The Last Sea Serpent - EroSlackermicha - FlatFox - thank you all for your reviews!

A/N - Warnings: this chapter contains implications of sex, drugs, alcohol, and corporal punishment, so if that bothers you and you keep reading its really your own fault.

Evie stared at the ceiling of the car as they drive through the country towards Auradon Prep, she would very much have liked to put her fingers in her ears to stop the constant babbling but had been told to take them out twice already. She sighed, although not loudly, as she glanced at Doug in the front seat who looked like he wanted to disappear entirely. Who would have thought a man that was famous for never speaking could ramble on for 3 solid hours about not sneaking out at night, and STDs, and birth control. Did he ever stop for air?! Doug gave her an apologetic look as he glanced back briefly.

After what was just short of eternity (or 3 and half hours) Dopey pulled into the parking lot at Auradon Prep and he, Doug, and Evie got out of the little car. Doug and Evie taking the opportunity to stretch after being crammed into the small space.

"Thank you for the ride back, Mr. Dopey." Evie said politely, after all her mother didn't spend years drilling manners into her for nothing.

The little man just nodded, and Evie leaned down and kissed the top of his head resulting in a crimson flush over his whole face. He bashfully handed Evie her bags and the blue haired princess headed off to her friends after a little wave goodbye to Doug.

"I knew you liked her, dad." Doug smiled looking down at the little man next to him. Dopey gave his son a smile, followed by a warning glare of what would happen if he found out about any further incidents. Doug rolled his eyes, "Don't worry." Doug grabbed his bag and followed Evie into the front doors.

Evie quickly found Jay waiting on the steps and she quickly gave him a big bear hug. A week was the longest any of them had ever gone without seeing each other.

"Thanks Audrey, see you later." Evie could hear Mal's voice and looked past Jay to see Mal waving bye to Audrey of all people before coming over to join Evie and Jay.

Jay crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows questioningly.

"Audrey, M?" Evie asked.

"She isn't so bad." Mal admitted a little sheepishly.

"Hey guys!" Carlos cried out as he ran over to the little group with a big smile, Evie pulled him close in a huge hug.

Jay looked at the large bag Carlos was carrying "What's all that?" he asked suspiciously as the group headed inside.

Carlos grinned, "Roger and Anita bought me some clothes."

Evie smiled "Just put that bag in our room." she ordered the boy, she wasn't about to let anyone from her group walk around in non-Evie-approved clothes.

"Yes ma'am" Carlos saluted "don't worry Anita said you could fix them up however you wanted."

When the boys had left to go to their room Evie started pulling out the new clothes and checking them out, they were your basic t-shirts, jeans, and hoodies, but she could work with them making sure that Carlos' personality came through.

"Hey E," Mal called over, " so its Jay birthday tomorrow, I thought we should have a little party tonight." she held up two bottles of liquor with a huge grin.

"Mal, where did you get those?" she asked.

Mal gave her friend and impish smile "Audrey actually."

/

Mal checked the clock on her phone. "12:01am" it glowed up.

"Lets get this party started." she winked at Evie before opening the door to the boys room.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" they shouted at Jay, along with Lonnie, Audrey, Jane, Doug, Aziz, and Ben.

Jay sat up sleepily and looked at the group before smiling. He hadn't yet been asleep anyway so he didn't mind too much. He happily took a cup from Ben as Aziz put on some music and Mal cast a charm on the room so that no one out of the room could hear them.

"Comeon C" Mal said hopping onto his bed and passing him a cup as well. The smaller boy glared at her, he had been sound asleep and was not happy about the current situation as he took the cup thrust into his hand.

It had been ages since Mal had been to a party, as far as she could tell it wasn't much of a thing in Auradon, other than the tourney team victory parties, which was different because there was adult supervision. Of course, Mal realized, she really hadn't made any friends here yet either, there was the one time she and Ben hung out, and now Audrey but most of her time she spent in class and with the other VKs. Mal realized how little she had really gotten to know people in Auradon. Carlos and Jane were almost inseparable although she didn't see anything romantic between them yet, they were just like best friends. Evie and Doug had disappeared together somewhere around 2am, she didn't think they'd be coming back to the party. Jay had seemed to make the most friends so far, there was Lonnie and Aziz of course, and the entire tourney team liked him, and almost every girl in the school. Mal just didn't quite know how to make friends though, she was ok as a bit of an outlier, but still it made for a slightly boring social life if you didn't know about anything fun going on.

Mal sat down on the window and took a few puffs of the joint Ben had brought, "so how much trouble would we all be in if they found us?" she asked.

Ben chuckled, "first, we won't get caught. Second, I'm here, there are certain benefits to being crown prince." he was quite confident in his answer, "but just the same its almost 4am, and we DO have class tomorrow." He and Mal looked around the room. As she suspected Doug and Evie never returned. Jane had left to go to bed hours ago. Jay, Aziz, Lonnie, and Audrey were still talking but they all looked tired. And poor Carlos looked a bit sick and like he just wanted to go to sleep.

"Ok, lets get a few hours of sleep before we have to get up." she announced. Aziz, Lonnie, Audrey, and Ben all left and she curled up in her normal spot with Jay. She didn't want to chance walking in on Evie and Doug.

/

Carlos groaned as he slowly opened his eyes; he hated parties. The last one he had gone to , the one Mal made him throw at Hell Hall, had resulted in being locked in his room/closet for a week. Nothing good ever came from Carlos going to a party. The room was a mess, his head pounded, and an annoying bird at the window chirped happily. With a large yawn the boy rolled over and looked at the clock.

'9:45' it read "Shit" Carlos sprung up, first period was almost over, he threw on his clothes and brushed his teeth and raced out of the room. He ran right to his dreaded second period class walking in a few seconds after the bell rang.

"You're late Mr. De Vil." Willerstein said, Carlos noted that he hadn't commented on Chaz Charming being late and he had walked in right behind Carlos. Carlos' head swam from the after effects of last night's celebration and he struggled to stay awake, let alone pay attention.

"Mr. De Vil…" Carlos ignored the buzzing voice in his head.

"Mr. De Vil…" the voice was a bit louder and then Carlos felt a kick which jarred him in to the present he looked up to see Willerstein glaring down at him "stay after class, Mr. De Vil,we have a few things we need to… discuss."

Fear flashed in Carlos' eyes before he was able to hide it behind his callous mask. "Yes, sir." he answered sounding a lot braver than he felt. Every time he was made to stay after class with Willerstein it had only resulted in a sore bum. He waited in his seat as the class filtered out of the room at the end of the period and then made his way up to the front of the classroom. Willerstein grabbed the boys chin and forced his face up. Carlos made eye contact for a moment before dropping his gaze.

"You're drunk." the man said matter of factly.

"No, sir."

"Hung over then."

Carlos didn't try to argue, his head hurt too much to try. "Right then, late for class, sleeping in class, and hung over… someone's going to be a sorry boy indeed. Over you go." Willerstein pushed Carlos towards the desk. Carlos knew there was no use in fighting it, Willerstein had already proved himself stronger so Carlos bent over the desk and resigned himself to the fact that he wouldn't be sitting comfortably for at least the rest of the day.

It didn't take long but it was still by far the worst punishment Willerstein had ever delivered in his tenure and it took Carlos a good while to slow his sobs enough to push himself off the desk when it was over. Amazingly Willerstein was patient and didn't rush the boy out of his classroom and even handed him some tissue, which was probably the nicest thing he'd done in months. He also handed the boy a late pass for his next class but Carlos knew he wouldn't be using it. There was no way he would be walking into math class halfway through with a tear streaked face and a sore bottom, he gingerly made it back to his dorm where he flopped onto the bed went to sleep. He woke up several hours later only to realize he had also slept through lunch, programing, and biology had already started. He showered and dressed, he still could make it to Goodness Class. The last thing he wanted was Fairy Godmother on his case about classes.

/

The VKs left goodness class chatting away about their new "families" but all four froze as soon as they passed through the doorway. Standing there with her arms crossed and a look that could make Maleficent wither was Anita. Carlos swallowed and tried not to panic. It was more than clear she wanted to talk to him and that she was not pleased.

"Good luck bro." Jay whispered and gave the smaller boy a reassuring pat before walking off to get ready for tourney. Evie gave his hand a squeeze before heading off with Mal.

"Lets go to my office to talk." Anita said when the others were a little further away. Carlos wasn't sure if he liked that idea, but then again he didn't really want to be berated in the hall either, so he followed the woman to her office which was only a few doors down. "Sit" she indicated to a chair in front of her desk. Carlos thought he'd rather not but didn't think disobeying would be a good idea at the moment, so he cautiously took a seat trying not to wince as he did so. Anita didn't seem to notice.

"Ms. Daisy sent me a note this morning. Any idea what it might have been about?" Anita said as she leaned against her desk and looked down at the boy who had found the outdated shag carpet fascinating. He didn't answer.

"I see… I've also gotten messages from Mrs. Cartesian, Mr. Data, and Mr. Boyle that you've missed all of their classes today." Carlos maintained his interest in the rug. "Carlos, look at me." Anita ordered.

The boy looked up at met her gaze briefly before dropping his eyes again. "Well? Why weren't you in class?"

Carlos shrugged.

"Carlos…" she said warningly but the boy didn't respond. For a kid raised on the isle he was an awful liar and any excuse he gave would quickly be unraveled, and he was not about to throw everyone else under the bus to save his hide, snitching on the isle was a sure fire way to end up dead.

Anita knew skipping class was not typical for Carlos, the kid loved learning, Anita was hoping for some sort of explanation, she studied the boy in front of her wondering if he might be ill, or just trying to avoid further incrimination.

"Are you feeling alright?"

Carlos nodded and Anita raised an eyebrow. "Verbal answer please."

"I'm fine." he mumbled out, and it was true, after his long nap the hangover was gone and he felt better, except for the loud grumble in his stomach from missing both breakfast and lunch today.

"Did you eat today?"

"No, ma'am"

Anita pinched the bridge of her nose and took a breath. "After dinner tonight you're to go directly to your room, you're grounded for the rest of the week, Mrs. Potts will bring you breakfast and dinner, you may eat lunch with your friends in the cafeteria…"
"That's not fair! You can't do that." Carlos shouted.

"I'm your guardian and a teacher here, I most certainly can." Anita retorted, she noticed the boy was about to argue again "One more word and you'll be coming home with me for the weekend."

Carlos glared at her, he liked their home, and it was nice going there for the school break, but he didn't want to be dragged there as a punishment while all his friends stayed at school.

"Now, unless you'd like to explain yourself, you may go to dinner, and I will know if you do not go directly to your room after." Anita said, her voice sounded tired, and it was only Monday.

Carlos stormed out of the room. 'Worst. Day. Ever.' He thought as he found his friends in the cafeteria.

"What was that all about?" Mal asked when Carlos carefully sat down.

"Nothing."

The purple haired girl looked at him and her eyes flashed green making Carlos squirm and finally relent. "I'm grounded."
Evie, Mal, and Jay looked at him incredulously.

"Why?" Evie whispered.

"Cause you three decided to have a party in my room all night and I couldn't sleep, so I missed first period, and then fell asleep in Willersteins class and got my ass handed to me, and then I was too sore and tired to go to the others, so now I'm in trouble for skipping." he hissed at his friends, while trying to blink back tears. He grabbed his apple from his tray and left as Mal, Evie, and Jay looked at each other guiltily, they all knew this was their fault.

"We really screwed up this time guys." Evie whispered. Mal and Jay nodded in agreement, suddenly none of them were hungry for their dinner.

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