Jayda POV
Ben shows us where Emma is. We pick her and the other girls up . Ben takes Mal's hand and leads us downstairs. We reach our destination and Evie immediately walks over to a boy who I assume is Doug. Carlin and Granger start talking about video games, I tune them out and find Selena. Emma has already found Dorothy and they start talking about some chemistry nonsense.
" hey Selena, I'm Jayda." I say, introducing myself.
"How are you liking Auradon so far Jayda?" Selena asks me , yawning.
" it seems like a good place. Jay loves it and I trust his judgement." I reply, catching her yawning. We continue to chat about random things before we rejoin the group. Everyone is standing with their pen pals in the circle . We continue to talk and for once in my life I'm actually happy.
...
1 month later
Jayda POV
Emma , Carlin and I have been in Auradon for a month now and we are starting to adjust to everything that's new. We are currently hanging out with all of our friends.
" it's a nice day guys, do you want to go outside to the school pool?" The girl next to Jay, Lonnie, said with a bright smile. Emma, Carlin and I give her a confused look but agree anyway as Mal and Ben walk off together.
" guys, I can make you swimsuits if you come with me." Evie says causing us to follow her to her room. Evie opens the door to reveal Mal and Ben in their swimwear. They blush and sit together on the bed. Evie measures me, Emma and Carlin and then quickly whips us up swimsuits and, in mine and Emma's case, a coverup. The four of us along with Mal and Ben meet the rest of our friends in the lobby and walk together to the pool.
Mal POV
Hand in hand Ben and I walk to the pool with the rest of our friends. I think about how happy I am now that last week's coronation has passed and me , my siblings, Evie , jay, Carlos and all of their siblings chose good and put mother in her place. We reach the pool and all of us girls remove our coverups. I am wearing a purple bikini, similar to what Maizy is wearing. Ben stops dead in his tracks once he sees me.
" Isle to Ben, Isle to Ben." I say as I wave my hand in front of his face.
" wow." Is all he could mutter before we get in the pool. I cringe a bit at the cold water but then I get used to it and join my friends on the deep end, being silently grateful for the swimming lessons Ben and Lonnie gave us 2 months ago. Emma, Jayda and Carlin timidly stay on the shallow end so I join them. Ben follows me and we start teaching them how to swim. Eventually everyone winds up on the shallow end of the pool and we spend the rest of the day splashing, playing and swimming.
... that night
Tonight , Ben is staying the night in my dorm room because Evie is staying with Doug and Maizy is spending the night with Brenna. Evie, Maizy and I agreed to meet later tonight in the kitchen to bake some cookies.
" what you did today, that was sweet of you." Ben says as he sits next to me on my bed , pulling me in his lap.
" I felt bad for them , they looked lonely." I reply as Ben grins." I know how that feels,to be the outcast."
" I always knew you weren't evil. I'm so glad you aren't." Ben says as he kisses my cheek.
" me too, I wouldn't be in Auradon right now and we wouldn't be together." I explain as we lay next to each other on my bed. Ben wraps his arms around me and kisses my head.
" I love you Mal, don't ever forget that." He says, shocking me. This is the first time he's said it to me during our entire relationship. I grin and shut my eyes taking in his words.
" I love you too." I reply , causing Ben's face to light up. Before I had anytime to prepare myself, Ben's lips met mine. I wrap my arms around his neck as his grip on my waist tightens. We continue to kiss until air becomes a necessity. Red faced we reluctantly pull away from each other.
" that's what I call a memorable first kiss." I joke as I relax into Ben's embrace.
...
The kitchen - a few hours later
Ben is still asleep in my bed while Evie , Maizy and I are in the kitchen baking cookies as a midnight snack. We may be reformed VKs but that doesn't mean we aren't rebellious from time to time.
" I haven't been able to admit this but it still makes me sad that we haven't been able to make our parents proud and never will be able too, that was the whole reason we actually made an attempt at the wand in the first place . Carlos' compromise to our "should we go for the wand" debate , was genius, going for the wand once and if we didn't get it we just forget all about it and not tell our parents." I say as I mix the batter. I see the reflection of my glowing eyes in the spoon and before I knew it I was in a flashback.
2 and a half months earlier
We run up to the door of the museum.
" if we fail at getting the wand we won't go for it anymore agreed?" Carlos says, reminding us of the plan
" agreed." We all reply simultaneously. I see my mothers spinning wheel by the guard's desk and cast a spell on it putting him to sleep. Next Mar, Maizy and I used a spell to open the door. We dash in and run upstairs after noticing the magic shield the wand was stored in. Before we try to get the wand we have pass through the hall of villains. We stop dead in our tracks at the lifelike statues of our parents. We shudder and momentarily remain frozen.
" why does it seem that they are already watching over us, even here." Carlos jokes as everyone but Mar, Maizy and I run towards the wand. We continue to look at mom's statue and we know that if she ever found out about our actual plan , that we would be total goners. Jay runs in and snaps us out of our trance. We follow him to the wand where he attempts to grab it through the force field , despite our warnings, causing the security alarms to go off. We run back to the security room we entered from and exited to building as Carlos removed any suspicion by acting like the guard, claiming that it was a false alarm.
" this will be our little secret, not even dizzy will know about it." Evie says , catching her breath.
" if anyone finds out about it, we will be getting a one-way ticket back to the Isle." I reply as we run back to our dorm rooms as silently as possible , since we all know that we will never make our parents proud and that once they find out about our betrayal we will be killed if we ever come in contact with them again. We reach our dorms and I fall to the floor with Evie and Maizy trying to get me to wake up.
" Mal are you ok?" Evie says
" Mal, sis, what happened." Maizy adds. They both sound concerned. Using them for support I stand up and lean against the table where the bowl of dough is resting.
" you were mumbling about the museum and our parents. Were you having that flashback again?" Evie asks me as I start putting the dough on the tray.
" yes. I can't get it out of my head." I reply , rolling a ball of dough." I guess I just still have this fear that our parents will find a way off the Isle and will kill us and enslave the others."
" that will never happen. Ben promised that we'd always be safe." Evie said as she put the tray in the oven.
" you two return to your boyfriends I'll wait here with the cookies and will bag them up for tomorrow." Maizy volunteered. Evie and I nodded as we started to exit the kitchen, we know better than to argue with Maizy so we just decide to leave without saying a word. I enter my room to find Ben still fast asleep. I climb next to him into my bed and snuggle into his touch. It's still hard to believe everything that has happened. I glance over at my mother in her tank knowing that she's not defeated yet. I can't help but feeling uneasy, The other villains are planning something , I just know it