Evie POV

I walked alongside Jay, Celia, Mal, and Carlos. "Where's Haden?" I asked. "After not being able to catch the pirates. He met up with us and told us that he was going back to Auradon to check on Scorch, the kids, and to find Ben." Carlos answered. "All right. Get in, get out. Jay, you're good?" Mal ordered. "Yeah." Jay answered as we walked to the barrier. Jay opened the barrier with a device and we stepped through. Mal glowed blue as she passed the barrier. Hades' ember was now glowing brightly. "Whoa. You a little Hades thing going." I told her. "Wow." Mal said. "That thing packs a punch, huh?" Carlos asked her. The sound of two thuds and the barrier closing came from behind us. We turned around to see Harry and Gil had made it through the barrier. "We made it, bro. We made it." Gil exclaimed celebrating with Harry. They looked at us. "Hey, guys. We're just coming for a wee visit." Harry said as they started to walk to us. They were stopped by Carlos and Jay. Harry shoved Carlos into Mal. "Come on. Hey. Hey." Mal shouted dropping the ember. Mal reached for it and grabbed it but Harry wrapped his hook around her wrist and made her fling the ember into the water. "No!" Mal shouted. A turquoise tentacle shot out of the water catching the ember. Uma crested the surface and looked up at us. "Drop something?" She asked showing the ember to us. "It can't get wet! Give it back before it goes out!" Ml shouted. Uma laughed curling the tentacle around the ember. "Uma?" Harry and Gil asked in unison. "That's my name." Uma answered with a wave of her fingers. Uma descended into the water. "No!" Mal screamed. A whirlpool swirled in the waters before it rose into the air and exploded. We looked over the bridge. "Hi, boys." A voice said from behind. We turned around to see Uma standing on the bridge completely dry, holding the ember in here hand. Harry walked to her laughing. "Welcome back." He said. "Uma, you swam off and forgot all about us." Gil told her. "Yeah. Planning her revenge, no doubt." Mal stated with crossed arms. "It's not all about you, Mal. I was looking for a hole in the barrier to let everybody out. And you know what I found, boys?" Uma said looking back at Harry and Gil. "It's way better out there than we thought. There's this thing that looks like a furry rock called a coconut. And fish so big you could dance on their backs. And they've been keeping it all for themselves." Uma rambled. "Whatever. Uma, I need that to break a spell." Mal told her extending her arm out. "Cast by Audrey, Sleeping Beauty's daughter." Carlos added. "Mm. So the good guy is the bad guy?" Uma asked with a laugh. "Well, I might now give it back. Let's see what happens." Uma stated. "Um, it's not the time for games! People's lives are in danger!" Mal shouted. "Guarantee me that every single villain kid who wants to...can get off the Isle." Uma told her. "I can't do that." Mal answered. "Can't do that?" Uma asked her walking over to the edge of the bridge before dangling the ember over the water. "Well, how about now?" She asked. "Deal! Deal." Mal exclaimed. Uma faked dropping the ember. "Uma!" I shouted as she laughed. "Her word is good." I told her. Uma walked towards Mal looking at the blue ember. "I'll still keep this, for the time being. Because if you think I trust you to save the world on your own, think again. This is a job for pirates." Uma told her. "Yeah." Harry said high-fiving Uma. "Where are our bikes?" Jay asked Gil and Harry. "Oh, yeah, um. We crashed them." Gil answered as Harry imitated how the bikes were destroyed. "Here's a thought, we could try to be friends. Put our history behind us and celebrate our differences." I announced. Everyone looked at me. "Yeah?" I asked. "Who wants gum?" I asked pulling out a stick of candy. "Let's go." Uma said. "No?" I asked again. "Ah! No, I'm in charge. Let's go." Mal told Uma as they walked passed me. I sighed before putting the blue piece of gum in mouth.

AURADON

We walked to Auradon Prep and looked around to see everyone knocked out. "They're asleep. Everyone." Mal said. "I can't get Ben." Mal said. "Or Dizzy or Haden." I said looking at the unread text messages that I sent to them. "Or Jane. The signal's out." Carlos added on. "Is that Auradon Prep?" Celia asked pointing at the school. "Yeah. When everybody wakes up, you're going to love it." Carlos told her. "Geez. Everything is so..." Gil started looking around. "--Freaky." Jay interjected. "...green." Gil finished. "You have leaves on your trees. And what are those colored thing on the bushes?" Gil asked Jay. "Uh...Flowers?" Jay answered confused. "Flowers are pretty." Gil stated. "Cantaloupe! Mm! Mm!" Gil said picking up a bowl and eating the fruit inside. "We don't have any fresh fruit on the Isle, remember?" Uma pointed out. "Thank you." Gil said to the sleeping girl at the table. "They're grapes." Jay corrected him. "Grapes? I love grapes." Gil asked as Jay walked away. "Haden. If you get this message, please pick up. We could really use your help right now." I said leaving him a voicemail. I ended the call worried. "Dude!" Carlos called out. "Delicious!" Dude said with a burp. "Dude, really?" Carlos asked him. "What? It wasn't me, I swear." Dude answered him. "Okay. It was me." Dude said immediately afterwards. "Hey, do you know what happened here?" Carlos asked him. "Yup. Audrey showed up. She put everybody to sleep. And then she turned some of them to..." Dude started as I walked a statue with wide-eyes. "Guys. Hannah turned to stone." I said looking at the others. "All right. Everybody stay on their toes." Jay announced. "Look, since we're here, let's check the school." Uma suggested pointing to Auradon Prep. "No." Mal countered. "Audrey went straight for the crown, so I think it's safe to assume that she's gonna go for Ben and his castle next. That's where we'll go." Mal explained. "Says who?" Uma asked. "Says me." Mal answered. "Says you. And that's supposed to mean something to me?" Uma asked her. "Guys." I said. Mal looked back at me. "To the castle." Mal told me.

ROYAL CASTLE

"Ben!" Mal called out as we turned down a hallway. Dude let out a laugh. "This way." Dude said. "Wait...Dude, have you seen Chester?" Jay asked him. "Yeah. They went in search of Haden." Dude answered sniffing the floor. I slowed to a stop with wide eyes. "Wait...how do you know that?" Jay asked him. Dude turned around and looked up at him. "I speak Dog." Dude answered before turning back around and heading down the hall. "Ben could be asleep anywhere." Mal said. "Or turned to stone." Celia said before I covered her mouth. "Okay." I whispered. "Ben!" Mal called out. "I got a scent. Very pungent cologne. And burning leather. Easy to track. Follow me, people." Dude announced. "That's great, Dude." Jay told him. "FYI, I give great cuddles, too." Dude pointed out to everyone. "Really? I never had a pet growing up. Well, except for the lk head in Dad's man cave but that wasn't..." Gil started before Uma interrupted looking at the wall. "Hold up. What's this?" Uma asked looking at claw marks on the wall and a bottom portion of a painting on the floor. "Uh...Any chance this was already here?" Carlos asked us. "And follow me!" Dude exclaimed heading down the hall.

We entered a room with knight statues. "Ben?" Mal called out. "So you can track, cuddle, and talk. Hey, do you think his puppies would be able to talk, too?" Gil asked Carlos as I walked to middle of the room. "All right, man. He's taken. You want a dog, adopt a rescue." Carlos told Gil. Dude let out a laugh. "Talking puppies. That's crazy." Dude said. "I bet you lost some sleep thinking about me on the loose, huh?" Uma asked Mal. "No. Dragons don't really lose sleep. I wonder what fried octopus tastes like." Mal answered. "Okay. Why do we not do this?" I said. "We're celebrating our differences." Uma told me. "I believe we're being challenged." Harry announced. "Let's split up and look for Audrey." Uma stated. "That makes absolutely no sense." Mal argued. "Unless you give me my ember, she's going to spell you." Mal added. "Girls! We have a situation here." Harry shouted. We looked at the statue Harry pointed to. "Do you like a prince, Mal?" Audrey's voice asked coming from the knight statue. "How about a knight in shining armor? Or knights?" Audrey asked. We looked around to see the knights in the room come to life and aim their swords at me. Celia grabbed Dude and went to hide as the rest of us grabbed swords and prepared for a fight.