Family Day

'Be our guest. Be our guest. Be our guest!'

The Auradon kids finished their traditional song to introduce Family Day. Dizzy clapped giddily and cheered for her older friends. She had officially been an Auradonian for six months and the other four VKs were celebrating their full year in Auradon. By now, there were several other Isle kids slowly finding themselves to a better home. Some had drifted more towards Elsa's kingdom further away, but many chose to remain at Auradon Prep. Dizzy smiled at the growing integration of villain kids within the heroes. She spotted many chatting away to themselves or introducing one another to the heroes. Things were finally getting better for the kingdom.

Dizzy walked casually throughout the garden, smiling happily at those who greeted her whilst munching away at the apricots she grew to adore. She giggled as she played with her newly curled hair that Evie had helped her with - she truly felt like a princess now. But as cheerful as she always was, Dizzy did feel a sense of longing. Over the past year, the original VKs seemed to have integrated themselves within different families of Auradon. Mal had, of course, been almost instantly taken in by King Ben's family after the coronation. Belle already treated her like a daughter and Adam was slowly growing less awkward and stiff towards all the VKs. Doug introduced Evie to his incredibly large family. An event in which Dizzy had never seen her older sister so nervous and it took hours to calm her down and fix her hair. But, after the anxiety-filled introductions, the dwarves had quickly grown to love Evie's sweet and mothering nature. Even Snow White immediately decided she loved her stepsister, regardless of her mother, and the two bonded over their love of fashion and, ironically, apples.

Surprisingly, Jay had found himself a best friend in Aziz, son of Aladdin. Though he was very cautious in meeting the enemy of his father, the ex thief found that he had more in common with the former street rat than he ever had with Jafar. Meanwhile, Carlos had taken it upon himself to find Roger and Anita Radcliffe and finally apologize for the actions of his mother. And, after seeing Carlos's nervousness and observing his sweet nature with their newest puppies, they were quick to take him under their wing and he was officially helping care for the dogs in their shelter in town.

She never told any of her surrogate older siblings, but Dizzy definitely felt a sense of jealousy. She's been trying to pluck the courage to meet her real step-family, but Evie rarely let her out of her sight and she knew the older girl was nervous about her younger sister meeting her Auradon relatives. After last year's Family Day and the calamity that was Mal encountering Audrey's family, Evie didn't want Dizzy anywhere near the potential backlash from her meeting the Charmings. Though she was now fairly close with Chad Charming, regardless of the trainwreck that was their first meeting, she agreed with Evie's concerns and couldn't bring herself to introduce herself on her own.

Lost in her own thoughts, Dizzy didn't realize her wandering had lead her to walking along the shore of the pond in the castle's garden - which, of course, did not end well, for it wasn't long before she slipped on the damp stones. She braced herself, though the impact of the water never came. Instead, she found herself being lifted up and sat down on a very blond person's shoulders.

"You're rather clumsy aren't you, princess," Chad Charming teased, pretending to sound haughty, as he held onto the blushing girl's ankles, "But, of course, a prince must always catch the damsel in distress."

Dizzy giggled then scoffed jokingly, "Oh please, I can save myself! And maybe one day I can be the one to save my prince. Just like Mal."

Chad rolled his eyes but smiled softly at the young girl's words. She was probably ten times braver than he was, not that he'd ever admit it, of course. "Whatever you say, princess. Anyway, I have someone I want you to meet. They've wanted to see you since they heard you were coming to Auradon."

"Oh who is it?" Dizzy asked excitedly as she began braiding Chad's hair, "Do I know them from any of the stories you've all told me? Are they more royalty? Do you think they'll like me?"

Chad laughed, lifted her up once again and set her down in front of him so she was facing him, her huffing as her braids went undone, "I have a pretty good feeling that they'll like you."

"Is this her, Chad? She's precious!" Dizzy heard a gentle voice say from behind her. It had her frozen. She knew this voice. She didn't know how, but something about it felt like she should know it.

"Dizzy," Chad began, turning the tense girl around, "This is my mother, and your step-aunt, Cinderella."

The woman in front of her was beautiful, of course. Her hair was braided elegantly and she was wearing a simple but graceful blue dress. A man in a white suit was standing behind her - Henri Charming, Dizzy realized, Chad's father. Both adults had warm smiles and kind eyes. Friendly as their demeures seemed, Dizzy couldn't help but feel knots in her stomach. This was the woman who her own mother and grandmother tortured growing up, similarly to how she herself had been forced to live. How could they possibly smile at her like that?

"I-I'm so sorry!" Dizzy finally blurted out after a few seconds of silence, refusing to meet the family's eyes again as she played with her gloves and shifter her feet, "Please don't hate me. I-I'm so, so, so sorry for the way my m-mother treated you. I-I don't even know where she is now. O-Or my father. And g-granny always talked about how much she hated that you were gone so I had to do the sweeping and I never did it like you and she hated it and I-I'm so sorry for how you must've lived with them and-"

The little girl continued rambling her apologies, feeling tears well up in her eyes as she feared her Auradon family may actually hate her. Meanwhile, Cinderella, Prince Charming, and Chad exchanged worried looks over the girl's head. Chad finally managed to stop her rambles by placing his hands on her shoulders and shaking her slightly causing the girl to flinch slightly, "Breathe, lil' one. No one hates you."

Dizzy's head shot up as she looked back at Chad and then at his parents. "You're not mad at me?" She asked timidly.

"Oh, no my darling!" Cinderella cried, crouching so she was at eye level with tearful girl and holding both her hands in hers, "I could never blame you for the actions of our family. You've done nothing wrong, sweetie. Please don't be upset."

Henri nodded, as he placed a hand on his wife's shoulder and grinned at the girl, "We were quite excited to meet you, Lady Dizzy." He took one of her hands and kissed it, causing her to giggle shyly.

"I-I wanted to meet you too," Dizzy smiled nervously.

Cinderella smiled in response to the young girl as she started to cheer up. Holding onto her hand and beginning to walk with her family, she promptly began speaking animatedly to the multi colored haired girl, "Well then, now we have finally met, tell me more about yourself. How do you like Auradon Prep?"

"Oh I love it!" Dizzy squealed, her sadness immediately forgotten as she unconsciously grabbed Chad's hand and skipped as she walked, "The art room is the biggest room I've ever seen and there's so much food! They even let me get seconds and thirds and I don't even have to ask!"

Dizzy giggled, oblivious to the fact that the adults exchanged saddened looks. They didn't think a child should ever have to be so surprised by the amount of food she was allowed to eat.

"But," Dizzy began, wrinkling her nose, "sometimes the teachers get annoyed with me when I start sweeping any of the messes I've made. I think at first they thought it was okay, but now they won't let me do anything!" She sighed, exasperated, and shook her head, "I really don't mind sweeping. Or cleaning. And I'm pretty good at it! I've been doing it since I could walk."

To her surprise, Cinderella chuckled, "I was like that too when I first married Henri. His mother would scold me when I tried to help the maids sweep the kitchen after dinner."

Dizzy ducked her head to hide her blush. She had something in common with Cinderella. She could die right there and be content.

Suddenly, the blonde queen put both her hands on the young girl's shoulders and directed to her husband and son, "Boys, why don't you go get us some food. I want to talk to Dizzy privately, if she doesn't mind."

Dizzy shook her head profusely, not wanting to disagree with the queen. She looked up at Chad, her eyes betraying her nervousness. The prince smirked at her and ruffled her hair, his best means to be reassuring, and walked off with his father. Dizzy resisted the urge to stick her tongue out at him before she turned to her step aunt and smiled shyly. The queen, once again, took her step niece's hand, and led her to a nearby bench, allowing the child to sit beside her.

"May I braid your hair?" She asked, turning Dizzy around when she nodded and beginning to separate her streaked hair, "I'd like to formally apologize to you, Dizzy."

"Apologize," the young girl yelped in surprise, "for what?! It was my family who were so horrible to you!"

"Our family," Cinderella corrected softly, "and they were horrible to you as well. I should've known that. I apologize for not trying to help you get off that island sooner."

Before Dizzy could respond, the blonde quickly tied the braid and turned her around, pushing the girl's chin up so they were looking at each other in the eye. "I misjudged you, my sweet child, and for that I am truly sorry. I believed you were just as awful as my stepmother and stepsister so I did not fight for you to come to Auradon. But I was wrong. I saw you get scared when Chad tried to calm you down. I can only imagine what our family did to you. I'm so sorry, darling, I only wish I could have brought you to Auradon sooner."

Dizzy felt her eyes water at the woman's kind words. Never in her life had she felt motherly affection given to her. Hesitantly, she opened her arms and reached for a hug. Cinderella smiled widely, gathering the smaller girl in her arms and rubbing her back comfortingly.

"I know I just met you," she whispered, "But I already know you have a kind heart. You belong here, Dizzy. You belong with your family. Both your older siblings and myself and my husband. You belong with all of us, my dear."

Dizzy suddenly separated from the woman in shock. "You want me to be apart of your family?" She asked, trying to quell her excitement. As she spoke, Henri and Chad had made their way over to the two girls. Hearing her question, Henri grinned grandly and nudged his son, who merely smiled.

"My sweet girl, you're already apart of our family," Cinderella laughed and jumped up, standing in the middle of her husband and son. "Besides," she winked, "I've always wanted a daughter."

With that, in very typical Dizzy-fashion, a loud squeal was heard throughout the gardens of Auradon Prep, and the Charming family found themselves in the tightest embrace they could have ever experienced.

Hello, friends! I'm so incredibly sorry I haven't updated in so long. I've been on vacation and, to be honest, I did not think this story would get as much feedback as it's gotten. So thank you so much for that! I couldn't be more grateful!

I am most definitely writing a chapter where Dizzy and Chad meet. I already have the beginning of it written! I just had some inspiration with the relationship between Dizzy and Cinderella and I couldn't stop writing it. Please keep sending me requests! Thank you again, I love you all! xxx