Back home in Auradon Heights, Regina and Henry were tidying up together since today was the day that Mal and Evie would be coming back home after The Summer School Games.
"You think they're okay, Mom?" Henry asked. "I heard about that fire that Peter Banning started."
"I know that your sisters are just fine, Henry," Regina soothed, smiling warmly at herself as she decided to refer to Mal as her other daughter. "They got out when they could and they luckily didn't get terribly hurt. I just hope that that little punk gets what he deserves."
"He didn't seem so bad when I first heard about him," Henry remarked. "But then again, I didn't personally know him like Felix does."
"And how is Felix?" Regina then asked. "I've heard that the two of you are becoming pretty good friends."
"We are," Henry smiled. "He kinda acts like a bodyguard sometimes. I'll need that for my little spy operations, especially finding out more about Auradon Heights back when it used to be called Storybrooke."
"Yes... I'm quite sure," Regina said as she wrapped up the vacuum cord so that she could put it away in the hall closet. "I also have something very special and important to share."
"You mean about Dr. Hopper and Miss Anita's music festival?" Henry then asked.
"Well... A little more than that actually, Henry," Regina replied. "It concerns all of us, but I'd mostly like to share it with Mr. Bedford."
"Ohh... Well, okay, Mom," Henry said. "Whatever you have to tell the others, I'm all for it, as long as I get to know too."
"You will," Regina promised. "You're apart of this family too after all."
"Right." Henry smiled and nodded.
Suddenly, the mother and son jolted briefly before they looked over at the front door as it sounded like someone was coming there, going to step inside.
"Well, here we go," Regina told Henry. "The big welcome back home and the official start to an unforgettable summer vacation."
"Let's just hope nobody around here sets anything on fire." Henry replied.
"Henry..." Regina smirked and playfully nudged him.
"What? What'd I say?" Henry chuckled innocently.
Soon, the door came open and there came two young familiar faces.
"Hey, Mom..." Evie smiled.
"Oh... Evie!" Regina beamed as she ran right over and hugged her daughter good and tight. "Oh... Oh, my gosh, I've missed you so much~"
"Aw, come on, Mom, I've only been gone for a week," Evie chuckled and smiled. "That's a little bit shorter than when I went away to Campfire Girls' Summer Camp."
"Oh, I know, but I still missed you a lot." Regina smiled before she let go of her teenage daughter then.
Evie smiled back at her before she hugged her little brother before smirking playfully. "Hey, there's the little stinker," she then said. "I hope you didn't mess up my room at all."
"I did what I could," Henry shrugged before he hugged his big sister back. "Welcome back home, Evie."
"Thank you, Henry," Evie beamed. "It's so good to be back."
"Hey... Hope I'm invited too." Mal smirked as she stepped in.
Regina chuckled as she gave Mal a quick one-armed hug. "You know you're always invited here, Mal," she then reminded the girl. "You're family after all."
"Yeah, I know," Mal smiled. "Speaking of family, we had quite an interesting experience."
"Oh... I'm sure... Meeting Zelena and all..." Regina nodded with a small smile back since she hadn't spoken to her sister in a very long time even though they both agreed to let the girls meet her and spend the week at her place while the other students would be at the hotel. "I'll have to give her a call later after you two get settled."
"Hey, there she is." Robin chuckled as he came in the house next with Roland and Robyn Jr.
"Robin..." Regina breathed softly before she hugged the man with happy tears in her eyes before she smirked. "The kids didn't wear you out too much, did they, Robin?" she then asked.
"Oh, it's nothing I haven't seen before," Robin chuckled warmly. "I wish I could say the same for that Peter Banning kid, but I think he's going to be busy for quite a while."
"Oh?" Regina asked. "I heard about the school fire... What happened to him?"
"He's being taken care of by top men." Evie replied.
"...Who?" Regina wondered.
"Top. Men." Mal and Evie stated simply with much emphasis.
Regina looked curious.
We are soon shown the school as Edward looked very firm, even more so than usual as he stood before a certain boy with his blonde hair slicked down and he was forced into a gentleman's suit to appear like a young gentleman.
"How much longer do I have to wear this?" Peter complained. "I look like a geek."
"However long it takes, young man, and don't you try sassing me," Edward replied sternly as he narrowed his eyes. "My name is Mr. Edward Hyde, welcome to Charm School and dignified lessons in becoming a proper young man. You will not sass me, you will do as I say, and if you break any of my rules, I will make your life much worse. You have no idea what kind of Hell I can bring you."
"You said Hell," Peter complained childishly. "I'm gonna tell Headmistress Fairgood~"
Edward narrowed his eyes before he took Peter's hands and held them up over the boy's chest. He then took out a ruler and swatted Peter right on his hands to teach him a lesson for acting out.
"YOW!" Peter yelped as that hurt a lot worse than he could've possibly imagined. "What the fuck, dude?!"
Edward swatted his hands again with a firm gaze. "You will not use that language around me," he then advised strictly. "You will also receive that punishment for whenever you act out."
"That has to be illegal..." Peter groaned.
"It is not, it's a common Catholic School punishment." Edward replied assertively.
"This sucks..." Peter cringed as he tried very hard not to cry. "Why can't I go back home or at my old school or whatever?"
"Because we tried calling your school and no one was available at home to pick you up," Edward explained firmly. "So until then, you're going to be under my watch and supervision and you will not escape me. You're a very horrible child, Peter Banning, and it's time that you finally learn about the consequences of your actions."
"You gotta be kidding me..." Peter grumbled.
"I AM NOT TO BE KIDDING YOU!" Edward shouted, making Peter flinch and shiver as he began to feel fear for the first time in his life before he stepped back with a smirk. "And now, we will learn the proper way to make tea before you balance some books on your head and then you will write me a poem."
"Poem?" Peter complained.
"Yes, poetry is a very wonderful and creative way to express yourself from within here." Edward smirked as he stepped over and put his hand on Peter's chest to represent his heart.
Peter narrowed his eyes in disgust. "...That's my udder you're touching." he then said with a slight scowl.
"I will break you if I have to, Peter Banning," Edward said as he stepped back, though he narrowed his eyes a bit. "You'll go through the same discipline I did when I was a young boy in Master Robert Louis Stevenson's Home for Troubled and Wayward Tots. You don't want to be faced with a far worse punishment such as juvenile hall or a detention center, now would you, Peter?"
"Hell no!" Peter glared and scoffed a bit.
Edward gave him a bit of a firm look.
"I-I mean... No..." Peter then said quickly, sounding suddenly nervous and jolted as he put his hands up, stepping back a little bit from the bigger and rather frightening man.
"I would hope not, Mr. Banning," Edward replied before he flashed a manic smirk on his face. "Now... Let's get started~"
Peter just swallowed thickly as he was going through quite a bit of an experience in his young and bedeviled life that would change before his very eyes.
Back at the Mills' household, everyone settled in as there was a knock at the door.
"Oh... That must be the pizza I ordered," Regina said as she stood up. "How does stuffed crust sound?"
"Stuffed with cheese?" Mal asked.
Regina chuckled. "Why, yes, of course," she then nodded. "Nothing else more delicious than to bake into the crust."
"I know that's for sure," Robyn Jr smirked and beamed. "Especially after winning a sports game."
"And some ice cream to go with it." Roland added as he chuckled a bit.
"I'll try to remember the ice cream for next time, but just pizza will have to do and you all have something to drink." Regina replied as she then came to the door and got her wallet ready.
"That's fine!" Evie called over in reassurance.
"Especially since you're paying!" Mal added.
"Ah... Hahah... Very funny..." Regina chuckled before she got the door and was about to hand over her money. "About time. We're all feeling really-" she then stopped before she looked wide-eyed after she saw who was actually not the door and it wasn't a pizza delivery guy.
"Hello, Sister."
"...Zelena," Regina said quietly with wide eyes. "...What a surprise this is."
"Yes, I thought so too," Zelena replied. "May we come in?"
"Erm... All right..." Regina said as she stepped over and let her sister come into the house. "Please, come on in."
"Hm... I see not much has changed around here ever since Henry was first brought home from the hospital." Zelena remarked as she took a look around the room.
"...I'd invite you to stay for the night, but... Um... Well..." Regina stammered, not really sure how to bring this down to her sister, especially since her appearance was just so sudden.
"It's all right, Gina," Zelena reassured calmly. "Hades, Emmy, and I are going to be staying at that cute little Bed & Breakfast we saw on the way over here. We'll visit you often, but we'll stay out of your way as much as possible too."
"Right..." Regina nodded before she stepped over. "...Zelena, I know we haven't spoken much since our little spat, but... We're sisters, so... Could I... Um... May I...?" she then began to struggle to ask a very important question.
Zelena looked over before she seemed to have a knowing smile and decided to wrap her sister in her arms into a hug. "Of course, Regina," she then said. "What are sisters for?"
Mal and Evie secretly saw this and smiled at each other once they saw that the two adult sisters were starting to make up.
"Well... I ordered plenty of pizza," Regina soon said. "You're welcome to share with us."
"I think Hades and I would love that," Zelena nodded. "Let's just hope Emerald isn't too cranky about having to eat mush instead."
Regina chuckled lightly. "Yes, yes, we wouldn't want her to turn green from envy." she then lightly joked.
Mal and Evie then smiled as they went back into the living room as Regina and Zelena started to catch up.
"So... Aunt Zelena's here?" Henry then asked.
"Yeah, and my dad will be here with Emerald in a minute." Mal nodded.
"At least it seems." Evie added.
"So... What would I call your dad?" Henry then asked Mal.
Mal just shrugged. "I guess Uncle Hades?" she then replied.
"...Sounds killer," Henry said before smirking at that name until he thought about something. "Guess his parents were Greek Mythology fans to name him that."
"Very funny," Mal lightly laughed at that. "I think it's just his stage name anyway for when he makes it big as a rockstar."
"Your dad, the rockstar." Evie remarked.
"Sounds like a cartoon." Henry commented.
"Yeah, it actually does." Mal agreed as that deeply amused her.
Henry smiled until he thought about something Sophie said even though no one seemed to really take his story seriously about this world being just a different universe with another outcome planned on the way. He did his best to ignore it for until he would meet up with Dee Dee and Sophie again since only they seemed to really understand what they found out about during The Summer School Games in Emerald Acres. Hades and Emerald eventually came by and there was a quick meet and greet all around as the story seemed to wrapping up nicely for everyone. It seemed to get extra serious as an upcoming music festival was going to be quite an experience for everybody. Mal soon carried Emerald in her arms as the family caught up, having a small and wonderful family reunion with each other over some pizza after an adventurous experience during their summer vacation, but there was still a lot of the summer left to go.
Of course, on Memorial Day, Mal stayed true to her annual tradition to that of where she would bring out Lily's picture of the two of them and she would talk to it and talk about what she had missed that year. Mal could never go through a whole conversation and pretending that Lily would be talking to her in response without tearing up a little and the others understood, so they often gave her privacy for that. Mal was the most excited about trying out a Fourth of July picnic with her new family, plus there was catching fireflies where Sabine and Opal were the most excited about and even named the fireflies they would catch, often using the names "Evangeline" and "Raymond", but everybody calls him Ray, at least according to those two.
Evie had mostly taken time off from her fashion job since Edna would often visit exotic locations such as Europe and to Paris, but she would often come back, though Evie and Anita didn't mind too terribly as they already had other plans to think and worry about back home, but they were glad that Edna kept in touch with them, especially with Evie who was like a surrogate daughter to the eccentric fashion designer. Evie especially planned a very special phone call for when she could the next time she would hear from Edna. Peter wasn't heard from much by the others and they quite liked to keep it that way, especially Felix as he was getting closer and closer with Wendy and luckily, her parents seemed to approve of him.
Felix often had a rough life, especially after spending years of his life listening to Peter and relying on him when Peter pretty much acted like a boss and that Felix was his worker and that they weren't actually friends. Jane was very happy for Wendy to find true love, especially as she found it herself in the boy known as Carlos de Vil who meant the world to her and when Carlos mentioned that he wanted to be a vet when he grew up, Jane was very hopeful that she would get to work with him someday. There was only one problem with that though and it was especially what Carlos' mother would say to that and how she would react, but he was willing to have the nerve to tell his mother what he wanted from his life and not let her rejection or cold-hearted response get to him as he felt braver than he used to be, especially with Jane's comfort and support by his side.
Evie and Doug finally became a couple, much to the relief of Henry and Dee Dee and whenever they were lucky, they would get to go with the big kids on their dates. Mostly if they were trips to places like Pizza Planet or the boardwalk, but still, it was nice, and Evie and Doug themselves found it adorable how Henry and Dee Dee would go on their own little dates as well. Mal was still very happy with Harry even if things didn't work out with Ben, though it seemed like Ben was going to be busy for a while with Keela so no one would have to worry about him, especially his family. There was a lot that had changed, but they were all mostly for the better and Audrey promised to become a better person by the time school starts next Fall. She was still rather unhappy with Chad and wasn't sure if he was boyfriend material for her and Peter definitely wasn't, but the others assured her that she didn't need to have a boyfriend just to be happy, especially Mal who said that who once found boyfriends as overrated. At least, until she met Harry of course.
Tonight was now the night of something very special as nearly everyone was gathering in town for it. Though before a certain family would go there, there was a video call being held on a laptop.
"Oh, Evie, darling... You always know how to dress and accessorize," Edna said proudly from her screen as she smiled at the teenage girl who sat in front of her. "I suppose you were born of the gift that comes with fashion designing."
"Like I've said before, Edna, I've been fashion designing since I was in diapers and I even designed my own diapers." Evie smiled, though sounded bashful as she shared that bit of information with the woman.
"Yes, yes..." Edna nodded. "I'll be back in town very soon after my visit in Paris. For tonight though, I plan to visit a new restaurant highly recommended by the critic Anton Ego."
Evie shuddered as that name sent chills down her spine. "I hear that he's a very hard man to please." she then commented.
"He is, darling, he is..." Edna replied as she understood Evie's nervousness. "Just as I am a hard woman to please sometimes."
"I can believe that." Evie smirked playfully.
"Naughty child!" Edna chided playfully and tutted. "Does your mother know how you talk to people?"
"Sometimes." Evie shrugged with a small smile.
Edna chuckled warmly. "Such a little darling you are," she then said. "You look so beautiful."
"Thank you..." Evie smiled as she stood up from her desk and did a little twirl in her midnight blue dress. "I just hope that Doug likes it."
"I'm sure he will... It's my understanding that he quite fancies you really." Edna smirked warmly then.
"Um... Yes..." Evie blushed a little as she smiled softly. "Thank you so much though, Edna."
"Did you design the barrette?" Edna then asked as she saw what was in the teenage girl's hair.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Evie smiled before she had to give credit where credit was due. "Uh, no, it's not my creation. Many of the hair accessories this evening are by a fabulous new designer, 'Drizella Belfrey', but you can call her 'Dizzy'."
"Belfrey... Would she be an heiress to Belfrey Towers?" Edna then asked.
"Yes... Founded and owned by her father," Evie nodded. "She's a very nice and sweet girl though who deserves better than her wicked mother and wicked sister and I'd adopt her if I could."
"Oh?" Edna asked, feeling even more curious as she never thought much of the Belfrey family, especially Victoria.
"I happen to know this girl who would love to work for you if she could," Evie nodded as she spoke highly of Dizzy. "She's like a little sister to me."
"Hmm... Very interesting..." Edna replied thoughtfully and nodded before she looked over as she heard her phone ping. "...I'm afraid I have to end this chat session, darling. I must meet my new colleague Baroness von Hellman downtown for that restaurant: La Ratatouille."
"Bon appetite, Edna," Evie smiled warmly. "Have fun."
"Thank you, darling... You have a pleasant evening." Edna smiled back before she would sign off.
"Good afternoon, Edna," Evie nodded as she signed off then so that she could meet the others downstairs. "Boy, I hope I get to travel to exotic places like London, Paris, or maybe even Tokyo someday."
"Knowing you, I'm sure you will, Evie," Regina smiled warmly. "Just everybody remember to be on your best behavior, but have fun tonight."
"We will." Henry, Evie, and Mal promised once they were all together again.
"All right... Let's go meet Robin and the twins," Regina smiled warmly. "Aunt Zelena is probably down there too with Hades and Emmy."
"Oh, this is so exciting," Evie beamed. "I'm so happy for Anita too."
"It should be a lot of fun," Henry replied before blushing. "I wonder if Dee Dee will be there too? Um... The music might be fun for her to dance to."
Mal and Evie hid a couple of small smirks, but they didn't say anything before Henry blushed a bit more.
"If she's there, you can go say hi," Regina nodded as she came to take them out of the house and into her car. "Come along now, we better hurry before it gets dark and the fireworks start."
"We're coming!" Mal and Evie replied innocently as they came to join Regina in her car.
It was soon time for the music festival that luckily had enough funding to get by as Anita was going to play her violin and no one was more excited about that than Dr. Hopper himself.
"Let's make this a night to remember for the right reasons, dears," Regina told the kids. "Especially with Mr. Bedford's company."
"Yes, Mother~" Mal and Evie smirked warmly and playfully.
"And just seeing Mr. Bedford himself has nothing to do with it." Evie whispered with a small smirk to Mal.
"Oh, definitely not," Mal whispered back to Evie. "I'm pretty sure by September there's going to be a new Mr. Mayor Mills in town."
Mal and Evie then laughed together a little while Henry had a small, amused smile, though he didn't laugh.
"Oh... Very funny..." Regina playfully rolled her eyes with a smirk as she rode off to take them to the music festival for the evening. "You're lucky I love both of you."
"We love you too~" Mal and Evie then said innocently.
Regina rolled her eyes again before chuckling lightly. "Teenagers."
"I still love you too, Mom." Henry then piped up with a small smile.
"Aww... Thank you... My little Prince Henry." Regina smiled back at him.
Henry smiled as he looked over and looked out the window a bit.
"Oh... How very curious..." Regina remarked as she looked out her window a bit. "There seems to be a full moon coming out."
Henry's eyes widened as that instantly made him think about something.
MEANWHILE...
"I don't understand why we have to go to this silly music festival, Mother," Ivy complained as she was playing with her phone, wearing her dark hair down as usual, but also had on a baby pink zip waist-jacket with a black undershirt and a short white skirt and black short heels. "I could be doing something much more valuable or worth my time like going to the Mall or chatting with Coraline and Scarlet about Audrey leaving our group."
"Because, my dear, I have to be a fair mother sometimes," Victoria told her eldest, wearing a dark gray jacket and matching skirt with a black undershirt and red high-heels. "While I'd love to stay at home and catch up on 'The Bachelor', sometimes we have to make others happy. You wanted to join me and tonight, Dizzy wants to go to the music festival. Sometimes life is unfair, my dear."
Ivy groaned before she called out impatiently and even stomped her feet on the floor to the ground floor of their house's ceiling as her little sister's room was the basement. "Dizzy, get out here right now!" she then demanded. "The sooner we get to the music festival, the sooner we can leave!"
"Coming!" Dizzy called out from downstairs. "Sorry, Mother! Sorry, Ivy!"
"You better be..." Ivy rolled her eyes as she continued to play with her phone before following her mother to the door.
Dizzy was quickly adjusting her outfit and rushing upstairs, wearing a fluffy lime-green dress with a big blue bow in her hair. She nearly slipped and slid across the floor, but she made it over to her older sister and mother as she had her own tiny purse and her phone.
"Well, it's about time!" Ivy rolled her eyes. "What took you so long anyway?"
"Sorry, Ivy..." Dizzy pouted as she stared down at the floor. "I was hoping to send in an application to work for EMode Designs just like Evie. She IS looking for extra help while she's away in Europe."
"EMode Designs?" Ivy scoffed with a small smirk. "You have about as much of a chance of working for Edna Mode as I do of winning a scholarship to a school filled with bronzed beauties."
"Ivy!" Dizzy pouted as she hated whenever her older sister said stuff like that to her.
"Ivy, that's enough. Dizzy, don't pout," Victoria coldly called to her daughters. "Now, we're all going to have fun at this music festival whether two of us like it or not when one of us will probably enjoy it more than her mother would like. Now, come along, girls."
"Yes, Mother." Dizzy and Ivy obeyed as they soon came to follow their mother into her car so that they could get this night over with already.
Victoria nodded as she then brought her daughters into the car after she unlocked the doors and came into the driver's seat. Ivy took the passenger seat next to her mother while Dizzy sat in the back. Dizzy looked very hopeful of her dream even though she had to admit that it was unlikely she would get to work for EMode Designs just like Evie especially in her young age and Ivy's bullying and belittling didn't make it any better. She just tried to keep her head up and listen more to Evie's comfort and support rather than Ivy's heinous and harsh words of "big sisterly advice".
Soon, everyone who was going was at the music festival and everyone was coming over and settling in before the show would start.
"Oh, I'm so nervous... I haven't performed in front of a crowd in so long since I was in elementary school," Anita said to herself as she tapped her knuckles together backstage. "I just hope I can do it."
Perdita seemed to bark in response to her mistress.
"Oh, Perdy... You're such a good dog... You believe in me." Anita smiled before she reached out and gently pet her Dalmatian on the head.
"I believe in you too, Anita..." A familiar voice soon said behind the woman.
Anita blinked with wide eyes before she turned around and beamed. "Oh, Archie... You came!"
"Of course I did," Archie smiled as he stepped over to see her along with Pongo who had a bone in his mouth wrapped up in a blue ribbon. "I was invited after all and I'm a proud sponsor."
Anita beamed as she hugged Archie before kissing him right on his lips. "You're such a sweet man, Archie~" she then told him tenderly. "Did you just come to wish me luck?"
"Well, that, and I came to see a really great show," Archie smiled as he blushed from her kiss. "Pongo did too."
Pongo seemed to nod, agreeing with his master, even if he couldn't speak for himself in a way that they would understand. He then approached Perdita before he lowered himself and put the bone down in front of the female Dalmatian and seemed to bark at her while wagging his tail. Perdita barked in response and she then accepted the bone before licking Pongo's face a little.
"Aww..." Archie and Anita cooed at how cute that was.
"Thank you both," Anita smiled at Archie and Pongo. "Perdy and I sure are lucky to know a couple of nice boys like you two."
"Pongo and I are the lucky ones." Archie smiled back as he blushed, nearly matching the color of his hair.
Anita beamed and giggled, now feeling better about performing for everybody who had come to the music festival.
Adam, Belle, and Clarice were getting settled into the festival themselves.
"Oh, Ben. Isn't that your new friend?" Belle asked as she saw a certain someone.
"Huh?" Ben asked before looking over and blushed instantly.
"Why don't you go say hi to her?" Adam suggested.
"Erm... Okay..." Ben nodded before walking over.
Clarice then saw Keela and looked curious. "Are Benny and Keely gonna live happily ever after, Daddy?" she then asked as Belle looked emotional.
"Maybe someday, dear. Maybe someday." Adam smiled softly at his daughter before he held onto Belle comfortingly.
Clarice then looked curious. "...Can I sleep in his room when he moves out?" she then asked.
Belle and Adam were surprised at that question, but they also looked very amused.
"Keela." Ben said as he approached the girl as she came to the festival.
"Ben..." Keela smiled before blushing.
"I'm so glad that you came around here," Ben then said as he put his hands behind his back and gently shuffled his foot. "I missed you after we came home from The Summer School Games."
Keela blushed softly as she put her hand to her heart.
"Would you like to share a dance?" Ben offered before bowing to her.
Keela curtseyed. "I'd be honored." she smiled and took his hand.
Ben smiled back, taking her hand, leading her out to share a dance as other music filled the air until the show with Anita on violin would begin with everyone else before the fireworks would start. Keela joined him as they danced.
"Well, let's get this party started!" Jay suggested to the others.
"Right!" Carlos added.
"Carlos?" Jane spoke to her boyfriend.
"Yeah?" Carlos asked as he turned to look at her.
"I'm actually really nervous to meet your mom." Jane admitted to him.
Dude seemed to whimper and whine as he also felt nervous about meeting Carlos' mother. He then looked overly tackled by fed a familiar scent and was suddenly tackled by Terry from Emerald Acres as Ruby and Dot seemed to be hanging out together.
"Wait 'til she hears I want to be a vet." Carlos replied with a small smirk.
Jane smiled softly before she still felt nervous about meeting Cruella de Vil up close and in person, though felt a little better to have Carlos there by her side before Carlos smiled back at her.
"They grow up so fast." Jay chuckled to himself as Carlos and Jane were officially boyfriend and girlfriend.
Lonnie soon snuck through the crowd and came to sneak up behind him and then hugged his waist suddenly.
"Eek!" Jay yelped before looking over. "Lonnie! Hi!"
"How are you?" Lonnie smiled.
"Oh, I'm pretty alright," Jay said to her. "How's your family?"
"Oh, they're cool, especially my cousin Yi-Min, but I missed ya," Lonnie said to him. "So... This is what you people do when I'm not around?"
"Eh... More or less..." Jay shrugged. "Hey, you should hang out with Gil sometime. He's really cool." he then suggested.
"Oh?" Lonnie asked curiously as she followed Jay.
Meanwhile, Robin and Regina were hugging and kissing each other after being away from each other for a long (though not very long, but very long for Regina) time.
"I can't wait for the wedding whenever it comes around." Robin smiled warmly at Regina.
"I can't wait either," Regina smiled back. "It's going to be a lot of fun."
Then suddenly, as if on cue, Hades and Zelena approached the other two adults.
"Are we invited to the wedding?" Hades smirked as he arrived with the redheaded woman.
"Oh... Hello, Hades..." Robin blinked, still surprised to see him.
"Zelly." Regina beamed as she ran over and hugged her sister.
"Gina." Zelena smiled as she came to hug her sister back.
Hades and Robin just looked at each other and nodded their heads at each other.
"Where's Mal?" Henry asked as he was about to go with Evie to see Doug and Dee Dee.
"She said she wanted to spend some time to get to know her new baby sister," Zelena replied. "She'll be along shortly."
"I hope soon," Evie nodded. "The show's about to start."
"Aye... I was hoping I could dance with her." Harry added as he walked on over.
"Hey, Harry." The others who knew the former bully boy greeted him.
"So... You must be Harry Jones..." Hades greeted, making Harry flinch before he looked over with a nervous grin. "The one who's dating Mal."
"Erm... Aye-Aye, sir..." Harry nodded and saluted. "Future Captain Harry Davey Jones reporting for duty, sir."
"Davey?" Henry and Evie asked in surprise.
"I'm sure you and Mal will be very happy together." Hades then told Harry with a small smile.
"Heh..." Harry smiled back a bit, appreciating that very much.
Hades kept his smile before he narrowed his eyes and gave Harry the old "I'm watching you" gesture as a warning. Harry flinched and shook a chill down his spine, but he nodded as he would watch his back, especially with Hades around as he acted like a typical father protecting his daughter which the others were happy to see.
Robin nodded and slapped Hades on the back a bit. "Welcome to Auradon Heights." he then said.
Harry flinched, but he felt lucky that he at least didn't do that which made Hades stiffen up a bit and give Robin a look for doing that. Things seemed to be wrapping up nicely for just about everybody before Dizzy was sitting on a swing while Ivy stood around to supervise her before Danny, Henry, and Dee Dee came by to see her.
"Hey, Dizzy..." Henry said. "You wanna play with us or something before showtime?"
"Um... I guess I could do that," Dizzy replied softly. "What have I got to lose?"
"Other than your chances of Edna Mode picking you to work for her?" Ivy smirked slyly.
Danny, Henry, and Dee Dee just narrowed their eyes at how horrible Ivy was being to poor little Dizzy.
"I can't believe you're wasting your time waiting for that dumb acceptance into EMode Designs... Like that'll be the day." Ivy rolled her eyes at her little sister's hopes and dreams to come true.
"Don't listen to her, Dizzy," Danny comforted. "She's just jealous that you're actually fashionable and creative and she's just stuck being a jerk for the rest of her life."
Ivy scoffed at what Danny just said.
However, suddenly, just as Dizzy got up from her swing, her phone seemed to ping. She then took it out to check it before she gasped in shock and stammered and babbled. "Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gaaawwwsssh~"
"Dizzy, are you okay?" Dee Dee asked.
Dizzy just held out her phone for Dee Dee to read as she was given a sudden email alert.
Dee Dee blinked as she took it before she looked through it and read it aloud for Dizzy. "'From the office of Edna Mode: From the high recommendation from Miss Evelyn Mills and your outstanding application for a child your age, I, Edna Mode, hereby request the pleasure of your company, Drizella Belfrey, for a summer internship after my visit to Paris and for a couple of hours after school during your academic year in school. Please notify the office of Edna Mode of your response to this request. We'd love you to join us here at EMode Designs. Will you come? Signed Edna Mode'?!"
"Whoa!" Danny and Henry gasped as Dizzy looked ecstatic.
Dizzy blinked before screaming in delight and suddenly hugging them while Ivy just looked wide-eyed and jaw-dropped and even dropped her phone out of her hand. "Oh, Ivy! I'm so excited!" she then beamed as she hugged her older sister suddenly. "And I just can't hide it!"
Danny, Henry, and Dee Dee all smiled as they felt so happy for Dizzy while Ivy just couldn't believe what just happened.
As the full moon approached, the sky was beginning to erupt with fireworks.
"Well, Emmy, it was really nice hanging out with you, but let's go hang out with the rest of our family," Mal said as she gently and carefully scooped up her new baby sister in her arms. "Shall we?"
Emerald cooed and giggled as she seemed to love bonding with the teenage girl so far as she wiggled a little. "Mally!~" she then called as she cooed.
"Ooh... Easy... Easy... Careful," Mal said as she smiled. "You know, Emerald, I've learned a lot ever since I came into Auradon Heights when I wasn't sure I'd like it when I first got here, but I have a lot more to be thankful here than I did back home."
Emerald seemed to coo curiously as the light of the full moon seemed to shine down on her.
"When I first got here, I was pretty much rotten to the core... Eventually, I was learning all of the ways to be wicked," Mal began to tell Emerald as they walked back over to their family. "Though... I guess now, I know that I don't need to change myself to be perfect or happy... I know that sometimes, it's good to be bad."
Emerald seemed to smile at that advice.
"I love it here and I love my new friends and my new family and my new life," Mal sighed softly as she smiled and looked over to see the familiar faces and sights of Auradon Heights as everyone gathered around for the music festival. "Though... Sometimes... Sometimes I wish we all had different lives... Something more adventurous and exciting. I don't think that's too much to ask, but it's too bad that some wishes don't always come true because I would love an adventurous new life with everybody I know."
Emerald cooed and giggled as she glowed brighter from the light of the full moon. Sparks seemed to fly from her fingertips as well after Mal made that wish, almost like she had some magic deep within her somehow.
"Emmy...?" Mal blinked as she looked down at the baby. "What's going on..?" she then looked around with wide eyes before there was a giant puff of green smoke seeming to surround them. "What's that?!"
Emerald giggled and sprawled in Mal's arms.
"Where is everybody?! What's going on?!" Mal cried out as the giant smoke cloud seemed to surround everybody and soon, they all began to disappear with the smoke and suddenly, everything faded to black.
The End...?
A/N: And there you have it, the grand finale to the Descendants of Storybrooke trilogy. Did you have fun with that series? I did, it was a pretty fun little experiment. Stay tuned and keep following me if you wish to see more in Modern Fairy Tale Town. Thank you and have a nice day.