The curly-haired girl currently hugging Carlos' leg tightens her grip before backing away, beaming at the both of us with her wide smile, missing her two front teeth.

Carlos kneels and taps under her chin. "Stay safe."

"I will!" My oldest daughter, four-year-old Janessa, promises, embracing her father one last time before turning to me and standing on her toes to kiss her baby sister, Serene, on the forehead. "Bye, Reenee! Have fun at home all alone while I go to school!"

"Preschool." I remind her. She smiles at me, her babyish hands clasped in front of her. I don't think there's a single thing that could dampen her mood at this moment. I can tell she's waiting for me to say something else, some sort of go-ahead to run away from me and join her friends.

I laugh. "Just have fun."

Her dimples deepen, almost blending into the army of freckles on her face. Much like her dad, she has black-and-white hair. Except where Carlos' black roots stop pretty quickly, only the tips of her wavy hair are white. She has my brilliant blue eyes, a strange mix of electric and ice that looks bizarre on me but perfect on my daughter.

Janessa demanded that she pick out her outfit today. Denim overalls with blue fiery designs all over, a pair of red ladybug rain boots complete with antenna on the toes, and a striped black-and-red shirt under the denim.

"Love you, mommy!" She squeals, slamming into my legs. I barely keep my balance, and Serene fusses in my arms.

"Jenna." Carlos reminds her gently.

"Right. Sorry. No wakey the baby." She says sheepishly. I laugh, rubbing my hand through her hair.

"It's all right. Now go have fun." I assure her.

She giggles, backing away and swooping down on Dude to kiss his nose. "Bye, Doodie!" Then with a final cheerful wave, she tears away from us toward the smaller section of the palace that serves as the preschool.

"I hate that." Dude mumbles once Janessa's out of earshot, her two pigtails flying behind her. I can see her waving ecstatically at Mal and Ben's daughter, Isla, who has very easily identifiable brown hair with neon green and purple streaks. Those two are the best of friends, practically inseparable as a group with Lonnie and Jay's son, Max.

"You know you love it." Carlos tells Dude, grinning slightly.

"I do." Dude sighs grudgingly. "Tell her to do it more often."

Carlos laughs, moving to my side and putting an arm around my shoulder. "Okay, Dude. We'll do that."

"Thank you. Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to the car." The small dog trots over to our car, hopping in the front seat. Age hasn't affected Dude much. From what we can figure, something about his time with my powers has lengthened his life so he'll live about as long as a human, a little less.

Carlos smiles, watching Janessa chatter away with Isla happily, soon joined by Max, who is dragging Endora's daughter behind him. Eleanor is a small girl, with slightly duller hair than her mother, coming from her dad's side. Who would've thought that Endora would end up dating, then marrying, Chad Charming? After his experience with Audrey, he got smart and humbled a bit. He's still a bit egotistical, but Dori's always there to pull him back down with her even bigger ego.

Carlos gently shakes my shoulder, watching Janessa show off her cartwheels to her friends. "I'm sure glad our daughter got my powers."

I snort, barely containing my laughter. "Your powers? You don't have any, Carlos!"

"True. But I got the most beautiful woman in Auradon under my spell." He says, kissing my cheek.

I laugh. "Don't let Evie hear you say that."

"Why not? You use my clothing lines and my makeup." Evie says, coming up behind me with her toddler son, Evan, holding her hand as he watches with a confused look on his face as his older friends run past him towards the school.

"Evie!" Carlos exclaims, letting go of me to hug her carefully around Evan. "I didn't know you were coming."

"And miss seeing my goddaughter go to her first day of school?" The blue-haired girl asks, nodding at Isla. "As if. Besides, I'm preparing for when Danielle starts next year."

"How's she doing?" I ask.

Evie flashes a perfect smile. "Good. Taking quite an obsession to her father's tastes, while thoroughly ignoring mine."

"Ah, good, so Serene here'll have a nerd to cheat off of when she starts school, then?" Carlos asks, earning a laugh from Evie and a nudge in the ribs from me.

"Either way, it's good to see you, Evie." I tell her, ignoring my husband's overly dramatic snort.

"Likewise." she smiles at me. "How's the vet business going, Carlos?"

"Good." Carlos brightens, just like he does every time this topic comes up. "We just got a baby unicorn whose horn had been accidentally cursed to turn anything it touches into rubber, but Mal's coming by later to remove the spell."

"Sounds interesting. Speaking of, I'm going to go talk to Mal. You coming, or are you going to go home?" Evie nods toward baby Serene. "She looks ready to nap."

"She's up way past her normal nap time." I laugh. "We'll stay a few more minutes, then head back."

"All right. See you later." She walks across the street, and Mal's face lights up when she sees her friend.

Carlos resumes his position with his arm around me. For a few moments, we just watch the third-generation villains and heroes gathering in groups and giggling at whatever kids giggle at.

A pair of arms, strong and bulky, with brown leather gloves, suddenly reach over and gently rubs Serene's nose. I look up and smile.

"Hi, Sera." I greet.

She nods to me, cooing at Serene. Then she straightens, peering over at the group of kids, searching for Janessa. "How's my goddaughter?"

"As crazy as ever." Carlos responds.

"Aw, she's just takin' after her fun Aunt Sera." Sera says, laughing.

"Is Arson over there?" I wonder.

"Yup. Gettin' his class ready for all the little youngsters." She chuckles watching the kids line up to go inside. Janessa seizes hold of Isla's hand, and they go inside together, squishing through the door side by side instead of being separated.

"She ever ask you about the Isle?" Sera wonders quietly when Jenna and Isla finally squeeze their way through.

Carlos and I don't answer for a moment. "Sometimes." I finally say.

"What do you tell her?" Sera asks.

A long pause goes by before Carlos answers.

"That's we'd never go back to the way things were."

Sera nods, satisfied. "Welp. You goin' home?"

"Yeah." I say. "You want to come?"

"And watch Princess Bride with you?" She grins. "You read my mind." Crouching in a sprinting stance, she nudges Carlos' knee. "Wanna race me?"

"I think I'll walk." He laughs.

"Your loss." Sera shrugs, taking off and sprinting for the car. Carlos puts his arm around me as we make our way back through the parking lot.

"Carlos?" I ask.

"Yeah?"

"Remember our date after I came back from my...gap year, at the Enchanted Lake?"

He glances down at me, a fond smile on his face. "Yeah. What about it?"

"Remember the white rock you got me?"

"Is now when you'll finally tell me what you wished for?" He asks me.

I don't answer right away, keeping my eyes fixed on my baby girl in my arms. As if on a cue, she suddenly yawns and opens her eyes. Her intelligent brown-black eyes blink up at me, and then she smiles.

Third-generation hero. And villain.

This is my happily ever after.

"This is what I wished for." I whisper quietly. "This is what I wanted."

I don't have to look up to know Carlos is smiling when he kisses the top of my head. 

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No joke, my heart is literally melting inside. It shouldn't be possible to be this happy over characters, but here we are. 

I couldn't bear saying goodbye to Descendants, so... I'm continuing! Third-generation Descendants, the kids of the characters we know and love!!!

Gotta say---naming the kids of everyone has been a BLAST. Anyone I didn't mention in this chapter will be introduced in the next book I'm starting soon--- "Serene & Janessa". 

This cover is just the base so far. I haven't fully tweaked it yet, and I may or may not add a better title. I haven't decided yet. 

Anyway, I'm hoping to start releasing "Serene and Janessa" soon. Probably not for a little while, so I have some time to develop the storyline and everything. I've named all the characters, come up with personalities, and given actors that sort of capture them (except the boys---finding guy actors that match my characters is HARD) but I hope you guys will like them all!

"Serene and Janessa" ACTUAL storyline won't be out for a while. But hopefully very very soon I'm going to release a before-thing where I list all the characters, which actor I picked that kinda fit them to give a better visual, and their personalities and stuff. "Serene and Janessa" probably won't be out for a little while though. 

Anyways, I reallyreallyreallyREALLY hope anyone who reads this liked this chapter---and everything with Ellie before now---and doesn't mind that it's not ending just yet. 

Hold onto your hats people---because if you thought Audrey with Maleficent's scepter was bad, wait until you see what's coming in "Serene and Janessa"!!

*wicked laugh*