Different Realities [DESCENDANTS]

chapter two; the isle calls

 Cherry was at the sea's edge.

The tears of Alice finally drawing to an end as her raft drifted over the calm waters of the sea that never grew nor dried. Cherry peered over her raft as she started hearing the loud crashing waters, colors danced in the sky as the waterfall that would lead her to the Isle came within her grasp.

She moved further back on her raft, gripping onto the most solid thing she could find, she braced herself as she felt her raft tilt downwards. Then she fell in.

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"Guess I'm back."

Thieves and lairs darted around the area like animals gone wild, and Cherry stood off to the side not noticed nor cared for in the slums of the Isle. She realized right away that she didn't miss it. But what was to miss? Last time she was here she was here as a cat, the only pet on the Isle, who also belonged to Carlos De Vil who abandoned her in favor of Auradon and a dog called Dude.

She didn't plan on staying here long, her want for a wand found in Auradon more important but as far as she knew the Isle was the only place she could get to from Wonderland, but she didn't quite know how to get from the Isle to Auradon just yet. 

Maybe King Ben started letting VK's come to Auradon.

Cherry sighed as she looked around, she noticed a buff blonde over to one corner, he was rather infatuated with a small ladybug as it crawled across the peeling spray paint on the wall.  She walked over with light feet and cat like cautiousness.

"Hey, you." Cherry called once she was within the boy's eye reach. The boy didn't seem to register the call, she sighed and flipped some of her pink streaks in her hair over her shoulder, "Hello?!"

The boy heard it that time, he jumped and turned to Cherry, he looked goofy, like a child almost, Cherry felt a need to smile but turned it to a smirk.

"Hey... Do I know you?" he questioned tucking a lose strand of blonde hair behind his ears. Cherry looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, but alas, some shady salesmen was.

"No, but I'm new around here, do you think you could tell me the rules for the territory? Do you have a name?" Cherry questioned, she had a feeling she could trust the man, he seemed slow enough to not overthink things or be outright rude.

"Well I'm Gil, and this is Uma's territory, and the only fee for being around here is... having everything you own looted by pirates." Gil concluded.

Cherry was rather shocked at this, as far as she could remember Uma was Shrimpy. But guess times have changed, she wouldn't know how long because there is no time in Wonderland. She'd also assume Gil wouldn't even know Wonderland existed either.

"So... Do you think I could talk to this Uma? To y'know, negotiate?" Cherry asked, "Nothing major just, maybe a place on her team?"

"Why?"

Because the higher up I am the easier it'll be to get to Auradon.

"Just want to have some allies around here."