The Sorceress

1.12

After Goodness 101, it's break time. The five of us were led to the cafeteria by Doug (who thanked me for returning his glasses) and for the first time in our lives, we actually got to have decent and clean food that was freshly made. I gotta say though, the coffee here tasted way better than the ones on the Isle and I'm so hooked up with it.

When we all had our lunch, we split up with the boys since they wanted to try out the tourney that was mentioned by Fairy Godmother while the girls and I went to our individual lockers to take the books (given to us along with our schedule) we needed for our next class and threw the unneeded books in the locker. 

It turned out that I didn't even need to bring books to my next class - Swords & Blade. The instructor for this class was Mr. Li Shang and occasionally, Mulan would be teaching too. I heard that Li Shang applied for the position of the sword-fighting class because he was planning to retire from the army and let his oldest daughter* lead the Imperial Army next year. For now, his daughter was in his training period. 

"Hey, Vae." Mal called from beside me and I hummed in response, "Why do you think the plan with Jane wouldn't work?"

Evie came to our side and slung her bag onto her shoulder, "What plan?"

"Mal's going to use Jane to get us the wand," I answered the confused girl and closed my locker door before turning to Mal, "M, I'm not saying I don't support the plan, in fact, I'm going all out if you need me. But just look at Fairy Godmother's response for me back in Remedial Goodness. She really made it clear that she wanted no magic to appear in this land."

"But Jane's her daughter, isn't that supposed to be a plus?" Mal asked, closing her locker door and hanging her bag carelessly on her shoulder.

I shrugged, leaning my side onto the locker, "Who knows? Maybe we'll get the wand this time with Jane's help. But, just in case, you should think of a plan B." I took a glimpse of Ben, Audrey, and a blonde boy talking over Mal's shoulder but they immediately stopped laughing when they caught sight of us, "Welp, there's Princess Audrey and her Bennyboo. Evie, you wanna stay here or ...?"

"I'll go with you." Evie replied, almost immediately, "We're going in the same direction anyways."

I looked at the bluenette impressed, "Look at you. You've already memorized the map of Auradon Prep, have you?"

"It was easier to remember than learning all that royalty etiquette my mother taught me since I was five." Evie giggled shyly, her brown eyes sparkling in confidence.

"Good for you, E." I side-hugged the girl before turning to Mal, "Evie and I will be off. Jane will be coming out soon, I think. And best of luck to you because I see mister prince is coming this way."

Then, Evie and I waved Mal goodbye in sync and the both of us turned around laughing as we left Mal alone with the future king of Auradon.

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"Oh, you've got to be kidding me." I breathed out when I stepped inside the amphitheater after changing into the uniform that was provided for this class.

In front of me was Brayden and I had met him twice in a row all within a day. The prince immediately noticed me when I came in (I mean, who doesn't? My clothes definitely did not scream Auradon kid at all) and he approached me after.

"Hey, definitely didn't expect you to take this class," Brayden said with a smile on his face. This time, the smile was definitely less wary and more welcoming. 

Speaking of his face, even though Brayden was Ben's twin, the two definitely didn't look alike. I mean, you couldn't notice the difference if you saw them from afar but if you observed them closely, then you'll notice the difference. Ben's got lighter hair while Brayden's got darker, almost black, hair. Even though they both had hazel eyes, Brayden's got a hint greener than Ben's. Undeniably, Brayden's good-looking. His facial features were sharper and intimidating whilst Ben was more on the softer side. I would've pursued him if only he didn't act like I was a criminal or some sort of threat to Auradon (in a way, I am a threat).