Request from Anonymous: Could you do a one-shot where Evie see's Mal playing tourney with Carlos and Jay and she can't help but think that Mal is adorable. I apologise for this taking so long my dude but here you go. Also due to popular demand I'm going with D for this one.
"Mal shield to your left!" Jay calls as he sees the dragon fire shooting her way, groaning softly as she lifts the shield to her right "No! Your other left!" to late the dragon fire hits Mal in the back of the head knocking her onto her face.
"Shit!" Carlos yells jumping down from the bleachers to run to Mal who was slowly pushing herself up, Jay not far behind.
"Mal you ok? Fuck, where's Evie when you need her?" Jay swears looking down at her worried.
"Hey Mal how many fingers am I holding up?" Carlos asks as he holds up three fingers
"Three, hey Carlos how many fingers am I holding up?" she asks flipping Carlos off as she dusts herself off.
Meanwhile:
Evie P.O.V
17 dresses and suits were a terrible idea I think to myself as I lower my head to my desk. A loud knocking wakes me from my slumber, I glance at my phone, Shoot I had a fitting for Ben 20 minutes ago. I quickly walk over to the door, my joints popping from sleeping in a chair
"I'm so sorry Ben, I hope it isn't a problem if we start a bit late" I say through a yawn.
"Yes, Evie it is a problem" Ben bites out as he storms past me "now I'm going to be late for an important meeting"
My face quickly drops. "I'm so sorry Be..." I start but he interrupts
"Can we just get this done with so I can leave" he interrupts with a growl.
I felt a rage filling my veins I hadn't felt since leaving the isle, breathe Evie just breathe Ben's a king remember don't say anything to make him mad never make him mad.
Flashback: "Now Evelyn remember never ever say anything to anger a prince and especially not a king never a king" Evil Queen says to her daughter "but mummy what if the prince or king deserves it?" a young Evie asks, which she soon regrets as a loud crack echoed throughout the house End Flashback.
"...ie?" I snap out of the flashback as Ben finishes his question, raising a hand to my cheek
"Sorry what was that Ben?" I ask quietly avoiding his eyes
"I asked if you could hurry this up" he growls.
Ben P.O.V
I don't know why I'm being so snappy with Evie, it's not like she did anything to warrant it. It had been like this since Mal broke up with me a month ago, I notice Evie's eyes go foggy "are you ok Evie?" at the end of my question Evie's eyes lose the faraway look and her hand reaches up to touch her cheek, "sorry what was that Ben?" she asks quietly "I asked if you could hurry this up" I growl.
Evie flinches slightly at my tone and if I hadn't been looking at her intently I would of missed it, what am I doing? I'm meant to be a safe place for the VK's,(A.N I grew tired of a rude Ben, and it became much to difficult to decide ways to make Ben a jerk in so many different ways, it's also bloody hard to try and rewrite someone who in the movie is sickeningly nice and give them a good enough reason to act the complete opposite so I present you with nice Ben.)
"Evie I'm so..." I start only to be interrupted by the one I was apologising to
"Don't finish that sentence Benjamin Florian Beast" she glares before her gaze softens "it's OK I understand your angry because Mal broke up with you and you need someone to take that anger out on it's OK" she tries one of her dazzlingly bright smiles but it doesn't quite reach her eyes
"Evie, are you used to having people take their rage out on you?" I ask with wide eyes as she shrugs.
"I grew up on the Isle Ben, if you anger anyone there then there's hell to pay" she says nonchalantly, dumbfounded I stare at her, how could one be so casual about such a thing.
"Evie that isn't right, no one has the right to yell at you" I say quickly still staring at her oddly.
"But you were yelling at me a minute ago" she whispers quietly glancing up a little bit to meet my eyes before they drop to the floor again.
"Anyway, let's see… did we document last week whether you wanted fur, feathers or silk… no we didn't, Ben fur, feathers or silk?" she asks eyes lifting from the notepad.
"Uhh… what one says King the most?" I ask knowing it was best to ask Evie in these situations.
"Hmm… Fur with a silk underlining will work" she says with a nod jotting that down in her notes. "ok that's all I need you for Ben, I'll have your cloak finished in approximately a week, then you'll just have to come in to make sure the size is right and if there are any finishing touches you would like or need on it" she gives him a big smile. "Bye Ben" she says with a wave.
"See you Evie" I say walking out the door "oh and I heard Mal was learning tourney by the way in case you want to watch" I smile widely.
Evie P.O.V.
I groan softly, "I wish I could watch Mal learn tourney, but I have so many dresses to finish" I sigh sitting down to work on the design for Janes dress.
I look up as the door opens smiling as I see Dizzy standing there.
"Hey Diz, do you need something?" I ask.
"Nah I figured you'd be working yourself into the ground working on like 10 dresses and suits so I'm here to help" She says walking in.
"Oh, that's nice of you Diz, but you don't have to do that" I smile at her.
"Ok that means you have like 15 dresses and stuff to do so I'm definitely helping, Celia will too-"she pauses and looks around before facing the door and rolling her eyes "-oh bloody hell, Celia! Get your butt in here!" she yells.
A sheepish Celia walks in slowly "hi Evie" she shyly waves.
A lot of the kids remember what Jay, Mal, Carlos and I were like on the Isle and a heap of them are still nervous around us.
"Hi Celia, how are you?" I ask with a smile.
"I'm good, How 'bout you?" She says looking around.
"Yeah I'm alright, I've got 13 dresses, 3 suits and a cloak to make but I'm fine" Dizzy's eyes snap over to me a disappointed glare already spreading across her face.
"Mal would whack you over the head if she knew how much you were doing" she says still glaring.
"Can I look at your designs?" Celia asks tentatively.
"yeah sure here you go" I say handing my sketch book over to her.
"ok, what ones need to be completed first?"
"ah, the ones with the little yellow star in the corner are most important, but the one with the blue star need to be completed in about a week" I say.
"ok I can complete 2 of these per hour using magic whilst you sketch and Diz works on accessories" she nods along with her plan before fear crosses over her face "I'm sorry I didn't mean to make a plan" She gulps as I stand up.
"Look Cel, I know that the four of us used to bully you… A lot, but we're in Auradon now and we've all changed-" I pause and place my hands gently on her shoulders "- I know we can't undo the past but we can make the future ours look at us, if someone had of said to you 4-5 years ago that you would be living in Auradon what would you have said?"
"On the next barge you need to find some meds mate your going insane" I chuckle.
"I like your plan, but one thing… I can make 4 dresses at a time using magic, I just prefer to make them by hand"
Three hours later:
I glance up at Celia who was finishing up the last dress whilst I work on the finishing touches of Ben's cloak "13 Dresses, 3 suits and majority of a cloak in 3 hours… I should hire you two to work for me-" I pause thinking "-actually if you want I will hire you, no not for free I'll pay you guys a quarter each of what I make for every dress, what do you think?" they both nod their heads rapidly.
"Ok, C you finish the rest of that dress and then you can leave, Diz I just need that necklace finished"
I walk down to the tourney field hoping that Jay and Carlos are still teaching Mal.
They are but Mal's currently taking a break watching Jay and Carlos play against each other.
"Hey! Got room for one more?" I call grinning as they all turn around.
"Aw hell yeah. Me and Evie against Mal and Carlos" Jay calls.
"Oh yeah prepare to lose Princess" Carlos calls.
"When did the meaning of lose change?" I call back.
After Jay and I won I went and sat down watching as they kept playing Mal and Carlos against Jay. The sun was slowly going down and it illuminated Mal's features perfectly and I wish I could stay in this moment forever because Mal just looks so adorable.
