Henry was shown to be sitting on the end of the castle playground that was a little further away from everything else in town, such as Mr. Gold's pawnshop, the local library, and the diner. He kicked his legs back and forth and he soon looked over, then nodded and waved his hand in the air. Dee Dee noticed Henry and soon rushed right over to him while she still had the time.
"Dee Dee, glad you could make it." Henry said with a small smile.
"Hi, Henry. I'm not late am I?" Dee Dee asked before looking around. "Where's Sophie?"
"She's on her way," Henry replied. "She'll be our back-up because this is a very important mission."
"It really sounds like it," Dee Dee said before she decided to hop up next to him. "This sounds very important."
"Indeed," Henry told her. "We might see some things that cannot be unseen... I don't want you to get hurt, so I hope you understand that once we begin this mission, there will be no turning back."
"He's right." A mysterious voice agreed.
Dee Dee and Henry looked over and saw the red-hooded girl as she wore her hood over her head, like Ruby Lucas sometimes who had a cloak that matched her name. "Hey, Sophie." they then greeted the older girl who offered to help them out in their little adventure.
"So... You two think you're ready to uncover the secrets of our town... Our little Auradon Heights... Well, do you?" Sophie asked, sounding very quirky and ominous.
Dee Dee and Henry blinked before glancing at each other and then looking back at the brunette teenage girl.
"Well... We were hoping to..." Henry replied.
"Yeah, and you said that you would help us," Dee Dee added. "...Are you going back on your promise?"
"Don't worry... I never go back on my promises with other people, especially when it comes to education." Sophie reassured them.
"Well, that's good at least." Henry nodded.
"So... Shall we get going to the library then?" Dee Dee then suggested.
"Not so fast, munchkins," Sophie said. "I need to see if you're ready or not."
Henry and Dee Dee blinked before they then looked at each other in confusion before they soon looked back at the mysterious teenage girl.
"Ready for what?" Henry asked.
"For a test..." Sophie told them.
"A test?" Dee Dee asked. "I thought that school was out for the summer?"
"No, not that kind of test," Sophie said before she turned around and took out a briefcase before setting it up on the base of the wooden playground castle that they sat on before she clicked it and put it in a digitized code of "21-12-37" and the case soon opened up after she put in her password before reaching in and began to take something out in her hands and they appeared to be two lollipops of two different colors: one blue and one red. "Behold... Your test."
"Candy?" Dee Dee asked. "Couldn't you have at least gotten sugarplums? They're my favorite."
"Sorry, but Mrs. Braeburn says that sugarplums are out of season right now," Sophie replied. "Feel free to choose a lollipop, children, but this isn't just any choice. If you take the cherry one, you'll both enjoy a nice, sweet lolly. Upon sucking your way to the gum core, you'll forget everything that's happened here and you can return to your lives as normal kids, but... If you take the boysenberry, there's NO turning back."
Dee Dee and Henry began to feel a tremendous amount of pressure suddenly.
"The sour, tangy taste will open your mind," Sophie told Dee Dee and Henry. "You'll see what I see. You'll know what I know..." she then narrowed her eyes to warn them about how important and big this was right now.
"...Is this a reference to The Matrix?" Henry asked.
Sophie seemed to just ignore that question. "It's your choice, children... Red or blue?" she then asked them sternly.
Dee Dee and Henry looked between the two lollipops. Dee Dee looked like she was about to take the red one until Henry reached for the blue one instantly as he smirked in determination.
"Excellent choice." Sophie nodded to them then.
Dee Dee and Henry soon both licked the lollipop before grimacing and cringing at the instant sourness that plagued their tastebuds. It was a pretty big price to pay just to get done what they wanted to get done, but as they say: almost anything comes with a price.
"Hang onto your composure, kids, because you're going for a ride." Sophie then said as she soon chucked the red lollipop and held out her hands for both of them.
Henry and Dee Dee then nodded and shook their hands with Sophie's hands and it was now time to head to the library to see what this was all about.
"Here we go." Henry told himself as this was it and there was no turning back now. Aside from coming home in time for dinner of course.
MEANWHILE...
"Hi, guys~" Uma chuckled as she came over to the group of Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos, Keela, Melody, and Ben as Gil and Maddy followed her.
"Uh... Welcome back..." Ben nervously told Uma.
"Uma... You just swam off and we thought maybe you forgot all about us or something." Jay added.
"Yeah. Planning her revenge no doubt." Mal scoffed slightly.
"It's not all about you, Mal," Uma retorted as she crossed her arms. "I was just hanging out and taking a little swim with these two who decided to get closer together." she then added as she rolled her eyes slightly about Gil and Maddy.
"...You missed the last day of school before summer vacation," Evie remarked. "...Were you guys just underwater all this time? How on Earth did you possibly survive?"
"Pfft... I ain't a sea girl, ya know," Uma rolled her eyes. "My Aunt Morgana has a lake house. We just decided to just keep swimming and soon ended up there and she let me stay with her. Mama doesn't know where I am... Not like she would care or anything."
"Who knew it was so adventurous and amazing way outside of Auradon Heights?" Gil commented. "We even found furry rocks near Morgana's lake house!"
"That's called a coconut, Gil." Maddy grumbled.
"Oh... I knew that." Gil then said before slowly blinking.
"Yes... Coconuts and fish so big you could dance on their backs," Uma then added with a small smirk. "And unlike Ben and Harry, you can keep that all to yourself, Mal."
"Whatever, Uma..." Mal sighed and rolled her eyes. "I need to come up with a way to stop Peter and Audrey."
"Wait..." Uma then suddenly spoke up. "...Did you say Peter? As in Peter Banning?"
The others looked at each other before shrugging and nodding.
"Yeah, you know," Keela nodded. "Like from The James Barrie School for Boys... That's the school, right?" she then asked the others.
"Yeah, he was enrolled there," Carlos replied as she got that right. "Felix was thinking about leaving that school and coming to school with us by the next semester if we can ever get a hold of his mother."
Uma just chuckled then.
"Yeah, yeah, we know it's funny," Mal grunted. "My biggest enemy at this school for 'stealing Ben from her' and then that annoying shitweasel from that other school trying to make my life a living Hell."
"That's a good laugh." Uma smirked as she was still laughing a bit.
"Uma, this is not the time for games!" Mal complained. "We could be in a lot of trouble against those two!"
"No, no, it's cool... Actually, I wanna help you out." Uma smirked.
"What?!" The others asked in shock.
"We're gonna help Mal?" Maddy asked Uma. "After she abandoned me for you guys?"
"And after she took Harry away from us?" Gil added as he pouted, looking a bit like a sad puppy.
"Hey!" Harry spoke up as he stepped over. "Mal didn't take me from you guys... I just wanted to have a life outside of bullying others, taking lunch money from Kindergartners, or people just being afraid of me because I was friends with you two. I just wanted to be like my dad: brave, heroic, and adventurous."
"And there's nothing wrong with that," Mal added. "He's happy the way he is now, even if it cost your friendships with him."
"And I'm fine with that too," Uma then said, surprisingly enough as she put her hands on her hips. "I don't know if I'll stop being a bully, but for right now, I'm going to be a friend. Your friend." she then decided.
"And why are you being our friend now?" Evie then asked.
"My word is good," Uma replied. "Besides, I have a score to settle with that turd, Peter Banning."
"...Did he do something to you?" Mal had to ask.
"Really, it's none of your business, but let's just say we have a history," Uma retorted as she crossed her arms. "Isn't that right, Harry?"
"Right as rain," Harry added. "We're all going to work together and take him down along with Audrey whenever we can think of something outside of The Summer School Games. Peter's not like other kids... He's almost criminally insane. He once bullied some kid so hard that that kid had to be institutionalized."
"Is he really that bad?" Mal then asked.
"Let's just say that all children grow up... Except for one." Harry told Mal.
"Like Michael Jackson." Gil spoke up innocently with a goofy smile.
This then made everyone send him a look.
"...What? Too soon?" Gil then asked as he looked at them with a small shrug.
"Besides, Mal... You're not going to save the world on your own," Uma told Mal with a small smirk. "This is a job for pirates~"
"Yeah!" Gil and Harry cheered and shared a small laugh together.
Mal still looked sour about getting help from Uma like this, but she saw that she had no other choice.
"Look..." Ben said as he looked at Mal calmly. "We can always go back to hating each other when this is over." he then offered, trying to help make her feel better, as a friend.
Keela smiled as she looked very touched at Ben's emotional and moral support for his friends like that.
"Fine." Mal then gave in once the deal was then struck between them all.
"Here's a thought," Evie soon said as she stepped over. "We could all try to be friends. Put our history behind us and celebrate our differences." she then suggested.
This made Uma send her a bit of a disgusted look in response.
"Yeah?" Evie then asked among the others hopefully.
Evie then brought out a baggy and took out a big blue gumball. "Who wants gum?" she then offered to the others.
"Let's go." Uma decided abruptly before walking off.
"I think that's the best idea I've heard all day." Maddy added before she hipped Mal on the way to knock her down.
"Ugh!" Mal groaned as she fell and landed on her hands and knees before glaring at her childhood best friend. "Okay... First things first about this operation. Since this was my idea, I'm in charge," she then said before Harry helped her up on her feet and she smiled and nodded at him before looking firm. "Let's go." she then told the others before she walked off.
This then made the others soon follow suit as they had to do something before the final night and Peter and Audrey would get away with what they had planned out. Evie shrugged at herself and soon rolled out the baggy and took out a gumball for herself and decided to chew it on her way to plan with the others up against Peter and Audrey. Who knows what those two were probably up to right now as we speak?
BACK IN AURADON HEIGHTS...
Belle was sorting out some books, pushing around the cart as she checked her list a few times. She then looked over as she noticed that she had company in the form of Sophie, Dee Dee, and Henry. "Oh... Hello there, my little bookworms," she then said to them. "It's a pleasant surprise to see you."
"We'd like to take a look around, please? Especially in the restricted section?" Henry asked.
Belle gave them a sly eye as she seemed to suspect something.
"It's for a term paper." Sophie then spoke up.
The librarian looked curious and soon went to take her visitors over to the room, opening the double doors for them, showing a special part of the library. "Well, here we are. No one's been back here in ages. Most folks just come for the Y.A. stuff," she then told the two youngsters before chuckling at her own little joke before she nodded at them and soon came to shut the doors behind her to give them some privacy in their "studies". "Well, good luck with your term paper, even if it's supposed to be summer vacation."
Dee Dee then came closer beside Henry so that they could get to work once they were properly alone.
"All right, guys," Sophie said to them. "I'm not fully sure what we're looking for, but there must be an answer around here somewhere. We'll split up and try to cover more ground."
Dee Dee and Henry nodded as they soon came into the room and came to see the top-secret section of the library which Belle kept hidden from others, especially for children. There was more to it though than just Stephen King novels that were hidden from the younger readers in town so that they wouldn't accidentally find one of the books and be subjected to their worst literary nightmares, such as killer clowns who lived in the sewers, a stalker obsessed, self-proclaimed #1 fan holding her favorite author hostage, or a girl who had been bullied and suffered from the worst punishments in her life despite being mostly innocent and just different among other students.
Meanwhile, out on the field of Lyman Baum Prepatory School, Robin was supervising the kids who were going to be doing an archery tournament for one of the final events of The Summer School Games. Of course, so far, one of the best he had ever seen in the game was his very own Robyn Jr as she took a lot after her father and he was very proud of her, especially in their shared favorite activity of bows and arrows.
"You're doing very well, Sparrow," Robin smiled warmly. "The Fighting Monkeys will never see it coming."
"Thanks, Dad," Robyn Jr smiled back as she blushed a little bit. "...Say, Dad?"
"Yes, dear?" Robin responded.
"When you and Regina get married... Can I invite Tilly as my date?" Robyn Jr asked hopefully.
"Of course you can, Sparrow! I highly insist upon it anyway," Robin smiled softly. "Why shouldn't you invite your girlfriend as a date to a very special day?"
Robyn Jr blinked and blushed. "You'd let Tilly be my girlfriend?" she then asked.
"Why else would she ask you to the dance at her school?" Robin replied warmly. "I only want you and Roland to be happy, heck, even Evie and Henry, so of course you can let Tilly be your date. I just ask that you invite me to your wedding next if one of you pops the question to the other." he then added with a small smirk and wink.
"Oh, Daddy... Thank you..." Robyn Jr sighed and blushed before hugging her father thankfully. "You've made me the happiest archer in the world."
"You have a bit of competition in that case then, Sparrow." Robin then said.
"Huh?" Robyn Jr asked as she got out of the hug. "What do you mean?"
"Because I thought I was the happiest archer in the world that you've found your special somebody." Robin retorted with a small fatherly smile.
"Oh, Dad..." Robyn Jr smiled back before they soon went back into their hug.
Mal looked soft as she watched the father and daughter from afar before sighing to herself. She was still bittersweet about the experience and seeing her estranged father again after so long and he seemed to be very happy with Emerald and Zelena, though she was still a little mad at him for leaving her and her mother after Lily had passed away.
Soon, they all began to walk so that they could think of a plan to get back at Peter and Audrey.
"So, wait... Princess Pinky isn't supposed to be around here for The Summer School Games?" Uma asked as they walked along.
"No. She's supposed to have summer school back home with Mr. Hyde." Mal explained.
"Summer school~" Harry repeated with a light chuckle.
"Harry, cut it out, it's not that funny." Mal groaned at her boyfriend.
"Just summer school... No wonder she wants revenge against you~" Harry said with a small playful smirk. "She used to have this whole school wrapped around her little finger and then you came around and pretty much ruined her life."
Mal flinched at that, especially since her boyfriend said to her.
"...Harry, did your dad pack you some root beer for your trip by any chance?" Carlos asked in concern.
"Cream soda actually," Harry replied with a small chuckle. "It looks like his rum... It's really good~"
"Cream soda..." Mal murmured as she smirked a little bit.
"Well... I think you should take a break from that for a while." Carlos suggested.
"Ah... Right... Prob'ly a good call..." Harry said before nodding and smirking before winking. "You're a good boy, Carlos... Just like that wee dog friend of yours... Dude, right?"
"Yeah. Dude," Carlos nodded. "I decided to adopt him and I sometimes try to hide him from my mom. She doesn't like dogs."
"How come?" Gil asked with a small pout.
"Because she's crazy?" Carlos said with a shrug as he wasn't too sure about that himself.
"It's cool that you know your mom though..." Gil said with a small shrug. "...Mine passed away when I was little. I don't even remember what she looks like, let alone the sound of her voice. Sometimes I just wonder... Is it possible to miss someone you never actually knew?" he then commented.
The others looked at Gil in a bit of agape.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I made this all about me. Carry on." Gil then said with a bashful smile.
"...He is so damaged." Mal whispered to Evie.
"Yeah..." Evie whispered back. "Then again, so are you."
"Let's just keep going and try to think of a plan," Mal said. "We gotta take down Peter and Audrey."
"Right." The others then agreed.
"Also, Evie? I've been watching Doug," Keela then suddenly said. "He likes you."
"...You sure?" Evie asked as she put her hand to her heart.
Mal then looked like she had a knowing look on her face, especially because of what had happened back at Aunt Em's Diner before she and the family showed up while Evie was given a complimentary milkshake from an anonymous donor.
"All right, Keela. I'll try to give Doug a chance." Evie said with a warm smile to Keela.
"That's all I ask." Keela then told her with a smile back.
"Thanks again," Evie beamed. "How very kind of you."
Keela smiled and gave Evie a hug.
Evie smiled back, gently patting Keela on the back in the hug. "You know what we should do since we're all together with Maddy, Gil, and Uma?" she then prompted.
"Try not to brutally murder each other for sport?" Jay asked.
"Even though that's what my dad does all the time?" Gil spoke up again. "That's probably why I never had a pet growing up... Well, except for the elk head in Dad's mancave."
"...Well, we could do that, but we could try something called 'Icebreakers'?" Evie suggested. "Mom does this for entertainment a lot at her Halloween or Christmas parties at the mansion. You say something you really like about the other person, okay? I'll start," she then said. "Harry? Great accent. Now you go."
"I thought she was supposed to be a smart girl? She's kind of clueless, isn't she?" Maddy commented dryly.
"Hey! Quit picking on her," Mal glared. "She's my friend. You hear me? My friend and my sister!"
Maddy blinked before firmly pouting. "...I guess our years of friendship back home meant nothing to you." she then said sourly and softly.
"Maddy, don't make this about our tarnished friendship," Mal sighed. "It's complicated enough, okay?"
"Sure... Put your responsibilities in this town before yours with mine..." Maddy rolled her eyes. "That's what you were good at anyway."
Mal cringed and firmly frowned before she looked over at her best friend from Auradon Heights.
"Is she always this perky?" Maddy asked Uma about Evie.
"Pretty much," Uma rolled her eyes. "I have no idea where she could've gotten that from."
Evie firmly pouted at the girls who were picking on her just for trying to make light of the situation they were in. "Oh, it wasn't really your turn, but thank you." she then retorted as calmly as possible.
"Okay. Evie, come here." Mal soon told her friend, taking her hands.
"Yeah." Evie said as she came to join Mal for the game, playing along.
"I love you." Mal then said.
"I love you." Evie smiled warmly in return.
"I love this energy, but we are very short on time," Mal then continued. "So maybe it would be easier if we just split up. The girls go to look for Audrey and the boys go to look for Peter." she then suggested.
"Hmm... I suppose that's a good enough idea," Evie replied before looking back. "Are we all okay with that?"
"...I'm a bit nervous, especially seeing that demon up close... But for all we've been through I'm willing." Harry replied, trying to keep calm.
"Calm down. Peter's just a dopey little kid like us... How much damage could he do?" Ben replied calmly.
"...You don't know Banning..." Harry shook his head. "He gets inside your head and finds a way to torture you inside and out until you're nothing but spineless and powerless against him. The last time I let him get in my head, he did something I could never forgive."
"What then?" Jay spoke up. "What did he do that was so bad to you?"
"Let's just say... He made sure that my dreams would be crushed," Harry replied gravely before he came over to Mal and they shared a warm kiss and embrace. "You be careful, okay? We'll catch up later."
"All right, Hare Bear," Mal said before she kissed him back. "Behave yourself around the others and I'll try to do the same, especially with Uma and Maddy here."
"Hey!" Uma and Maddy glared, a bit offended by that.
Mal just sighed and rolled her eyes a little.
"We'll meet back later," Ben promised before he looked at Keela. "I promise, we'll meet up later."
"Okay, Ben. Watch your backs because we got your backs," Keela said as calmly as she could. "We'll meet up in say... Two hours at the diner?" she then suggested.
The others then nodded in agreement as that sounded like a good deal to them.
"Come on then," Carlos soon said. "We better get started. Just remember to brace yourselves. Who knows what could happen out here?"
"Want some help?" A new voice soon asked.
Everyone then looked over to see that Tilly, Robyn Jr, and Roland were now there.
"What are you guys doing here?" Mal then asked.
"Sorry, but we couldn't help but overhear what was going on and we thought we'd join in on the adventure," Tilly replied. "What? Is this The Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos Show?"
The group looked at each other before shrugging.
"Okay, you can help us look for Peter and Audrey, we're splitting up though right now," Mal explained. "Girls go to find Audrey while boys go to find Peter. We're gonna meet back at the diner in a couple of hours."
"All right then," Robyn Jr nodded. "Roland and I used to go camping with our dad all the time. So we might have a fair chance."
"Excellent," Mal replied with her hands on her hips. "Let's get started now before they realize what's going on behind their backs."
"Right!" The others then said before they soon split up as suggested.
And it was now time to search for Peter and Audrey and maybe get some answers as to what was going on with the two and their meddling around with The Summer School Games.
MEANWHILE, MUCH, MUCH LATER...
Both Henry and Dee Dee began to look frustrated as they nearly searched every book possible on the shelves and seemed to be even more lost now than they were before they started this mission.
"Now I see why most people give up," Henry said in anger, not not angry with Dee Dee, obviously. "There's nothing in here more about this town! It's almost like it just randomly appeared from nowhere before we were all born! We came all this way for nothing." he then said with a sharp sigh.
Dee Dee frowned softly, then came towards Henry and put her hand down on his. "Not for nothing," she then said calmly. "You'll figure it out."
Henry just sighed at her and looked at her softly. "So much for sharing some amazing news with Mal and Evie." he then said.
"And Dougie... But we can't quit..." Dee Dee replied. "The answer must be around here somewhere."
"Guys... I think I've found it." Sophie's voice called.
Dee Dee and Henry looked over and soon rushed over to join the teenage girl who had removed a portrait from the library wall, which was of Ben's mother of course, and there was an open vault.
"A secret vault?" Henry asked. "How'd you guess the combination?"
"Magic." Sophie smirked.
"...Yeah, okay." Henry narrowed his eyes slightly before rolling his hazel eyes.
"Okay, I hacked it a bit," Sophie said with a shrug. "But still... This might be what we need." she then said as she came to get the very suspicious and ominous book she had found.
"So, is there a book in there?" Dee Dee asked the older girl.
"Yes... And boy, is it big..." Sophie said as she brought out a very large and thick book entitled: "The History of Descendants of Storybrooke".
"Whoa... It looks bigger than a Harry Potter book." Henry commented.
"Tell me about it," Sophie nodded as she lugged the rather heavy book, though Dee Dee and Henry helped her carry the book before they slammed it down on one of the tables, making dust fly everywhere, causing them all to cough. "All right... Let's crack it open and take a look."
Dee Dee and Henry nodded as they came to Sophie's sides in the other chairs as Sophie opened the book, releasing yet even more dust. The book had to be as old as time itself, though there was no visible author name. One had to wonder who wrote it and why?
"What does it say, Sophie?" Dee Dee asked.
"Give me a minute, please," Sophie said as she began to slide her finger across the words as she read them aloud to the two kids. "'Once upon a time, over 500 years ago in fact, there was a kingdom in an Enchanted Forest'-" she then stopped with wide eyes, looking to and from Dee Dee and Henry as they were in awe as well before she continued to tell the story to them. "'The sorcerer Merlin travels to Camelot and finds The Holy Grail with a friend called Adda. They come across a desert, both exhausted and thirsty before they take a drink from The Holy Grail... Adda takes a drink and turns into ash instantly as Merlin drops to his knees and asks for permission from the gods to drink from the cup. He then takes a sip from the grail, finding himself still alive, as he gains magic and immortality. With his new found magic, he accidentally turns the desert into a grasslands'..." she began to read aloud.
Reading from the book took a lot longer than expected, but Dee Dee, Henry, and Sophie found themselves unable to stop reading as this was very important to them. They were soon coming along to other stories which were rather surprising. It appeared that Fairy Tales were much more than just stories that little kids read and listened to, but they seemed to be real and had real history to them, such as Savior being born between Snow White and her Prince Charming after the defeat of The Evil Queen. Not only that, but there was also something pretty interesting that not only concerned the town, but also the people in it, including the descendants.
"'Over 20 years ago, the world everyone once knew had changed again and can be brought back through a magical deed'," Sophie continued to read to the younger kids. "'Beauty married her Beast in front of 6,000 of their closest personal friends. Instead of a honeymoon, Beast united all of the kingdoms and got himself elected king of the United States of Auradon. He rounded up all the villains and sidekicks and banished them a place which would be known as The Isle of the Lost with a magical barrier to keep them there. No magic and no way out until their son, Prince Ben, decided to make his first royal proclamation as he would be crowned King by his next birthday. His 16th birthday'."
"Ben is a prince?" Dee Dee gasped.
"Looks like it," Sophie replied. "There was some sort of magic that reset an alternate timeline from where we all are right now, even different from the timeline where The Evil Queen, your mother," she then added before looking at Henry briefly as she mentioned "The Evil Queen" since that was Regina in an alternate timeline. "A different timeline from when The Beast and Rumplestiltskin became the same person and they both won the heart of Belle and would eventually have their son Ben, but sent to a land without magic and have no memory of who they are."
"This is kind of confusing... But interesting," Henry said, trying to take everything in as calmly and gently as possible so that he wouldn't overwhelm his brain. "So... Ben was making a royal procolmation?" he then prompted so that they could get back on track.
"'Prince Ben had a vision of a purple-haired girl before he woke up and was adjusting to the new lifestyle that would come with being king, such as being measured for his robes and crown for his upcoming coronation after a grand castle in Auradon would become a high school for the next generation of heroes and villains'," Sophie then continued to read aloud. "'He decided that the children of The Isle of the Lost should be given a chance to live in Auradon and every time he looked out to the island, he only felt like they had been abandoned. King Beast was against the children of their sworn enemies living among them, Prince Ben understood his father's hesitation, so he figured they would start out with a few. The only ones who needed their help the most, and he had already chosen them based on his vision which everyone else dismissed as just a dream. Queen Belle then reminded her husband that she gave him a second chance and asked their son whose descendants he chose'."
"Who were they then?" Dee Dee asked as calmly as she could.
"'He chose the descendants of Cruella de Vil, the evil sorcerer and former vizier of Agrabah Jafar, The Evil Queen, and Maleficent: The Mistress of all Evil'," Sophie continued to read. "'His parents were still fearful, especially due to the last one being the worst villain in the land and the villains were guilty of unspeakable crimes. Prince Ben insisted though as he viewed their children as innocent and they shouldn't be punished for what their parents did'."
"Go, Prince Ben!" Henry suddenly cheered before smiling bashfully. "Oh... Sorry... I kinda got excited there."
"So we see." Dee Dee smirked playfully.
"So... Uh... Did Ben still date Audrey?" Henry asked.
"Yes, they were arranged since they first met at Ben's 6th birthday party and Audrey is Sleeping Beauty's daughter in this book," Sophie nodded. "Meanwhile, on The Isle of the Lost, The Evil Princess Evie was having her Sweet 6th Birthday Party and invited everyone... Except for one little malicious fairy... Maleficent's daughter... Mal."
"But that can't be," Henry frowned. "Mal and Evie are supposed to be best friends."
"They weren't always in this reality," Sophie explained. "Evie was seen as a snob and was even castle-schooled until she met Mal, Jay, and Carlos when she got older before they were sent to Auradon Prep after Prince Ben inited them. Mal decided to get back at Evie and even tried to lock her in Cruella's closet that was filled with beartraps so no one would take her fur coats and she often made Carlos sleep on a lumpy mattress for the same reason."
Henry and Dee Dee winced and cringed, feeling even worse for Carlos who seemed to be scared enough of his mother in this reality. If the story was true however.
"I know it sounds like a fairy tale, but it's all true," Sophie replied. "We're all just pawns in someone's game of toying with everybody's lives and we're destined to reset into a different reality by the next full moon."
"The next full moon?" Henry asked. "But that's meant to be in time for Miss Anita's music festival with fireworks and awesome food."
"I really wanted to go to that," Dee Dee added before blushing. "Especially with you, Henry."
"I'd love to go with you." Henry nodded.
"Well, we still can," Sophie told them. "Only if a certain spell or wish isn't granted of wishing for things to be different around a special entity with magical powers as the light of the full moon shines down on them and they will have the ability to grant that wish."
"Seems kinda crazy to keep track of," Dee Dee commented. "Is there a descendant with those powers?"
Sophie soon flipped through various pages to see if she could answer that question. "It seems highly unlikely, but apparently the descendant would be one of The Wicked Witch of the West."
"You mean like that one movie with the farm girl who meets a wizard to send her back home after coming into a magical world?" Dee Dee then asked.
"Something like that, yes," Sophie nodded. "But also that descendant has unholy powers that from The Underworld, so the descendant is like a hybrid. Unfortunately, I don't think I see anything about who that descendant could be in Auradon Heights since we're all descendants of Auradon Heights."
"No... Not the descendants of Auradon Heights," Henry spoke up. "The descendants of Storybrooke." he then corrected as a suggestion.
"Descendants of Storybrooke..." Sophie repeated before cracking a small smirk. "I think that I like that name."
"Me too," Dee Dee said with a small smile. "I can't wait to tell Dougie when they come back home in a couple of days."
"Yeah, I can't wait to tell Evie either," Henry added. "This is just the kind of news that you can't share on the phone. It'd be better in person."
"That sounds like a good idea," Sophie replied. "I'm not sure about it myself, but I think we better hold onto this book for as long as possible."
"Deal." Henry and Dee Dee nodded in agreement.
"We'll check it out and I'll put it on my card," Sophie then told them. "I'll keep it in a safe place at home."
Henry and Dee Dee smiled before they soon lugged the book up and came to check the book out, seeing Belle who had fallen asleep after waiting for them, but then stood straight back up and began to let them check the book out as Sophie handed in her library card.