Uma hated to admit it, but she had become friends with Lonnie. Yes, the girl was a royal, but she wasn't a stuck up prissy one like Audrey. After the first duel, they had become sparring partners, and they learned a lot from each other. There is only so much you can do to improve your skills by sparring with the same people over and over again you whole life. Lonnie provided Uma a new challenge and she was not going to say no anytime soon.

The first duel the pair had against each other had been eye opening. Uma realized how sloppy some of her footwork and some of her skills really were, but she was unpredictable. Lonnie's movements were almost choreographed to the point where Uma could tell where Lonnie was going to strike next. They started to share different techniques and critiques on their fights, and both found it harder and harder to beat the other.

From that day on, Lonnie had Uma's back and would make it clear they were good for each other in that way. Most of the princesses didn't understand Lonnie's love for fighting, and most of their peers blatantly ignored Uma.

Gil and Harry wouldn't let Uma live down the day she came back with a sharp slice on her cheek where Lonnie managed to get her in a fight. Uma hadn't allowed herself to get even the slightest of injuries in a swordfight in years, and the fact an Aradonian Princess had been the cause was almost too much for them to bare. Uma threw them overboard while they were half asleep one night in retaliation.

Lonnie had decided they would be friends outside the dueling club, and Uma wasn't given a choice in the matter. Lonnie had begun to drag Uma with her to different afterschool activities and hangouts with her other friends. Social situations that didn't deal with harming other people, or plotting to harm others, or figuring out how they were going to survive to next week wasn't something Uma was used to. She was attempting for Gil's sake, and for the sake of her reluctant friend Lonnie. Uma knew she would be important to Gil in his upcoming crusade and after as well. She needed to learn so she could be presented in front of a royal court if the need ever arose.

This was precisely how she found herself after classes every day since Evie's confession in Evie's dorm. Evie was teaching Lonnie, Eugenia and Georgia how to sew. Uma was only there to focus on her homework. Nothing got done on the ship with whining children. She loved her crew, but she could only put up with them for so long when they were docked.

Evie was acting fidgety today, and it didn't escape Uma's notice. There were only a few more days until Evie would be leaving Auradon with her daughter and her loser of a fiancé. If Uma was correct, Evie wanted to use Lonnie and Eugenia to help get the pair off the Isle and out of the country.

"I know I've said this before, but I find it so refreshing we are hand making all these gowns," Lonnie sighed. "So many girls want the best designers and they never even stop to think of making their own."

Lonnie was making her own ball gown for the coronation, as was Eugenia. Uma had put her foot down before they could even try to talk her into making her own. Uma was a pirate, not a seamstress, or a princess trying to feel like a commoner.

"On the Isle, we either scrounge for rags, or make our own clothes," Evie said. "There are a few seamstresses, but they always want something in return."

"It's why I only have three outfits. I went almost a month without food to pay the Master Tailor on the Isle," Uma replied.

"If I were becoming Queen instead of Ben, I would abolish the Isle entirely," Lonnie stated. She had wanted to be chosen for the slot instead of Ben, but the council makes the final decision, and Ben really wanted to be king. "His father will be using him as a figurehead, and I'm not even sure if Ben is aware of how easily he falls under Beast's charm.

"It makes me glad I don't live under Auradon's ridiculous laws. I will be Queen someday. After my grandparents pass. I love my mother and father with all my heart, but they are not suited for the throne."

"My mother was never suited for the throne. She was a vicious ruler," Evie piped in. "She never had an ounce of kindness in her heart while she was in power. It went to her head. Power and beauty. Mom's a bit nicer, now. I believe it was Gil's mother and myself coming into her life that made her realize power isn't everything, and beauty doesn't matter as long as her daughter is the prettiest in the room."

Evie looked down. Uma remembered Gil mentioning that the Evil Queen hadn't found Evie beautiful after she had her daughter. It must hurt her beyond imagine.

"Eugenia, Lonnie, can I trust you guys with something?" Evie asked.

Eugenia looked up from the bodice she was stitching lace onto. "Of course. You can trust both of us."

"Did you even have to ask?" Lonnie replied. Evie felt her head drop, and Uma could empathize with her. Yes, they did need to ask. Some of the people you may have trusted could turn on you in a moment if it helped them in any way. Uma trusted Evie because her prince trusted her. Uma hoped Evie thought the same of her. Uma wasn't sure how Georgia figured into this trust, but she assumed it had something to do with family relations. Evie was connected to Gil and Maverick, both of Georgia's brothers, and she wondered if Evie trusted them because of it.

Evie was getting ready to leave for good. She was putting the finishing touches on the final dresses as they were hanging in Evie's dorm. These were the final days, and Evie didn't want any secrets left untold.

Georgia made eye contact with Evie, and she knew something was up. Evie sighed and got up. She pulled loose a floorboard and removed a few things. She handed a makeshift photo album to Lonnie and Eugenia, and a vial to Georgia. The girl didn't need to see the pictures, she had lived them, but Georgia LeGume knew for a fact the vial in her hand had been destroyed, either by Evie or her mother.

"Evie, are you?" Georgia gasped.

"Yes," she said, her voice was laced with guilt. "Ritchie's." Evie answered before Georgia could ask.

Lonnie flipped through the photobook. The first was of a younger Evie and a boy who shared many similar features to Gil and Georgia. The boy had an arm wrapped around Evie and a bloody cut on his face. The next was of the pair in a dirty room, and Lonnie's eyes went wide as she looked closer. Evie was disheveled and messy, but both she and the boy were smiling, and staring at a tiny, bloody baby in their arms. The other two were of the boy and the baby girl.

"Her name is Evangeline. The boy is my fiancé, Maverick LeGume. Evangeline turns two in a little less than a months.

"You have a daughter?" Eugenia asked, and looked up at the blue haired girl. From what Eugenia had gathered, Evie was around seventeen. This girl had a two year old child?

"How?" Lonnie spluttered.

"How old was I? How did I let this happen? I was barely fifteen when she was born. Maverick is a bit younger than me."

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Georgia demanded, then she turned on Uma. "Did you know? Does Maverick know?"

Uma shrugged. "Of course I knew. Evie told Gil first."

"Know what?" Lonnie asked.

Evie took a deep breath. "I'm leaving Auradon. Gil got me official citizenship in Arendelle, and I leave for Corona in a few days, then Arendelle."

"What? Why are you leaving?" Lonnie exclaimed.

"It's a long story," Evie said. "I need your help, Lonnie. You can drive, and you can get the remote to the barrier. I need to get my family off so I can take them with me. Will you help me please?"

Lonnie was shell-shocked. She couldn't respond, and she was struggling to process all of this.

"Why are you running?"

"Princess is three months pregnant, again," Georgia seethed. "What the fuck were you two thinking?"

"It was an accident," Evie shot back. "Mal cannot know. Nor can anyone in Auradon. Teen pregnancy is a taboo, if you hadn't noticed. We go to school with a bunch of nobles and royals. If they found out, I would be out casted. If they find out this isn't my first child, I can forget about getting a job, let alone finishing my education."

Lonnie couldn't reply, because she had no answer. She couldn't keep her friend here. Eugenia clearly knew some of this, but she still looked taken by finding out Evie was pregnant. Auradon was not a friend to outsiders, or people who didn't fit into their specific expectations. Lonnie didn't blame Evie for wanting to get out of Auradon.

"Have you told Ritchie?" Georgia repeated.

"No. I can't easily get a letter to him, and he is terrified of Aunt Snow, as are most of your siblings," Evie said. "I couldn't get a letter to him if I tried."

"Hold it!" Lonnie exclaimed. Her brain finally caught on to what was happening. "Evie, you're pregnant?" Evie couldn't meet her gaze. It was answer enough.

"Lonnie, will you help or not?" Uma demanded. "I could very well steal the car, but I can't drive, and no one else on the Isle can, either."

"Fine. I will help you guys. I don't want Evie to leave, but I understand," Lonnie said. She turned on Evie so quickly, you would have thought she was lightning. "I expect you to visit me in China when I go back."

"As long as you remember to visit me in Arendelle," Evie smiled.

Gil coordinated with Lonnie, Margaret and Harry on the retrieval mission. He knew the ins and outs of what they would be doing in, and everything that could go wrong. It would be taking place a dawn, and it would go smoothly, there was no question about it.

Evie had packed her bags the night before, and put them in the car before she went to bed. Mal had no clue what was going on. Evie had to leave things behind. Mal couldn't be tipped off she left the country before it happened. Eugenia would be sneaking in and grabbing whatever she left behind in a few weeks. Gil had forbidden Evie from going, and had proclaimed it loudly in front of Harry and Lonnie. They had understood Evie was in no state to go and get her family. She was in too much danger going back with her current health. Evie probably wouldn't survive another pregnancy on the Isle.

Gil would be leaving Evie on the ship under the careful watch of Uma and Georgia. Harry would be playing messenger, and would be meeting with Elsa while Gil retrieved Maverick and Evangeline.

"Get back safely," Margaret hissed to Gil and Harry as the pair got out of the car. Lonnie had already closed to barrier, and trapped them all in. They couldn't let anyone slip through without their knowledge.

"We will," Gil said. He kissed Harry on the cheek, and both took off running.

Gil hoped Maverick and Evangeline were home. He wanted to avoid his father and the rest of his siblings if possible. He pulled his cloak tightly around him, and lowered his hood as far on his head as he could, and he weaved around as many people in the streets as he could. Every person on the Isle looked suspicious at all times, Gil wouldn't attract any attention to himself at all.

He reached his father's house in record time. He hated he even had to do this. It could ruin all of his plans if he got stuck here. He could not afford for anything to go wrong. Gil loved Evie, but he hated how this situation was risking the plans he had been making for years. He was so close to his victory.

The coronation was coming up quickly, and they had to succeed. Harry was hand delivering messages to Gil's mother so the final stages could move forward on the Isle. Gil was grateful they could take this opportunity to finalize plans, but it was a major risk.

God, he was over thinking this. Gil needed his brain to shut up, and he needed to find his brother and his niece.

He slipped into his father's hovel, and maneuvered around some of his younger siblings, dead to the world on the living room floor. Gil was lucky he had a bed at his mother's house when he was younger. He had to share at his father's or he slept on the ground like his siblings he was carefully stepping around. Nothing had changed here. It was still extremely dirty, and weapons were laying around hap hazardously as they always were. He barely blinked at his father, who was passed out drunk on the table, again.

Maverick was asleep in the bedroom with Evangeline next to him, and a few of their little sisters on the bed around them. Gil quietly made his way over, and shook his brother.

"Ritchie, get up," he whispered. Maverick caught Gil's wrist and his eyes were wide open.

"Gil?" Maverick hissed.

"Quietly and hurry. I'm getting you off the Isle," Gil said. "Grab some clothes for yourself and Evangeline. We need to hurry."

Ritchie didn't waste time and handed his sleeping daughter to Gil. He grabbed a bag and shoved some clothes into it. Gil made himself useful and found Evangeline's cloak. Gil woke her up gently. She looked at him blearily. Gil raised a finger to his lips, motioning for her to be quiet. She nodded and Gil wrapped the cloak around her, lifted the hood over her eyes.

"Are you ready?"

"Let's go," Ritchie said.

They all carefully left Gaston's hovel, and ran once the door closed behind them. They were nearly at the barrier when Maverick stopped Gil in his tracks.

"What is happening?" he demanded. "Why are you getting us now?"

"I can't tell you hear, and you better hear from Evie rather than me," Gil said. He continued to walk. Maverick rushed after him, dragging his daughter behind him. "We need to move. With any luck, Harry's already back at the car."

"What happened to Evie?" Now Maverick was freaked out.

"Nothing bad. She's fleeing the country, and wouldn't leave without the two of you."

"Nothing bad? Then you say she's fleeing the country? Gil, what the hell is happening?" Maverick exclaimed. They had reached the car.

"Think of it this way, the entire Isle is going to be extradited soon, you are just being taken off sooner. Okay?" Maverick was frustrated, but he continued to move.

They arrived at the car, and Maverick came face to face with Harry Hook and two girls he had never seen before.

"Took you long enough," one of the girls said.

"Not now, Margaret," Gil said. "Lonnie start the car."

Gil ushered both Maverick and Evangeline into the car. They were off to Auradon, and Maverick couldn't believe it.

"Mommy!" the toddler cried, and ran to the blue haired girl. Maverick was not far behind her.

"Evangeline!" Evie exclaimed, and she picked her daughter up and held her tightly. Ritchie hugged both his girls and kissed Evie. Lonnie made sure everything was in the car, and tried not to intrude on the family's reunion. Evie mouthed a thank you to Gil and Lonnie for making it happen. Evie promised to write to everyone, and to do what she could to help in Arendelle for their mission. She planned to open her shop in the following weeks, and would be starting her life.

Gil watched as the car drove off in the dawn of the day. Evie was off starting her new life. She would no longer be branded as the child of a villain, she could be her own person. He was happy for his sister and his brother but he couldn't help but feel envious of them. They were going to thrive, and for now, Gil was still trapped and labeled. Hopefully it wouldn't be for too much longer.