chapter seven: once upon a time

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Y/N pov:

I sighed and turned to the group. "I have to tell you guys something." They all looked at me with confusion. "Um...I lied to you. The kids won't be coming off the Isle."

"What do you mean?" Carlos asked, confused and a bit angry.

"The program is shut down." I began to explain. "And the barrier will be closed for good. For Auradon's safety."

"So we're saving your precious people, and your behinds, for a lie?" Uma asked furiously. "I knew it was a mistake to trust you. You're always out for yourself."

"And you, King Benny. You're probably just gonna throw us all back inside, eh?" Harry scoffed.

Suddenly, Celia snatched the ember out my hand and threw it in the water and ran away.

 "No!" I cried.

I pulled it out of the water, but it was badly damaged and didnt work.

"Let's go find Gil and leave 'em all to rot." Uma spoke to Harry and they left.

Carlos started to approach me, with a betrayed look on his face. "Carlos. I'm so sorry....I'm sorry, I just... I thought that... I was afraid to tell you, I thought that I was gonna lose you. But I had to do something, I had to... protect Auradon." I sighed.

"Closing the barrier was your idea?" He asked, his voice cracking.

"I did it for you! I did it for...the life that you have here now." I desperately tried to explain.

"For our life?!" Carlos said, his voice cracking even more. "What about the kids that I left behind on that island?! The kids that I promised. We were their only hope. I thought you were gonna stand up for the VKs. But instead you lied to them." He spoke, basically almost crying.

"And you lied to Jay." Carlos continued. "And you lied to Mal. And you lied to Evie. You lied to me. We're your family." He said, letting a few tears out. "What else have you been lying about, hm?"

"Nothing!" I sobbed.

Dude came up to me and whispered, but everyone else could still hear. "Do you think this is a good time to mention the fact Hades is your dad?" He asked.

I quickly covered his mouth but it was to late. "SERIOUSLY?!" Carlos yelled feeling more betrayed then ever.

"Carlos.." I cried.

"No! Ive had enough of your secrets and lies! I thought we were in this together!" He shouted pushing me back. He looked at his hand and then back at me with a hint of regret on his face as my back hit the tree.

"Carlos!" I whimpered. "I had no choice!"

Suddenly, everyone turned into stone. "No!" I sobbed.

Y/N: Here you are alone, and you deserve it
Your friends have turned to stone
And that's on you
You had a cause to serve but did you serve it?
Did you see yourself in a way that wasn't true?

Why tell all those lies? You feel unworthy
Like there isn't solid ground for you to stand
But a stack of lies is not a firm foundation
You cannot build a castle on a mountain made of sand

This is not your father's fairytale
And no, it's not your mother's fault you fail
So when your story comes to light
Make sure the story that they write

Goes once upon a time she fought a dragon
Once upon a time that beast was me
Once upon a misspent youth
She faced herself
She spoke the truth
That's how I see my once upon a time
This time

Life is not a storybook but life unfolds in chapters
Turn the page and start to make amends
There's no pre-written guarantee of "Happy ever after"
Step into your greatness before your story ends
So when your story ends

They'll say once upon a time a girl flew higher
Once upon a time she made things right
Once upon a tie that binds
She changed her heart
To change their minds
That's got to be my once upon a time

This once upon a time
I'll finally see my once upon a time
This time!

I sobbed as I walked towards the barrier to the Isle, getting into a limo. The only person that could save Auradon now was my dad.

I quickly drove the limo through the barrier, despite my horrid driving skills and parked up in and old garage. I bolted towards my dads lair and ran inside. When I walked inside he was taking a nap. "Dad..." I spoke, tears in my eyes.

"What are you doing here?" He asked stretching his arms. He noticed my tear stained face and opened his arms out for a hug. I ran into his arms and let all my tears out. "There there." He said patting my back. "What happened?"

"Everyones either turned to stone or asleep, I dont know what to do! Please help." I whimpered.

"Hm? You want me to come to Auradon?" He smirked.

"Dad! This isnt time for jokes!" I told him wiping my tears.

"Okay, okay! Im gonna need the ember." He spoke.

"About that...Celia threw it in the water." I sighed.

"Of course she did." He said. "Its fine, just give it here." I handed him the ember. "Regain your might and ignite!" And the ember started to work again. "Lets go kiddo."

We walked towards the limo and got in. My dad got in the passengers seat and I got into the drivers. "Can you even drive?" He asked.

"Nope." I fake smiled.

Luckily, we made it to Auradon in one piece and went to find Audrey. "So describe this Audrey gal to me." He said.

"Uhhh lets see...pink hair, walking around with Maleficent scepter and a stupid face. She ruins everything! Including my birthday!" I complained.

"Want me to ruin you birthday even more?" A voice behind us asked. We spun around and saw Audrey standing behind us. "Ill make it your deathday aswell."

A jolt of pain went through me and I realised she stabbed me. I fell to the floor and my dad growled at her. "Your gonna regret that, little girl." And Audrey went flying back, unconscious.
 

"You okay?" He asked with concern.

"Yes." I replied sarcastically. "Im definitely not bleeding out on the floor."

He chuckled then performed a healing spell on me. "Good as new." He smiled, helping me up. 

"Still have a scar though." I laughed. "Do you have any idea how to reverse the spells though?" I asked, looking around at everyone still asleep and turned to stone.

"Yes one second." He said, doing some random thing with his ember and suddenly everyone was awake and moving again. Everyone was celebrating, when they spotted Hades and started screaming and running away.

"Well....atleast theyre awake?" We both chuckled as Dude ran up to me. "Dude!" I smiled picking him up.

"Whats that?" My dad frowned in disgust.

"My dog- or I mean Carlos's dog but still." I awkwardly smiled. "Wonder where Carlos is now." I sighed.

"Hm?" My dad asked.

I sighed. "We had a fight." 

"Oh...do I need to kick his ass?" My dad smirked.

"Dad! Language!" I snapped softly. "And no, you dont."


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