Author's Note: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and let me know what you guys think of this story so far since I could really use the feedback. Anyway this is the last chapter that is set in the past as my next chapters from now on will be about two or three years later after Ava had already been going to BHU for a few years while Carlos and Mal had been living in Auradon. I may still do flashback chapters or chapters with flashbacks to show how it was like for each of them in their new homes, but other than that the rest of the story will be set two or three years later from this point when Ava is about 20 or 21, Carlos is about 14 or 15, and Mal is about 2 or 3.

    Ava just groaned as she picked up the bottle as the newborn started crying again from her hunger. Ava was really struggling with this whole parenting thing and she was already exhausted and it had been less than a day. She honestly didn't know what she would do if this became her everyday.

    "Ugh look what you did! I just got her to calm down and now she's crying again!  Carlos I can't deal with both of you right now! Just go to your room and we can talk after I finish dealing with Mal!" Ava screamed out to her brother as she was just so frustrated. Looking after a newborn was exhausting and stressful and on top of that she had to keep an eye on her twelve year old brother as well.

      Carlos just huffed as he was angry and he wanted answers and his big sister was refusing to give them to him. "Fine! I'll be downstairs playing video games! But as soon as you get her sleeping I want answers!" Carlos screamed out as he went downstairs to play some video games and clear his head as video games always calmed him down.

        Carlos just sat down and started to play video games, but he dropped the controller in panic when people began to surround his house with cameras and microphones and they started taking a bunch of pictures of him. Carlos just sighed in frustration as he tried to cover the windows, but people just continued to take pictures of him.

        Carlos without thinking just got up and headed towards the door as he began to open it. He was hoping that they would be nice enough to leave if he asked them politely. Just as Carlos was about to open up the door to tell the people to leave Ava came back down with Mal and her eyes immediately widened in panic when she saw what was going on.

       "Carlos! What are you doing! Do not open that door!" Ava screamed out as she quickly ran to him, shoving him away from the door to stop him from opening the door and making things worse for himself. She couldn't believe Carlos would just open the door to strangers.

           "But Ava, they were taking pictures of me while I was just playing video games. I was just going to ask them if they could please stop since I don't like that. It's scaring me and it makes me uncomfortable," Carlos told his big sister, making her sigh as Carlos was just too innocent for his own good sometimes.

            She hated that those paparazzi were harassing her little brother and taking pictures of him without his permission especially since he was still a minor. She just practically shoved the newborn at him as she pointed up the stairs.

           "Go upstairs to Mal's nursery with her and do not come down until I tell you to. I'm serious Carlos stay up stairs. I'm going to handle this, but you need to stay up there with Mal. I don't want them harassing you or Mal, so go," Ava sternly told her brother, making Carlos nod as he really didn't like the press and paparazzi and wanted to get as far away from them as possible.

           "Okay Ava I promise I'll stay in my room with her and I'll lock the door too. Now come on Mally you can watch me play video games in my room. Usually Dude is my audience, but the more the merrier," Carlos told his two sisters as he quickly went up the stairs and grabbed Mal's purple bouncer as he took it to his room and placed her down inside of it. He then locked the door and turned on his video games to keep himself busy and to stop himself from worrying about everything going on.

           Once Ava was sure that her baby sister and little brother were safe upstairs she opened the door. "Hey! What is wrong with you people! This is my house and you are trespassing! Get away from my house! And stop harassing my brother! He's a twelve year old minor! Stop taking pictures of him and my family! He didn't do anything, so leave him be! You are taking pictures of a minor without permission! Just get out of here now!" Ava screamed out as she was angry that people were trespassing on her house and taking pictures of her little brother and their family. She was so done with all of this.

           The people quickly left and once they left Ava slammed the door as she grabbed the guardianship papers. She had just made up her mind on what she was going to do. She was sick of her siblings getting put in between this whole mess. She needed to stop this now. And she needed to get them away from this mess, but she was not going to let them get thrown into foster care.

          Carlos came down as he was frightened when he heard the door slam hard. "Ava what's going on," the young twelve year old asked his older sister as he was starting to worry when he found her angrily signing some papers.

            Ava just ignored him as she continued to fill out the papers. "Ava seriously you're scaring me. What's going on," Carlos told his sister again as she had just ignored his question again. Ava still didn't respond as she grabbed her phone quickly finding her slightly younger cousin Jay's number and pressed on it.

             Carlos decided to just watch as he realized that Ava wasn't going to answer him. He froze when he heard Ava talking to his older cousin Jay. "Jay I need you to come and get Carlos and Mal. I'm about to enroll Carlos in Auradon Prep and Mal is coming with him," Ava told her slightly younger cousin, making Jay confused as to why Ava would be the one to do that instead of his uncle and aunt.

             Jay just stared at his phone in shock as he decided to answer his slightly older cousin. "Ava what's going on? Why are you the one enrolling Carlos into Auradon Prep? And why is Mal coming with him? Did something happen to your parents? Ava tell me what's going on," Jay told his cousin as he began to really start worrying.

               Ava just sighed in frustration as she answered her cousin. "Jay I'll tell you when you get here. I don't feel like having this conversation over the phone. Just hurry up and get here. I want them in Auradon as soon as possible," Ava told her cousin in frustration as she didn't want to answer a bunch of questions about their parents, and she just wanted Jay to come and get Carlos and Mal away from all of this mess.

                Jay just sighed as he realized Ava wasn't going to tell him anything until he got to her house. "Okay Ava I'm on my way now. I'll be there soon, but you better tell me what's going on when I get there. Now I'll see you soon," Jay told his cousin as he hung up.

                 Once Ava was off the phone Carlos decided to make himself known as he came out from his spot on the stairs. "Ava why were you talking to Jay? And what do you mean by us going to Auradon? Are you leaving us too?" Carlos asked his sister with worry and hurt in his voice as he had just heard her tell their cousin to come and get him and Mal.

                  Ava just froze as she had been so angry and so focused on getting Mal and Carlos away from all of this mess with their parents that she hadn't realized that Carlos had been standing there and had heard everything. "Carlos I didn't realize you were there. Carlos I was talking to Jay because I'm going to get you enrolled in Auradon Prep like Jay and you can stay with him. And I want you to take Mal with you," Ava told her little brother and before she could explain why Carlos interrupted her as he was seriously shocked, angry, and hurt by what she just said.

             "So you're just going to leave us too! You're just like mom and dad! I thought you cared about us! But I guess Mal and I are just messing with your new adult life and you need to get rid of us by dumping us on our cousin!" Carlos screamed out as he was angry and hurt by what his big sister was doing to him and their newborn sister. He trusted his big sister and now she was just throwing him and Mal away like nothing.

               "Carlos I can explain!" Ava was interrupted as Carlos didn't want to listen to anymore things from his big sister. He was too angry and hurt to listen to another word she had to say. "Save it I don't care! I'm going to be in my room with Mal staying away from you, so we don't keep being annoying burdens!" Carlos screamed out as he ran up the stairs to his room slamming the door and then picking up the newborn and holding her to him.

            "Well Mal I guess it's just you and me since our big sister doesn't care about us and just wants to give us away to our cousin. I promise Mally I will never be like our big sister. I'm going to stay with you no matter what because unlike her I care about you," Carlos told his newborn sister and smiled when she grabbed his finger with her tiny hands as if saying she understood even though he knew that she was way too young to understand it still made him happy.

                Once Carlos ran up the stairs in anger Ava just made her way up the stairs as well and went to Carlos's door. As she hadn't meant to hurt her little brother, but she wanted to protect him and Mal.

               They didn't need to be living in shame from what their parents did. She wanted to get them away from all of this in a new place where they could have a normal life and not have to be compared to their father. But she hadn't been thinking about how that would look to Carlos. She was feeling horrible for hurting her little brother.

                Ava just sighed as she knocked on his door. She was hurt as well as she had heard what he had said about her to Mal. She couldn't believe Carlos would think that she didn't care about them. She loved them which is why she had to send them to Auradon with Jay.

               She needed them to have a fresh start and she couldn't go because she had already been accepted into BHU and needed to go to college if she was planning on raising Mal and Carlos. Them going to Auradon was just a temporary thing until she could finish college and get a stable job to support them.

               "Carlos please open the door. Just let me explain please," Ava practically begged her little brother, but Carlos still wouldn't budge as he refused to open the door. Ava just sighed as she sat down by his door and started crying as she had messed up with her little brother too. She had already lost her parents and now her little brother was angry and upset at her just because she was trying to protect him and their baby sister.

                 She managed to stop crying a bit when after a few hours there was a knock at the door as Jay had arrived. He took one look at his slightly older cousin and immediately pulled her into a hug and she broke down crying on him again. He had no clue what was going on, but he didn't care. He was here to help out his cousins.

           After a few more minutes of Ava sobbing on Jay she finally explained everything to him and he nodded in understanding. He understood why she was doing this and if he had been in the same position he would have done the same.

         "Ava it's okay. I agree with what you're doing. Carlos will eventually forgive you for this. You're doing the right thing. If I was in your position I would do the same thing. You are protecting them if they stayed with you they would get bullied and harassed by what your parents did. They need a fresh start and so do you. Now come on let's go get Carlos and Mal ready to leave it should be easy since they don't have much stuff left," Jay told his slightly older cousin who just wiped away her tears feeling a small bit better about this as she just nodded her head and went with Jay upstairs to get Mal and Carlos's things, so they could leave.

           After a few more hours they managed to finally get Carlos and Mal out of his room and pack up all of their remaining things which wasn't much as they had lost a lot of things already from what their father did. Carlos just looked at his sister as he was still hurt, but he was going to miss her. He just ran over to Ava and hugged her tightly.

        "Ava please don't do this to us. I love you and I don't want you to leave us too! Please Ava I'm sorry for getting mad at you and comparing you to mom and dad! Just please don't send us away! Please Ava I don't want to lose you too!" Carlos cried out as he continued to cling to his older sister making Ava start crying again as she didn't want to do this either, but she needed to protect him and Mal.

         "Carlos it's going to be okay. You and Mal are going to have a better life in Auradon with Jay. You two can start over and have a normal life in Auradon. I'm doing this to protect you both. I love you and Mal, so much which is why I have to do this. I'm going to miss you two so much, but I'm doing this for you guys," Ava told her little brother as she finally released him and then picked up Mal.

          "Hey there Mal I know you're way too young to understand what's going on, but just know I love you and I'm doing this for you," Ava told the tiny newborn as she kissed her forehead and then handed her to Carlos hugging him one last time before he headed out the door with Jay to go to Auradon. Right before Jay could leave Ava quickly ran over and hugged him. "Thank you so much for this. I owe you one," Ava told her little cousin making Jay laugh a bit as he hugged her back.

        "It's no problem Ava. We're family and I'm here to help my family. Now we should probably get going. Bye Ava I'll talk to you later okay. Take care," Jay told his older cousin as he released himself from her and got into his car once he was sure he had Carlos and Mal's stuff situated along with them and then he took off back to his home in Auradon.

         Once Jay left Ava went back into her empty house and just broke down sobbing again as she realized how much she was going to miss her little siblings. She was all alone now and she was already regretting this, but this was for their own good. And at least now she could finally go to her dream school BHU. She was excited that she could go to BHU as it was her dream college, but seeing her house so empty right now and not hearing any sounds at all in her normally very noisy house was really making her feel so alone and sad.