Descendants: Rotten Hearts

Chapter 7 - After School Mischief

Tourney Field
Chloe: Okay. Chester, We're gonna do some sprints. Are you ready?
Chester: Oh! Ah! No, wait!n [Chester screams as a dog starts chasing him.]
Chloe: Sweet! [Chloe says at his speed, not realizing why he is running so fast.]
Chester: No! Ah!
Chloe: Chester? Chester! [She starts chasing Chester.]
Chloe: No, stop!
Chloe: Chester!
Chester: Chloe? Chloe? [Chester climbed a tree and is hiding in it.]
Chloe: Whoa-Whoa-Whoa!
Chester: Chloe, help me! This thing is a killer! He's gonna chase me down and rip out my throat. This is a vicious, rabid pack animal!
Chloe: Hey, who told you that? [Chloe picks up the dog.]
Chester: My father.
Chloe: Cheshire?
Chester: He would tell me how the dogs in Wonderland would always attack him. Why are you holding him? He is gonna attack you!
Chloe: Chester, you've never actually met a dog, have you?
Chester: Of course not.
Chloe: Dude, meet Chester. Chester, this is Dude. He's the campus stray mutt. [Chester climbs down the tree.]
Chester: He doesn't look like a vicious, rabid pack animal. Jeez. You're a good boy, aren't you? You're a good boy. [Chester says as he pets the Dude.]
Chloe: I guess you guys have it pretty rough on the island.
Chester: Yeah. Let's just say we don't get a lot of belly rubs.
Chloe: Good boy. I mean, you're a good runner. You're... you're fast, you know.
Chester: Oh. Yeah. Thank you.
Chloe: Yeah. Listen, I'm gonna give you guys some space, yeah? You guys get to know each other and  just you know, come find me when you're done, okay? [She hands him the dog and walks away.]
Chester: Okay
Chloe: I'll see you later.
Chester: See you! [pets and plays with dude.]

The bleachers
[Chad and Gianna are under the bleachers together]
Chad: Is everybody at home as pretty as you?
Gianna: I like to think I'm the fairest of them all... How many rooms in your castle?
Chad: Oh! Too many to count. You really nailed that chemistry problem today. You're gonna have all the nerds in love with you.
Gianna: I'm not that smart.
Chad: Oh, come on.
Gianna: No, really, I'm not. But I'm... I'm really good at sewing, cooking and cleaning. You know, like your mother, Cinderella, without the ratty dress. See this? If I ask where something is, it tells me.
Chad: Are you kidding me? [He grabs it.]
Gianna: No.
Chad: Where's my cell phone?
Gianna: It won't work for you, silly. [She takes it back.]
Chad: No biggie. My dad will just get me a new one.
Gianna: Prince Charming.
Chad: Yeah.
Gianna: And Cinderella.
Chad: Yeah. [The two get really close, inches away.]
Gianna: Fairy godmother. Hey, I heard her wand is in some boring museum. Do they always leave it there?
Chad: I'd really like to talk, but... I'm just swamped with homework. Unless...  [Chad pulls away.]
Gianna: Unless?
Chad: If you could knock all my homework out along with yours, then maybe we could get together sometime... hang. [He hands her his homework.]
Gianna: Okay.
Chad: Thanks, babe.
Gianna: Yeah, Bye. [Chad leaves]
Ryder: I couldn't help but overhear...  [Ryder pops out from behind the corner.]
Gianna: Are you stalking me?
Ryder: Technically... yes. I, too, have a fascination with fairy godmother's wand. Which is another reason I look forward to the coronation. Perhaps we could sit next to each other and discuss its attributes.
Gianna: Are you saying they use it in the coronation?
Ryder: Yes, and asking you out.
[Gianna walks away]

Red and Gianna's dorm.
Jane: Mom said, "If a boy can't see the beauty within", then he's not worth it" Can you believe
It? What world does she live in?
Red: Auradon.. [Reading her spell book, laying on her bed.]
Gianna: Red, do you like? [She asks as she is working on dress designs.]
Red: Yeah. It's cute. It brings out your eyes.
Gianna: I know
Jane: I'll never get a boyfriend.
Red: Boyfriends are overrated
Gianna: And how would you know, Red? You've never had one.
Red: It's 'cause I don't need one, Gia. They're a waste of time.
Gianna: Oh! I forgot to do Chad's homework! Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no! [She quickly pulls out Chad's homework.]
Red: And that is exactly what I mean. [After a few minutes Lonnie comes into the room.]
Lonnie: Hey, guys! I'm Lonnie. My mom's Mulan? No? Anyways, I love what you've done with Jane's hair. And I know you hate us, and, well, you're evil. But do you think you could do mine?
Red: Why would I do that for you? [annoyingly remarks back.]
Lonnie: I'll pay you 50 dollars.
Gianna: Good answer, I need to buy more material. Let's see, I'm thinking, we lose the bangs, maybe some layers and some highlights. [She takes the money.]
Lonnie: Yeah, yeah. I want it cool... Like Red's.
Red: Really? [Red a bit set back by her comment.]
Gianna: The split ends too? [Red shoots her an annoyed look.]
Red: Okay... [Pulls out her deck of cards once again and performs the same spell on Lonnie] "Beware, forswear, replace the old with... cool hair."
Gianna: I know. I know. It looks like a mop on your head. You know what? Let's cut it off, layer it... [Gianna stands up and looks closely at her hair.]
Lonnie: No, no, no, no, no, no! I love it.
Gianna: You do?
Lonnie: It's just... Now I'm cool.
Red: Like ice.

The bleachers
[Hudson and The Tourney Coach are sitting down together.]
Coach: I could really use a tough guy like you. The team's a bunch of royals, if you know what I mean. [he chuckles.]
Hudson: You're telling me. It's all, "after you, old chum" Oh, pardon me, didi bump into you?" where i come from it's, "prepare to die, sucker!" As my father says, "The only way to win" is to make sure everyone else loses! [Gets a bit enthusiastic about it.]
Coach: Hudson! Hudson! Hudson! [Patting his back, getting him to calm down.]
Hudson: "You rip..." [He stops.]
Coach: Okay, okay, um... You know how a body has a lot of different parts? The legs, elbows, ears. But they all need each other. Well, that's what a team is... Different players who work together to win. Make any sense?
Hudson: Can I be the fist? [He holds up his fist, as the coach chuckles.]

Red and Gianna's dorm
Hudson: Yo-ho-ho! [He comes into the room wearing his new Tourney Jersey.]
Chester: Hey!
Hudson: Did your plan work with Jane? Are you going over to see the wand? [He says as he leans on Red's bed frame as she sits on the bed sorting her cards.]
Red: Do you think that I would be going through every single spell in this deck? If I hadn't completely struck out?
Hudson: Oh, someone's in a bad mood. [He teases.]
Red: My mom's counting on me! I can't let her down. [angered by his remarks.]
Hudson: We can do this... If we stick together. [Now his tone is serious. And Red sighs as she calms down.]
Red: And we won't go back until we do. Because we're rotten...
All: of heart
[After a moment of silence.]
Gianna: Oh, yeah. I found out that fairy godmother blesses Chloe with the wand at the coronation and we all get to go. [The group looks at her annoyed that she didn't share that information sooner.] I have nothing to wear, of course. [acting oblivious] What?
[Chloe knocks on the door.]
Red: Hold that thought.
Chloe: Hey, Red. I didn't see you guys today. I was just wondering if you had any questions or anything... That... you needed...
Red: Not that I know of. [She looks at her friends, then back at Chloe.]
Chloe: Okay. All right. Well, uh, if you need anything, just, uh... [Red goes to close the door but then pauses.]
Red: Oh, wait! Um, is it true that we all get to go to your coronation?
Chloe: Yeah, the whole school goes.
Red: Wow.. That is beyond exciting. Do you think that it's possible that the four of us could stand in the front row next to fairy godmother, just so we can soak up all that goodness.
Chloe: I wish you could. Up front it's just me, my folks, and my girlfriend. [She signs apologetically, as she disappointed the group.]
Red: And your girlfriend?
Chloe: Yeah. I'm sorry.
Red: Okay. Thanks, bye.
Chloe: Oh, but, no, there's plenty of...
[Red shuts the door, cutting Chloe off.]
Red: I think it's time that Charming got herself a new girlfriend.... And I need a love spell. [She pulls out her deck of cards, out her back pocket.]

Kitchen
[The VKs are making love potion infused cookies]
Red: All right. It says that we need one tear, and I never cry.
Chester: Let's just chop up some onions. [He goes to grab onions, but stops.]
Red: No. The book says that we need one tear of human sadness, we need to follow it exactly.
Hudson: A tear is a tear.
Gianna: That's not true, Jay. They both have antibodies and enzymes, but an emotional tear has more protein-based hormones than a reflex tear.
Red: Listen to you. [smiling at Gianna.]
Hudson: Yeah, I knew that.
Chester: Did not. [The boys banter]
Hudson: Yeah, I did.
[Lonnie comes into the kitchen and Red quickly covers the book]
Lonnie: There you are, Red! I was looking for you. You know all the girls want you to do their hair! [Lonnie notices the cookie batter] Midnight snack, huh? What are you guys making?
Red: Nothing special. Just cookies. [Lonnie tastes the batter] Oh, no, no!
Chester: Wait, wait, wait!
Lonnie: What? I'm not gonna double dip. [licking batter off her finger.]
Gianna: Feel anything?
Red: Yeah, like maybe it might be missing something?
Hudson: Hey, there. [as he gets closer to Lonnie.]
[Lonnie ignores his flirt]
Lonnie: It could use some chips.
Hudson: Chips?
Red: And those are...
Lonnie: Chocolate chips. Just the most important food group. [She grabs them from the pantry and sets them on the counter. She scoops some into the bowl of batter. ] Wait, didn't your moms ever make you guys, like, chocolate chip cookies? Like, when you're feeling sad, and they're fresh from the oven, with a big old glass of milk, and she just makes you laugh and puts everything into perspective and...[She notices the sadness in the VKs eyes as she is speaking to them.]  Why are you all looking at me like that?
Red: it's just different where we're from.
Lonnie: Yeah, I know. I just, you know, I thought... Even villains love their kids. [The VKs look at her with disappointment] Oh... How awful. [Lonnie tears up and Red quickly wipes it from her cheek and flicks it into the bowl of batter].
Red: Yeah, well, big bummer, but we have to get these into the oven, so thank you so much for coming by. Have a good night. Wonderful dreams.
[Red, pushing her to leave.]
Lonnie: Goodnight.
Red: See you tomorrow. Okay, boys, cookie sheet. Gianna, oven.
Gianna: Yes, Ma'am
[The group grabs the last ingredients and bakes the cookies.]

❤️💙: Authors note:
Another long one for you guys!