Tale As Old As Time (Descendants)

Chapter 6

After Mal rushed them out of their dorm the next morning, the five met up and waited around their lockers for Ben to show up so Korie could give him the Kariokes. Looking at a nearby clock for the time, Korie turned to the others.

"It's almost first period, he might have gone to his class already guys; We should head to ours soon too."

"Not yet." Mal shook her head. "Benny-boo's probably shaking Audrey off to wherever she drags him around in the morning."

Fifteen minutes later as the warning bell rang and Ben was still nowhere in sight, Korie sighed as she opened her locker.

"If he hasn't come yet he's not going to now; I don't have any classes with him, but we could find him at lunch?"

"No, no! We can just wait until after school." Mal grabbed the bag of Kariokes from Korie's backpack and shoved them into her locker. "It would be awkward to give them to him in the middle of lunch, right? And besides, he'd probably fill up on food anyway and not have room."

Shrugging, she closed her locker and put her backpack on. "Alright, I guess that makes sense."

Moving quickly to not be late, the five broke apart and headed to their classes for the day.

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With the Fairy Godmother dismissing them a few minutes early to quote 'get ready for their first tourney game', Korie and the others followed Mal as she led the way through the filling hallways; Apparently, the Fairy Godmother hadn't been the only teacher to let their class out early, watching as students rushed about and jabbered on what yellow or blue shirt and dress they would wear for 'school spirit '.

As some of the girls that paid Mal to style their hair called out to the girl, Korie opened her locker to grab her books.

"Hey Mal, are you feeling kind of weird about all of this I mean, It's not so bad here, you know." Korie heard Jay mutter behind Mal's opened locker.

"Are you insane? Long live evil! You're mean! You're awful! You're bad news! Snap out of it!"

"Thanks, Mal. I needed that."

Watching Jay saunter up to the railing to chat up the girls down below, she spoke up as Mal closed her locker. "Now you know that's not true; We may have only been here for a few days, and I may not have known Jay for very long or that well, but even I can tell that he's not awful or mean," looking over towards Evie and Carlos who were a ways away and back to Mal. "None of you are."

Looking at Korie, Mal was silent for a moment before her eyes flickered to something behind her. "Oh look, there's Ben!"

Taking the bag of Kariokes that were still in her locker and shoving them into her hand, Mal dragged her along. "Hey, Benny boo!"

Turning around, Ben waved to them. "Hey, guys."

Pulling her in front, Mal nudged Korie. "Korie's made something for you; Go on, tell him."

"...Right; Uh as thanks for you know, everything, I made you some Kariokes- the others helped too." She smiled, holding up the bag to show the wrapped treats.

Twisting his mouth, Ben stammered for a second. "Oh, I, uh, I've got a big game soon, so I shouldn't eat anything sugary right before, don't want to crash in the middle of it and all; But thank you so, so much, I'll try them later alright?"

After waiting all day to give them, Korie had wanted to see his reaction to her favorite treat but didn't want to argue; Trying not to show her disappointment, she nodded her head. "That's fine-"