Chapter 3:

Ben's POV

I followed Carlos to an abandoned Castle down the road. Hell what was I saying, everything on this Isle looked abandoned. I followed him up the stairs, heading towards the front door. I felt uneasy, but that could be due to the Gargoyles that were perched on little outcroppings. The castle itself looks familiar, with large spires shooting out of each corner, and plenty on windows. That's when it dawned on me.

"Carlos" I asked nervously, "Why are we going to the Evil Queens Castle?!" I suddenly grew more nervous as we approached the building. All I got for a response was "You'll see"

'Very Comforting' I thought as we approached the doors. They were huge, at least 10 feet tall, and they loomed over you. Carlos confidently knocked on the door, allowing himself in, whilst I cowered behind him.

"Stand up straight" he said, noticing how scared I was, "And act like you belong." He continued doing exactly that. Something about him inspired confidence, even though it was visible that most of the time he was scared as well. I tried to follow his instructions, but this instantly failed when I saw a large shadow approach us. I let a little scream loose, which caused Carlos to stare at me.

"Sorry" I mouthed to him, whilst not wanting to admit my weakness in front of this shadow in front of us.

However, this shadow quickly became a 17 year old girl, as she finally entered the light.

"Carlos!" She screamed, running towards him, and pulling him into a large hug. 'This is a Villain Kid' I thought to myself, as she pulled away from the hug and faced me. "Who is this" she said, scoffing as she said it. "Evie, this is… Ben" Carlos said, in a calm tone, and before long, Evie clicked.

"Prince Ben" she said, before quickly adjusting her hair, and checking herself in her mirror. "Your Majesty, I'm Evie, Evil Queens Daughter." With added emphasis on Queen. I bowed, but responded with "It's just Ben, I'm no longer a Prince", trying to smile.

But she didn't seem too concerned about that, as she had gotten lost in a day dream. "Evie" Carlos shouted quickly snapping her out of her dream. "We need your help" he continued, as she looked around at where she was.

"Ben here needs some new clothes, and a makeover. Can you do that for us?" Evie's eyes lit up, when she heard what Carlos had said.

"Of Course I can, anything for a Prince, follow me" She said, dragging me towards her room.

"I'm not a prince" I mumbled to myself as she did so. Her room was spacious, if nothing else. There were cobwebs hanging from the ceiling, and a thick layer of dust covered everything, bar her bed and dressing table. The floor was littered in scrap materials, and there were dresses and clothes hung everywhere.

She sat me at her dressing table, before fiddling with my hair. She was trying out different types of styles, some I liked, and some I was unsure about. Before I knew it, she had reached for a blunt scissors and had started to cut my hair. I stared at her in the mirror, but it was too late.

'Nothing I can now' I thought to myself, as she continued to chop my hair off. After about 20 minutes in the chair, she had finally finished. My once long brownish hair was reduced to a faux hawk, with a fade present on the side of my head. I'm not going to lie, I kinda liked it. "Evie, this is amazing" I said, staring at myself in the mirror, checking out my new hairstyle. "You like it?" she responded, with a hint of joy in her voice.

"Now, I have to make your clothes" She said, hovering around me, taking measurements like the tailor and seamstresses did back in Auradon. "What are you favourite colours" She asked, still taking measurements. That was a difficult question to answer. I looked towards Auradon, in all its glory. By this point, it was mid-day, and you could see the beautiful weather and the cities buzzing with people, whereas the Isle was always dark and dingy, with miserable weather. With a choke in my throat, I responded "Blue and Gold." That was enough to cause a stray tear to drip from my eyes.

It had only been one day since I left Auradon. I spent the most of the day either being beaten up, or running from people trying to beat me up, and now I was here, trying to recover from it all. Both Evie and Carlos realised how difficult this was for me in that moment. The stray tear dropped, and landed on Evie's hand, causing her to look up. I tried to remain strong, but I couldn't. I nearly broke down right in front of them. Both of them tried to comfort me, but I insisted I was alright. Evie then spoke up.

"I'm finished with the measurements. Why don't you go take a nice shower, and clean yourself up a bit?" I agreed and headed towards Evie's Private shower room.

Carlos POV

When Ben started to cry, I couldn't help but feel for the poor boy. He had endured much since his time on the Isle, but then hadn't we all. Ben was getting first-hand experience on what it was like to live on the Isle. The very Isle his father had banished all the villains to. I was quickly snapped out of my thoughts when Evie yelled in my face.

"What?" I said, still startled by her yelling.

"Carlos", she said calmly "Why is the Soon-to-be King of Auradon on the Isle of the Lost. I saw the news, but it didn't reveal much." I looked at her, pretending to be as dumbfounded as she was, but she didn't fall for it.

"Carlos, Tell me" she said, tugging on my arm. "I don't know if I can. I don't want to break his trust" was the response I gave, but it wasn't the one Evie heard. "You like him don't you" is how she responded to that statement.

"What" I cried out, trying to act hurt, but I was betrayed when my face blushed massively. Evie squealed, pulling me into a big hug.

"Fine, don't tell me" She said, "I don't want to jeopardize what you too might have. I'll ask him myself" She said, with the look of delight on my face. Only Evie knew that I was gay, and we had decided to keep it a secret from everyone, as the Isle was not the most accepting place.

"Thanks" I replied, still blushing as bad as one of the Evil Queens Apples. From the shower, both Evie and I could hear sobbing. We quickly looked at each other. "It's been hard for him" I said to her, "He's been through a lot the last few days. Well, a lot for an Auradon Kid that is" Evie looked back, as she was sewing Ben's new clothes.

"Don't forget Carlos, we've been through a lot as well. Hell, I was exiled for 10 years due to birthday party, and was nearly cursed into a 1,000 year sleep from the Dragon Eye Sceptre". I nodded in agreement, the Isle of the Lost was certainly not the most forgiving place.

Ben's POV

After nearly breaking down fully in front of Carlos and Evie, I readied the shower. However, it was not what I expected. In Auradon, the showers were nice and warm, allowing you to adjust the temperature and pressure of the water if needs be. Here, however, there was only cold water, and one pressure setting. After realising this, I leant against the wall, and slowly slid to the floor, letting all of my tears out. 'What am I, Who am I' I thought, as I once again had a moment of clarity. The word Villain kept ringing through my head. I was a Villain. I was everything I despised growing up, reading the fairy tales. I was the bad guy, in this situation.

Then, another thought sparked in my head. Why were Evie and Carlos being so nice to me? I started to get paranoid, thing it was all some plan, and that they were out to get me. I needed a plan of myself. I finished up in the shower, trying to wash away all the dried blood, and cleaning out any cuts before they got infected. There was nothing I could do about the bruises, I would just have to wait until they healed.

I got nervous when I turned off the shower, as it seemed like all conversation had stopped. I had a plan in mind, Carlos was afraid of dogs, so I would try and transform into a wolf, to scare him away. Hopefully Evie would take one look at me, and stand down, allowing for my escape. After that… Well, I didn't really plan for after that point.

I finally crept out of Evie's shower room, ready for everything, but what I saw. Carlos was laid on Evie's bed tinkering with some contraption, whilst Evie was working away at her sewing machine. She quickly saw me, and screamed "Ben", gesturing me to approach her.

I quickly responded, "If you don't mind, I'll take my leave. Thank you guys for the help, but I really must be going." I started to slowly back towards the door, when Evie and Carlos jumped up and started to approach me. 'Remember the Plan, Remember the Plan' I repeated to myself.

As they came closer I snapped, "Stay back, I'm warning you. You'll regret it if you don't." They both looked at each other in confusion. "Ben, what are you talking about" Carlos asked, before telling Evie to remain where she was. She nodded, letting Carlos approach alone. "I'm warning you Carlos, stand back. Whatever it is you have planned, forget it." I said, which caused him to look even more confused. "We have nothing planned for you. Evie has just finished making your clothes." He replied, but I didn't listen.

I started to freak out, yelling and screaming at him to stay back. "Ben Calm Down" Evie snapped, with a hint of fear in her voice. "You're scaring us." She said.

"Scaring You?" I replied, "How scared do you think I was when I realised that you were being nice to me. WHY! Why are you being so nice to me" I screamed, as I slowly reached for the door handle. "Because I know what it's like to be alone on this Island Ben" Carlos responded. "It's not good, you become easy picking for the rest of the Isle, and it's a life of torment and torture." "He's right" Evie chimed in. "And no one deserves that, not even us" Evie said, with a sigh at the end of her sentence.

"But I am the Villain" I said, responding to what she had said "I deserve to be tormented and tortured for what I have done." I said, before breaking down once again in front of them and sliding down the door. "I killed him, and this is my punishment" I said, in my sob. "I don't deserve to be treated like this. I deserve to be beaten and punished for my crimes." Those statement made both Evie and Carlos confused.

Carlos approached me, and said "You killed him? But you said that he was only injured." Fear quickly filled his voice. "Carlos, what happened?" Said Evie, obviously frightened by the fact that there was a murderer in her house. Carlos looked at her, and back to me, as I was still sobbing on the floor. "Ben, you should tell her" Said Carlos, trying to reassure me.

"B-B-But, you guys would hate me if you knew the true story. And I don't want to risk that. You are the only people that have been nice to me, and after this, I'm instantly going to lose that" I sobbed harder, burying my face into my chest.

"Ben" Carlos said. He voice was surprising comforting, and soft as he spoke. "Tell us what happened. Otherwise our imaginations will run wild, and it will only be worse than your story." I looked up to Carlos, with tears still filling my eyes

"Okay, I'll tell you. But you have to promise to listen to the whole story, and not freak out." This was addresses to both Carlos and Evie, who I could see had already become sceptical. "I promise" Carlos and Evie said in unison. I pulled myself up from the door, and sat on Evie's bed. "It all started two days ago, on my 17th Birthday…"

As I explained what had actually happened, I could see both their faces change expressions rather quickly. It started off as intrigue, questioning what I had actually done to deserve this. Their faces quickly turned to horror, when I explained what I had done to the boy, and the punishment I receive for it. Sadness was the next emotion I could read, when telling them about what my parents had said.

"I saw that on the TV. That must have hurt to hear the things they said about you." Evie said, holding my hand whilst she did. I then explained what happened when I first met Carlos, with him chiming in at some points to provide 'extra' detail. And by that I mean the look on my face when he scared me.

"And here I am" I finally said, looking up from the floor at their faces. Evie continued to rub my hand, whilst Carlos had placed his hand on my back, and was rubbing it. I felt kinda nice, almost comforting.

"Is it true, can you" said Evie, obviously curious about my powers.

"Yeah, though I'm not entirely sure on how to do it. It normally happens when I get angry."

"Well, give it a go" Evie suggested, and I saw the colour drain from Carlos' face.

"You want him to turn into a d-d-dog? My mother told me that they were vicious, rabid pack animals that eat boys that don't behave." He said, with a large amount of fear in his voice.

"Don't worry, I don't even know if I can. Besides, I would never hurt you." I said with a blush. Evie noticed this, and squealed, indicating she knew something I did not. "O-Okay" Carlos finally said, "Go ahead."

I stood up, and quickly made my way to the other side of the room.

I stood there, completely unsure of what to do. I focused on what had happened the first time, and focused on what occurred on the roof, but nothing proceeded to happen. Evie chimed in with some advice. "Instead of focusing on becoming a wolf, just focus on being one. Don't try too hard, it has to be a natural motion." She was right, both times it had happened, I had focused on the end result, either that boy or scaring people on the rooftop.

"Okay, I'll try again" I said, and just relax. I thought about what I wanted to do, rather how to do it, and it worked. Before long, I could feel the power coursing through my veins. The same feeling I had the first time, and my god was it just as good. I felt powerful, and free, no restrictions applied to me. I could do what I wanted (Apart from leave the Isle of course).

I started to howl loudly, to show off my excitement and started to approach Evie and Carlos. I could see the fear in his eye as I approached, so I bowed my head towards the floor, as a sign on submissiveness. I brushed against their legs, before settling on the floor in front of them, curling into a ball. I felt Evie and Carlos start to stroke my fur, and again, that felt so good.

That's when one of them grazed one of my bruises with their hands. I whimpered, before jumping up quickly, and growled at them. That was enough to send Carlos into a ball and for him to back against the headboard. Evie was quick to comfort him, and staring me down. I once again lowered my head, and whimpered once more, before changing back into a human form.

"Carlos, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you" I apologised, as I could quickly see tears welling up in his eyes.

"It's Okay, you're still healing, so we should have been more careful" He said, holding back the tears.

I quickly pulled him into a hug, and felt him relax massively. I saw Evie's eyes light up, "I have to make some adjustments to your clothes" she ecstatically jumped off the bed, and made her way towards the sewing machine. Before making any modifications, she turned to me with my outfit in her hands, "Do you like the style? I wanted to make sure you liked them before I changed anything." She had made be a navy blue leather jacket, with a pattern of gold down the arm. She had made combat trousers, out of dark denim, with some gold patterns across the top of the trousers. Finally, she had made a pair of black combat boots, to match the rest of the outfit.

"Evie, they are perfect. They have my favourite colours, and still make me look like I belong on the Isle. Thank you". I said, holding the clothing in my hands. "What possibly needs doing to them?" I questioned, curious to see her answer.

"Simple, I'm going to add elastic, so they fit in both forms. They have protective padding, making it easier to survive." My face lit up.

"Thank you Thank you so much." Both she and Carlos turned to one another.

"We should probably start your training" said Carlos. "You need to drop the pleases and thank yous, it's not common around here, and would make you stand out like a sore thumb."

"Ok, What else?" I asked

"You need to keep your hands in your pockets at all times, unless you are stealing something"

"Stealing?! I would never-." I started, but was quickly interrupted. "It's the only way to survive on the Isle, you need to fight for what you want, or steal it" Evie chimed in.

"Okay, Okay. You'll have to help me. I don't know how to… steal. Auradon wasn't very good at teaching that sort of stuff." I said with a fake smile, trying to show that I was alright with it.

"Oh God, its 10:30. We're late!" Carlos screeched, panicking and packing all his stuff. "There gonna, there gonna, not care actually, but still. I can't miss class"

"Carlos, School was cancelled, due to our little visitor" Evie said, motioning him to sit down. "Let's just say the teachers wanted to have a little… time away for today" She said, with a forced smile trying to comfort me.

"You mean they want revenge" I said, looking back down at the floor. "How am I supposed to go to school here, if the teachers are out to get me? It's not like they'll leave me alone in class."

"You'll need to show them how evil you can be. Once they see that, they'll stop picking on you" Evie chimed in, finishing my clothing, and smiling as wide as possible.

"Here Ben, try these on." I walked over to Evie, and grabbed the clothes before heading towards the bathroom.

"Just do it here, no one will judge" Evie said, "Besides, it makes it easier to me to make any changes."I saw her shoot a look over to Carlos, who was blushing madly.

"O-Okay, Sure." I said, pulling my ripped top over my head, revealing all of my bruises and cuts. To my surprise, none of them gasped, or were even phased by them. 'Wow, these guys must have it rough' I thought to myself. I glanced over at Carlos, and could see him starting at my body, with a look of awe on his face. His eye quickly looked up, and met mine before he blushed as red as an apple. I just smiled back.

Evie started some conversation, trying to make it less awkward for the two of us. "So Ben, do you have a girlfriend?" Evie asked, and I could see Carlos start to shake his head whilst holding it in his hands.

"I did, I suppose she's not my girlfriend now" I said, and saw the look of disappointment on his face. I stuttered and quickly added "But I didn't really love her anyway, it was more an arranged thing by our parents. I'm more attracted to guys anyway" I last sentence kinda slipped out, and I quickly closed my mouth with my hand. Carlos' face lit up, whilst Evie's had a look of nerves.

"Shhh, you can't say that" She said, trying not to be mean. "If people on the Isle knew, it would make you an easy target." I sighed, she was right. All my life I have been trying to hide this secret, and it would seem I would need to keep hiding it. But at least two people know, and that was a large weight of my shoulders. At least I could be myself around them.

I finished putting on my clothes, and looked at myself in the Mirror "Wow, these are great. They are so comfy, and I can feel the padding."

"It's gets better" Evie chirped up. "Transform into a wolf." I did as she said, and could feel the clothes shrink with me. The clothing covered my torso, which was a massive help.

"I'm only gonna say it this once, Thank you Evie" I said, pulling her into a hug. She chuckled and replied "You're Welcome. Now we best get out there before people start to wonder where we are."

I took one look at myself in the mirror, I looked like a completely new person, with my new haircut and clothes. 'Time to be a… villain' I thought to myself as we left.

Ben's POV

We left the Evil Queens castle, and made our way towards the market stalls. The Isle looked so different like this. Everyone was focused on selling their wares at extortionate prices, and then planning to steal them back later. I tried to remain as unrecognisable as possible, following their advice. I kept my hands in my pockets, and tried to remain behind them. "Walk next to us" Carlos scoffed, "You need to look confident, otherwise you're..."

"An easy target, I know, I know", I said, catching up to the pair of them. We entered what appeared to be the middle of the marketplace, a large open area, with market stalls surrounding it.

"See that goblet over there" Evie nodded toward it. It wasn't anything special, just a grey goblet. I nodded at her "I want you to take it" My eyes widened at the thought, but I knew I had to go for it.

"Ok, how?" I asked, Carlos replied "Find a way that suits you best. You need to learn how to survive for yourself."

"Your right… I'll be back in a minute" I said, walking toward the market stall. 'How the hell was I gonna steal this goblet' I thought to myself. I'd decided it would be best just to grab it off the stall and run. Hopefully, I could outrun the owner, and hide somewhere long enough for them to give up.

I walked up to the table, quickly swiped the goblet, and legged it down one of the alleyways surrounding it. I looked back at Carlos and Evie, who had a slight smile on their faces as they started to follow me. The store owner started shouting abusive words towards me, but didn't make any attempt to take it back. I turned back, and continued to run, but before long, I ran into someone and fell back onto the floor.