[✔︎] 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 ✫ POST-DESCENDANTS TWO ⁶

✘ TWENTY SEVEN: Something's Wrong ✘

How far are you willing to go to get what you want Heather?

How far are you willing to go?

Heather didn't know how far she was willing to go and she wasn't sure she wanted her mother's help to do so. Her mother came up with craziest things and they never really worked.

"So what's the deal my little heathen?" Winifred Sanderson asked, snapping Heather's attention back to her.

"Well mumsy." Heather said, not knowing why she was letting herself do this. "What do you have in mind?"

Chelsea looked at her as if she had lost her mind, which she sort of had. But she was desperate and would do anything she could until she got what she wanted. She didn't know how far she was willing to go but she supposed it would be far enough.

"I thought you'd never ask." Winifred said, as a knock was heard at the door. "MARY! Go and get that!"

"ALRIGHT!" Mary called from the kitchen, hurrying out of it and leaping over a sofa to get to the door.

"You could have gone around it like a normal person." Sarah said. "Or you could have flown-wait we can't do that anymore."

Mary opened the door as Winifred tied up Heather and Chelsea gagging them and shoving them into a closet.

"WHO is it?" Winifred asked, walking toward the living room. "We weren't expecting anyone were we Mary?"

"No we weren't." Mary said. "But it's Hook's son. What was his name?"

"What does he want?" Sarah asked.

"Well you guys could wait until I asked." snapped Mary, turning to the door. "What do you want Ho-Harry."   

"Have you seen Heather?" Harry asked. He had brought Helios with him because he never liked going to Heather's house alone, though he would never admit that.

"Have we?" Mary asked, turning to her sisters.

"We have not." Winifred said. "But if you would you care to join us for tea?"

"No." Harry said. "If Heather isn't here we'll be on our way."

"Really?" The Queen of Hearts said from behind them, Hans not far behind. "I don't believe no was an answer."

"Fine." Helios said, sticking his hands in his pockets. "We'll stay for a little minute."

"That's great." Hans said, ushering them inside.

"When did all of you start meeting each other for tea?" Helios asked. "I thought you hated each other." He pointed to the Sanderson sisters and The Queen of Hearts. "And he hated all of you."

"Lots of things have changed while you were gone Helios." Winifred said, passing him a cup of tea. "Drink up both of you."

Harry narrowed his eyes at the cup, taking a sip out of it. It didn't taste like anything was wrong with it so he finished it, setting the cup on the table, Helios following suit.

"We'll be on our way now." Harry said, standing up. A hand was pressed onto his shoulder, sitting him back down. Mother Gothel.

"Um when did you come here?" Helios asked, frowning. "And who else is here and we don't know it?"

"Oh I've been here all day." Mother Gothel said. "Catching up with Sarah. Sharing beauty secrets." She paused for a moment as a person walked down the stairs of the cottage. "With the Evil Queen of course."

Chelsea was growing restless inside the closet. She tried to turn the door knob but it wouldn't budge. She wiggled it some more and it caught the attention of Helios, who remained quiet.

The Evil Queen gave Harry a scrutinizing look but said nothing, sitting in a chair that had been reserved for her.

Heather wasn't feeling fine about this. What did all of these people want from each other? What had motivated them into doing this? She knew she shouldn't have come to her mother's home. Nothing good ever came of it.

Heather fiddled with the ropes. How had it been so easy for her mom to do that? How had she not reacted when it happened? She felt like falling asleep. Maybe it was the tea. She knew she shouldn't have drinken it. She knew there was something wrong here. She knew she shouldn't have come here. But that was it. She had been expecting it and hadn't noticed when it happened.

Now the house was swarming with villains. Villains that were the parents of her friends who had been whisked off to Auradon. This was a sort of revenge thing. They were planning revenge and Heather and Chelsea were their pawns.

They knew that the two of them were angry. That they were willing to do anything to achieve what they wanted. They knew that this couldn't have worked better. They had them right where they wanted them. Heather and Chelsea had walked right into their trap and had unknowingly brought harm to their two friends.

"So uh what do you guys do?" Helios asked. "Other than have tea and such?'

"That's classified." Hans said. "You don't need to know."

That's classified. Heather found that hilarious. She looked at Chelsea who had panicked and turned into a cat. Now she was struggling to calm her nerves and turn back. Heather spit out her gag.

"It's okay Chelsea." Heather  whispered to her friend. "You're fine. We're fine. We'll get out of here. There's nothing to worry about."

Heather didn't believe a word she just said but she wasn't trying to panic when her friend already was. She needed to calm her down. She didn't know if they would be fine. She didn't know when they would get out of here. She was sure there was something to worry about but Chelsea didn't need to know that.

Heather fiddled with her ropes, trying to free herself. Chelsea noticed this and circled around, ripping open her ropes with her claws before turning back into a human. Heather opened the closet door and bumped into Helios who turned to face her mother accusingly.

"You said she wasn't here." Helios said, crossing his arms over his chest. Heather's eyes felt heavy. Helios steadied her, unaffected by the tea as was Chelsea. Chelsea poked Harry in the shoulder and found him asleep. Heather felt her eyes getting heavy, feeling Helios catch her before she fell, hearing the calls of her friends.