A/N: It's been two weeks and three days, so I'm improving! Hopefully this will become more consistent. SO MANY REVIEWS LAST CHAPTER. I AM SO THANKFUL. They really did make my day guys, even if it's simple as "good job." Well anyways, I hope you all enjoy!

Cahaya Sidur: To answer your question, no Fairy Godmother isn't going to be the bad guy. As human beings, people usually judge things that they don't understand. So when these new people come to Auradon, they don't understand them since they can't really relate. They won't be bad guys, especially since they were raised to be good (so it wouldn't make sense), but they'll judge the four. They will have to struggle with the fact that these kids are different from what they perceived, and they would have to struggle with the fact that the conditions were indirectly their fault, no matter how good their intentions were. Ultimately though, the bad guys will be their parents. Their parents are the ones with the negative influence; the ones that are hindering them from being free and who they want to be. I hope that clears things up!

Chapter 6

Audrey was fuming. Where were the boys!? They were nowhere to be seen, and it was already halfway through lunch. They weren't at their usual lunch table, and the others had no idea where they were. Audrey had sent Jane to check if they were in the courtyard since some other students had seen them there, but they weren't.

She could understand Doug and Chad walking off, well actually not really, but better them than her own boyfriend! Could they be at tourney practice? But then where would Doug be? Audrey stomped her foot in frustration. Lonnie, Mulan's daughter, hesitantly pats her on the back.

"Hey Audrey, they're probably just busy, or help up," she consoled.

"But they should've told us! Or at least me; do you know how this looks? Me without my boyfriend?" Audrey whined. She knew it was childish of her, but she couldn't help it.

Audrey knew how she could be perceived; how some people thought of her sometimes. Hello, she was at the top of the chain, so she knew all the gossip. She supposed what they thought was true that she can be extremely shallow sometimes. But what was she supposed to do? With what she was compared to? Their parents have been through a lot, with all the villains roaming around free in their day and whatnot. Her grandmother had to go through the agony of not raising her child; her mom had to go through the difficulty of facing Maleficent. What was she supposed to do? The harshest thing nowadays are sports - she cannot even fathom to imagine doing that - or staying at the top of the fashion trends. Two very different things, but if she can't do one, might as well rock the other.

The older Audrey got, the more she realized how perfect their world seemed to be, strangely perfect. Not that she minded, but how terribly boring it is. With the new kids around, she figured they'll stir things up. Especially since Mal is here, maybe she'll get her chance to shine. That's the problem with their generation, finding a way to be heroes. Right now, they're just a bunch of preppies. Ben had it easy; he can change stuff since he was king.

"What do you think of the new kids?" Audrey suddenly asked. Lonnie looked over at her in surprise. Previously to their arrival, Audrey had protested to Ben constantly about his decision.

"I haven't met them yet," Lonnie said, "but I have the same physics class with Jay and Mal. They don't seem that bad, although they're a bit stand-offish. I just don't think they're used to it here yet."

"Hmm…" Audrey mused thoughtfully, "did you see how they acted in the cafeteria?"

"Yeah, it looked like they never saw food before and were hoarding," Lonnie said.

"What do you think life on the Isle was like?" Audrey questioned.

Lonnie shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. Probably not as perky here that's for sure. They probably teach them to steal and do horrible things there."

Audrey nodded, "Yeah, have you seen their clothes? The colors are so dark!"

"But their fashion isn't bad. I actually kinda like their edgy look," Lonnie pointed out.

"I guess...well I have to give them props for their fashion sense at least, although like I said, the colors are another matter," Audrey said.

With that, Audrey and Lonnie drifted off into mindless chatter for the rest of lunch. However, Audrey mind was on another matter entirely, a certain purple haired girl. If she had any purpose in life, did she take part in it? Maleficent was her mother's own enemy after all.

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Mal took a deep breath. She glanced over at the others, and they looked as conflicted as she was. However, a promise was a promise. Despite that they were villains the one thing they valued most of all were promises, funnily enough.

"Well, as you must know, life on the Isle isn't all perfect and pastel-ly here," Mal began. "Anyways, you grew up defending yourself. If you couldn't, you were considered weak. You learn things by yourself. There was school, but they just teach you the subjects."

"And most people don't learn since they skip so much too," Carlos added.

"Did you guys skip?" Doug asked.

"Well, occasionally Mal, Jay, and Carlos skips but usually only when necessary. I couldn't since I was tutored at home," Evie explained.

"You were tutored?" Ben asked, "they have available tutors there?"

"Well, I guess so. I never thought about it, but being the Evil Queen's daughter had its perks. I had my own castle even to live in. Mal did too," Evie explained.

"Why wasn't Mal tutored?" Chad asked.

"I didn't want to be, if I was my mother would've just taught me all about spells and stuff, plus I wanted to get out the house," Mal said but didn't elaborate on anything else.

There was a beat of silence before Ben asked, "So what's the story about the wound? I mean, there's a clinic on the Isle isn't there? And how'd you get it?"

Mal chewed the inside of her cheek before answering. "I got cut with a broken bottle, and yes, there's a clinic, but it's suicide to go there."

"Suicide?" Doug asked, confused.

"If you go there, it's showing everyone that you're too weak to take care of yourself," Carlos explained, grimly.

"But how would that look weak?" Chad inquired.

"Look," Jay said sharply, "if you can't take care of yourself, it basically means you're worthless on the Isle. There's fights going on all the time there, and it's not the most hospitable since it's dry. There's no sun or bodies of water. And you guys were smart enough to cramp a bunch of villains on an island and expecting them to all get along."

Everyone was quiet after that. The three were quietly digesting the information that was given to them. Is the Isle really that bad? There was another thing bugging Doug, and that was the fact that the story seemed carefully put together, like there was a veil blocking another part of the story.

"Is there anything else that happened there?" he asked.

The quartet glanced at each other before Mal looked back at him. "No," she answered softly.

"What was life with your parents? Not that I want to pry," Chad said quickly, "but they were once villains, so what happens then once they have kids?"

"Being a villain is in their genes," Carlos explained, "so even when they have kids, that doesn't mean they suddenly stop it all. Your parents didn't stop being nice and kind and whatever once they had you. Ben's parents didn't stop ruling when they had him. It's like that."

"So were they cruel to you guys too?" Ben asked.

"They taught and raised us the best way they knew how," Evie answered, "I wouldn't imagine it as anything else."

Chad glanced up at the clock before standing up in alarm. "We're going to be late for tourney practice."

"Oh!" Ben eyes widened in alarm before standing up and grabbing his things. "Jay and Carlos, you guys are coming too."

"What? Why?" Jay complained.

"Just try it out; you might actually have fun," Chad teased. Jay looked at him in surprise. While they are tentative friends, they weren't really close yet.

"Well I don't want to go," Carlos announced.

"Oh no you don't," Jay said, grabbing the blond boy who was trying to run off. "If I'm stuck doing it, then you are too."

The boys went to leave with Jay and Chad dragging Carlos out. Doug and Evie were going to the library to go study since Evie had to catch up with chemistry. The other subjects were a bit easier since she was already studying them, but they're a quarter of a way through the year with her knowing very little. Ben stayed back for a moment to talk to Mal.

"Is your shoulder feeling better?" he asked, "you should really go to the nurse if it persists."

"I'm fine," she said, a little annoyed.

Ben chuckled, "Ok, ok. Just checking."

"Ok," Mal said, "bye now." She reached to close the door, but Ben stopped it.

"If you, or any of you guys, need to talk, I'm here ok? If I'm going to be the future king, I need to know what I need to improve on in the kingdom and with the people."

Mal wanted to say something really crass back at him, but the earnesty in his eyes stopped her. He looked like he really meant it. But didn't they all mean it? She knew that his parents probably had good intentions too, but they never did anything to help the families of villains when they stuck them on the island.

Mal gave him a small nod. "I'll keep that in mind," she finally said, and closed the door.

Ben looked at the closed door and thought about everything he learned today. There was much more to the story. He knew that, and he was determined to find out.

A/N: This chapter is a little shorter than usual, but I thought that was a good ending for one. I hope you like it! It's unedited, but I wanted to post it as I was done. The one thing I didn't like about the movie was how petty most of the Auradon teens were. Like c'mon, us teens have a lot more than that (I would know, I am one).

Anyways, thanks for reading, and leave a review! They make my day :)