Author's Note: I don't own anything other than my original characters
"Eves, it's really not that hard." eleven year old Lefi said, looking at her best friend.
"That's easy for you to say." Evie replied. Lefi chuckled as Evie sat down in defeat. "Why do I need to learn how to fight?"
"We don't live in Auradon; we need to know how to protect ourselves." the blonde explained, sitting down next to her best friend. Evie sighed. "We can take a break, if you want."
"Thanks." Evie said. Lefi nodded. "I doubt I'm ever going to use these skills, you know. Hardly anybody ever comes out here."
"Maybe, but if you do, you're going to thank me." Lefi replied. Evie chuckled.
Three weeks had passed since the incident with Heather occurred. Since that day, Heather had seemingly been avoiding the group. It had gotten to the point that Evie, Lefi, Mal, Carlos, and Jay were starting to think that Heather wasn't going to retaliate.
One day after class, Evie walked into the room she shared with Mal, smiling when she saw a note on the table with her name on it. Picking it up, she opened it.
E –
Meet me on the roof at 5:00 for a date.
– L
Checking her watch, Evie realized it was almost five o'clock and quickly checked her makeup before rushing out of the room. Making her way up to the roof, she looked around for her girlfriend only to find Heather waiting for her. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I see you got my note." the redhead replied. Evie frowned. "This was too easy."
"You left that note?" Heather nodded and Evie could not believe that she didn't realize that it wasn't her girlfriend's handwriting. "What do you want, Heather?"
"I want revenge. I tried getting it with Lefi, but that didn't work. I realized that I needed a more direct approach." Heather said. At the mention of her girlfriend's name, Evie's eyes narrowed.
"I need to know... Did you ever care about her?" she asked. Heather let out a snort.
"Of course not. She was merely a pawn in my plan. I knew she was Mal's sister and I heard that you two were close. After the incident, I wanted revenge. I knew that you two would hate it if I was dating her, but I was mostly focused on you. I know that reading my journal in front of the entire Isle was your idea. When I got to Auradon and found out that you were dating her, it was even better. I wasn't going to steal your best friend; I was going to steal your girlfriend." Evie narrowed her eyes even more as the redhead stepped into her space. "It would have worked if you hadn't walked in."
"She was never going to kiss you." the blue-haired girl hissed. Heather laughed lowly.
"Is that what she told you?" she asked. Evie rolled her eyes.
"She doesn't have to. I know my girlfriend." she replied.
"You didn't seem too sure of her when you stormed out of the room." Heather pointed out as she took a step back and began circling Evie.
"I was caught off-guard." the blue-haired girl said, clenching her jaw. Heather smirked.
"A couple of weeks ago, I realized that using your pathetic girlfriend and your useless friends was not the way to go. I needed to get to you directly." Hearing the girl insult her girlfriend and her friends, something in Evie snapped and she lunged at Heather. The redhead took a step out of her reach, laughing. "You should watch your temper, Evie."
"You should watch your mouth." Evie hissed, lunging again. This time, she made contact and punched the girl. She was surprised by the fact that she was reacting with violence; she was usually even-tempered. She realized that it was the comments that were made about Lefi and her friends that set her off. Remembering the comments, she got angry again and continued to fight as Heather threw a punch. Dodging the punch, Evie quickly countered by grabbing Heather's arms. As they struggled, the blue-haired girl narrowed her eyes. "You know, using Lefi is the dumbest thing that you will ever do in your life. She's the best thing that's ever happened to me. You were really stupid to take advantage of her." Heather chuckled lowly.
"I'm sure I'll get the chance to actually date her when you're gone." The comment, which Evie had not been expecting, caused her to falter and give up dominance. The change in momentum allowed Heather to get out of her grip. After a few seconds, Evie quickly got angry again. When Heather attempted to push her over the edge, she was ready.
"You will never know what it's like to actually date Lefi, because I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to be with her until the day that I die." Evie said, pushing back with just as much force. A smirk on her face, Heather leaned in.
"What do you think you're doing up here?" she asked.
…
Meanwhile, Ben and Mal were walking back to her dorm room from dinner. "Where's Evie?" Ben asked, noticing the room was empty. Mal shrugged, only to have something catch her eye. Grabbing the note that was on the table, she shook her head as she read.
"No, no, no. This is not good." she whispered.
"What?" Reading the note, Ben raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong with that?" he asked.
"Lef is looking for Evie right now." Mal replied.
"That's not good." The pair quickly rushed out of the room, practically knocking over Jay and Carlos as they did. "Where's Lefi?" Ben asked.
"What?" Jay asked, confused.
"Where's my sister?" Mal exclaimed. Just then, Lefi appeared.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked. The purple-haired girl shoved the note in her face. "That's Heather's handwriting."
"We have to get to the roof right now." Ben said, running in the correct direction with the others quickly following him. Lefi and Mal ran ahead of the trio, sprinting toward the door that gave access to the roof.
When the pair crashed through the door to the roof, they saw Heather standing over the edge with an evil grin on her face. Lefi chanced a quick glance around the roof, noticing that her girlfriend was nowhere to be found. "Evie!" she yelled.
"Help!" Realizing why Heather was standing over the roof, Mal and Lefi immediately ran over. Motioning for Mal to help Evie, Lefi tackled the redhead.
"Lef, she's slipping!" Mal yelled. The comment distracted her, allowing Heather to push her off. Before Lefi could respond, the girl had already run over to her sister, managing to overpower her and tossing her on top of the blonde. Smirking at the pair, Heather stepped onto the edge, quickly slamming the heel of her boot down on Evie's hand.
At her girlfriend's anguished screams, Lefi all but threw her sister off of her and ran toward the redhead. Before she could get there, Jay - who finally arrived - was pulling her off of the edge. However, the action - in addition to the pain caused by Heather's shoe - caused Evie to lose her grip.
"Lef!" Just as Evie's hand slipped of the edge, she felt a familiar hand grab onto her wrist. Looking up, she saw her girlfriend's terrified expression.
"I've got you, Eves." she whispered. Despite the fact that she was hanging from the edge of a roof, Evie couldn't help but feel completely safe. "Guys, help me out." When Mal, Ben, and Carlos ran over, the four pulled the girl back onto the roof. "You really didn't recognize that it wasn't my handwriting?" Evie let out a humorless laugh as she stood up. "Are you okay?"
"My hand hurts." Evie admitted.
"Understandable." Lefi replied. Evie nodded. "I want you to go to the infirmary."
"Lef-"
"It's not a suggestion, Evie." the blonde said. Seeing the look on her girlfriend's face, Evie nodded in agreement. After a few moments of what the blue-haired girl could only assume was Lefi studying her, the blonde was flinging herself to her girlfriend's arms. "I don't think I've ever been that scared."
"I'm okay." Evie whispered, pulling away slowly. Lefi closed her eyes.
"Eves, I am so sorry. If I'd just confronted her like you originally suggested, none of this would have happened." she said. Cradling her hand close to her body, Evie cupped her girlfriend's cheek with her good hand.
"You could not be more wrong, my gorgeous girl." she whispered. Lefi frowned in confusion. "Our confrontation would have ended up in a fight."
"What makes you say that?" Lefi asked.
"Because the things she was saying about you set me off. Nobody talks about the girl I love like that." Evie replied. Lefi smiled softly, kissing her girlfriend. She started to pull her close, only to jump back when Evie let out a cry of pain.
"What happened?"
"You hit my hand." the taller girl explained. Lefi nodded quickly.
"Let's get you to the infirmary." Just then, Fairy Godmother and Jane appeared. "That's not good."
"What is going on here?" the woman demanded, looking around. Lefi sighed.
"Fairy Godmother, I will answer any question you have, but I need to take Evie to the infirmary." she said. Fairy Godmother looked at Evie for a second before turning back to the girl.
"Jane can take her. I want to talk to the rest of you before you go anywhere." The blonde shook her head.
"I need to go with Evie, I need to make sure she's okay." she argued. Realizing that Lefi wasn't going to win this argument, Evie turned to her girlfriend.
"Come to the infirmary when you're done. I'll be okay for a few minutes." she whispered. Staring at her girlfriend for a moment, Lefi sighed in defeat.
"Okay. I'll be there as soon as I can." Lefi promised. Evie nodded, pressing a kiss to her cheek before following Jane through the door.
"So… my sister has a problem with us hanging out." Mal commented as she and and Evie left school. The taller girl nodded.
"Yeah, I know. She says she doesn't mind, but it's obvious she does." she said. Mal looked over.
"Why does it bother her?" she asked. Evie shrugged and Mal raised an eyebrow. "Just how close are you guys?" The blue-haired girl bit her lip as they walked; she wanted to tell her friend about the relationship she had with Lefi, but she wasn't sure if the blonde wanted her sister to know.
"Pretty close. We've been best friends since the day we met." Evie explained. Mal nodded, accepting the answer. "She'll come around, though. She just needs time."