Chapter 1: The Green Potion

"Alright, now everyone pay attention! This is very important to the potion." The FG spoke sharply at the front of the classroom, tapping the end of her baton rapidly against the table. Princess Audrey glanced up slightly from her phone. She always had a knack for potions, meaning her base for the current spell had been done for nearly twenty minutes. Chad, who sat beside her, was still looking at his water as though it would somehow stir itself if he stared at it enough.

"on your desks are small pins, one drop of blood will be enough to begin the reaction."

Audrey winced at the idea of pricking her finger on anything but took the pin in her hand anyway. She noticed the FG casting a look her direction, but got distracted when Ariel's niece, Arabella, raised her hand, nearly knocking her table over in the process.

"FG! What does this do again?"

Audrey held back an eye roll as the FG outwardly expressed hers. Arabella could get distracted by anything and everything that wasn't her school work.

"This is a spell-identifying potion, Miss Arabella. One drop of blood is enough to determine whether or not a person has been spelled. If no spell is detected, the water will turn red. But if there is a spell, the potion will turn green."

Arabella nodded, satisfied with the answer, and the class began to stick their fingers. Audrey stared at her pin for a long time, looking between it and the beaker in front of her. She knew how her blood would react. The potion would turn red — just like everyone else's. Was it even worth the effort?

"It's not doing anything," Chad complained, staring at his experiment with a pout as his blood disappeared without changing color. Audrey didn't have the energy nor the want to tell him he'd missed four steps, and that his beaker was filled with water rather than potion.

"Maybe you did it wrong," Audrey told him, her tone sickly sweet, "ask Fairy-godmother about it, she'd know what to do."

"That's a good idea. Back in a sec, Princess."

Picking up his beaker, Chad went to the front of the room. After a moment, Audrey screwed her eyes shut and held up a hand. Hurriedly, she pricked her thumb with the pin. She felt a tad woozy afterward, but it faded quickly as the Princess flicked a drop of blood onto the beaker. Watching the water, her heart thudded. The water wasn't turning red like she originally thought. It was green. Audrey immediately thought of Mal. Had she spelled her at some point? Heart racing, the Sleeping Beauty grabbed the beaker tight.

Fairy-Godmother was coming towards their table, Chad in tow. She would see the green potion, as would the rest of the class. Audrey couldn't let that happen — it would cause rumors, the whole school would be talking about it. Not sure what else to do, the Princess did the one thing she was best at. Dropping the beaker from her hands, it shattered across the floor with a spectacular crash. Following suit, Audrey swooned to the floor by her stool, convincing even herself that she was ill.

"Princess Audrey!"

The FG was by her side in an instant, yelling for someone to fetch the nurse as Audrey closed her eyes to ground herself. No one had noticed her green potion, "...Audrey? Can you hear me?"

"Y-yeah." letting her eyes open again, Audrey slowly sat up, "I'm sorry, I just got so dizzy all of a sudden."

"That's alright, dear." The FG said, stepping back as Chad assisted Audrey back to her feet, "let's take a trip to the nurse's office and make sure you're really ok."

"I think that would be best," Audrey mumbled, forcing a wobble to her step as she was escorted from the science classroom and to the Nurses office. Of course, nothing was actually wrong with her, but they sent her back to her dorm anyway, excusing the rest of her classes. One might call it 'playing hooky', but Audrey thought it an excellent time to think about what had transpired. Sitting with her laptop on the bed, she searched up the exact potion from class on the web.

'The spell-identifying potion is used by modern authorities to determine if a victim has been spelled by another.' Audrey read, biting a nail in thought as she scrolled, 'The reaction is near instantaneous, and can determine whether or not magic is present in the blood. Though it doesn't determine the type of spell used, the Spell-Identifying potion is always accurate in determining exposure to any type of magic, no matter the source.'

So the potion was right in it'd determination. There was a spell on her, even if she didn't realize it. Audrey's first thought was to go straight to Mal. After all, she was the daughter of the Evil Fairy and the one who had spelled Ben into falling in love with her last year. But Audrey didn't know why Mal would have spelled her at all unless it was some sort of long term curse placed on her when she arrived. It was possible, but Audrey didn't feel any different, nor had anything strange happened to her until today.

So Mal was placed on the back burner as Audrey thought of going to the FG. It was the smartest choice, as she was basically an encyclopedia of all known magical knowledge in Auradon. But if Audrey told her what had gone down, she was sure to be worried and tell her grandmother. Queen Leah was a very sensitive woman, and Audrey didn't want to put any unnecessary strain on her if at all possible. So what was she going to do about this?

At that moment, three knocks came at the door. The Sleeping Beauty didn't even need to open it before Lonnie and Jane appeared. Jane was her roommate, so she didn't technically need to knock. A lightbulb flicked on. Jane. The Daughter of the FG, and a blossoming young sorceress herself. Also incredibly loyal.

"Auds, are you ok?" Lonnie took up her hands, holding them in her own as she sat on the edge of the bed, "we heard what happened. Are you ok?"

"It's fine, I'm fine. I mean, Daughter of Sleeping Beauty? The sight of my own blood makes me woozy."

"Are you sure you're ok?" Jane asked, sitting on Audrey's other side. Since the battle with Maleficent, the three of them had grown exponentially closer as friends, "passing out isn't really normal."

Audrey sighed deeply and looked at her friends. She wanted to tell somebody about her problem.

"Lonnie, close the door. I need to tell you guys something."

A/N: Hello all! Rose here, jumping into this fandom with the beginnings of a new story. I've always loved Audrey as a character, dunno why since she's kinda awful in the films. But, still, a fun character to develop and play around with. Who I Am is set between the end of the first film, and the events of the Cotillion. Obviously, some things are going to be different as my version of Audrey managed to get some of her life put back together after the coronation, and isn't so blatantly 'prep school bully'. The VK's will be in this story, but not much since this isn't about them, and is focusing instead on the AK's. So I hope ya'll enjoyed this chapter, hopefully they get longer the more I get into it. And till next time! Cheers.