Descendants: A Twist of Hearts and Shadows

Chapter Two: Meeting

Flaria
Jafar walks in with his classic snake cane, "Doctor? Where are you?" Jay isn't far behind his Father. Jay carefully looks around the room as his Father sneers, "Off playing with his cards again, I see..."

I kick the door shut to create a loud noise and Jay jumps around to glare at me. I smirk before quickly hiding within the shadows once more. A very loud, rapid knock resounds off the door I just shut.

"Open the door, Doctor!" Cruella De'Vil's shrill voice can be heard through the wood. Jay hesitantly opens the door just for Cruella to burst passed him with Carlos following weakly behind.

Carlos mouths a sorry to Jay, who merely rolled his shoulders with a small smile to show that he was fine. That smile quickly flipped into a generic frown.

"Ah, Jafar! Where is the Doctor? We have important business to talk about! Don't we snookums?" Cruella talks to her stuffed dog perminently perched on her shoulder. Carlos sighs and drops his head. Jay quietly pats Carlos' back in an attempt to comfort the small boy.

Third
The groups stands around for ten minutes before the door bursts open to reveal the Queen of Hearts with Quinn and a few cards trailing behind her. "I'm here!"

"Queen! It's so wicked to see you!" Cruella is the first to greet her, noticing Quinn behind the woman. Before anyone else could say or do anything, the lights go out and a low chuckle envelopes the group.

Carlos jumps into Jay's arms out of fear. Jay simply stares at the boy and humors him by holding onto him. Flaria watches from afar with her night vision and accidentally lets out a small cackle. She quickly slams her hand over her mouth before her voice got too loud, scared to anger her father.

Four candles light on the table, one seat for each parent. Facilier is finally visible sitting there already. Carlos slowly gets out of Jay's arms as the Queen of Hearts struts over and sits across from Facilier, "Oh, Doctor! How good it is to see you!"

"You finally make an appearance, Doctor!" Cruella takes the seat to his left. Grumbling, Jafar takes the last empty seat grumbling, "Probably there the whole time..."

Facilier chuckles, "Lets get to business, shall we?" He looks up to his daughter and nods. She cautiously steps out of the shadows to stand a few feet behind him. At the same time, each child takes their respective place behind their parent.

"Speaking of this 'business', I'm not too fond of the idea, Doctor!" Cruella speaks up. "Oh, and why ever not?" Jafar asks, crossing his arms. "I'd miss my Carlos too much!" She shrieks as if it was obvious.

Carlos perks up. "Who else would fluff my furs and clean up around the place?" Carlos quickly deflated as his Mother finishes her argument. Quinn looks over to Carlos with a worried look as her own Mother stares at him, "I think the Doctor's plan is simply wonderful." Facilier smirks, "Maybe we should enlighten them..."

He slowly looks around at the teens. Flaria quickly looks down as Carlos gives him a look of curiosity. Jay raises an eyebrow while Quinn focuses on her hands.

Facilier stands, "You four shall be attending a different school this year..." Jay looks to his friends, 'But there's only one school on the Isle.' Carlos speaks up, weakly, "A n-new school..?"

Facilier continues before Cruella could snap at her son, "Yes... in Auradon." Quinn's eyes widen as she takes a few steps back, bumping into her Mother's card guards.

"What?!" Flaria exclaims out of shock. "Why would we ever go there?" Jay crosses his arms. Facilier glares as his daughter continues to defy him. "I'm not going to a school filled with prissy, pink princesses!" Flaria shouts as she crosses her arms as well.

Carlos squeaks, "They have d-dogs in Auradon..." Jay barks jokingly to make Carlos jump. Carlos glares as Jay laughs. Quinn stays quiet as all her worries run rampant through her head.

"Silence!" Facilier shouts. "No!" Flaria glares at her Father, her shadow growing taller in the candle light. "No?" Facilier's glare hardens as he looks down at his daughter. "No," Flaria restates, glaring back.

Carlos unconsciously growls at his Mother as Jay's eyes turn snake-like while he glares at his Father. Quinn nervously looks to her own Mother, her eyes changing from black to a grey-pink color.

The Queen quirks an eyebrow and looks to her child, eyes a dangerous red. Quinn flinches and looks down, defeated before trying. Jafar stares at his son, his own snake eyes glowing menacingly at the boy. Jay gives a silent gulp before turning away. Cruella finally hears Carlos' low growl and loudly growls back. He whimpers before standing down.

Behind the family battles, Facilier and Flaria's shadows continue to tower over each other in a fight of dominance. "I'm. Not. Going," Flaria states harshly. Facilier's shadow takes over the room, reigning chaos on whatever isn't stuck to the ground. "Yes. You. Are!" "I don't want to..." Flaria's shadow begins to waver. "Like I care," her Father hisses as his shadow shatters a vase at the girl's feet. She jumps away and her shadows fall underneath her feet, "Okay! Fine!"

"Finally!" Facilier chuckles with his victory, shadow returning to normal size, "Now... our evil plan-" "Oh, yes! To steal the fairy's little stick!" The Queen of Hearts cuts in. Facilier slides back into his seat as he grumbles, "I wanted to tell them..."

He quickly regains his composure and continues to explain their plan, "Yes, You four shall go to Auradon, steel the fairy's wand, and bring it back to us! Freeing us all from the Isle!" Flaria sighs as she kicks a few shards of the vase around, "Yes, Father."

"You can count on us..." Jay feigns his confidence. "But... dogs..." Carlos mutters. Quinn glances to Carlos before returning her eyes to the table and nodding. The Queen points her finger at Carlos and threatens, "One more word about dogs and it's off with your head!"