Where is Evie III : The Queen Returns

Chapter 27: Choices

 Carlos and Jay stepped from the doorway to find themselves back on the steps of Castle Beast, the last place they had seen their parents before they started this long journey. The boys walked inside and quickly hid behind one of the pillars as their parents and possible adoptive parents came into view.

"I'm glad we are all in agreement, and I'm sure this is what's best for the boys." Cruella said as she held Anita's hand gently. Nobody looked scared or upset in fact they were all smiling and Anita and Jasmine actually had tears in their eyes.

"The boys will be so happy, and we promise we won't ever try to make them forget you." Jasmine said softly as she glanced at Jafar and back to her husband. Cruella and Jafar both nodded their heads and thanked the people they had wronged so long ago, Jay and Carlos couldn't believe what they were hearing.

"They are making decisions for us... what gives them the right?" Jay said angrily as he watched the people in front of him.

"I think maybe they just want to help, and so they don't want the stress on us.."

"We already have stress! This jut adds to it... we are the ones basically being held prisoner int he underworld for a decision we should have made before we left." Carlos went quiet at that statement, he knew all to well that Jay was right they were prisoners and they would remain that way until they both came to a decision on their own. The two boys walked out from behind the pillars and walked up to the people,

"What's going on here..." Jay said as he crossed his arms and glared

"Jay, please... calm down it's not what you think.." Jafar said casually

"No, you all are making a choice a life altering choice before even talking to us! And you expect us to calm down?!"

Jasmine walked over to the boy and placed her hands on his shoulders, "Jay, we have been talking all day... we looked for you but your father told us that you and Uma and King Ben had gone to fix the Isle and Auradon." she glanced down at the boys wrist noticing a bracelet of sorts and looked up at Jafar questionably.

Cruella glanced down at her son's wrist as well, "Carlos has one too.. what are these things?"

Jafar lifted his son's hand and examined the strange bracelet, his eyes became narrow as she grumbled "this has underworld written all over it..."

"You boy's went to the underworld?" Anita said as she rushed to Carlos to look at the bracelet

"yeah, Ben and Uma are still there we all have these bracelets.. we can't leave until we come to terms with our deepest worries..."

"and your worries are this adoption, it makes sense... Hades always was a stickler for games and riddles.." Aladdin said as he glanced too at the bracelet.

"okay then, lets all talk... Belle and Adam said we could use the library to have a conversation, I will have Mrs Potts bring us some tea and cookies" Jasmine said as she stood up and took Aladdin's hand. Carlos and Jay nodded as they followed the rest of them into the library where they all sat down together in silence. It was rather weird seeing the Villains and their victims in the same room you could feel the tension but it was soon gone when Carlos spoke,

"I think I want to be adopted...." his voice was low and it could have been easily missed had they not been listening.

"o..okay, I understand that" Cruella said as she began to tear up

"M.mom please, don't cry... it's going to be okay and you said it yourself it's whats best for us.." Carlos went over to his mother ad hugged her gently and for the first time he wasn't pushed away for wrinkling her precious fur coat.