Chapter 7: Rotten to The Core
Once Lonnie and Jane left, silence fell upon the dorm as the three girls were quietly hanging out doing their own things. Carlos decided to join them and sat at the foot of Mal's bed on the ground with his laptop doing some canine research. Turns out everything his mom said about dogs was a lie and Carlos wanted to give the best care possible to his new friend, Dude. In walked Jay sporting his new Tourney jersey with the proudest smile on his face. "Did your plan work with Jane are you going over to see the wand" a happy Jay questioned a not so happy Mal. "Do you think I would be going over every single spell in this book if I haven't completely struck out" Evie and Hadley exchanged looks, someone's in a bad mood. "My mom's counting on me I can't let her down!"
"We can do this" Everyone just started at Jay in shock "if we stick together" clearly, he is learning something from participating in team sports. Mal continued his sentence "and we won't go back until we do because we are rotten-" "to the core" the group finished together. "oh and I found out Fairy Godmother blesses Ben at the coronation with the wand and we all get to go. I have nothing to wear of course" Evie says in the most casual tone. Seriously E, you couldn't have mentioned that earlier?
Knock knock knock "Hold that thought" Mal was the one to get up and answer the door. To her surprise it was a smiling and excited Ben behind the door "Hey Mal I didn't see you guys today I just wondering if you guys had any questions or anything you needed?" Ben seemed awfully nervous in the presence of her sister. "umm no not that I know of…oh wait! Is it true that we all get to go to your coronation?" "yeah the whole school goes!" Mal's eyes start to light up "wow that is beyond exciting. Do you think that it's a possibility that the five of us could stand in the front row next to the Fairy Godmother so that we could soak up all that goodness?" "I wish you could. Upfront it's just me, my folks and my girlfriend." "your girlfriend?" "yeah I'm sorry" "okay thanks by!" without hearing a response from Ben Mal immediately closed the door. "I think it's time Benny Boo got himself a new girlfriend". "you know this won't end well, sis?" "its fine, sis" "spell book me Carlos I need a love spell". Carlos tossed the small spell book to Mal and she caught it with a laugh.
Mal ending up going with the love spell that involved baking a love potion into a cookie since this spell had the highest reviews and was the least suspicious. Finding the kitchens was going to be tricky, this castle is huge! After about 20 min of searching the group was assembled in the kitchen with the all the ingredients they needed. After lots of cracked eggs and spilled flour, the batter was made and ready for the oven "alright it says that we still need one tear" Mal kept stirring not knowing how we were gonna get a tear I doubt any of us have cried. We were taught when we were little that crying made you vulnerable and you can't look weak to your enemies. "How about you just chop up some onions?" Carlos suggested. It was a good thought but wasn't the answer we needed. "No it says here we need one tear of human sadness and this love potion gets the best reviews so we have to follow it exactly" Jay rolled his eyes "a tears a tear" "that's not true, Jay they both have antibodies and enzymes but an emotional tear has more protein base hormones than a reflex tear" Evie said as a matter of fact that caused Jay so much confusion.
The group jumped as the door swung open to reveal Lonnie "there you are Mal I was looking for you!" Evie and Mal scrambled to cover the spell book "you know all the girls want you to do their hair. Midnight snack huh? Whatcha guys making?" "uh nothing special just cookies" I couldn't barely finish my sentence as Lonnie dipped her finger into the batter to try it. Of course, that made us all jump, she's the last person we need spelled. "I wont double dip" "do you feel anything like it might be missing something?" Jay put a flirty smile on a took a step towards Lonnie "hey there" Lonnie blinked a few times at him and then looked towards the girls "could us some chips" Jay's smile instantly dropped, and Hadley tried her best to suppress a laugh.
Hanging out with these guys wasn't so bad, they actually reminded her a lot of her friends which made her miss her friends in the moment. She just realized that she hadn't really thought about her friends or life on the Isle. Auradon life was so hectic and now she felt a guilty sad pit in her stomach.
"and those are?" I don't think any of us knew what a chip was let alone a chocolate one? "only thee most important food group. Wait didn't your moms make you chocolate chip cookies?" all we could do was stare at the girl. Clearly Auradon kids and Isle kids grew up very differently. "Like when you're feeling sad and they are fresh from the oven with big ole glass of milk and she just makes you laugh and puts everything back into perspective" the Vk's could do nothing but look at her confused and sad. Parents on the Isle would never do this. "Why are you all looking at me like that?" "it's just different where were from" Hadley choked out. "Yeah I know I just thought even villains loved their kids" the VKs could barely look at Lonnie. They all wished they could have grown up with a parent like that, but they didn't. Maybe getting the wand would change things. "How awful" a tear rolled down her cheek and Mal quickly snatched it and put it in the batter "yeah well big bummer but we have to get these into the oven thank you so much for coming by" and with that Mal pushed Lonnie out the door. "Evil dreams! Boys cookie sheet, Evie Hadley oven". For the first time baking cookies, these actually smelled good and looked edible. The group made sure they followed the recipe step by step and took their time so that they didn't accidently poison the future king, I mean that would give them an F in Remedial Goodness Class. Being here with Mal and her friends wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. Auradon was changing them and their perspective.
