( 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 )

𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙳𝙰𝙽𝚃𝚂 𝚃𝚆𝙾
ＳＷＯＲＤ  ＦＩＧＨＴ  ＯＮ  Ａ  ＳＨＩＰ

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EVIE, MAL, AND I WERE SLOWLY approaching the tunnel that will lead us into the area that we were supposed to meet Uma at. We had stopped at where we first parked near the tunnel. The car slowly approached us and out came Jay, Carlos and... Lonnie... "Oh, Lonnie!" Mal gasps.

"I made them bring me," Lonnie assures.

"Of course, you did," I laugh as she pulled me into a hug.

"Oh, I'm so glad," Mal says as they pulled away from their hug.

"Hi. Welcome to the Isle. It's good to see you," Evie says before hugging Lonnie.

"Thanks," Lonnie mutters.

The boys were getting the things we needed. As they walk towards us, I see Dude walking in the middle. I run up to him and give him the biggest hug, "Oh, Dude!" I gasp, Carlos mumbles something I couldn't quite make out.

"Ooh. Here, let me see," Mal says as I got out of my embrace with Dude.

The wand looked so much like the real one, "Wow, what a beauty," Mal admires.

"It's noon," Jay mentions.

"All right. Are we ready?" Mal asks.

"Yeah," Evie and I say as we lift up the bag that carried the smoke bombs.

"Let's do this," Mal exclaims going through the tunnel. We all follow.

Walking towards the boat was a little intimidating with that many pirates around, "Hey, guys! They're here!" Gaston's son yells. Cheers from all the pirates erupted.

"Welcome!" Harry Hook greeted.

"Finally!" a girl who I'm guessing was Uma laughs. We split into groups. Mal at the center backed up by Carlos and Lonnie. And then Jay, Evie and I behind them on the top.

( 𝖛𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖔 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 )

"Let's get this party started. I swear I'm cold-hearted. There's no negotiation. I'm not here for debatin'. You need some motivation? Just look at Ben's face, then ask yourself. How long you think I'll remain patient. I'll throw him overboard and let him swim with killer sharks. You either hand over the wand or he'll be ripped apart," Uma exclaims.

"Now let's all just be smart. Although for you, that must be hard," Mal says. Uma laughs at her attempt to bring her down.

"You'll get your wand- no one has to come to any harm! Don't try to intimidate. Your bark is much worse than your bite. Who's the baddest of them all? I guess we're finding out tonight!" Mal yells.

"Let's go! Bring it on! Better give us want we want. It's the wand for the crown. If you don't it's goin' down," Uma's crew challenges.

"Let's go! Make your move! Peace or war, it's up to you. Give him up and do it now. If you don't it's goin' down," we fight back.

"We want the wand, or else the King is gone. Your time is running out! You should really watch your mouth."

"Let's go! Pound for pound. We're prepared to stand our ground. Put your swords up, put 'em up! It's goin' down!"

"Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Make the trade! Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Or walk the plank! Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Make the trade! Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Or walk the plank!"

The VK's, Lonnie and I gather near Mal, "Okay, look, this is not a conversation. It's a do-or-die situation. If you don't give me back the King, I'll have no hesitation. I'll serve you right here, and I don't need a reservation that way your whole 'pirate crew' can have a demonstration. Release him now, and we can go our separate ways unless you wanna deal with me and the VKs," Mal proposes.

"So that's your big speech, huh? An empty ultimatum?" Uma questions before Harry steps in.

"All it takes is one swing and I'll humiliate him. Matter of fact, make one wrong move, and I'll debilitate him. And if he even starts to slip, I'll eliminate him! All it takes is one wrong look and I'll—" Harry got closer to Mal playing around her. Mal put on a brave face.

"Harry! We get it. Chill," Uma grabs onto his hook and pushing him out of the way.

"Let's go! Bring it on! Better give us what we want. It's the wand for the crown. If you don't it's goin' down!"

"Let's go! Make your move! Peace or war, it's up to you. Give him up and do it now. If you don't it's goin' down!"

"We want the wand or else the king is gone. Your time is runnin' out! You should really watch your mouth."

"Let's go! Pound for pound. We're prepared to stand our ground. Put your swords up, put 'em up! It's going down!" Carlos hands Mal the wand. Mal takes a step but gets stopped by Ben's calling out.

"Hey, we don't have to choose. We don't have to light the fuse. Mal, whatever you do, it's gonna be a lose-lose. There's gotta be a better way. Uma, I promise I'll give you your chance. You'll have your say," Ben reasons.

"Silly King! You? Give me? You're gonna give me a chance? Well, not a chance!" Uma laughs.

"Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Make the trade! Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Or walk the plank! Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Make the trade! Yo, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Or walk the plank!" Uma finishes as Mal and Uma got closer. Mal lazily hands her the wand but Uma doesn't accept it just yet.

"Hold up. Mm. Too easy. Why don't you give it a test drive? We want to see it work," Uma teases. Evie, Carlos and I look at each other in fear, knowing that it was fake. Mal laughs at Uma's statement.

"You always were quite the drama queen," Mal chuckles, I look over to the side and see Dude running towards us.

"Evie, look!" I whisper as I softly nudge her.

"Oh, and nothing too big, or else Ben is fish bait," Ben was on the edge, I was afraid of losing my only brother as I felt my body slump.

I felt a hand slowly moulding into mine, I look over and saw Carlos holding it. He shyly smiles at me before turning our attention back to Uma and Mal, "We're dead," Carlos mutters. Evie and I whisper what we had seen. Mal turns back towards us and gives us a look. Carlos and I signalled our heads towards Dude, without having it be too noticeable.

"Okay," Mal sighs going to the edge as she prepares for the test.

"Although it seems absurd, turn your bark into a word!" Mal enchants waving the wand around.

Dude just stood there. "Talk, dog," Mal grits between her teeth.

"Does this vest make me look fat?" Dude asks.

All the pirates disbursed into laughter, "Hey, does anyone have some bacon? Cookies?" Dude asks, I look over at him and raise my eyebrow.

"Give me the wand!" Uma exclaims.

"Give me Ben!" Mal argues.

"Harry, bring him over!" Uma demands. Gaston's son approached Ben as he was being set free. Harry drops Ben to his knees. Both Mal and Uma's hand were ready to trade.

"Oh. Cut him loose, Harry," Uma orders.

"I never get to have any fun," Harry sighs as he cut Ben loose. I quickly run over to him but was stopped by someone holding onto me. I look back at Carlos and Evie, giving them a look but they shook their heads at me not wanting to let go. Mal grabs onto Ben's arm and Uma grabs onto the wand.

"Ben, go!" Mal begs as she's pushing Ben back. All he does is look back at Uma, not moving. I start running back before they realize it was a fake. Uma chants her wish but nothing happens.

"You do not get to win every time! Get 'em," Uma yells, taking her sword out as we took ours out from the barrel.

Carlos and I were shooting the smoke bombs we had at the pirate crew. Everything was now in chaos. Everyone was fighting. Soon, Carlos and I run out of smoke bombs and had to fend for ourselves. I was battling someone and after that, they just kept coming and coming. I went towards Ben seeing that he was fighting Gaston's son. We try to defeat him but he was pretty good. Carlos comes and helps us, "Hey, Gil," Carlos yells.

"Get out of here, Ben, Bea," Carlos yells as he had Gil against his will. Ben and I quickly roll out.

I was back to back with Evie as we fought the pirates. Soon enough we all got away from the fighting, "Jay, go start the car," Carlos said.

"I'll meet you guys there," Evie said.

"I'm coming with you!" I yell.

"No!" Carlos and Evie yell.

"Jay, take her, please," Carlos pleaded, next thing I know I was being held against my will by Jay.

"I'm sorry lil' sis," he shrugs before lifting me up onto his strong shoulders. Jay runs towards the tunnel with me bouncing up and down. I kept kicking him and punching him but he didn't seem affected by anything.

I was locked in the car by Jay waiting for everyone else. Soon everyone got into the car and we were on our way back to Auradon. "I'm really sorry that things didn't go the way you wanted them to," Ben apologizes.

"I mean, as long as you're safe, that's..." Mal trails off.

"Well, I mean, at least I got to see the Isle. They're my people, too. Uma helped me see that," Ben sighed.

"Ben, Uma captured you," I exclaim.

"She's an angry girl with a bad plan. That's not so different from when you came to Auradon, Mal," Ben defends.

"Awkward," Dude pips in.

"Dude, I know you can talk, but it doesn't always mean you should," Carlos whispers. Evie and I were just sat there feeling the tension.

"Here we go," Jay says as we got close to the bridge.

We were walking to the field, "I'll get these back to the gym," Lonnie states.

"Thanks," Jay smiles.

"See you later," Lonnie says before walking away.

"Ben, Beatrice, there you are. Cotillion's tonight," Jane says as she approaches us.

"Come here," she signals Ben specifically. I walk away towards Evie, Jay, and Carlos while Jane and Ben got this situated.

"We need to talk," Evie said pulling Mal and I towards her.

"Yeah," Mal and I sigh.

"No," a voice calls out from behind stopping any further movement.

We turn and see Carlos and Jay standing there, "No?" Evie questions.

"You guys are always going off in a huddle, whispering your girl talk stuff or whatever, and Jay and I are tired of it," Carlos states.

"I'm not," Jay shrugs.

"We're your family too," Carlos sighs to the girls as I start backing up. This was clearly between the VK's.

"I'm just gonna go ahead and let you guys talk," I sigh walking away before anyone could say anything.

Jane's body collides with me and started asking me more questions about the final touches to Cotillion, "Jane! What you're doing is fine," I grumble before once again walking away to get some alone time after the events.