i was getting ready to leave remedial goodness when fairy godmother stopped us. ugh can't this day be over with already? i spent all night learning a dance number i didn't even want to perform. and i still have to practice tonight, gods dancing is so tiring. how do people do it and make it seem like it's nothing, those people must not have souls. i won't deny the fact that it was fun, but it was just really tiring.

"children excuse me, as you know this saturday is family day here at auradon prep. since your parents can't be here due to um, due to distance, we've arranged a little something. a special treat if you may." so family day is basically us and our families? that's it's? why make a big fuss about it then?

fairy godmother brought over a cart with a tv screen and a keyboard. we're going to watch a movie? gods fairy godmother seems really excited about this. well then i hope it's a good movie. i'm kidding, don't tell me we're going to video chat with our parents. how is that even possible? we don't have wifi on the isle and don't you typically need wifi for that?

with the press of a key fairy godmother had our parents on the screen in no time. maleficent was hogging up the screen, typical. i could kind of see the other parents, hopefully mom was there too. i really miss her, yeah i'm a mommas boy go ahead and make fun of me.

"i don't see anything, nor do i hear." maleficent didn't seem to know how to work the damn thing, well what else is new? "kids." fairy godmother ushered us to move closer and so we did. "press enter." ah jay's dad, jafar. yeah i recognize his voice from all the times i stole from his shop, but don't tell jay because they never caught me.

"can i see a remote? is this thing on?" oh my gods what is taking them so long to figure out the screen? after a few more seconds of them trying to figure shit out they finally got it. there now they can see us right? maleficent backed up and there i saw mother.

"evie! it's mommy! look how beautiful! oh you know what they say, the poison apple doesn't fall far from the tree." literally no one ever says that, i don't think anyone ever has said that. the evil queen is on her own little planet isn't she? "don't you mean the roots." i see both mal and her mother seen to lack a sense of humor as they're both equally bad at making people laugh.

"oh, who's the old bat?" cruella asked, oh my gods can't they shut up and let mother speak? "this is fairy godmother." the parents all looked at each other before laughing, well except mother. she just kept looking at me and smiling. i wish she was here with me, i really do.

"still doing tricks with eggplants?" maleficent asked laughing. this seemed to tick fairy godmother off as she approached the screen. "i turned a pumpkin into a beautiful carriage!" okay fairy godmother don't try to stoop down to their level, they're just trying to upset you to get a kick out of it.

"you really couldn't give cinderella until one a.m.? i mean really, what did the hamsters have to be back on their little wheels?" fairy godmother only got angrier. "they were mice! they were not-" fairy godmother cut herself off and stepped away from the screen. good call fgm.

"how long till mommy see's you? i m-m-miss you." i'm sure she didn't really mean it, maleficent just doesn't seem like the type to like children. "there's a big coronation coming up. i think some time after that." how did fairy godmother not get suspicious by that? "when?" "sunday! 10 am."

i don't know how it happened but the parents started arguing out of nowhere. something about who's kid was better, who was the better parent and whatnot. this whole thing was just pissing me off. jay was about to turn the screen off when i said something.

"enough! you're acting like children! now move aside and let me speak to my mother you washed up good for nothing villains!" the parents went quiet, fairy godmother gasped and the others chuckled a bit. maleficent got close to the camera again and it felt like she was looking right into my eyes.

"as you wish my dear." she smirked and moved to the side, why did she smirk? ewww. she's not going to hurt mother is she? no of course not, she's a short lady that has no magical abilities. i'm sure mother can take her.

"my sweet valentin, how's auradon treating you kids?" she was talking to all of us instead of just me, how kind. "it's been good, the-" mal cut me off by speaking for me. "yeah valentin is having the time of his life, after all the prince is his new best friend." did she think she was being funny? did she think mother would be upset by that? and we're not best friends, we're just friends.

"oh that's great to hear! i hope you're all doing good, and taking care of each other." it warmed my heart how nice mother was being, even to mal. before anyone else could say anything else, something happened that made the screen crash and bam our parents were gone. how great.

"i'm so sorry." i don't see why fairy godmother had to apologize, it wasn't her fault the parents were such messes. "thank you for the special treat." we all smiled though our smiles had a hint of sadness in them. well at least for me it did, i can't believe mother agreed to be in the same room as maleficent just to speak to me.

the others made their way out of the library as i stayed behind a bit. something about the way maleficent looked at me felt off. whatever, i just wanted to see mother and at least i got to. i grabbed my shit and walked out as fast as possible, i can't think straight right now. my brain feels like mush right now and i don't know why. ugh we didn't even do a lot in class today. at least it's thursday, then one more day of school.

**

i was in the room with princey and audrey as they discussed the choreography for family day. it's nice to see them getting along, no awkwardness after their break up and all. the dance was funny, it just seemed crazy. not like doing flips and kicks crazy, just crazy in general.

turns out i had to dance with the girls, great idea princey because that way i don't stand out even more. i don't use this word often but it seemed cringey. heck i don't think i'm a good singer either, imma make them all sound off key. well princey wanted this, oh well.

"come on v, let's show ben what we got." ugh i don't want to run through the dance again. okay here goes nothing. yeah i don't like this, as we danced princey kept laughing. i can only imagine how it's going to be with more people around us.

"stop laughing, you wanted this." i crossed my arms as soon as we finished. i don't find this funny, it's embarrassing and he's not making me feel any better about this. "i'm sorry, i'm sorry. just seeing you dance was an experience. you were good, i swear you were good. you both were. just try to smile more, dancing is all about the attitude you give off." yeah okay if you say so.

"well boys this was fun, but i have to get going. goodnight, and good luck." audrey grabbed her bag and kissed our cheeks before heading out the door. i really didn't see the cheek kiss coming, but at least she did it to both of us. or else i would've felt weird. princey sat down and drank the remaining water in his bottle before speaking.

"my mom said she'll have a suit for you delivered tomorrow, probably around the middle of the day. i hope you like it, i chose it." well gee thanks princey, at least people won't think i'm isle trash if i'm wearing your fancy suits. "uh thanks, you really didn't have to though." i'm not charity case princey. "yeah i know, but i wanted to." well don't, stop it.

"well goodnight princey, i'll see you in the morning." i'm sure he wanted me to stay up with him but i felt tired. i had a good nights sleep yesterday so why am i so tired? it's not even the whole dancing thing, i just feel tired. just thinking about what's going to happen after the coronation is making my heart ache. ugh i'm going soft aren't i?

**

it's saturday, it's family day. friday felt like a blur now that i think about it. i didn't do much, audrey and i worked on our assignments, i helped evie with making the vk's outfits, and i had a meeting with the vk's. our plans and roles for when we stole the wand. great. also, princey seemed to be avoiding me, but i was too busy to really ask why. well hopefully he wasn't going to avoid me today, after all i'm doing this performance thing for him.

i looked over and saw that princey was still sleeping so i decided to hop into the shower. when the water hit my face i felt nice and warm, but then the water began to burn. it felt like acid on my skin, i turned the handle to the cold water but it only burned more. what the fuck? i decided to shut the water off and get out before i somehow burned myself.

i wrapped a towel around my waist and stepped out. as soon as i was out i decided to look at myself in the mirror, nothing was different. the bruises were still there, but not burn marks. whatever, maybe it was just the water that was being weird and not me. i turned the water back on and touched it with just my hand, it was back to normal. not to hot not to cold. ah then what the fuck happened? whatever i need to shower and if the water is back to normal then i'm gonna shower.

thankfully the water didn't feel like acid on my skin anymore, but i'm still confused on why it did the first time i went in. hopefully it was just my mind playing games with me and i was just making this all up. after i finished washing myself i began to change, this felt weird. this whole fit wasn't me. on the isle i never wore suits and button ups.

"do you need help there?" i turned to look at princey who seems to have just woken up. his bed head was actually really cute if i'm being honest. i sighed and nodded yes as i don't want to wrinkle my shirt. i have to make a good impression on these royal families, maybe find my future girlfriend out there. a royal girlfriend doesn't sound too bad.

"here let me get that for you." princey came over and helped me tuck in the shirt, yeah i'm this pathetic. i used to be that guy that would make fun of you if you tucked in your shirts, but here everyone does it. they should try to incorporate more leather into their clothing, so then it can look more bad ass.

"i'm gonna go take a quick shower and then i'll help you with the rest, maybe check the news so you can make conversation with my parents." check the news? what is there to know? it's not like auradon is at war, right? the most i can learn right now from the news is the weather forecast. "right, okay." wait why did he want me to make conversation with his parents? whatever maybe it'll work in my favor to be in good terms with princeys parents.

after a while princey finally came out of the bathroom all dressed up in a nice blue suit, this blue being lighter than what he usually wears. i don't know what time we had to be there but it was almost ten am. princey stopped at his nightstand before walking over to me. "here, i got this for your." a tie? what a peculiar gift, it's not even my birthday.

"thank you." i said though it sounded more like a question than a statement. "i saw it and i thought of you, the crowns with hearts. your mom is the queen of hearts, hopefully one day you could be the king of hearts." aw well aren't you a big old softie. "woah, thanks princey. one thing though, i don't know how to put on a tie." princey smiled and didn't say anything before helping me put it on. well you could've just taught me but i guess this works too.

as princey finished putting it on me, he pulled me closer but i think that's because you have to pull the tie to finish it. our faces were really close, i could feel his breath on me. i don't know why but i found myself moving closer, it's like something else was controlling me. what ever happened to free will? however, before anything happened there was a knock at the door.

princey and i quickly pulled away and i went to answer the door. there stood audrey in a nice pink with blue dress and her hair let down. "well good morning my pretty pink princess, don't you look... wonderful today." yeah she looked pretty but her style was back to... well back to dressing as if your grandmother picked your clothes.

"i know what you're thinking, what happened to the new cool audrey? since nana is gonna be here i can't wear something that's gonna cause her to have a heart attack, so i had to resort to my old style. i have let you down i know, but hey at least one of us looks good. so are you guys ready?" audrey peeked around the me to see if princey was ready too.

"oh hey audrey, um yeah we're ready. let's head out and meet with the others before anyone else backs out." hey speaking of that, princey never told me who was the girl that backed out of the performance. was there even a girl that backed out? or did he just trick me into doing this to make fun of me? ugh whatever it was too late to back out anyways.

princey and i stepped out of the room and began walking towards the garden where we had to meet up with everyone. i told evie that i wasn't going to be able to show up with them as i had already promised princey i'd do this. she found it real funny and kept teasing me about it, as if she didn't sing and dance at random moments.

"so audrey, how was your date last night?" i asked as we walked. after we had finished our homework last night she excused herself to go get ready for her date. she didn't tell me with who it was but it was probably someone i didn't know. yeah i still don't know everyone here and what about it. "well it was okay, kind of boring at first as she only talked about herself. but we held hands under the table and she confessed that she was nervous and that's why she was rambling on about her life. then we just walked around and talked about what we had in common." wait she said she right? i'm not making it up right?

"you went on a date with a girl?" princey and i both asked at the same time. i never expected audrey of all people to go on a date with a girl. "yeah, is there a problem with that?" pfft obviously not! "of course not, just shocking. no offense." audrey laughed and elbowed my side, but she did it playfully so it didn't hurt. i kinda miss the horsing around i did with harry and gil, even if i did end up getting hurt.

we made it to the garden in no time and the others were waiting for us. among the others were doug, chad, and lonnie. i felt kinda weird as they all looked so bright and nice, and here i am with a black suit and heavy eyeliner. looks like i'm in a screamo band.

"well is everyone ready?" princey asked as they all started to get in formation. um i'm not, no one told me where to go. that problem was solved right away as audrey told me where to stand. ew i see all the parents, but i don't see the vk's yet so maybe they won't show up? i don't know, i do know that evie worked me all day to help her with their family day outfits so they better show up.

"Ma chère Mademoiselle. it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. and now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair, as the dining room proudly presents your dinner." princey speaking french hits different, it sounded so nice. is he fluent or does he just know a bit here and there?

"be our guest, be our guest. put our service to the test." now it was our turn to sing. as we danced and sung doug got carried away and began to break dance. all the guys then went to the front with princey, but i was told to stay at the back with the girls. that's okay though because i'm secure with my sexuality so this didn't make me feel emasculated. okay now i see the vk's. we were reaching the end of the number and i felt relaxed a bit, i hadn't messed up yet.

once we finished we all dispersed, all the ak's went to their parents and i stood there alone. i didn't have a mom here so i was alone, yay. before i felt worse about it, princey came over and dragged me away. "i want you to meet my parents." um okay why?? shouldn't he like introduce mal, after all she is his date to his coronation.

"mom, dad, this is valentin hearts. val, my parents." his parents are looking at me, they're giving me awkward smiles. fuck what do i do? well obviously i should say hello, nice to meet you but i'm nervous! this is king adam, aka the beast. i only know him as the guy who trapped us on the isle.

"hello, nice to meet you your highness." i held my hand out for them to shake, i'm doing everything correctly so far right? belle was the first to shake my hand, when king adam shook it i was sure i was going to die. his grip was so strong he was literally squeezing my hand. ouch dude ouch.

"so you're our bens roommate, it's nice to finally meet the boy he won't shut up about." belle laughed, should i laugh too? "really, well i'm honored princey." fuck what if his parents don't like my nickname for him. ugh but i don't want to call him ben, i never call him ben. it's going to be weird if i do it.

"well we just wanted to say you all were amazing out there, it's nice to see that the kids are being accepting of you five. son, this shows you'll be a great king for your people." i looked over at princey to see how his fathers words hit him. his smile was loud and clear about how he felt, he felt proud and loved. i wish we could all have kind parents around us. we're not all so lucky after all.

"how about you join us for lunch?" princey asked me, again i don't see why he isn't asking mal aka his date for tomorrow. "yeah i would, but i promised evie i'd hang with her and the vk's..." princey laughed in response. "that's fine, you can invite them to come too. how about we all have a little game of croquet before lunch. what do you guys think?" princey looked at his parents and they agreed. yippee.

i walked over to the vk's to tell them about our lunch plans and princey and his parents got their picture taken. jeez hopefully the vk's agree so i wouldn't end up all alone. "hey," they all turned around to face me. "uh we were invited to have lunch with the king and queen, and also a game of croquet." i said awkwardly, they were just looking at me shocked to hear the news. well i was a bit shocked too, i didn't think king adam would be so keen on the idea.

"okay... sure." mal said as she finished eating the strawberry in her hand. evie put down dude, carlos' dog, and the boys cleaned off the chocolate all over their faces. we walked back towards princey and he guided us to where the croquet equipment was all set up. now i know how to play, but princey insisted he taught me. i didn't want to burst his bubble so i let him teach me.

evie and mal were teaching each other as they spoke to queen belle, jay and carlos were playing with dude as king adam spoke to them about tourney, and i swear i saw audrey taking pictures of princey and i. i don't know why she didn't just have the professional photographer do it.

"i'll be right back, do you want anything to drink?" princey asked as he finally let go of my arms. i shook my head no and with that he left to get himself a drink i guess. he didn't really say why where was going. i stood there by myself for a while until a girl approached me.

she was blonde with blue streaks going down her hair. she wore a nice baby blue dress that made her blue eyes popped. ugh not even princey wears that much blue. she just stood there looking at me, why isn't she speaking? girl what the fuck? say something!

"hi, i'm ally, daughter of alice in wonderland." oh i see, that's why she came over to speak to me. "hey, i'm valentin, son of the queen of hearts. i'm guessing you already knew that." she nodded and didn't speak again. what is she doing? she just continued to stare at me, i think i like it better when princey stares at me for this long.

"christ what is it? are you just going to stand there and look at me? say something." ally just laughed and smirked. "you're like your mother, except of course you're not obese, you're missing the earrings and the headband. but the temper is right there." bitch, first of all mother is not obese, two, what is she even trying to do?

"i came here because i heard from my mom that the queen of hearts is a very psychopathic, destructive, irrational and opprobrious person with an incredibly short temper. i just wanted to see if her spawn was the same way." does she find what she's doing amusing? don't get angry val, don't get angry. i won't i promise. i'm just gripping the mallet tighter than before.

"are you mad i'm bad talking your mother? your mother deserves to be on the isle just like all the others. she's the worst of them all, and i know for sure you'll follow in her footsteps. you should've just stayed there you little anorexic shit. what are you even here for? to remind me that your mom would've done anything to kill mine? because of how crazy she was? did your mommy tell you that? or did she lie and say she was the victim? it's too bad you don't have an army of little cards to chase me out. what are you going to cry? am i upsetting you?" i tried to control my breathing, i can't get angry. everything was going well and i wasn't about to ruin it.

"who knows, maybe one day you'll mommy will die and so will you. she should've stayed dead so you wouldn't be here. go back to where you cane from, you and your kind. no one wants villainous kids here, especially not ben. he sees you as a charity case because he felt bad for leaving you with such an evil, cold hearted bitch of a mother." okay that's it! who is she to insult my mother? my mother is not what she is said to be, she's different. she's changed! i gripped the wood mallet in my hand and raised it above my hand. val you're giving her what she wants, i told myself but i don't care.

"off with her head!" i swung it down but i didn't hit her. of course i didn't, i don't know why i didn't because i should've. i opened my eyes and saw people staring at me as ally was in the floor. she's gonna act like the victim, and people will believe her. princey and audrey were quick to walk over to me as everyone began to whisper about me to each other. evie and carlos also walked over to me probably to see if i did hurt her or not, what did i do? i just messed everything up right? oh fuck i did.

i dropped the mallet and looked down at my hands as if i had blood on them. i wanted to walk away but audrey was holding me while princey helped ally up. oh fuck don't tell me they're on her side. yes i snapped and i shouldn't have but she pushed me.

"oh ben thank the gods you're here, did you see what he was about to do? he's just like his mother, i think we should send him back to the isle." well now that's a bit excessive don't you think? sending me to hell wouldn't do anything.

"you think, but that decision is not up to you. it is up to me to decide such thing, and i say we don't. you were harassing valentin, all he did was try to defend himself. now i please ask of you to remove yourself from the scene and return once you're able to give a sincere apologize to valentin." woah wait what? prince was taking my side?

"what? did you not see what he was about to do?!" ally stood there in complete shock. "ally, leave now!" princey raised his voice and she got the message. she ran off mad thinking she was in the right didn't she. "princey, i'm so sorry. i-i don't know what came over me, i wasn't going to actually hurt her." well if we were on the isle i would've had her head on a stake after the first bad thing about mother came out of her mouth.

"val calm down, yes you shouldn't of done that but you were provoked. plus you didn't hurt her, it's okay." i felt his hand on my back, audrey had let go of me as soon as princey had come over to us. he hugged me and again i felt like i was home. he rubbed my back and kept apologizing about what happened. "v, if you need me to beat her up then i'll totally do it. no one messes with my bestie like that. she is so over, socially and literally." i laughed at audreys comment and princey finally let me go.

"again, i'm sorry for saying that and for almost hitting her. i just, my mother means a lot to me. she's the only family i have." audrey hugged me and held my hand when she pulled away. "well now think of me as your sister." i laughed because a, we are completely different. i means look at how fucking white i am compared to her. two, well she's just being really supportive and my default setting are to laugh and to be angry.

"well thanks for being there sis, and you too princey. now to convince everyone i wasn't actually going to murder her." the murmuring had died down and everyone went back to what they were doing. oh my gods thankfully the king and queen didn't see any of that cause they would've taken me back to the isle themselves.

"isn't that your nana talking to mal?" princey asked audrey, we all looked over and did in fact see queen leah talking to mal. well this won't go well. then a loud gasp followed by a 'you?!' came from the old lady as she looked at mal with terror and anger spread across her face. i felt audrey and princey drag me closer to the scene, i take it princey is gonna defend mal and audrey is gonna control her grandma.

"how are you here? and how have you stayed so young?" everyone started to crowd around and stare, but no one did anything. "queen leah, maleficent is still on the island. this is her daughter mal, no need to fear her. don't you remember my proclamation to give the new generation a chance?" yeah i'm sure mal isn't as evil as her mom, even then her mom ain't that scary either.

"a chance to do what ben? destroy us? come on you remember don't you? the spells, and the poison apples..." queen leah looked over at me and sister and let out another annoyingly loud gasp. "audrey get away from him! how? how are there two of you!?" what? oh wait audrey is still holding my hand. also, two of us? what the fuck did that mean?

"nana please, you're making a scene." audrey pleaded but queen leah didn't listen. "my daughter was raised by fairies because of your mother's curse! so her first words, her first steps, i missed it all!" well that's your fault sis, who told you to send her off to some cottage in the woods? exactly, no one.

"nana, that's enough!" audrey let go of me and stepped towards her grandmother. "you're making a scene, and making a mockery of our name. i beg you to please stop this, mal isn't responsible for her mother's pa-" everyone went silent as audrey was cut. her grandmother slapped across the face, it a very loud smack. i take it you don't see much of that here.

i grabbed audreys hand and pulled her close to me, what the fuck is wrong with her nana?! "don't you dare touch her!" she yelled at me but i ignored her. people still weren't doing anything, they just stared and looked shocked. i don't know why but i used my free hand to grab mal and pulled her close to me too. without another word i ran away with both of them, that's enough out of these auradon pricks. first ally and now queen leah? these entitled people are so annoying.

after we were a far distance from the garden i let go of mal's hand but kept audrey with me. i looked at my hand and frowned at mal fucking burned me, but there was no burn mark. i swear my hand felt like it was on fire, almost like how i felt in the shower. we heard footsteps and all turned to see the vk's coming after us. they all went to mal to see if she was okay but i didn't pay them attention.

"are you okay?" i cupped audreys face and looked her over, her cheek was red and you can see the mark of a hand. tears were leaving audreys eyes, but she didn't make noise. a silent crier, you don't see those much. "it's fine, i'm okay. don't worry about me." she laughed through her pain, something i did whenever mother's plaything hit me. this has happened before...

"audrey, that wasn't the first time she's ever hit you is it?" i asked making my voice as soft as it could go, didn't want to scare her or anything. more tears flowed out as she nodded her head. i bright her in for a hug, the ones princey gives me, and comforted her. i didn't expect the people of auradon to treat their kids like this, i thought they would never have to deal with that here.

"i'm so sorry audrey, i promise i won't ever let her hurt you. you're here with me now." she hugged me tighter as she silently sobbed. "i just never thought... she'd do it in front of others." anger is what i felt as i thought about audreys grandmother just hitting her behind close doors, the anger sparked and i felt like i was going to combust.

"audrey, fairy godmother is looking for you. she wants to speak to you in private." audrey and i turned around to look at princey who had just arrived. where's he been? audrey let go off me and wiped away her tears. "okay, thanks for letting me know ben. well, i'll see you later. thank you v, and i'm sorry for messing up your coat with my tears. now i must walk this lonely road by myself." she laughed before she kissed my cheek and then walked off. i wanted to go with her but i knew that this was a private matter for her and fairy godmother to talk about and i had to respect that.

"hey, how are you?" princey asked me, though i don't know why as i wasn't the victim. "i'm... i don't know. how are you?" i asked, i'm sure his parents were upset with the scene caused my queen leah, but really she's no queen after what she did. "uh shocked i guess, my dad is saying it's my fault. i don't see why but okay." princey grabbed my hand and led me towards the table with the vk's. they all sat there quietly, they all seemed so sad.

"hey how is everyone?" no one looked at ben, they just continued to stare down. "hey listen, forget it alright? it was nothing, forget about it. let it go. tomorrow, after the coronation everything will be okay." princey maybe saying to let it go wasn't the best, that little scene wasn't just nothing. everyone probably feels that way about us but only queen leah was brave enough to say it.

"hey princey, do you have anything for me? my throat feels really tight and dry." princey smiled and let go of my hand. "of course, i'll be right back." after princey walked away i took a seat next to mal, as it was the only seat left, and attempted to make them feel better. as if it would work.

"hey one person doesn't represent everyone, and if you're angry that's okay. get angry, we have every right to be angry. after tomorrow everything will be better." mal looked up finally and nodded her head. "hearts is right, let's get angry. let's teach auradon a lesson, after tomorrow every wrong will be righted. the wand will be ours, and so will auradon." i think you misunderstood me mal, that is not what i meant. i did not mean let's take the wand and get revenge.

"no i think you-" i was cut off as a bunch of girls walked past us. "how long does she think that's gonna last? mal is just the bad girl infatuation." whom the fuck were these girls? "i mean he's never gonna make a villain a queen." woah okay, what's their fucking problem? they walked away laughing as if they did something, okay children calm down the only clowns here are you two.

"beware, forswear, undo their hair." i turned and saw the shocked faces of the girls as their hair had gone back to being 'uncool.' i don't know, if someone had said that to me i would've done worse. that's a start i guess. "there's a lot more where that came from!" mal stood up and the girls ran away in fear, i miss seeing people run away in fear. it always made me feel funny, like i accomplished something.

"i'm really looking forward to tomorrow," the others got up following mal as she began to walk away. if you can't beat them, join them. i got up and began walking with them, maybe i'm going soft and letting all this auradon shit rub off on me. val from the isle was mean, scary, a badass who did what he wanted. i'm loosing my touch.

"let's grab that wand and blow this popsicle stand."