Disclaimer: I do not own Descendants. I do not own any additional Disney characters thrown in. Most OCs belong to Ginnyrules27, used with her permission as this is a series to go along with her own. OCs that are mine: Reginald Von Rotten, Sura Stromboli, Rhea – sort of, Greek Myth stuff, and, eventually, Pyrenea, added on to as time goes on.
A/N: Welcome! After much planning, though changes can still happen, I am ready to start writing Auradon's Renaissance! This will go hand in hand with the progression of Choosing Home by Ginnyrules27. I'll be trying to cover the gaps that lead up to Choosing Life as well, so this will be longer than my usual 13 chapters the first two installments had been. We're aiming for 26 on this one! (What can I say, I like multiples of 13). A lot of calculation and discussions with Ginny occurred because I want this to be as 'accurate' to her vision as possible while still being unique. The song Persephone sings btw, is known as Nanourisma.
As always, Read, Review, Enjoy!
Spring Break had been amazing. While things had improved enormously for both Mal and the state of the Isle, one major thing still cast an ominous shadow across the United States of Auradon. The Escapee of the Isle, otherwise known as Frederick 'Freddy' Frollo…and the missing spell book and staff of Maleficent, extremely dangerous items belonging to the one being who was regarded as the vilest being to enter the realm of villainy.
'Oh, and not being able to see dad in person kinda put a damper on things,' Hadie sighed as he cuddled into the side of his gently snoozing mother. He knew he should be sleeping, but he was loathe to lose precious minutes before he would have to say goodbye to his mom again. Even if she was officially meant to be in Auradon again, the arrival of Spring meant Persephone would be busy with the season and only free every week or two instead of every few days as Hadie had grown used to since her early appearance.
"Unable to sleep, my little sapphire?"
Startled, Hadie bolted slightly away from his mother, much to her tired amusement. Relaxing, Hadie allowed himself to be tugged back into the Goddess' side.
"Just a little," the Godling muttered, blushing in the dark. Ever since she'd gotten back to Auradon, Persephone had been overly doting, spattering both Mal and Hadie with new, silly pet names. He couldn't really blame her, having to miss the majority of the time that the Godlings spent learning life finally in Auradon, only to return to one of them being tortured. Mal, much to her bemusement, though Ben enjoyed it, was sometimes called the perfect 'amalgam', having proven to truly be 'half and half' in the eyes of tradition and rebellious.
"Do you think some warm milk would help?" Persephone said gently, combing her fingers through her son's hair. "Or I could grow some lavender?"
"I just don't want to fall asleep and bam, already time to leave you," Hadie's voice so small, wrenching at his mother's heartstrings. "I've missed you for so many months, I'm not used to having to say goodbye so much more often."
"I know, darling, I know," Persephone sighed. "But you're free now. You could stay glued to my side all summer if you desired, but now you have so many friends and safe places to go, rather than hidden on the Isle where nowhere was safe."
"Don't know how safe it is with Freddy on the loose," huffed Hadie as he grumbled into the crook Persephone's neck.
"Still pretty safe since all kingdoms are on alert and each palace has its own security," she answered. "So long as you stayed with a group, I imagine you'd be well guarded."
"I know I'll miss my friends…I already feel as close with some of them as I do with Dizzy and Celia," Hadie tried not to sob. "I wish they could be here."
Persephone held him tightly as she felt his small body rack a bit with shallow breaths, desperate to hold the Godling's tears in. "Hopefully soon, my little lightning bolt."
"I-I guess I should try to find a balance to spend time with friends and you," Hadie replied after a minute, finally managing to calm his breath. "Part of me wants to spend all summer with you, but I don't want to leave my friends hanging."
"We've got a couple months to plan, don't worry too much," Persephone dropped a kiss atop Hadie's brow. "And I have a small hunch you don't really want to be around Olympus too much too soon. Don't forget your sister has training and introductions to do once school is out."
"Ugh, gross!" Hadie spat. "I might've forgotten. Yup, I think I'll pass when that all happens."
Laughing softly, Persephone nuzzled Hadie's cheek before gently kissing it. "Just get through the rest of school and we'll discuss things as they come."
With a yawn, Hadie nodded, each falling silent.
"…mom?" He finally said once more.
"Yes, love?"
"C-could you sing?"
"…πóσα άστρα íνε στóν υρανó…" Persephone's loving voice spun of the twinkling stars outside, whispering into the night as, finally, her little prince succumbed to sleep.
"You have everything?"
"Yup, all packed," Hadie replied as he zipped up his backpack, slinging it over his shoulder.
"Are you sure?" Persephone said as she checked her own purse before grabbing Hadie's suitcase. "Remember, I'm not coming back to the apartment for a few weeks, so anything left behind will have to wait."
"I'm sure!" Hadie smiled up at his mother, stepping up to where her apartment allowed teleportation.
"Alright, grab on," Persephone smiled sadly, reaching out with her free hand. "Let's get you to school."
Hadie grinned mischievously and ignored his mom's hand, instead throwing his arms around her waist, ensuring he could get another hug in before he had to say goodbye.
"Ready!"
Persephone practically melted at the gesture. Placing her freehand gently upon his head, she smiled one last time before closing her eyes to allow the feeling of her magic take them across the spatial plane.
"Alright, let's get your bags to your room, and then I need to get going, 'kay, love?" Persephone spoke as they carefully stepped down the arrival platform and exited the room.
"I can carry that for ye, Lady Steph."
"Harry!" Hadie jumped at his adoptive brother in glee, the older boy quickly snaring Hadie in a quick hug.
"Harry," Persephone smiled fondly, leaving Hadie's suitcase for a moment to wrap the pirate in her own hug, planting a light kiss on each of his cheeks. "I have seen far too little of you lately, young man."
"I'll be sure to fix that this summer, Lady Steph," Harry replied with a blush. "Been trying to keep my studies up for once so I can graduate on time with Jay."
"Hades kept me posted on your grades, you're doing great, Harry," Persephone encouraged the brunet before she thankfully passed on Hadie's suitcase. "I'm sure you'll be able to do it if you keep this up."
"Thank you kindly, ma'am," Harry puffed up proudly as he led the way back to the shared dorm room.
"Honestly, Harry, when are you going to stop using honorifics with me?" Persephone pouted. "You're more than welcome to simply use 'Steph'."
"Probably when he stops calling me 'Little Lord'," Hadie snorted.
"Nah, you'll just get an upgrade to regular 'Lord' once you've grown is all, your highness," Harry teased.
"I swear, you better not, Hook!"
"Keep it nice, boys," Persephone smiled wryly as the banter rose.
"As you say, mother," Hadie sighed, though continued to glare slightly at Harry. The elder boy simply stuck his tongue out at the Godling and continued leading the way.
"So mature, the both of you," the Goddess gave an exasperated sigh, shaking her head. "What is an old lady like me ever to do with such undisciplined buffoonery?"
"Shame I can't really deny the wild child in me, Lady Steph," Harry laughed as he opened the door to their dormitory. "But I can deny you being old."
"I might look like a thirty something year old mortal, Harry, but I can assure you that even Mama Odie would consider me ancient."
"Nah, just dad, methinks," Hadie joked, throwing his bag onto his desk chair. "Thanks, Harry."
"No, prob, laddie," Harry replied, rolling the luggage into its familiar home of the closet nook and reaching over to ruffle Hadie's hair.
"Hey! No touchy!"
Harry dodged out of the way of Hadie's flailing hands, sliding smoothly over to Persephone to give the Goddess one last hug on the way out.
"I need to go to a R.O.A.R. prep meeting for the season start, it was nice seeing you again, Lady Steph!"
"You as well, Harry!" Persephone waved a farewell before turning her attention back to Hadie. "Alright, sweetheart, I'll make sure to keep my Sunday clear. Next weekend at the latest."
"'Kay mom, love you," Hadie sighed, as they hugged one last time. "Miss you already."
"And I miss you more," she replied, dropping a kiss on his hair before they parted.
Closing the door behind his mother as she proceeded down the hallway with one last wave, Hadie returned to his desk to setup and cracked open his laptop.
Without Celia and Dizzy coming, Hadie felt he needed something to distract him from his disappointment. His other friends wouldn't be arriving for a few more hours and would need to resettle themselves as well. Nor would they be able to replace his wanting to see his other friends. As he had on the Isle, the best distraction for Hadie was to read or study, throwing himself entirely to whatever caught his focus. Pulling up his class schedule, Hadie figured he'd get a head start on the syllabus readings. Since passing Remedial Goodness class, and the brief course of Internet Safety, each of the newest four VK's had signed up for new electives.
Despite the rocky relationship between himself and Demeter, Hadie couldn't deny that seeing the farms had piqued a further interest in what both his parents did as Gods. In the end, he'd signed up for Enchanted Forestry, as well as Mining for Beginners. Things he hoped would somewhat help direct him into topics that supposedly taught magical horticulture, alongside understanding metals and gems that few people remembered to relate to his father.
Though he'd shown Mal some of his progress, Hadie had been hesitant to show Persephone anything just yet.
'Nerves, I guess?' Hadie thought to himself as he carefully read the introduction to Enchanted Forestry. 'I know nothing would likely be perfect, I'm sure mom knows far more efficient ways to do what I'm trying…'
On the other hand, he also knew that his mom had a couple centuries of getting used to her powers. Hadie had the last few months to work with plants unhindered.
'Okay, so maybe this summer then, I'll give in,' Hadie considered as he pulled out a fresh notebook to copy the parts he'd highlighted from his reading. 'Mom's the only one who I'd be willing to have help me anyways, apart from Cassia or Hyacinth I guess."
Wrapped in his studies, the Godling didn't notice he was no longer alone.
"What's got you working so hard before classes even start?" Jay snorted in amusement as Hadie jolted straight in his chair.
"Hey Jay," Hadie stood, placing his pen down to offer the son of Jafar a hug. "Feels like it's been forever since I last saw you!"
"Yeah, sorry about that, Hads," Jay said, returning the hug. "I guess we haven't really hung out, outside of sword practice, the dorm and meals. I'll try to be better this semester."
"It's alright, I know you're going to be busy helping Mal and the others try to track down Freddy on top of everything else."
"That doesn't mean I should've have been making more time for you," Jay swore as he moved to chill on his bed. "What's your schedule like this trimester? We could see if any of our free spots line up!"
"Sounds good to me!" grinned Hadie. Searching through his bag, he found his printed schedule as Jay pulled his own up on his phone.
"I guess if nothing matches, we can always find after school time…" Jay mumbled as he grew more disheartened as they combed through the lists. "Though that'd be harder to coordinate with R.O.A.R. and all."
"Oh here! On Thursdays," Hadie pointed to one of his gold blocks that happened to match with one of Jay's. "Got a whole hour of free time!"
"Perfect," Jay smirked. "Now my question is…would you be interested in picking back up your parkour lessons from the Isle?"
Hadie's eyes widened in greedy excitement.
"Really?" he hesitated despite his desire. "You don't think we'd get in trouble with mom again?"
"Not if we don't get caught. There's mats and blocks in the gym we can practice with, or we can check out the school roof," Jay wondered aloud. "Some of the block rises up there are cool, we would just have to avoid going on the tiles for the roof proper, that's more likely to get us in trouble than simply running around doing gymnastics. No trouble with school, no trouble with Lady Steph."
"I'm down then! Kinda sucks Virgil can't be with us this time, but it would be nice to get back into something more Isle-style. I don't think I've seen anyone but you and Harry really do that kind of stuff around the school."
"I think Virgil would be too nervous to get back into it in the more goody-goody environment compared to last time where parkour is considered more for survival than fun. Especially since even with that logic, your mom still thought it was too dangerous for you to be jumping around the roofs."
"Okay, but to be fair to mom, those buildings aren't in the greatest of shape, even if I am a Godling."
'Besides, Virgil's idea was to help me be safer since he'd caught me roof-surfing and nearly fell onto my head if he hadn't gotten there in time. He's a lot more athletic than he comes across!'
Hadie still maintained he would've been fine as a Godling. Though he probably would've been knocked out cold and at risk for any enemies if Virgil hadn't been keeping an eye out for him, one of his more daring attempts.
"Come on, Hadie, it'll be fun!"
It'd been a few years since Hadie had nearly gotten kidnapped. The nine-year old sat, leg bouncing, on top of the edge of one of the buildings. Bored. It was still light out, and his dad was surprisingly busy, cooking up a storm for the number of people going in and out of the restaurant. The barge had been at its worst yet last week, leaving people desperate for edible food, let alone good food.
And with Hades' constant supply of fresh fish, with cornstarch supplies that weren't destroyed, his place was the best in town to fill a starving stomach.
So while his dad worked hard, Hadie was bored. The mugginess of summer heat was upon them, bogging the Isle beneath the clouds despite no real sun. All of his studies were done, and he'd finished every new book he had.
The wild, mismatched eyes of Reggie continued to stare at Hadie expectantly, an unhinged smile waiting earnestly. On the other side, Celia looked around for suitable pieces to try to utilize. There were plenty of large metal scraps lying around, some even making up the roofs of the makeshift city, loosened by the poor weather.
"Yeah, I'm down," Hadie shrugged. "Individual races or shall we try to find one big one and see how fast we can hit the ground?"
"Race!" Celia cheered as she managed to rip a metal sheet from the roof, carefully removing any remaining nails. "The heights all descend from this point on if make the run to Curl up and Dye, we could see who gets there first."
"We allowed to dismount?"
"So no one busts a head open, probably a good idea," Hadie said. "I'd say we can propel off stuff and jump around to get better angles so we don't just plummet four stories, but majority of the race needs to have been on the board."
"Like if we lose momentum, take a few running steps and hop back on," Celia grinned.
"Sounds good to me," Reg adjusted the lid of a trash can he had found, the handle missing as he held himself ready over the edge of the roof. "Hurry up and grab your own ride, Hadie!"
Kicking at the mostly still nailed down roof, Hadie climbed further upward to see if he could spy anything halfway decent. With a small flame he carved out the sides of a sturdy, beat up looking plastic bin, hoping the lowered walls would be less likely in the way of jumping off his makeshift board if he needed to go back and forth between mounting and dismounting.
He knew this was stupid.
But he also knew that didn't mean he couldn't keep it from becoming extra stupid from little mistakes.
"Ready," Hadie finally said as he joined his friends at the peak of the overhang.
"Set?" Celia called out.
"GO!" Reggie kicked off, leaping onto his tin sled, using the momentum by keeping his knees bent as low as he could to gain speed.
Hadie scrambled after, both he and Celia hitting the next roof below milliseconds after Reggie. His ears pumped with the blood of his heart as boredom was swept away with exhilarating adrenaline. The uneven terrain jostled him, throwing his balance a few times. Occasionally, he'd lash a foot out over the edge of his board to keep his momentum going or ensure he made the jump to the next building rather than splatter in the alley below.
The trio dodged out of the way of some other roof lollygaggers, laughing as one shingle happened to fall and clonk the head of the ever-annoying Gaston LeGume.
'No brains damaged there,' Hadie snickered to himself as he swung himself around a pole to try for the shortest path to Dizzy's family shop. Only to see he was about to entangle with a line of broken lights being used to dry someone's laundry.
'Shit.'
As he felt his sled hit the wiring, Hadie twisted his body, hoping he'd gotten enough leverage to jump to the edge over. Instead, he heard the twang of the strings snapping beneath his weight, despite him weighing only about fifty pounds.
'I guess it's not these people's fault they didn't need to fully secure their laundry line to hold someone's weight,' Hadie's thought immediately resigned to his fate. There were plenty of shop covers to catch his fall, tightened to ensure rainfall wouldn't bog them down. He just had to time himself right so he wouldn't land wrong at risk of any enemies finding a sitting duck.
Except it looked like Hadie had simultaneously gone too far and not far enough. He wouldn't make it to the other side.
And the shop area he was above was one of the few spots with decent spacing. He was right in the middle of them, no bouncy tarp to help his fall.
'No keeping this accident from mom,' Hadie thought as he braced himself with impact. The jolt took a moment to register as his shock was displaced with confusion as the ground never came closer. Rather the wall on the other side did.
"Alright there, Hadie?"
"Virg!" Hadie sighed in relief as the teen helped pull him up onto the roof he'd been aiming for. "Thanks for the save."
"N-no kidding, I wasn't about t-to leave you of all people about to eat pavement."
Hadie smiled up at his cousin. Always dependable Virgil. While not completely out of his nervous tendencies, the yellow-eyed teen had come a long way in terms of his stutter. Hadie always claimed that Virgil would likely have been in Hufflepuff if one of his fantasy books were real. "Do you mind keeping this away from Mal and my parent's ears? They don't need to know I'm not exactly following the rules to the letter."
"Of course," Virgil nodded, having already expected that. "Mal would tattle you to your dad if she found out, but I know you can handle yourself. I-I get Lord and Lady Chthonos want to protect you, but that's no excuse to not k-keep you prepared for the Isle."
"Thanks again, Virg, I can always depend on you to keep my secrets," Hadie grinned as they walked over to the last area Hadie had needed to reach to win the race. A race that he knew was already over, in the minute he had needed to take to slow his breath from a near panic now that he wasn't about to faceplant anywhere.
"Y-you know, I'm a pretty good climber, know my way around the town," Virgil began before Hadie could propel down to where he could see Celia and Reggie waving up to him. "Jay too, of course. Even if you never leave past the town territory like your parents ask, we could teach you some tricks. Parkour is a good skill to have, especially for a getaway."
"I think that's a great idea."
"Alright, so once a week, if not every two weeks once we get used to this trimester's schedule, we'll meet up and I'll set up some practice courses for you to mark," Jay's voice pulled Hadie back to the present. "I doubt you've been trying to keep up with it like you have your sword work."
"I've used it a little bit in the forest," Hadie shrugged as he began to fiddle with his Rubik's cube. "You know how I like to climb. It's just getting across and back down quickly, just as well as keeping it safe, that I have trouble with."
"Oi, Hadie! You back in here yet?" A voice yelled through the door, loud knocking accompanying to interrupt their conversation.
"Hey, Herkie, Evan," Jay greeted as he beat Hadie to the door, opening it.
"Hiya Jay!" The two boys piped in unison. "You seen Hadie?"
"Right here," Hadie smirked, sliding into view. "You guys that excited to see me you needed to have Herkie break our door down already?"
"Herkie, maybe," Evan laughed. "He's been complaining nonstop that you've ditched his offer to join his electives."
"Well, maybe if they weren't things I already know, such as Dragon Anatomy, I would've considered them," Hadie teased his cousin. "If I want an easy A to bolster my grades later, I'll reconsider, but I want to learn new things right now."
"I guess I'm coming to you for homework help for dragon facts," Herkie shrugged.
"You come to me for homework help with all your classes already, Herk," Hadie chuckled.
"You guys plan to head to the lunch buffet late, or wait for when dinner officially starts?" Jay interjected, leaning amused against the doorway as the kids bantered.
"Right! Also why we stopped by," Herkie explained. "The others have mostly arrived, I think we're just waiting on Phil and Alexandria to get back, so we were going to meet up and just graze in the cafeteria."
"Sounds good to me, coming Jay?" Hadie glanced back at Jay as he began to make his way out the door, pocketing his toy.
"You go ahead, but I'll see you once dinner starts," Jay said, shaking his head. "I've got a few others to meet beforehand."
Waving farewells, Hadie joined Evan and Herkie on their trek to the mess hall.
'Though I should've been showing Celia and Dizzy around by now,' Hadie sighed quietly as Herkie and Evan continued to babble, their noise covering their friend's discontent. 'Just another month or so, and if Freddy isn't caught by then, my friends will be coming over anyways. Mal promised!'
"What do you think the first food back will be?"
"Do you only think with your stomach, Herkie?" Evan rolled his eyes.
"Usually, yeah," Herkie shrugged, smirking. "I'm a growing, hungry boy. Gotta think about when and where my next meal will be, what's the best nutrition I can get to maximize my gains."
"First off, you're thirteen, you're 'gains' are practically nonexistent," it was Hadie's turn to roll his eyes. "Also, you're hardly the only one who needs to think about when or where their meal is coming from, nutrition is hardly the most important thought when hunger strikes."
Herkie and Evan winced.
"I-I didn't mean…Sorry, Hads," Herkie sighed. "I just meant—"
"I know what you meant," Hadie said dryly. "Just, try to pick your words better please? At least until things are better? The Isle still isn't…Mal says there are still issues getting things into place, and with the lockdown, I don't know how my friends are doing anymore."
"Sure, I can certainly try," replied Herkie, relaxing slightly. "I had wondered why you and Alexandria have been down lately."
"Alexandria? What's thrown rain on her parade?" asked Evan.
"Can't get letters to Dizzy," answered Hadie. "I've asked Mal and Uma if we could forward things and they said they want minimize any coming and going information to reduce anyone else sneaking on or off the Isle until security is improved on the barges, or Freddy is caught."
"So how are they getting word back and forth?"
"Through dad. Mom's too busy with Spring to take letters, so now that Mal is finally using her damn link, she and Uma just talk to dad and vice versa if there's news."
"Ah. I was going to ask if your mom could've, but I forgot it's Spring," Herkie said.
"Yup. Hey guys, how'd all your breaks go?" Hadie greeted the rest of their group that had apparently beat them to the cafeteria. The only person still missing appeared to be Alexandria.
"We all saw each other, you should know," Ashaki joked. "At least twice each!"
"Not Neal, he was off camping most of break," said Evan as he took a seat. "At least we got to see you at Ash's birthday."
"Well excuse me for enjoying time with my family," bantered Neal, sticking out his tongue.
"Also, Neal was with us when you took us to the Snuggly Duckling, not to mention at Alex's," Hadie gave Evan a confused look as he pulled back out his Rubik's cube, back to fiddling with it as they waiting for food to appear. "Maybe you should get your memory checked, Ev."
"Well, I dunno! Just something about break felt like we didn't see enough of each other!"
"Probably because we see each other nearly every day while at school," added Neal.
"Alright, alright, boys, you're all pretty," Melody snorted. "No need to fight."
"But I'm the prettiest, right, Mel?" Herkie batted his eyelashes at his cousin.
"I was talking to the ones who were arguing, I don't think you were amongst them, Herk," Melody teased.
"Ouch! Right in the heart, Cuz!"
"You alright, Phil?" Hadie asked quietly, his eyes unwavering towards his friend. "You've been quiet, ever since the latter half of break."
"…I'm worried," Phil whispered. The rest of the group settled down, trying not to miss his soft voice.
"About?" Evan asked, confused.
"Audrey," Phil sighed. "She said she was going to go on her usual spa retreat, but mom and dad haven't heard from her since break started."
"She's still not back?" Melody asked in concern. "And she hasn't contacted anyone that you know of since?"
"Yeah, she's never been gone this long without at least texting," Phil rubbed his arms in worry. "I know Mal's warned us that Frollo may be the culprit, but we'd rather not entertain the idea of that villain having his clutches on Audrey."
"And to think someone's taken both Maleficent's scepter and spell book," murmured Neal. "If it weren't for that Mal also says there's no way Frollo would touch magic with a fifty-foot pole, he'd be at the top of my suspect list."
"Hadie once said Freddy is more apt to off himself than use magic himself," Herkie tried to joke, nudging his cousin. "Huh, Hads?"
"Hadie?"
"Huh?" Hadie looked at his friends nonplussed. The only one who looked the way Hadie felt was Phil, though he knew Phil had better reason. Chewing on his bottom lip for a moment, he tried to recall what had just been said. "Oh, yeah, the guy despises magic. The amount of times I've had to avoid his shit is ridiculous since he thinks my family is made up of 'false' Gods."
"He what?!" Herkie surprisingly snarled. "Dude is definitely missing some chunks of brain there."
"I bet your dad loves that," snickered Melody.
"Well, he certainly enjoyed threatening Captain Hook and his crew if any of them converted anymore," Hadie scoffed, still fiddling with his Rubiks cube. "There are far more heathens on the Isle than followers of Frollo, even if they follow different Gods, so we're mostly safe when the idiot tries to go for us."
"He really tries to go after you or Mal despite your dad being around? Death wish, much?" Ashaki stared in surprise.
"Mal's one of his favorite targets," Hadie mumbled. "I've only ran into him a couple times, but never directly. You could say I'm…the most protected person on the Isle."
His AK friends shared glances between each other. They knew how crazy protective Mal was, not to mention their parents. They get it was for the sake of being on the Isle, but even in Auradon it was like Mal had to keep tabs on her brother at all times.
'Mom, dad, Mal, all of Mal's crew…little do you guys know they aren't the only ones who keep eyes out for me,' Hadie thought to himself humorlessly. With the Lockdown, Hadie hadn't been able to get word out to Celia. Only Mal, Uma or Ben or those with their permission could send word to the Isle. Usually to Henry or Harriet, as Mal, Uma and Persephone could use their telepathy to contact Hades. The most secure choice, all things considered. 'Maybe I should talk to Ben once this is over? Less bodies means less food for the Cackle. Reg could always be the delegate and bring the hyenas food so they don't have to rely completely on scavenging.'
"D-do you think he'll come back then?" Neal nervously asked. "To go after Mal or Ben again?"
"They might try," Hadie wondered aloud. "But Fairy G has upped security, and all of Auradon is keeping a look out."
"Who're we keeping a look out for?" the voice of Alexandria finally joined them, the youngest Charming taking a seat as the cafeteria continued to fill out, the smell of food beginning to emerge.
"Frollo," Herkie simply said.
"Oh yes, all of Auradon and the sub-kingdoms," Alexandria nodded. "Daddy rarely marshals the troops, but he's got every soldier on hand at high alert."
"I'm sure if Frollo, or Audrey is sighted, all of Auradon will know faster than one could say 'bibbity bobbity boo'," said Evan, trying to comfort Phil. "He'll be captured, and your sister will come home safe."
"I hope so guys," sighed Phil once more, before standing to get in line as dinner was finally served.
"I certainly hope so."