the walk to ursula's fish and chips wasn't a long one from mother's place, but i decided to take the long way this time. on my way there i made sure to take down every single cotillion poster, hey i was doing the isle a favor by taking them down. after taking many posters down i finally reached the joint, and whew was it late. i didn't realize the long way was that long.

i walked in and my presence wasn't noticed yet. well that's good. the crew were all facing the other way as they all took turns throwing knifes at a cotillion poster. well now this is something i could be good at. i quietly walked closer and picked up a knife from one of the tables. well this will be quite an entrance. without a beat i threw the knife and boom! i win! i hit mal's face! that's means i won right? if it doesn't then it should. everyone turned to look at me and gasped.

"well look who's back! valentin hearts, what happened your majesty? did auradon get tired of having isle trash on their land?" uma asked as she walked toward me. i had to laugh, that was a good one. "if they were then we'd all be back. i came back on my own, i got tired of them actually." uma gave me a look of confusion though instead of laughing with me.

"you didn't come back with the others?" with the who now? "i beg your pardon?" uma and harry looked at each other before looking at me. "dragon breath and the others are back, we actually have your king back there. so you're telling me you had no idea they came back?" what? they have princey? what is he doing here?

"he's here? where? let me see him." okay tone it down val, you sound desperate. uma and harry shared another look, i take it they're just as confused as me. "hearts what's going on?" uma sweetie i love you; but why do you have princey? "look i'll explain later, can i just see him?" okay i sound so desperate it hurts. "i- sure, just don't let him go." uma and harry led me to the back room, i see ursula's not here.

"there he is, make it quick. you have some explaining to do. and lost time to make up for." i looked at her and smiled. "thanks girlie." with that she and harry left me alone. i didn't think they'd actually leave me alone with princey. he hadn't noticed me yet which was good actually.  once they left he finally looked up. he didn't say anything at first, and i don't blame him. i did throw a fucking tantrum earlier and i ended up slapping him.

"princey, what are you doing here?" i walked over to him and grabbed a stool to sit on. he didn't say anything though. "you're giving me the silent treatment huh? i guess i deserve that, well if you'd rather be here tied up then so be it. i'll just be on my way, have fun waiting for someone else to rescue you." this got him to talk.

"wait! okay, i'm here because evie brought me. we came back for mal." oh of course. that's why he's here. for mal. "what are you doing here? you weren't with us when we left." i was right, he didn't even notice i was gone. "i came back a while ago. by myself." he probably doesn't care, he just wants me to untie him and let him go running back to mal.

"why did you come back?" oh well i didn't expect him to care. "because i hated auradon." and because of you. "i thought you loved it there, i mean heck you joined the cheerleading team. that just scream auradon spirit." ugh shut up. "that doesn't mean anything, i hate auradon and everyone on it." he laughed, why is he laughing? "even audrey and me?" oh fuck off.

"everyone except her, i could never." he stopped smiling and now seemed hurt. "you hate me?" did he not remember our little 'talk from earlier'? "yes...no? i don't know okay! i don't know how to feel about you anymore!" i raised my voice a bit, but hopefully no one could hear us from the outside. "what do you mean?" what do i mean? is he serious?!

"oh my gods! stop acting like everything is okay for a minute please! i know damn well that you remember what happened before i left, i know you walked in to a trashed room, and i know you were just using me okay? i'm glad i was able to help you figure out who you were! if i was just a little experiment that's fine, just next time have the decency to tell me before hand. before i go..." go falling for you. "do you even remember the days after your coronation?" he shook his head.

"it was all blurry, but mal helped me. she said that i asked her to be my girlfriend but that i must've forgotten. i do remember kissing her at the party though." what? he did not kiss mal! she... ugh that little witch i'm going to kill her. "no! you didn't kiss her! you kissed me! you took me away from the party and kissed me! you pinned me against the wall, like this, and kissed me. and the week after that all we did was kiss. how do you not remember?" i felt my voice shaking and my eyes got watery. this isn't me. i don't cry easily.

"like this?" and then he did it. he kissed me. why? why gods why? i pulled away and slapped him, again my bad. reflex. "no, no you don't get to come here and just kiss me. you don't... you don't know how much you've hurt me. i won't let you do it again." princey shook his head and blinked a couple of times before saying anything. he whispered something along the lines of 'i remember now' whatever that meant.

"you promised that no one would ever hurt me, but you were the one that hurt me the most. you kiss me, and then it's like i don't exist. for six months! you didn't talk to me in the halls, in class, you stopped having lunch with us to have lunch with mal! what was that princey?" i want an explanation, not some bullshit reason.

"i don't remember that, val i wasn't myself at that time." oh bullshit. "for what it's worth, mal and i broke up." and yet you still came all this way for her. "whatever, you're just going to get back with her anyways. it's okay though, you made your choice a while ago. i should know better than to chase after someone who doesn't want me." i turned away so he couldn't see my tears. why am i crying over a boy?

"val, i promise i will make up for lost time. i don't want mal, i want you." he's just saying that to get me to let him go. "val please, listen to me okay. the last day you and i were together, i left for a meeting. on my way back i ran into mal, she gave me a cookie. then she said something, i don't remember what exactly, but my mind went blank. that's when she told me she and i were dating. i don't remember much before that or after that really. i can't even remember most of our fight from earlier. everything seems so clear now, and i know what i want. i want you. i always wanted you, since the moment i met you i knew i wanted you." does he mean that?

"how can i believe you? after everything, how can i believe you? if i was your first choice then you wouldn't have treated me like that. you don't even know what that caused me do you? i let myself fall for you, and when you weren't there to catch me... i cracked like fucking humpty dumpty. i stopped eating, i stopped sleeping, all because of a fucking boy. all because of you. i... i want to believe you but i can't. i don't have it in me to get hurt anymore."

"i'll do everything i can to make it up to you, come back to auradon with me. i'll make up for lost time." i can't. "no, princey i have to stay. mother, she's dying and i need to be here for her. i can't just leave her." the more i thought about it the more i cried. mother was dying, and i know that if only i had been here for her then she wouldn't be dying. i knew i shouldn't have gone to auradon, now everything is fucked up.

"val i'm so sorry, i didn't know." neither did i. "and you know what else. she's not my mother. yeah, crazy isn't it?" why did i tell him that? "she's not? well then who's your real mom?" she is, maybe not she's not my biological mother but she raised me when my real mother couldn't. "she didn't say, but she said she knew who my father was. well she didn't tell me his name, she just said that my hair going up in blue flames gave it away. whoever my dad is he has blue fire hair? i don't know." who the fuck could that be?

"oh my gods val, do you know who your father is? it's hades! he's the god of the underworld, and he's the only person i know that can make their hair turn up in blue flames." oh gods no way. "yeah well he's a stranger to me. he abandoned me on the streets, so he's not my father. i have only one mother, i'm a hearts. i don't care if some washed up god is my father, mother is both my father and mother." i know this island is full of the most evil people to walk the earth, but really? leaving a child on the streets as a baby! that's just a different type of evil. i don't like baby's but still evil.

"val, i know nothing i say can make up for the pain i have caused you but i promise to be here for you when you need me. i'll make up for lost time, i'll keep my promise and make sure you don't hurt anymore. look to show you how much you mean to me, put your hand inside my jacket pocket. take out my ring and put it on. as long as you have it on, that's how long i'll be here for you. val you're everything i've always wanted, and i am not letting you get away again. whatever or whoever i was with mal, that wasn't me. this is me, and only you know the real me. please, i'm speaking from the bottom of my heart." was he really under another love spell? can i trust him?

i found myself walking back to him and doing as he told me to. there was a ring inside his jacket pocket, a lovely one at that. "you mean it?" if i trust him and he fails me again, then i'm the real idiot here. "i promise." i put the ring on, i should be beyond angry at him but i can't seem to be able to do it. not when he's looking at me like that.

"i'm sorry i went off on you... and slapped you twice." he only laughed in response. "it's fine, i guess i did deserve that." i wiped away my tears and laughed as i looked at the ring. ugh i just want to murder mal, not only did she spell evie to forget her feelings for her but she spelled princey to a, fall for her, and b, forget about his feelings for me. when he came back to the isle, the effect must've worn off. hey that means they must've worn off of evie too.

"this doesn't mean anything permanent though, i still need to figure out my feelings for you. now if you'll excuse me, i must go catch up with my friends." he stopped smiling and gasped. "they're your friends? you have to tell them to let me go. please ma poule." i shook my head. "i'll see what i can do, and don't call me that. if, and when, i figure out my feelings for you, well then calling me 'my friend' wouldn't make sense." i walked over to the exit and stood there blushing as he said something that really hit me.

"val i lied, ma poule doesn't mean my friend. it means my sweetheart, i've known all this time."