Author's Note: Hey guys, sorry for the late upload on this chapter, but this weekend was crazy, was studying up everything I can for my interview and I was a nervous wreck. Barely had anytime to finish this chapter, but the important thing is that it's up now and you are all gonna finally find out what happened between Eliza and the AKs and how Eliza is their most hated enemy now. Also, this is gonna be a two patter, so for now here's part 1, I might upload part two very soon cause this got me so excited. So get some popcorn and enjoy this reading that's about to take place.
Chapter 42: The Icy Past Uncracked Part 1
For what it felt like nearly an hour since searching, the team was still determined to find Mordo and his cronies from taking over Auradon. The team was split in 3 groups before they departed from the convention. Mal, her VK friends and Eliza were on their way to one of the locations of a building Carlos found. Quincy, who is carrying Carlos was flying along with Evie whom turned into a eagle and Freddie was using her chaos magic to carry Mal, Jay, and Eliza.
"We should be their in 5 mins!" Carlos said to everyone.
"We've already been to two buildings, like everyone else who reported in." Mal said.
"Yeah, I thought said there was only 5 of them, Carlos!" Quincy said.
"Some more popped up as we've gone on." Carlos said.
"I should pop your head for having to carry you almost half an hour." Quincy threatened.
"Come on, give me a break here." Carlos said.
Even Freddie, Jay, and Mal had to giggle at those two, except for Eliza. Mal notice and figured what was going on.
"Hey, don't worry about earlier, I'm sure you never meant to be performing solo."
"Yeah, but that still didn't make them want to work together with me before we departed."
One Hour Ago
Mal decided to take Jay, Evie, Carlos, Freddie and Quincy with her. Ben takes Audrey, Jane, Lonnie, Doug and Chad. And finally, Jordan takes Ally, Aziz, Herkie, and Trevor. But then, they forgot about Eliza, or at least most of them were hoping not to team up with her.
Seeing this with unbelievability, Mal walks over to Eliza with her hand out.
"Come on, we're gonna need all the help we can get." Mal said to her.
Eliza took her hand and followed Mal to her group who welcomed her with open arms. This made her smile and Jay smiles right back at her. Audrey caught that and try not to let that get to her.
"Alright, so we know there's at least 5 building to check out, and we need to be vigilant when we see Mordo." Ben said
"So what do we do when some of us finds him?" Jay asks.
"Radio the others and we'll meet up so we can surprise him." Ben said.
"What radio?" Jordan asks.
"Actually, we'll just call or text each other."
"Your majesty!" Lumière said.
He and Cogsworth came back inside the ballroom and they stop to take a breath.
"Are you alright?" Ben said going over to them.
"Yes, we ran with the crowd to get somewhere safe until this whole thing blows over." Cogsworth said.
"I was so worried something to you, so we had to come back." Lumière said.
"It's a good thing you did come back because I need your help." Ben said.
"Really?" They both said.
"It would really help if you can keep an eye on Stan Lee and Steve Ditko." Ben said.
"It'll be our honor, sir!" Lumière said.
"Thank you, can you watch over them back at our suite?" Ben said.
"Of course, but what about you?" Lumière asks.
"We're gonna stop Mordo."
"But he's dangerous, you might get hurt in the process." Cogsworth said.
"Or worse." Lumière added.
"We'll be fine, we got each other's back." Ben said.
Even those two know he has a point, still they worry for his safety.
"Just please be careful." Lumière said.
"I'm always am." Ben said then turns to his team. "Let's move out!"
Present
"I can't really blame them, after everything I did, it's no wonder they'll never forgive me." Eliza said.
"I hope I'm not pushing this on you, but what really did happen back then?" Mal asks.
"A lot." Eliza said.
"There it is." Carlos said.
"Ok, we're landing now!" Mal said.
Quincy, Evie and Freddie begin to lower themselves down to the ground and land on the grass. After Evie transforms back to her blue skinned self, they looked in front of them and it was an old warehouse on the outskirts of the city.
"Looks like a warehouse." Jay said.
"Yeah, shut down 10 years ago." Carlos said.
"Alright, fan out!" Mal said. "Half of us go to the exit, the rest go to the exit!"
Mal, Jay, Eliza and Quincy went to the front while Evie, Carlos and Freddie went to the back.
"Got us linked, Mal!" Eliza said in her mind.
"Good! Carlos, anything yet?" Mal asks.
"We barely just walked in, but nothing so far." Carlos said.
"This is a great idea using telepathy to communicate, that way Mordo can't hear us coming." Jay said.
"I'm actually glad she's on our side." Freddie said.
"At least you guys think so." Eliza said.
"This is getting out of hand, they really can't seem to forgive you." Evie said.
"I understand though. With all the pranks I've pulled over the years back on the isle, I know no one will ever forgive me." Quincy said.
"But we did." Mal said.
"Yeah, even I tolerate you from time to time." Freddie said.
Eliza was thinking maybe she can confide in her new friends since they know what it's like.
"Eliza, are you alright?" Mal asks her when she noticed her expression.
"I think maybe…maybe I should confess my own past, but I'm just afraid of what you all might think of me after that." Eliza said.
"There's no judgement here." Mal assured her.
"You can trust us." Jay said and he held her hand.
After that encouragement, Eliza took a deep breath and exhales.
"I guess since we're not gonna find him anytime soon anyways, I might as well."
And then Eliza begins the story from two years ago.
2 Years Ago…
Auradon Prep
"It must've been over two years ago that when I begin my first day in Auradon Prep. It was a nice sunny day, student were socializing, studying, having a blast. I remember being driven by my family's limo and my mom accompanied me since she wanted to. She dropped me off to my dorm room after getting my class schedule from Fairy Godmother and told me to have a good time and to always call her cause she'll miss me since Auradon Prep was further away than my last school. After our goodbyes, I was going to my first class, but before I knew it, I was meeting the first person I would socialize with daily, just not in a way you think."
Eliza was about to turn a corner when she bumped into someone and her books dropped to the floor.
"I'm so sorry." A boy's voice said.
"It's alright, I should've looked where I'm going." Eliza said.
They were both on their knees getting her books and they finally faced each other. Eliza nearly gasped who was right in front of her. It was Prince Ben who had the same expression on his face.
"Wow." Eliza said.
"Wow yourself." Ben said.
"I'm sorry, but are you Ben? Prince Ben of Auradon?" Eliza said.
"That's me, but if I had to guess who you are, it's Eliza? Winner of that Talent Competition on tv?" Ben said.
"The one and only." Eliza said.
"I must've been ten when that happened. You were made to be a star." Ben said.
"You're making me blush. But what about you, Soon-To-Be-King?" Eliza said.
"That's what everyone expects me to be, but I'm still nervous about the whole thing, you know?"
"I bet, ruling an entire kingdom, that's gotta put pressure on anyone."
"I'll get through it, I'm even learning everything and everyone around this kingdom, including your mother."
"Yeah, my mom sure is important in history, even teaches to never judge a book by its cover."
"Especially with seemingly nice guy like Hans."
"Tell me about it."
"But enough with that, we're you heading to class?" Ben asks.
"Yeah, I've got Magicial History."
"Me too." Ben said. "Why don't we go together?"
"I'd like that." Eliza said.
"I think this will be the start of a beautiful friendship."
"Likewise."
And that's how I met Ben. After that, he introduced me to some of his friends Chad, Aziz, Herkie, even Trevor when he was a student there at the time. Eventually, I even got to meet Audrey when Ben was showing me around the school. She was beautiful, preppy, always knew how to lead her cheerleading squad. I even met the other girls like Jordan, who was filming the cheers, Jane the school's mascot, then Jane, Ally and Lonnie. And then I met Doug, who came out of band practice. Ben introduce me to his other friends and they welcomed me with open arms.
"I'm so glad you all can meet her, she's really friendly." Ben said to everyone.
"Well, as long as she knows I'm your girlfriend, we'll get along fine." Audrey said putting his arm around her.
"Oh, don't worry, he already informed me, I wasn't really in him." Eliza assured her. "But I do love your bird earrings. Gold number 5?"
Audrey gasps, "You can tell?"
"Of course, I got the same color for my earrings." Eliza pointed to her own snowflake earrings.
"I think I found my new best friend." Audrey squeals cheerfully.
We immediately became really good friends, and she would always invite me out to do everything. We get our nails done, go on tons of shopping sprees, having sleepovers on weekends, us and the other girls we're having a ball. Even go to tourney matches with the Fighting Knights and cheering for Ben and his teammates. Sometimes they win and Ben would invite us to celebrate. Other times when Ben needs someone to talk to, I would always be there and he would relax and told me he could always count on me for a shoulder to lean was going good, it was like the best school year ever, or at least that's what they think.
"Huh?" Mal and the VKs said.
"What you mean about that?" Quincy said.
"We're about to come to part where everything went bad, for them in this story." Eliza said.
It was night time and everyone is in deep sleep. In Eliza's room, her roommate was sleeping so she didn't notice Eliza was Eliza was stepping out and walking down the hallway. She pulls out her phone and texts, "OMW" to someone named "Hot BF" on her phone. The person texts back, "Cool, waiting out hear for you, babe!". As she made it outside and walked to the side of the building, she was looking around trying to find someone. As she looks, two arms grabs her from behind.
"Ahh!" She screamed.
"Relax, it's me." His voice said and shushing her.
She turns around and was relieved to see Mitch.
"Don't scare like that, Mitch!"
"Sorry babe, just had to surprise ya." Mitch chuckled.
"Mitch?!" Freddie and Quincy said.
"He was your boyfriend?!" Evie said.
"Yes, and sadly, there's more to it." Eliza added.
"Did someone see you?" Eliza said still in her boyfriend's arms.
"Come on, you know me, ain't no one gonna catch me." Mitch said.
"Good, cause I would hate for someone here to catch a Forest Falcon here."
"Or someone here finding out you're dating one of the Forest Falcons."
"It's lucky they didn't press on about what school I came from."
"Lucky us then, cause then our plan would've been a little complicated."
"So far, they all trust me, especially Ben. I can't get him to fall for me, but I can get him to confide in me."
"You always were such a charmer."
"It's a gift."
"So when are we gonna pull this off?"
"Soon, my dear Mitch, very soon."
"I really need to win next week's game, Eliza."
"I know, that why we agreed that I need to transfer here, to gain everyone's trust. And step one has succeeded. Took me months, but they all love me. So now I'm gonna use their trust in me against them as my advantage."
"I love how cold you are, babe." Mitch grins.
"Ice cold you mean?" Eliza grins back.
To Be Continued
Author's Note: How was that folks? Looks like Eliza's past is gonna get interesting. What was the plan she and Mitch cooked up? How did everything went down in Auradon Prep? Tune in soon for part two and Have A Wicked Day!
