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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟐
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐖𝐊𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑

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After a week of planning and getting everything ready for the four kids from the Isle, the day had finally arrived for them to come to Auradon. Rylee could barely contain her excitement as she stood in front of the school with an equally excited Morgan at her side. They couldn't wait to give the four from the Isle the lives they truly deserved and hoped it would lead to many more kids coming over from that island.

As soon as the limo they sent to pick up the teens came into sight, the school marching band began to play the school anthem. Rylee sent a smile in Elliot's direction as he played alongside Doug before she turned back around to watch the arriving vehicle. The limo circled around the planter in the center of the curved driveway before coming to a stop right in front of the future Royal Advisors. They watched in anticipation as the driver got out and went to open the backdoor of the limo, only for two boys to come tumbling out as they fought over something. A smile formed on Rylee's face at the sight of the screaming boys as the band behind her stopped playing while everyone stared at the duo.

"You got everything else, why do you want whatever this is?!" Carlos shouted as he struggled to rip the blue blanket out of the taller boy's grasp.

"Because you want it!" Jay responded as two girls climbed out of the limo and stepped around the fighting boys.

As Rylee and Morgan continued to watch the two boys fight over the blanket, the band behind them parted to reveal Fairy Godmother walking toward them with Ben and Audrey on her trail. The two girls sent the future King matching smiles as he and the unamused daughter of Sleeping Beauty stopped by their sides. The sight of the three newcomers caused Mal to ridicule the two boys before standing up straight next to Evie once again.

"Just cleaning up," the son of Jafar smirked as grabbed his white-haired friend's hand and forced him to his feet.

"Leave it like you found it! And by that I mean just leave it," Fairy Godmother told them while gesturing toward the limo right as Audrey forced a smile onto her face and let out a small laugh.

Jay's grin fell as he threw everything in his hands back into the limo before the limo driver closed the door. Rylee watched as his eyes wandered over the royals standing in front of him. It wasn't long before his attention landed on her and Morgan before his smile reappeared. A confused look formed on the blonde girl's face as he slowly walked toward the two girls and stopped directly in front of them. "The name's Jay."

Rylee and Morgan simply stared back at the boy with amused looks on their faces as a small smirk formed on his. Right as the boy was about to continue speaking, Fairy Godmother leaned over to block his view of Rylee and Morgan while muttering a small greeting.

"Welcome to Auradon Prep," Fairy Godmother told the four students standing in front of her while Jay returned to his place in line with his friends, "I'm Fairy Godmother. Headmistress."

"The Fairy Godmother?" Mal asked with wide eyes before waving her hand around as if she was holding a wand, "as in 'Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo'?"

"Bibbidi-Bobbidi you know it!"

"Yeah, I always wondered what it felt like for Cinderella, when you just appeared, out of nowhere, with that sparkly wand and warm smile. And that sparkling wand."

"That was a long time ago. And as I always say, 'Don't focus on the past or you'll miss the future!'" Fairy Godmother told the purple-haired girl while waving her hands around in front of her, making the daughter of Maleficent stare at her with wide eyes.

"It's so good to finally meet you all," Ben said while stepping forward to address the four kids from the Isle, "I'm Ben."

"Prince Benjamin," Audrey corrected after taking a few steps forward to stand next to the brunette boy, causing a somewhat uncomfortable look to appear on Ben's face, "soon to be King!"

"You had me at Prince," Evie sighed as a small smile formed on her face before she took a few steps towards the Beast boy, "my mom's a Queen. Which makes me a Princess."

"The Evil Queen has no royal status here...and neither do you," Audrey told the blue-haired girl without even attempting to hide the venom in her voice while keeping her fake smile plastered onto her face.

Rylee and Morgan sent the brunette girl a glare as soon as they saw Evie's smile fall while Ben let out a nervous chuckle. Audrey instantly sent them a sickly-sweet grin, which only made the future Royal Advisors roll their eyes at the girl. After letting out synchronized annoyed sighs, they turned their attention back to the situation at hand.

"This is Audrey," Ben said in an uncomfortable tone while gesturing toward the girl in pink and blue.

"Princess Audrey," she corrected the future King once again before taking his hand into hers, "his girlfriend. Right, Bennyboo?"

"Okay, Beasty. It's my turn for introductions," Rylee interrupted their moment and drew everyone's attention to her. She sent one last glare toward the brunette princess before the blonde turned cast her gaze back to the four from the Isle and sent them a genuine smile. "I'm Rylee and this is Morgan. We're Ben's future Advisors and are really excited to have you all here."

"Ben, Audrey, Rylee, and Morgan are going to show you all around and I'll see you tomorrow," Fairy Godmother told the four kids by the limo as Carlos continued to glare at Audrey. As soon as the woman in purple finished speaking, she threw Ben and Audrey's hands apart as if they were a gate. Mal slightly jumped at the woman's actions before the latter continued speaking. "The doors of wisdom are never shut! But the library hours are from 8:00 to 11:00. And as you may have heard, I have a little thing about curfews."

After all four kids from the Isle let out quiet laughs, Fairy Godmother sent them one last smile and walked away. The marching band instantly followed after her and back toward the school building. Elliot stopped to give his younger sister a small hug and a reassuring smile before he went after the rest of his bandmates. Once everyone from Auradon Prep was gone except for Ben, Audrey, Rylee, and Morgan, the future King took another step forward and began to individually greet each one of the kids from the Isle.

"It is so, so, so good to finally meet you all," he smiled as he approached Jay, who returned his greeting with a playful punch on the shoulder. After recovering from the long-haired boy's welcome, the Beast boy moved to shake Mal's hand. Rylee and Morgan watched in slight shock as the two of them shared a moment before the future King continued to Carlos. "This is a momentous occasion, and one that I hope will go down in history...is that chocolate?" he muttered the last part under his breath, only for Carlos to lick the chocolate from his thumb in response while Ben went to shake Evie's hand, "as the day our two people began to heal."

"Or the day that you showed four people where the bathrooms are," Mal mocked the future King, causing Rylee and Morgan to let out loud laughs while Ben sent the purple-haired girl a small smile.

"A little bit over the top?"

"A little more than a little bit."

"Well, so much for my first impression."

Rylee and Morgan shared another look when their life-long friend had another moment with the daughter of Maleficent. When they turned their attention back to the situation at hand, they found an irritated Audrey stepping forward to stand at Ben's side.

"Hey! You're Maleficent's daughter, aren't you?" the daughter of Aurora and Phillip said while drawing all attention to her, "yeah, you know what? I totally do not blame you for your mother trying to kill my parents and stuff. Oh, my mom's Aurora. Sleeping-"

"Beauty," Mal finished for the princess as an annoyed look slowly took over her face before she masked it with a fake smile, "yeah, I've heard the name. You know, and I totally do not blame your grandparents for inviting everyone in the whole world but my mother to their stupid christening."

"Water under the bridge."

"Totes!"

Discomfort filled the air as the two girls shared forced laughs before they ended it with exaggerated sighs. An uncomfortable silence settled among the group as Mal and Audrey continued to stare each other down. When it became too much for her to bear, Rylee clapped her hands together once to draw everyone's attention to her then she looked up at Ben.

"How about we start the tour?" the daughter of Rapunzel and Eugene suggested in an effort to get everyone out of the awkward situation.

"Good idea," the future King responded to his friend before Audrey wrapped her hands around his arm as they started walking toward the school, "Auradon Prep, originally built over three hundred years ago and converted into a high school by my father when he became king."

They didn't walk far before they stopped in front of the famous statue of King Adam placed in front of the school. As soon as Ben finished clapping twice, the sculpture changed from the royal to the beast he used to be. The smile that formed on the blonde girl's face after watching the transformation fell when she heard a yelp. She instantly turned in the direction of the sound to find a terrified Carlos in Jay's arms. Rylee and Morgan tried their best to hold back their laughs at the annoyed look on the son of Jafar's face while the De Vil boy continued to cling to his friend as if his life depended on it.

"Carlos, it's okay," Ben told the white-haired boy with a small smile on his face, "my father wanted this statue to morph from beast to man to remind us that anything is possible."

"Does he shed much?" Mal asked while keeping her eyes on the statue.

"Yeah, Mom won't let him on the couch."

While the two of them shared another small moment, the future Royal Advisors sent Carlos and Jay playful smiles. The taller of the two returned their gesture with an eye roll while the other gave the girls a confused look. Another small laugh passed over their lips before they continued to follow Ben and Audrey toward the school.

"So, you guys have a lot of magic here at Auradon? Like wands and things like that?" Mal asked as soon as the group entered the foyer of the building.

"Yeah, it exists of course, but it's pretty much retired," Morgan answered while Rylee watched her with a smile, knowing her best friend would take any opportunity to talk about all the magic that once occupied Auradon, "most of us here are just ordinary mortals."

"Who happen to be Kings and Queens."

"That's true. Our royal blood goes back hundreds of years," Audrey told Mal with a smile while forcing Ben to wrap his arm around her shoulders.

"But most of us don't flaunt it around as much as she does," Rylee muttered just loud enough for them to hear, causing Audrey's smile to fade before she glared at the blonde girl.

After watching the two girls for another moment, Ben's attention moved toward the stairs. Rylee then turned away from the princess in pink and followed his gaze to find Elliot and Doug coming down the stairs with clipboards in their hands.

"Doug. Elliot, come down," Ben called out to them while trying to get rid of the tension in the air that surrounded them. The Beast boy quickly got out of his girlfriend's grasp and made his way over to his friends. Ben turned his attention back toward the four new kids after the two boys reached the prince's sides. "This is Doug and that's Elliot. They're gonna help you with your class schedules and help Rylee and Morgan show you the rest of the school and your dorms."

After Ben finished his explanation, he walked back over to stand in front of the kids from the Isle and next to Audrey. Rylee and Morgan both noticed how he kept his gaze on Mal the entire time and it didn't take long for them to realize the princess in pink saw it too. "I'll see you later, okay? And if there is anything you need, feel free to-"

"Ask them," Audrey finished her boyfriend's sentence while gesturing toward her four classmates on the other side of Ben. After she and Mal shared another awkward moment, the Rose girl pulled Ben down the hall and out of sight.

"Hi, guys. I'm Dopey's son. As in Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, and..." When he hesitated, the two Fitzherberts and the Macintosh girl glanced back at him to find him staring at Evie with wide eyes. "Heigh-ho."

"Evie. Evil Queen's daughter."

"Elliot, Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert's son and Rylee's brother," Elliot introduced himself while trying to take some of the attention off of his best friend.

"So about your classes," Rylee continued after taking the clipboard from Doug, who continued to stare at the blue-haired girl with a small smile on his face, "looks like you're taking the basic requirements. History of Woodsmen and Pirates, Safety Rules for the Internet, and Remedial Goodness 101."

"With Rylee and me," Morgan added, causing the kids from the Isle to send them confused looks.

"Why would you two be in Remedial Goodness?" Carlos asked the question that was running through his and his friends' heads.

"Technically we're not taking it," the daughter of Rapunzel and Eugene told them as her grip around the clipboard in her hands slightly tightened, "since we're King Benjamin's future Advisors, he wants us to see how the class goes and if it's actually...beneficial."

"Plus, Fairy Godmother hopes it'll help them break their 'trouble streak,'" Elliot laughed before receiving a playful elbow in the side from his younger sister.

"It'll be fun," the blonde girl concluded while trying to hide the annoyance she was feeling as a smirk formed on Jay's face.

"Come on, guys, let's go find our dorms," Mal sighed while dropping the wrapper from the candy she popped into her mouth onto the floor.

The four of them began to make their way up the stairs while Doug continued to stare at the daughter of the Evil Queen in a daze. When she finally realized they were going the wrong way, Morgan nudged the son of Dopey in the side, snapping him out of whatever trance he was in. As soon as he understood what was going on, he called out to the four new students before they stopped and turned their attention back to him.

"Oh. Uh, yeah, your dorms are that way, guys," he announced while pointing toward the opposite staircase.

They instantly rushed back down the stairs and headed in the direction the brunette boy was showing them. Rylee and Morgan watched them with smiles on their faces as they walked past them while the son of Dopey looked back at his fingers. "Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, and..."

"Sneezy," Elliot finished with a grin on his face, causing Doug to let out a small laugh while the son of Rapunzel and Eugene patted his shoulder.

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Rylee and Morgan went through the rest of their day showing the kids from the Isle around the school and telling them about what Auradon had to offer. The two girls answered as many of their questions as they could before dealing with their peers' concerns about having the four new kids at Auradon Prep. Once they were able to escape the fearful princes, princesses, and other children of heroes, the future Royal Advisors raced back to their dorm room.

The two of them sat on the blonde girl's bed and studied plays with Pete for their first Tourney game later that week. They were lucky enough for the coach to give them a chance to try out and even luckier that he let them on the team. Now they just needed to show everyone that they earned their spots.

"I can't believe we have to sit through Remedial Goodness tomorrow," Morgan sighed as she fell back onto the mattress and stared up at the ceiling, "shouldn't Ben trust Fairy Godmother enough to teach a class on being good?"

"We're gonna have to get used to stuff like this, Mac," Rylee told her best friend with a small smile even though she felt the exact same way, "if we're gonna be Ben's Advisors, we have to be okay with doing things we don't wanna do."

"You guys will be fine," Pete added while closing his playbook and placing it on the blonde girl's nightstand before turning back around to face them, "Ben probably wants you to go so they'll be more comfortable. Sometimes Fairy Godmother can be a bit overbearing."

"A bit?"

"Sometimes?"

Their laughter filled the dorm room before it was interrupted by the sounds of footsteps from the hall. Confusion made its way through Rylee's veins as she got up and walked toward the door. After the blonde girl opened it just enough for her to see out, her eyes fell on Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos running through the corridor and down the stairs.

"Are the new kids making a break for it?" Pete asked with a bit of venom in his voice that didn't go unnoticed by his girlfriend.

"Uh...no. Chad fell down the stairs again," Rylee lied after closing the door and ignoring the confused look from Morgan.

"Why am I not surprised?" the son of Peter Pan laughed while he gathered his things. Once he finished zipping up his backpack, he slung the bag over his shoulders and made his way over to the blonde girl. A small smile appeared on his face as he placed a kiss on her cheek. "I should be getting back to my dorm. I'll see you tomorrow."

As soon as Rylee closed the door behind the brunette boy, she turned around to face Morgan, only to find the redhead staring at her with skepticism in her eyes. The daughter of Rapunzel and Eugene let out a sigh as she walked across the room and sat back down next to the Macintosh girl.

"It was the VKs, wasn't it?" the daughter of Merida and Ryan asked before Rylee sent her a small nod, "why did you lie to Pete?"

"Did you hear the tone in his voice? I've never heard him use it when he talks about anyone...other than maybe Chad. If he's gonna get comfortable with them being here, he needs to see they aren't bad. And, right now, I don't think Pete believes they'll be anything other than the kids of villains."

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