Chapter 12 – End of the Line

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"Shit," Jay cursed, because he was only human – or he was a Fae right now technically but inside he was human and Evie was willingly touching him, and if that wasn't enough, the sight of Carlos working himself up and down Chad's length was certainly sufficient grounds to tear him apart.

"Yeah," Evie hummed into his ear, her fingers doing truly wicked things to his groin that involved giving just enough stimulation to be a tease but not enough to be satisfying. "It really is a pretty sight."

The flush on Carlos's freckled cheeks seemed to darken at that, his gaze drifting over to them for a moment while his mouth was very much full, his hands moving to cradle and stimulate the parts of Chad his mouth couldn't reach even as his eyes settled on Jay's groin, his appreciation seeming to be expressed by a very telling rut against the mattress.

Jay gushed and Evie grinned, spreading his folds wider for Carlos's viewing pleasure between the easy kisses she shared with Jay.

Fuck, was Jay going to miss those kisses, and he knew he wasn't ever going to get them in his own body so he tried to make the most of things, even if Evie was a relentless tease.

"Carlos," Chad moaned, his chest heaving as Carlos stubbornly bobbed his head. "Please, I'm gonna- Carlos!"

Jay didn't even know where to stare because he knew Chad had lost it, falling apart with a beautiful moan. Carlos jostled back in surprise and seemed to catch the majority of Chad's release on his face, the top of his robe spilling open enough for his chest to get coated as well, and Jay was mesmerized because he'd wanted so long to see that elusive patch of skin, and he didn't care if Carlos was pale or if he had scars, the little guy was built and now so very prettily coated in Chad's slick.

"Oh," Chad moaned when Jay reached over to tease him through it because he could, he could touch Chad and the blond eagerly welcomed it. "Ah, Jane."

He sagged back against the pillows with a gasp when it was over, Evie crawling over them so she could splay out on Chad's free side once more, leaning her head against his shoulder. "Was it good?"

"Amazing," Chad slurred, offering her a dopey grin. "Aziz tried to describe it once, but it was- it was even better than that."

Jay had no idea what that meant, except that maybe Chad had never gotten a blowjob before, and holy hell, what if that was the actual case? What if Carlos had just given Chad his very first- which meant Evie had let that happen, had trusted Carlos to do it.

"Well," Evie said, giving all of them a fond smile as she reached for Chad's length with fingers that shimmered with magic, giving it a careful stroke that left Chad whining. "Let's have that be the first of many."

"W-We should reward C-Carlos first," Chad gasped, though his hips rutted into her attention. "Since I um- made him dirty."

Carlos, who hadn't really stopped watching the spectacle that was Evie and Chad and not having one of his cleaning freakouts (which was good?), blinked out of his reverie. "What?"

"I think that's a good idea," Evie declared, and then she and Chad were pulling Carlos into Chad's lap, the young De Ville blushing furiously when they went to untie his robe.

"I- you don't have to-" He gasped when they pushed it open, his pretty length popping free until he was whining, likely embarrassed by his size in comparison to Chad, like he wasn't a damn treat.

"I think we do," Evie murmured, feeling up his chest. "What do you think, Jane?"

"I agree with you," Jay said, ignoring Evie's victorious smirk to actually get a hand on Carlos who shuddered, letting out an actual gasp as he stared at Jay in wonder.

"You're very cute, Carlos," Chad said, his fingers moving to help Jay work, something that seemed to overwhelm Carlos entirely.

"You d-don't have to say that," Carlos gasped as he shuddered between their fingers. "My scars-"

"Are lovely," Evie declared. "Just like the rest of you."

Carlos moaned, his head falling back against Chad's shoulder, who eagerly kissed up his neck. "It's s-small."

"You're perfect," Chad declared. "No matter what size you are. Feel so good in our hands."

"But-"

And maybe Jay was tired of his protests, and maybe he didn't have a handle on Jane's magic and maybe he just wanted Carlos to be happy for a moment, because before he knew what was happening, Jane's magic seemed to activate, feeding into Carlos's length in a flare of light that left all of them gasping, Carlos moaning as it built up to reveal-

Oh. So Jay had accidentally made his dick bigger.

And by the looks of it, it was also substantially more sensitive.

"Sorry," Jay gasped, even as he ran his thumb along the top that eagerly leaked and twitched against his fingers.

"Jane," Carlos croaked, shuddering hard between them. "It's so hot-"

"Then we'd better please you," Evie hummed, and just like that, all of them threw themselves into their new task.

"Shit," Carlos was moaning, babbling out a nonstop stream of incoherent rambles that mostly accumulated in how good he felt and how hot it was with a lot of 'please's thrown in for good measure.

He seemed to be leaking continuously, and each new swell made him tremble, made him shake until he was making a delightful mess on their fingers.

"I- I need-" Carlos was gasping, looking so pretty with his head tucked into the crook of Chad's neck, like he belonged there, his legs spread wide and chest heaving. "I need-"

"I think I know what you need," Evie said, turning Carlos to face her so she could kiss him, Chad nuzzling his cheek until he could do the same, Carlos whimpering between them. Jay wanted to lean forward to snag his own Carlos kisses, something else he could never have as himself, but Evie gave him this look that had him stilling, Jane's slick smearing down his inner thighs. "I think you need Jane."

"Evie!" Carlos croaked, spurting some of that glittering slime onto their fingers, his length giving a telling pulse.

"She wants you too, sweetheart," Evie murmured into his ear, nipping at his lobe while Chad doted the curve of his neck with kisses. "She's so wet for you."

"I am," Jay rushed to say, throwing a mental apology to Jane that wasn't entirely heartfelt because she got Mal right now, the least Jay could have was Carlos for this moment. He brushed a tentative hand between his legs, feeling entirely wicked as he crossed the line he'd been holding back from because this was Jane's body, and it felt so hot and good. "Please, Carlos."

"Condoms," Chad gasped, something that made Jay and Evie pause. "In the um- nightstand drawer. There's a box, Evie."

The princess didn't seem to entirely understand what he meant but she looked through the drawer regardless, coming back with a small box that Chad dug through, pulling out two foil packets.

"H-Here," Chad said, and then he was tearing one of the packets open, revealing a circle of rubber that he slowly slid onto Carlos's twitching member, feeling him up in a careful slide. "He's ready, Jane."

"C-Come here," Jay said, spreading out on his back so Carlos could feel in control, opening up his legs and begging the other closer. Later, Jay would apologize for potentially losing Jane's virginity for her, but Ben told them to act like each other and he was pretty sure Jane liked Carlos and Carlos definitely liked her so Jay would give him this, and that way he could pretend he was being generous instead of greedy.

"Jane," Carlos gasped as Chad guided him into position, letting out a soft sound when Jay hooked a leg around him, reaching down with one hand to pull Jane's folds wide. That first press of the blunt head of Carlos's length felt good, making Jay shiver, and it only got better the more he eased in, something about it seeming to inherently please Jane's Fae sensibilities. "Jane."

"Carlos," Jay moaned, clutching onto the other teen for dear life. He was distantly aware of Chad putting on a condom beside them, of Evie straddling his lap and slowly sinking onto him, the two of them a lovely picture and Jay would stare but he had Carlos – shy, flighty Carlos and he felt so good that Jay almost didn't know what to do, everything in his body seeming to sing with want.

"Jane," Carlos repeated, seeming trapped in the throes of disbelief even as he tentatively rutted into Jay. "Jane, I um- I-"

"Perfect," Jay gasped, running a hand through Carlos' hair before shifting his hips to meet the young De Ville's thrusts, and he could feel every pulse, every twitch, could feel the way Carlos quivered and shook and saw how it wrecked him because his face was right there.

It didn't take much for Jay to cup a hand at the base of Carlos's neck and urge him forward, much to capture those pretty lips in a kiss that left Carlos keening, his length sputtering hard in Jay's depths. This was insanity but he didn't care because he had Carlos, he could make him feel good while Evie rode her prince beside them, and Carlos kept moaning into his lips, his thighs shaking from exertion.

"J-Jane," Carlos gasped, one hand shifting to cup Jay's breast, giving it a tentative squeeze before moving lower, petting his shaking stomach before clever fingers settled around Jay's clit, which seemed to give a thrilled twitch now that it was getting attention. "Jane, I'm gonna- I'm sorry-"

"You can come, Carlos," Jay gasped, knowing he was close too. "It's okay, you can-"

"Jane," Carlos whined, obviously doing his best to muster the last of his energy to give Jay one pointed thrust, tweaking his clit and shuddering hard until they were both pushed over the edge, Carlos spasming through his own release while Jay gushed hard, slick and Carlos and everything feeling so good-

He might have blacked out just a little bit, and when he came to he was still lying on a bed, only there was a very mischievous Lonnie between his legs, her mouth still settled around the head of his length as she gave it an obnoxious lick, swirling her tongue in a determined tease to urge the last of his release out.

Oh, okay, so they had- they'd switched back. That was good. And while Jay was confused as to when Lonnie had joined Jane and Mal in the other room, he was more confused as to why Aziz seemed to be sucking on Mal's clit, the blankets between Mal's legs literally soaked with her release.

What the hell had happened in here?

"That was fun," Lonnie hummed, crawling up to sprawl out next to Jay. "But now I think it's me and Aziz's turn to be pleasured."

"That's um- fair," Jay said, even though he'd literally just gotten here. "Mal?"

"Mal will be busy with me," Lonnie hummed, her lips pulled in a smirk. "And I think Aziz has earned a blowjob of his own."

Both Aziz and Jay tensed, though Jay recovered first. "I'm pretty sure that guy doesn't want my mouth on him."

"Maybe you should ask that guy his opinion first," Lonnie easily countered. "Maybe he wants your mouth on him so badly he hates himself a little bit."

There was a beat, and then Aziz was throwing himself down beside Mal on his back, a furious blush dusting his cheeks. "Fucking fuck off, Lonnie."

"Wait," Jay said. "Is that true?"

"Are you gonna make me say it?" Aziz countered, looking anywhere but him.

"Say it, asshole," Mal managed to gasp, and also she was naked, which was something Jay never thought he'd get to see ever and what a day it was to be him. "Jay deserves to hear it."

"Come put your mouth on me," Aziz ordered. "Please."

"Because I want you," Lonnie said, earning another glare. "Say it."

"Because I want you," Aziz echoed, his flush managing to darken somehow. "Please."

What a world they lived in.

Jay didn't know what had happened in the past half hour to make Aziz actually like him somewhat, but Jay certainly wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth, the Agraben more than happy to crawl between Aziz's legs and play with that very full length that wavered against his stomach.

It somehow managed to get better, because Aziz responded to every little thing with sharp gasps.

"Come on, Mal," Lonnie hummed, grinning as Mal shakily crawled between her legs, eagerly lapping at Lonnie's wet folds, though for once she seemed almost tentative? Shy, even, her gaze hopeful when it slid up towards Lonnie, like she wanted to make sure she was doing good.

Lonnie, for the most part, didn't take advantage of his, one hand curling gently through Mal's hair as she pinned her with a look of fondness.

"Good girl," Lonnie murmured. "Just like that."

"Jay," Aziz gasped when Jay started taking more of him in, and he had dreamed about this shit enough times to somehow make it a reality, and with Aziz twitching against him so wonderfully, how could he not be encouraged to do his best?

Later, he would ask Mal what was going on but for now, he'd enjoy the moment, prompt Aziz into incoherent rambles of his own.

In a way he was just like Carlos, which made it a pretty amazing evening indeed.

-:-:-

While Audrey had the same romantic inclinations to daydream about how she would lose her virginity, she honestly had never envisioned that it would be Doug, of all people, who'd pop her cherry, the musician getting maneuvered into place by a rumbling Ben who took Doug from behind, making him moan brokenly between the two of them. Honestly, at that point Audrey knew both of them were more interested in getting Doug off than finding pleasure for themselves (though they also managed that much), and it was distinctly satisfying when Ben gave a determined rut that had Doug falling apart with a broken and prolonged croon.

"A-Audrey," Doug whimpered, obviously embarrassed by how long he had lasted, like Audrey gave a solitary shit, not when he looked so cute with his lips covered in that glimmering slime, not when his surprisingly ripped body was pressed up against hers, the musician continuing to rut into her because Ben was still fucking him so determinately, until finally the prince gave a distinct growl that left Doug mewling. "Oh," Doug gasped when Ben finally pulled him out of Audrey, the musician gasping when he was spun to face Ben, Doug clinging to the prince's front while Ben made a show of parting Doug's cheeks, thumbing at that twitching ring of muscle that eagerly leaked Ben's slick.

"Yes, I get it," Audrey said, a grin tugging at her lips. "You did good."

Ben shot her a happy grin before he bent down and started licking the slime off Doug's mouth, kissing him for good measure until the dwarf was shuddering helplessly.

"Guys," Doug gasped while Ben cradled him against his side, the musician stumbling to follow Ben as he dropped back onto his knees. "I um- I-"

"Did great," Audrey reminded him.

"But you're still-"

"Ben will take care of me," Audrey said, and then Ben did, eager to lick into her once more and get every trace of Doug's seed from her, and if he had to be extra thorough – tease her clit and shove his tongue deep and coax her through her own release just to ensure it was done, then by Light, that was exactly what Ben did. It wasn't until after Audrey had been sufficiently guided through her own pleasure that Ben finally pulled back, urging Audrey off the chair so he could hold both of them close, the prince letting out a low sort of purr to express his appreciation.

Audrey wasn't sure how many minutes passed until Ben slowly came back to himself, and when he did, his gaze went wide, like all his memories had just flooded back to him.

"Oh no," he said, entirely serious. "Guys, I'm so- that never should have-"

"Ben," Audrey interrupted, because she didn't have the mental energy for this. "That was fucking amazing, and if you apologize for it, I will – I dunno, throw a glass of water in your face the next time we eat lunch or something. The point is, you don't need to do it."

"What she said," Doug murmured, shyly curling into Ben's side. "I enjoyed that a lot, so thank you. Both of you."

"Guys," Ben repeated, all wounded. "We can't just-"

"I think we've just proven that we obviously can," Audrey interrupted. "And also, what we do behind closed doors is literally no one's business. If we're cool with it, why should we make a big deal of it?"

"Because it's not- I'll get used to doing this," Ben said. "Used to going all beast, and I definitely assaulted Jane and Jay because of just that."

Audrey paused, because that explained the naked thing, though not why they were in the bathroom to begin with. Whatever, she'd get those details later. "Why don't we let Jane and Jay be the ones that decide that?" Audrey hummed, because while Jay was a definite unknown, Audrey was fairly certain Jane would be entirely delighted to have Ben's hands on her in an intimate capacity. "Come on, let's go find them."

"I um…" Ben shifted nervously. "Can I carry you guys?"

"Please do," Audrey said, trying not to puff up with pride because yes, this was the shit she was talking about.

"I'd be honored," Doug offered because he was humble and shit.

With that, Ben easily picked up both of them, wandering into the hall about the same time a very naked Mal, Jay, Lonnie, and Aziz wandered out of a different doorway.

They all paused and then Mal, who was mostly passed out in Jay's arms, motioned to the first room. "The others are in there."

"Cool," Ben said, flushing brilliantly because casual nakedness wasn't exactly a thing they did in Auradon, and here all of them were doing it. In an effort to hold onto his composure, he seemed to push on resolutely, leading the lot of them back into the room Chad and the others occupied.

It was fortunate that they'd picked a space with an obnoxiously large bed because the other four only took up part of it, Jane curled into Chad's side while Evie cuddled Carlos to her, the young De Ville's open robe the only scrap of clothing between any of them.

"So," Lonnie said as she pushed her way into the room, dragging Aziz along with her and shoving him in next to Jane. "Did anyone else's afternoon devolve into random sexcapades, or was that just ours?"

"Everyone who hasn't had sex today, raise your hand," Audrey offered as Ben carefully settled her and Doug down on the bed, curling up on the outside while Jay put Mal down next to Evie. When no one raised their hand, Audrey continued, "Everyone who hasn't had sex today with multiple people, raise your hand."

Again, no one moved.

Lonnie giggled. "I think that answers that question."

"To be fair," Jay spoke up, trying to hide behind Mal even though she was like, half his size. "We didn't mean for it to happen."

"I mean, I did," Lonnie said. "With the hot tub."

Doug perked up. "What happened in the hot tub?"

Ben frowned. "Something happened in the hot tub?"

"Why don't we just start from the beginning?" Audrey decided, because they were all here anyway.

Normally, she wouldn't want to give out potential weaknesses, but she had no doubt that the VKs would come together for their own debrief at some point, so they may as well all do it all at once.

Maybe this could work in their favor. She'd wanted the VKs to be distracted, to have a reason to see the good in Auradon – maybe this could serve that purpose.

"Okay," Lonnie said, always the mischief maker. "I'm pretty sure it started with me."

"And um- me," Evie said, which turned more than one head, Jay's included.

Yeah, it was going to be an exciting afternoon.

-:-:-

So. It turned out they'd all had a very full day.

"There wasn't a bug?" was what Jay seemed stuck on, where the rest of them were all sort of reeling from the fact that he and Jane had switched bodies.

"No," Carlos groaned, trying to hide his face against Evie's shoulder and when that failed, turning to find comfort in Chad, who willingly gave it. "Sorry."

"I'm sorry for feeling you up," Jay offered. "That was shitty of me."

"Evil, Jay," Mal huffed, and at this point, Audrey realized the phrase was more of a reflex than an actual indication of nefarious intentions. "Next time you can intentionally grope him, Carlos likes you too."

"He does?" Jay asked, seeming genuinely confused by this, then overwhelmed by the following 'yes' that literally everyone said, including Carlos.

"Sorry," Carlos added, hiding his flush with the collar of his robe.

Jay's brain seemed to have exploded. "You don't- you don't actually have to apologize for that. I'm- I mean, I'm honored."

"Good," Mal huffed. "You should be." She cleared her throat. "Also, we have decided to claim Doug."

"The hell you have," Audrey said, sitting up with a snarl. She didn't care if they didn't casually sex Doug like Lonnie and Jane did with each other, Doug was still hers. "Doug's with us."

"With who?" Evie asked. "You and Ben?"

"Um." Ben said, his cheeks dusting in a delighted flush that indicated he would probably be okay with that.

"Listen," Lonnie said, cutting in before the conversation could devolve into Mal and Audrey snarling at each other. "We don't have to make this complicated. I think we're all of the mindset of liking when the people we care about are treasured, right?" That earned a round of nods all around, everyone agreeing with this. "Great. Then you guys can share Doug. Or hell, we can all share each other, right? I mean, why not? We all like each other."

Ben tensed. "It wouldn't be proper. The council might think they're corrupting us-"

"Ben," Lonnie interrupted. "The Isle didn't invent polyamory. It's prevalent in dwarven, Fae, Apheliotian, and Agraben culture. It is real, and as long as we all communicate and respect each other, it's fine." She gave a light shrug. "I mean, we can all partner up for who we interact with in public, but in private, what we do is our own damn business, and quite by accident, this seems to work, so…" Her lips pulled into a smirk. "Who's with me?"

"Me," Chad said, holding up a shy hand. "But um- Evie, if it's okay with you, I'd like us to publicly date Jane too."

A beat, and a delighted smile pulled at Evie's lips. "I'd like that too."

"Guys," Jane said, her eyes filling with moisture as she curled into them. "T-Thanks."

"You're my fairy godperson, Jane," Chad hummed, nuzzling her hair. "We stick together to the bitter end."

"And now I get a hot girlfriend," Evie sang, leaning over Carlos and Chad to give Jane a quick kiss.

"Wait," Mal said, making all of them pause. "If I can properly claim you guys the way I do Carlos, I don't want it to be a secret, I want you to be mine in public."

"Mal," Evie said, her cheeks dusting in a flush. "I-"

"You're mine," Mal snapped. "All of you, and I'll share you if they'll treasure you too, but I don't- I don't want to spend another day not doting on you because of fucking social media or whatever."

"Mal," Jay said, tentative, shy. "You um- you really-"

"Mine," Mal snapped, her eyes flaring green. "I chose all of you for a reason, and you are mine." And then that bright gaze slid over to Doug. "And you too."

"Ours," Audrey hissed, wrapping a careful arm around Doug because she hadn't spent so many years building him up and protecting him just to lose him to a greedy Fae.

And then, strangely enough, Mal smiled. "Ours," she echoed, her grin stretching wide. "I- I like it, the thought of having so many protectors for our sweetlings."

"Um," Aziz cleared his throat. "Who, exactly, are the sweetlings?"

"It depends on the moment," Lonnie giggled, nuzzling his shoulder. "I think we're all just as capable of being sweet as we are protecting."

"So for the record, we're all just… going to do this then," Ben said, biting at his bottom lip, which meant he was torn about it, which meant this was something he wanted but felt obligated to fight.

"Only date Audrey if you want," Mal said. "But in private, you will at very least look after Doug and Jay."

"Fucking fuck it," Audrey huffed. "We're dating Chad too."

Ben tensed, then let out what seemed to be a reflexive rumble. "Yesss."

Oh, so that explained why he was always weird around Chad.

"Aw, man," Chad said, dabbing at his cheeks because he really was a sweetheart. "What a day."

Aziz cleared his throat. "Look," he said. "You don't have to include me just because I'm here-"

"Jane," Lonnie interrupted. "You up for taking Aziz for a ride?"

"Yes, please," Jane said, like she didn't adore the Agraben who fought so much with himself.

"Cool," Lonnie chirped while Aziz just sort of sputtered. "Hey, Mal, do you think you could give me a magic dick so I can fuck this bad boy?"

"I think I can make something work," Mal hummed, and a moment later Lonnie was making a sound of victory as her clit transformed into a dick.

Guess they were just embracing the sex magic then.

"Guys," Aziz whimpered as he was pushed onto his side, but Jane and Lonnie were relentless as they teased him, Lonnie letting out another triumphant noise as she pulled a butt plug from his tight heat.

Looked like they were having fun there.

"If we're doing this, you're mine, Charming," Audrey declared, crawling over to him until she could settle into his lap, right where she'd always wanted to be.

"Hey, Audrey," Chad said, tone so full of joy he seemed like he might burst. "Looks like we got all kinds of happily ever afters today, huh?"

"Buddy boy, I'm about to give you one more," Audrey said as she curled a hand around his twitching, responsive length.

"Douglass," Mal ordered as she pushed Jay back against the pillows. "Evie thinks your brain is sexy, now get over here and show her the rest of you is too."

"Yes, Mal," Doug said with a flush before he was crawling between Evie's legs, and Audrey would worry about Carlos getting left out had Ben not gotten the young De Ville in his sights, his beast seeming to begin to take over as it fixated on the glittering sheen of Fae slick liberally coating his groin.

"He's got a plug in too, Ben," Lonnie sang as Ben made a nuisance of himself slurping away at Carlos, and Audrey wasn't surprised to find the young De Ville flipped onto his stomach as soon as Ben was done with his front, pulling that butt plug out and parting his cheeks so he could begin to lick away the slick that was spilling from Carlos's stretched hole.

"Ben," Carlos moaned, and Audrey wasn't even jealous because Ben's beast seemed so happy, because Carlos seems so flustered and out of it. "Ben."

"That's right," Audrey hummed as she got Chad good and wet, searching for a condom so they could get to business. "Keep chanting his name."

"Just like that," Mal gasped as she fully settled herself onto Jay's length, intent to be intimate with her actual crewmates this time. "We should have pool parties more often."

"You know," Jay gasped as she worked herself up and down. "I think I'm beginning to see the appeal."

"Light," Chad moaned, Aziz becoming incoherent beside them, and that-

Yeah, that summarized things pretty well.

-:-:-

"So," Audrey mused as they initiated Ben's 'Pool Party 2.0', the lot of them sprawled out by the Enchanted Lake while Mal made a show of ensuring everyone had enough sunscreen, which apparently required Ben to pin Aziz in place so he could really work the lotion in the Agraben's muscles. "This is the moment of truth, then."

"It should be fine," Jane murmured as the two of them continued to work together to lay out their beach towels and obnoxiously large picnic blanket that Lonnie had special-ordered for the occasion. "The potion was subtle in that it had them address issues that were already there rather than inventing new ones. It won't be a shock to their system once the effects are neutralized."

"But will they be the same?" Because Chad liked sweet Jay and the version of Mal who would willingly ruffle his curls and call him a good boy, and Audrey liked it when her allies were happy. "Jay didn't consider his attraction to guys until he'd been dosed, and Mal didn't consider affection with anyone."

"The same could be said for Carlos," Jane countered. "And Evie, about girls. We won't know until they're actually in the water, but…" She trailed off, watching as Doug and Evie carefully stripped Carlos out of his swim shirt, the two of them working together to coat his pale frame in sunscreen, occasionally pausing to press kisses against his scars. "I have faith in them," Jane said, Jane – who had been so very scared of the transfer students when they'd first come over.

Then again, Audrey didn't really blame her. It was hard not to feel a swell of fondness when she watched Mal pull Jay's hair back into a neat braid before shoving him in Doug's arms, tagging out so she could claim Carlos' lips in a move that made him shudder. He swallowed a whine, and then Mal was leaning forward, whispering something in Carlos' ear that made his flush darken before the two of them turned and pounced on Evie, working the sunscreen into her skin.

"Mal," Evie whined when the Dark Fae guided her breasts out of her top so she could get them coated, really squeeze and work it into her skin.

"I'm just being thorough," Mal chirped, grinning at Evie's following moan when Carlos slipped a bashful hand down the front of her swimsuit.

Now Chad was helping Ben finish up Aziz, the Agraben swallowing obvious whimpers as they took turns stealing kisses from him, a telling bulge growing between his legs that they'd address soon enough.

"This is crazy," Audrey realized, though there was no real panic. The entire idea that they could actually have this big, messy group relationship with someone who had attempted to poison Ben really was ludicrous.

Jane shifted uneasily. "Well…" she began, biting at her bottom lip, somehow managing to block out the sight of Lonnie nudging Ben away from Aziz so she could get some kisses of her own. "I um- I realized something after the pool party," she began quietly, tugging at the soft curls Mal had magicked for her. "Just- we were a lot more liberated, I guess, than we'd normally be."

"Right," Audrey said, because she'd noticed that as well. She'd figured that maybe they'd just gone all in on their plan to play as a distraction for the transfer students.

"Well…" Jane shot her an apologetic look, which was how Audrey knew there was more to it than that. "It turns out the potion has different effects for touch contact, and with most of us coming in physical proximity with it in some capacity…" Audrey thought back to the sugar cookies she and Ben had rolled out together, the candies Jane had worked so diligently to dose. Thought about the peppers Lonnie and Aziz had been so careful with, the chocolates Chad and Doug had made just to ensure they got things right.

All of them had contact with the potion in some capacity, and it hadn't been perceived as a problem because they'd been so careful to clean up afterwards. Aziz hadn't even had to take a bite of the dosed pepper. They'd been in the clear.

"What is it?" Audrey asked, her brows furrowed in thought.

Jane winced. "Ingesting the potion makes your mind confront things it would rather ignore," she said. "It has a mental effect, so by that logic, touch-contact with the potion – rubbing it into your skin – has a physical effect."

"Meaning…?"

"Meaning the um- physical things we would normally ignore came to the forefront," Jane offered quietly. "When we set Evie up at Chad's house- I um- I thought things felt a little too natural, but the pool party pretty much confirmed it."

Audrey sat back on her heels, thought about it. Thought about how eager she'd been to tease Evie once she'd realized what was going on. Thought about how easily Ben had gone beast, how Doug had felt compelled to search Carlos out. Thought about Aziz giving into the urges he always stubbornly ignored and Jane easily playing along while in Jay's body. Lonnie, of course, was always a natural well of chaos and her actions were probably the only ones that were entirely in-character, but the rest of them had played along, had been eager for it – and more than that – remarkably horny, which was something all of them usually made stringent attempts to be in tight control of. Because it cost them not to be.

Even Chad – who was sweet and loved to help them even if he could get nothing from it – normally didn't partake in these things, but he hadn't thought twice of giving Aziz a handjob, or watching Mal tease Audrey, when that pairing could have very well turned out horribly.

"So the potion effects will wear off on us too," Audrey deduced, everything slotting into place with Jane's small nod. "Does that mean… will we not want this anymore?"

"We might not want to have sex as much as a collective," Jane said. "But the affection spurred from those interactions – that should stay."

"You're worried," Audrey said, because she knew Jane well enough by this point to read the expressions she tried to stifle.

Jane sighed. "What if this is all a fluke?" she asked. "What if it only works because of the potion?"

"Jane," Audrey began, keeping her voice measured, deliberate. "I thought you were amazing before the damn potion and I'm sure the others feel the same way. The only thing it really gave us was an excuse to actually go after what we wanted."

Audrey and Lonnie, for example, were in the process of politically destroying Chad's grandfather so he could finally have a chance to live his life.

"It only affected our physical desires," Audrey continued. "And I'll be honest, I thought you were hot before this, I just wasn't in a position where I could act on that."

But now she was, because Ben thrived with polyamory just as much as Jane and Mal and all the rest of them did.

She cocked her head to the side, watching as Jane seemed to muse over all the points she'd made.

"Come on," Audrey said, holding out a hand to her. "Let's go jump in the lake."

"Together?" Jane asked, her voice tentative but grip firm as she slid her hand into Audrey's.

"Of course," Audrey chirped, because her crew was a guarantee, and somehow it had grown to include four Isle kids, but it was four kids who just wanted basic decency and love and stability, and maybe in a few moments, this whole thing would be a giant mess, but at least her crew would stick together, and maybe Mal's would as well.

"Last one in's a rotten egg!" Ben called, then proceeded to hold back until he was sure everyone else was in the water, picking up Lonnie and chucking her in, then doing the same with a giggling Mal.

Audrey and Jane strolled into the water side-by-side, and while Audrey did feel an immediate diminishment of her sex drive, she found she was quite happy with everything else she had, and one look at Jane confirmed she felt the same way.

"Shit, that's cold," Mal huffed when she surfaced from the water, wearing a purple bikini that Evie had designed for her specifically that showed off her muscles and scars, embellished with a multitude of straps that made her look as mystical as the Fae she was. "You getting in here, Benjamin?"

"In time," Ben said, slowly coaxing Carlos into the water.

"Nerd," Mal huffed, sharing a knowing look with Audrey because she knew why he'd held back as well. "You could just let the actual Isle kids be rotten, you know."

"But none of you are," Ben insisted, finally stepping into the water. "You're strong and resilient and loyal and loving – and not one of those qualities is rotten."

"You're ruining our rep," Mal groaned, but she assuaged that aggrievement by curling herself around Aziz's back and letting him tug her along.

"I think it's time you guys got a more accurate one," Ben said, nuzzling Carlos before passing him off to Jane, who gladly accepted him. "I was um- thinking, if you guys were willing to take some kind of official vow to be good, maybe we could work on getting more kids off the Isle."

Audrey perked up at that, because it sounded like the kind of romanticized notion Ben would thrive on. "You could dissolve their parents' guardianship rights, too. Let them become emancipated minors."

Jay perked up from where he was wrapped around Chad. "You mean my dad could not be my dad anymore?"

"In the eyes of the law, yes."

"I want that," Jay said, ducking his head but still holding Chad close. "I mean, if Mal's okay with it."

"Mal's fucking great with that, thanks," Mal huffed, nuzzling Aziz's shoulder. "Fuck our bitch ass parents, we deserve better than them."

"Then let's do it," Ben said, grinning wide. "Let's get you set up and get more kids off the Isle. Do you have any idea who should be next?"

"If you want to go for the next biggest players, you'd have to hit up Uma's crew," Mal said, scrunching her nose before she detached from Aziz to curl up next to Evie, confusing Audrey for a moment before she realized the Dark Fae was undoing Evie's bikini top. "The downside is that they definitely hate us, but if you can woo them over to the side of goodness or whatever, pretty much all of the rest of the Isle kids would follow."

"Mal," Evie whined before Lonnie moved to help her, undoing the hip ties to Evie's suit until she was standing there naked, just like how she wanted to be. "This is an enchantedlake."

"Yes," Mal agreed, one hand shifting to tease between Evie's legs. "And now it's even more magical."

"We'll table this discussion for later," Ben said, getting that particular flush on his face that indicated he might be going beast soon. "Why don't we enjoy our afternoon for now?"

"Sounds good to me," Audrey said before making a beeline for Doug, because she hadn't had a chance to play with him yet, and such transgressions could not be allowed to perpetuate.

"Audrey," Doug moaned when she coaxed a hand into his swimsuit, but then Jay was swimming over to offer his services so Doug was sort of outnumbered, but in the best way.

Maybe there were other ways to woo the VKs over to the side of goodness, but hell, this route had worked out for everyone, so Audrey wasn't going to complain about it, not when Chad could finally get all the kisses and pleasure he wanted, not when Audrey could watch the blond get splayed out on the steps leading into the water by a hungry Lonnie who was eager to show him off.

Their magically-inclined libidos might have died down somewhat but they still had their own, normal compunctions, and that, Audrey decided, was good enough for her.

-:-:-

Endnotes:

Forgot to mention we were actually at the end with this update, lol!

Thanks to everyone for all the feedback and support! I greatly appreciate everyone who's followed along for this wild and crazy ride!

Next update will likely be Thursday – it's another crazy week for me. I'll be posting the first chapter of my final completed Descendants story (as of right now). It's a Ben-centric, whoops-I-changed-the-world-again multi-chapter that is also the longest thing I've written for this fandom (again, so far).

Stay tuned for the epilogue to be posted shortly!

Until next time :)