Il libro di Jaylos

De Vil, Not Evil - Chapter 2: The Love For Carlos

Magic can do so much, but even magic has its limits. The bodies of the children of the Isle of the Lost were so deprived of the magic the courses through the air every where else, that even a bit could be poisonous.

Fairy God Mother knew this. She knew the scientific factors of magic, she was an expert. She was the expert. So she was cautious when using her magic around the four former villains. But Carlos, poor little Carlos, he needed her magic. He may not survive without her magic. She had to be extremely cautious when healing him. Especially since his mother was not associated with magic. It's a foreign substance to him, to his whole bloodline. But if anyone could do it, it was Fairy God Mother.

~:-:~

Seeing Carlos so helpless and broken was too much for Jay. He had stayed the night, joined at some point by Evie and Mal. Evie was trying to stop her tears, knowing they wouldn't help. Mal hadn't cried at all, focusing all her energy into rage and revenge. They ended up going to the girl's bedroom. Jay's shared his with Carlos, and he needed his head to be clear. They needed to figure out who had hurt their Carlos.

He clutched Carlos' red, black and white coat to his chest. They had taken it off of him when he had been brought to the infirmary, saying it would just get in the way.

On the walk back, Mal suddenly remembered.

"Wait! Where's Dude?"

They all freeze.

"He wasn't in our room. He's always with Carlos, but he wasn't there when I found him." Jay practically whispered, his blood gong cold.

Someone, the same someone who hurt his Carlos, had Dude.

Continuing their walk to the room, they stopped again, as they passed by a group of students, where Doug was talking to someone from the marching band. He stopped when he saw Evie, with tears streaming down her face still.

"Evie? What's-?" He started, but couldn't finish when Evie rushed over to him and practically collapsed in his arms, sobbing. She had always been the most emotional out of the four.

Doug just held her, the group of people whispering behind the pair, but they hushed when Mal flashed her green eyes that them. She was in no mood for them.

With Doug's assistance, they were able to finally get themselves to the girl's bedroom, where Doug was finally able to ask his question.

"What happened? Evie, darling, what happened? Wait... Where's Carlos?"

Evie sobbed harder, as Mal tried to calm herself, knowing she was the only one who could answer his questions, as Jay had started pacing.

"Carlos was attacked, and we don't know who it was. Dude is also missing, probably taken by the same person. Carlos is in the infirmary, with Fairy God Mother. She said she was trying to heal him, but we don't know if she can fix him." Mal explained.

"Wait," Doug said, being the smart dwarf he was, "Why don't you ask the magic mirror?"

Evie lifted her head, and started to calm herself when she heard that.

"We can't ask who had hurt him. I tried. It's a flaw in the magic, since the mirror isn't what it was." She hiccuped, but knew Doug had a solution right away. It was shown on his face.

"Ask it where Dude is. Find Dude, you can probably find who took him."

Evie rushed to grab her mirror, quickly finding the right words.

"Mirror, mirror, give me a clue.

Tell me please, where is Dude."

The image showed Dude, alive, but chained to a tree. He had a bowl of some sort of food, and a bowl of water, sitting in front of him. He sat on a jacket, and looked well cared for, but scared. He whined, and tried to escape from the chain and collar, but he was stuck.

"Oh my!" Cried Evie, "Poor Dude, he must be so scared!"

"And this doesn't help us! He's alone, in a forest. There are too many forests in this kingdom. Even close to Auradon Prep, there's many. Is he in the Enchanted Forest, the Moors, Sherwood Forest? Hell, he could even he in Neverland Jungle, with how much time has passed." Jay growled. How could they just be so useless?

Doug took the mirror, noticing the small details the others did not.

"Well," he started, "Whoever took him looks like he cares about Dude. He has water and food and something to sit on. If I had to guess, someone's going return to Dude to bring him somewhere more safe."

Evie nodded, taking back her mirror.

"I'll make sure to keep checking. Thanks Doug."

~:-:~

There, she was done. Fairy Godmother rested her wand. Carlos had to take a break from magic, it was becoming too much for him. The nurse came up, cleaning his wounds again. They were not the things to fear, but they still needed to be attended to. But no, the worst damage was in the boys head. His brain was damaged, the bleeding and bruising and different parts shutting off. That was were the difficulty laid. An abundance of magic to a previously magic-free mind, trying to heal something already so delicate, could do so much harm. Even if Carlos did wake up, there was always a chance of long lasting effects. No one would know for sure. Until he woke up.

After the nurse left, Fairy God Mother walked over to the bed that held the badly injured boy. She sat in the chair next to him, and tried to give him some encouragement, as if he could hear her.

"Carlos, sweety. If you can hear me, I need you to know that I am doing everything I can to help you. You have so much to look forward to. You have such a brilliant mind that could do such wonderful things. You have people who love you, I have seen it. Mal, Evie, and oh my goodness Jay. You have to wake up, so he can tell you how he really feels. And I know that your mother isn't the most loving, but I promise you. Wake up, and I will show you the love of a mother, the love you deserve."

Fairy God Mother realized tears were streaming down her face, but she couldn't help it. She had become attached to Carlos, starting when she heard how his own mother had spoken to him. But now especially, when he was so vulnerable. And she feared when she would have to tell his mother, which would be as soon as she left the room and was able to connect with her. Gently running her hands through the parts of his hair not covered with blood, she leant over to kiss his forehead.

She sat there for another moment, then got up to leave. Jane would have questions about the status of her new friend.

~:-:~

Evie held the mirror in her hands, trying to find something, anything, that would help find Dude, help find the man who hurt Carlos.

Putting down the mirror in frustration, Evie put her head down, growling in frustration. It was hard to see Dude so alone, so sad. Carlos had grown so attached to the dog, something he used to fear. Dude had become a part of their entire group.

Looking around, Evie noticed what the others were doing. Mal was reading through her spellbook, hoping maybe she could find a useful spell. But Jay, Jay was looking heartbroken. He sat in the corner of Evie and Mal's room, still clutching Carlos' coat. He looked heartbroken, before he buried his face into the coat, inhaling the scent that lingered on it. But she knew that it was to hide his tears as well.

Turning her head from him, to give him a bit of privacy, Evie picked her mirror back up. But this time, she noticed something new.

Dude was sitting on a jersey. An Auradon Prep tourney jersey.

"Jay! Mal! Come look at this!"