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danifan3000 -The answer is yes. Definitely. Mal knows who Heidi is and you'll see in this chapter just how much she...adores her. Expect lots of conflict between these two in the beginning. Later on the relationship will develop but right now they are like two conflicting forces.
Never gonna own Descendants. Nope. I do own any OCs though.
Heidi sat across from Mal, both of them refusing to look at each other. Heidi didn't mind Mal but she didn't want in on Maleficent's dream for world domination. Mal on the other hand…
Mal's eyes burned with jealousy, and try as she might she could not fight the scowl that was now on her face. She's like twenty-something, why would they invite her?! We don't need a daddy's girl to mess this all up.She thought irritably.
The three other VKs in the limo slowly looked at each, the same thought running through their head.
Those two are going to fight, aren't they?
Mal was the daughter of Maleficent and was notorious for almost always getting her way and if she didn't? Well...whoever the poor soul was that did her wrong, they were usually toast by the end of the encounter.
Heidi was the daughter of a god and could actually toast a human. Because no one actually talked to the woman, everyone depended on rumors. The rumors are everything from Heidi being a full-fledged goddess instead of just a demi, to her supposed immortality, to her apparently being able to summon souls (Nobody believes that one…Even the woman herself called it stupid), or even the farfetched idea that Heidi could leave the Isle at any given time.
Evie shook her head and began touching up her makeup; I'll have to retouch Mal's when we get there. She thought idly, using a mirror to get all the parts her mother had somehow missed.
The two boys ignored the interaction between the goddess and the purple-haired girl as soon as they found the candy stash, "Oh! These! It's salty like nuts, but it's sweet like I don't know what." Carlos said, a confused look on his face.
"Let me see." Jay said, and Carlos opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, "Ew!" Jay hit him and took what was left of the candy to try it himself.
It was safe to say he liked it if his facial expressions meant anything.
Mal, who had still not let up on the ignoring, picked up a remote that had been on the seat and pressed the button. She raised an eyebrow and looked around.
Evie glanced over her shoulder to see a divider going down, only to reveal an incomplete bridge…
This ought to be entertaining. Heidi thought, a smirk replacing the frown that was once on her face.
"Look!" Evie exclaimed, prompting everyone except Heidi to look through the divider.
"It's a trap!" Carlos cried, causing everyone to scream and hug each other.
Everyone except the laughing Heidi.
That's when a bridge made out of gold magic appeared, and the limo drove over it effortlessly.
"W-What just happened?" Carlos asked as they all untangled themselves.
"You knew about that, didn't you." Mal said accusingly, glaring at Heidi once again.
"Knew? Knew?" She guffawed, "I was marched across that thing, of course I knew about it!"
"Marched? You weren't born on the Isle?" Carlos asked in surprise, prompting everyone to stare at her.
Heidi shrugged, "Nope." She popped the p and folded her arms behind her neck, "I was ten when the villains were rounded up, back then there used to be a white bridge that they used to march us into the Isle. Then they destroyed it…" She sighed, "Always wondered why they'd build such a pretty bridge just to destroy it two years later."
Everyone except Mal, who only looked angrier now, seemed interested in what the woman was saying, with Jay and Carlos ignoring the bounty of candy while Evie nodded in amazement.
"What's this, then?" Jay asked, referring to the 'bridge' they were on.
"Magic / It's made out of magic." Mal and Heidi said at the same time, prompting a glare from Mal while Heidi looked indifferent.
Mal turned around, mostly to get Heidi's stupid face out of her line of vision, and tapped the divider. "Hey. Did this little button open up the magic barrier?"
The man looked at her and lifted a remote, "No, this one opens the magic barrier. That one opens my garage. And this button…" He pressed a button, and the divider slowly went up.
Mal looked back at her friends, "Okay…" She chuckled, "Nasty. I like that guy."
Heidi rolled her eyes and looked out the window as they approached the end of the magic bridge.
Get the guitar and leave. Get the guitar and leave. Heidi chanted in her head, the phrase now becoming her mantra.
….
Oh, dear gods, there is a school band.
Heidi looked sour at the sound, giving several of the band members the stink eye as the limo passed by.
The limo stopped and Heidi didn't move to get up, "After you." She said to the four others, a mischievous smile on her face.
"Aw, but I think you should go first, Heidi." Mal faked a sweet tone, though, her eyes reflected the exact opposite and had a glow to them.
Heidi rolled her eyes, "Well, if you say so."
She winked at the boys who straightened up and stopped wrestling with each other.
The door opened, and she stepped up and out, putting a smile on her face as she heard the cheering.
Last time I heard cheering...It was for us going away. She thought, glancing over as soon as she saw the two boys tumble out as they fought over something.
"Oh! Ah! Ow! Stop! You got everything else! Why do you want whatever this is?" Carlos yelled as Jay put his foot on Carlos to keep him down.
"'Cause you want it!" Jay said, not appearing to notice that the band had stopped playing and three people approaching them.
Evie stepped out and over the two boys and did a little twirl as she looked at the world around her.
Heidi sighed, walking over to the two quarreling boys and grabbed Jay by the shoulder, "Stop."
That one word caused him to freeze up, allowing Heidi to pull him away from Carlos and to stand him up elsewhere, "Behave." She stated, her eyes narrowing while Jay quickly nodded.
"Y-Yes ma'am."
She walked back over to where Carlos was and offered him her hand. Carlos, who was still holding onto the object, reluctantly accepted her help and held tightly onto the stuff from the limo.
"T-Thanks." He said, looking shyly at the older woman.
Heidi simply smiled and walked back to where she was standing...right next to Jay. She leaned over, "Do that again, and I promise you'll never have any kids." She whispered sweetly, causing Jay to turn pale.
If there is one benefit of being the daughter of a god...it is this one. She thought to herself, smiling innocently as Mal glared at her.
She has him wrapped around her finger! That woman… Mal thought, her eyes glowing as Heidi's also began to glow in response.
Before Mal could charge towards the goddess, a voice cut through the tension like a knife.
"Leave it like you found it! And by that, I mean just leave it." A woman said, her tone way too chipper for her to be normal.
Carlos grumbled a little but threw the stuff back into the limo and folded his arms.
Jay, who was relaxed again, noticed a rather pretty girl standing with a boy and the chipper woman, "Hello, foxy. The name's Jay."
The girl looked uncomfortable, she had a right to, and before she could say anything back, the chipper woman was in front of him.
"Welcome to Auradon Prep. I'm Fairy Godmother, headmistress."
+1 point to Fairy Godmother.
Heidi chuckled to herself as Jay sulked back, "Shut down." She said jokingly to him, and he didn't say anything.
Not saying anything, I'm not going to say anything, NOPE! Jay thought, keeping quiet as he knew the rumors surrounding the goddess' anger problems.
He had so much to live for, and he didn't want to end it all by poking a blue bear.
"The Fairy Godmother? As in "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo"?" Mal asked, waving her hand through the air like she already had the wand.
"Bibbidi-bobbidi. You know it." Fairy Godmother said with a smile and...did she just get even more chipper?
Dear gods help me. I'm used to depression. Heidi's smile almost dropped as her eyebrow twitched.
"Yeah, I always wondered what it felt like for Cinderella when you just appeared, out of nowhere, with that sparkly wand and warm smile." Mal said, acting amazed at the idea of the wand.
Subtle Mal. Very subtle. Heidi thought, You are just screaming, "GIMME THE WAND ALREADY."
"Oh." Fairy Godmother said with a smile at the 'interest' Mal was showing.
"And that sparkling wand." Mal chuckled, smiling innocently.
Fairy Godmother laughed and looked at her before looking at the other VKs. "That was a long time ago. And as I always say, "Don't focus on the past or you'll miss the future."
+1 point to Fairy Godmother.
She uses philosophy to shut people down? I love her already. Heidi thought in amusement as Mal fake a sweet smile before dropping the subject.
The boy that was standing next to the pretty girl stepped forward, "It's so good to finally meet you all. I'm Ben."
"Prince Benjamin. Soon to be king." The girl piped up, smiling at them all as she linked arms with the prince.
Did she think of him as her trophy or something? Her prize? She clarified who he was a little too fast for Heidi to be comfortable.
Evie smiled dreamily, stepping forward, "You had me at prince. My mom's a queen, which makes me a princess."
"The evil queen has no royal status here, and neither do you." The girl had moved in front of Ben and seemed to have this sweet smile on her face.
Like Mal's 'sweet' smile...Fake. Heidi noted before looking at Ben, And he's the poor sap, oof. Glad I don't have to deal with that.
Ben stepped around the girl with a smile, "This is Audrey."
"Princess Audrey. His girlfriend. Right, Bennyboo?" Audrey said with that same sickly smile.
...Annnd I have lost interest. The name-calling killed me. Yep. At least she's pretty, she'll be able to use that when that poor sap dumps her. The goddess narrowed her eyes as her smile finally fell. Didn't realize Auradonians were blind AND stupid.
"Ben and Audrey are going to show you all around, and I'll see you tomorrow." Ben and Audrey, who had been holding hands, were separated as Fairy Godmother moved them to the side so she could stand in front of the VKs. "The doors of wisdom are never shut. But the library hours are from 8:00 to 11:00. And as you may have heard, I have a little thing about curfews." Fairy Godmother said before joking at the last part and walking away.
The crowd started to disperse, and Heidi noticed the limo pull away.
Ben stepped forward, "It is so, so good to finally me..." He started down the line, moving to shake Heidi's hand who politely smiled and shook his hand, then he moved onto Jay, "...meet you all. This is a momentous occasion, and one that I hope will go down in history... " He winced as Jay smiled and punched him in the shoulder in greeting. He moved to shake Carlos' and looked at his hand, "...Is that chocolate?" Carlos simply licked his fingers as the prince shook Evie's hand, "As the day our two-" Evie smiled dreamily at him as he moved to shake Mal's hand, "- peoples began to heal."
Mal chuckled, "Or the day that you showed five peoples where the bathrooms are."
Aw, she included me in the statement… Heidi thought, inwardly laughing as she smiled at Mal.
Mal's eyebrow twitched, but she kept her attention on the prince. She could deal with Heidi later.
"A little bit over the top?" Ben asked, laughing a little with a smile.
"A little more than a little bit." Mal said, a smile on her face as she talked with him.
Ben scratched the back of his head, smile still there, "Well, so much for my first impression."
Of course, that is when Audrey decided it was time to butt in.
Audrey practically inserted herself between Mal and Ben, "Hey! You're Maleficent's daughter, aren't you? Yeah, you know what? I totally do not blame you for your mother trying to kill my parents and stuff. Oh, my mom's Aurora. Sleeping…"
"Beauty!" Mal said as enthusiastically as one could when they wanted to punch someone, "Yeah, I've heard the name. You know, and I totally do not blame your grandparents for inviting everyone in the whole world but my mother to their stupid christening."
"Water under the bridge."
"Totes!"
Everything was not water under the bridge or totally okay.
Ben stared at them before clearing his throat and guiding Audrey to his side, "Okay! So, how about a tour? Yeah?" Everyone nodded, and he smiled and clapped his hands.
"Auradon prep, originally built over 300 years ago and converted into a high school by my father when he became king." He led them to a giant sculpture and clapped his hands twice, causing the statue to morph into a beast. This caused Carlos, who had screamed, to jump into Jay's arms in fright. Jay wisely caught him since he knew the ever-watchful eye of Heidi was watching him. "Carlos, It's okay. My father wanted his statue to morph from beast to man to remind us that anything is possible."
"Does he shed much?" Mal asked jokingly, looking up at the statue.
"Yeah, mom won't let him on the couch."
Is he serious? Heidi couldn't tell as Audrey, and Ben continued walking.
Carlos hopped out of Jay's arms and looked up at the statue before clapping his hands twice, only for nothing to happen.
Heidi chuckled, "Magic." Before walking in the direction of the group.
Carlos stared a bit before shaking his head and running after the others.
They walked into what was essentially the housing area of Auradon Prep and Mal looked around the room before looking at Ben, "So you guys have a lot of magic here in Auradon? Like wands and things like that?"
I feel like I should cough 'subtle' or something because she just ain't getting it. Heidi thought, shaking her head at Mal.
Ben nodded, "Yeah, it exists of course, but it's pretty much retired. Most of us here are just ordinary mortals." He explained, causing Mal to chuckle.
"Who just happened to be kings and queens." Mal said, smiling that fake smile again.
"And I thought my family reunions suck." Heidi muttered quietly, a disturbed look on her face.
Family reunions sound great until you realize your family is made up of gods and demigods, and everyone hates your father because he tried to overthrow Olympus. Oh, and they always invited Triton's family. Not to mention Hercules...Oof. Always made me want to throw myself into the River Styx.
"That's true. Our royal blood goes back hundreds of years." Audrey said, forcing a smile and nodding.
Ben looked around and saw someone he recognized on the staircase, "Doug. Doug, come down."
The guy, who was apparently named Doug, quickly nodded before joining the group.
Ben smiled and patted the guy on the back, "This is Doug. He's going to help you with your class schedules and show you the rest of the dorms. I'll see you later, okay? And If there is anything you need, feel free to…"
Audrey butted in again, "Ask Doug."
The two walked away and thanks to Heidi's enhanced senses, god powers for the win, she heard Audrey suddenly stop walking, "Oh. I forgot to do something. I'm gonna head back to my room, see you later?"
"Sure, we can meet up later. See you."
Heidi chuckled to herself, Why do I have a feeling something amazing will soon happen?
"Hi, guys. I'm Dopey's son. As in Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, and…" He noticed Evie and his eyes widened, "Heigh-ho."
Evie smiled and stepped forward, "Evie. Evil queen's daughter."
Doug smiled and blushed a little before noticing the other people in the room, "Oh uh, right. Okay. So about your classes, I, uh, put in the requirements already... history of woodsmen and pirates, safety rules for the Internet, and, uh, remedial goodness 101."
"Let me guess. New class?" Mal jokingly asked, looking at her friends, "Come on, guys, let's go find our dorms."
The four of them started walking in the opposite direction, "Oh, uh, yeah, your dorms are that way, guys." Doug said and pointed in the direction they were supposed to go.
Heidi sighed with a smile, "Doug, was it?"
Doug looked at her, "Yes?"
"Do you think you can write down my room number? Sometimes I forget the tiny details." Heidi laughed sheepishly, scratching the side of her head.
"Oh, uh, not a problem!" He pulled out a notepad and quickly wrote down a number, "Since you are the odd number the school put you with another student that had room. I hope that's alright with you." He said as he handed her the number.
Heidi smiled pleasantly, "I don't mind. Having a human roommate will be a nice change. I'm used to sharing a room with my demi-god little brother." Heidi laughed before looking both ways, "I'm that way?" She pointed to the left hallway, the hallway the other VKs had run down first.
"Yep!" He gave her a thumbs up.
Heidi waved goodbye as she went about finding the room.
She took the staircase at the end of the hallway and soon found the room number that she needed to find.
She raised her hand and knocked on the door twice, straightening up and keeping a neutral look on her face as she heard whoever was in the room approach the door.
The door opened and...there was Audrey.
Something wonderful has just happened. Heidi thought with a smile.
