For the record, I only remember bits and pieces of this part... as well as many other parts due to the fact that someone deleted my DVR of the movie...
The struggle is real.
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Only for a blond haired boy to fall out of the limo holding on to a blue cloth.
Yikes, bad picture.
He was playing an almost violent game of tug of war with the next person who emerged from the stretch car. He had much longer hair that I knew for a fact some of the girls would be absolutely jealous of.
As we approached, two more came out (both of which were girls). One had long and voluminous dark blue hair while the other had florescent purple hair. The purple haired one hissed something at the boys that I couldn't make out but I can assume that she was scolding them.
By the time we reached over to them (and Fairy God Mother had given her speech and told the long haired guy to put everything back as he found it and left), the seven of us were standing in silence until Audrey broke it.
"You're Maleficent's daughter, aren't you?" She was asking the purple haired girl. "I totally don't blame your mother for trying to kill my parents and stuff. Water under the bridge."
"Totes." Her voice was about as fake as Audrey's extensions. They did one of those fake girly giggles at each other and sighed.
'Yikes.' I looked over at Ben through the corner of my eye. Around my black glasses frames (make the jokes now, I am a pirate with bad eyesight), his expression looked about the same as mine…uncomfortable.
Yikes.
Blue haired girl stepped forward. "My name is Evie, I am the daughter of The Evil Queen."
"Your royal status actually doesn't work here." Despite the fact that Audrey tried to sound sincere about that, her eyes gave it away fast.
Figuring that I should step in before something bad happened (cause things were going so well), I spoke. "Do you guys mind if I get a picture of you for the school paper? And maybe a statement?"
They looked at me as if I'd grown two heads… or eight tentacles.
"Sure." Mal, pretty sure that was her name, replied for all of them. Guess she was the leader in the group.
I backed away and tried to focus my camera before Audrey stepped in.
"Which side do you want me on?" I could hear the bones in Ben's creak under the pressured squeeze she was giving.
I looked up and quickly retorted. "Mine. I just want Ben in the picture with them." As editor for the paper, I was lucky enough to call the shots.
"But I'm Benny Boo's girlfriend." I tried not to gag as she held on to Ben like a life raft. Ben's eyes were a plea for help.
"I could care less if you were his wife." Audrey's mouth opened a bit in shock. Some of the villain kids snickered and I might have been imagining Mal smiled a bit. Audrey reluctantly came and stood beside me. When she wasn't pouting I could feel her glare daggers into my side.
Compared to the fact that on separate occasions I can go toe-to-toe with Patrick Pan, Elliot Teach (the son of Blackbeard the pirate), and my brother Jamieson, Audrey was a walk in the park. She scared me about as much as a shark would scare my mother (and for the record, I saw her punch a Great White Shark into a state of comatose… that was a fun Christmas).
Ben stood in the middle of the foursome with Mal and Evie on his right and Carlos and Jay on the left. After a couple of shots, I finally got one that was perfect. "Awesome, thanks guys. I can grab some statements later of that's okay."
I decided to take their silence as a yes.
What? Blame my parent's for my determination.
After Audrey practically ran back to Ben's poor arm, we decided to move on to the statue of King Beast. Ben showed them how it worked when he clapped his hands and it changed. By the time we reached the inside, Audrey practically dragged Ben off somewhere and Doug came down the stairs only to be smitten with Evie.
"Hi-ho…" His voice trailed off.
"Well, since we are down a prince and Audrey, Doug and I can show you guys where the dorms are." I said and they all started to go up the stairs… wait what?
"Guys." Doug caught their attention. "Dorms are this way." He pointed in the other direction and we started. On the way I managed to get a couple of quotes from them and jotted them down on my hand (on the open sea and even in Neverland, paper is rare so you have to learn to improvise).
"So Doug is the son of Dopey, then who are your parents?" Mal asked.
"You probably wouldn't know them." Was my automatic reply.
"Try us." Jay came up and walked beside me. I had to admit, he was physically attractive. But I could tell his personality stunk like week old flounder… no offence to Ariel's fish friend.
"If you can guess, then I will tell you." I threw at him as we arrived to Carlos and Jay's room. "By the way, there is a bonfire tomorrow night. Courtyard at sundown if you guys are interested."
The four looked at me skeptically. "Is this some kind of trick?" Carlos questioned.
I raised a dark brow. "Why would it be a trick?"
"Because you probably don't want us here either. " Came Mal's curt reply.
"You're joking, right?" They gave me skeptical looks. "I want you guys here. When Ben told me that he made the decree to bring you guys here I tackled him into a hug and almost fractured something." They didn't believe me. "Look, believe what you guys want. Not all of the people at this school were brown with a crown on their heads. I know what it's like to be you."
"You have no idea what it's like to be the child of a villain." Mal challenged.
"You know what? I don't know what it's like to be the child of a villain." 'Try two mostly reformed.' "Look, I have to get this article done for tomorrow. I might see you guys in class and I will hopefully see you guys at the bonfire. I'll show you how to make s'mores."
They looked at me oddly. "What's that?" Jay asked.
'Yikes.' My brows raised. "I'll show you tomorrow. I'll see you guys tomorrow! Bye Doug!" With that I turned down the hall to my room.
After making sure my door was bolted shut, I let my tentacles loose from my shirt and sighed. Realizing that if I wanted to get this article done by bed time, I would have to start two hours ago. I plunked down into my computer chair and fired up my computer. It was going to be a long night.
By the time I finished the article and fell into bed, it was well past midnight. Now it was 6 am, class started at 9 and I only had three hours to shower, eat, try and make sure my hair didn't look like a seagull's nest and check in with Flotsam and Jetsam.
Yikes again.
After the world's fastest shower, I threw on my blue jeans, black t-shirt and dark green zip up hoodie and tried to find my red sneakers again. Twenty minutes and one overturned bed later (they were in my sheets…too tired to take my shoes off earlier), I tackled my hair. Or as Uncle Smee called it: The broken compass. Apparently if I sleep on it funny it goes all the wrong ways… this also applies to if I wash it.
This is one of those times.
My hair used to be long brown locks that went far longer than they should. However after cleaning the bottom of The Jolly Roger with Jamie, I came to realize that my hair, barnacles and ship polish don't mix. So mom ended up cutting most of my hair until it looked like a beggar boy's hair. A bit longer in the back than the front, goes in all directions and side bangs over my left eyes that aren't exactly even (Note for future reference: Cutting hair on a pirate ship during high waves is a really bad idea). It was more trouble to keep it long so I trim it once in a while.
After fighting my hair and being somewhat satisfied with how it looked, I checked the time. I still had an hour to grab some food, check in with the eels and high tail it to class. I quickly sent the article to the teacher in charge (aka Queen Belle, she had final say for any article published) and retracted my tentacles before running out the door and heading to the docks.
After double checking that no one was following me, I ducked under the board walk and walked ankle deep into the salty waters (only once I realized that the water was cold it reminded me that I forgot to take my shoes off…).
"Guys? You here?" I whispered loudly.
Two identical eels popped out to greet me and I couldn't help but smile.
"Good morning, Octavia." Flotsam hissed.
"Yesss, good morning." Jetsam added.
"How is everyone? Are mom and dad okay? What about Jamie?"
"Take a look." The both said and their one yellow eye started to glow and show me where they were.
I saw that they were off the coast of Wonderland. Dad was steering the ship and mom was watching Jamie spar with one of the other crewmen. The colors were hoisted high into the sky mom softly hummed a lullaby from when I was a child. Jamie then climbed up the mast with his tentacles and hung upside down like a bat.
I quickly saw the look of panic on my mother's face as Uncle Smee took the wheel and my dad tried to convince my brother to come down and calm down the former sea witch fearing for her son's life. My brother could only laugh at the look of exasperation on dad's face.
"Okay, all seems normal. Jamie doing crazy things and mom and dad being overprotective." I pushed up my glasses. "When you guys get back to the ship give everyone my love, okay?" I gave them each a pat on the head and heard the bell toll for classes to start.
"Aw man, I'm late!"
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