Chapter 3: Tour Guide

"Well… I'm Sunnie," I waved awkwardly, shifting from one foot to the other as they stared at me, "And I guess I'm gonna be your guide around here? Not exactly sure, though - FG wasn't entirely clear on that." They smirked at my lame attempt at a joke, and I chuckled. "So, can I get your names, or do I have to figure it out the hard way?" Jay stepped forward first, giving me what appeared to be his own (more successful) version of "the smoulder".

"I'm Jay," he said, taking my hand and giving it a kiss. I raised a brow at his forwardness, but the moment was quickly interrupted by the white-haired boy pushing Jay out of the way.

"I'm Carlos De Vil," he said, reaching his - apparently chocolate-covered - hand out to shake mine, only for Jay to shove him back. They began fighting again - over what this time, I wasn't sure - and I averted my attention to the two girls standing beside them.

"Evie, daughter of the Evil Queen," the blue-haired girl said with a small curtsy. I smiled and bowed in return, before turning to look at the last one. She stared at me for a moment, and I waited.

"Mal," she said finally, and looked pointedly at her nails. I nodded.

Ben clapped his hands as he stepped forward, drawing the attention away from me for just a moment and stopping the boys' fight in the process. A winning smile donned his face, and he moved to approach the villain kids.

"It is so, so good to finally-" he began as he moved to shake Jay's hand, only to stop short when he punched Ben's shoulder, "...meet you." He stopped for a moment, startled, before moving on to give Mal a handshake. They stood there for a moment, hands frozen mid-shake as they stared at each other - Ben in mild awe, her in almost sardonic interest.

"This is a momentous occasion," Ben continued as he finally snapped out of his daze and moved down the line to Carlos, "One that I hope will go down in history…" He pulled his hand away, tasting his fingers that had gotten the candy mess on the from Carlos' hand, "Is that chocolate?" Carlos didn't reply, and brought his thumb up to lick off some of the chocolate that remained. Ben just smiled and continued to Evie, "As the day our two people began to heal."

"Or the day you showed four people where the bathrooms are," Mal interjected, and I snickered. Ben stopped and moved back to her, sheepish.

"A little bit over the top?" he asked.

"A little more than a little bit."

"Well, there goes my first impression." The pair laughed at his joke, and I could almost feel the electricity sparking between them. That is, until Audrey butted in.

"Hey, you're Maleficent's daughter, aren't you?" I rolled my eyes at the haughty tone of her obvious question. I know where this is going… "You know, I totally don't blame you for your mother trying to kill my parents and stuff. Oh, my mom's Aurora. Sleeping-"

"Beauty. Yeah, I've heard the name." Mal retorted, a sickly-sweet smile on her lips as her green eyes focused almost maliciously on Audrey, "And I totally do not blame your grandparents for inviting everyone in the whole world but my mother to their stupid christening."

"Water under the bridge."

"Totes." The rest of us stood there as the two girls faked a laugh for a moment, letting it fade with an awkward sigh. Ben and I shared a glance, then quickly turned and smiled back at the group.

"O-kay," I laughed, clapping my hands together, "how about that tour?" They nodded slightly, and Audrey turned back to me, clinging to Ben's arm and faking yet another smile.

"Oh, Sunnie, don't you think that you should give them the tour?" she coaxed, not-so-subtly beginning to back away from the scene, "Fairy Godmother did make you their personal guide, after all."

"But that's what we're supposed to do, Audrey," Ben answered for me, gently tugging his arm from her grasp, "Besides, we can't just leave her here to show them around by herself. No, we'll give you guys the tour." He then turned around and the three of us began leading our little group towards the statue of King Adam. Ben was telling them some of the history of the school but I tuned it out - I'd heard the story about a thousand times by now.

When we reached the statue, Ben clapped his hands, causing the statue of the king to morph into his Beast form. The villain kids started, and Carlos shrieked and jumped into Jay's arms, trying to get as far away from it as possible. I giggled at the look on Jay's face when he did so; clearly, this wasn't the first time he had dones this.

"Carlos!" I called to him, just barely grasping his attention in the midst of his freak-out, "Dude, chill! The statue's not gonna hurt you, 'kay?" Ben stepped next to them, putting a hand on Carlos' shoulder as he continued for me.

"My father wanted his statue to change from beast to man," he said, "to remind us that anything is possible." Mal smirked at him.

"Does he shed much?" she joked. Ben looked at her, straight faced as he replied.

"Yeah, mom doesn't let him on the couch." I rolled my eyes at his lame joke, and after Jay threw Carlos out of his arms, we continued on our tour.

"So you guys have a lot of magic here in Auradon? Like magic, wands, and things like that?" Our tour around the front grounds had led us into the school finally, not that I had said much of anything anyway - Ben was more than happy to lead us all on an "educational adventure through the halls of Auradon Prep," though his girlfriend was less than thrilled.

"Yeah, it exists, of course," Ben replied to Mal's question, "But it's pretty much retired. Most of us here are just ordinary mortals."

"Who happen to be kings and queens."

'It's true!" Audrey added after Mal's comment, "Our royal blood goes back hundreds of years…" She pulled Ben's arm over her shoulders before glancing at me, "Even Sunnie's." The group looked at me, slightly shocked - not that I could blame them, I'm not exactly "princess material".

"You're a princess?" Evie asked me, eyes wide, and I nodded, and opened my mouth to speak.

"Rapunzel's daughter," Audrey answered for me, and I glared at her, "though she doesn't seem to act like it; her father was a thief, after all…" She muttered the last part, as if it would keep me from hearing it. Ben shifted his gaze quickly between the two of us for a second, before looking up the stairs at the figure coming down.

"Doug! Doug, come down!" He moved almost eagerly away from Audrey, meeting the half-dwarf at the bottom of the stairs and put an arm around his shoulders, "This is Doug. He's gonna help you with your class schedules, and he and Sunnie will also be showing you the dorms."

Doug looked startled and stared up at me and I shrugged; really, he should be used to me getting into these situations by now. Ben then moved back over by Audrey, his eyes meeting Mal's with a hopeful gleam.

"I'll see you later, okay?" he asked, "And if there's anything you need, feel free to-"

"Ask Sunnie or Doug," Audrey interjected, pulling on Ben's arm as they began walking out of the room. Ben looked at me, and I winked to him as Audrey basically dragged him away.

"No worries, Benjie," I called, cupping a hand around my mouth to make myself louder, "We can handle the newbies! See you later!" He waved a hand to me quickly before they finally turned the corner and left the room, leaving me and Doug to finish up being the welcoming committee.

A/N: Whelp, chapter 3 is done! Next chapter is finishing up with Doug, showing them the dorms, and then I'm planning to switch to the villain kids' POV for a while - get a read on what they think of Sunnie. What do you guys think is going through their heads? Let me know!

PS: I started Sunnie's blog on Tumblr. The URL is - TheDailyFitz - (put between hyphens just for convenience). I'll post more to it after next chapter, I promise!