Sunlilly: When history repeats

Chapter 13: Nautical Disasters

Months after the coronation my chaos returned. Ben had appointed me his head of security so now about 99% of the country's security issues became my problem and most of those "problems" were just people saying their "worried" that the villain kids or "VK's" will "cause havoc upon the country" though there was one upside, I got to give the museum better security. I felt really bad for Mal though, since she's Ben's girlfriend she had to show up everywhere with him, not to mention the constant badgering from the press, the stress was getting to her and it was pretty obvious, anytime I saw her she was using some kind of spell to turn back time or memorize something. I believe it was during the seaside festival that shit really started going south, every year King Trident held a celebration at the pier, which meant his trident would be taken out of the museum of cultural history and he would use it during the festivities but after a storm the thing went missing, yeah... not great, so while I was losing sleep and my mind trying to find it Ben was off in Agrabah on royal business with Lonnie and apparently the barrier was down during the storm which also became my problem. I was in my dorm calling just about everybody to see if they had any leads on where the trident was when I hear a knock on the door
"It's unlocked"
I yell, the door opens and Evie is standing at the door with Ariel's niece Arabella. Arabella was a young and pretty timid girl, she had just transferred and didn't have that many friends despite how friendly she is but given her relation to the current situation I could only imagine what she could be doing with Evie
"Arabella... Do you have something you want to tell Raina?"
Evie directed
"What do you got for me?"
I ask exhausted
"Well, uh..."
She stuttered
"It's ok, spit it out... I'm unarmed"
I say trying to reassure her
"I... I might have stolen my grandfather's trident and caused the storm and lost it"
She bursts out
"...I'm sorry what?"
I ask
"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to cause the storm i just thought-"
Arabella was starting to cry
"Arabella, calm down"
I say softly, I take her by the shoulders and sit her down next to me
"Just tell me what happend"
I say
"Well... during the festival, the trident was left unattended and I wanted to prove that I could rule the oceans one day and that I had sea magic too but i accidentally caused the storm, my grandfather doesn't know yet and I feel really bad but I don't know where it is"
She explains, I cup my hands over my mouth and sigh
"I appreciate you telling me... but what the hell were you thinking?"
I say as calmly as possible
"I- I'm so sorry"
Arabella starts
"You don't need to apologize to me, but you do need to tell your grandfather because nobody knows where the trident is and that is incredibly dangerous depending on where it washed up... if it washed up"
I explain to her, Arabella nods and gets up and leaves while Evie stays behind
"You ok?"
She asks me
"Not really"
I laugh
"I have called almost everyone who might have any Idea on where the trident is but no dice... at least I have an idea now"
"What do you mean?"
Evie asks
"Well, the pier is about... 20-30ish miles from the isle of the lost and the barrier was down during the storm and I think you can see where I'm going with this"
"You don't mean..."
"The trident might be on the isle of the lost"
I say, a look of fear and concern crosses Evie's face
"Are you sure?"
She asks worried
"Not entirely"
I say
"There's no way to really tell unless I somehow got in contact with someone on the isle to check for me but I doubt that would work"
"Yensid is on the isle, he could look"
Evie suggests
"He could but I don't think he would and I could get Harry to do it but I know him, I love him to death, but if my theory is correct and he found it he would most definitely take it for himself or Uma"
I say
"...We could find it"
Evie says
"Define we"
I ask
"Me, Mal, Jay, and Carlos"
Evie says
"I would say you too but you seem to have your hands full"
"I appreciate the generosity"
I say
"But do you really want to go back there?"
"If it's for Auradon...yes"
Evie assures me
"Alright... then you should probably know how to get passed the barrier"
I tell her
"Do you know?"
Evie asks curiously
"How else do you think I've been making my relationship work? There's a weak spot on the far side of the barrier and if you put enough force on it it should create a small opening for a little bit"
I told her. Evie leaves and I go back to work praying to every god there is that I'm not right. That night I was eating dinner when I see Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos walking defeated behind Fairy godmother, Evie who was at the end of the line turns around and faces me
"What did you do?"
I mouth to her
"Long story"
Evie mouths back, suddenly Jane walks up to me frantic
"Woah woah, what's going on with you?"
I ask
"Carlos could get expelled... and Mal... and Evie and Jay"
Jane whispers panicked
"What!?"
I whisper back
"What did they do?!"
"I don't know!"
Jane says. I started going through the day in mind trying to figure out what the fuck they possibly could have done, I went back to my conversation with Evie and relised
"Oooh shit"
I say
"What?"
Jane asks
"I know what they did"
"What did they do?"
She asks
"They went looking for king triton's trident because it went missing during the storm and most likely ended up on the isle and the isle is surrounded by water so they probably tried to steal a boat to get to the isle"
I explain
"Oh shit"
Jane says
"Yeah, your telling me"
I sigh
"Is there any way we can help them?"
Jane asks
"Well..."
I start
"There is a spell that could summon Ben so he could come bail everyone out but I can't do that kind of magic... but you can"
I say
"What!? No no no no no my mom would kill me!"
Jane starts freaking out
"If she does i'll just bring you back and have her take me out for giving you the idea"
I reassure
"Ok fine"
Jane accepts, I show her a simple transportation spell and tell her Ben's location
"Alright, hold your hands out like this"
I direct her to hold her hands open in front of her
"Now make an L with your hands and make a circle"
Jane does as directed and a light pink circle forms as she traces the air
"Now, think about Ben and his location, ad push the circle away"
I direct, Jane does as told and suddenly in a circle of smoke appears with Ben in the middle
"Wh-what?"
Ben stutters
"Hiiii"
I say
"How'd I get here?"
Ben asks
"Sorry"
Jane apologizes
"To be fair... I told her to"
I say
"Anyway, your girlfriend and her buddies fucked up big time and you need to get them out of it"
I tell Ben
"What did they do!?"
Ben asks frantically
"Probably stole a boat, now go keep your girlfriend from expulsion"
"Oh-ok"
Ben, Jane, and myself walked to Fairy godmother's office where she was in the middle of lecturing the VK's
"Hello Fairy godmother"
Ben says politely
"Ben!"
Mal says relieved
"Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos did nothing wrong, I sent them out on a mission"
Ben lies
"Can you tell me the details of this mission?"
Fairy godmother asks skeptically
"I believe that is classified"
I speak up
"Is it?"
Fairy godmother asks, still skeptic
"This is a security matter that doesn't concern Auradon prep so that is not for you to know"
I say in a straight tone
"Oh, my bad, children you are free to leave"
Fairy godmother dismisses the VK's and we all leave her office
"Ben, I am so sorry"
Mal apologizes
"It's alright, you we're doing the right thing"
Ben reassures
"Now, why were you trying to steal a boat?"
"King triton's trident got lost during a storm and ended up on the isle"
Mal explains
"You didn't bother to tell me that?"
Ben says as he turns around to me
"To be fair, you were in agrabah... I didn't really have a chance to"
I defend. We go to the docks and get on the royal speedboat setting course for the isle of the lost, when at the isle Mal pulls out her spell book and recites a spell creating a small hole in the barrier so she could grab the trident when suddenly a girl with long blue braids and dark eyes dives into the water, Uma, Uma gets within fingertipsdistance when Mal recites a time reversing spell sending her back and pulling the trident towards us, she eventually retrieves the trident with a powerful spell (damn near capsized us) and we sail back to Auradon
"Uh guys, where's Evie?"
Carlos asks worried, we look around the boat to see Evie nowhere to be found, releasing she fell off the boat we all start calling her name
"Evie!"
"Evie!!"
"Evie!!!"
I eventually spot her a couple feet away from the boat struggling to stay above water, I dive off the boat and swim towards Evie grabbing her by the waist and dragging her to the boat, she hacks out water as we get back on board and is handed a warm towel (I opted to air dry) we returned the trident to the museum and for a small time, had another brief moment of calm.