valentin's p.o.v

"are you sure you have everything?" mother asked me as she followed me through the house. i don't have much so what could i possibly be leaving behind? i stopped walking and turned around to face her, she really doesn't have to worry so much.

"mother please, relax. i have everything, and i'm sure that if i am missing something the people in auradon will just give it to me." she let out a sigh and shook her head. "i know, i'm sorry. i just can't believe you're getting off of this garbage island. make sure to thank the prince when you meet him." woah mom, you sure you're a villain? i thought there were no thank you's or please.

"i will, now i have to go say my fair wells to some friends before i leave." mother grabbed my hand and pulled me into a hug, no it's more like a bear hug actually.

"you be good when you get there, don't do anything that will get you sent back. you deserve to live there just as much as  anyone else. no stealing, no fighting, don't be evil. i know it's tempting, but don't. i never want to see you here ever again, find yourself a princess and live your life as a prince. and please make sure to eat." if i didn't know any better she was crying. i get where she's coming from, i'm getting off the isle finally. i'm going to auradon, and that's better than being here right?

"i promise i'll be as good as those princes. i won't let you down." i really don't want to leave, as much as i hate the island, i rather stay here than go with mal and the others. if they leave, well then i get the isle.

"okay now you better go, go before that horned wench gets angry. mistress of evil my ass..." mother pulled away and began to mumble about how much she hated maleficent, and hey i don't blame her. maybe that's why i despise mal so much, because mother hates maleficent. who am i kidding, mal is a brat. i don't have much of a problem with the three, it's just mal who i do not like.

"bye mother, take care and be rotten." i kissed her cheek as she handed me my bag. before i was out the door she kissed my forehead and then proceeded to push me out the door. it feels unreal to be actually leaving the isle. is the real world as good as they promised it is?

i made my way down the dirty streets to say goodbye to my friends. who knows when i'll see them again... as soon as the smell of fish became too strong, i knew i was at my destination. i made my way inside ursula's place one last time, did i have time to eat something before i left?

"ah look who's here, our very own golden ticket winner! so how does it feel to be one of the lucky ones to get off this rat infested island?" uma got off of her little shell covered thrown and walked towards me. not to sound sappy but i was gonna miss her, and the two knuckleheads of course.

"well my dear, it feels like a dream come true. leaving behind my free will to be a snobby preppy, it's what dreams are made of." harry and gil came out from the back and walked towards me, i won't forget my first time stepping in here and being intimidated by harry. seems like it was just yesterday.

"ah here to say farewell huh? well be gone now, we won't miss ya." i didn't quite believe harry so i paid no attention to him. i turned to gil and hugged him, he's gonna have to put up with him without me. after i pulled away i went to hug uma, harry watching waiting for his hug i guess.

"it should've been us four." uma nodded in agreement, but it wasn't like we had the power to make those decisions. "just make sure you don't forget us, and keep an eye out for that little seahorse. don't trust her."

"i promise that she and i will never become friends. now, i must go. be mischievous in my honor please! hook, no goodbye?" harry tried to ignore me but he gave in and hugged me. you don't really see hugging here on the isle, but we were all close so it felt normal.

"bye."
"bye."

**

i reached the fortress of evil as the ride arrived, so this is really happening... i heard voices behind me, i see the others were ready to go too. a man got out of the vehicle and opened the door for us, is it too late to back out? he opened the back of the car for us and we all threw what little we had inside. i was the first to hop inside, followed by evie, then the rest. once mal got in the driver shut the door, though it seemed like he slammed the door.

mal sat across from me with her arms crossed, well someone's not happy to see me. i ignored her and only focused on the others. jay and carlos had began to engulf on the spread in front of us, i didn't want to take a piece but i did promise mother i'd eat... i scanned the rack before choosing a heart shaped item on a stick. i've heard of these, lollipops. so this is all candy, we don't have any on the isle but mother told me about them. she said she had a bit of a sweet tooth when she was young, i wonder if it's as good as she made it out to be.

as i unwrapped the lolli, evie began to play with the buttons behind us. whatever the button did seemed to interest her.

"it's a trap! they're going to kill us!" evie yelled to get our attention, we all turned and saw what she was talking about. the driver was going to drive us off of the edge! oh i knew it was too good to be true. i felt weight on me as everyone huddled together, mostly on me. when nothing happened we decided to have a look. so they weren't going to kill us, well that's a cruel prank.

then we saw that a bridge had appeared, woah so that's magic huh? we all relaxed as we realized we weren't in any type of danger. they went back to minding their own business, and i went back to my candy. well this is amazing, why exactly were we deprived of these sweets on the isle? you only saw candy in the trash, but even i knew better than to eat from the trash.

after what seemed to be hours, though it was probably just thirty minutes tops, we arrived at auradon. before we got out of the car i made sure to grab myself some of those lollipops. the driver opened the door for us, and jay and carlos were the first to get out. evie and mal followed after, i was about to go out when jay and carlos threw the stuff they had taken back inside almost hitting me. well now they should know better than to get caught. the people seemed really excited for us to be here, that's really nice actually. however, once i got out all the cheering came to a stop. they don't know i took candy right?

"i think there's been misunderstanding, you should not be here. we were only expecting four kids." who does this lady think she is? why am i being talked to like delivery package?

"fairy godmother there was no misunderstanding, i selected five kids. welcome!" ah so this is fairy godmother, and that must be prince ben. he who brought us here. fairy godmother didn't say anything and instead went back to greeting us.

not to be rude or anything but i pretty much zoned out whatever fairy godmother was going on about. i knows it was probably rude and all, but i was still processing everything. auradon is so different than the isle, like it's so much cleaner. everyone has nice clothes on, no dirt on their faces or holes in their shoes.

"it's so good to finally meet you all. i'm ben." "prince benjamin. soon to be king." the prince was interrupted by the good looking perky girl next to him. are only attractive people allowed to date one another?

"you had me at prince. my moms a queen, which makes me a princess." evie stepped forward and began to flirt with the prince, but mal let out a cough that made evie step back. what was that about? did she not want evie to flirt?

"the evil queen has no royal status here and neither do you." so the perky girl is actually a bitch? who would've thought, i kinda like her. sure she could work more on the being a bitch thing.

"this is audrey." ben smiled awkwardly. "princess audrey. his girlfriend, right benny-boo!" okay well it seems like she has the whole being a bitch thing down. are all the perky preppy girls like this or just her?

"ben and audrey are going to show you all around, and i'll see you tomorrow. the doors of wisdom are never shut, but the library hours are from 8:00 to 11:00. and as you may have heard, i have a little thing about curfews." fairy godmother walked away once she got her message across.

"it is so so so good to finally meet you." the prince greeted jay first, so he's going down the line huh?
"this is a momentous occasion," he went to shake mal's hand but she avoided it. "and one i hope," moved on to carlos, "will go down in history." he's overdoing it a bit.

"as the day our two people began to heal." he finished as he reached me. as he shook my hand he looked into my eyes for what seemed to be forever, well this feels weird? i don't know the exact word to describe this.

"or the day you showed four people where the  bathrooms are." i joked as he let go of my hand, i didn't know what else to do. "a little bit over the top?" he asked. "a little more than a little bit." mal cut in with annoyance.  "well so much for my first impression."

"hey! you're maleficent's daughter, aren't you?" the perky pink princess decided to speak again, specifically to mal. "yeah you know what? i totally do not blame you for your mother trying to kill my parents and stuff. oh, my mom's aurora. sleeping-" mal cut her off before she could finish. "beauty! yeah, i've heard the name. you know, and i totally do not blame your grandparents for inviting everyone in the whole world but my mothers to their stupid christening." woah this is quality entertainment! you see this a lot in the isle, but never with a princess in the ring.

"water under the bridge." "totes." well that was over quite quickly. our little tour began after their little squabble. the prince went on and on about the history of auradon and what auradon prep is like, boring stuff actually. i zoned out yet again until carlos screamed out of nowhere. i came back to reality to see carlos in the arms of jay and everyone paying attention to a statue of the beast. yeah so scary. we went inside the school building and woah it was nice.

"now if you need anything don't be afraid to ask-" "doug! don't be afraid to ask doug." perky princess over here grabbed some nerd from the side of the room and pushed him towards us. she grabbed her boyfriends arm and hurried away to do what only the gods would know.

"hi i'm doug son of dopey. as in-"

"who the fuck had sex with a dwarf?" i realize now how rude that sounded, but in my defense i hadn't realize i was speaking out loud. well so much for first impressions, sorry mother.