to love a deity • descendents [one]

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    THERE we stood in front of the school. Our backs facing the limo as we faced forward examining the celebration that was happening infront of us. A band dressed in blue and yellow played as a few people scattered infront of the entrance holding up signs welcoming us as they danced to the music.

    "Isn't this something." Jasmin said in what I assumed a sarcastic tone.

    Giselle lightly chuckled. The driver was standing by the trunk of the limo handing off our luggage to what I would assume to be staff of the school. My siblings and I stood in place being very observant. I hadn't even notice the two people infront of us.

    "Welcome! To Auradon Prep. I am Prince Ben and I will be your guide for this lovely evening."

    Zoe moved her train of thought from the loud band to the Prince standing before us. He's cute I'll admit, but definitely not my type. I knew what she was doing. She was studying him.

    "Thank you for the lovely welcome. We didn't expect such a celebration upon our arrival." She spoke.

    "We try to make sure everyone here at Auradon Prep feels welcomed." Ben reassured.

   I lightly nodded as I smiled a bit. So far so good. Eventually my eyes averted to the girl standing next to him. She ... was covered in purple attire from head to toe. Literally. I wonder who her parents are.

    "Nice hair," Giselle began, " A girl who embraces her own style screams confident."

  The girl simply smiled as she examined us one by one. "Thanks. It's kind of a thing back home."

    "This is Mal. My girlfriend." Ben beamed pulling her close to him.

    In that moment everything stopped for me. Girlfriend? That wasn't mentioned in the proposal dad told us about. Dylan, the twins, and I had the same reaction. We looked over at Zoe who didn't even seem bothered by his words.

    "Girlfriend?" Jasmin repeated.

    "Yes..is something wrong?" Mal questioned getting a little defensive.

    "No, it's just uh...we didn't know Prince Ben was in a relationship. We were always told Princes and Princesses didn't have a chose of who they can date." Giselle explained.

    "And why is that?" Ben asked.

    "A long story for another time." Dylan butted in.

   Ben and Mal looked at each other seeming a little suspicious but brushed it off.

    "Okay. Well, are you guys ready to start the tour?"

    "Of course. But, can we make a little detour? It is very important that we speak to your parents. The King and Queen on behalf of our parents, King Naveen and Queen Tiana." Zoe said in the nicest way possible.

   "No problem. My parents love speaking to new guests." Ben grabbed Mal's hand before showing us the way to the front steps of Auradon Prep.

    "These people got a lot of explaining to do." I fussed following behind my siblings in a straight line.

    We were already beginning to receive stares from students or should I dare to say royals. We were the new kids on the block and you could see it in their face that some didn't like that while others walked past giving us friendly smiles and "hellos".

Giselle was right about Mal having her own sense of style. Everyone here dress like they have none. All I see is pink here baby blue there. Knee length dresses here and prissy curly hair and head bands everywhere. It's sickening in the worst way possible.

    "Is it okay if we stop by your parents first? It's very important that we get this message to them as soon as possible." Dylan said walking next to Ben.

    "I'm sure that can be arranged. Follow me." We hurriedly followed Ben and his girlfriend through the school and up almost ten flights of stairs. Finally, we made it. Ben had let go of Mal to open both doors to a very spacious room. I'm guessing it was the King's office. We followed him in one by one waiting to give both the King and Queen a piece of our minds.

    "Ben to what do I owe this ho-" The King cut himself off as he looked up and noticed that Ben wasn't alone.

   He took a glimpse at all five of us before averting his eyes to Ben and then Mal. He looked...shocked yet scared.

    "I can't believe it. It's the Royales! How lovely it is to finally meet the kids of Queen Tiana and King Naveen." The King popped up out of his chair Tarim begins his desk to properly greet us.

   The look upon my face clearly stated I wasn't in the mood to be proper. He had a lot of explaining to do. He shook my brother's hand before bowing before the four of us girls. We all just stood there waiting for him to talk again. Prince Ben and Mal seemed even more suspicious of us. Especially Ben seeing that his dad was standing very uneasy infront of us.

    "Ben, Mal. Can you give me and the new transfers a moment to talk?"

    "Uh..sure dad. We'll be out in the courtyard if you guys need us."

    With that being said Ben and Mal left hand in hand. Zoe rolled her eyes in amusement. Just as the door closed we all turned our attention back to the King.

   "King Adam is it?" Dylan began lightly rubbing his chin as his other hand remained in his pocket.

    "You all weren't supposed to arrive for another month. I was so sure your father received the latest message."

    "Whoops too bad. He apparently didn't." Zoe butted in.

    "I'm sorry, King Adam. I thought the whole point of this "alliance" was to have my sister here marry your son so that we could help out your kingdom." I explained.

   "I suppose we made a blank trip" Giselle stepped in.

    "Of course not!" King Adam argued, " Ben is just going through a stage. After his last girlfriend I was so sure he'd take a break from dating long enough for me to bring up the proposal."

    "So, what you're saying is you no longer need our protection." Jasmin interrupted.

    "The exact opposite. I'm sure Ben will be over Mal in a day or two. She's the daughter of a villain for goodness sake. I don't even think it's remotely possible for good and evil to ever mix."

   Dylan scoffed, "Coming from the man who was a beast for months until he found his one true love."

    "We're done here." I said before turning to leave out of the office.

    My siblings were ready to follow behind me. "Wait please! Princess Zoe, just give Ben some time to grow out of this. In the mean time get to know him. Get close to him and make him trust you. I'm sure he'll come around."

   We all looked at Zoe who was still staring deeply into King Adam's soul. She seemed tense but very exhausted and ready to go home in my opinion.

   She sighed, "He has until the end of the semester to pull through or the deal's off."

    King Adam sighed in relief before smiling. "Thank you. I promise he'll come around."

   We ignored his last comment as we were heading out of is his office. Promise are always broken.

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    Mal hid around the corner of King Adam's office and watched as the Royale siblings strut away one by one. She told Ben that Evie had an emergency and needed her right away. She snuck back upstairs to ease drop because she knew she couldn't trust these kids the moment they arrived on campus. Now she knows why.

   Her eyes glowed a bright green as she tried not to get angry. She had just got Ben to herself and away from Audrey in order to retrieve the magic wand. She wasn't going to let anyone else get in the way.

   And thus she had a plan to make sure the Royales don't get anywhere near Ben so that her plan to take the magic wand would stay in motion. It may hurt them in the long run, but who cares? Cause she's rotten.

   To the core.