Across from us was all sorts of colorful snacks. The boys shared a look before trying to block each other from the snacks.
"Here, you look a little washed out. Let me help you." Evie told Mal while trying to apply blush to her cheeks.
"Ew. Stop." Mal said pushing her hand away from her face. "I'm plotting."
"Well, it's not very attractive." Evie said eating her blue stick thing. I grabbed some of the snacks and ate them. They were great!
"Mmmm." Carlos said before hitting Jay's arm. "It salty like nuts, and sweet like I don't know what."
"Let me see." Jay told him and Carlos opened his mouth to show Jay. Jay made a face at the sight before taking the salty/sweet goody from Carlos and ate it. He made a sound of approval. Mal found a remote and pressed a button and a screen went down behind her and Evie.
"Look!" Evie told us and we all payed attention to the window outside of the screen. We watched as we neared the edge of the broken bridge and weren't slowing down.
"It's a trap!" Carlos said and we all huddled together screaming our heads off. When we noticed we weren't dead we looked outside to see a golden bridge and golden circles around it and us. "What just happened?"
"It must be magic!" Evie said excitedly, but who could blame the blunette? None of us had ever seen magic except the barrier of course.
"Hey!" Mal said getting the driver's attention. "Did this little button just open the magic barrier?"
"No. This button opens the magic barrier. That button opens my garage. And this button…" he pressed a button and the screen between us and him raised.
"Ok." Mal said before sitting right and laughing a little. "Nasty. I like that guy."
When we finally got to the school we passed a sign the read 'Welcome to Auradon Prep Goodness Doesn't Get Any Better'.
"I can't believe we have to do this." I said.
"It'll all be over once we have the wand." Mal said and I gave her a look.
"We have to find and get the wand first. Who knows how long that will take." I said.
"With Evie's magic mirror, shouldn't be too long." Carlos said smiling.
When we got to the actual school, kids were waving flags and welcome signs and a band was playing in front of a statue. Carlos and Jay started collecting things from the limo to take with us and when the limo stopped I climbed out with Cerberus next to me and Carlos fighting with Jay falling behind me.
"You got everything else! Why do you want whatever this is?" Carlos asked him.
"Cause you want it!" Jay answered. Mal and Evie got out behind them and stood next to me as the band parted for a women followed by a boy and girl. "Give it to me!"
"No!"
"Let go!"
"Guys! Guys!" Mal said drawing their attention to the boys to the three approaching us.
"Just cleaning up." Jay told them before helping Carlos up.
"Leave it like you found it." The woman sang. "And by that, I just mean leave it." Jay threw everything that he and Carlos were trying to steal.
"Hello, Foxy." Jay said moving towards the girl. "The names Jay." She laughed awkwardly.
"Welcome to Auradon Prep." The woman said blocking Jay's view of the girl. "I'm Fairy Godmother, Headmistress." She told us bowing and my eyes widened.
"The Fairy Godmother?" Mal asked her. "As in Bipity Bopity Boo?"
"Bipity Bopity, you know it." Fairy Godmother told her.
"I always wondered what it felt like for Cinderella when you just appeared out of nowhere. With that sparkly wand, and warm smile… and that sparkly wand." Mal said and I elbowed her to stop talking.
"That was a long time ago." Fairy Godmother said. "And, as I always say, don't focus on the past or you'll miss the future." She told us waving her hands in front of her face.
"Well, we wouldn't want that, would we?" I asked sarcastically and she smiled at me.
"It's so good to finally meet you all. I'm Ben." The boy introduced as he and the girl stepped in front of Fairy Godmother.
"Prince Benjamin, soon to be king!" the girl said excitedly.
"You had me at Prince." Evie said going to him. "My mom's a queen, which makes me a princess." Evie bowed to him and he bowed slightly.
"The Evil Queen has no royal status here." The girl told Evie making her face drop. "And neither do you." Ben laughed awkwardly.
"This is Audrey." He introduced.
"Princess Audrey. His girlfriend." She said happily taking his hand in hers. "Right Benny Bo?"
"Ben and Audrey are going to show you all around, and I'll see you tomorrow." Fairy Godmother told us. "The doors of wisdom are never shut!" she said pushing Ben and Audrey's hands towards us, breaking them apart and making us jump. "But the library hours are from eight to eleven, and, as you may have heard, I have a little thing about curfews." She then walked away with the band following in her steps.
"It is so, so, so good to finally meet you all." Ben said as Jay punched his chest. He moved to Mal and shook her hand staring at her for a moment. "This is a momentous occasion," he moved to Carlos. "And one that I hope will go down in history. Is that chocolate?" He asked taking his hand from Carlos and moving to me. Cerberus growled at him to stay away which also made Carlos run from my side to Jay's. "Nice dog. As a day our two peoples begin to heal."
"Or the day where you showed five peoples where the bathrooms are." Mal said making him laugh.
"A little bit over the top?" he asked her.
"A little more than a little bit." She answered and they both laughed.
"So much for my first impression." He said and they laughed again.
"Hey! You're Maleficent's daughter, aren't you?" Audrey asked Mal. "Yea, you know what, I totally do not blame you for your mother trying to kill my parents and stuff. Yeah, my mom's Aurora. Sleeping…"
"Beauty!" Mal said, cutting her off. "Yeah, I've heard the name. Yeah, and you know what, I totally don't blame your grandparents for inviting everyone in the whole world, but my mother to their stupid christening."
"Water under the bridge!" Audrey said.
"Tots!" Mal agreed before they shared a fake laugh including the sigh at the end.
"Ok! So how about a tour?" Benn asked us.
"Oh god yes." I said, trying to get things to move faster.
"Auradon Prep: Originally built over 300 years ago, and converted to a high school by my father when he became king." We moved from where we got out of the limo to the statue of King Beast. Ben clapped twice and the statue morphed from man to beast making Carlos scream like a little girl and jump into Jay's arms. "Carlos, it's ok. My father wanted his statue to morph from beast to man to remind us that anything's possible."
"Does he shed much?" Mal asked him.
"Yea, mom won't let him on the couch." We all moved to inside the high school except Carlos who clapped twice, trying to change the statue again, before running after us.
"So, you guys have a lot of magic here in Auradon?" Mal asked Ben. "Wands and things like that?"
"It exists, of course, but it's pretty much retired." Ben told her. "Most of us here are just ordinary mortals."
"Who happen to be kings and queens." Mal pointed out.
"That true!" Audrey piped up. "Our royal bloodline goes back hundreds of years." She grabbed Ben's arm and wrapped it around her shoulders.
"Doug!" he called out to a boy in a band outfit coming down the stairs in relief. "Doug, come down." Ben unwrapped himself from Audrey and put his arm around Doug's shoulders. "This is Doug. He's going to help you with your class schedules and show you the rest of the dorms." He came back to stand in front of us and looked directly at Mal. "I'll see you later, ok? And if there's anything you need feel free to…"
"Ask Doug." Audrey interjected. Another fake laugh with Mal, followed by the sigh and Ben's awkward laugh. He was then pulled away from us by Audrey.
"Hi guys. I'm Dopey's son. As in Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy and uh…" Evie turned to him. "Hi Ho!"
"Evie, Evil Queen's daughter." She introduced.
"So about your classes, I already put in the requirements. History of Pirates, Safety Rules on the Internet, and Remedial Goodness 101." He told us.
"Let me guess," Mal said eating one of the sweets from the limo. "New class?" he nodded the answer and she dropped her trash on the ground. "Come on guys, let's go find our dorms." We followed her up the stairs Doug had come down until he stopped us.
"Oh, uh, yea. Your dorms are that way guys." He said pointing in the opposite direction. "Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy and…" he tried listing off again as Carlos and I passed him.
"Sneezy." We told him.
When we got to our dorms we were separated. Jay and Carlos in one, Mal and Evie in another, and I was with someone named Megan. I walked in to Mal and Evie's dorm with them and made a disgusted face at all the pink… everything.
"This is so ama…"
"Gross." Mal and I said together stopping Evie's words.
"I know right?" she asked us. "Amazingly gross. Ew."
"Ugh, I'm going to need some serious sunscreen." Mal said before pointing at the windows.
"H, E." Evie and I went to windows on the opposite sides of the room and closed the curtains. "That is much better!" Mal said.
