Chapter 2: Arrivals, Title Challenges & Roommates

The seven were greeted by Prince Ben, the one who had invited them to Auradon and his girlfriend, Princess Audrey, daughter of Princess Aurora, aka Sleeping Beauty, and Prince Phillip. To make a long story short, Audrey was Mal's mortal enemy.

Then Evie claimed when she was a princess—Audrey shot that claim down immediately. "The Evil Queen's rule isn't recognized as legitimate," Audrey sneered.

"Well, Evie might not be a princess through her mother, but she is still princess of Tartarus," Diana countered.

Audrey rolled her eyes. "And I'm still princess of the Amazons," Diana pressed.

"Uh, no, you're not," Audrey haughtily replied. "Apparently, you never got the memo. When you were sent to the Isle of the Lost, you were stripped of your title, halfblood filth."

Diana paled, as a pained look darted across her face. Hadie growled angrily behind her. She held out her arm to stop him. Jason grabbed her hand automatically.

The group was soon rescued by five others: Doug Dwarfson, Tom Tresser, Bruce Wayne, two foreign exchange students attending Auradon Prep, and two cousins—Pythia and Donna. Donna blinked when she saw Diana. "Di?" Donna asked.

Pythia remained silent, blinking in shock at the sight of her younger cousin.

"Should I know you?" Diana asked, initially confused by Donna's instant recognition of her.

Donna frowned. "Diana, I was one of your best friends on Themyscira, until you were taken away," Donna replied. "My mom, your Aunt Menalippe, and I used to come and visit every so often and Mom and Aunt Polly would just let the two of us play together along with Pythia, here, Aunt Antiope's daughter, for hours while they talked business."

Diana closed her eyes, remembering. "Cousin Donna?!" Diana gasped, as her eyes flew open. "You've certainly grown."

Donna grinned. "So have you," Donna teased.

Diana frowned. "Didn't I pretend to be you once and Aunt Menalippe didn't find out until after we returned to the palace because she forgot to tell my mother something when I jumped into my mother's arms yelling Mommy at the top of my lungs?" Diana laughed.

"Yeah, Mom and Aunt Polly were both absolutely furious with us," Donna replied. "Aunt Antiope was pretty mad too. So was General Phillippus—I thought she was going to ground you for eternity after that."

"I don't think either of us could sit for a month after that," Diana smirked at Donna.

Donna rolled her eyes.

Diana shifted Reya gently, chuckling slightly at the memory. Reya yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"Oh, who is the baby?" Donna bent to get a closer look.

"My youngest daughter, Hadley," Diana replied evenly. "We, her family, call her Reya—our little Reya hope."

"She's awfully small, when was she born?" Donna admitted, a hint of worry in her tone.

"Three months ago, her small size is probably because all we get on the isle is the unwanted trash from Auradon," Diana replied coldly, shooting a glare at Doug.

Tom felt his heart break for the young mother. Like Diana, Donna, Jason, and Pythia, Tom was also a senior at Auradon Prep. Bruce moved toward Diana, freezing up, abruptly.

There was no one on the Isle of the Lost who hated the Auradonians more than Diana. Because of them, she had been taken from her mothers and stripped of her royal title, as well as her place in the line of succession for the Amazon throne, otherwise known as the throne of Themyscira.

Donna frowned. "Here's a map, and I'll take Diana, Mal, and Evie to your rooms, Mal, you and Evie are rooming together, Diana, you and Reya are with me," Donna changed the subject.

Diana, Evie, and Mal's younger brother, Hadie, ended up rooming with one of Hades's many great-nephews, their second cousin, Herkie. Jay and Carlos were roommates. Jason was staying with Tom.