Love Will Find a Way

~Six~

Never in her life had Maddie ever run that fast to get to school. Even if she was running late, she wouldn't be rushing. She would just take the tardy and be done with it. Probably wasn't the best thing to do, especially with her title. But today was different. Today, she had to get there early enough to tell her friends about her discovery.

When she approached her friends, she had to stop and catch her breath. "Geez Maddie, why are you in such a rush?"

"You guys will never believe what I just discovered. This changes everything," Maddie explained.

"Then spill," Daisy said.

Maddie explained everything that had happened the night before. She talked about the spellbook, the spell, and how it lead her to the Isle. Daisy, Levi, and Christian were in shock.

"You mean, our parents are still out there?" Levi asked.

"Yes," Maddie said. "I highly doubt this spell is defective."

"How can you be sure though?" Christian asked apprehensively. "When your dad-uh... I mean, Ben... sent search parties to the Isle to look for them when they went missing, they found nothing. They couldn't even find clues as to where or how they disappeared."

"But that's because they didn't use any magic," Maddie explained. "I bet if they had some sort of magic, they could have figured it out. Magic is much more available nowadays."

"You do make a good point," Daisy said. "But even then, how are we supposed to find them?"

Suddenly, an idea came to Maddie's head. It was a long shot, but she was confident in herself. "After school, come to the castle and bring your parents too. I'll bring my grandparents. I have an idea."

"What is it?" Christian asked.

"I'll tell you guys later," Maddie responded.

"Why not now?" Levi asked.

Suddenly, the bell rang. A smile grew upon Maddie's face. "That's why," she said with a smirk. "See you guys later." The four friends then parted ways to go to class.

After school, Maddie was joined by her grandparents, her friends, and her friends' parents. "So, they're still out there?" Lonnie questioned.

Maddie nodded. "My magic says they're on the Isle of the Lost."

Doug, Jane, and Lonnie all looked to Beast and Belle in shock. "It's true," Belle said. "I was there when she cast the spell."

"So, what's this idea you have, Maddie?" Doug asked.

"I was thinking Levi, Daisy, Christian, and I go look for them... on the Isle of the Lost," Maddie explained.

"That's your genius idea?" Christian asked. Jane lightly flicked him behind the head. "Hey," he said, rubbing the back of his head.

"We will be supportive of all ideas," Jane said. "No matter how high-risk it can be."

"Though it's worth a shot," Levi began. "Where would we start looking? I mean, eleven years ago, the kingdom could not find them. How would this time be any different?" Maddie stayed silent. "You didn't think about that, did you?"

Suddenly, Daisy mumbled something to herself. "What was that, sweetheart?" Belle asked.

"The catacombs," Daisy said.

"What?" Christian asked,

Daisy then reached into her backpack and pulled out a book on the Isle of the Lost. "There are catacombs under the Isle. It's a large network of caves. One of the caves, that historians know of, even connects to Auradon. Maybe they couldn't find them before because it blocks any outside magic," Daisy said. "Since it's connected to Auradon, we don't even need to set foot on the Isle first."

"There's just one problem," Maddie said. "We don't know where the entrance is."

"Actually we do," Lonnie said. The four teens looked at Lonnie in confusion.

"She's right," Doug said. "The entrance is in one of the dwarf mines located near Camelot."

"Seriously, dad?" Daisy asked. "How come this is the first time I'm hearing of this?"

"Because why would you need to know?" Doug asked.

"Good point."

"So we just need to go to Camelot, enter the mine, reach the catacombs, then start looking for our parents," Maddie explained.

"What would you guys even wear?" Jane asked. "You can't go wearing what you're wearing now."

"She's right," Lonnie said. "Even if you're not going to the surface of the Isle, you need something suitable to be traveling under the earth."

Suddenly, something came to Doug's mind. "Follow me," he said. Everyone followed Doug until they reached his and Daisy's house. They went through the hallway until they reached a room.

"Daddy, are you sure?" Daisy asked. "I know you've been pretty hesitant of me going in there. You've only let me in if it was absolutely necessary."

"This is absolutely necessary," Doug responded.

He unlocked the door, and everyone entered. The room was dark. Even though the darkness, everyone could tell that the place was covered in dust. The room hadn't been touched in years. When Doug turned the light on, the lights revealed a table with a sewing machine, several dresses on racks, sketches all over the room, and a little display podium near the sewing table.

"This is Evie's sewing room," Belle said.

Doug nodded with a sigh. "Yeah."

"Okay, but how is her sewing room supposed to help us?" Jane asked.

Doug made his way to a small trunk in the corner of the room. "The kids are around the same size Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos were at sixteen, right?" Doug asked.

Lonnie looked at the four teens. "I think so. Levi may be a little smaller than Jay, but it's not by much. Daisy seems to be quite smaller than Evie as well. Maddie and Christian look to be around Mal and Carlos's size though."

"Well," Doug said, "lucky for us, Evie kept these." He revealed four outfits that seemed to made fully out of leather.

"Are those-"

"Their old outfits from the Isle?" Doug said. "You bet they are." Doug handed Maddie, Daisy, Levi, and Christian the hands. "Change into them. We can fix them to fit you guys

Maddie, Daisy, Levi, and Christian changed into the outfits. Maddie and Christian fit perfectly in the outfits, but as guessed, the outfits were just slightly too big for Levi and Daisy. Luckily, Doug had grabbed one of Evie's pin cushions and began sewing some parts down to fit them better.

"When and where heck did you learn to sew?" Lonnie asked.

"I had been helping Evie with her business since high school. I may have picked up a few things from doing so," Doug said, proudly. "And... done," he said as he finished sewing the side of Daisy's outfit.

The four kids went over to the mirror to look at their outfits. "Woah," Maddie said. "We look so cool!"

Belle looked at the time. "You four should get going. We need to do this quickly."

"Wait," Maddie began, "what about... father?" she asked.

Beast sighed. "Don't worry about him."

"Isn't he going to wonder where I am? Shouldn't he be in on this?"

"How do you think he's going to react when you tell him?" Beast asked.

Maddie sighed. "I guess you're right. But he's gonna know that I'm missing."

"I'll talk to him," Belle said.

"Okay then," Maddie said. "Let's go to the catacombs."