My Villain

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chapter two

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She sent them all a smile before the older woman and the band walked away, leaving Audrey, Ben and Athena alone with the VK's.

"It is so, so, so good to finally me, meet you all," Ben said as Jay punched his shoulder.

He hesitated slightly before moving on. Briar walked with Ben, not evening noticing that Carlos was still staring at her.

"This is a momentous occasion, and one that I hope will go down in history," Ben said, shaking Carlos's hand and hesitating. "Is that chocolate?" Carlos said nothing as he just licked his chocolate coated fingers. Briar chuckled as she got out a tissue from her pocket and handed it to him.

"You need this more than I do," she said as he smiled and took it, looking like he was in a daze a she chuckled.

"As the day our two peoples began to heal," Ben said as Briar moved away from Carlos and then back to the others.

"Or the day that you showed four peoples where the bathrooms are," Mal joked as Briar smiled lightly.

"A little bit over the top?" Ben asked, moving towards her as Briar furrowed her eyebrows.

"A little more than a little bit," Mal said as the younger girl noticed the tension between them. She looked at Evie and the two girls shared knowing looks.

"Well, so much for my first impression," Ben joked as the two smiled at each other. Audrey, however, did not like that.

"Hey!" she said, getting their attention as Athena looked at her. "You're Maleficent's daughter, aren't you?" Mal nodded. "Yeah, you know what? I totally do not blame you for your mother trying to kill our parents and stuff." Everyone's faced dropped as Audrey smiled. "Oh, our mom's Aurora. Sleeping. . . ."

"Beauty!" Mal finished as Briar sighed and Ben exchanged subtle looks. "Yeah, I've heard the name. You know, and I totally do not blame your grandparents for inviting everyone in the whole world but my mother to their stupid christening."

"I mean, Mal's got a point," Briar said as everyone looked at her shocked. "Her mother reacted because our grandparents didn't invite her. I'd be just as pissed." Mal looked at Briar shocked but sent her a small smile as Audrey sent her sister a death stare.

"Water under the bridge," Audrey said to Mal with a fake smile.

"Totes!" Mal said, giving one back as they both faked laughed in unison. Everyone exchanged awkward looks as Ben and Briar exchanged looks.

"Okay!" he said, clapping his hands and getting everyone's attention. "So, how about a tour?"

"Yeah?" Jay asked.

Briar smiled as Audrey linked her arm with Ben's and the three of them walked ahead of the others. 

"Auradon Prep, originally built over three hundred years ago and converted into a high school by my father when he became king," Ben said as they walked to the statue of King Beast standing there as a human. 

Ben clapped his hands and the statute morphed into a beast. Briar heard a loud scream behind her and turned around and put her hand over her mouth when she saw Carlos had jumped into an annoyed Jay's arms. 

"Carlos, it's okay," Ben said with a kind smile, "my father wanted his statue to morph from beast to man to remind us that anything is possible."

"Does he shed much?" Mal joked as Ben looked at her.