Descendants: A Twist of Hearts and Shadows

Chapter Five: Glitter

"It's so..." Quinn looks around her and Flaria's new, blindingly pink room. "Prissy?" "I was gonna say pink, but that works too..." Quinn accepts as she shuts a few curtains. "Oh, thank Shadows!" Flaria moves to her bed and digs out her tarrot cards from her bag.

Quinn moves to her own bag and opens it. A ton of glitter explodes out and covers her. She quickly shuts the bag and wipes her face off. "Uh..." Flaria stares wide-eyed.

"Did you," Quinn breaks into a coughing fit as some glitter puffs out, "Did you do this?" Flaria quickly shakes her head. She attaches her card holster around her hidden thigh as Quinn mumbles, "This is never going to leave..."

Flaria crosses over to Quinn as she looks in the mirror. "Well, we could just put the rest of the glitter in the boys' room and," Flaria pulls out her "Cleanse" card, "We could try this?"

Quinn cautiously looks at her best friend, "Are you sure that'll work?"

"Nope, but it can't be that hard, right?" Flaria shrugs. Quinn skeptically accepts, "Okay... just... be careful, okay?"

"Like I'll actually try to permanently ruin your face," Flaria jokes at the worst possible time. Her eyes and card begin to glow before the glitter disappears.

"Holy hearts... it worked!" Quinn grins, "Lets go glitter the boys!" She slings her bag over her shoulder and rushes out of the room. Flaria laughs and follows after her.

They hurry off to the boys' dorm and stop in front of their door. "Ready?" Flaria grabs the doorknob. Quinn nods, holding her bag to throw. Flaria silently counts down from three with her fingers before opening the door. Quinn takes the opportunity and tosses the bag inside the room before Flaria shuts the door.

They laugh and giggle as the boys yelp and stumble around the room. A loud thud ends the noise. Flaria carefully opens the door to see a sparkly mess. Quinn steps in behind her, seeing the boys buried in glitter.

She gawks at the room, "At least it's stopped..." "Yeah, at least," Flaria scoffs as she steps over the glitter to pick up the bag, "Here ya go." "Thanks," Quinn takes the bag and notices the difference in weight, "What?"

"Hmm?" Flaria asks, ignoring the gawking boys on the ground. Quinn carelessly digs through her bag, clothes occasionally falling to the glitter ridden floor, and stops once she finds a giant book.

"What's wrong?" Carlos slowly gets up and leans against a table. Quinn sweeps some glitter off the table before placing the giant book beside Carlos. "Whoa, when did you get that?" Jay asks from across the table.

Quinn ignores the question as she examines the strangely familiar cover, "Wonderland... this is... my little book..." "Seriously?" Flaria asks as she uses the "Cleanse" card on the room. Jay freaks out as the glitter disappears, causing Flaria to snicker.

Quinn digs through her bag once more in denial in an attempt to find her little book. She looks back up, "It has to be it." "Huh?" Carlos asks as he pokes at the book, "Can you shrink it again?" Quinn shrugs, "I don't know where to start... wait, did this cause the glitter?"

"If it did, then I want my own with green and purple!" Flaria raises her hand. "I don't think it works like that," Quinn says as she mindlessly traces Wonderland with her fingers. "Darn," Flaria snaps her fingers in defeat.

Quinn hesitantly puts her hand on the image and causes it to change. She flinches away and stares at the beautiful woman. "Wow, isn't that your aunt?" Flaria leans in to get a better look. "I've only ever seen pictures of her..."

They watch Quinn's aunt smile at her subjects and move around. "She's paler than you!" Carlos jokes to lighten the mood. "Shut up," Quinn mumbles as she swipes the cover again.

"Wicked... I wanna try!" Jay reaches across the table and swipes across the cover only for nothing to happen. Flaria rolls her eyes and slaps his hand away, "It's a Wonderland book, Jay. Only a Wonderlandian with magic can use it. The same reason that my cards only work in my or my Father's ha-" "Wait! I just realized something!" Everyone looks to Carlos with curiosity.

He grins at Quinn, "You're a princess!" She jumps, "What? Pft! No, I'm not... pretty sure my Mother doesn't have any royal standing anymore..." She swipes the cover again hoping to end the conversation. "Whatever you say, your highness," Carlos bows to her. "Get up..." Quinn blushes. "As you wish!" He grins and stands back up.

Flaria rolls her eyes, "Alright, lovebirds. Time to plan. We need to find the wand and get back to the Isle ASAP." Quinn scoots the book away, "Kay." "So what is the plan, Flar?" "Does anyone actually know where the wand is?" Carlos pulls out the laptop Jay stole and types quickly, "It seems to be in a museum right off campus."

"Really? Good job, Carlos," Quinn smiles as she leans over his shoulder to see the screen. "Why thank you, you're majesty," Carlos winks. Quinn shoves him and looks to Flaria, "So now what? We know where it is."

"We go and take it," Jay looks at the others, "right?" "Yep, sounds easy enough," Flaria nods. "And if we can't pull this off," Carlos skittishly looks around, "What will our parents' think?"

"I think they'll be disappointed but proud of us for doing our best," Flaria says blankly. "Really?" Jay asks as the three look to be hopefully. She sighs, "No, I think we're goners." "Definitely," Quinn sadly nods in agreement. "Well, we are rotten children..." Carlos tries to lighten the mood once again.

Unbeknownst to the four teens, the Fairy Godmother was watching them through her magic window.