The next day Keith and Lance had no classes or anything scheduled for the afternoon so Keith had taken Lance to the pavilion on the school pond and surprised him with a picnic. And boy, Lance was surprised.

"Would you like a hot hors d'oeuvre?" Keith asked as he picked one up and held it to Lance. Lance smiled and nodded his head.

"Yes, please," Lance said but instead of taking it from his boyfriend's hand, he ate it from his boyfriend's hand. "Mmm! This is the best thing I've ever had," Lance said which caused a smile of relief to form on Keith's face.

"So, you like it?" Keith asked as he motioned to the foods placed around on the table.

"I more than like it. I, uh... mmm- double like it," Lance said as he reached past Keith and picked up another hot hors d'oeuvre.

"Is this beef ragout?" Lance asked to which Keith nodded.

"It is yeah."

"This is amazing," Lance said as he took another bite of the beef ragout.

"Did I surprise you?" Keith asked softly, his insecure side showing up.

"Oh, yeah, you surprised me," Lance said with a smile as he took yet another bite of the beef ragout. "This is every single dish my father had made for my mother."

"Your dad did help a little bit," Keith said as he remembered asking Shiro about all the foods he had made for Lance's mother, Allura.

"What did it take you? Three days?" Lance asked in amazement.

"You know, don't even ask me," Keith answered, really hoping that Lance really wouldn't ask him. He wouldn't know what to say if he did.

"Yeah. Well, it means a lot that you stopped and did all this for me," Lance said with a smile. His smile made Keith feel a little guilty about lying. "Especially with all the craziness you've been put through. I've missed you. We don't get much time to be just us anymore," Lance said as he brushed some of Keith's bangs out of his eyes. Keith smiled bitterly.

"I know, I missed you to," Keith said with a smile before reaching towards Lance's face and wiping some of the beef ragout sauce away.

"You can't take me anywhere, right?" Lance teased as he quoted what Keith said on the picnic Lance took him on. Keith rolled his eyes but couldn't help but laugh at Lance's tease.

"Do you have a- Do you have a napkin or something?" Lance asked as he looked around, as much as he liked the beef ragout, he didn't want the sauce on his face.

"I do!" Keith said as he remembered he packed some napkins. "I stashed them somewhere."

"Oh, there is-" Lance said as he found the napkins in the basket and reached in the grab them. Keith turned and his face paled as he remembered what he put in the basket last minute.

"Oh no Lance, I can grab them." But it was too late, Lance had already pulled out Keith's spellbook.

"What's this?" Lance asked though he knew what it was already.

"I actually threw that in there super last-minute in case it rained or-" Keith said but Lance had already opened it and noticed the marked pages.

""Speed reading" spell. "Hair Colour hair" spell. "Cooking" spell," as Lance read out the spells, Keith felt guiltier by the minute. "And I was giving you props for fitting in so well, for doing your best."

"Take back this moment that has passed. Return it- Reverse it-" Keith said as he realized he got the spell wrong.

"Are you trying to spell me right now!?" Lance exclaimed as he stood up from the table with a glare.

"Lance, it has been so hard for me!" Keith exclaimed as he stood up from the table.

"Yes! Some things are hard! Do you think learning to be king has been easy for me?" Lance yelled, learning to be king hasn't been easy since he was crowned.

"No!" Keith exclaimed, he couldn't imagine what Lance was going through but he tried his hardest to understand.

"I thought we were doing this together!" Lance said with a shake of his head as he slammed Keith's spellbook on the table causing Keith to flinch.

"Lance, we are in this together."

"But we're not, Keith. We're not. Y-You've been keeping secrets and lying to me. I thought we were done with that. This isn't the Isle of Daibazaal, Keith," Lance said with a disappointed shake of his head.

"Yeah. Believe me, I know that!" Keith said firmly, the Isle was a sensitive topic for him and Lance knew that. So it hurt when Lance mentioned it the way he did.

"Then why are you doing this?" Lance asked as he tried to get to the bottom of why Keith had been doing what he had been doing.

"Because... I'm not one of those pretty pink princesses, Lance. Or one of those preppy princes I'm not one of those lords from the Court. I'm a big fake, okay? " Keith said as tears started to fill his eyes. Lance finally started to understand what Keith was going through, it's true he was different, but still. "I'm fake. This is fake. This is fake," Keith said as he grabbed his spellbook and flipped to a page. "Take this feast, this sumptuous meal, return it back to what is real," the meal in front of them glowed yellow before turning back to what it was before. A glass of milk and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. "This is who I really am."

"Keith," Lance started to say as he tried to grab Keith's arm as he walked past to leave. Keith pulled his arm away and shook his head as the tears slipped down his cheeks.

"No, no," Keith said softly as he ran off, his heart hurting from the argument.

"Peanut butter and jelly is my favorite!" Lance yelled after Keith but he knew it wasn't going to change anything. He sighed and slumped down in the chair. It wasn't long before his phone rang and he was called back to the castle to sign some paperwork.

Keith was lucky that Acxa was studying with Narti, he didn't think he could handle seeing anyone at this moment. Not when he was an emotional crying mess. He quickly changed out of the outfit Acxa picked for him and changed into a pair of black jeans, a dark grey t-shirt, red leather jacket, and red combat boots, of course, he didn't forget about his black fingerless gloves. Keith grabbed a thin box and stabbed holes in the top. Like hell, he was going to forget his mother.

"I don't belong here," Keith said through his tears as he walked over to the tank where his mother was. "Okay. Okay. Okay," Keith said softly to himself as he placed his mother in the box and wiped his tears away. He could have sworn he saw his mother smile for a moment but he wasn't thinking clearly at the moment. "Let's blow this popsicle stand. Yeah?" Keith grabbed his bag and placed the box holding his mother inside before taking off Lance's ring and placing it beside the note.

Keith hopped on the scooter that Lance had gotten him and driven to the edge of Altea, where he could see the Isle from where he was. Keith pulled his spellbook out of his bag and wiped the tears that had fallen down his cheeks.

"Noble steed, proud and fair, you shall take me anywhere," the red scooter glowed yellow for a moment before fading away. Keith took a deep breath and clipped his helmet on. "Okay. Whew. Please work," Keith said, his body shaking due to his nervousness. He wasn't sure if the spell would last long enough to get him across the ocean. And we all know how Keith is with water.

Keith took a deep breath and drove off the edge, letting out a sigh of relief when the scoot stayed floating as he "drove" across the water. Of course, the back tire was hitting the water like a pebble would if you threw it, but it was working. Keith let out a gasp as he passed through the familiar barrier, as he came closer to the land, he whispered another spell. "Noble steed, not on land, rise and drive on sand," and just as the spell said, the scooter lifted from the water and onto the sandy beach.

As Keith drove through the streets, people exclaimed as they had to move out of the way. Keith stopped by a poster of him and Lance. He stared at it for a few moments, his face was crossed out with an 'X' and the words "Good Boy" were written to the side of him. Keith chuckled and ripped the poster down, crumbling it into a ball and tossing it away.

Keith drove until he drove up to where his secret hideout was, he Acxa, Matt, and Rolo would go there when they needed space from everything. Keith parked his scooter in the back alley behind the entrance and took off his helmet, carrying it in his arms. Keith then found the sign that said "Danger Flying Rocks" and threw a rock at it. The entrance was Rolo's idea, you throw a rock at the sign and the gate lifts up to the stairway. Keith smiled and then headed up, the gate closing behind him.

Meanwhile, Lance was in his office working on paperwork. He sighed and pressed the button on his earpiece which called to his secretary.

"Debra?" Lance asked as he signed another sheet of paper.

"Yes, Your Majesty?" Debra replied.

"Can you ask Coran to call me regarding Cotillion?" Lance asked as he eyed the pile of sheet regarding Cotillion.

"Of course sire."

"Thank you," Lance replied just as his door opened and a knock came. Lance looked up to find Acxa.

"Lance?" Acxa asked as she waited at the door, it was bad enough she snuck past his secretary, she waited for permission to enter.

"Acxa! Come on in," Lance said as he stood up and pulled his earpiece off. Acxa nodded and entered, closing the door behind her. "You look like you've seen a ghost, what's wrong?" Lance asked as he noticed how pale Acxa looked.

"Keith's gone back to the Isle," Acxa blurted out which caused Lance's smile to fade.

"What?" Lance asked with wide eyes. Acxa walked over and handed him the letter Keith wrote.

"Lance…" Acxa said as he held out his ring, Lance took it from her hand and read over the note. His guilt hit him full force.

"This is my fault. This is my fault," Lance said as he crumpled the note in his hand. "I-I blew it. He'd been under so much pressure lately, and instead of being understanding, I just went all Kuron on him," Lance said as he turned to his window. From his office, he could see the Isle. "I have to go there and apologize. I have to go there and-and beg him to come back."

"Lance, you'll never find him," Acxa said with a soft sigh.

"I-"

"You need to know how the Isle and how it works and…" Acxa trailed off as a plan came to her mind. "...you have to take me with you."

"Yes! Uh, are you sure ?" Lance asked, knowing how the Isle was a dark place for them.

"Yeah. He is my best friend and we'll bring the boys too, because there's safety in numbers, and none of us is really too popular over there right now," Acxa said with a soft smile to which Lance returned with a nod.

"Thank you," Lance said as he placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"Lance let's get two things straight. You have to promise me that I won't get stuck there again," Acxa said, fear filling her at the thought of being stuck there like she was.

"I promise that you will not get stuck there," Lance said with a smile. "And you can quote me on that."

"Thank you," Acxa said with a nod.

"What's the second thing?" Lance asked tilting his head. Acxa smiled as she looked at Lance up and down.

"There's no way you're going looking like that."

Keith was walking through the streets, he could feel eyes on him but he ignored them. He ended up at his destination but was surprised at the sign on the front door. "Sanda's Curl Up & Dye, Closed Until Midnight" Keith could hear faint music inside and knew who was inside as soon as he heard it. He headed inside and found the sound of the music.

Florona, daughter of Hepta and granddaughter of Sanda. She was sweeping as her music blared from her headphones. She had pale skin, magenta hair that fell in curls, and purple eyes. She wore a black skirt, a pink blouse, a black jacket, brown heels boots, and a dark blue apron. She didn't notice Keith until she looked up.

"Keith!" she exclaimed with a smile, she took off her headphones and paused her music. "Is Acxa back to?"

"As if," Keith said with a chuckle. Florona's smile faded as she remembered where they were. Keith stepped in and looked around. "I umm..forgot that you guys don't open until midnight," Keith said to which Florona nodded softly. "Place looks good."

"Thanks," Florona said with a soft chuckle.

"So what is your deal? Has your grandmother given you customers yet?"

"No, just a witch here and there," Florona said with a sigh. "It's mostly a lot of scrubbing, and scouring, and sweeping. Lots and lots of sweeping."

"Sounds like the old housemaid treatment, eh?"

"Yeah, she's gone from wicked stepmother to wicked stepmother."

"That's not really much of a switch is it?"

"No," Florona said with a sigh.

"Hey Florona, you used to do Acxa right?" Keith asked to which Florona nodded with a smile.

"Yeah, I thought of the short hair."

"You have any ideas for me?" Keith asked. Florona studied his hair for a moment before smiling.

"The washed-out magenta with black tips?" Florona asked with a roll of her eyes. "How far can I go?" Florona asked as Keith sat down in one of the chairs.

"The works," Keith said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I mean, whatever makes me feel like me, but you know. Way worse."

"Yay!" Florona cheered and grabbed some bottles of hair colouring. Keith gave her a nervous smile as she pulled on the gloves to colour his hair.

It may have taken an hour, but Florona finally finished his hair. She turned the chair around and showed Keith his new hair. Florona had kept the length of his hair but it was now coloured dark magenta with black and dark purple streaks in it. Keith stood up and smiled

"Hey there I am," Keith said as he brushed his bangs out of his hair. His bangs were strictly off-limits to cutting.

"Voila!" Florona said with a smile.

"Voila," Keith repeated as he pulled a bill out of his pocket and handed it to the girl.

"For me?"

"Yeah," Keith said with a smile. "You earned it."

"Fork it over little girl," Ezor said as she walked in. She was on her daily rounds of collecting for Zethrid. Florona frowned and handed her tip over. "And everything else," Ezor said as she tapped her dagger on the cash register. Florona made quick work of opening the register and handing the money to Ezor. "Thank you," Ezor said not noticing Keith standing there and was prepared to leave.

"Still running errands for Zethrid, Ezor?" Keith said which made Ezor freeze and turn around. "Or do you actually get to keep what you steal?"

"Well, well, well, what a nice surprise," Ezor said with a smile on her face.

"I'm sure it is," Keith said with a roll of his eyes.

"Just wait until Zethrid hears you're back," Ezor said as she slowly walked over, a smile on her face. "She's never gonna give you back your old turf."

"Oh, well that's okay," Keith said with a smile. "Because I will be taking it."

"I could hurt you," Ezor said as she started to pull her dagger out but was stopped by Keith's hand on her wrist.

"Not without her permission I bet," Keith said with a wink of his eye. Ezor chuckled and turned to leave, a glare on her face. However, before she left, she knocked the cups off the counter, bowed, and then left, slamming the door behind her.

"Great," Florona said with a sigh. "More sweeping."

They had decided to wait until night to leave, less chance of someone seeing them leave that way. Acxa, Rolo, and Matt were all wearing their original Isle clothes (see first story, Descendants for description). Acxa had dressed Lance in dark blue jeans, a black t-shirt, dark blue leather jacket, black combat boots, and a dark blue beanie.

"Rolo!" Lance called down as Rolo reached the stairs first. "Keys and remote," Lance said as he tossed the limo keys and remote down. Rolo caught them with ease and waited for everyone to reach the limo.

"Wait!" Acxa called out making everyone freeze. "Something's wrong."

"What?" Matt asked, to which Acxa fixed Lance's beanie on his head. The trio of boys rolled their eyes

"There, all better," Acxa said with a smile.

"Shotgun!" a voice called from the stairs, Matt recognized that voice and groaned seeing his friends' eyes widen when they realized it wasBae-Bae.

"No Bae-Bae stay," Matt said as Bae-Bae sat down with a whine. "The Isle is way to dangerous."

"Did he just-"

"Talk? Yeah I know, tell you later," Matt said as he headed to the passenger side of the limo. The trio all shook it off before heading inside.

"Let's go," Lance said as he climbed in the back with Acxa.

"Okay, once we cross the bridge, park under the pier in the old garage," Acxa said as Rolo started the limo. "Got it?"

"Got it," Rolo said as they left the school and before they knew it, they were crossing the bridge to the Isle.

Surprise! Another chapter, I think I've started to get back into the flow of things while I'm off school right now. I start back in September so things might a touch slower after school starts again. But until then, enjoy!

How would y'all feel about a Q & A being posted on here? If y'all like the idea let me know and I'll make the Q & A its own "story" with more information. I just think it would be fun, you guys would get to know me better.