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Chapter 7: You are welcome…(Part One)

On Saturday morning…

Anthony grimaced at the thought of having to meet Cinderella.

It wasn't that he thought bad of his step-aunt, but he knew that her husband had voted against having more VK's at Auradon (Chad had dropped the "hint" during lunch the other day)

On the other hand, Dizzy was ecstatic.

They had a quick breakfast before getting ready to leave. Both of them had a pair of clothes and other things packed in bags for the weekend.

"This would be interesting" Anthony thought. Even if he would admit it he was curious about seeing the rest of the country.

A limousine was waiting for them at the entrance of the school. Other limousines were waiting for the other kids.

Chad had left the day before after classes. It was rather clear that he wanted to avoid them as much as possible.

The road to Cinderellasburg wasn't too long. Dizzy hadn't spoken to him more than the necessary since they arrived so it was a quiet trip.

"I'll have to be better" He thought. He hadn't been truly spiteful to his cousin, but he wasn't the nicest person at least in the isle.

They arrived to Cinderella's castle by ten and Cinderella was waiting for them. Their meeting was not what he had been expecting. Their step-aunt hugged them as if they weren't the children of the Mean Stepsisters.

He would not admit that it felt good.

Behind her was a dark haired young man, he looked a lot like Chad so he presumed that he was an older cousin.

"He is my older son, Christian" Cinderella introduced him.

Christian smiled at them and shook hands with both. He said "I hope we become friends"

Anthony just said plainly "I hope so"

Dizzy looked strangely at him but squealed in delight.

They all entered into the castle were Charming and Chad would be waiting for them or so Cinderella said while Christopher made a face while she explained that. It was rather impolite not to welcome them, and Anthony was sure that they were aware of that so he decided that he would try to be nice to Cinderella and her older son.

He smirked. It was going to be a truly interesting weekend.

Harriet was surprised. A feeling she wasn't used to, but had become a recurring one.

Her meeting with Peter Pan was not what she had expected; in fact he was not what she expected.

He was…grown up, she presumed that he was in his late twenties; still he had some childhood glee in his eyes when he talked.

Both were silent in their ride to Neverland. Peter had showed up in his own car, at first she had been surprised by the fact that he was not flying then remembered that former King Beast had banned most forms of magic. When Harriet asked about that, Peter explained that there was a bridge between the main land and the other isles. She wondered if he missed flying.

"So you are Hook's daughter" He said to break the ice.

Harriet wanted to make a snarky comment but retrained herself and reminded what Mal had said "Try to be nice-ish".

"Yes" the pirate responded and then to continue the conversation "The oldest one"

Peter blinked surprised: "He has other children? "

"Three in total" The raven haired said with a sad smile "I have a twin brother, Harry, and a younger sister, CJ"

"I think I have heard about CJ" Peter commented looking far away "I never thought that Hook would have children…I thought he hated them"

Harriet raised an eyebrow but said "Most villains hate children but have them" She added with an absent voice "He is not the best parent…but he used to care about us"

Then there was a silence again, Peter asked: "Is there anything that you like to do?" And added "Or anything you would like to do?"

The girl hasn't really thought about that since she was not optimist about how their meeting would go, so she just shrugged: "Anything will be okay…"

"As long as it doesn't involve climbing" She completed in her mind. Her only fear was climbing since she went climbing to the wild are of the Isle with her siblings when they were children, Harry fell off and hit his head. She often wondered if it was one of the causes of his frail mental health, that and their father parenting style.

Peter smiled. Harriet didn't know what to say so she put off a small smile.

Hal was nervous as he had never been in his life.

The night before he had laughed at Claudine's insecurities but now he understood them.

The Snow Queen, one of his father's enemies, was in front of him.

"It's good to finally meet you Hal" She had said politely.

He just curtsied and said awkwardly: "It's an honor to spend time you…your majesty"

For a strange reason, Elsa had decided to pick up Hal instead of waiting for him in Arendelle. Ben had been surprised to see her waiting for Hal in the parlor, but he knew that the Snow Queen had her own reasons. He pretended that he didn't notice that the Queen was looking at his newly acquired gloves.

They traveled to Arendelle by ship; Hal was exited to finally see the outside. Being in Auradon prep was one thing, but finally be truly in Auradon was great.

"No wonder why the adults miss being here" He thought at seeing the beautifulness of the cities and villages he saw in the shores. That and of course the food.

"Are you enjoying your time in Auradon?" Elsa asked.

Hal was surprised to hear her voice as he had been so deep in his own thoughts; he blinked and responded with a cough: "It's nice"

"I didn't see how beautiful the world was for a long time…" Elsa commented looking at the sea.

The auburn haired boy didn't know how to respond to that, so he decided to listen.

"I locked up myself in my castle…and I neglected my sister and everyone around me"She continued "Then, when I lost the control of my powers I tried to isolate myself" She paused to look if Hal was listening "It wasn't until I reconciled with my sister that I understood that we can't be alone and we have to enjoy the things of life…"Finally she said "Even if we feel different from the others"

Hal at first didn't understood why she was telling him that, but then realized two things: That she realized that if she wanted him to tell her about the Isle, she had to offer information first; and that she kind of knew how he was feeling at school.

Since he arrived to Auradon, he had been feeling different. He was starting to feel a slightly coldness around him and it was kind of scaring, in truth he was almost freaking out. Also he was feeling a bit left out, Anthony had a new gi… friend, Harriet had Claudine, and Diego had Hadie. The others were…well, not of his liking or they just didn't get along.

He may tell her some things. But not yet, he had to think what to say.

Hadie and Melinoe had different reactions to Hercules.

The first was excited to meet their much older cousin…like a fan boy. And Hercules was surprised when he hugged him but didn't move apart and hugged him back.

The later was a bit apathetic but tried to sound interested when Hercules talked to them. After a week of faking interest on the princesses' talk, she wanted to take a break from it.

Megara,their cousin-in-law, just looked at them with scorn. But still greeted them and keep her distance.

"Our father had owned her soul, what did we expect?" Melinoe thought with slight amusement.

Their children, Mara and Hector aka "Herkie"*, were a little better than their mother. Mara tried to take up a conversation with Melinoe but they were just too different to find a neutral territory to talk. Herkie was now used to hang around with VK's so he talked normally to them, but he had a little reservation with them since they were the children of his parents'enemy.

After a small snack with Hercules' family, Megara left to do some errands and said she won't return for a while, it was obvious to everyone that she wanted to be far from Hades' children. Mara had to train with Phil, despite the peacefulness of Auradon she wanted to train to be a hero…heroine like her father since she inherited part of his super-strength. Herkie was to spend time with them and his father.

"So… what are we doing now?" Herkie asked with interest.

"Would you care for a walk?" Hercules asked to the three teenagers. They just looked to each other and shrugged.

They were getting ready, when Herkie told Hadie: "Walking with my father is a little more...exhausting than the normal"

"I supposed so" the blue haired boy shrugged.

"Hope you don't get tired easily" Herkie told him smiling.

"I hope it too" He thought but responded with a nod.

He didn't know that he would not be ready for what happened next.

Claudine found herself looking curiously to her…foster brother.

Quasimodo was looking at her too.

Neither of them knew what to say. But neither of them thought it was necessary. Both liked silence apparently.

He was as ugly as her father told her, but she knew that he had a good heart just by looking at his eyes. There are times when the surface is not the same as the inside; she should know that lesson by now.

They have not "talked" in the true sense of the word, but their breakfast was not an uncomfortable experience since Quasimodo was a kind person and hadn't asked anything about her father (and she was slightly thankful for that). Of course she wouldn't offer any kind of unrequited information.

"Thanks for the meal" Claudine said a bit loudly.

Despite being the ringer for more than thirty years, the Hunchback still heard. Not very well, but he wasn't completely deaf; still he had told Claudine to talk loudly.

Quasimodo smiled: "You are welcome"

After a brief silence, Quasimodo asked: "There's anything you would like to do?"

The green-eyed girl had wanted to see the bells. Back in the Isle, she had hidden a book about Auradon and Paris had been her favorite location, and one of the most interesting things was the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

"Would you care to show me the bell tower?"

"Yes, we could go when we finish eating"

Claudine nodded and continued to eat. The food wasn't as good as the one in Auradon Prep, but she knew that Quasimodo had made an effort to cook. She didn't fail to notice that he lived alone; she was curious about why but decided not to ask.

Maybe she would ask later.

Rick had to admit that he was having a good time.

Pocahontas and her tribe were a bit cold with him, but her husband was a little more welcoming. Also her son had become a kind of friend since they both shared a few classes and were friends with Ronnie.

Thomas Rolfe was people of his mother's tribe treated him like he was a prince (and he kind of was) but he behaved like a normal teenager.

Since he got nothing to do, he decided to help with the chores in the tribe. At first people were wary of him, but a boy around his age told him to help carry baskets to the sown fields. After that he helped gathering berries to some women and girls. And around noon, he was feeling more comfortable with the natives.

While he was sat under a tree, he permitted himself to think that maybe his father was wrong and they weren't savages, but them he reprimanded himself.

"Hi" Thomas told him.

"Hi" He greeted back trying to sound polite.

Thomas sat next to him and asked "How are you doing so far?"

Rick sighed and considered if he could be sincere with him, he hadn't had the opportunity to tell someone about what he was really thinking about his time in Auradon. After a few seconds he decided to tell him a bit: "It's okay…" He sighed "I just feel a bit out"

"Why?" The other boy asked.

"Auradon is just too different from the Isle, from the way I was raised" He explained "Back there I wouldn't have helped anyone, I would have just tried to ignore them and even try to ruin what they were doing"

They fell silent and Thomas said: "You will get used to this…"

"Maybe"

Then Thomas changed the conversation: "I know that Ronnie Hood invited you to her party at Sherwood"

"Yes…but I kind of declined" Rick said looking away.

Pocahontas' son grinned and asked: "Would you like to go?"

Rick looked at him suspiciously and said : "There's no way your mother would let me go…also the point of this is that I get to spend time with your family and learn how to be good"

"I don't have permission to go either"

"See?...It's not a good idea to go"

"Come on, it's just a little adventure" Thomas said "And it would be a way to learn how we Auradonians do"

The dark haired boy muttered a few things before agreeing to go. Who knew that the AK's were like this?

"I have a bad feeling about this" He thought but knew that he would still go with the plan.

There's this week's chapter.

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