Sorry for the delay :(

Disclaimer: I don't won Descendants or any of the characters featured in the franchise. Except for those characters that are clearly OC's

Chapter 10: Whistle while you work

****** two weeks later******

Harriet was almost sleeping in History class. She was still tired from third weekend she spent with Peter Pan and his Lost Boys, whom she had met during this stay.

"Miss Hook" She heard a voice far away.

"Maybe I should miss the next class and go to sleep" she thought almost falling sleep on her desk. "Or the ones after lunch".

"Harriet!" She heard Anthony's voice next to her and felt that he elbowed her side.

She woke up. And saw all the class looking at her with mild interest.

"Never saw someone sleeping in class? Wait this is Auradon Prep, probably not"

"Hi" She said putting on a grin. Hal and Anthony grinned too, but Claudine looked at her with concern.

was looking down too her and said "As now Miss Hook is awaken I can announce what is going to be the new project for this semester" He took a pause "You will do an monograph on any topic featured on the book I gave too all of you…and you will do it in pairs"

"Can we choose our pairs?" Audrey asked with interest.

"No" He responded with what Harriet considered a smug smile "I already picked out the pairs and no, you can't change partners" He waited to see their reactions, most of them groaned in frustration "I'll read them five minutes before the class ends, now…" He trailed off on how the monograph would go, however most of the students weren't paying attention.

Anthony and Harriet started to pass papers between them like they did when they were in the Isle of the Lost. They knew that it would raise some questions about them but they didn't care, they didn't work of as a couple but they dis as partners in crime

Hal was looking out to the window with disinterest; he wanted to go to Arendelle. He was now surer than ever that he wasn't going to do what his father wanted nor he was going to ask for his siblings coming to Auradon.

Claudine was sharing looks with Zephyr, they haven't talked since the incident in the bell tower the first weekend she visited Quasimodo. Still she knew that it wasn't his fault, but she couldn't help but think that she was did something wrong.

"Now the part that everyone was waiting" Mr. Button said and looked at them with a small glint on his eyes "The pairings are: Ben Bete and Evelyn* Grimhilde, Princess Audrey and Ruby Fitzherbert …Kira Thatch and Anthony Tremaine, Veronica Locksley-Fitzwalter* and Hal Westergaard,… Mal Faery and Li Luan*, Jalil* bin Jafar and Aziz bin Aladdin, Carlos and Diego de Vil, Zephyr de Chateaupers and Claudine Frollo, and finally Prince Chad Charming and Harriet Hook"

"This is not good" Harriet thought in grimace. It wasn't that she didn't like Chad, but since the week before every time that something bad happened to her he was around…Okay, she had to admit that she didn't like Chad, mostly because of what he had done to Evie and many of the other girls, but also he didn't do anything to her directly.

She looked around to see if anyone else was displeased with their partners. The only two that were a little displeased were Claudine (for reasons she didn't know) and Hal. Then she searched for the blonde prince but when she tried to see his expression he turned his face.

"Good start Rhetta*" Anthony whispered sarcastically to her with a smirk. She elbowed him playfully but couldn't help but agree.

"This is not good" She repeated in her head.

Chad Charming had avoided the most of new VK's as much as he could; if he couldn't be really nice to all of them at least he could avoid them. But for a strange reason something dragged him around the pirate's daughter, Harriet Hook.

And worst of all, Audrey noticed it and instead of getting annoyed she seemed to like it.

She had said that he was finally getting his "True-Love". He didn't want to break her bubble but, he had never actually talked to Harriet wasn't like their parents, that they just meet each other and decided to spend the rest of their lives together because it happened in fairy-tales.

Also she was a damn pirate.

Every time they were around each other, something bad happened…to Hook.

For example, one afternoon when they were at the library he accidentally caused all the books to fall from a shelf…and all the books fell near her.

Then he accidentally caused one of the test tubes at chemistry to explode, again near the raven haired girl.

And, when she was passing by and he was training with the turney team, he shot the ball to her. This time it hit her. (No one believed that it was an accident)

According to Audrey it was his way to get pirate's attention. He didn't want any VK near him, thank you very much.

Although he had to admit, that Harriet was prettier than many Auradonian Girls, she was a pirate and his step-cousin's ex-girlfriend.

After two weekends with Dizzy and Anthony, he had decided that they weren't bad at all. So he decided to think about Anthony as a friend, so wanting to make a move on your friend's ex-girlfriend was against the Bro Code.

He had tried to avoid her all day, and he almost succeeded, until Mr Button decided to pair them up for his stupid monograph. Now he would have to work because there was no way that he would make Harriet do all the his mother made him promise that he wouldn't do it again.

So he decided to approach her during lunch. But it would be difficult since her "gang" was with her all the time, he liked Anthony and Claudine but he was still wary of Hal,Diego and Hadie.

"Why do VK's move in packs?" He thought in grimace.

"Hi" He managed to say when he was standing in front of them, in fact he was looking at Harriet. Anthony raised an eyebrow but returned his greet. The others just nodded as if they were acknowledging his presence.

Harriet eyed him warily and said "What do you want?"

Chad decided to sit next to Anthony, who was in front of the pirate, and said: "If you haven't heard, we are partners"

"Yes, but the work is not due until Winter Break" She said "So we don't have to worry"

"I want to do something good, so we have to work"

"We? "She laughed "I know about your fame around here Charming, you make other people to do your homework"

Chad blinked a few times; of course Evie would have told her about his past. So he said: "I really want to do it this time, I want to learn"

Of course no one would believe him, but with Christian's issue he had more pressure on him.

Anthony made a sneer, Claudine made a disbelieving face and Hal looked between him and Harriet. Diego just looked at the other side. Hadie had left because of the awkwardness.

Harriet looked at him intently, then sighed "We'll talk about it…later"

The blonde nodded and left. All of their classmates looked at him strangely, it wasn't an everyday occurrence that Chad Charming sat with VKs during lunch…or ever.

Diego and Carlos were at the former's bedroom talking with Dude at their side. Diego was not yet accustomed at the talking dog, mostly because it made too personal questions, but still he liked the dog.

"So…what do you do for fun here?" Diego asked.

Even after two weeks in cousins had not spend quality time together since both were with their friends at school and the first weekend they spent their time with the Dearlys. Harry and Jace spent the second weekend at the Dearlys while they stayed at school.

"I like to play videogames" Carlos said after thinking a few seconds "Play turney, hang out with Jane…print things in the 3D printer"

"You mentioned that you made some "improvements" on it" Diego commented.

"Yes" Carlos responded brightly and started to explain what he did, until he noticed that his cousin didn't understand very much, so he decided to ask "So what have you been doing since you arrived"

"I'm writing some songs" Then he added "Still trying to keep Harriet and Hadie from doing something stupid, failing miserably at it"

"Cool"

Then they fell silent, Carlos had decided to try to bond with his cousin but they had different interests so he decided to do what he did when he didn't knew how to approach someone.

"Wanna play?" He said grabbing a videogame.

Diego just smiled and nodded.

Maybe they just had to find a way to do something together.

After all they only had each other now; in fact they only had each other since the Isle. Cruella had never been the one to parent and Cecil had decided to ignore his only son when he realized that there was no way out of the Isle, Uncle PH didn't even count since he was already mad when the Isle was set and he had left to the "don't-dare-to-enter" side of it.

"Do you think they miss us?" Diego asked.

Carlos bit his lip and said "I mostly think that she misses having someone to do the house work"

"True" His cousin agreed "Father must be wondering where I am"

"You didn't tell him?" The freckled boy asked in surprise.

"Dad doesn't even know what day it is" He spat and then he trailed "But when he realizes where he is…"

Carlos put his hand on his cousin's shoulder and said "Maybe we can get help for Uncle Cecil"

"Really?"

"Yes, I mean…Ben is giving second chances" Carlos tried to explain his point "Uncle Cecil is only there for being my mother's brother and being slightly mean to some pup"

" Then he doesn't deserve to be there "Dude mentioned. Both boys looked at him strangely but resumed their talk.

"I'll talk to Ben about it; surely Jay would do the same for Iago"

"Surely Anthony will want to do something for his mother"

"Also I always wondered how my cat is*" Carlos commented absently.

"You have a cat?!" Dude asked.

The freckled boy nodded "It was a gift in Evie's birthday party"

"He was okay last time I checked, Gianna takes care of it"

Both cousins decided to return to their game, but Carlos had something in mind. He would have a lot of work to do.

Kira had been curious about Anthony when he first arrived to Auradon. At first she thought he was a forgotten hero child because of his behavior and mannerisms, but then she noticed that he was on the VK's group.

She didn't miss the looks he was giving her since their first History class. Most people gave her that looks; it was because she had platinum blond hair and sapphire eyes like most Atlantians. Her older siblings, Julio and Amelia had that appearance too.

After a few classes she started to feel uncomfortable with his sight, so she decided to approach him. She talked to him one of those rare times when he wasn't around his group, (or pack as Chad had "cleverly" called them)

Anthony had been polite unlike most VKs; he even apologized for glaring at her and making her feel uncomfortable. Then they had fell silent without knowing what to say, it wasn't until he made a comment about the book she was carrying that they started a true conversation, and since then they started to bond.

For a person who grew up in the Isle, Anthony was quite lettered. It must have been because he had aristocratic blood in his veins. Also he was one of the few persons who didn't consider her strange for her hobbies

The others were Belle, Ben, Lonnie and Mulan.

" Where did you get book in the Isle?" She had asked one day they were at the library.

Her friend blinked and the responded "In some cargos they used to bring some, and some of us stole them"

Kira raised an eyebrow "You stole books?"

Anthony rolled his eyes in frustration and said "You too? I had to explain this already twice…there's not much to do at the Isle besides fighting, messing with people and of course (in my case) reading"

She smiled at him and handed him a book "You may like it…"

He looked at it but put it in his bag. It was "The book theft"

Kira was not looking at him but could almost feel him rolling his eyes.

Ronnie and Hal were sat in the gardens looking at their notebooks and pretending that the other wasn't there. It wasn't they disliked each other; it was just that Hal had a long time feud with Rick who was Ronnie's friend.

"The friend of my enemy is my enemy" Hal thought. He was no longer in the Isle, where they had their little wars between gangs; but it didn't mean that the feuds died.

In Ronnie's case, Rick had mentioned some things about the Westergaard family. She didn't know them, but she trusted Rick and his judgment. Still a part of her knew that she was acting childish.

"So…what are we writing about?" She asked just to be a little nice.

"I don't know" He shrugged and arranged his gloves.

"Too much for being nice" She thought and then looked at the book index. The she pointed at a subtitle "Maybe we could write about the Southern Wars"

Hal looked at her with a strange expression, was she mocking him?

Bu then he just nodded and said: "We could divide the work and the week before the Winter Break we reunite to unite the works"

"Sounds good"

"Then…I see you later" Hal said and started to take his path to his room. He felt that he was running away from that girl but he couldn't bear to be near someone who may really hate his guts for no real reason.

She noticed that.

Ronnie groaned and followed him; she grabbed him by the arm and said: "Don't you think that we are acting childish?"

Hal just rolled his eyes and said: "A little…but I don't like your friend"

"He doesn't like you either" Ronnie muttered "All he does is talk about your family"

"All he does is talk about you with his new friends"

They kept quiet and looked at nothing at all.

The copper haired boy just looked down at her and asked: "Would have you liked me…if Rick hadn't talked about me?"

The thief's daughter simply said: "Maybe…or maybe not" She finalized with a smile. She didn't have any good reasons to dislike him.

This time for a reason Hal smiled and gave her a bow "Then…I see you later Hood"

Ronnie rolled her eyes, people tended to think that her last name was Hood. "My last name is not Hood…"

He was already gone.

"Yes…too much for being nice" She muttered and turned her heels towards the R.O.A.R tryouts where her brother would be, but then she heard a few people screaming and ran towards them.

Zephyr was trying to find the words to approach Claudine but couldn't find any. It was like she was avoiding him on purpose.

"Of course she is avoiding you" A voice in his head told him. One part of him believed that she hated him and his parents for obvious reasons but her bond with Uncle Quasi debunked that theory; the other was that she was scared of every man near and a last one was that she was just shy.

Or maybe a mix of all of that.

He was standing in front of her bedroom when a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Are you going to knock or not?" It was Mairia, daughter of Merida, his best friend.

"I'm still thinking" He defended himself.

" You just have to say "Hey, we have to do the History homework, so do you want to go to the library or …´" The redhead was saying when the door opened.

Harriet Hook was the one who opened the door and was looking at them with a half amused expression. Anthony Tremaine was inside the room with a small dog and gave them sheepish smile. And finally there was Claudine Frollo looking at the dog warily and almost not noticing that someone else was in her room.

"Hi" Mairia said with a smile.

"Hi" Harriet and Anthony said.

Zephyr just looked at Claudine and said: "Claud…Claudine…I wanted to ask…if…" He noticed that everyone was looking at him with amusement and kept quiet.

"It's not like I'm asking her out" He thought.

Still Claudine was blushing.

"What Zeph is trying to say is that you have to start working on your History monograph and that if you would like to search for a topic in the library or if you will work separately" Mairia said rolling her eyes. Zephry shoot daggers at her.

"I…I…well…" Claudine started to say.

"Why I'm stuttering?" She thought, her father had taught her not to stutter and she haven't done it in a very long time.

"She would like to go to the library" Anthony responded for her. The green-eyed girl looked at him with surprise. Then he added :"Why don't we go now?"

All of them agreed. They left the dog sleeping on Harriet's bed.

Then the Tremaine grandson started to…socialize with Mairia who was delighted with it.

Claudine walked behind them trying not to be noticed by the other.

Zephyr who was walking beside Harriet noticed that the raven haired girl was looking at the other two with an strange expression, he wanted to ask as he was curious but decided not to ask; instead they started to talk about the dog.

"Where did you get it?" He asked.

"It's not like I stole it" Harriet answered a little defensively.

"I didn't imply it" The blonde guy said courtly "But I'm curious about it…I say we have Dude, who is the school's mutt but…"

"You don't always see dogs around" She completed and the added "Do you always stutter?"

Zephyr coughed "Not always…but…I…" He buried his face on his hands and asked"I'm doing it again, am I?"

Harriet laughed and said "Yes, sunshine" Then she added "Now on the dog…Hadie found it and well…he likes dogs but he has a bad time trying to get well with living things, so he decided to give it to Carlos but ran into Anthony first"

"So?"

"Anthony always wanted to have dog as he grew up disliking Lucifer, his grandmother's cat, he called it Primrose, who names a dog Primrose?"

"It's a nice name" Claudine commented surprising everyone.

"Thanks, finally someone respects my name choices" Anthony said dramatically.

Then they heard people screaming.

Audrey learned her lesson about the VK's, they were not their parents and they actualy could decide if they choose to be good or evil. She would like to teach that to her younger sister Phillipa.

She usually gave blind eye to everything that her sister did, sure she had been slighty mean and vain but her sister was the meanest person in the land.

She couldn't help but feel responsible for this incident.

Her sister had taunted and then removed Hal Westergaard's gloves in purpose, just to annoy him. For a reason he always wore them, or as Rick had said since they arrived from the Isle.

And now all the people at the yard knew why.

He had ice powers.

And he had almost hit her sister and actually hit her friends Eliana and Franz with a beam of his powers.

Then Phillipa accused him of doing it on purpose. And few other classmates joined her on those accusations.

Why did it sound familiar to her?

Ben and Mal arrived a few minutes later than the others.

"What happened?" Ben asked worriedly.

"Phillipa happened" Audrey said with disgust and pain.

Mal frowned "All that snow…your sister did it?"

"No, my sister caused this…she did something to Hal and he just started to shoot beams"

Mal opened her eyes and ran towards Hal who was having a panic attack. Hadie and Harriet were already with him.

"Good timing Mal"Harriet commented.

"What happened?" She asked thought she already had an idea.

"Phillipa was annoying him and then she just removed one of his gloves, of course he panicked and started to make small snowflakes" Hadie explained " Then she asked was he was doing and he started to lose control"

Mal recited an spell and then said: "Let's take him to FG"

Here is this extra long chapter as a way to apologize for the delay, most of you would understand that high school don't always leaves time for this things and as in my country classes finish next month...well since I'm a senior I have a lot of things to do. :(

So I think that I will update between the next week and the second week of November.

I hope you liked this.

Question: What do you think about the irony of giving ice powers to Hal?

And as a opinion I think that in the movies or the mini-series they could have mentioned Evie,Jay and Carlos'pet sidekicks, they just left them on the Isle and never wondered what happend to them. So I will bring them out of the Isle in the next chapters.

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