The Aftermath

Fairies & Deals

Fairies & Deals

The old photos made her conscious of her age, of how much time had passed - and of what an interesting life she'd had. Ex-queen Belle has always been obsessed with photographs. She loves taking them, developing them herself and putting them in her journals. She liked the old ones the best. The pictures from the era before Auradon, before her husband practically changed into the monster he once was but now not on the outside. No, he was as handsome as ever. He had changed on the inside. He had slowly turned into a lazy, manipulative, and xenophobic man. When he had locked the villains on the Isle, he had disliked them. But when a year had passed and he had observed them trying to build a life he truly hated them. Belle saw his handsome face form a scowl each time they were mentioned. She saw him smirk each time he was complimented on banning the villains to the Isle of the Lost. She should have left him, right there and right then, she really should have. But she couldn't. She was pregnant with a child linking her to her lost love. He was sweet to her, he had always been and always would be. When Ben was born Belle focused solely on him and her photographs. She had dozens of journals full of stories and photographs. But each day she secretly regrets not leaving when she still could.

Mal was looking for her boyfriend. She was running around the castle, hoping to atleast attract some attention from the servants so that they could help her. She had had the weirdest dream and had to tell him about it. She secretly hoped to get some extra attention. Mal was slowly going insane without it. She loved Ben, she did. He was the reason she turned good and he was the reason she hadn't gone back to the Isle. Well, for a second time. But would could blame her, her life was hard enough to act reckless and irresponsible sometimes, wasn't it? Mal had lived on fear her whole life. Everywhere she went people were frightened. She sometimes even threw some dirt along her own name to get people to fear her more. She had told people she had killed a man, put a gun against his head and now he's dead. She was exactly like her family. Her ancestors were shadow fairies, the most evil of all. They lived of fear and death. They brought disease and death wherever they went. She had loved the power fear brought, just like them, but now it was gone. Instead, people now looked at her with pity. Evie hated it when people looked at her like that but Mal secretly liked it. People felt bad for her and when she asked for help they couldn't help but oblige. They did was she asked and still felt like they owed her a favour and their pity. The only thing she wouldn't do is face her ancestors. Mal knew dozens of fairies where out in Auradon. They just stayed away from the city. She had learned this when she had acted very sad about her family history and Ben had told her in an attempt to cheer her up. But Mal hated helping people herself. So when she peeked through the open door of the Royal Library and saw Belle crying, she just ignored it. The woman was clutching some old journals and tears found their way down her cheeks. But Mal couldn't care less. It wasn't like she could gain something at the immediate moment. No, she craved Ben's attention and she would make sure she'd get it.

Uma had felt carefree for a moment, not worrying about what to do and how to act. She was conflicted, not sure how to feel. She was free from having to act evil but it deep down it was a part of her. She didn't want to have to be evil anymore. She tried to find a balance. She knew her whole crew was struggling with that. Their lives had just begun and they were afraid to throw it all away. Only Gil had seemed to have decided. He was good now. But really, when hadn't he been? He had always been helpful and innocent. Uma's worries returned the moment their sudden dance break had stopped. Most of the kids had fallen asleep when the night had started to settle in. The rest was listening to Desiree's stories while Bonny assisted in the sound effects. Uma had no clue where Jonas and the rest of the crew was but it didn't really matter. Nothing except her goal for tonight really mattered to her. She was watching the sky closely, waiting for the stars to appear. Harry was next to her, busy with stargazing. Gil and Blue were close to them, only a metre away. (3 feet 3⅜ inches for my American readers. That's what Google says so if it's a really weird distance than I'm sorry.) Suddenly Uma saw dots appear, beaming with light. She looked at Harry for confirmation. "Are these the Auradon stars, Hook?" "They are, darling'." He answered, sure of himself. "They are so different from the ones on the Isle. They are extremely beautiful!" Uma exclaimed. "Ofcourse they are. We can actually see them now without a cloud blocking our sight. Stars are meant to shine, Captain." Gil answered. Uma and Harry were very surprised when Gil said that. Here in Auradon he didn't do a thing to hide his intelligence and knowledge. "But what are those?" Uma asked, pointing towards small sparkly dots which seemed to float around. "Are those stars as well?" Gil and Harry shared a look before getting panicked expressions on their faces. Blue answered for them. "I'm afraid not. Those are fairies." Uma suddenly understood the panic. Most fairies were dangerous, some even deathly. "Oh no, what do we do?" Uma asked. Normally, she would've taken the lead in whichever situation but with fairies she has zero experience. The boys were trying hard to think up a solution while the fairies had reached the ground only a few trees away. Uma was scared. She found it difficult to admit but she really was. But she got even more scared when Blue walked toward the fairies.