Cat Got Your Tongue?

2.2-The Pun Duo

I arrived at the Fish and Chips shop which, conveniently, was near her ship. If she wasn't here, she'd be at her ship (if she wasn't scaring children).

I sauntered in with a push of the doors and stated plainly, while putting a hand on my hip and looking at my nails, "I'm expecting a welcome party." You know, just cuz.

I glanced up at the sound of a snort. I rolled my eyes at the sight of Harry. He got up from his seat and walked over to me, he stood very close and tilted his head to look down at me. He used his hook to tilt my head up.

"Hey, Hook. Water you doing?" I asked with a smirk.

He chuckled, "well, Scaredy Cat, I'm quite tide." YES! The Pun Duo is back!

"I'm purrfect, especially now that I'm here with you." We laughed at our terrible puns.

"Sea-riously though, Uma is angry that you never came back," he looked down.

"She doesn't have to be salty about it," I frowned and hugged him. He tensed before wrapping his arms around me, putting his head on mine.

Then the doors burst open, we pulled apart to see Mal walking inside the doors. She calmly stated in a sing-song voice, "I'm ba-ack." She glanced around and caught my eye, I gave a small wave. She ignored me and talked to Uma who came out of the back.

"Let's go for a walk, shall we?" Harry jerked his head to the door. I followed him outside and we had a race to the docks. I won, of course. I'm joking, unfortunately, he won. We sat on the edge of the docks like we did when we were younger and relived old memories. We shared them with each other when they popped into our heads.

"What time is it?" I suddenly asked, realizing it was getting quite dark.

"Uh, it's about 8, why?"

"Hm, I have to get back to Evie and the group. I'll see you later, okay?"

"Tomorrow at 12, come here. Uma has a surprise for you and your friends," he spoke.

"Got it, tomorrow at 12. See you then!" I grinned, ruffled his hair and walked away.

I walked through the quiet, dark streets. A perfect place to get mugged. Yet, I didn't. I strut down the middle, looking at the buildings I haven't seen in nearly a year.

Then I heard a whimper. It was the quietest of sounds but my ears picked it up. Then a gruff voice hissed, "shut up." I followed the quick sounds and waited for them to make a sound again. When the whimper sounded again, I realized it was an echo coming from a dark alley. As I moved closer down the alley, the sounds became louder.

I silently ran down the alley, running towards the sounds. Suddenly, they stopped. "P-please..." I heard a female voice whimper. "St-stop."

A loud rumble of a laugh shook me to the core. It sounded so... unloving and cold. I rushed to the farthest building, after gathering that's where they were. Then the sound of glass shattering stopped me in my tracks. My breathing was heavy and I rushed to the side, into the shadows when I noticed somebody come rushing out of the apartment building. It was the same man I saw earlier... The Big Bad Wolf.

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I didn't know what to do so I climbed the fire escape and looked in each of the windows, hoping that Willow's room was one of them. "Sasha?" I glanced up to the roof and gasped.

Willow stood there but her eyes were puffy and bloodshot, her cheeks were red with five printed stars, bruises and cuts littered her face and neck. I rushed up to her as quickly as I could. "Willow, what happened?!"

"I...I don't want to talk about it." She drew her hood over her face and turned away. I took her hand and made her face me. Then I tackled her with a giant hug.

"I'm sorry I couldn't be here faster. I heard you and your father and..." I sighed into her hair. I could feel hot tears, like raindrops, dropping onto my neck and dribbling down my shirt. I rubbed her back soothingly as she sobbed. I kept announcing "You're safe, now" and "it's okay" over and over. It's not my fault I don't know what to say!

Eventually, she pulled away. "Guess our meeting came sooner than expected, huh?" I asked jokingly. She gave a small smile. I thought for a moment before deciding something, "what if... I had a way to get you off this island?"

She gaped, "are you...allowed...to do that?"

"Probably not, but I'm not even supposed to be here right now, so..." I shrugged. That made her snicker. "Let's get you out of here, yeah?"

"Yeah," she replied in a small voice. I grabbed her hand and pulled her along the building roofs until we came to a gap. A pathway resided beneath us. I looked to her and smirked.

Then I took a running jump and made it over the alley. "Your turn."

"I...can't we just go around? Or walk on the ground?"

"I guess...but that's no fun," I stated glumly. She sighed and readied herself. Then she ran, faster than I can and jumped, landing almost perfectly. She may run faster than I, but I still win for being the most graceful!

"I did it," we laughed.

"Now come on! I know a place..." I smiled and we resumed running and jumping. Soon enough, we came to the Isle's broken bridge. "Under here," I ordered and the two of us scaled the side of the island and went under the bridge.

My set up was still there, nobody seemed to have touched it since I left... probably because nobody knew about it. On the flat pavement, was a comforter large enough for four people to lay on Tetris style. On top of it we're pillows and blankets to make it comfy. Not to mention, the blankets hanging from a point in the ceiling, making a tent-like structure. Fairy lights usually lit the inside of the tent but now, they were off. Snacks were hidden under pillows and games were hidden under blankets.

I'm pretty sure what I made is called a blanket fort or something like that...

Either way, I opened the tent opening and urged Willow inside. "Wow, what is this place?"

"A safe haven," I replied. "I came here when I was sad or angry at life." I sighed, "I never understood why we, the children of Villains, have to be treated the same way they are! We haven't done anything wrong, and if they keep treating VKs like this... we'll probably end up the same way as our parents! It's really all Auradon's fault... but I don't have a say in it at all. I'm just lucky they let my mother stay in Auradon." By the end of my speech, my fists were clenched and I was practically spitting out words. I sighed and quickly calmed myself down. "Anyways," I stated in a happier tone, "this is where we'll stay until tomorrow at noon. Apparently at noon, I've got to go to Uma's ship. You're welcome to join us."

Willow seemed to be in shock. "Uh, yeah, yeah, I'll join you."

"Great."

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A/N- Wow. I skimmed this book and realized she's very peppy and she needed a flaw or two. So here you are, Sasha is actually angry with the world on the inside but doesn't let it show. Bottling up your feelings can never be a good thing.........hehe.

Anyways, second chapter for the second movie!! I've been working on this chapter since the last one came out. I couldn't think of how to incorporate Willow into the story line.
This one is kinda dark and non-Disney-ish, but oh well. It's my plot too, now. But again, I'd like to thank @Cat_Writer01 for the creation of Willow!

Also, hope you like the puns! Have a great day! I know you made mine butter. 😉 Spread the word around. Man, I'm Bear-ly awake, I'm so egg-xhausted.
Okay, I need help....and sleep.