Chapter Five: a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

A robin feathering his nest
Has very little time to rest
While gathering his bits of twine and twig
Though quite intent in his pursuit
He has a merry tune to toot
He knows a song will move the job along - for

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down-wown
The medicine go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way

- Spoonful of Sugar, Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins, 1963)

"Welcome Evie!" A cheerful Snow White greeted her and Hermes into her kingdom. She couldn't help but stare at the place, she was in Snow White's home! Not only that but her sister (step-sister) was here along with her husband, in the living flesh.

Evie gave them a smile before Snow pulled her into a hug.

It was crazy for Evie to wrap her head around the fact that she was stuck spending her time with her estranged sister while everyone in Auradon knowing that she was the daughter of Hades. She didn't want to think about how her friends would feel towards Evie's secret revealed to them and knowing that Evie didn't even tell them. It was going to be a big headache, she just knew it.

After getting all her stuff out of the trunk, saying goodbye to Hermes, Snow led her into the castle. It was more a manor but to Evie, it looked like a smaller version of Ben's castle. The staff took her suitcase and bags to her room where she would be staying while being tutored inside their home. It was like she never left the Isle, minus the drafty cold air in her castle and her mother screaming her head off. The manor was pretty, a big portrait of Snow and Florian on their wedding day hung in a large room. Another room was filled with books, Evie thought she might have found heaven.

Evie also had to wonder how okay these two were housing the daughter of their sworn enemy and a demigod. However they took it, they looked past that and saw a girl in need of protection and Evie was touched, to say the least.

Snow explained that while she could go outside to the villages, she would have to let either her or Florian know that way they could accompany her or have a couple of guards accompany her wherever she wanted to go. At least they weren't keeping her trapped her, she thought relief flooding her body at the fact that she wasn't going to be stuck inside the manor. They also explained that a tutor would be here to keep her up to date with her studies, which relived Evie. But there was still the fact of her life in danger and the person who unleashed her secret in the first place...

She wanted to find out more considering the adults weren't telling her anything, not even her father. So, Evie would have to investigate this on her own. It couldn't be too hard, right?

Audrey was concerned and confused, mostly the latter with Evie having seemingly vanished. She tried asking the VK's about her absence but they weren't in a mood to chit-chat, Mal especially.

The purple haired girl gave her a sneer snapping at her, "Why do you care?"

"I just wanted to know, Mal. I haven't heard from her-" Audrey said only to be cut off by Mal. "Well, we don't know. Nobody has told us anything, we tried calling her but cell goes straight to voicemail"

"Mal!" Ben squeezed her shoulder trying to calm the purple haired girl down. "I told you, Fairy Godmother said Evie had some family emergency and will be out of school for a while."

Mal snorted. "Yeah, a family emergency that her dad is the Greek god of death. That's some emergency alright."

"Did you guys know," Audrey asked, looking at Mal. She looked confused so Audrey elaborated. "About her dad. Did you know about her dad being Hades."

Mal shook her head, obviously looking a bit upset. "Neither of us knew. I just-I don't know why she didn't tell us."

Evie spent her days wandering around the castle for the first few nights. She was just damn curious about her whereabouts, the history of the castle and the land.

"Good morning Evie." Snow greeted her. There was food already at the table when Evie sat down with her sketchbook. Evie piled some fruit and a bowl of oatmeal. At least that's what she thought it was. She added a spoonful of sugar to her oatmeal stirring it before taking a bite. Snow sipped her coffee before asking her sister something. "How did you sleep, dear?"

"Good," was her only response. "Is there a library here?"

Snow nodded, which made Evie's plan in her head good. The faster she found out what was going on, the faster she could go back to Auradon Prep. At least that's what she was telling herself repeatedly that she missed Snow's question.

"What?"

Snow smiled. "I was wondering about your clothing line, Evie 4 Hearts? How's that going?" Evie had to grin as she went into detail about her line, Snow's attention on her sister. They talked about clothing and the new designs Evie was doing until Snow's phone buzzed. She apologized to Evie, telling the girl that she had a meeting to attend too. Evie was fine and said her goodbyes to her older step-sister.

Now, to find out about why she was here...

"What are you doing Evie?" She muttered to herself an hour later. She sounded a bit crazy, talking out loud as she wandered the halls of Snow White's castle. "Where to go from here?"

She didn't know. She knew nothing of what was going on right now. All she did was walk the halls, her sketchbook in hand trying to find something to led her to her answers. Like, why was she here under the protection of Snow White?

Why all the secrecy?

Did Ben know of said secrecy?

And who leaked her biggest secret to all of fucking Auradon?

Evie walked for another few minutes till she found the library, well it seemed like a library to her. The room was huge, the exact size as the cafeteria, probably bigger. Stepping inside, she quickly marched to the books on Greek Mythology, maybe a god or goddess was the one that spilled it onto the mortal world? Pheme was the one that made the fire an actual inferno but who sparked it and a better question, why?

She tried to figure out who would have a grudge against her father, but nobody that seemed to care about her did. Most of the grudged were millennium years ago that they wouldn't have cared in this decade. It would have to be someone else who would have to gain at Evie's tarnished reputation and her life.

Like someone on the Isle?

It was a possibility that it could be someone, another villain going against Hades and her. But again, why?

Too many questions and one girl that wanted answers. She decided to write a list down and as she continued it left only one. The only possible candidate for that would have something to gain if Evie somehow left the picture, just like Snow White all those years ago... her mother.

NOTES: I'm baaaaack with another chapter! The mystery is afoot, but as we have a suspect there is still the motive. Wonder what it could be?

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