My arm goes weak as I struggle to fight against the people crowding around me.
"You monster." This guys yells at me.
"I'm not a monster." I growl kicking some other people off.
"I bet you have your little voodoo dolls of all of us." The same guy barks. I stare at him in anger and finally loose it all and pull out one of my cards and flip it in my hand and then blow on them. Everyone around me vanishes. I gasp and lean back onto the wall catching my breath.
"Well. That looked cool." A voice says. I look up and see Carlos, son of Cruella Devil. He was the smartest dude on the whole island and he made these TV inventions and I heard that he actually put a hole in the barrier, that's how we get some magic. I couldn't stand him. I was supposed to be the most smartest until he made that TV.
"What do you want you little brat?" I sneer. He laughs shaking his head. "Why do you hate me so much I don't recall doing anything to you."
"I don't want to talk right now I have to get home."
"I could walk with you." He suggests.
"I can get home by myself, thanks. I roll my eyes. He jumps down from the roof and lands right beside me. "Really? Because people around here aren't really liking you too much, monster."
"Don't try me, because I'm not in the mood and I'm positive I can get home by myself. No one is going to do anything to me."
"I beg to differ." He scoffs. I roll my eyes once more realizing that he was just going to follow me anyway.
"So. How does this magic even work? He asks. I stand frozen for a couple of seconds. "You really want to know?" I widen my eyes a little.
"Sure. I mean how hard could it be?
"This is going to be fun. Hey, stop by my place tomorrow. Don't knock on the door go to the fat tree that's hallowed out. I'll be there and I'll show you how real voodoo magic works."
"Great. Do I need to bring anything?"
"Yeah. Bring some food. I haven't eaten in like two days because my dad is on a trip somewhere." I answer. He widens his eyes. "Are you serious? Haven't you eaten in that long? Do you want to go grab something to eat now?" He points his thumb towards a restaurant.
"I"m good. I only have like two tickets on me so we can wait until tomorrow.
"Who said you were paying?" Carlo reaches into his deep pockets and pulls out some real money and then a real card.
"I forgot your mom was rich." I sigh.
Yep." he pops the p. "The richest on the whole island. But that doesn't make me any better then you, you know."
"Yes, it does. You know what? Go back to your other friends, hang out with them. You're super rich and people actually like you so why would you need to hang out with me. Get lost Carlos."
"No thank you, Y/N. We're going to go to this place right here and we're going to eat and you're going to let me buy food for you." He basically tells me what to do.
"No. I'm going to go home and we can eat tomorrow. Go." I start to get mad and he stays calm the whole time.
"Y/N. Why?" He asks.
"What do you mean?" I ask confused.
"Why do you do this to yourself. Why won't you let me just take you out? It's so simple."
"No, it's not. Now go. I don't want you to spend your money on me and then lose it all and you become super poor, like me." I reply and start walking in the other direction.
"Wow. This is going to be tricky. Okay listen to me Y/N." He grabs my arm and turns me around. He doesn't say anything and pulls me towards the restaurant. We go in and take a seat by this window.
Carlos was a really sweet guy and all but he was so rich and wealthy and well-fed and I had none of those advantages. And on top of that, he was super smart. The truth is; I'm jealous. Jealous of how smart and rich and like he is. And ever since King Ben had made that proclamation and fixed the isle up a little, Carlos had come back to live his old life like Mal had before. And since he knows King Ben so well, he has so many advantages like better food, a soft bed, warm water, and a big mansion for him and his mother to live in. How could you not want any of that?
"Here you go. Food for you and the lady." This older dude places food in front of me and my mouth waters.
"You know you can eat it." He laughs a little. I give in and pick up the thick piece of chicken and devour it.
"Wow. This is really good." I nod a little. He laughs some more and just watches me eat.
"I'm glad you like it. Because it's food imported from Auradon. You know, the food King Ben gives me?" He lowers his voice a little.
"Are you serious? This is-" I pause and he nods. Wow. I eat some more and then stand up.
"Wait. You didn't finish it!"
"I have to save some for breakfast tomorrow morning, duh," I say. He nods. "If that's what you want."
We both walk to my house talking the whole way.
"Thanks for the food. Oh, and could you please not buy anything else for me. I'm planning on making a living off of my magic."
He nods and bites his bottom lip. We both just stand there for a second.
"Oh! Um, I should get going." He looks at his all gold watch and then rolls the golden ring on his finger. My eyes widen at its beauty. He notices.
"Would you like it?" He holds it up to me.
"Oh um...how much do you want for it?" I reach into my book bag pulling our random things that we could trade in.
"You're funny." He nods a little. I stare at him in confusion.
"You...you thought I wanted your stuff? What kind of person would I be if I would do such a thing?"
"A reasonable isle person wanting more riches?" I say in more of a question than an answer.
"You know what? How about you stop by my place tomorrow and we can do something else."
"O-okay. What do you have in mind?"
"You say you want to do stuff for a living? What's something you really like?"
"Um...I've always wanted to bake but I don't have the ingredients and things because I can never afford to buy anything."
"Well." He grabs my hand and starts swinging ours as we walked. "I have a bunch of food at my place. If you want to stop by tomorrow and we could bake some things together."
"Fine by me." We both stop at this purple house that belonged to me.
"Well. This is my place. I'll see you tomorrow Carlos."
"Bye Y/N." He says as he disappears into the fog. I open my house door and shut it. A rat scurried past me. I screech and retreat to my hammock that was dropping low from the ceiling. I climb up and quickly fall asleep ready for Carlos and I's baking day tomorrow."
There will be a part two to this and the Ben imagine
