Hey guys! Sorry about the wait, I'm getting ready for college so I may not be able to upload as fast and the chapters may be shorter. I apologize in advance. Thank you to everyone for the continued support, it means a lot to me!
This chapter finally has the story moving along since the past couple were mainly filler.
I don't own Descendants, I only own Heidi.
He couldn't believe his eyes as he saw Heidi sink into the nearest shadow. She told him to act natural and to forget about her.
Kind of hard when you know your friend is in the one place she shouldn't be. The one place she would get in trouble and the one person who would probably rip her one if she knew Heidi was spying on her.
Carlos sat on the floor of Mal and Evie's dorm, glancing up when he saw something move out of one shadow and into the next at an incredible speed. He quickly looked back at his computer, trying to look like he was preoccupied with what he was doing on it.
The door opened and in came Jay who had his own jersey, "Yo-ho-ho!" He walked over to Mal's bed.
"Hey!" Carlos greeted him with a smile, petting Dude who was laying next to him.
"Did your plan work with Jane? Are you going over to see the wand?" Jay asked, leaning on one of the bedposts.
"It was a bust." She said as she flipped through her spellbook, "I did tell her to tell her mother that someone was able to use their magic on the Isle." She looked up at them all, "Anybody see it go down?"
Carlos looked up, "I did...Fairy Godmother confronted Heidi about something, but she went away after five minutes and she was smiling."
"Great…" Mal said closing her spellbook. "Ugh, I've gone through every spell in my spellbook and I got nothing!"
"Oh, someone's in a bad mood." Jay said, turning around and walking to another part of the room.
"My mom's counting on me! I can't let her down!" Mal exclaimed, throwing her pencil which ended up hitting Carlos on the back of the head.
Jay looked at them all, "We can do this... If we stick together."
"And we won't go back until we do. Because we're rotten…" Mal looked at each one of them in the eye.
"To the core." Everyone said, each sounding like they were still rotten and evil except for Carlos.
Carlos' reply sounded rather forced but Mal chose to ignore it, this time.
Evie, who was tapping her pen against the table, looked at Mal, "Oh, yeah. I found out that fairy godmother blesses Ben with the wand at coronation and we all get to go. I have nothing to wear, of course." She looked confused as Mal gaped at her, "What?"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Mal held up her finger as she got up off her bed, "Hold that thought."
She walked to the door and opened it...only to find Ben looking back at them.
Everyone looked up as Ben cleared his throat and smiled, "Hey, Mal. I didn't see some of you guys today. I was just wondering If you had any questions or anything... That... you needed…" He trailed off as he looked at each of them.
"Not that I know of." Mal shrugged, glancing back at the other VKs who shook their heads.
Ben chuckled, "Okay. All right. Well, uh, If you need anything, just, uh…" He turned to leave as Mal smirked.
"Oh, wait!" She exclaimed, appearing to remember something as he turned around, "Um, is it true that we all get to go to your coronation?"
He smiled and nodded, "Yeah, the whole school goes."
Mal nodded, faking an amazed look, "Wow. That is beyond exciting. Do you think that It's a possibility that the four of us could stand in the front row next to the Fairy Godmother, just so we could soak up all that...goodness?" She asked, hope in her voice.
Well, fake hope.
Ben shook his head, "I wish you could. Up front It's just me, my folks, and my girlfriend."
"And your girlfriend?" Mal repeated, raising an eyebrow as a rather clever idea came to mind.
"Yeah. I'm sorry." He apologized, his frown evidence that he was actually sorry.
Mal nodded, pushing her train of thought back a bit as she gave him a smirk, "Okay. Thanks, bye."
Ben was surprised as she began shutting the door, "Oh, but, no, there's plenty of…" And the door was shut.
Mal turned to her friends an evil look in her eyes, "I think It's time that Bennyboo got himself a new girlfriend. And I need a love spell."
…
Carlos sighed in relief as soon as he closed the door behind him, his eyes catching the shadowed figure of Heidi flying out before it was shut.
Heidi fell out of the shadow and shook her head, "That girl has officially landed in the looney bin." Heidi muttered, rubbing the bridge of her nose.
"Are you gonna tell Audrey?" Carlos asked, watching the tiredness on the goddess' face triple at his question.
"Tell her what? That Mal is gonna spell her boo and manipulate him into getting her close to the wand?" Heidi let out an aggravated growl, the ends of her hair on fire, "If I do that, all of you will get sent back, not just Mal. I'm not going to do that to you, Carlos." She said as she calmed herself down, "I'm just gonna have to roll with it."
"Roll with it...Huh." He repeated softly, looking thoughtful, "Hey." Heidi glanced down at him, "I'll text you after the spell is done."
"Summary?" Heidi asked, folding her arms and raising an eyebrow.
He nodded, "Yep, I don't want you risking getting caught again." He told her, prompting her to chuckle.
"Even if I did get caught, the worst she can do is scream." Heidi said, smiling at him, "I'm the last one you want to worry about."
Carlos laughed quietly, "With you being able to move in and out of shadows you must be able to get out of any situation."
Heidi snorted and shrugged, "I didn't know I could do that before today." She paused, rubbing her chin, "Being in Auradon has made many memories come back, including what I can do with my powers."
She shook her head, tucking the thoughts away for later, "I'm gonna stop by the Library before heading back to my dorm."
"Okay, see you later."
The two parted ways, each with a frown on their faces.
How am I supposed to roll with this?
Two days later.
Heidi sat outside at a table by herself as she read a new book she had just picked up, glancing over the top of it as she kept tabs on Mal and Co.
Mal had been suspiciously quiet the day before, Carlos even mentioned how strange it was, and the only thing she did was spell up the hairs of countless girls in exchange for more cash. It was safe to say everyone noticed it.
Audrey and Ben were watching from afar as a few girls thanked Mal for doing their hair.
"Do you think they actually paid for those? Hah!" She folded her arms as she saw Jay get up and flirt with the girls, "She did it to Jane's hair, too, and Fairy Godmother's not happy about it." Audrey said, smirking as she thought about what the Headmistress might do.
Ben, however, didn't look too bothered as the girls giggled at what Jay was talking about before running off, "What's the harm?"
Audrey's head turned sharply as she frowned, "It's gateway magic! Sure, it starts with the hair. Next thing you know It's the lips and the legs and the clothes and then everybody looks good and then…" She paused, furrowing her eyebrows, "...where will I be?" She asked, gesturing to herself.
Heidi set her book down and kept a close eye on the princess, knowing full well that she had to somehow keep Audrey far away when Mal spelled Ben with the cookie.
"Listen, Audrey…" Ben began, not noticing Heidi suddenly jump up.
Distract a princess plan is a go!
Heidi quickly sprinted to where they were standing, "Audrey!"
Ben smiled as Audrey sighed, I forgot to go over the speaking in public rule, didn't I? She thought, forcing a smile since Ben was next to her.
Audrey stopped looking at Mal and Co. as Heidi stopped in front of them, "What do you want, Heidi?" She asked, looking slightly peeved that the goddess was talking to her in public.
Heidi chuckled nervously, "Well, you see…I have nothing to wear to Ben's Coronation and…"
"You have no sense of style and you dress like a rocker?" Audrey said, a deadpan to her voice.
The goddess nodded, "Yep...I tried coming up with ideas to sew but they aren't very, what's the word?"
"Feminine." Audrey supplied, knowing what the goddess had drawn up.
She saw the sketches and they were, for a lack of better words, wrong for the occasion.
"Right! I realized that since I have based my entire wardrobe on my fathers, I don't have a clue on how to dress for formal occasions." She explained, pushing a lock of her blue hair behind her ear, "I was hoping that you could help me out? You're a princess so that must mean you know how to dress up well."
Audrey chuckled, "You need all the help you can get." She paused before smirking, "You know what? I'll help you."
"Really?" Heidi asked incredulously, eyes going wide.
Ben mirrored Heidi's expression for a mere second before his smile returned, "You'd do that, Audrey?"
"I have a few favors I need to cash in, so why not?" Audrey said, though her smile felt forced now.
"Oh thank the gods, I thought I might be stuck back in the dorm during the event! I'm pretty sure the guards would stop me for not being in dress code." Heidi joked, causing Ben to laugh.
"There isn't a dress code, I made sure there wasn't one incase you and the others couldn't find any formal clothes..." He explained, trailing off at the end as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Audrey and Heidi exchanged a look as Audrey smiled at him, "Well, Bennyboo, Heidi and I are going to get fitted, I will see you at the game. Okay?"
"Okay."
Audrey grabbed Heidi by her wrist, "Bye Bennyboo." Audrey said, smiling as she dragged a slightly stunned Heidi.
"Bye."
Heidi waited until they were out of sight to get Audrey's attention, "Uh, Audrey?"
"What?" Audrey asked, not bothering to look at the blue-haired woman.
"I thought you didn't want to be seen with me in public, why are taking me to your personal dressmaker?" Heidi's question caused Audrey to stop.
"Why? Well, for one, I have to look good in front of Ben." Heidi mumbled an 'Ah' seemingly unbothered by that, "I...also kind of owe you one."
Heidi raised an eyebrow, "Eh? Why would you owe me anything?" The goddess scratched the back of her head, "All I've done for you is what I would have done regardless."
"Even the whole 'Sneaking back into the dorm without making a peep' thing?" Audrey asked, finally looking back at her.
Heidi chuckled, a soft smile on her face, "Even that. I told you, my dad's a light sleeper and on the Isle he's known for it. I'll let you in on a little secret…" She paused as she glanced around her, "...I can teleport around."
"...Really?" Audrey muttered, feeling quite stupid as she tried to tell if Heidi was lying or not.
By the lack of 'Gotcha', Audrey knew that she was telling the truth.
"Yep." Heidi replied, popping the 'p' as she shrugged, "It didn't work on the Isle, so I'm still experimenting with it here. After all, that's how I've been able to get in the room at night."
Now that Audrey thought about it, Teleportation was the only thing that made sense. Somewhat. It would explain why Heidi had never bothered to get her key to the room. Then again she could just leave the room unlocked...
"That explains so much." The princess said, realization on her face as she nodded, "Is that why you never went to get your key?"
Heidi's smile slipped off her face as a look of embarrassment replaced it, "...I'm supposed to have a key?"
Annnnd there goes the 'Heidi is actually a genius' theory.
"I'll take you there after our fittings, okay?" Exasperation was heavy in Audrey's voice as she shook her head.
"I'd appreciate that…" Heidi trailed off awkwardly, looking at the ground as she tried to hide the blush on her face.
The corners of Audrey's lips turned upwards, What a dork…
Audrey began walking again, pulling Heidi with her, "How do you feel about pink?"
"Pink?" Heidi repeated before shrugging her shoulders, "I haven't worn pink since I was young, Pain and Panic said I looked cute in pink if that means anything."
"I'm thinking pink, blue, and white for you." Audrey said, leading her to a different building on campus Heidi had never seen before.
"Works for me." Heidi replied smiling as Audrey glanced back at her.
"Have you ever worn a corset?" Amusement entered Heidi's eyes at Audrey's question.
"Nope. I'm going to enjoy the whole process, aren't I?"
Audrey smirked, "Definitely."
Heidi was not going to enjoy it.
