Descendants: A Twist of Hearts and Shadows

Chapter Seven: Good..?

"STOP!" Quinn shouts.

The boys stop and look at the girls in confusion. "Don't do it," Flaria commands. "What?" Jay questions in shock. "But, Flar, our par-" "Forget our parents!" Quinn cuts Carlos off.

The boys stare in shock from her outbreak. "Think about it! Our parents can't get us here! No more sleeping under heavy merchandise and whippings!" Flaria looks at Jay.

"No more sleeping beside bear traps or chores," Quinn softly looks at Carlos.

"...No more almost beheadings," Carlos catches on.

"And no more shadow torture," Jay states, finally getting it. "You see? We're safe! Actually safe for once..." realization comes over Flaria, "safe." Quinn looks down, wondering to herself the meaning of the word.

"Can we go back to the school? I would like to sleep on an actual bed for once," Carlos asks with a gentle smile. "Me too..." Jay shuffles his feet awkwardly. "Let's go!" Flaria leads the way back to the school.

Fairy Godmother stands in the foyer, watching as the teens walk in and freeze. "He-" "Shush," she cuts Jay off, "head up stairs and get into bed. Girls, you'll find your room has been decorated again. I hope you like it."

"But what about-" "I physically wasn't there to see anything and no crimes were really committed," she cuts Flaria off, "so let's just keep this to ourselves, alright?" The four teens smile and nod before heading off to their respective rooms and going to sleep.

{time skip cause why not}

The day prior to Parents' Day, AKA the last day of school, was slow. Flaria, Quinn, Jay, and Carlos were just getting out of Remedial Goodness. "Finally, I'm starving!" Jay grins. "You're always hungry!" Carlos smirks as he rests his arms behind his head. "Exactly! C'mon, let's go before the AKs take over the cafeteria," Jay offers as he turns to look at the girls.

"You know what?" Flaria speaks up, "I'm not that hungry guys, still getting used to all the food and stuff..." Quinn nods and looks up at her, "Okay, meet you back at the room?"

"Yeah, sounds good. I'll be fine, go enjoy dinner," Flaria waves them away. "You heard the woman! Let's go!" Jay shouts over his shoulder as he heads down the hall. Carlos takes Quinn's hand and leads her away, "Come on, princess." Quinn blushes and groans as she allows Carlos to lead her to the cafeteria.

Flaria smiles gently before turning her head to get a glance of the Isle of the Lost through a window. She strolls out to the grounds and into the nearby forest as music begins to solemnly play.

Meanwhile, on said Isle, a tall boy shouts back into a seaside restaurant, "Uma! I'll be back later!" As he shuts the door, be could hear his name be called after him, "Harry!" He ignores it and starts walking along the docks of the vile Isle. Harry glares at the untrustworthy passerby's as the music grows louder.

He comes to the secluded edge of the dock and looks out at Auradon, eyes softening. He sings softly, "I didn't know what you were going through. I thought that you were mine. Why did you have to hide?"

The scene moves back to Flaria, reaching the broken bridge that leads to the Isle. she drags her hand along the broken stone work, "I didn't want to let you down, but the truth is out. It's tearing me apart! Not listening to my heart..." She stops and stares at the far-off  landmass, "I really had to go..."

"And I would never stop you," Harry leans against a splintery post, looking longingly at the barely visible Auradon.

Flaria clenches her fists, "Even though we've changed."

"Nothing has to change," Harry overlaps as he runs a hand through his already messy hair.

They stare at the opposite island as they sing in harmony, "And you can find me in the space between. Where two worlds come to meet. I'll never be out of reach. 'Cause you're a part of me so you can find me in the space between. You'll never be alone. No matter where you go. We can meet in the space between."

In the interlude, Flaria walls down an incline and onto the shore, "And nothing can stay the same, it's growing pain..."

"Be proud of all the scars, they make you who you are... oh, whoa..." Harry slumps down and sits on the edge of the peer, one knee up to loosely hug.

Flaria hugs herself as she slides down the side of the broken bridge, "I know you have to stay..."

"But I'll never really leave you. Nothing has to change," Harry looks down at the water.

"Even though we've changed!"

Once again, they harmonize, "And you can find me in the space between. Where two worlds come to meet. I'll never be out of reach. 'Cause you're a part of me so you can find me in the space between. You'll never be alone. No matter where you go. We can meet in the space between."

Harry rifles through his pocket and pulls out a tattered "Love" tarot card with him and Flaria on it. He smiles softly, gazing at it, "There are no words left to say. I know you gotta find your place, but this is not the end. No."

"You're part of who I am," they sing together.

"Even if we're worlds apart, you're still in my heart. It will always be you and me, yeah," a lone tear slides down her cheek and falls on to the stopwatch she's holding.

"And you can find me in the space between. Where two worlds come to meet. I'll never be out of reach. 'Cause you're a part of me so you can find me in the space between. You'll never be alone. No matter where you go. We can meet in the space between," they finish the song together.

Flaria sighs and starts to leave. Unbeknownst to her, her shadow wavers and turns into her fathers before flashing back to her own.

Meanwhile, a single tear falls from Harry's face and drops onto the tarot card as a lingering blue figure waits a few feet away, her own saddened look present on her face as she looks out to Auradon.