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Chapter 8: You are welcome…(Part Two) or Interlude

When Evie had supported Ben's idea to bring more villain kids to Auradon she had thought about the best for them. She had gotten the support of her friends, but they weren't too convinced about it since the Auradonians had not welcomed them with open arms when they first arrived, now they were mostly okay with them but still had some…wariness around them.

Now she would have to spend time with her step-sister, Snow White. She didn't have anything against her; just she was a little uncomfortable with her presence. Of course Snow White had written to her a few times, mostly praising her designs and had hinted the possibility of having a meal with her but…it was just a hint not a fact, until the Council decided that the VK's both the first four, Freddie and the new ones had to meet their parents' enemies and spend time with them until it was determined that they were not a treat for Auradon (the last part was not really spoken but they knew that it was the intention).

"Relax" She told herself when she was getting out of the limo and about to step in Charmington.

Snow White and her husband Florian were one of the nicest couples in all the land. Still there was as she had thought before, awkwardness.

Unlike the other princes and princesses, they didn't have children of their own. They adopted a twelve-years-old boy named Seth, who strangely reminded her of someone but she couldn't put her finger around who.

She put off one of her best smiles and greeted them as if they had been friends all their lives. When they were going inside the Charmington Castle, she sighed. That was going to be a long weekend.

"I heard you like cooking" Snow White commented "Maybe we can make something during your stay"

"Of course" Evie said with a bright smile.

"And you can teach me something about sewing" Snow White winked to her.

Evie was starting to have a good feeling about this.

"I wonder how the others are doing" She thought.

Jay was traveling with Aziz to Agrabah. He really liked Aladdin's son, in the time he had been the Tourney Team they have grown close but after he joined the R.O.A.R. team they kind of drifted away. And it had been a bit awkward between them after the Royal Cotillon, Jay had known that Aziz had a soft spot for Lonnie*.

"Does he like Lonnie?" He thought "Do I like her?"

Those were two questions he couldn't answer easily. Still he couldn't ask Aziz about that without raising suspicions. He didn't want to lose his friend just for one girl; however Lonnie wasn't just a girl. He was deep in his thought when his friend said something.

"My parents were…eager to meet you" Aziz commented absently.

Jay raised an eyebrow and asked: "Really?"

"Yes"Aziz smiled "They don't blame you for what your father did…" Then almost in a murmur added "And they weren't okay with the Isle…" He shook his head.

"What?!"

Aziz sighed while he shook his head again and said in a quiet voice "It's not my place to say it"

"But…"

"I won't say more" Aziz said with a small smile "Maybe you can ask them later"

In Agrabah, Sultan Aladdin and Sultana Jasmine were waiting for them. In public they greeted both of them formally, but in the hall they were greeted warmly.

"I hope you enjoy this weekend" Jasmine told Jay putting both of her hands on his shoulders.

"I hope so" Jay said with a smirk.

"This may not be so bad, after all" He thought.

Mal wasn't eager to meet Aurora and Phillip.

And she knew that they weren't eager to meet her either, that if Queen's Leah attitude was any indication of what they thought about her.

Audrey's behavior towards her of course had improved, but there were some things that indicated that they would never really get along while she held some grudges towards her because of their mothers. Still she was truly trying to see the best on Aurora's daughter.

"That's Auradon for you" She thought.

She stepped in Auroria, Southern Riding* and rather luckily only Audrey was waiting for her.

"Hi Mal" The princess greeted her with a smile and pulled her in a hug. Mal just embraced her friend uneasily, after a few months in Auradon she still had some awkwardness with touching.

"Hi Audrey" She said with a slightly forced smile.

After that Audrey dragged her to the palace and started talking: "I have so much planned for the weekend, first we can go to…" Mal couldn't really catch up what the other was saying so she just nodded and tried to put off one of her "kind" smiles.

"My mother would like to have tea with you tomorrow" That was the only thing she manage hear.

"What?" Mal stopped on her tracks.

The princess said dreamily: "She would like to meet the new lady of the court and the future queen of Auradon"

"What?"

"It isn't bad" Audrey said and then added with her "student-of-the-year" tone of voice " My mom is trying to overcome…her issues; I'm sure you will get along"

"Yeah" Mal managed to say after a few seconds. Then Audrey resumed her monologue, Mal was sure that she heard something about a party.

This wasn't good.

Carlos,Diego,Anita and Roger were having a pleasant conversation in their farm while Dude played with the other fact Dude was the one who was really enjoying their weekend.

Roger wouldn't admit that he was more than surprised when he heard that Carlos de Vil was a sweet boy and had been afraid of dogs before getting one of his own. On the other hand he had always been disgusted by the fact that Cruella's brother had been sent to the Isle just for being a relative of hers (and being slightly rude to the pups); and so he had been more open to welcome Diego.

Anita on the other hand was overtaken by her motherly instinct and took both De Vils under her wind almost immediately. She had been worried about the fact that Cruella may have given birth to a child since she was sent to the Isle. Her schoolmate had always been…erratic on her behavior and it was obvious that she wasn't suited for motherhood. For what she knew about Cruella's childhood*, her brother weren't either.

Their daughter Annie, was around their age and so they "clicked", she wasn't in Auradon Prep as she was attending public school in King Georgetown* . Unfortunately for the teenagers, Annie had singing lessons on Saturday Mornings and so she left, but promised to show the cousins some places in the city.

They were settling in the guest bedroom when Dude said swinging his tail: "Can we stay? I really like here…"

Both of them hopped a little when they heard that. Then Diego said to his cousin: "Still not used to talking dogs"

Carlos laughed, but agreed: "Me neither…it's strange"

"Come on guys!" Dude said "I'm a special dog for you"

They rolled their eyes, the dog asked again: "Can we stay?"

Freddie and Naveen were sat in front of each other waiting for the other to speak. Tiana had to go on some errand, so they were alone for the moment. Tiana and Naveen's children were at their boarding school at Bayou de Orleans* and didn't come home for the weekend.

It didn't take long for Freddie to understand why.

Naveen didn't trust her. But she didn't trust him either.

"So, it's Freddie your name?" The former prince* asked. Freddie narrowed her eyes.

"Are all Auradonians this stupid?" She thought, after a few weeks when most AK's were accustomed to her, they started asking question about her and this was one of their favorites. Still she answered: "Actually is Frederica"

"Oh"

"This is silly" The shadowman's daughter thought in grimace. "This thing will never work".

After a brief silence, Naveen decided to try and get to know her : "Would you like to go for a walk?"

Freddie blinked but nodded. Maybe a walk would be good for her; after all she never went out from Auradon City.

She was slightly wrong. Nobody told her about trumpeter crocodiles, animal jazz bands and strange old ladies with turbans.

Ben had a lot of work to do.

Still his parents insisted on him having break to go and visit his grandfather Maurice in the border lands of Auradon Central*. While he loved his grandfather; he found him a little…strange but he related his weirdness to his inventive mind. When he was younger he used to visit him rather regularly and both created some toys for him even if he could buy any new and fabulous toy.

Now, they just drank tea and chatted in the dinner room/kitchen of his cottage.

"How are you doing Ben?" His grandfather asked looked to his eyes.

"Good" Ben answered with a smile.

In truth Ben-as-king was stressed by his work but he could cope up with it, but it was rather tiring and with the "Isle-Issue". Ben-as-Ben was having problems as a teenager and student. And Ben-as-Son…he didn't want to think about it.

"Your mother is worried about you" Maurice commented.

"I don't know why" The young king looked away.

They fell silent, Maurice looked to the fields and Ben looked at his teacup as if it was the most interesting thing that he had ever seen.

"I have the slight idea" the old inventor told him "But if you don't want to talk about it…I won't ask"

The brunette boy considered his options. One was that he opened up to his grandfather and tell him all about why his mother was worried. The other was to shut up and let the worries dessert him up. The last one was to tell him half-truths, even if he didn't like lying.

"It's not lying, it's telling just the necessary" He thought.

And then he spilled out the beans, just a little.

It was soothing.

CJ was observing her sister from the background.

They were never too close, well they must have been close as sisters usually are when they are young but she didn't remember about that. She had been closer to her mad brother, until he dumped her for the squid girl.

Still she was curious about what Harriet was doing, all the week she had been following her around Auradon Prep. It wasn't difficult for most of the AK's and the VK's were sure that she wasn't around anymore after the Jewel-bilee.

She had been here and there, searching for a treasure and living adventures. But when she heard that her sister was in Auradon…

The blonde pirate had to admit that she was rather disappointed that her older sister had decided to try and be good, she may claim that she was just doing what she needed to get out of the Isle, CJ knew better. Her raven haired sister had always been different, caring and friendly tough when they grew up she disguised it well…until she started to hang out with that pretty boy, the snob and the religious freak.

However, she was more interested on how the meeting with Pan would go, now that he was an it was another disappointment, Harriet was actually getting along with the damned…boy.

Maybe she should have some words with her sister.

Yeah, that was. She would wait for the right moment, if there was something she learned in Auradon was to have patience.

Also she needed help to break the barrier again.

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Question: Do you have any headcanons about the Descendants?

* Aziz's soft spot for Lonnie is mentioned in one of the books

* Auroria, King Georgetown, Bayou de Orleans and Auradon Central are kingdoms or cities of the 18 regions of Auradon

* Tough is mentioned in the books that Tiana and Naveen are monarchs of one of the regions, I decided that in this story they resigned all titles to live a normal life working in their restaurant and raising their children in Orleans.