly as she began to start running in the same direction she had seen the other kids go in.
Evie just laughed along with Lola and even April laughed as she couldn't help but admit the kid was adorable. She reminded her a lot of June, Michelle, and Dicky. "Mal sweetie please come back here! You don't know where you're going! And please be careful with your cast on!" Evie screamed out to her sister, making Mal stop as she gave Evie a look of confidence remembering what her Auntie Uma always told her. She has to look confident when lying otherwise no one would believe her.
"Nu uh! I do too know where I'm going! I saw the other kids go over there! And my cast doesn't even hurt mommy! I can run just fine see," the small four year old told Evie as she pointed towards the barn where the other kids were already practicing with their other teacher Mrs. Barb who owned the dance company. Mrs. Barb was now starting the class as according to the kids April was right behind them, but stopped to talk to someone first, but it had been about twenty or thirty minutes since then. She also began to run around with ease just proving to Evie that she could run.
Evie just sighed as she looked at April who just laughed as she had to admit the kid was right. Evie then looked back at Mal as she knew from April's reaction that Mal was right, but Evie still wanted Mal to walk with her because it was safer that way.
"Okay Mal yes you're right, but can you please come back here and hold my hand. I don't like you wandering ahead of me and I still don't feel comfortable with you running in your cast," Evie told the four year old making Lola just roll her eyes as she looked at Evie.
"Oh come on it's right there! What kind of trouble could she possibly get in! Come on sis learn to let go a little!" Lola told Evie, making Evie just sigh again, but she quickly put on a smile as she looked at Mal. Her competitive nature coming out again.
"Yeah you're right I just worry. Well now that we have that settled. Mal you get a three second head start! I...2...3! Okay it's on now!" Evie told the young girl making Mal laugh as she began to run as fast as she could and once Evie hit three she took off running as well making Lola and even April laugh.
"Okay wow I think that's the first time I've ever seen her be so loose and carefree wow! I kinda like it! Well I'm not going to let them win that easily! Hey I'm racing too!" Lola told April as she then took off running after Evie and Mal to try and catch up to them.
April just laughed as she decided to join them too as she was always so focused on being perfect and she didn't let herself be loose unless she was dancing and even then she had only just recently been loose with her dancing again.
When they finally reached the barn Mal just laughed excitedly as she had won. Evie had been second place and Lola had just barely missed second place by just a few seconds which was good considering Evie had started way before her. "Ha I win! I'm the best runner ever!" The small four year old screamed out happily making everyone just laugh deciding to let the young girl take the win. When in reality Evie had given her a huge head start.
"Alright well come on let's go in. I'm extremely late now. Remember when we get in there you sit on the sidelines and you do not distract my dancers or I will not sit down with you after this to discuss any of what is on this paper!" April told the others as she quickly entered the barn along with Evie, Mal, and Lola.
When the girls saw that April had actually shown up they were surprised as they had been convinced that April had just given up again as she said she was coming, but it had been almost an hour and she was just now showing up.
April just sighed as she saw the angry looks on all the kids' faces as they had been counting on her and she just bailed on them again. "Okay I know you're mad, but I had some important information to deal with! Now let's go get back into positions!" April told the girls sternly, but none of the girls were really paying attention as they were just staring in awe at seeing Evie Queen in their dance studio.
April just groaned when she saw what the dancers were staring at. "Yes I know we all three look the same, but right now I need you focused! You can gawk at how we all look after class, but right now I need you working! Ignore them, they are here to observe only! Now get into positions and focus or you are all doing push ups!" April screamed out to the dancers.
Just as the girls quickly got into positions and began to dance Mal came out from her hiding spot behind Evie. "Mommy I don't like our new sister very much she's kinda mean and she yells too much," the young girl told Evie who just nodded as she looked at Mal.
She knew that April was being very strict, but the kids didn't seem to be taking offence to it, so although Evie didn't like it she wouldn't say anything about it. Especially since she knows what it's like to have someone criticize the way she deals with kids and she hates it everytime.
"Yeah I know Mal she does yell a lot, but Mal you barely know her. Remember you can't judge someone until you get to know them first," Evie told Mal who just nodded and before Mal or even Lola could say anything all the dancers stopped dancing as they came running over to Evie as they had heard her call the small purple haired girl Mal and they were now interested in why as Mal was supposed to be way older.
"Did you call her Mal as in Maleficent's daughter Mal?" The girls all screamed out at once making Evie laugh as she couldn't help it. Mal just quickly hid behind Evie and Lola as she was now scared again.
Lola just looked at Evie as she was confused now too. "Wait, I thought she's our sister and our mom is the Evil Queen, so what are they talking about," Lola asked Evie, making Evie laugh again as she reached over and picked up Mal who was hiding behind her.
"She is! It's very complicated and such a long story. I can tell you the story, but I'm warning you it's really long," Evie told the dancers who just leaned in as they all sat down in a circle wanting to hear Evie's story. April just looked at her dancers as they weren't listening to her again. "Hello! What are you doing! We have rehearsals! Get up!" April screamed out to the dancers who just groaned as they wanted to hear Evie's story.
"But Miss. April we want to hear the story please Miss April. Just this one story," the young girl June told April who just looked at the other kids who were all giving her the same look.
"Okay fine! We can hear Evie's story, but as soon as it's over I want you all back into positions and ready to go!" April told the dancers who all just started to celebrate excitedly. The truth was that April was kind of interested in the story as well.
Evie just smiled as she saw everyone sitting down wanting to hear her story. "Okay well I guess there is no backing out now. It all started two years ago…" Evie told the others as she began her story explaining everything to everyone about Mal all the way up until the newest information that she had.
When Evie finished her story everyone was in complete shock as they were not expecting that at all. They all had no clue what to say. Just as everyone was coming out of their shock from the story Evie got a phone call from Fairy Godmother. "What? You're serious okay wow. Well thank you for telling me wow," Evie told Fairy Godmother through the phone as she hung up and just picked up the paper with all the information as the paper began to change adding another name to the information list.
"Well guess what guys we're not quadruplets," Evie told April and Lola making them look at her not knowing what to say. "What, but the paper doesn't lie," Lola told Evie who just nodded as she revealed the paper which now had a fifth name.
"No way," April and Lola said at the same time as they were in shock again. Evie just nodded making Mal look at her in confusion as she didn't understand what was happening.