GUILTY AS SIN? • harry hook

GUILTY AS SIN?

✧ . . .﹙ GUILTY AS SIN? ﹚ .ᐟ
┊ : written by -N0BODYKNOWS . . . ✩

❝ crashing into him tonight, he's a paradox
i'm seeing visions, am i bad or mad or wise? ❞

IN A WORLD WHERE VILLAINS ARE LOCKED INSIDE A PRISON DISGUISED AS AN ISLE, heroes live under the falsehood of security, guided by their selfishness and fear of their children living in a world as ruthless as theirs, even if it means that someone else's child will grow in a place where being safe isn't a reality, comfort is merely a construct, and love is unknown. The child of the Isle, affectionately labeled as VKs, are seen as a result of a natural event, as if they are meant to suffer simply because they weren't gifted the honor of being born as a hero's, or a villager's, kid. It's a shame, but not worth an intervention.

Abigail White-Charming is one of the believers that the barrier means a lot for the safety of Auradon's inhabitants, but she's not naive. She knows evil can't be contained by simply isolating it on another piece of land, even if secured by one of the most powerful magical beings in the kingdom. She's very aware that there are still villains existing in Auradon; they're just lucky to have been born after the Isle was created, or smart enough to not get caught—ideally for them, it has to be the last, otherwise they'll simply be caught and thrown into the Isle. And she's very aware that the Isle is not very welcoming to newcomers.

When Ben proposed an integration project that included bringing not one, not two, not three, but four VKs, she thought he was insane; he not only wanted to bring the son of Jafar and the son of Cruella, but also the daughters of the Evil Queen (also known as the woman who countless times tried to murder Abigail's parents) and of Maleficent, the worst villain they've ever known. Still, the only thing Abigail was able to do was to guide Ben throughout the entire project—and it worked. A lot of things went wrong in the meantime, but all of them had proved to be trust-worthy.

Does that mean Abigail trusts in every villain kid out there? No. She simpatizes with them, and understands why they should be granted forgiveness, but it doesn't mean releasing the entire Isle is a good choice.

Abigail believes she still has some time to plan, and review her plan, and plan some more before getting the Council to agree to release people from the Isle who were never a villain in the first place, but creating a functional program to reintegrate the large population of kids from the Isle is not easy, and she needs time—as well as Ben, who's been working nonstop with her to try and make a good alternative for their friends' suffering, knowing that their people are still in different states of pain while they're living their best lives.

But of course the universe, or perhaps one of those annoying kids from the Olympus who are always messing with the strings of Fate, has better plans for her future.

When Mal manages to sneak into the Isle again, leaving Ben in despair and her friends equally worried about her well-being, Abigail needs to step up—again. This time, she has to infiltrate the Isle, get Mal safe and sound out of there, and get back to Auradon. The problem is: it's not as easy as it sounds. They have to get into the Isle without setting off the alarms or waking up the nearby population (which also means the guards), to actually survive in the Isle for (she expects) no longer than the six mere hours they have before sun sets and an extra three hours before people notice their disappearance, and then leave without alarming anyone from the outside and from the inside.