*double update to make up for yesterday*

"now what do you want to talk about princess?" uma asked. "i know what you want, you want fairy godmothers wand don't you?" she only glared at me. "what do you i think i am, a newbie to all this villain stuff?" i shook my head, "am i wrong though?" she shook her head no.

"now why do you want the wand? is it to rule over auradon? to get pay back?" i asked. "me rule over auradon? i'd be honored." she wants something else but what is it?

"does it have to do with the barrier?" i asked. she and harry looked at me. "you're suppose to be auradon's queen but you've seem to have forgotten about us you know." that is not true.

"i haven't forgotten about the children of the isle, not once not ever." uma scoffed and rolled her eyes. "while you spend your days having tea with different royal family the kids here have to to keep putting up with crappy lives. i don't think that's fair."

"neither do i! look as much as i want to round up very kid here and take them to auradon, i can't. we won't have no where to put them, we need to find homes for the young ones who are still children. the teens will always have a nice warm bed at auradon prep. we can't help everyone at one, but by helping just a few kids we can set things into motion."

"why should i believe you?" she doesn't have to if she doesn't want but i want her to believe me. "you can help me."

"me help you? how?" well let's see, ah i know. "you and the other vk's can tell me what needs to improve around here. i know we can't take as many kids as we want but if we find a way to fix up their homes, give them nice beds to sleep, remind them that there's hope. we host food drives and people at auradon can help raise money to help the children." uma looked at me confused.

"you really want to help kids of the isle?" she asked. "yes! uma listen to me, getting the wand and just simply opening the barrier wouldn't work. one small opening and maleficent ran out of here trying to steal the wand, and we all saw how that ended. i know that people are capable of change, i mean if we can find parents who actually want to change and give them and their family's a better life then i want to help them." she hesitated before speaking again.

"what would your first step be?" she asked. "maybe we can take another group of kids back to auradon. help them start a new life and with their help find ways to improve their old homes." as i walked to ursula's restaurant, i noticed how many structures were poorly made some kids had to live on the streets. these were dangerous conditions for children.

"who would you even take?" "you, hook and gil." uma looked at me suspiciously, like she didn't believe me. "trust me please, i can use someone who lived on the isle to help me understand and make the plans. seven vk's are better than none. you don't have to go down the path of evil to get your way. you are not your mother, you can write your own ending." i hoped my words got through to her. or else ben and i are both fish bait.

"how do we know mal and her minions aren't going for backup as we speak?" she asked, she was right but i'll be honest with her i guess. "i told them to have a backup plan incase things don't go the way i wanted them to go. we can go through with this. fight over ben and the wand, we'll go through with a little sword fight. get some action in before we head over to auradon." i honestly wanted to see how far they would go.

"what about you and the people? how would you even tell them? they won't be okay with this." i guess she was coming around, great. "if they see that i believe in you guys, they'll believe in you too. i'll introduce you guys at the royal cotillion." it would be a surprise for them but i trust my gut. if we give them the same opportunities we gave mal, evie, jay and carlos then they'll better themselves. they'll show the auradon kids that they're just as good as them.

"fine, we accept. only if you promise you'll actually help the kids on the isle." i nodded, "i swear on my life." i stuck my hand out for her to shake. she hesitated but eventually shook my hand. see conflict can be resolved with words.

"can i see my brother now?" uma nodded and signaled for me to follow her.

"ben!" i ran to him as soon as she showed me where he was. he was tied up, poor him. "they got you too? wait why aren't you tied up?" ben asked when he saw me.

"okay so uma and i came to an agreement. but we're going to have to use you as bait, so hold on for a bit longer." i hoped this all goes according to plan, i trust my friends but i doubt they'll be okay with bringing uma and her friends back with us. god it's times like these i wanted evie right next to me.

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it was the next day and we were on uma's ship. we had spent the morning talking to her crew, how uma was leaving but she would be back for them. she showed me certain spots that really made my heart ache. i'm sure working with uma will help the isle kids so much.

also, you know i was getting used to wearing this hook for a hand. i have yet to give it back, i will of course but for now imma have fun with it. ben was still tied up, but now he was tied up on a moving ship. he was very nervous, his face said it all. harry kept flirting with him, it was pretty amusing.

"coochy, coochy, coo. oh the fun we could have together princey." harry ran his hookless hand down ben's jawline. "i have a boyfriend." ben kept saying but that didn't stop harry from flirting with him. "oh don't say that princey, i'm sure de vil wouldn't mind. he and i do have a history after all."

"give it a rest, harry, give it a rest." uma said as she took a seat in front of ben. harry fakes a smile and walked away.

after a while of waiting they finally arrived. "i seem them." i say. we all stood up and took a look at them. okay then, here goes nothing.