disneyfananalyst thank you for the ideas, I had a nice little chuckle while reading that and it gave me a little inspiration for later on.
FG and Mrs Radcliffe raced down the hall towards the last known place Evie had been seen, the fashion design room; they knew something must have happened for the normally kind girl to snap on Audrey like that. FG hoped the girl wasn't a runner like Carlos and was a relieved when they opened the door to the room and Evie was still there holding the remains of the dress to her as she sobbed.
"Evie!" Mrs. Radcliffe rushed to the girl and sat down next to her to comfort her. As much as she and FG wanted to know what happened, they knew they wouldn't get an answer until they could at least get her to stop crying a little bit. They didn't really need her to say much, she held up the dress towards Mrs. Radcliffe who looked at the ruined gown and gasped. "Evie, why didn't you come to me and tell me someone destroyed your gown?" the woman asked her.
Evie looked back at her as if such an idea had never occurred to her.
"Evie," FG said gently "That's what adults are for, to help."
"Oh." Was all the girl was able to manage and then explained what had happened.
"So, you don't know for sure if Audrey ruined your dress? You just think she did because she laughed?" Fairy Godmother asked, "Laughing over it wasn't very kind, but I can't punish her for it, and you have no proof that she did it."
Evies face reddened, she was furious with herself for believing they would do something, "so you're not going to do anything?!"
"Well I think one week detention will suffice, but if something happens again we'll have to suspend you." FG said after a moment.
"Wait!" Evie couldn't believe what she just heard, "I'M in trouble, I'm getting detention, and Audrey gets nothing?"
"Well you did punch her in the face. And we have no proof that she did anything other than laugh and say some mean things." Mrs Radcliffe tried to explain.
Evie put up her hand for her to stop talking and shook her head, this was the most unfair thing she could imagine. "And the dress? What about my grade?"
"I'll give you an extension and some extra fabric to fix it."
Evie just couldn't believe what she was hearing, she got up and walked out of the room as Mrs Radcliffe and Fairy Godmother called after her.
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Carlos had finally finished his project he had been working on for the past several weeks, from the little hidden tower room he had seen the perfect spot to try it out, a little clearing about a half a mile from the school. He and Dude were there now to give it a test run. He hoped that he was far enough away from school that no one would hear the explosion.
Carlos carefully set everything up and made sure he was far enough away igniting the explosives. The blast knocked him and Dude back several feet. Well that was bigger than he thought it would be. Dude was terrified so Carlos scooped up the small dog and held him "I'm sorry Buddy, I didn't realize it would be so big, I guess the stuff available here is a lot stronger than on the isle. We better clean this up and get out of here before someone comes to investigate; someone was bound to have heard that."
Dude whined a bit as Carlos put him down and picked up the various debris around the clearing and then headed back up to the school. Dude had a lot of energy and happily jumped around Carlos and ran to and fro as the two played and made their way up to the main doors. Carlos was so busy paying attention to the small dog that he didn't notice the small crowd of people gathered on the steps until he was only a few feet away.
"Ahem" someone cleared their throat.
Carlos froze for a moment then spun around. The color drained out of his face when he saw Mr. Willerstein standing on the steps with his arms folded over his chest and a smug look on his face. Of all the teachers at Auradon Prep, why did it have to be him?
"I think we better go have a little chat with Fairy Godmother." Mr. Willerstein said as he grabbed Carlos' ear and lead him inside. The boy yelped and whined while the other students around giggled. "It's unfortunate that I don't have the authority to handle the situation myself because I assure you there would not be a repeat of this if I did."
"Lemme go" Carlos tried to break the man's grip but was unsuccessful until they reached Fairy Godmothers office.
Mr. Willerstein dragged Carlos into the front room but Fairy Godmother wasn't in her office. "Sit" Mr Willerstein ordered Carlos as he flung him towards a nearby chair finally letting go of the boy's ear. Carlos hunched forward in the chair grabbing his ear, he rocked forward and back on the chair making a whimpering-hissing sound. Mr. Willerstein looked down at the boy, why wouldn't he just sit still and be quiet the man thought.
"Can I help you?" a small voice said and Mr. Willerstein turned to see it was Jane, she was standing by the filing cabinet putting some papers away for her mother. Jane had seen them come in but Carlos had been in too much pain to notice anything and Mr. Willerstein too agitated. Trouble really did follow Carlos around, she thought wondering what happened this time. After witnessing, again, the teacher's treatment of the boy she grew furious. What did this teacher have against the boy who for the most part was quiet and sweet? Mal and Jay were both far louder and more obnoxious and even many of the Auradon kids were nasty brats, yet no teacher treated any of them the way Mr. Willerstein treated Carlos.
Mr. Willerstein studied the girl carefully, he didn't like the look in her eye, she was judging him and his methods, but she was Fairy Godmothers daughter so treading carefully around her was crucial. "Uh, yes, when will Fairy Godmother be back? There's been a … situation that needs addressing."
Jane narrowed her eyes slightly "She'll be back in a few minutes." Jane looked over at Carlos "Carlos, can I get you an ice pack?"
"He's fine" Mr. Willerstein answered for the boy who was still clearly anything but fine.
Jane opened her mouth to protest but the door burst open and Fairy Godmother and Mrs. Radcliffe walked in, both looking frazzled and deep in conversation before realizing they weren't alone in the office.
"Oh, hello Mr. Willerstein. Carlos?" Fairy Godmother glanced worriedly at the boy who still hadn't acknowledged anyone else in the room, "Oh dear."
"This is Carlos? Cruella's boy right?" Mrs. Radcliffe asked and got an affirmative nod from the other woman.
"Mr. Willerstein, will you step into my back office and explain what this is about." Fairy Godmother opened the door to her private office.
"but the boy.." He started to protest.
"Is perfectly fine. Anita, you'll stay with him right?" the woman nodded, she was already kneeling down next to Carlos trying to talk to him. "right this way please." Fairy Godmother and Mr. Willerstein went into her office.
Jane rushed over with an ice pack as soon as the door had closed and Carlos pressed it to his ear which was a deep red. Carlos visibly relaxed now that he had some relief and Mr. Willerstein was no longer in the room.
"What happened?" Mrs. Radcliffe asked.
"I.. I.. I was just working on a project, and it didn't go exactly as planned, and when I came back to the school he was there and dragged me all the way over here." Carlos mumbled.
Mrs. Radcliffe narrowed her eyes a bit, there had to be more than that. "What sort of project?"
Carlos just shook his head.
"Carlos" Fairy Godmother called from the doorway, "please come in here. Mr. Willerstein you may go thank you."
The man started to protest but Fairy Godmother's expression told him that she had made up her mind. He walked out of the room glowering the whole way.
Carlos stood up nervously and handed back the ice pack to Jane, his ear was numb now anyway. He warily walked into the office and sat down on one of the chairs. Fairy Godmother sat in the chair next to him which was surprising. "What happened, Carlos?"
So Carlos took a breath and told her what happened. He didn't bother to look up; he knew there would be a displeased look on her face. All the grownups always had that look.
"Did you know that those types of… experiments aren't allowed here?" The woman asked him.
Carlos shook his head; it had always been encouraged on the isle, the one thing Cruella even seemed to take pride in that her son could blow up half the market if he wanted to. Carlos bit his lip and kept his eyes down while he fiddled with his dog tail, he was trying not to cry, again, why was he always in trouble? His ear started to throb again but he ignored it.
Fairy Godmother sighed, she liked Carlos and knew he didn't mean any harm, but she was weary of having him in her office every week for one reason or other. "Carlos, I'm going to have to put you on restriction till Tuesday."
"What's that mean?" Carlos asked.
"It means you're to go to your room and stay there until then."
"What about meals?" the boy was suddenly concerned, he had some food stashed away but not a lot.
"Mrs. Potts will bring you your meals. And you'll be able to leave for classes as well. But if there are any further issues I'm going to have to reevaluate your punishment." Fairy Godmother pulled something out of her drawer and Carlos cringed for a moment thinking it was a cane or something else to inflict pain, "Let me see your hand." The woman ordered and Carlos held out his hand, it was shaking. "this won't hurt." Fairy Godmother reassured him when she saw how nervous he was. She placed the tip of the wand to his palm. There was a slight tingling sensation but nothing more.
"What is that?" Carlos asked curiously.
"Oh it's just a spare wand, it's not nearly as powerful as my own, still it has its uses. Sadly usually just for situations like this." Fairy Godmother made a few waves with the wand before stowing it safely back in her desk. "Jane" she called.
"Yeah, Mom?" Jane appeared at the doorway to the office.
"Would you please escort Carlos back to his dorm room?"
Jane nodded and Carlos stood to follow her out. The two walked in silence for a good portion of the way, neither really knowing what to say.
"You weren't kidding." Jane finally said. Carlos looked back at her confused. "About trouble following you around."
Carlos gave a small smile and a bit of a chuckle. "Do you.. um… want to come in?" Carlos asked when they reached his room.
"I can't." Jane said and quickly added when she saw Carlos' face fall "the spell." Carlos still looked confused. "Watch" she put her hand up to the doorway and there was a bit of a shimmer, her hand wouldn't go through, it was as if she was pushing on a wall instead of a doorway. "Only Jay and teachers can go in and out of the room till your restriction is up." Jane gave Carlos a little peck on the cheek "You should go in now. It won't hurt."
Carlos nodded once and stepped into his room, there was a tingling feeling all over as he stepped through the doorway. Fairy Godmother had cast a barrier, similar to that on the isle, on the room. Carlos turned and put his hand up where he had just passed but found that his hand would stop as if there was a solid wall in front of him.
Jane gave him a small wave goodbye before leaving. The realization that he was locked in for the next several days hit him as he stood in the empty room. Jay had tourney practice and it seemed like the rest of the school was all outside enjoying the beautiful Auradon weather. Carlos groaned and lay back on his bed, it could be worse by far and his ear still throbbed a bit, but it was still boring. Carlos was not used to being bored.
Thank you all for reading, please leave me a review and tell me what you think. Also, would love some ideas for little misadventures of our 4 friends.