Hello, it's me! Welcome to the second installment of my With A Twist series! If you're here from my other story (Descendants - Parents Day With a Twist) then I think I should tell you that these are all in the same universe.
Also, I will update this short story every other day. Enjoy!
Mal, Uma, and Evie heard the sound of snoring and turned away from Dizzy, Celia, and the twins. They ran into Evie's sewing room, where they found...
"Doug?" Evie said. She ran over to her boyfriend's side and nudged him. "Doug, wake up. Wake up," she said more urgently.
"He's spelled," Uma said bluntly. She turned to Mal and said, "Is she not a fast learner."
"She's emotionally involved," Mal explained.
Uma sighed.
"Well, in that case she should be able to wake him," Uma said. "True Loves Kiss. Works every time."
Evie's head snapped up and she stuttered, "Well, we haven't actually said the L word yet."
Uma rolled her eyes and there was silence for a moment, then Evie said, "Can we be alone?"
Mal and Uma nodded and "left." They really just pretended to leave and then peaked through the doorway at what was happening.
Evie took a deep breath and muttered to herself, "Don't freak out, it's okay, True love can save the day." She paused and added. "But I don't know."
She walked over to her desk and picked up a picture of her and Doug on it.
"When we met, he was so sweet. Seemed so into me. Seemed like we were meant to be, but I don't know."
Evie looked up at the mirror and stared at her reflection. She could see Doug behind her, snoring away.
"Keep it cool, keep it calm. Think I've loved him all along but I don't know."
She turned and looked at Doug, walking over to him.
"Do I love him or do I love him not? And if I do, is it strong enough?"
She sat next to Doug and took a deep breath. Mal had described her feelings when she broke the spell on Ben one year ago to her. She said she felt confidence and certainty. She said she had been nervous, but at the same time felt as though she knew all along this was going to go right, as though she had been able to understand. She said in the last second she had only felt love and joy and perfect understanding.
But that wasn't how Evie felt. She felt as though she was about to lose her lunch. She just felt uncertainty and worry, and already had a sinking feeling in her stomach. She somehow felt as though she had done something wrong, as though this wasn't supposed to happen. Like her life was about to be forever changed.
Evie took a deep breath and whispered. "One kiss, one kiss - it all comes down to this."
She lowered her lips to Doug's and kissed him...and nothing happened.
She turned to Mal and Uma, somehow knowing they were in the doorway.
"Try again," Mal suggested. Evie did, but again no result.
"I don't understand," she said, thunderstruck as the girls walked over. "He's not my True Love?"
"Oh, Evie. I'm so sorry," Mal said sadly. Uma nodded, her gaze sympathetic.
Evie looked up. "But...how?"
Uma hesitated, then said, "Well...you know how you said you never told him you loved him?"
Evie nodded.
"Maybe...it's because you didn't."
Evie sat down on the table and the girls sat next to her. Mal put an arm around her best friend and Uma gave her shoulder a squeeze.
"I thought he might be my True Love. We've been together for two years, after all. And he was so sweet and kind to me," Evie said, her eyes misty.
"Maybe you love someone else," Mal suggested. Evie said nothing, but she could tell she was thinking about it.
"I think...no, it's impossible," Evie muttered.
"What is?" Uma asked bluntly.
"I just thought that it might be a certain person, but it can't. And even if it is, how do I know it's really them?" Evie asked.
"You don't," Mal said.
Evie shook her head in denial. "It's silly, anyways. I'm probably wrong." She sighed. "But I just wish I knew why the kiss didn't work."
Suddenly, they heard a familiar voice say, "Your wish is my command..."
Who do you think it was? And why didn't the kiss work? Thank you for reading this first chapter, and please, please review!
-Creator of Magic