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I did not read the book isle of the lost so if people want to send some characteristic or summaries or anything about the book they think I should know I would appreciate it.
So Lady Dolly Face of the story Three Square Meals has contacted me today, and told me that I copied/plagiarized her story. She wanted me to edit the story and not wanting to step on anyones toes, I did. This is the edited version I hope its acceptable. Also Lady Dolly Face mentioned that she has heard that "I've done this (plagiarized) before." So please for any other author/readers that thinks I stole for them/other please contact me because I can honestly tell you this is the first time I have ever been contacted for plagiarism.
Evie's point of view
It felt a bit odd that after understanding the importance of this mission and getting focused that we were now being side tracked and being taken to dinner, but I could see where Mal was coming from saying no to the Prince would raise a few eyebrows apparently it was bad enough that we were caught in Jay and Carlos room.
As Ben showed us to the cafeteria it was already full of other students, but it was hard to focus on the people when the cafeteria itself was huge. It had at least six different stations all with different types of food ranging from meat to salad to dessert. 'Amazing' I thought, feeling my stomach growl at all the food that was present.
"Welcome to the Auradon Prep dining hall." Ben says going over the top like early this morning. The hall its self wasn't a hall, it was more like a ballroom. The floors were marble, as were the station, the crystal chandlers that lit this place was beautiful, and the art work on the ceiling and walls were intercut telling the stories of the great heroes, most being the parents of the student's eating here. "Most of the tables are first come first serve, but some are claimed by certain people…you know routine table." We all turned to look at one another not really sure what he was talking about. 'Then again we never ate at a table before' I thought scanning the large room. There were large round solid wood tables, the legs and trims having carving of there own, the chairs matched the tables perfectly but they had the Auradon Prep logo on the back of them. Ben smiled as he let us take everything in, you could tell that he was happy that he was making some type of impression. "We have a table reserved for you all to try and make your transition here a bit better." He turns to smile at us, but we are all to busy staring at the different stations looking at all the food, even Mal was ignoring him. 'Where did they get this much food? Is it all fresh? Do they eat like this everyday' my thoughts were flying into my head as the smells started to overwhelm me. "So why don't you guys grab some food and I'll show you to your table." At this point he was practically beaming at us. We all turned to look at one another before glancing back at the prince.
"We can have as much as we want" Carlos asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, its buffet style. Most schools are set up like this in order to give students more options." He explains. It was like a switch went on and in no time each of us were at different stations grabbing food. While Mal and I seemed to understand the importance of a plate, Jay and Carlos did not. As I went to the salad station I heard a loud crash. I turned towards the noise only to find Jay down at the end of the station empting a basket full on utensils on the floor. As I tried to give him a what the fuck look he just smiled passing one of the basket to Carlos as they booth ran snatching as much food and placing them in the bin as possible, I could only roll my eyes, but as I looked around the dining hall I noticed that all eyes were on us. The conversation going to a harsh whispers as they judged us.
I felt like an animal on display, but did my best to ignore them and just focus on the food, but my movements felt ridged and wrong. I walked to other stations grabbing some chicken, veggies and fruit. Mal was already back with Ben with two plates of her own. While Jay and Carlos came back with a plate in one hand and a basket in the other, but I couldn't help but me impressed as Jay was balancing a plate of stacked rolls on his head. We all stood in front of Ben who was looking at us oddly, but smiled as he led us to a table in the back corner.
We all followed but I knew we were all feeling different emotions. Mal was biting her lip questioning if this was a good idea, if accepting food from the good guys was actually a good thing. Carlos was practically drooling wanting nothing more than to eat. Jay well Jay was looking around the room probably scheming a way to steal as much of this food, or valuables as possible. Ben brought us to a large circular table covered in food, Ben presented the table to us with a wave of his hand. 'We really need to teach him that less is more' I thought, placing the food on the table. As we all placed our food down, the table was quickly covered.
However we hesitated to sit down and actually eat it. 'Nothing is ever free' I thought, staring at the food and than at the rest of the gang. Jay stepped up and took a roll from one of his basket. It didn't matter that we all picked this food ourselves, it didn't matter that they were good guys. 'Villains never trust anyone' I thought, thinking back to the lessons on the isle. We all watched as he took a bite of it. We waited, not sure what we expected to happen. 'Maybe for Ben to finally tell us the catch? To have someone come tell us its all a prank?' I wasn't sure, but when Jay's eyes widen and he gulped the bread down, stuffing more in his face waving his hand at us to come, we all just scattered surrounding the table. Mal was alternating between her hands and her utensils, but Jay and Carlos just started grabbing whatever they could and stuffing it in their mouth. Carlos and Jay weren't even fighting over things like they used to, so much food to go around. Carlos was eating hamburgers while Jay was eating some type of pasta. Probably the weirdest thing about this moment was that they were sharing food. Mal was at least trying to eat with a bit more restraint than the boys although she had some type of butter on the corner of her mouth. No matter how much I wished I could just gobble this food down my mother voice stopped me. 'A princess eats with utensils. She does not stuff her face, or chew with her mouth open.' Grabbing my utensils I placed some chicken and vegetables on my plate.
The rest of the group was eating as much food as they can, but I was aware that the rest of the students in the cafeteria were still watching us, but I mean who wouldn't when four new student who just so happen to be the kids of the worst villains around were suddenly eating in the same hall as you. Most of them wore expression of confusion and disgust whispers going back and forth, but nothing I could actually make out. Ben and Doug were still by the table and when Ben tried to take a step forward Doug grabbed his arm trying to pull him back. They had a little exchange, but eventually Doug released Ben, who stepped forward with an odd smile on his face.
"Guys, you might want to slow down we wouldn't want you to get sick." No one really paid any attention to him, as we continued to eat. "Save some room for breakfast at least, the way you guys are eating you'll be full for week." We could hear the joke in his voice, but something he said caught our attention.
We all looked at each other again, the chewing stopping. Jay gulped the food that was in his mouth beating on his chest a bit to make the food go down faster. "How much food, do we get?" He asks, trying to play off cool, which probably would have worked better had he not had pasta sauce in his hair.
"Uhh." Ben says giving us a strange look. "Three meals a day, we have vending machines and a small market right next door for snacks." He says, watching as Jay turned to us clearly suspicious, Mal was stoic staring at Ben as if he had an ulterior motive, Carlos was grinning clearly believing the prince, even I couldn't help but give a little clap in happiness.
"So we get three meals? And each time we can have as much food as we want?" Mal asked, suspicion still on her face. "For nothing in return."
Ben eyebrow scrunched together as he answered, "Meals and housing are included in students fees," Jay tensed at the word fee "But you are all here on the royal families scholarship everything is paid for you."
"Everything?" I asked tilting my head in confusion wondering why someone would go to all that trouble for someone else. Ben was giving us a weird look and I knew we were confusing him with our line of questioning, but I think he was realizing that we were seriously concerned about our food.
"Yes of course. No one goes hungry in this school, let alone my father's kingdom." Ben says proudly. We couldn't help, but stop eating as we look at one another again. 'The Isle of the Lost is in his father's kingdom and all anyone knows there is hunger.' I thought, knowing that the others had thought the same thing. 'Hell his father placed us there and never looked back' I thought, raising a piece of chicken to my mouth.
"How often did you eat on the island?" He asks a smile on his face. 'Does he really not know?' I thought, staring at him wondering if he was mocking us.
Mal grabbed a napkin wiping her face before she answered, examining Ben's expression. Which was good because she had some type of sauce on her chin to match her corner butter residue. The boys went back to eating, but I made sure I was still listening. "Well, it depended on what we can steal. Our parents believe that we should be self-efficient and earn our food, so really it depends on what we can get ourselves. We did well enough."
"We" Jay says jokingly an eyebrow raised as he talks with a pieces of burger still in his mouth.
"Yes we" Mal says, giving a playful glare at Jay as he rolled his eyes and went back to eating.
"A month ago we got a real treat," Carlos started, "Jay had gotten us a pound of meat."
"Yup fresh to!" Jay interrupted proud of himself and why shouldn't he be. After all everyone knew if you stole from the butcher and he caught you…well you were the next thing on his rack. However Jay went on, "Evie did great to got us some bread."
"Yup" I say, proud that I got some recognition. "Jay was teaching me how to steal" I explained as Jay nodded his head in pride "She was able to steal three loaves" I couldn't help the smile on my face at Jay's praise.
"One didn't even have any mold on it" I said before looking at Mal "but Mal was really amazing. She was able to get something rare on the island. Salted Carmel now that was delicious." I could feel my smile getting bigger as I thought about that caramel, it was a bit hard, but after Jay warmed it over a fire for a bit it was delicious.
Mal looked flustered, but made a tsk noise as she waved off the complement. "It was nothing, I just had a chance and I took it." She says not telling Ben that she had to fight for that caramel with everything she had, coming back to the tree house with scrapes and a nasty bruise on her back that took a week to heal. Mal turned towards Carlos "They wouldn't have been as half as good without those apples Carlos stole."
Carlos smiled looking bashful. "Please everyone knows apple are the easiest thing to steal."
"Not the good one." Mal says, giving credit where credit it due.
All of us smile at the memory of that grand meal. It was the first time in a long time that any of us had actually felt full and we all did it together. We sat there so a moment just relishing in the memory of that time. All of us were safe in the tree house, surrounded by friends, eating the best meal in our lives. I couldn't help, but keep the smile on my face. 'Even though this meal is amazing and there is so much food. That meal will always be the best in my life.' I thought, my smile slipping when I noticed Ben's and Doug's reactions. They looked distraught glancing at one another to make sure they were indeed hearing right.
"That day was the best meal we ever had," Carlos explains to the prince, who smiled back uncomfortably. I knew I wasn't the only one that noticed Ben cringe at the word meal.
Soon we all went back to eating, but I noticed that again all eyes were on us and the whispers had return. It was only a moment, but I couldn't help but wonder what Auradon Prep was thinking about. I couldn't help, but wonder if anyone at this school had ever gone hungry. If they knew what it felt like to be to weak to move, to weak to even try to eat. My mother didn't starve me like the other parents leaving Jay, Carlos, and Mal to fend for themselves. But she always made sure that she monitored what I ate, asking me what I ate with the group. Always making sure that I wasn't going to get fat. After all no one wants a fat princess my mother would say as she would tighten my corset.
Everyone was still watching us, but from some of the louder chatter I could hear the attention was still on us. You could tell that the atmosphere had shifted. It wasn't as jolly and loud as when we first came in. Suddenly the door opened interrupting the quiet. The person who walked in must have noticed how dull it was because he exclaims. "Who died?" I turned my head and had to gulp the chicken in my mouth before it dropped out of my open mouth.
A tall handsome blonde boy came walking in. I could literally feel my heart stop. He was so handsome. 'Please be a prince' I thought, watching as he came over. "Hey Ben so these must be the…" Ben sent him a warning glare. He struggled for his words "The new students" he finished. He was standing beside Ben leaning towards the table.
"Yah they are" Ben says standing up to greet his friend. "Guys this Chad Charming. Queen Cinderella and King Charming son." I let out an internal screech. 'Yes yes he's a prince.' He wasn't as tall as Jay, but about the same height as Ben if not a bit shorter. He had blue eyes and blonde hair, his teeth perfect white pearls. He was everything mother told me princes were.
"Good to meet you all. Ben's been talking no stop about you coming to Auradon Prep." He says, giving a strain smile. He leans over the table. "You know I'm starved you don't mind if I…" before anyone could even try to stop him, he reached for burger that was in Jay's basket.
I could only watch in horror as Jay slammed his hands on the table, a snarl on his face as he stood. The reaction scared Chad enough to back up, along with Doug and Ben. Ben taking a stance in front of the other boys.
"Jay calm down there's plenty to go around." Ben says chuckling awkwardly feeling the tension in the air. I could feel everyone's mood shift. Jay turned to Chad and Ben a snarl on his face taking a step forward, Mal got up stepping behind Jay blocking Carlos and I from view, her face just as scary as Jay even though she wasn't snarling. I could feel Carlos shake beside me as he hovered over a basket of rolls cradling them to his chest whimpering. I gripped the fork and the knife in my hand tighter scanning the room. Dropping the fork on the table, but making sure I had a good grip on the knife I reached for Carlos' hand, doing my best to calm the boy down. If Jay heard him afraid, this would only get worse.
"Yah man no need to get so defensive, it a burger you can go get another one its not that big a deal" Chad says, clearly not understanding what the big deal was.
Ben wanting to laugh this off and Chad's nonchalant attitude did nothing to help Jay's mood. "Maybe to you it's not a bid deal, but to us it is." Chad rolled his eyes clearly not impressed. "Its about survival" Jay growls, Chad make a little chuckle. Jay stepped forward inches from the prince's face completely ignoring Ben. "You think this is funny," Jay growls, his fists clenching.
Chad looked back "I think your exaggerating."
"Chad" Ben says in a harsh tone trying to push the boy back, but the prince was stubborn standing his ground.
"You think you know a damn about what we go through on that island. You think its fun and games cause let me tell you, you wouldn't last five minutes." Jay says his anger growing.
"Yah?" Chad says, not baking down. 'Please don't be stupid and just back down before Jay beats the handsome out of you' I begged in my mind, gripping Carlos hand tighter.
"Yah" Jay says, shoving Chad, somehow completely missing Ben. Chad wasn't expecting it so he stumbled, but Jay was right back in his face. I could tell that a couple of the boys in the dining hall had stood up from the scraping a chair. Clearly ready to defend their fellow student from Jay. "You don't get to comment on what we go through. On the isle if you can't even keep your food safe you might as well consider yourself dead. You steal what you can, and you protect it with your life. That's what we had to learn. Nothings handed to you. Nothings for free. You have something that you want to keep that you had better be ready to fight for it." Jay got in his face, practically telling Chad that if he wants to keep talking shit, he had better have the skill to back it up. "You want to steal my food, than you better be ready to fight for it." He snarls.
"Wow ungrateful much." Chad turned to Ben "See Ben they don't care that you went against everyone wishes and brought them here-" Chad says only to be interrupted by Mal.
"Excuse me" Mal snarls, her eyes not glowing green…yet. "We aren't gracious that you brought us here, we aren't going to get down on our knees as sing you praise because you brought us here. We don't need your stupid pity." She says moving to stand beside Jay directly in front of Ben, but I knew she was talking to everyone. "And when you decide to throw us back on the island because we aren't going to change into your prissy prep people of Auradon, we are going to use these skills of ours to survive." I could tell that everyone was now paying attention to our table. Only a few looking down in disgrace while majority were looking at her with amazement, pity, or contempt. "So I suggest you listen to any survival instinct you have and back off." Based on how fast Chad backtracked into Doug I could only guess that her eyes must have flashed green.
The dining hall was silent again, as Ben struggled to find any words to make this better. "I'm sorry you had to go through that on the island, but things will be different when I become king. I promise."
I could tell that Jay wanted to yell at him again, probably seeing the pity in his eyes. However Mal placed her hand on his arm. Jay turned to face her, his jaw tense and eyes blazing. They did their mental communication that they were so good at; Jay closed his eyes and sighed, stepping behind Mal.
"Well this has been a great fight night, but before things get a bit to" She tilts her head, trying to find the write word "fun" she says giving a shark smile that sent a shiver down the three boys spine. "We are going back to our rooms."
We took that as our cue to leave. I could tell that Carlos was looking at the rest of the food in despair. There wasn't much food left, but the fact that we were leaving some food behind just gnawed on every fiber in our being. Grabbing Carlos attention I patted my box trying to show him that I had stashed some food. He gave me a small smile, still looking at the food. Mal's intense glare down was over and she was walking towards the door. I followed behind her keeping my head up high as we walked out of the cafeteria. Carlos followed ducking his head as Jay followed behind us, glaring at everything that moved.
Once we exited the cafeteria, Mal's eyes were still green as she took a deep breath running a hand through her hair. She gave us a sharp look "We have work to do" she says. We all nodded our head. 'It was time to get down to business.' Not wasting anytime we ran out of the school as fast as we could to the museum after all a two point three miles run was nothing to us.
