Eleanor was walking to her first class of the day with a smile on her face from the night before. After the events of last night, Mal, Evie and herself had a great time talking and getting to know each other. Eleanor was so grateful they were so understanding and kind. She was shocked to learn about all the events that took place over the last year, King Ben's proclamation and that they were in fact 2 of the four villain kids brought over, the coronation... She had missed a lot and really did regret that now. She had seen the other two boys at breakfast who were filled in on everything by Mal and Evie and were just as understanding as the girls had been.

Waking into the classroom, she finally recognised a few faces. Audrey looked as beautiful as the day she left, chatting with a few of the more popular people at the back of the classroom. She also spotted Dopey's son Doug in the front row. She smiled at him "Morning Doug" she said softly. He glanced up with a goofy smile on his face and waved back. "Morning El, glad to have you back this year". Eleanor smiled and nodded softly. Since all the front seats seemed to have been taken, Eleanor opted for the second row, avoiding glances and got her books out and ready for the start of class. There was still a good few minutes before it started, but Eleanor needed all the time she could to catch up.

"Eleanor?" She heard Audrey's high pitched voice call from behind her and Eleanor groaned internally. Forcing a smile on her face, she turned around to sleeping beauty's daughter who stood behind her, getting a proper look at the princess.

"Hey Audrey, how have you been?" Audrey scoffed at her question and rolled her eyes. "How have I been? Seriously El? Haven't you been keeping up with Auradon at all?"

Eleanor was a bit taken back by this. She knew Audrey was difficult, but she had gotten so much worse. I'm so glad Ben isn't dating her anymore. She felt mean for thinking it, but it was true.

"I was just trying to be polite Audrey. My roommates filled me in last night" Audrey chuckled sarcastic.

"Oh yes, the villain kids. I'm sure their story was the complete truth". Eleanor noticed Doug looking over at them with a strange expression on his face. Eleanor knew that Doug and Evie had grown close and she gave him a reassuring smile, letting him know that she had this.

"Audrey. That's not a nice thing to say, Mal and Evie have been nothing but friendly and accommodating. I don't see why I shouldn't believe them, they have no reason to lie".

Audrey threw her hands in the air, almost hitting Eleanor in the face. Eleanor was very grateful for her quick reflexes and gave Audrey a weird look as she continued to insult her newly found friends "El they have brainwashed you. Of course, they have every reason to lie. Mal stole Ben and they lied and tried stealing Fairy Godmother's wand, endangering all our precious lives..."

"Audrey" Eleanor interrupted "I do know what happened, they told me all the details" Audrey looked at her dumbfounded. Normally Eleanor was meek and submissive, but she was tired of Audrey's rein of mean.

"Look Audrey, if you don't have anything nice to say please don't say it. We need to be kind to one another". Audrey rolled her eyes. Eleanor noticed Doug smirking in the corner of her eye and she smiled proud that she stood up to Audrey for once.

"Of course, you'd say that, just like your wannabe mother Cinderella"
Audrey turned to walk back to the group of girls who appeared to have been watching and were now gossiping in the corner, intentionally knocking all Eleanor's books to the floor as she walked past. Audrey suppressed a laugh "oops" she exclaimed sarcastically as she strutted away.

Eleanor felt her cheeks flush from anger and embarrassment. How dare she talk to me like that. Eleanor could take mean comments about herself but anything against her mother or father made her angry.
"Hey are you ok?". She heard Doug's asked quietly. She looked over at him but couldn't reply, Eleanor had so much going on in her mind and wanted to say so much but when she opened her mouth, nothing came out. She still felt her heart racing but her adrenaline was starting to deplete and she wished she was invisible or could hide. She closed her mouth slowly as she looked to her belongings on the floor. As she lent down to pick them, she could hear Audrey and her friends snickering but tried not to give them a reaction. She didn't turn around but could hear them making some snide remarks. Trying to drown it out, Eleanor began doodling on the side of her notebook dejectively, realising she now wouldn't have time to do any catch up study as the teacher was due any moment. Her anger had died pretty quickly and she just felt hurt and humiliated. Why would Audrey be so mean? My mother is one of the kindest, most beautiful people I know. I don't strive to be another Cinderella but I certainly try to incorporate her values and be kind to others and treat everyone fair and equal… What's wrong with that?

Eleanor's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the teacher entering the room asking everyone to be quiet and take their seats. Eleanor quickly dismissed her thoughts. Catching up on work was important and to do that she needed to be attentive in class. She was determined not to let Audrey's bullying get in the way of her learning. She could see Doug giving her a few sympathetic looks out of the corner of her eye but didn't dare meet his glance. She focused on the teacher writing the class exercises on the board, trying to push the whole ordeal out of her mind.