The next day
Maizy POV
Mal, Evie, and I just left for our first class of the day. We are going to meet up with our pen pals so they can show us to class. We walk past Dizzy's room and she and Jane join us. We finally reach the lobby and wait in front of the hearth for our pen pals. A few minutes later, Ben , Mar, Jay, Carlos, Baleigh and Brenna walk up to us. Almost subconsciously, we all split into our pen pal duos. Dizzy ran off to find Charlotte.
" hello, my purple and black haired friend, what's up." Brenna asked me as we started walking to class. I look over my shoulder to find Mal and Ben holding hands. I can't wait until Remedial goodness where I can quiz her on that. I laugh a little bit.
" what's so funny girl?" Brenna asks in her chill tone that I've come to recognize from being her pen pal.
" I think we are going to have a couple on our hands." I reply , as Brenna and I turn around to find Mal and Ben hugging before they take each other's hands again and walk to class.
" totally Maizy. They are making the googoo eyes at each other." Brenna replies. I whisper to her that we need to walk away so we don't get caught and we head on to class, laughing like hyenas. According to Brenna , we have arrived to our first class of the day, English. Luckily for all of us Isle kids, Auradon created a school to replace Dragon Hall at the beginning of the school year so we don't have any work to catch up on. We enter the classroom and take our seats. The teacher notices me and asks me to introduce myself. Ben told us that all of our teachers knew about how the pen pal program had resulted in some of us coming to Auradon. The teacher, whose name tag reads Mr. Goldstein gestures for me to stand. I follow his orders and stand up.
" hi. I'm Maizy. I come from the Isle of the lost as I am one of Maleficent's three children. No, she's not over here, no I'm not evil and yes, this is my natural hair." I state." If you have any questions about me, ask Brenna or myself." I add as I sit down . Mr. Goldstein proceeds to explain our reading assignment and accompanying essay. Brenna and I share the same disgusted look. He continues to ramble on about the proper use of anecdotes in writing until the bell rings. Brenna and I start to head to our next class when two cute boys start to watch us. We continue walking until we reach our next class.
" those boys who were watching us are the sons of Aladdin and Jasmine . They are so cute!" Brenna squeals. Like in English class I stand and introduce myself.
Mar POV
Baleigh starts to walk me to my Remedial goodness class. We just left our class on social etiquette. The room Remedial goodness is in just down the hall from social etiquette. I grumble about having to attend this class.
" Mar don't grumble about this. As long as you and your friends are good for the next 3 weeks you won't have to continue the class. " Baleigh informs me as she tucks a piece of brown , golden tipped hair behind her ear. I walk into goodness class to find all my VK friends sitting together. I sit between Mal and Carlos. Mal looks like she is ready to punch Maizy.
" what happened this time?" I question with a laugh
" Maizy is teasing me about being in a relationship with Ben." My sister quickly retorts. " which I'm not "
" they held hands and hugged. That screams relationship status even louder than when mom would yell at us when we showed emotions." Maizy quickly rebutted
" I'm on team Maizy for this , sorry Mal." I replied while I laughed and shrugged my shoulders. We all continued to laugh and joke around until someone cleared their throat. We looked up to find fairy Godmother standing in front of a chalk board .
" welcome to Remedial Goodness class everyone. I hope you've had a great first day of classes. In this class you will be taught : manners, FairPlay and other things. You will have interactive tests throughout this class to test the application of what you've learned. Every three weeks you will have an evaluation to determine if you need to continue this course. If you pass your evaluation you will no longer have to take this class." Fairy Godmother explained. We all perked our heads up when she said we could get out of the class . Notebooks hit the tables and pencils were raised. We all look determined to get out of this class as soon as possible. 3 months ago we were all rotten to the core but having these pen pals showed us that there is a lot more to life than just being evil. We all started to act better and care more for each other . I can't even begin to fathom how our lives would have ended up without the start of this pen pal thing. I remember the day we found out about it
"Children, come here
I have an announcement to make." Mom called to us all. Me, Maizy,Mal , Jay, Carlos, Evie, dizzy, Jayda, Emma, and Carlin all gathered around my mother.
" you have all been assigned a pen pal... from Auradon." She said emphasizing that last part. We all know that she is going to craft up some sort of plan to break the barrier and release the villains, how predictable.
" what!" We all shout. Some guy walked up to us from a beat up truck and was holding a huge sack. " it must be our letters." I thought as he opened the bag.
" Mal, step forward." Mailman spat at us . My sister obeyed and received her letter. She just looked at the letter, turning the envelope over in her hands. We've never gotten anything like this before so we were all intrigued.
" Martin and Mason " mailman called as my other sister and I stepped forward. We each get handed an envelope as well. The rest of us proceed to get envelopes.
" mail will be delivered and picked up twice a week. " mailman spat at us as he got back in his truck . Mom walked back in the house and left us with our letters.
" who did you guys get." Maizy asks the group.
" I got Prince Ben." Mal says, shocked
" I got Princess Baleigh, she must be Ben's sister." I respond
" and I got Princess Brenna. One sibling trio to another. I bet they volunteered to be our pals ,no one would be our pals by choice , they all think we are the baddest of the bad." Maizy added with a slight laugh
" I hope I have a prince." Evie says as she looked at her letter. Her face sinks.
" oh, I got Dopey's son Doug." She says deflated
" I have Mulan's daughter Lonnie." Jay says to cover Evie's moping.
" fitting." Mal replies laughing.
" I have Fairy Godmother's daughter. Her name is Jane." Carlos says. We all give him our don't tell our parents glare and he nods in understanding knowing that if they found out that that girl's life could be in danger.
" I got Doc's daughter Dorothy." Emma added
" and I have Grumpy's son Granger." Carlin added.
" and I have Sleepy's daughter Selena." Jayda replied.
" I have my step-cousin Chad Charming!" Dizzy exclaimed. We've always been protective of little Dizzy. Her mom, aunt and Nana really do give her the Cinderella treatment, all she does is clean all day. Evie especially takes great care to look after her and requests that she does her salon treatments. We all read our letters and they pretty much follow the same format, an introduction of our pals followed by questions and lastly a bit of encouragement. Mal, Maizy and I all got the same three person picture confirming our suspicions about a sibling trio. We dashed inside to begin writing our first letters.
" Isle to Mar, Isle to Mar." I hear jay call out as Mal snaps her fingers. " class is over. You have Tourney practice come on! Let's go." Mal says pulling me up from my seat. We walk out of the room to find Ben waiting for Mal. She giggles , something she rarely does and takes his hand as they walk off. Jay and I just shrug it off and head to the tourney field as we trust that Evie and Maizy will get all the dirt on it later.
Mal POV
Ben and I leave Mar and jay as we head out to one of Ben's favorite hang out spots. I'm starting to really like him and I can tell that he likes me too. He stops me in front of a picnic table surrounded by stone ruins and a lake. I've never seen anything this beautiful. He and I sit at the table and begin to talk.
" Mal. I just wanted to tell you that I really like you, like more than a friend. And I know that, even though we've known each other for three months, this is only our second day speaking face to face but I wanted to know if you'd be my girlfriend?" He asks as squirms in his seat. I grin and my stomach fills with butterflies. I can't believe he just asked me that.
" yes , and truth be told I really like you too. " I reply blushing. Ben grins as he opens the picnic basket. He pulls out several weird looking foods. Intrigued I pick up a red fruit and take a bite of it. My face lights up.
" I see someone likes strawberries." Ben laughs as I continue to shove them in my mouth , allowing the taste to sink in and the juice to run down my face .
" maybe..." I giggle. We continue to eat. Ben then grabs what looks like 2 swimsuits.
" here, put this on" he says handing me a suit
" ok..." I replied , raising my eyebrow as I walk behind a nearby tree. I get changed and find Ben in his suit, I stare in awe at his bare torso before I snap out of it and continue to walk to him.
"Follow me." Ben replies , taking my hand . We walk to part of the lake that appears to be steaming.
" what's this?" I ask Ben continuing to look at the water, confused.
"An enchanted hotspring, we sit in here and just relax ." Ben said as he stepped into the water. He holds my hand as I step in as well, making a face at the temperature. I quickly get used to the heat and Ben and I find a large rock to sit on. We sit next to each other and I put my head on his chest, and begin to think about how the others' day had gone so far.
Evie POV
I know Doug isn't a prince but he's so adorable. I'm starting to think that it's ok to not have a prince , and to marry based on love instead of money. Doug and I just left our study group in the library.
" you want to go get some coffee and just relax" Doug asked as we walk out of the library.
" yeah, that sounds amazing " I reply , wanting some time to unwind. Doug momentarily looks down at our hands and starts to move his toward mine but then backs out. He's so shy and I find it extremely adorable. Without saying anything I grab his hand and ask," ok, where's the coffee place."
" follow me." Doug replies, blushing. I grin and we walk together to the shop. We reach the shop and I'm instantly amazed. I look at the menu and just decide to order what Doug gets. This certainly isn't the black coffee of the Isle I thought while laughing . Doug orders our drinks for us and pays for them both. I was all ready to pay for mine, using my allowance card. All of us VKs will get a set allowance every week while we attend Auradon prep . This will allow us the cover any expenses we may have, since we don't have our parents here to help us with money. We can pick up a job to earn extra money if we want to as well. We pick up our drinks and decide to enjoy the nice weather and sit outside. I take sip of my drink and am instantly transported to a state of bliss.
" what's in this?" I ask Doug with a grin.
" chocolate, raspberries, and a hint of Vanilla. This drink is my favorite one here. I'm glad you like it too. " he replied as I continue to drink my coffee with a look of wonder.
" which class was your favorite?" Doug asked me.
" oddly enough , chemistry. I was able to make a connection between the lesson and my love of fashion design." I replied, rather intelligently.
" I can tell that you're a smart girl." Doug tells me with a grin.
" thank you." I reply as we finish up our drinks," no one has ever told me that before." Hand in hand we make our way to the tourney field to meet our friends.
Jay POV
" pass it to me!" I call out. The ball gets passed to me and I charged towards the goal. I avoid people by doing flips and dives , all while keeping the ball in play. Carlos comes up to me a guards me with his sword as I score a goal. The whole team cheers for me.
" nice jay!" Aziz tells me. Even though he's Aladdin's son we are getting along well.
" you're an amazing asset to this team," Ben tells me. He's tourney captain, he got here about halfway through practice today since coach allowed him to go hang with Mal and show her some of Auradon. Mar gives me a high five and Lonnie comes from the bleachers and gives me a fist bump. She's cool girl. Her fighting skills are top notch. We talked a bit before practice and we agreed to go hang out sometime. Coach announced practice was over and my friends and I walked back to the dorms and decided to hang out in the girls' room .
Carlos POV
We all enter Evie , Mal, and Maizy's room . Mal and Ben sit next to each other on Mal's bed, Maizy and Brenna sit above them on Maizy's bunk, jay and Lonnie lean against the wall, Evie and Doug sit on her bed , Mar and baleigh sit up against the wall and Jane and I sit on the floor against the bunk bed. Mal and Ben are sitting awfully close to each other so the girls start chanting," Mal's got a boyfriend." And " Mal and Ben sittin in a tree KISSING, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Mal with a baby carriage." They all laugh as Mal and Ben just sit there and blush.
" they aren't denying it!" Evie coos.
" fine, Ben asked me to be his girlfriend earlier today and I said yes." Mal finally tells us. The girls squeal and say that they were right and high five ,while Jay, Mar and I give Ben the " if you hurt her we hurt you look." And he nods in understanding. I'm so glad our parents can't see us , if they had known that us having pen pals caused us to realize that there is more to life than being evil, they would have never let us continue with the program. Little did they know their lessons backfired for once.