Ben's Gone

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When I arrived at Curl up & Dye, the sign read that it was closed until midnight, but that didn't stop me. I looked around before pushing the door open, walking inside. I smirked as I saw Dizzy sweeping up, while dancing to music. When she made eye contact we me, she immediately pulled her headphones down from her ears "Andrea! Are Mal and Evie here too?"

I scoffed "As if" Her smile slightly faltered, but I continued "I forgot you guys opened at midnight. The place looks great" I added, making her smile grow again "So what's your deal? Has your grandmother given you any customers yet?"

She shrugged "Ah, just a few witches here and there. Mostly its a lot of scouring and scrubbing and sweeping. Lots and lots of sweeping" I chuckled "Sounds like the old Cinderella treatment" Dizzy giggled "Yeah, she's gone from Wicked Stepmother to Wicked Grandmother" "That's not much of a switch" I mumbled

"Hey Dizzy, you used to do Evie, right?" She smiled at the memory "Yeah, I thought of the little braids" I smirked "You got any ideas for me?" She took in my look, walking forward and staring at my hair "Plain brunette with boring curls? The best of no words" She scoffed, making me laugh as she sat me on a chair, placing my hat on a table, before picking up my hand

"Ugh, what is this? Bored to death pink? How far can I go...?" She asked "The works" I shrugged "Whatever makes me feel like me, but you know, way worse" She squealed, before almost immediately getting to work. It was a long process of washing, hair dying, drying, curling, and nail filing/painting, but finally, it was done. She spun me around in the chair so I could look at myself through a broken mirror

Hair above^^^^^

"Hey, there I am" I smirked. She giggled as I handed her some money "For me?" She looked shocked "You've earned it" I grabbed my hat, placing it back on my head, before heading towards Uma's Chip Shack

I walked through those oh so familiar doors, seeing nobody's eyes on me "I'm baaaack" I saw Uma's head snap up towards me from the counter as she smiled "Well if it isn't Andy!" Her jaw practically dropped at the sight of me

I walked towards the counter, doing our handshake before Gil tackled me into a hug from behind "Missed y'all" I hugged back. This was weird for The Isle, but then again, he is Gil, so.... "Who's the pretty lassie I saw walk in? It certainly can't be Andrea, can it?" A Scottish voice asked from behind me

"Ah yes, Harry, how could I have forgotten about you? Oh I know! Easily" I said with a smirk as he walked towards me, using his hook to flick my hair away from my neck, tracing my jaw with his hook "Harry! Keep your hook to yourself or she might not visit again" Uma growled

I gave Harry a smirk as he backed away "If you're looking for your spot, its still half a mile down where ya left it. I've made sure no one touches it. Ya know, because it'd be 'Off with their head!'" Uma mocked. I chuckled and gave her a light shoulder punch as I headed out back towards my spot

When I finally arrived I smirked, swinging across the rope to get there, and landing gracefully on my feet. I laughed looking around at the place that was decked out in cards and hearts everywhere. I picked up a deck of cards, playing my version of darts. When you throw a card just right, it could cut an apple in half, so why not throw cards at a target and play darts?

I sat on a chair, propping my feet up and ditching cards. This was the life. Why did I ever leave? After a bit, I heard a plonk, meaning someone had landed from that rope "Harry, I swear-" I growled, but was cut off when I saw Carlos and Jay "What are you two doing here?"

"Better question is, why are you here?" Jay had an angry look on his face, while Carlos looked relieved "I don't fit in in Auradon. I never did" I told him "What? Of course you do!" Carlos reasoned "Carlos, you know that's not true. I played Tourney and was made fun of. I can't do sword fighting, because its against the rules. Being a princess gives me too many responsibilities, and I couldn't handle it anymore! I had to leave! I can't just change to be what Auradon wants me to be"

"Then don't!" They yelled, making me flinch back "I wasn't planning on it. That's why I'm here. Now, I'm not keeping you two here. If you don't wanna live on the Isle, don't. Go back to Auradon by yourselves, because I'm not leaving" I told them quietly, throwing a card and hitting the direct center, and walking away from my spot

About 15 minutes into my walk I heard my name "Andy!" I turned to see Carlos, Jay, and Evie running towards me. I scoffed "What do you want?" "Uma took Ben" I gasped "You guys took Ben here!?" They looked at each other before nodding and we all went to talk to Mal

Mal scolded them as I sat off to the side, looking at all of her artwork surrounding the walls. Mal eventually walked off to the Chip Shack, and I put my feet up, and leaned back, putting my hat over my eyes "I love your hair by the way-" I cut Evie off, not bothering to look at her "Cork it"

It was awkwardly quiet from then on until about an hour later, when Mal told us what happened "We can't give Uma the wand unless we want her to destroy Auradon" Evie frowned, pacing the room "If Uma doesn't get the wand, Ben is toast guys" "She's not that bad guys, if anything, she'd just make him a part of her crew" "That's still not good!" Evie sighed

"Wait guys!" Mal cut everyone off "Your 3D printer!" "A phony wand! In my sleep" Carlos nodded, seeing where she was headed "But if Uma tries to test the wand, she'll know its fake" I pointed out "Ok, so we get Ben out of there really fast. We need some kind of diversion" Jay sat up, saying "Smoke bombs!"

Evie smiled "That's perfect! I'll get the chemicals we'll need from Lady Tremaine's place. That might work" She walked over to Mal and they started talking about Mal's hair. Carlos cleared his throat "Hellooo" They looked at us, snapping out of heir little conversation "Andy, Carlos, Jay, meet us at Pirate's Bay no later than noon. And you guys, losing is not an option. Because we're rotten" "To the core" We all finished, grabbing our stuff, and heading our separate ways

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