Patton sagged. "We still have to try." He glanced up through his curly, light brown hair to see his unconvinced friends. "Guys, you know how important this is to me! If I can change the children on the Isle, I'll be adored by both sides! I'd be a hero! Roman, wouldn't you want that for me?"

Roman jumped, flustered by the sudden direction. "O-Of course I would, Patton!"

"But if it fails," Logan, the most intelligent of them all spoke up, "you'd be stuck with the reputation of a failure, who couldn't rule his own kingdom. And we don't want you to go through that!"

"So we won't bring them all in at once!" Patton pleaded. "Just three to start with! The worst ones, at least!"

Roman and Logan exchanged a glance. They never usually agreed unless it was for Patton. Neither wanted to say how doubtful they were that this plan would work, there were too many cons. But Roman didn't want to make Patton sad and Logan had no idea how to express his argument without seeming rude.

Logan sighed. "Who did you have in mind, Patton?"

Patton gasped and grinned quickly. "Okay, okay, so! I thought that we should go with some of the worst ones first, so I think that we should have Ursula's' son-!"

"Doesn't Ursula have a daughter?" Roman mused with a frown. 

Patton shook his head. "She does, but Uma's far too rebellious, apparently. I overheard it when I was waiting to talk to my father and some of the men who go undercover in the Isle were there."

"Right, okay, continue." Roman apologised with a small dip of his head.

"Then we'll have Jafar's' son-!" Patton tried again.

Logan cleared his throat. "Would that be wise? We have Aladdin working in this school as a teacher. Wouldn't putting the son of the man who tried to ruin his life make him uncomfortable?"

"B-But that's the thing, Logie! We need to make everyone more comfortable with things like this! Otherwise, we'll never be able to get rid of the Isle for good!" Chirped Patton.

The other two princes locked eyes with each other instantly. Patton didn't notice, too busy ranting about how bad and discriminatory the Isle was. Roman shook his head, widening his eyes. Logan gave a silent sigh, nodding in agreement. Both knew how unlikely that idea was but they'd never tell him. He had to grow up, sooner or later.

"Who's the final one then, huh, Pat?" Roman said in a jokey tone, struggling to hide his growing discomfort.

Patton paused hesitatingly. "Promise you won't freak out?"

"Of course we won't," Promised Logan, "Who is it?"

"The son of Maleficent?"

And his two best friends freaked out.