I slightly slumped as I walked to my next class, which probwbly had the world's worst name: Redemial Goodness 101. From the sound of it, I immediately assumed it was just stupid and was for VKs and VKs only. I looked down at the floor as I walked and thought about how the day went. Other than a few whispers and nervous glances, the school day went fairly well but it wasn't what suited me. There was too much work and too little freedom and I could've sworn I fell asleep a least once while trying to pay attention to the teachers' long lessons. I sighed and walked into the classroom, all of the VKs here in Aurodon walking or running to their seats. I chose the seat that was farthest to the right and rested my head on the desk.

My class was buzzing with chatter and I covered my ears, waiting for the voices to die down. Luckily, Fairy Godmother walked in with a lengthy wooden pointer and tapped it against the podium. "Class!"

Everyone fell silent and gazed up at her, waiting for her to continue. "Hello, class, and welcome to Redemial Goodness! As you know..."

I sighed, fiddling with a pencil I had taken. Well, this was gonna be a long vlass.

I speed-walked towards the entrance, immediately heading there once class was finished. The outside was the only place I could really clear my mind and think, scheme, do whatever. I slowed down and went down my usual path that lead to the area behind Auradon Prep. I breathed in the fresh scent of flowers, grass, and leaves and stopped as a cool breeze swept by. I closed my eyes and the voice from my dream scared me in my head. The same words, same tone, same creepy surrounding. It haunted me. I gasped and my eyes flew open.

I sort of stumbled backwards and sat down near the bushes, gazing at it. Everything here in Auradon waz so colorful and bright unlike the Isle of the Lost, which was dark and gloomy and I have to admit, the longer I stay here, the less I miss the isle. It's changing me... No! I am Malerie, a loyal crewmate of Uma's gang, the daughter of Maleficent, and I will-be more successful than Mal. I don't need to be a perfect princess amd live here. I need to be bad-to-the-bone villain and break the barrier, once and for all, I tried to convince myself as I dragged my fingers across the small leaves of the bush.

I hesitated to accept what was going on in my mind. I honestly wasn't sure if I was truly a villain. I didn't know if I was really loyal to Uma, Harry, and everyone else. I didn't kno- I suddenly jerked my hand away from the bush and yelped in pain. "What on earth was tbat?"

I narrowed my eyes and slowly crouched to see under the bush. I could see a small black beak peeking out from under the bush as well as gleaming black eyes. It let out a slightly high pitched bark that resembled that of a dog and backed up. I stared at the bird- assumingingly a raven- and then quickly searched my pant pockets and grabbed to untouched peanuts I had saved from lunch. I hesitantly put on down, backing up to see what it did.

It slowly and cautiously stepped towards the peanut and gave it some quick, effortless pecks. The black bird continued to do this until the sheel cracked open and the peanuts inside were within reach. The raven almost promptly swallowed the nuts and then walked closer towards me. I reluctantly held out the hand that I was holding the second peanut in. It gently touched my hand, the hairs on its beak tickling my skin. "You want this?", I asked quietly, slowly revealing the raven's treat in the palm of my hand.

It quickly and without hesitation grabbed the nut and did what it did last time until everything that was edible was gone. It looked back at me and lifted off and was about four inches in the air andsoared upwards until it decided to land on my head. I couldn't help but chuckle as I lifted my hand and inched it closer to the raven, half hoping for ig to jump onto my arm. It stepped onto my arm, making a strange kraa sound. I smiled as I slowly lifted my arm as sunlight streamed onto our faces. "I like you, little bird. I really do," I said.

It cooed in response, gazing at me with beady black eyes. I smiled and looked down. I felt strange, weird. I knew it was some sort of feeling but I couldn't pur my finger on it. "Malerie?! You out here?"

I quickly snapped out of my thoughts at the call and shooed the bird off of my arm. "I'll be right bavk." And with those words, I ran off towards the call.