Chapter Eighty Seven

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Whew! Can someone please tell me how we're 13 chapters away from this fic being 100 chapters long? And we're still not done with them reading Choosing Love! Who knows how long it'll be by the time they get to Choosing Home!

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Ruby took one of the scrolls, shaking her head as she saw more appear.

"It's never ending," she said as she unfurled her scroll.

Uma smirked as she walked into her dorm room.

"Oh Gods, what are you up to?" Malinda asked with a small sigh.

"What makes you think I'm up to anything Mal?" Uma asked.

"The fact that I know you?"

It had been a few days since she'd been to the Isle and oddly enough it was the first time that she had a chance to see Blueberry.

Jay looked over at Uma. "Wait…you want to see her? Why do I have a bad feeling at this development?"

It always seemed that she was off with her dad or working on her business or hogging Mal by talking about Cotillion or homework or even cheer practice of all things.

Malinda sighed softly. She hadn't even thought about the possibility that Uma would be jealous of her spending more time with Evie.

Yeah it seemed like a stupid thing to be jealous by but Uma still couldn't believe that Mal was willingly spending time with the blue haired girl. This was Blueberry they were talking about after all!

Malinda shook her head. "She's not that bad, Uma."

"Hey, I've seen that," Uma said with a shrug. "But scroll-me is not me. Well she is but she's not me me."

The only one they couldn't stand more would be Freddy, though Audrey was getting up there as a firm fourth (after Zevon). Charming Jr. was also up there but now that Uma knew he couldn't exactly help his annoying behavior with the hypnosis, he was rather low on her list.

"Shouldn't Chad not be on your list at all then?" Alexandria asked, tilting her head. "If he can't help his behavior?"

Maybe top ten if Uma was truly being honest because of the fact that he was still rather annoying to be around. Even Ben's shadows found him to be a pain at times and those two seemed to like anyone and everyone they met.

Chad sighed softly. "I know…I know it's a bit redundant as it'll probably be going on for a while but…I apologize for anything my scroll self did to be an annoyance to you," he said softly.

But Evie would always be in the top three of Uma's list of annoyances.

"That changes," Malinda said, glancing over at Audrey.

Which was why Uma was armed with a smoke bomb, ready and willing to remind Blueberry who's territory she was in.

"Really?" Emma asked with a small sigh. "I thought we were past all that?"

"Don't. Even. Think. About. It."

"Go Evie!" Neal cheered.

Uma blinked, her arm raised with the teal smoke bomb clutched firmly in her hand. Blueberry had her back to her, how had she…?

"Knowing Evie, she likely was in front of a mirror," Mal chuckled.

"You think I don't know by now when a smoke bomb's coming?" Evie asked. "You've pelted me at least once a week Uma. It's a safe assumption by now."

"Or that," Mal said, nodding slightly. "Uma, cuz, I hate to say it but I think we've become predictable."

Evie turned to face Uma and put her hands on her hips. "The thing I don't understand is why. Mal I at least understood, even if it was rather petty. I didn't invite her to my birthday when we were kids and back then, I thought her Maleficent's daughter. But you, you went to my birthday party. You, and Harry, and Jay, and yet you're even worse to me than Mal was when we first arrived here."

Uma shrugged. "Hurts done to me, I can get over after a bit of revenge. But hurts done to my family, crew, or best friend? That is a lot to forgive."

"Stop being so prissy about it, Blueberry," Uma scoffed as she set the smoke bomb down. Hey, there was no reason to risk it going off accidentally after all.

"Is it really acting prissy to stand up for one's self?" Emma asked.

Plus, as she thought it over, Mal would probably kill her for setting off a smoke bomb in their shared dorm.

"You know me so well," Mal and Malinda said with a chuckle.

As well, this was really the first time Blueberry had stood up to her like this. It was rather intriguing in a way.

""She's clearly grown some claws, the Princess of the Isle would never stand up to Uma like that," Harriet nodded.

"I'm not being prissy. I have the right to know what entitles you to be a hypocrite about the whole thing," Evie shot back.

"Oooh, heading into rather dangerous waters there Princess," Harry muttered.

"I get it, I don't act like a girl from the Isle and that ostracized me from the others. But for Mal's sake, it won't kill us to get along and yet every time I turn around I'm still getting pelted with smoke bombs by you. I have the right to feel safe in my own dorm Uma!"

Persephone nodded. "She's right. If the two of them truly can't get along, one of them should ask for a room change."

"Not to mention it's not fair to Mal to be in the middle of all that!" Hadie piped up.

"We're VKs, when did we ever have the right to feel safe?"

"…Every child should have the right to feel safe," Esmeralda whispered as Phoebus held her close.

"We've left the Isle! We're in Auradon!"

Sadly, we've been shown that doesn't mean kids are safe from harm even when they should be, Belle thought with an inward sigh as she thought about Mal's interactions with Natalie.

"That doesn't change the fact that for sixteen years, the Isle made us who we are! And even when we were on the Isle, you always acted like you were better than us," Uma shot back.

"I didn't—."

"You did E," Malinda said gently. "I can see why as, you're right, legally you are a Princess. But I can also see why Uma feels that way."

"And yeah, I attended your birthday party. But only after Mal told me to go. I was ready to skip it. As well, do you really think that Jay or Harry really had a choice in the matter? Your mom was in a rivalry with Maleficent yet you still invited Jafar and his kid plus you invited Hook and Harry. Hook, who was terrified about how Maleficent would react to the idea of Harry besting Mal in a fight if we roughhoused.

Harry snorted. "As if I'd want to tempt him by saying 'no'," he muttered.

James frowned as he heard that, wishing once more that this timeline's version of him was there. Just to get some sense knocked into him.

Hell, you invited DeVil and he wasn't even under our protection yet. Do you not understand how big of an insult that was? In addition, you didn't invite Virgil, Panic's son. So now you've not only insulted two of the biggest players on the Isle, you insulted my cousins by not inviting them and you insulted my allies by using Shenzi's cubs as party favors."

Harry shook his head. "Seriously, I can't believe anyone thought that was a good idea," he said.

"But that was a party when I was six, it's been at least ten years by now!"

"And Maleficent cursed a baby for not getting invited to a party. I don't think I need to remind you that being petty and vindictive is kinda our parents' MO. Or did you forget that your mom tried to kill her step daughter because she was prettier than her?"

"Except for the fact that Maleficent's not Mal's mom," Hadie said. "Mom is."

"I think I probably meant genetically," Uma told him.

Evie sighed. "The hyenas were my mother's idea. To have them in the baddie bags. Since hyenas were so powerful, they'd be good to have for allies and she figured it'd be a good way to get me some allies as well. Or even a potential match later on."

Malinda sighed. "I hate to say it but that was a good idea on the Evil Queen's part. I mean it was dumb because she risked the wrath of the hyenas but I can see the reasoning behind it."

"And you didn't try to put the kibosh on that?"

Malinda shook her head. "I have a feeling the Evil Queen wouldn't have listened even if Evie had tried," she said.

"A Princess doesn't say 'no'," Evie said, her dry voice sounding out of place. "Not to mention, what would have happened if you'd told your mom no Uma?"

Snow glanced over at Evie, more that a little worried about that. Do I want to know what Regina did to make Evie feel that way?

Uma paused, knowing full well what would have happened. Her arm or leg or even torso would have been squeezed by one of her mother's tentacles, if she was lucky. If she wasn't so lucky, the tentacle in question would have been around her neck.

Poseidon looked over at his granddaughter worriedly but she just shook her head. Uma was not going to get into that in front of all these people. Besides…Harry had it worse than she did and he rarely complained even though he had every right to.

And then her mother would have just done the thing Uma had objected to regardless—so the only thing Uma would have gotten out of the whole thing would have been pain.

Harry's eyes flashed as he growled, his fists clenched at the idea of someone putting hand or tentacle on Uma. Meanwhile Mal put an arm around Uma protectively, having got up to sit next to her cousin once more (and missing Ben's slight frown) as Jay and Poseidon both glared at the scroll.

"Exactly," Evie said after a few minutes of silence. "As you've said, we're VKs. My mother may not have been a typical Isle parent but that didn't necessarily mean I was taught 'love' and 'friendship' like they were here in Auradon. My mother taught me how to apply blush before I could talk. Looks and matches were all that mattered to her. It was my father who tried to teach me there was more in life than finding a prince."

"Regina…you've turned into your worst nightmare," Snow whispered. "You've become your mother."

The blue haired girl smiled at the thought of her father. Daniel had finally gotten out of the hospital and had actually moved into Snow's castle, on the insistence of the royal.

"Oh! I mean, you don't have to—."

"Evie, you're family," Snow said gently. "And that means your father is family as well. He is more than welcome."

"It's not like we don't have the room either," David said with a small chuckle.

Daniel had an open invitation to stay until he got back on his feet, and even then Snow said he and Evie could stay as long as they wanted.

"Of course we did," David said. "He's your father, meaning he's family."

Evie loved the idea of staying with Snow but she wanted to have a place for her and her father to stay on their own. Hence the reason why she was working so hard to get her business off the ground.

Snow couldn't help the slightly sad smile that pulled at her lips. After everything they heard…it made sense for Evie to want to provide for herself and her father. Even though it should be the adults doing that and not the child.

Doug ran the numbers. With all the dresses and the cape she was making for Chad—and Mal and Ben's clothes—it wouldn't be long before she'd be able to make a down payment on a castle.

"And why do I have the feeling you were paying above market price for your clothing?" Malinda whispered to Benji.

"I have no idea what you mean," Benji said, feigning innocence. "I paid what I felt Evie deserved."

It'd be a modest castle but Evie didn't need a lot of rooms. All she needed was a place for her and her dad. And Doug and eventually Dizzy.

Dizzy grinned. "You mean it Evie? I get to live with you in your castle?"

"Of course," Evie said, giving the redhead a smile.

"I am sorry though," Evie said softly. "About not inviting Mal when we were six. It was stupid to do and maybe if I hadn't, Maleficent wouldn't have abducted my dad. But the rivalry was always just between the two of us and now Mal's buried the hatchet."

"It just took ten years and the chance to turn Maleficent into a lizard," CJ said with a small chuckle.

Uma sighed. "Do you remember our motto? My crew's motto, I mean?"

"It...it was something like Ruthless yet Loyal right?"

Evie smiled slightly. "It was spray painted all over the docks, one would hope I'd remember it," she said softly.

"Right," Uma nodded. "Meaning I look out for my allies and attack those who go after them. You hurt Mal that day. She probably would never let you know it, and she would have never let me know it, but I'm her cousin. I've been in her life for as long as I can remember so I'm going to be able to read her better than most. Probably better than even Ben. Though...there was a benefit to you not inviting her."

Mal shot Uma a small glare. No one was supposed to know that cuz!

Oh yes, and how can I control what my scroll self says? Uma thought back.

Mal shook her head. "What? I do have emotions," she said as some people looked at her before she gave Estelle a small smile.

"There was?" Evie asked, tilting her head a little in confusion.

"What on Earth could you be talking about?" Harry asked.

Jay perked up though. "Think about it Harry. Who did Mal get because she didn't go to Evie's party?"

"Estelle…oh!"

"Because you didn't invite Mal to your party, Aunt Steph gave her Estelle," Uma explained and paused as she realized something.

Estelle yipped and wagged his tail at his mention.

Estelle had saved Mal's life that day when they were nine.

Estelle yipped once more, as if he was saying 'of course I did! I'll always save Mali!'

Yes Harry had helped by holding her up for twenty five minutes while Uma ran to get her Uncle Hades but if it hadn't been for Estelle jumping in and grabbing her collar, who knows if Mal would have been able to stay up long enough for Harry to get her?

Many people flinched at that as Mal bit her lip. "…It's 50/50…I mean…Harry's a fast runner and the shop wasn't that far away…but we both know you would have done something if Estelle wasn't there cuz!"

Evie, in a strange way, had done Mal the biggest favor she could by not inviting her. Because who knows what creature she would have gotten in her baddie bag had she gone? It definitely wouldn't have been Estelle though.

Mal tilted her head. "You know, that's a good point. What animal would I have gotten if I'd been invited?"

"Likely one of the hyena cubs," Evie said softly. "After all, at the time you were thought to be Maleficent's daughter and anything other than one of the cubs would have been an insult."

"Uma?" Evie asked softly after about five minutes of silence. Evie bit her lip in slight worry, not knowing what was going to happen. Uma looking at you in silence usually wasn't a good thing, especially if she was known to hate you.

"Surprisingly, this time, my silence shouldn't worry you," Uma said, shaking her head.

"Look Blueberry, I'm not going to promise that we'll be buddy buddy but...for Mal's sake and because we share a room, I can promise to lay off the smoke bombs," Uma said with a small sigh.

Emma couldn't help but nod. "That's fair at least," she said.

"That's more than I could ask," Evie told her. "Um...I know I might be pushing my luck but could I ask a favor?"

Audie shook her head. "You're a braver woman than I am, Evie. I don't think I would have asked an Uma who was just getting over her hatred of me for a favor."

"Depends on what the favor is," Uma said and Evie nodded, scurrying over to her dresser and pulling out a sheet of paper.

"Evie, if you're going to ask me to do your homework for you, you're asking the wrong woman," Uma said with a small snort.

"I know you worked hard on changing Mal's dress and I really do love what you've done with it," she said, turning back to Uma, "but...I've been thinking about it and the style still isn't Mal."

"Thank you!" Uma said, throwing up her hands. "You know, on this subject, I could learn to like you!"

"And what have you been doing since the scroll on Prince Beastie Jr.'s coronation, cap'n?" Harry asked.

"Not hating her, there's a difference!"

"So far I'm in agreement with you but I'm not hearing a favor in there," Uma stated. It was true that the strapless look wasn't Mal in the slightest even if they'd changed the dress to a single color rather than the yellow and blue mess that it'd been originally.

"Give her a moment to get over the shock of you agreeing with her, Uma," Jay chuckled.

Evie nodded and held out the paper to Uma. "I want to create this for Mal to wear at Cotillion. It may not look the most fancy but it's true to Mal."

"Oooh, ooh! I hope they describe it!" Dizzy grinned.

Uma looked at the paper in shock. The design of the dress looked almost like a dragon, with the sleeves looking like dragon wings and the hem of the dress almost appearing like dragon scales. If that was just how the sketch looked, Uma honestly couldn't wait to see how it appeared in real life.

"Fitting, since Mal is a dragon," Benji said with a small smile.

"What do you need me for?" Uma asked.

Malinda chuckled. "Really cuz? What do you think she needs you for? Making sure I didn't see it!"

"Keep Mal distracted mostly," Evie said as she took back the paper. "I've got a couple of the Fitzherbert kids working tag team on it so we can surprise Mal with it before Cotillion but I need to make sure Mal won't accidentally walk in and see it. Especially since I've got cheer practice and classes."

"Happy to help wherever you need us!" Ruby said with a grin. "We've all been taught to sew. Even Evan."

Evan shrugged as his friends looked at him in slight shock. That had clearly not been something he'd disclosed to them. "Dad said it's necessary to learn, in case I'm ever in a jam and need to flee the country for some reason. That way I can repair clothing in a jiffy."

Rapunzel sighed and looked at Eugene. "I'm not even mad that's the reason you taught him," she said.

"Evie, you might be spreading yourself a little too thin," Uma stated, not realizing she'd said Blueberry's first name rather than one of the many nicknames.

All the VKs seemed to freeze as they heard that.

"Take cover!" Harry cried, playfully ducking behind Harriet.

"Harry's right, it's the apocalypse!" Celia exclaimed.

Evie, though, did notice and stared at the Godling in shock. She'd grown used to hearing that from Mal and Jay but to hear her first name from Uma?

"I can see why she's shocked," Mal said with a small chuckle.

"What? Do I have kelp on my face or something?"

"You...you just said my name," Evie said softly.

Sammy shook her head. "Come on Uma, you've got to realize why she's shocked," she said.

Uma shrugged. "Huh. Guess I did. Well, like you said, for Mal I can make peace. Not to mention, it's not that long till Cotillion. Once it's over, and Mal's got a breather, I can go back to hating you again. No smoke bombs in the dorm room though."

"I may…dislike he but I'm not an idiot," Uma said with a small nod.

"Fair enough," Evie said with a small smile. "So...while I have you, think I could give you a fitting for your Cotillion dress?"

"You're actually wearing a dress?" Celia asked in shock.

"Sounds like it," Uma sighed.

Uma sighed. "If anyone other than Mal walks in and sees me in that, you'll be dodging smoke bombs the minute Cotillion ends until we graduate Auradon Prep," she threatened.

"And knowing Uma, she'd keep that promise," Harry nodded.

"I'll lock the door," Evie promised. "Mal gave me your measurements so the dress should fit but I just want to make sure it's comfortable. It'd be bad if you couldn't breathe in it considering Cotillion's a few hours and all. I've also got a suit made for Harry and Jay, and Carlos."

Harriet chuckled. "Harry in a suit? I'm just sad that I'd miss seeing him in that."

"Cotillion was televised," Malinda told her.

"...you have been sleeping right?"

"Of course, why do you ask?"

"Probably because of the sheer amount of dresses you've done," Rose said softly.

"Mainly because I think this is the first time in a while I've seen you in the dorm," Uma said as she began to get undressed. Being a pirate, she wasn't exactly shy with shedding her clothes in front of others. Hell they had to do that every time they got injured in a face off after all. No sense in getting blood stains on their clothing unnecessarily after all.

Snow looked over at Evie. "Yes, where have you been sweetheart? I don't like to think of you not sleeping in a safe place."

"She's probably bunking with me, mom," Emma said. "Or one of the Fitzherberts or someone on the cheer squad."

Besides, Blue—Evie was another girl. There was nothing Uma had that Evie hadn't already seen on her own body.

"Only difference is skin color," Uma said with a shrug.

"And that Evie's taller than you," Malinda added.

Uma scowled. "By one inch!"

"Now you know how it feels!" Mal called.

"I've been sleeping," Evie promised her as Uma slipped into the dress. "I mainly sleep over at my dad's on the weekends now though. Or at least in his hospital room while he waited to get discharged. Otherwise I'll crash at Snow White's castle or I'll slip in here after you and Mal have gone to bed."

David looked over at Snow and gave her a reassuring smile. "There you go," he said softly.

Uma couldn't help the small frown that appeared on her face at that. While she wouldn't be close friends with Blue—Evie, she didn't want to chase the girl from her own room.

"Well…she has warmed up to her," CJ said.

Or at least, she didn't want it to seem like she was chasing the girl from her own room. Hey, she was a pirate after all. They were loathed to give up territory willingly.

"That is true," Evie said with a small nod. "Not to mention I'm sure there's still some hold over from the Isle, everyone fighting for territory where they could get it."

"How's it look?" Evie asked as she zipped up Uma and held up a full length mirror so that Uma could see all of the dress. Uma could only stare in shock as she saw the dress—the sketch had not done it justice. It was something that Uma could admit. Evie had a gift when it came to designing clothes.

"Thank you Uma," Evie murmured with a shy smile. It was one thing to hear it from Dizzy or Snow…but to hear it from Mal or Uma?

Mal and Jay glanced over at Harry, both of them smiling at the not so subtle look on his face.

Are there pictures? Harry thought.

Her hair didn't clash with the dress in the slightest and the gold and silver netting in the skirt honestly seemed to shimmer like mermaid scales rather than look trashy.

"Evie wouldn't make you look bad!" Dizzy exclaimed.

"...is it safe to assume there are shoes to go along with this?" Uma asked as she looked at Evie.

"Of course!" Evie exclaimed. "I'm sure my dresses are the full package unless someone already has shoes that would go and would rather wear that."

Evie grinned. "So it fits alright? You can breathe and everything?"

Good, she's still asking that, Audie thought with a small smile.

"Evie, I'm going to be completely honest here. I know absolutely nothing about clothing but this actually feels like a second skin," Uma told her. "It's not constricting in the slightest. If I needed to have a sword fight while wearing this thing, I wouldn't risk injury."

"Evie wouldn't do that to you!" Dizzy said, shaking her head.

"Good! Well not good if you'd need to have a sword fight but I know Mal," Evie stated. "Something loose and not as constricting as a traditional Auradon dress is more her style and I figured that'd be more your style too. If you want, for your accessory, you could do the tri-cornered hat I found in the wardrobe."

Uma shrugged. "I don't normally wear fru-fru dresses so I wouldn't know styles," she said.

"Hey, I was wondering where my hat went to," Uma grinned. "I thought Estelle stole it."

Estelle snorted and shook his heads. He would never steal the Alpha's fur!

Evie chuckled. "Nope, it was in the wardrobe. Actually, it was on the floor near the back. Almost like it'd fallen off a hook when someone was grabbing something."

Almost everyone looked between Mal and Uma knowingly.

Hmm, that might have been me actually. I thought I knocked something down when I grabbed Mali's jacket but I never stopped to see what it was, Uma thought as Evie went to grab the hat. Dusting it off, Evie handed it to Uma who gently put it on her head.

"Guilty as charged, I guess," Uma chuckled.

Harry grinned. "The cap'n's back in her classic!"

"You know...I've always wondered if we couldn't dye it teal," Uma said softly. "Mal's got one we managed to dye purple over at Tremaine's shop for her birthday but I think it's still at her dad's."

"Come to me!" Rowyn said with a grin. "I'll see what I can do!"

"If...if you want, I could see if it's possible," Evie offered. "I don't see why it wouldn't be."

"If anyone can do it, it'd be Evie!" Dizzy grinned.

Uma paused and looked over at Evie. "Why would you do that for me after how horrible I've been to you?"

Evie shrugged. "Scroll me already chewed you out, I'm not that petty to continue it. Besides as you said…we're from the Isle. Someone being horrible is a Monday to us."

"Because that's in the past," Evie shrugged. "Besides, you, me, and Mal are the only three VK girls here. Like she told me after the Championship Tourney game all those months ago, there's safety in numbers. Besides...you're still a Godling. I'd rather not anger Olympus thank you."

Uma shot Evie a small smile. "I think my cousin's rubbing off on you."

Uma shook her head. "Olympus doesn't care about the VK Godlings. You wouldn't have to worry about that. However...you might have a point about safety in numbers. The goal's to bring more VKs over, we already sent the applications for them to fill out but while we wait…"

"I care," Poseidon said, looking Uma dead in the eyes. "I will always care."

"More VKs are coming?" Evie asked.

"Of course they are!" Ben and Benji said at the same time.

"Yeah," Uma nodded. "Hadie suggested we bring Dizzy so don't worry. I know you were going to ask about her."

"I don't think Evie would be the only one to ask about Dizzy," Kitty said. "Something tells me that once Hadie has the chance to tell Alex about Dizzy, she'll chat Ben's ear off until she was in Auradon."

"And we would too of course!" Lucy said quickly.

Everyone and their mother knew how close Evie was to the Tremaine brat. The only reason she was under the crew's protection was because she was also friendly with Hadie and Celia. Plus she was Celia's cousin.

Dizzy grinned and hugged Celia close to her. "And I have the best cousin ever!"

"Debatable," Mal chuckled, wrapping an arm around Uma's shoulders.

"Also Diz…air would be nice!" Celia exclaimed.

"But...if there are applications, there won't be a guarantee Dizzy will be one of the ones selected," Evie said softly.

"I can assure you Evie, we will make sure Dizzy is the next off the Isle," Mal said.

Malinda nodded. "She was."

"Honestly Princess, we're giving the applications to the cheer squad to review," Uma told her. "And who do we know who's a VK on the cheer squad?"

Audie smiled slightly. "Well…in another time, it's Evie…"

Evie paused and looked over at Uma. Somehow, the nickname 'Princess' seemed less demeaning coming from her now than it had been back on the Isle. "You're not suggesting I bias the cheer team into picking Dizzy are you?"

"Eh, a young girl getting picked to come off the Isle? I think that'd be pretty easy to 'bias' us toward," Rose said with a shrug.

"Well considering Charming probably won't be a factor since he's an on again, off again prat and Jay and Carlos won't be deciding since they were in the meeting, you're the only one who can be there and not make it seem like you're tainting the selection pool," Uma stated. "But you know, if you wanted to…"

Chad flinched slightly. "It's a good thing I've got three amazing sisters who more than make up for me," he said softly.

"I'd make sure Celia got in," Evie said softly.

"How'd you—?"

"You've made no secret about who your father is, it's not that hard to figure out," Evie said.

"Mal told me about your family," Evie said with a small shrug as she fluffed out the skirt of the dress. "But no matter what, I'd make sure the young kids got selected Uma. Besides, other than Dizzy, I don't really have any allies back on the Isle. Most of the girls hated me because I was a flirt and most of the guys dropped me after I got what I wanted from them."

"Um…wasn't it more you dropping the guys once you 'got what you wanted'?" Harry asked.

Uma nodded, neither girl noticing Mal slip into the room. Nor did they notice her pull out her phone and take a photo.

Malinda chuckled. "Take the girls out of the Isle and apparently they miss a step or two," she teased.

"Mal!"

Apparently they did notice the flash from the photo once the photo was taken however.

"And the reason for the truce arrives!" Lucas said with a smile.

"Yes?" Mal asked but neither blue haired girl bought the faux innocent tone to her words.

Uma shook her head. "That 'innocent act' hasn't worked on me since we were six Mal!"

"Delete that," Uma growled.

"Honestly Uma, I just took it to send to mom," Mal shrugged. "Uncle Poseidon wanted a recent photo of you and she realized she didn't have one to give him."

"I'm sure I would indeed and I'd love one of you in something special, Uma," Poseidon said.

"If Grandfather wants a photo of me, then it will be one where I don't look like a prissy princess!" Uma vowed. "Honestly, why does he even want a photo of me?"

"To quote Hades from before, 'how about the fact that you're my granddaughter'?" Poseidon asked.

"Because you're his granddaughter," Mal shrugged. "Speaking of which, are you going to meet Odie?"

"Exactly like what Grandpa Po Po said," Melody nodded.

Uma sighed. "I'll think about it. Maybe after Cotillion. The woman's ancient after all and it couldn't hurt to meet her. At the same time…"

"Yeah, that makes sense," Elle nodded. "One big thing at a time."

"I know," Mal said gently. "But Uma, you're one of the few of us who can meet both of your grandparents. Mom's still not sure if she wants me to meet Demeter and you know the whole deal with Kronos."

Demeter sighed softly but even she couldn't deny the fact that how she was acting in the scrolls didn't lend itself to her having grandmother privileges with Mal.

"Oh yeah," Uma nodded. "I think Uncle Hades would die before he let you get near Kronos. Well if Zeus hadn't defeated him that is."

"Uma's got that right!" Hades exclaimed. "And that goes for all my kids! Present and future!"

"Probably the only good thing Zeus ever did," Mal nodded. "The hat looks good with your dress."

"Hey!" Herkie exclaimed. "Grandfather also created dad!"

"Okay, so that's two good things," Mal nodded.

"Thanks," Uma smiled slightly.

"Harry'll probably faint when he sees you," Mal added, a smirk growing on her lips.

"Wha-I don't faint Mal!" Harry exclaimed.

"Why would he do that?" Uma scoffed.

"Because he's in love with you," Evie stated, cleaning up slightly. "Everyone with eyes can see it."

"He's not in love with me!" Uma shouted though it was clear to everyone else that Harry wasn't meeting her eyes.

Mal chuckled at Uma's stunned look. "I've corrupted you well, Evie."

"He's not in love with me!"

"What scroll me said!" Uma nodded.

"Honestly Uma, when are you going to leave your denial?"

"I'm not in denial!"

"Whatever you say cuz."

"Mal!"

"You marry him for Gods' sake! How are you not in denial?!" Jay exclaimed.

Ruby shook her head. "That's the end of the scroll. Who wants to go next?"

"I'll read next, Ruby," Mulan said. Let's hope it's another lighthearted one, she thought.