(this is basically a filler chapter or whatever you wanna call it, enjoy?)

"i'm sorry val, but i wasn't going to leave you behind. i care too much for you to leave you there." i didn't say anything, i just kept looking forwards and away from him. "i'm really sorry that things didn't go the way you wanted them to." i closed my eyes and let a few tears slip away. "i mean, as long as you're safe..." how could he? he knows i need to be there for mother.

"at least i got to see the isle, they're my people too. uma helped me see that." yeah he had a point but still. "if they're your people then you shouldn't have taken me, my mother will die without me. saving one person doesn't make up for losing another." princey reached out for my hand and gave it a squeeze. the rest of the way to auradon was painfully quite. he hadn't let go of my hand and i didn't push it off either.

once we arrived princey parked and everyone got out. the others looked at me weirdly, i take it they didn't feel okay with me being back here. hey it's not like i had much of a choice. lonnie went her way, the others were huddled together and jane came over. something about the cotillion, i didn't have the energy to go actually. "jane, get rid of it." was all i heard princey say.  what were they talking about? me hopefully.

i was about to walk away when princey pulled me back, he didn't know when to give up huh? hasn't he done enough? "if you don't want to come tonight that's fine, i'll understand. i'll see you in a bit, just don't stay mad at me please. i lost you once, i can't lose you again." i sighed and nodded. "i'll see you in the room." he let go off me and walked off with jane.

i was making my way to my dorm when i felt a hand on mine. i turned and saw audrey staring at me with her arms crossed. i forgot i left her without an explanation, i didn't mean too. she looked so mad and i just wanted to cry. "where have you been? i've been looking for you all day and night, my date cancelled and- what's wrong?" i couldn't hold it in anymore. i started to cry yet again.

"let's go, we should talk in private." she held my hand and we walked to her room as i silently cried without making eye contact with anyone that passed us. once we made it to her room she walked me to her bed and handed me a box of tissues. "v, you can tell me anything. i'm here for you whenever you need me. you know i love you, i'm here for you and heck i'd kill for you, you're my best friend." i couldn't help but cry even more.

"i was on the isle, i left yesterday evening. i had gotten into a fight with princey and i just felt so hopeless. i know what you're going to say, i should've reached out for you but i didn't want to burden you with my problems. i left and i saw my mother. that however made me feel worse, audrey my mother is dying. and then she tells me she doesn't know how long she has left, and that she's not my real mother. then i go see my friends, and they tell me they captured princey. i see him and i find out he came to the isle to rescue mal. then i figure out mal gave him a love potion! that's why he was all weird with me! then we get into a sword fight on a pirate ship, then smoke bombs go off and princey picks me up and throws me into the car after i told him i had to stay. and now, i just feel like i let everyone down. i was suppose to stay for my mother, take care of her because i don't want to lose her. i feel like i've lost enough, i can't bare to lose her either."

i didn't mean to unload so much on audrey but i felt like i couldn't breath. she wrapped her arms around me and held me close as i cried. i felt so good on the isle and now i'm back and ugh. everything sucks. i tried to calm myself before i said anything else. ugh i'm such a mess.

"v, i know nothing i say will make everything feel better. i offer what i can to you get through this. i'll be here for you ever step off the way. i'll beg day and night to have your mother brought over and taken care of. i'll make sure fairy godmother puts her in the hands of the best doctors. as for mal, i'll make her pay. if she thinks she can just get away with what she did then- ugh i just want to slap her across the face and-" i couldn't help but laugh through my tears as audrey got mad at mal. "i know, i was this close to hurting her but princey got in the way. it's hopeless though, we hurt her and everyone turns on us."

"look, how about we skip the cotillion, just stay in and watch a shit ton of movies and eat all the junk food we can. who cares about a stupid dance anyways." you do babe. "no, you've been planning your outfit for the longest time. i'm not letting you skip it, i'll help you get dressed and everything. one of us should at least get to enjoy tonight." she shook her head and crossed her arms again.

"if you're not going then i'm not going. i don't have a date either way, going by myself will look so lame." i inhaled and breathed out before wiping away my dried tears. "okay, that's it then. i'm going. we're gonna go together, we'll be each other's date. and we're gonna look good doing it! we're gonna look better than anyone else." audrey laughed and hugged me again. "as long as you're happy i'm happy." ugh how could i even think of leaving audrey behind, she always knows how to cheer me up.

"come on, let's go get your clothes and then come back here. you'll shower here, get dressed and do everything else here. they won't know what hit them once we show up. we're gonna be the baddest bitches out there." i let out a snort like laugh as we headed to the door. "audrey!"

**

as we walked back to audreys room i noticed mal talking to princey. she was giving him a cookie, and he accepted it. well it's just a cookie right? there's no harm in that, i shouldn't worry so much. right? i shook the thought out of my head as audrey and i walked away. then again, i shouldn't trust mal. never trust mal.

"okay so you go shower while i get my stuff ready, and make sure to dry your hair properly. i'm tired of you saying you're done and it's still all wet. now go, come on go." audrey pushed me towards the bathroom, i could only laugh as i entered. man her bathroom was much prettier than ours.

as i showered i thought back on all the times i saw mal give princey a cookie. then it clicked, the very first time he was under a love potion was because of a cookie she made. she didn't just use a love spell, she's been stuffing his face with cookies! how could i have been so stupid?! every fucking time she gave him a cookie she did it right in front of me! i thought of it as some weird couples thing but no! she was just making him fall for her. ugh i could just- no calm down val, you'll get your turn for revenge soon. when? i don't know but soon.

i quickly finished up and dried my hair, though i might've pulled some out as i was so fucking mad. how? how could i be so stupid? ugh you know what, it's whatever. i'll find a way to get rid of it, i'll just get my hands on mal's spell book and i'll make some anti love potion thing. everything i did was so aggressive, i put on my clothes so aggressively i thought i ripped something.

i stepped out of the bathroom and i saw that audrey had the makeup all laid out already. "okay just sit here, think about what look you want. i'll just shower quickly and i'll start." i moved aside as audrey went into the bathroom to shower. i sat down and decided to go through my phone. i hadn't noticed before but uma had taken pictures on my phone. these must've been from when i was asleep because i don't see myself in any of these.  christ there were so many, there were even videos.

i watched each one with a sad smile on my face. they're not evil, yeah they're bad but not evil. they're just goofballs who have bad habits. we're not all evil after all, we're just bad. yeah some of us are evil, but then again who's to say who's a hero and who's a villain. "hey hearts, this is our impression of you and your king." uma said to the camera before turning it on harry and gil. they kept making kissy faces at each other then started fake arguing before making kissy faces again. i let out a laugh as uma turned the camera back on herself. "thanks for coming to see us v, we really missed ya. don't worry though, we caused a lot of chaos in your honor." the video ended and i moved on the next photo, gods i wish they were here.

"oh who's that? she's kinda hot." i looked up and saw audrey standing over me. "my friend uma, she thinks your kinda hot too by the way." i teased as i handed her my phone. "oh well introduce us good sir, i'd let her break my heart. for now though, let's get ready." uma would not break her heart. "yeah let's."

for the next hour or so we worked on each other. she did my makeup and i did hers. while my look was more 'prince like' hers was more 'villain kid like'. we knew how to rock the looks though so it's fine. "you look killer." i said as i finished her lipstick. her hair really pulled the whole thing together. now she could definitely pull of bangs. you just know she would know how to make them work.

"okay well imma go change, i think you'll like my outfit. you inspired it." hmm i wonder what it was. after a few minutes she came out of the bathroom all dressed up. she wore a dress that was short in the front and long in the back, it was black and pink of course, the black and pink fading into each other. ugh i'm so proud of her, she was able to drop the whole dressing all pure and innocent. "you look like the queen of mean! i love it!" she did a little twirl and curtsies.

we walked over to the mirror and looked at ourselves. i was wearing a red suit jacket and the rest was black, expect for the button up shirt of course. evie had added a little crown with a heart and a croquet mallet to it to make it more me. i held my hand up and audrey took it in hers. well time to go. "you ready v?"

"ready as i'll ever be."