Chapter 19 is here. The end is near. But that doesn't mean I'll stop writing stories when this is done. When these short stories are finished, I will be working on a new story.
Until then, enjoy.
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Previously on Descendants...
Auradon's soldiers and the Merry Men arrive through the door with the four criminals in chains.
"Introduce yourselves." Ben asked them.
"I think you already know who we are, your highness," said Mal.
Ben flinched. The voice of the brunette sounded familiar. He stood up and took a closer look at her. Recognizing the look on her face, Ben comes to a conclusion.
"Mal?" he asked.
Mal responds by kissing Ben on the cheek. "Hey, Benny-Bear," she greeted.
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"The stone requires something specific in order to be fully functional," said Robin Hood. "A magical blue rose. Its petals can be used for many purposes. Fueling the stone's time-traveling magic is one of them. The only place they can be found is the Isle of the Lost, but since a barrier is surrounding it, the roses' magic is neutralized."
Evie and Carlos were shocked at the sound of this.
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"So, how are things with Chad?" asked Evie.
"I broke up with him last week," said Lonnie.
"But why?" asked Evie. "I thought you like him."
"True, but after not showing up for three dates in a row, I've pretty much had enough," said Lonnie.
"I'm sure he's trying," said Evie.
"He was always hanging out with the Tourney team," said Lonnie.
"Point taken," replied Evie.
...
"What can I do to make it up to you?" asked Ben.
"Honesty, Ben. Nothing," responded Mal. "After everything that's happened since my birthday, I really need a lot time for myself."
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"An amnesia spell," said Maleficent. "What was I thinking about time traveling, when I could've used something like this to get my daughter back?"
Maleficent uses one hand to keep Mal still where she stands and uses her other hand to unleash the mist at her. Just when it looks like all hope is lost, Carlos gets in the way and absorbs the mist, causing him to faint. Maleficent's rage over the boy's sacrifice causes her to lose concentration, unintentionally releasing her daughter. Mal unleashes a full-blast fire beam, but Maleficent teleports away before she can get hit. Mal grunts in frustration.
She looks at her unconscious friend. Evie runs towards Carlos and holds his face, shaking him.
"Wake up! Please, Carlos! Wake up," cried Evie.
Carlos wakes up. "Who's Carlos?" He looks at Evie. "Who are you?"
A New Puzzle
Following Maleficent's attack on Auradon Prep, Carlos' mind was erased and he doesn't remember who he is, who is friends are, or where he is.
"Who are you people?" asked Carlos, scared.
"We're friends, Carlos," said Evie. She tried to reach for him but he just crawls away from her, still frightened.
"Why do you keep calling me Carlos?" asked the frightened puppy lover.
"It's your name, snowflake," said Mal. "Why would we call you that if it's not your name."
"I don't like your attitude," said Carlos.
"You don't want to push me, snowball," warned Mal, frightening Carlos even more.
"Not helping," said Evie to Mal.
Carlos gets up and runs away.
Mal sighs in irritation. "After him," she said in a deadpan tone.
Carlos was running towards the castle gardens, until he was tackled by Jay. He pins down Carlos to make sure he doesn't get away.
"Get off of me!" yelled Carlos.
"Not until you calm down and come with us," said Jay.
Carlos started shaking until one of his smoke bombs fell off. It goes off and smokes the area. While struggling to see, Jay feels something slip from his grip. The white-haired tech prodigy escapes Jay and continues running. He didn't get far when the heroes kids surrounded him.
"Carlos, we're trying to help," said Jane.
Carlos still didn't calm down. He makes a run for it. Chad tried to grab him but Carlos' reflexes made him flip in the air. He was surprised at what he did.
"Whoa! How did that happen?" asked a confused Carlos.
"Let's just say you're quite an athlete," said Chad.
Carlos runs away. The heroes kids run after but lost him after he made a turn. Carlos is now in front of Auradon Prep. He looks at the statue of King Beast, in human form. It suddenly changed into beast form, startling Carlos. He heard laughing.
"You're such a scaredy-cat, snowflake," said Mal, coming out of the bushes. "You're coming with me."
"No! Stay away!" Carlos was still scared of Mal.
"We can do this one way, Carlos. The easy way, where you come quietly and lets us help you, or the hard way, where I get wicked on you," said Mal.
"How about you just leave me alone," suggested Carlos, still scared.
"That's enough, Mal!" yelled Evie.
"Let me guess. 'Carlos, please calm down. We're friends,'" mocked Mal. "He's going to keep running no matter how many times we say that."
"Maybe if you stop scaring him, he'll calm down," said Evie.
"I'm just being myself," defended Mal.
"You know Carlos is afraid you. What makes you think amnesia will change that?" retorted Evie.
"I didn't expect him to run," said Mal. "And speaking of running..." Mal points to a running Carlos.
"Stay out of this, Mal. I'll take of this," said Evie.
"Don't you look feisty tonight," replied Mal.
"Carlos doesn't remember who we are, he's afraid, and your best solution is threatening him. How else do you expect me to act?" responded Evie. "You have a cure for this, right? If you want to help, then start working on it."
Before Mal walks away, she grabs Evie by the top and looks at her directly in the eye. "Talk to me like that again and you'll get to feel half of what Sofia felt." Mal releases Evie and goes back to the school. Evie returns to chasing Carlos.
Carlos is now escaping the school grounds. Before he can get far, Evie comes out of a bush and sprays sleeping perfume on him, causing him to drift to sleep.
"Sorry, Carlos, but you left me no choice." Evie picks up Carlos and walks him towards Castle Beast.
One hour later, Carlos is tied up in a rope and lying down on the couch in the castle living room. Evie, Jay, and the hero kids are keeping an eye on him until Mal comes in with the cure for his amnesia.
"If this doesn't work, what do we do?" started Jane.
"It will work," said Evie.
"But if it doesn't, we'll have to explain his entire life to him," complained Jay.
"Don't worry, Jay. Mal will fix this," said Ben. "I believe in her."
Soon enough, Mal returns with a glass of lemonade, mixed with the cure for the amnesia.
"Alright. Wake up the snowball and let's get this over with," said Mal.
Evie shakes Carlos but the perfume's effects haven't worn off yet.
"Doug, I just want to say I'm sorry you have to see this," said Evie.
"See what?" asked a confused Doug.
Evie leans down and gives Carlos mouth to mouth resuscitation. After ten seconds, Carlos began to wake up.
"Wh... wha... where am I?" he started.
"You're safe," assured Evie.
"Why am I tied up?" asked Carlos.
"In case you run away when you wake up," answered Jay.
Carlos tasted something on his lips. "And why do my lips taste like cherry?"
Evie hesitated to giggle.
"Just drink up, snowflake," said Mal. She forces him to drink the lemonade.
"So, do you feel any different?" asked Jane.
After a few seconds, Carlos said, "Well, my head feels a little fuzzy."
"You don't remember anything?" asked Evie.
"All I remember is you spraying with... perfume?" answered Carlos.
"It's sleeping perfume," explained Evie. "So, you still don't know who we are?"
"You're kidnappers, that's what you are," said Carlos.
"If we were kidnappers, would I do this...?" Evie unties Carlos. He can't help but stare at Evie. He felt himself blush and looks away. Evie asks him, "Something wrong?"
"Is it wrong for me to say that you're pretty?" said Carlos all of a sudden.
Evie blushed and smiled. "No, not really. You don't remember this but you compliment me all the time."
"My name is Carlos, right?" asked the white-haired boy.
"It sure is," confirmed Evie.
"Seriously? That's it? Just seeing a pretty face calms him down?" complained Jay.
"Mal, what happened? The cure didn't work," wondered Ben.
"His brain absorbed too much of the perfume," said Mal.
"So how many cups will it take?" asked Doug.
"The cure won't work, smart guy. No matter how much we give him," said Mal.
"Then what do we do?" asked Lonnie.
"We help him. That's what we'll do," answered Mal.
"Explain his entire life to him?" complained Jay.
"Not exactly," said Mal. "We just take it slow." Mal looks at Evie and said, "E, we need to talk."
"Don't leave me," begged Carlos, holding Evie's hand.
"I'll only be gone for a minute," said Evie. She kisses Carlos on the cheek before leaving with Mal. Carlos felt his heart race and his cheeks heat up.
Mal and Evie walk out the door and close it for privacy.
"So, what's this about? The way I talked to you?" started Evie.
"No, it's about Carlos," answered Mal. "You're babysitting him."
"Sure," replied Evie instantly.
"No debate?" questioned Mal.
"He's my boyfriend," said Evie.
"Technically, he's not," said Mal. "He doesn't remember you, so how does that mean you're still in a relationship?"
"Well, it doesn't matter. I'd be glad to look after him," said Evie.
"Good, because it's like he's been reborn. He grew up without the guts to manage his own life. He needed you to shape his life. He needs you to do it again," said Mal.
"Well, do you want a good Carlos or a rotten-to-the-core Carlos?" asked Evie.
"It doesn't matter," said Mal. "Just take care of him. He needs you."
"And I need him," added Evie.
"And I just want to tell you. No hard feelings," said Mal. "I know how much he means to you. You had every right to yell at me for threatening him."
Meanwhile, back inside, while Jane is trying to comfort Carlos, Audrey took Ben to the far corner of the room, trying to make sure no one else hears their conversation.
"Is this about Mal?" guessed Ben.
"Yes," confirmed Audrey. "I know we need her against Maleficent, but let me ask you this: Are you going to pardon her for all her crimes when she succeeds?"
"You know the answer to that," said Ben.
"She killed Sofia. She tried to set us on fire. She tried to murder her own friends," enumerated Audrey. "Did I mention she killed Sofia?"
"Mal was blinded by her own personal desires. She never meant it," said Ben.
"So you just forgive her after everything? All because you love her?" questioned Audrey.
"Audrey, I know Mal isn't your favorite person, but I need to tell you something," said Ben. "I didn't banish Mal because of the people. I banished her for a reason that can benefit her and the people."
"But you're not going to tell me, aren't you?" asked Audrey.
"One day," said Ben. "When it's all over, you're gonna look back this day and laugh about it."
"My friend is dead. I don't know if I can," said Audrey.
"I meant the reason why I sent Mal back to the Isle," corrected Ben.
"Did you tell her of your reason?" asked Audrey.
Ben nods "no."
The next day, Carlos woke up as soon as the sunlight reached his eyes. Since he was still a little uneasy around people, Ben let him sleep on the living room couch. He sits down and thinks for a moment until the servants served him breakfast, courtesy of Auradon's beloved king. However, he can't eat. He can't take his mind off the blue-haired beauty who kissed him on the cheek last night. The pressure of her lips on his cheek felt familiar but he doesn't remember.
His moment of thinking was cut short by the arrival of King Ben.
"Good morning, Carlos," greeted Ben.
"Good morning, your highne... I mean, Ben," greeted Carlos.
"I just want to tell you that Evie is waiting outside," said Ben.
Carlos wasted no time getting off the couch and running out the door. Suddenly, he went back to the living room. "Which way to the front door?"
"I'll show you," said Ben, accompanying him.
Ben escorts Carlos outside the front door, where Evie was waiting. Carlos was a little shy about looking at her but he did it anyone.
"Morning, C," greeted Evie.
"C?" questioned Carlos, confused.
"It's my nickname for you," said Evie.
"Well, it's nicer than snowball or snowflake," said Carlos. "Why does that girl call me that?"
"Your hair," answered Ben.
"Makes sense," replied Carlos. "Was I born like this?"
"Yes," answered Evie. "Now, come on. I want you to see your room."
A few minutes later, Evie takes Carlos to his dorm. She knocks on the door. Jay answers it.
"Hey, guys," he greeted. "C'mon in."
As soon as Carlos walked through the door, Dude pounced on him and licks him, happy to see him.
"Who is this little guy?" asked Carlos.
"His name is Dude. He's your pet and your friend," answered Evie.
"You don't remember this, but you were afraid of dogs your whole life," mentioned Jay.
"Let me guess. I got over it thanks to Dude?" guessed Carlos.
"Yup," confirmed Evie.
"So, this is my room?" asked Carlos, eying his surroundings.
"Our room, to be precise," said Jay.
Carlos heard something. It was Evie turning on a video game. "Hey, take these." Evie tosses him the controls.
"What are these?" asked Carlos.
"They're control for a video game," answered Evie. She decided to demonstrate. She takes back the controls and shows him how to play his favorite action video game. Whatever Evie does, the avatar in the game does it too.
"Wow," said Carlos.
"Now give it a try," said Evie, giving him the controls.
Carlos was rusty but he was beginning to get the hang of it. Evie hears her phone beep and sees that she has a message. It was Doug.
"I gotta go, though. Doug wants to meet," she said. "Jay, can you keep an eye on him."
"I won't let him out of my sight," replied Jay.
"Carlos, can I trust you to behave?" asked Evie.
"For you, I will," said Carlos.
Evie walks out the door until she saw Jane standing by, about to knock.
"Oh, hey, Jane," greeted Evie.
"I, uh, came to see Carlos," said Jane.
"He's inside. Go ahead," said Evie. "Maybe you can help Jay babysit."
"We're just helping him remember, right?" asked Jane.
"Just make sure he doesn't run away," said Evie before leaving.
Meanwhile, Lonnie was in the school gym exercising. She was doing sit-ups, but was interrupted by someone coming in. It was her ex, Chad.
"You came here to talk?" asked Lonnie.
"Yeah," responded Chad.
"This is about the break-up," guessed Lonnie.
"Look, I'm sorry about missing our dates," apologized Chad.
"I need more than a sorry. I need an explanation," said Lonnie. "Why do you keep ditching me for your friends?"
"Actually, to tell you the truth, I lied," said Chad. "I didn't miss our dates because of the Tourney team."
"Then why are you always skipping out on me?" asked Lonnie.
Chad hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth. "Look, ever since Jay banished himself, the Tourney team was worse than before. I was getting mad. But it wasn't because of the team, it was mostly because I lost a friend. I... let it put me down. The reason I skip out on you is because I needed to get my head straight."
Lonnie remained silent, surprised of his explanation. Deep inside, she understands because she knows what it's like to miss a friend. She grieved Sofia and missed Mal and Evie. "You didn't have to hide that from me. I know what it's like to wish that someone you care about is still here."
"I'm sorry," responded Chad, remembering Sofia. "Can you give me another chance?"
"Well, Jay's back, and Evie told me I should give you another chance," mentioned Lonnie. "Meet me at the bowling alley tonight at 8. I trust you'll show up this time."
"I won't let you down. I promise," said Chad.
"We'll see," said Lonnie.
Before leaving the gym, Chad kisses Lonnie on the cheek, leaving the martial artist a little stunned. She decides to continue her sit-ups.
Meanwhile, Mal was having breakfast with the royal family. However, she hasn't looked at or talked to Ben. Belle was feeling awkward and Beast was just focusing on his meal, not wanting to get in the middle.
"Um, dear, how 'bout we leave these two alone?" started Belle.
"But I haven't finished my meal," said Beast.
"Now, dear." Belle grabs Beast and drags him out of the room, leaving Mal and Ben alone.
Mal still wasn't speaking. Ben decided to speak.
"So, how does it feel to be back?" asked Ben.
"It feels great," said Mal. "I just wish we weren't dealing with two crises."
"We're just trying to jog his memory. Is that a big problem?" replied Ben.
"Yes, it is. My mom is more dangerous than ever and we all need to be at the top of our game. Carlos can't bring his A-game if he can't remember who he is," said Mal.
"You sound stressed," mentioned Ben.
"Succumbing to the dark side. The guilt over Sofia's death. My mother's new power. Your decision to banish me. The artifact. Carlos' memories," enumerated Mal. "It's all too much, Ben. You have no idea how much pressure all of this is putting on me."
"It would be a lot easier if you just tell me the truth... but I know you're still waiting for the right time," said Ben.
"The point is, Ben, I just can't keep a cool head after everything that's been happening," said Mal.
"Sounds like you need counseling," said Ben. "Maybe we can go to the Enchantress."
"No, we can't," said Mal quickly. She coughs and says, "Let's just say things between us have been ugly after my birthday."
"Why didn't she tell us anything about you?" asked Ben.
"Because I made her not to," said Mal.
"She's one of the most powerful beings in the world," said Ben.
"She has a weakness. Everyone does. It used her weakness against her," said Mal.
"What would that be?" asked Ben.
"I think some things are better off not knowing," said Mal.
"Is she alright?" asked Ben.
"She's either still recovering or she's already 100%," said Mal.
It dreads Ben to think about what Mal did to the Enchantress, but he chooses to leave it alone. He's guessing that the reason she won't tell him what she did to her is the same reason for hiding her secret. He decided to change the topic.
"Have you and your friends considered returning to school?" he asked.
"Really? I thought we were under watch," said Mal.
"You're not my prisoners. You're my friends," said Ben. "Whether you choose to continue your education is your choice."
"So you're saying that regardless what happens, you're letting me and my friends stay?" questioned Mal. "What about the people?"
"You know that I have a secret behind why I banished you. That's the answer to your question," replied Ben.
"We're both keeping secrets from each other. Good thing we're not together at the moment," said Mal.
"You were the one who broke up with me," reminded Ben.
"I thought I would never see you again," said Mal. "Plus, I wasn't proud of you."
"You look at me like a mother who is upset at her son for not sharing the jar of cookies," said Ben. "I invited you to dinner last night so we can repair some wounds."
"We never had dinner thanks to my mother," reminded Mal.
"That's why I invited you to breakfast," said Ben.
"You want to patch up some wounds, try one of the many in my heart," sassed Mal.
"Sometimes, I don't understand you," said Ben.
"There are some things you don't know about me," said Mal.
"Because you won't tell me," said Ben. "Oh, wait, we're getting right back to that topic."
"Maybe that's all I want to talk about," said Mal.
"Are you trying to hurt me?" asked Ben.
"Maybe. I don't know," responded Mal. "There's really not much to talk about.
After a brief silence, Ben asks Mal, "What are you gonna do?"
"Wait for my mother to come and end this... for good," said Mal.
"You're not saying what I think you're saying," said Ben, scared of what she's planning.
"My mom will never stop, Ben," said Mal. "There is no hope for her. This has to end."
"You think you won't feel regret for what you do? Taking a life?," question Ben. "What about Sofia?"
"She was a good soul. The purest among us. Of course, I regret what I did to her," said Mal. "But my mom... she's no pure soul. She's the worst villain in existence. The most fitting fate for her is to be wiped out of existence."
"There's no way I'm talking you out of this, am I?" guessed Ben.
"No," confirmed Mal. "Besides, I'm doing you a favor. Without my mom, the only villains we'll have to worry about are the four misfits you promised freedom."
"You have no problem with that?" asked Ben.
"I'm hoping they can change like Harley did, but they're not friends like me and my friends," said Mal. "They don't know compassion. That makes them even more difficult than us."
"And they say you and your friends were the worst of the new generation," said Ben.
"We are, or we were, but our bond sealed our fates," said Mal. "Our friendship sparked the goodness in our hearts. We just needed a push, motivation, to let it out. You gave us the motivation."
"You're happy to be good, but you still want to take your mother's life," said Ben in a disappointed tone.
"I'm leaving." Mal puts down a half-eaten strawberry and walks out the door.
Ben is left to think about his ex-girlfriend's decision.
Evie and Doug are having a stroll around the school just talking about the ex-villain's return to Auradon Prep.
"How was it?" asked Doug. "Being back in the Isle?"
"It made me actually want to go back to my old ways," answered Evie. "Old habits die hard, Doug. Don't pretest."
"So, you just go back to your good self now that you're here?" asked Doug.
"I never wanted to succumb to evil again, Doug," replied Evie. "It's just hard to let go of the old ways sometimes. If someone infuriates me, I want to either punch him in the face or use my perfume. If I see an opportunity to mess with someone, I take it. If I see someone suffer an accident, I laugh."
"We all have our flaws. Me, I study too much," said Doug.
"Who told you that?" asked Evie, knowing Doug would never admit something like that.
"Fernando," answered the dwarf. "Even though things between us didn't turn out so well, I kinda agree with him. How can I truly enjoy life if I spend almost twenty-four hours a day with my nose on a book?"
"I would've told you that, but I knew studying was your comfort zone," said Evie.
"Well, I kinda wish it was you," said Doug. "I had to spend my entire night in an arcade."
"But did you have fun?" asked Evie.
"Besides the fact that we stayed there until midnight... yes," answered Doug.
"Well, good to know at least," responded Evie.
The two continued walking until Evie caught sight of Carlos and Jane by the pond.
"Um, can you wait here?" Evie asked Doug.
"Sure," said Doug.
Evie approaches the two former love birds.
"Hey, Carlos. Hey, Jane," she greeted them.
"Hey, Evie," greeted Jane.
"Didn't expect to see you two out here," said Evie. She looks at Carlos and said, "I thought you and Jay were playing video games."
"We were, but Jane wanted to take me out here to remind me of 'old times,' as she said," said Carlos.
"You mean... going on dates?" questioned Evie.
"We went out on dates?" questioned a surprised Carlos, looking at Jane.
"Uh..." Jane paused, feeling awkward. "Kind of." She looked away from the dog lover for a moment. "We started out always texting each other until we started hanging out."
"But we did go on dates?" asked Carlos.
"You did," answered Evie. Carlos looked at her. She said, "I wanted you to be happy. You already had everything here in Auradon... except love."
Carlos looks back at Jane. "So you were my girlfriend?"
"Not really," answered Jane. "We never mentioned the words 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend.'"
"But we were close to relationship, weren't we?" asked Carlos.
Evie and Jane both didn't answer, until the blue-haired narcissist said, "You were pretty close to it."
Carlos looks at Jane again, who was trying to avoid eye contact due to blushing.
Evie then says, "But you don't have to rush back into the dating game. We are trying to take things slow with your memories."
"But... do you really have to hold me back on love?" questioned Carlos. "You said you wanted me to be happy. Then... can you help me?"
Evie didn't answer. She knew she would have to wait for the right time to tell Carlos about their secret relationship, but it seems that was out of the window. Hanging out with Jane and learning of their dating history, Carlos seems to have developed feelings for the daughter of Fairy God Mother again. She can't help but feel something new. Jealousy. Evie thought she can help Carlos realize his feelings by staying with him 24/7, but it seems that hiding their relationship has made her pay the price.
"You know what. Who am I to stand in the way of true love? You two have fun. Doug and I have catching up to do," said Evie with a smile, although deep inside, she was the opposite of happy.
While Evie lets her two friends enjoy each other's company, she reluctantly returns to Doug.
"Is something wrong, Evie?" asked Doug, noticing that she looked down.
"Everything's just fine," lied Evie. "So, care to tell me how Fernando's like to you?"
Later that day, Evie was sitting down outside the school, alone, reading about chemicals on her textbook. She has already told Ben that she wants to continue her education in Auradon Prep. She wanted to start catching up on the six weeks she missed. However, deep down inside, she knows she just needs a distraction to ignore her jealousy.
"Someone looks more stressed than I am?" Mal showed up.
"Leave me alone," said Evie. "I need to focus."
"Don't lie to me, E. Besides, you've wasted your best lying strategy pretending to forget about my birthday," said Mal.
"My problems are my problems. I think you know how that feels," said Evie.
Mal kneels down. "Do you really want me to go Maleficent on you?"
"You would interrogate me in a brutal way just for a simple secret?" questioned Evie. "How low can you go?"
Suddenly, Mal grabs Evie by the top and makes her look at her face-to-face. "You got 'til the count of three before things get dark."
"You're insane, M," said Evie. "Why do you need to get my secret out of me like this?"
"Because acting mysterious is my game, and no one I know is playing it with me," said Mal. "One... two..." Mal lights up her hand with dark magic.
"I'm jealous," said Evie all of a sudden.
Mal makes the dark magic disappear and asks, "Jealous of what?"
"Carlos and Jane," answered Evie. "He found out that they used to date. Now, he wants to start over with her."
"Now you see what happens when you keep secrets," said Mal. "You two should've just told your ex-lovers that you were dating, and everything will be just fine."
"I don't want to break Doug's heart," said Evie.
Mal puts Evie down. "Well, normally, I'd help you, but I think I should let you deal with your jealousy problem yourself. You helped yourself confess your love for snowflake, so I'm pretty sure you can figure this out on your own."
"'Never leave a friend in a time of need.' That sound familiar?" said Evie.
"Do you even need help?" replied Mal.
"Maybe," said Evie.
"All I can say to you is... you have to tell him how you feel. Again," said Mal. "But first, you have to tell your dwarf friend and the apple of Carlos' eyes the truth."
Mal walks away. Evie just sits down and thinks about what her friend said.
It was 8:01 PM in Auradon. Lonnie was at the bowling alley, waiting for Chad to show up. Another minute has passed and she feels that the athlete is not going to show up. She was about to go inside herself when someone suddenly opens the door for her. It was the son of Cinderella and Prince Charming.
"Hey, Lonnie," greeted Chad.
"About time, Prince Charming," said Lonnie. "I thought you wouldn't show up."
"Well, no one can ever really be on time," said Chad.
"I guess I was right to heed Evie's words," said Lonnie.
"The girl dates a dwarf. You ask her for dating advice?" questioned Chad.
Lonnie glares at him.
"I'm just kidding," said Chad.
"For your information, I didn't ask her for advice. She just talked to me," said Lonnie. "She's doing it for the same reason she sets up Carlos and Jane. She wants me to be happy. She wants all of her friends to be happy."
"You're making her sound less tolerable," said Chad.
"I though Sofia helped you two tie up loose ends," said Lonnie.
"Our friendship is still rough, but she did help," said Chad, though sorrow briefly shows up on his face at the mention of Sofia.
"Let's go," said Lonnie. She kisses Chad on the cheek before entering the building.
Jane and Carlos have returned from the park, where Jane was introducing Carlos to his own hideout behind the waterfall. So far, she has told him about the hideout he had on the Isle of the Lost, his thing for technology, and even tried to show him the paint bombs, which ended up with both of them getting painted on. However, they thought of it as a moment they can laugh about. Luckily, they were able to clean themselves with the waterfall.
"Hey, Jane," started Carlos. The girl looks at him. He says, "Thank you."
"Well, we're all trying to help you remember," said Jane.
"Not that," said Carlos. "I wanted to thank you for this evening. I can see why you and I were close."
"Well, thank Evie. She chose me for you, after all," said Jane.
"I almost forgot. Can you tell me a little bit more about her?" asked Carlos.
"I think it's best she tells you herself. You two are quite close," said Jane. "Well, goodnight."
Suddenly, Carlos puts her arms around Jane and embraces her. Jane was surprised but gives in to the hug and returns it. After breaking apart, they return to their respective dorms. Unbeknownst to them, Evie was watching from her dorm window. She was happy that Jane and Carlos are catching up, but it seems that she was about to lose the love of her life to someone else. She can't help but feel the pain in her heart that feels like it's been twisted. She closes the curtains and turns in for the night.
I'm sorry for how this ended CarVie fans, but there is a lesson to be learned from this. "Secrets come with a cost." Don't worry, that doesn't mean the CarlosxEvie romance is doomed. Just stay tuned for the next update.
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