Author's Note: Happy belated independence day for those of you who are American like me. And I know that technically VK Day was supposed to be the day that the Core Four picked new villain kids to come to Auradon, but since I changed up the story I made it so that Ben continued with his original plan to keep bringing new VKs over which is why Uma, Harry, and Gil are now in Auradon. Since I did that I decided to have Ben make a new holiday called VK Day which is the day that he made his first proclamation to give the villain kids a chance since that is kinda like an independence day as it brought new changes for the villain kids. And I wanted to do an Independence Day one shot, but didn't feel that they should be celebrating the Isle and Auradon being created as that would be offensive and mean to the villain kids that were suffering because of that, so I figured them celebrating the idea of bringing villain kids over would be a better one shot. Any way I hope you guys enjoy this one and let me know what you guys think. And my next one is going to be a fall one shot/Thanksgiving one, so I hope you look forward to that one as well.

Evie laughed as she watched the toddler run around in the yard playing chase with Carlos, Dude, and Gil. While she sat down on a blanket talking with Jay, Harry, and Uma while they were waiting for the Auradon kids to get back from wherever they had gone as they had mentioned going to get something cool and told the Vks that they would be right back.

They were having a celebration to celebrate it being a full year since Ben's first proclamation to start giving the villain kids a chance to live in Auradon as that had brought change and new opportunities to both the Isle kids and the Auradon people. And Ben had declared it as a new holiday.

"Wow I still can't believe that we have been living in Auradon for a year now," Jay told his friends as he still found it crazy that they were living in Auradon and had been for a full year at this point. Uma just rolled her eyes as she looked at Jay and Evie who were sitting down on the grass talking with the others and then Carlos and Mal who were playing chase. "Yeah well some of you have," Uma told the group as she pointed to herself and her crew. " Now me, Harry, and Gil have only been here for a few weeks," Uma told Jay.

Evie just smiled as she looked at Uma. "Well look on the bright side. You got picked as the second group of villain kids ever to be brought to Auradon. That's a pretty big deal," Evie told Uma as she was always trying to create peace and she didn't want Uma and Jay to start a fight as Uma's crew and the boys were still not that close and they often fought a lot.

Uma just rolled her eyes as she looked at her way too cheery friend. "Ugh why do you always have to be so perky and optimistic all the time?" Uma asked Evie in annoyance as Evie was always trying to look on the bright side of things and it had been driving Uma insane as she was now living with her.

Evie just laughed as she looked at Uma. "I'm not always perky and optimistic just the majority of the time I am. And I have to be since Mal picks up on things and the last thing she needs is to be raised by someone that is always down and tired," Evie told Uma as Evie knew that young kids feed off of excitement and happy things and if Evie was always tired and down then Mal would most likely be as well and the last thing Evie wanted was for her sister to be a depressed and bored person who grew up always looking down on things.

Uma just smirked as she looked at her friend. "You know what else feeds off of excitement and the behavior of others?" Uma told Evie with a smirk making Evie immediately give Uma a death stare as she already knew what Uma was going to say. "Uma don't you dare even say it," Evie warned Uma as she was so sick of Uma acting as though the toddler wasn't human.

Uma just smirked as she looked at Evie as Evie didn't intimidate her at all as Evie was just too soft for her to be intimidated by. "A pet! That thing is basically a pet and I don't get how you don't see it! I mean she's literally playing fetch right now!" Uma told Evie with a smirk as she looked over to see the toddler chasing after a ball and bringing it back to Carlos and Gil while Dude just sat and watched.

Evie immediately looked over and groaned as she watched the toddler play fetch like a dog as she was trying to prove to Uma that Mal wasn't a pet, but Mal just kept doing things that made her look more and more like a pet. Uma just smirked as she looked over at the toddler. "I bet she comes when I call her too. Hey Mal come here girl!" Uma screamed out making the toddler immediately stop playing with the ball as she dropped it and then ran over to Uma and the others making Uma smirk as she high fived with Harry making Evie and Jay both groan.

"See she came when I called her just like a pet. Congrats Evie you have a pet," Uma told Evie, making Evie sigh as she picked up the toddler. "Uma she's not a pet. Mal will you tell Uma that you are not a pet," Evie told the toddler who just giggled as she looked at Evie. "Woof! Woof! Mommy I a dowy! Woof!" The toddler screamed out happily just making Uma laugh more.

Evie just groaned as she looked at her tiny sister. "No Mal you are not a doggy," Evie told the toddler who just looked at her and shook her head. "Yes!" The small toddler screamed out, making Evie groan in frustration as Mal really wasn't helping. Before Evie could say anything else the Aks all came back carrying a whole box full of fireworks.

They then walked over to the villain kids as they placed the box down and smiled. "Well we can't have an independence day without fireworks!" Ben told the group when he saw them just staring at the fireworks in confusion while the toddler just looked curious as she had never seen them before.

"Wa da?" The toddler asked Evie as she pointed to the box, making everyone else laugh as the toddler was just staring at the box with her adorable curious eyes. Evie smiled as she looked at the toddler who was no longer barking like a dog as she was now curious about the box of fireworks.

"That is a box of fireworks Mal. We are going to light them up and they are going to go up in the sky and make colorful things in the sky. We do this for celebration and right now we are celebrating VK Day," Evie told the toddler, making the girl look at her with more confusion as she didn't know what VK Day was.

"Mommy wa's bk ay?" The small girl asked Evie, making the others smile at how adorable the toddler sounded as she couldn't pronounce the words right. "Mal VK day is a day that we celebrate when you, me, and our brothers got to come here to Auradon. And it's also the reason that Uma, Harry, and Gil are here too," Evie told the toddler in the most dummied down way as she didn't want to get into the whole Isle thing until Mal was a bit older.

The toddler just smiled and nodded as she still didn't understand, but she didn't want Evie or the others to know that. Evie just laughed as she looked at the toddler as she could tell right away that Mal had no clue what she just said. "You're so silly! You have no clue what I said huh. Don't worry you will when you're older. You silly little girl," Evie told the toddler as she tickled her, making the small girl start to laugh.

"Hehe mommy sop da tiwaws!" The toddler laughed out to Evie making everyone laugh at the adorable two year old. "Okay fine I'll stop, but you have to admit that you're not a doggy," Evie told the toddler. Mal just laughed as she looked at Evie who was still tickling her. "Otay mommy! Sop id! I no dowy!" The toddler told Evie as she couldn't take the tickling anymore. Evie just smiled as she stopped tickling the girl making the toddler sigh in relief.

The Auradon kids just looked at Evie as they had no clue what she was talking about. "Um Evie what happened?" Audrey asked her friend as she didn't understand why Evie told the toddler to stop calling herself a dog. Evie just sighed as she looked at her confused Auradon friends. "Uma here is convinced that Mal is a pet. And she keeps saying it over and over again. And she made Mal think she was a dog, but I stopped it," Evie told the group, making them laugh as they thought it was pretty funny how Uma saw the toddler as a pet as they wouldn't admit it out loud, but they did kinda see how Uma could say that.

Evie just rolled her eyes when she saw them all laughing. "It's not funny. She's not an animal or a pet. She's a human baby and I don't want her to think she's a dog either," Evie told the group who all had to hold back laughs as they didn't want to upset Evie again, but it was just too hard for them to not laugh.

"Anyway let's change the subject. How about we do fireworks now since it's dark now and it's getting kinda late. We don't want to be out here all night," Jane told the others nervously as she tried to change the subject not wanting a fight to break out as she could see the tension rising between the group.

Ben just smiled and nodded as he looked at his younger friend. "Yes you're right Jane. We should do fireworks now. I will go have someone set them up for us since we don't want anyone to get hurt trying to start them," Ben told the others as he, like Jane, had seen the tension growing and wanted to stop it as well.

Jay and Harry both just rolled their eyes as they looked at Ben. "We don't need help to light some fireworks. Just let us do it. We can handle lighting some fireworks. We went through more dangerous stuff than that on the Isle," Jay told the king as he was honestly offended that Ben thought they were all too weak to handle lighting some fireworks when they had grown up on the Isle and they were all tough.

Harry just nodded as he looked at Ben as well. "King Ben eh we can handle some measly fireworks," Harry told the king as he, like Jay, was feeling offended. Ben just sighed as he knew that he had offended his friends, but he still didn't want them to light the fireworks as they could get hurt despite how tough they thought they were. And he felt more comfortable having adults do it as they were all still minors.

"Jay, Harry I understand that you two are tough and you want to light the fireworks, but I would feel more comfortable if an adult that is used to dealing with fireworks could do it as something could happen and we are all still minors," Ben told his friends, making them roll their eyes again, but they didn't say anything more as they knew that Ben was right.

"Yeah okay fine. Then go get them started since it is getting late and I'm pretty sure Mal is going to end up falling asleep soon," Jay told Ben as he could see the toddler starting to calm down which was a sure sign that she was starting to get sleepy.

Ben just nodded as he grabbed the box and took them to go find someone that could light them. Once Ben left the other AKs just smiled as they grabbed the sparklers. "Well while we wait on the big fireworks why don't we play with some sparklers," Lonnie asked the others as she pulled them out and lit one making the vks all stare at the sparkler in amazement. While the other Aks had lit one as well.

"Wow we can actually play with fire! I really want to try that looks fun!" Carlos screamed out excitedly as he grabbed a sparkler and began to light it like he had seen Lonnie do. He smiled as he began to play around with it as he thought it was cool. Jay just looked at Carlos as he smiled and joined Carlos. "Wow you're right this thing is cool!" Jay told his younger friend, making Carlos smile and nod as Jay had agreed with him.

Uma, Harry, and Gil just smirked as they too grabbed a sparkler and joined in on the fun while Evie was just staring in shock as she thought that what they were all doing was extremely dangerous. Mal just looked at the sparklers in awe as she thought they looked cool. "Mommy! I wan!" The toddler screamed out while pointing to the sparklers that the others were playing with.

Evie just sighed as she picked up the toddler and walked towards the others grabbing one of the sparklers and examining it before grabbing a lighter and lighting it. "OKay Mal, but hold it down here and do not touch the fire part okay," Evie told the toddler as she had examined the sparkler and didn't think it was as dangerous as she had originally thought.

The small toddler just nodded excitedly as she grabbed the sparkler, but she immediately began to cry when she became scared by the fire that was sparkling off of the sparkler. Evie didn't even hesitate as she grabbed the sparkler from the toddler as she handed it to Jay who had used up all of his sparkler already and was about to light another. She then pulled the small girl into a warm protective embrace as she rocked a bit to calm the two year old.

"Shh Mal it's okay honey. I know that was scary huh. It's okay sweetie. How about we try again, but this time I can help you. How does that sound," Evie told the toddler in her gentle voice as she soothed the scared girl. The toddler just stopped crying as she nodded her head and Evie released her once she was sure the toddler was okay.

"Okay now I'm going to help you okay," Evie told the toddler as she grabbed another sparkler, but this time she lit it and then placed her hand on the sparkler and allowed the toddler to put her hands at the very bottom as she moved the sparkler around and played with it making the toddler laugh and smile in awe.

They all continued to play around with the sparklers for another ten minutes until Ben came back as he had gotten some one to set up the fireworks. "Okay I got someone. He said he is going to light them now, so I recommend we sit down and just watch the show," Ben told his friends who just smiled as they all sat down on the blanket and looked up at the sky to watch the fireworks.

When the fireworks first went off the small toddler immediately began to sob as she didn't like the loud sound as it had scared her. Evie just smiled as she pulled the toddler towards her and pulled her into a warm and protective embrace. "Don't worry sweetie I got you. There is nothing to be afraid of," Evie told the toddler who calmed down immediately once she was in Evie's protective embrace.

Mal smiled and laughed in awe when the fireworks went off again. "Mommy! Wook id cowofuwl! Ooh id so pwewy!" The toddler told Evie in awe as she watched the fireworks boom in the sky as she loved seeing all the cool colors. Evie laughed as she looked at the toddler and so did the others as they thought it was adorable to watch the small girl get so excited to see fireworks for the first time.

"Yeah it is Mal. Ooh look Mal there's another one," Evie told the toddler and laughed when the girl practically jumped up in excitement as she looked up at the sky again. "Yay! Ooh I wob id! Wook! Wook! Id puwel! Da my fabowide cowol!" The toddler screamed out excitedly as the fireworks that just went off were purple and purple was Mal's all time favorite color.

Carlos just laughed as he watched his little sister get so excited about the fireworks. "Yeah they are. Ooh and look Mal now there red and that's my favorite color," Carlos told the toddler who giggled and pointed at the fireworks. "Yay! Oooh Oooh id boo now! Mommy dats you fabowide cowol!" The two year old screamed out excitedly as she looked at Evie.

Evie just laughed as she watched Mal point to the sky and scream out happily every time she would see someone's favorite color go off in the fireworks. Finally after another five minutes Mal was out as she had fallen asleep on Evie with her thumb in her mouth.

"Aw that's just adorable," Jane told the group as she looked over to see the toddler asleep on Evie who was smiling and playing with the toddler's hair while rocking a bit to keep the girl sleeping as it was late and way past the toddler's normal bed time.

"I know right. Gosh she is just the cutest thing when she's sleeping," Audrey told the group as she couldn't help herself. The toddler was honestly just so cute when she was peacefully sleeping. Everyone nodded in agreement including Uma who had to admit the tiny creature really was adorable especially when she was sleeping.

"Yeah even I'll admit tiny tot really is adorable when she's sleeping and not being all annoying," Uma told the others making Evie smile as she knew that was Uma's way of admitting that she actually did like the toddler despite how much she tried to deny it. "Yeah well today was fun. And I'm so glad that this is a holiday now, but it's extremely late now and I'm just exhausted plus I need to get Mal into her crib. Night guys and thanks for this it was really fun," Evie told the others as she said good bye to everyone and then picked up the toddler to go back to her dorm to sleep.

Uma just nodded as she too said good night and then ran after Evie. When they got back Evie tucked the toddler in as she kissed her forehead. "Good night my precious little apple. I love you and I hope you had fun today," Evie told the sleeping toddler as she made her way to her own bed to sleep.

Uma just watched before getting into her bed to sleep as well. When Uma was sure that Evie was sleeping she made her way to the crib and smiled a bit. "Night Tiny Tot. Sleep well," Uma told the small girl and then got into her bed to fall asleep as she didn't want to admit it, but Uma really did care about the small creature and she secretly waited until Evie fell asleep every night to go and say good night to the toddler.

Uma was also really grateful for VK Day as she loved being in Auradon despite the fact that she tried to act as though she didn't. Evie was like her sister and she loved sharing a dorm with her and the tiny creature that she secretly thought of as a niece, but would never admit that as that would make her soft and Uma was definitely not soft.