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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.
Sorry for the long wait for some reason fanfiction was not allowing me to upload new chapters, but everything finally seems to be in order
Jay's point of view
It was late afternoon by the time we finished taking all of the exams Fairy Godmother wanted us to take. 'Math, Science, English, History, and Magic exams all in one day talk about cruel and unusual punishment.' I thought stretching my arms over my head until I hear the satisfying pop.
"We know this has been a long day, but thank you all for understanding," Fairy Godmother says, taking our exams. I snorted looking around the room. Mal was tapping her fingers on her table impatiently. Evie was rubbing her temples, and Carlos looked like he was about to have a panic attack. 'Kid takes exams far to seriously' I thought. "Now we should have your results done by later on tonight, and hopefully, by tomorrow we will finalize your schedule so you can start classes. Yah" She says clapping her hands. I rolled my eyes no one should be this excited about school. "You're all free to go, you have some time to before dinner to explore the campus." She says with a smile walking towards the door. "Have fun" she sings out leaving us alone in this room
"So now what?" Evie asks still rubbing her temples.
"We go to our rooms and take a nap," Mal says, sounding exhausted. "That was more than a little placement exam," she hissed.
"I second that motion" Carlos mutters his head completely on the table.
We all sluggishly got up ready to exit the room ready to head back to our room only to see Ben and Doug waiting for us outside. 'Oh you got to be kidding me' I thought.
"So how did the test go?" Ben says, his wide pretty smile plastered on his face. How can someone smile that much?
"You means tests" Mal hissed "Great just great." Bens smile faltered just a tiny bit on the end.
"I'm sure every test was necessary-"
"Five exams in one day, oh I'm sure very thing was necessary." Carlos snaps hunched over.
"Ben I'm sure you came with the best intention, but right now we all just want to head back to our dorms and rest. It was been a long day."
"Of course," Ben says looking a bit down, but understanding. "Doug can take you girls back to your dorm, I can take Jay and Carlos and if you aren't too tired we can all meet for dinner."
Mal gave a strained smile "We'll see."
Doug took the girls back to their room and Ben led us to our room. It was silent between us; the young prince seemed at a loss for word seeing that neither one of us seemed ready to talk. It did give me a good chance to explore more of the school. Get the ins and outs; turns out there are a few security cameras on the campus. We made it back to the dorm room and Carlos slipped in without a word. I took a step forward only to sigh. "Hey, Carlos I'll be right back," I said closing the door and turning to face the now confused prince.
"We need to talk," I said
"Alright," Ben says "What about?"
"Not here," I said, walking away from the door. Prince Ben followed. We went down to the boy's common room, which was surprisingly empty.
"You wanted to talk," Ben says, taking a seat in one of the chairs.
"What are the chance's of Carlos getting into the robotic class and the chances of Evie and Mal getting into magic class?"
"Well, it all depends on their scores and if-"
"Just drop the bullshit, we aren't in court." I snapped leaning against the back of the couch. Prince Ben looked shocked, his easy smile dropping a bit. "I'm not looking for a political answer," For the first time since I've seen Prince Ben, I could actually see a real expression on his face "I'm looking for an honest one."
"Anything is possible," Ben says, his smile strained. "I mean Carlos looks like a smart boy and Fairy Godmother says his grades are-"
"That's still a political answer," I said, narrowing my eyes at the prince. "Can a prince even give an honest answer?"
"Honesty," He says, testing the word as if it's the first time he ever used it. "No one really wants honesty. They want hope."
"Hope doesn't do much on the island, but cripple a person. We believe in facts. So I'm gonna ask you again and you are gonna give me a real answer. Will Carlos be accepted in the robotic class?"
The prince stayed silent for a moment his face blank. "No"
"Will Evie and Mal be allowed into any magic class"
"No," He says as if I was pulling his teeth out
"That wasn't so hard now was it?"
"Were those the answers you wanted?" He asks flipping his hair out of his eyes.
"No, but they were the answers I expected," I said, walking over to the over side of the couch to sit down in front of the crowned prince. "Now I have a question for you, that is if the prince would be so kind to answer it"
Ben's jaw tensed "go ahead I have nothing to hide"
I smirked "I highly doubt that" I sunk further into the stiff couch. "Everyone has something to hide. My question though is probably one that you've been asked thousands of time. Why did you bring us here?"
"You're right I have been asked this question thousands of time by now."
"You gonna answer it?" I asked, sitting awkwardly on the couch, but not wanting to show weakness sucked it up.
"Can you keep a secret?" He says leaning in closer resting his elbows on his knees.
"It's what I do," I said, leaning forward as well.
"I have dreams," He says sighing running his fingers through his hair.
"Dreams?"
"Dreams of a girl with grey eyes that could turn green at any moment and purple hair."
It took everything I have not to let my jaw drop to the ground "You dream of Mal?"
"Sometimes, but mostly I want to help."
"You can't say you dream about one of my friends and try to gloss over that."
"I've dreamt about a girl with purple hair every since I was little, I didn't think anything of it. Thought it was an imaginary friend until we learned about the isle of the lost came to be."
"You learned about Maleficent?"
"'Not much, but enough. Words about the menacing four having children reached our kingdom. I had a guess that she was her daughter."
"That's one hell of a guess."
The prince shrugged not bothered by my judgment. "It made me want to learn about the isle. No one knows much after we pulled out our aid, my father saying that the isle was stable enough to support itself."
I snorted, "Your father lied, nothing on the island is stable, it's one fight after another. Survival of the fittest at its finest."
Prince Ben sighed, leaning back in the chair "I just want to help. I want to be a good king. I want…" He raised his head towards the ceiling taking a deep breath "I want to be a better king than my father." I could tell by his tone that he was being sincere, but he knew nothing about how to be helpful. He has no idea what the real world is like, but I could work with this. A kid trying to surpass their parent, oh yes this I could work with.
"You really want to be helpful." The prince nodded. "Then help me," I say standing up "help Carlos, Evie, and Mal get what they deserve." I extended my hand out towards the prince, an olive branch of sorts. "Let's work together to make this better place for everyone, whether they are a citizen of Auradon or from the isle of the lost, let's build something new." The lie was so easy to say, but I could tell from the shocked expression of the prince, his eyes lightening up a small genuine smile on his face that he believed me. He took my hand and I gently lifted himself out of his seat. "This can be the day that our two people begin to heal," I say looking straight into the prince's blue eyes. There was a fire there that I hadn't seen at the welcoming ceremony; his hand tightened around mine determination etched into his face.
"What do we do?" He asks, back straight an authoritative tone in his voice that could only come from years of being told that he was special.
"You tell me where they are grading our exams, and which teachers are in charge of the robotic and magic classes."
"I don't understand," he says eyebrows scrunched, suspicion clouding his eye.
"We need information Ben" it was a lot harder to say his name without a judgmental tone "I need to know if they are willing to give us a fair chance or not."
"I could just-"
"Just what ask? You won't always be there to defend us, Ben. I…no we need to know if there are any teachers in this school that are gonna give us a fair chance. You did Ben, but the world is not as kind as you. We need allies, not the ones that come from the crown. Do you understand?"
The prince's nods "They will grade them in the teachers lounge later tonight, Fairy Godmother said that there would be six teachers grading the exams along with herself. Professor Tinkerbell is one of the robotic teachers and teaches a few magic classes every once in a while, Professor Porter or rather Archimedes as he likes his students to call him is a history and science teachers, Professor Ramirez also likes to be called by her first name Audrey she strictly teaches mechanic, robotics, and engineering. Captain Smith is our PE and geography teacher. Professor Esmeralda is our art teacher; she also is in charge of the dance clubs in school. Professor Cromwell only teaches magic classes. Professor Esmeralda teaches a dance class until seven so they will most likely meet around then."
I let go of the prince's hand and placed it on his shoulder. "You did good Ben leave the rest to me."
"No," he says a little panicked "let me help you, we're a team"
I inwardly cringed at the word team. "Your right we are a team" ugh the word tasted awful "but something tells me you aren't very good at being sneaky. Let me do what I'm good at Ben. Let me get the info we need for our next move."
Ben looked hesitant a frown on his face. "Hey," I say trying to get his attention, to get him to look me in the eyes. "If we want this to work, we are gonna need to trust each other. Trust me Ben." Boy this would be so much easier if he was a girl.
The fire comes back into his eyes "I trust you." It took everything I had to keep the grin on the inside and show a relieved happy smile on the outside.
"Good, now leave this to me and we can talk tomorrow." After another reassuring squeeze of his shoulder, I watched him nodded and walk away. However, the prince seemed a bit off almost like he was in a daze. 'Probably never thought he would be working with a person like me' I thought, sticking my hands in my pocket. 'Mal can work on getting the wand, I can work on keeping us safe here' I thought walking back to my room, different plans already starting to form in my head, but without enough information, there were too many variables to make a concrete plan.
Walking back into the room I found Carlos asleep on the floor his cat asleep next to him. The cat snapped its head up when I walked in meowing at me. "Hey, Beelzebub." The cat begins to walk over to me before it stops and starts to hiss running back to Carlos as if guarding its master. "What's wrong with you, you stupid cat," but it just kept hissing. The hissing woke up Carlos.
"Beelzebub" he mutters, "What's wrong?" he says petting the cat who stopped hiss, but whose fur was still raised. Carlos looked towards me "It's just Jay" The cat curled up against Carlos again, but didn't fall back asleep, glaring at me as if daring me to do something. 'Never been threatened by a cat before.'
"Jay" I turned my attention from the cat to Carlos. "Have you been rubbing your eye again? They look red."
I blinked my eyes, before turning towards the restroom. I flicked on the lights and had to hold in my gasp. My reflection was staring at me with ruby red eyes.
"Jay?"
"It's fine Carlos just go back to bed." I snapped, never gazing away from the mirror.
"Rinse your eyes out, they will feel better." He says before I hear the rumpling of sheets.
"Yah I'll do that Carlos," I say, the crimson eyes of my father still staring at me.
