March 13th, 2017
"Your highness?""Come in..",
The staff member came in Ben's office as they handed him a tablet, " You hadn't decided on what you wanted for the Coronation carriage.", he said as Ben smiled dismissively while he was going back to his pile of work left on the desk, " Sire?", the staffer asked, " The blue one. Simple, plain, and versatile. What's the report for today?", he asked as the staffer scrolled through the tablet, "Uhm- a lot of news networks are still wanting an interview of the villain kids, also Jordan... daughter of genie wants to interview you for her podcast while also wanting an interview of the villain kids. While we are at it-", he explained pausing as a sudden sound of a door opening, Ben looked up as he saw Audrey come in almost in a huff, " Audrey what's wrong?", he asked as the staffer left out of the room as Audrey sighed as slumped on the lounge chair, " You know Family Day and the Coronation after party? People keep messing up the decorations which is absolutely tragic!", Audrey complained as Ben nodded, " That's horrible…", he replied as he started to draw letting his mind drift away, " Exactly. Being royalty and being in charge is so difficult…", Audrey complained as a small sigh flew out and she pouted, " Benny Bear…", she said as Ben looked up, " What is it?", he asked, "Why have you changed?", she asked as she looked at Ben with a small sad look on her face, " You used to give me so much attention and love and now I'm just the background to these VKs. ", she said as Ben looked up, " Sorry…I just get busy and I get caught up…", he said as Audrey frowned, " You always made that excuse…Like your royalty can't you just pay someone to do it. You're not a sidekick.", she said offhandedly before Ben frowned, " Audrey. If I leave someone else doing my job then me being a king is pointless.", he states firmly, " But it's easier. Work smarter not harder.", she says, " It only works if I died probably.", Ben said as Audrey played with her perfect French manicure, " Anyways. I decided what to wear for Coronation.", she said as she pulled out her phone and scrolled through her gallery to show him.
Ben furrowed his brow as he looked at the sketch in front of him. It was the elk…staring right back at him.
" I am so enraged…", Dione said as she ate her pasta, "Like don't get me wrong, I love King Ben he's wonderful. But what I can't get behind is that the audacity of him wearing clashing patterns. Like I remember this one outfit he wore and it was a plaid yellow and blue jacket with a orange and blue striped shirt. I need to understand how a man can hire someone to break my spine but dresses like my dad back in the 90s.", she says as she clapped her hands together, voicing out each word, " I. Don't. Understand.", Tilly and Primrose tried not laugh as Dione furrowed her brows, " It's not funny! He could if he wanted to!", Dione whined as her face went to a pout, " Besides have anyone seen the new VKs? Cause I met none or I ignored some…", she said as she sipped her water, " I think…I don't know I kind of ignored them.", Tilly said as Primrose shook her head, " I was in practice so I didn't see any of them..", she said as Dione hummed, " Oh wow…maybe we can met them somewhere down the line or something. I don't know.", she said as she chewed on a pasta noodle.
Mal stabbed her food as she glared at Audrey, " She's just so perfect isn't she?", she said asked Jay laughed, " What are you jealous Mallory?", he teased as Mal sent him a glare, "Me jealous of her? Pft- the only thing I want is her groveling on her knees once we take over this place. ", Mal said quickly, " You figured out a way to get Fairy Godmother's wand?", Jay asked as Mal sighed irritated, " We need to get inside the castle. ", she said as she looked at Evie and Carlos, " Are you guys listening?", she quickly snapped as Evie and Carlos jumped.
Harry frowned as he looked at the worksheet in front of him, " What does this say? ", he asked as Uma looked over and looked at the assignment he was given, "What the…", she muttered as she looked at the paper, "Can you read it?", Harry asked before Uma furrowed her brows, " Probably says Peare…", she said as Harry groaned, "God I never expected English to be this boring.", he complained as Uma did a small chortle as she shoved a piece of bread in her mouth, Gil smiled as he placed the few bits of his food in a unique pattern on his plate. Uma smiled a bit before sighing, " I feel like Mal is up to something…", she said as Harry raised his brow, " What do you think we can do capt'n?", he asked as his thick arched brow raised in curiosity, " We can only keep close eye on her.", Uma frowned as she glared at Mal.
Dione smiled as she waved goodbye at Tilly and Primrose as they left to their dorms to go to bed as Dione closed her dorm door and saw her mom calling.
" Hi mom!"
"Hi sweetie, are you doing alright?"
" I'm doing fine…"
"How's school going?"
"It's the same...the usual...well...no..actually there's these group of students I never seen before…"
"Is that so?", her mom said as Dione placed her on speakerphone and got ready for bed, "So what do you think of them?", she asked as Dione did a small hum, " I don't really…I am assuming that they are nice though. ", Dione recounted as she pumped more leave in conditioner in her hand as she finger detangled a section of her hair and started braiding it as she repeated for the next few sections later oiling her scalp then placing the bonnet on her head, " Yea but that what happened so I'm not gonna dive into it how was your day?", she asked, "It was good…your dad was trying to…I honestly don't know. You know how he is.", she said as the sound of glass breaking occurred from the phone as Dione cringed, "That doesn't sound good..", she said as her mom sighed, " You're telling me. ", she replied as the two started laughing before a slight deep voice was muffled in the background, " Looks like your dad wanna talk.", her mom said as she handed the phone to her dad, " Hey starshine!", he greeted as Dione did a small laugh, "I hope school is going good! How are the grimoires?", he asked, " I'm about to redraw the protective spell on the new chest pop…", she said, " Awesome! Well, I'm not gonna hold you long I know how to get antsy sometimes. Well goodnight kiddo...", her dad said, " Night sweety!", her mom inputs quickly as Dione smiled, " Night night..", she said as she hung up the phone and placed it on her charger as she walked towards her window curtains to close it before pausing as she sees a white elk stare straight at her as Dione's head tilted while she closed the curtains as she grabbed a gold permanent marker as opened the closet and pulled out a chest as she wrote a few words on the chest as the chest flashed a small glow as she smiled and placed the box back in the closet as she looked out the window checking before getting ready for bed.
Uma snapped awake as her body was in a cold sweat looking around her surrounding dorm as she took a sigh of relief, 'Everything is here…', she thought to herself as she slowly got out of her bed and quietly left the dorm to grab herself a drink from the nearby vending machine to grab a drink before seeing Evie sitting outside in the hallway as she was leaned back on the wall and ate a toaster pastry as she looked up and quickly wiped her mouth from the sides, Uma sighed as she sat next to her, " You can't sleep?", she asked as she sat next Evie as she took a sip of water, " Yeah…I'm just…", Evie said hesitantly as she played with a small piece of the foil package of her pastry.
" I just had a bad dream…"
" Makes the two of us.."
The two girls sat in silence as only sound was the vending machine humming in the background as it's bright light, " You know I never thought that I would be here…especially since they based it off my wit…", Evie said as Uma raised her brow, " I'm honestly impressed too…I thought you were more like your mom with the whole looks over books thing…", she replied as Evie did a small laugh, " I'm kinda jealous of you…", she said as Uma looked at her skeptical, " Me? You being in the most privileged position on the Isle, jealous of me?", she asked as Evie nodded, " You and your gang seemed so honest…" she recounts, " Of course we all equally hated each other but you took charge and made sure everyone was safe…Mal probably would've let us fend for ourselves..", Evie said jokingly, " You were banished by Mal for like almost 16 years because you couldn't invite her to your birthday party. I'm surprised you're not bitter.", Uma said as Evie did a small laugh, " Well she didn't kill me and that's all I can ask for…", she replied as the two girls laughed a bit as they went into silence as they enjoyed each other's company.