Days has passed since the barrier was taken down.

Days has passed since a lot of the residents of the isle were given conditional pardon from the High King himself.

Days has passed since a lot of the children who resided in the isle of the lost were freed from their unjust incarceration.

Ben and Carlos, alongside a few guards, were in the isle to check in with the children who were still on the isle for various reasons, reasons that were their own.

Mal, Evie and Jay were otherwise preoccupied with previous engagements. Mal and Evie were with the queen mother to plan for the party before the wedding of the soon-to-be-queen consort.

Jay was in Sherwood University, touring the campus grounds and look at the school's tourney team.

Uma and her whole pirate crew were also busy with their own endeavors.

There was only one other VK who was knowledgeable about isle matters, and that was Carlos de Vil.

Carlos de Vil continued to search for prospective schools for veterinary and its perquisites when Ben approached him.

"Ben, they've got nowhere else to go home to." Carlos sighed as he faced the king. "Evie's castle could only house so much before it's full." He explained. "Your castle is also out of the question, the council would never allow it."

"The prejudice against the VKs is really giving me a headache." Ben groaned. "They're just gonna live with it, the Queen-to-be is a VK."

"I really appreciate this Ben." Carlos smiled at his royal friend. "We all do." He added. "But the Queen consort is one thing and the thing is Ben, they don't know enough of the other VKs to be comfortable enough to be near you." He explained.

"I know." Ben sighed. "I just wish everything would turn out well magically."

"Well…" Carlos trailed off. "There's that wand." He offered teasingly.

"You know what I mean Carlos." Ben deadpanned at the suggestion.

"It was just a suggestion." Carlos shrugged as the two of them walked under the isle's archway.

As soon as the two boys and the guards stepped foot inside the isle of the lost, a lone barrel came rolling towards the king.

"Ben look out!" Carlos exclaimed as his eyes widened.

Carlos immediately he pushed the High King out of harm's way, but got himself hit by the rolling barrel and was thrown over the isle and into the water.

"Carlos!"

Ben immediately dove after his friend as he saw him struggling to stay afloat.

"You're Highness!" The guards expressed their alarm as the king dove unto the isle's murky waters. "Please get yourself to safety, we'll handle Mr. De Vil." One of the guards reasoned.

Before the High King could even form a reply, a whirlpool suddenly appeared and began sucking Carlos in.

Ben was able to grab hold of one of the pillars that has kept the isle's bridge entrance standing and prevent himself from being sucked in by the whirlpool.

"Carlos take my hand!" Ben yelled as he extended his free hand towards his friend.

To Carlos's credit, he did try to reach out for Ben's hand but as soon as their fingers touched, he was immediately swallowed by the whirlpool.

"Carlos!" Ben shouted as the whirlpool subsided. "Carlos!"

Ben immediately submerged himself underwater to find his friend.

Ben was about to give up the search and brought himself to the isle, he suddenly saw bubbles forming from on the water.

"Carlos?" Ben questioned.

Without waiting for any response, Ben dove back into the water once more. He immediately spotted his friend and grabbed hold of the hand.

"It's okay Carlos, I've got you, I've got you." Ben reassured as he swam ashore with Carlos in hand. "I got you buddy, I got you."

As soon as Ben had laid Carlos on the ground, on his back, the De Vil started coughing up water.

"W-what happened?" Carlos managed to ask hoarsely.

"A rogue barrel hit you and a whirlpool sucked you in." Ben answered truthfully. "We've been searching for you for an hour now."

"That was today?" Carlos asked, shocked.