Author's Note: This is an AU Descendants story, focusing on Evie and an original character. Each chapter will begin and end with a flashback. This is the first story I've written outside of the Glee universe, so I hope you all enjoy it. I've already written the first ten chapters (this started out as a one shot, but kind of exploded), and have ideas for the chapters after that.
I don't own anything other than my original character
Six-year-old Evie sighed as she walked through the forest. She'd decided to explore her new home and was quickly realizing that she was going to hate it there. Looking around, she spotted a girl sitting under a tree and walked over to the girl. "Hi." Hearing the unfamiliar voice, the blonde girl jumped. "I'm Evie."
"Lefi. Why are you out here?"
"My mom and I have to live out here. Why are you here?" Evie asked. Lefi sighed.
"My mom is making me live here." she explained. Evie frowned.
"By yourself?" she asked, sitting next to the other girl as she nodded. "Why?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Lefi whispered. Evie nodded.
"Where are you going to sleep?" she asked. The blonde shrugged.
"Right here." she explained. The blue-haired girl shook her head.
"You can't do that. You can sleep in my room!" Lefi looked over.
"Your mom would let me do that?" she asked. Evie bit her lip.
"No, but… you can come in after she goes to sleep!" Lefi looked down. "Please? I don't want you to sleep out here by yourself." Evie said.
"Okay. Just for tonight." Lefi gave in.
"So I've been thinking about bringing more kids from the Isle." Ben commented. Mal looked up, smiling. "Any suggestions?"
"I can get you a list of kids who might want to come, but... can we start with my sister?" she asked. Ben raised an eyebrow.
"You have a sister?" he asked. Mal nodded.
"Yeah, a twin."
"A twin sister." Ben repeated.
"Fraternal. We actually look nothing alike. You would never know that we're twins." Mal explained. Ben frowned in confusion.
"Why haven't you ever told me about her?" he asked. Mal sighed.
"I didn't even say goodbye when I left. I didn't think she'd want to come, but... I just miss her so much." she explained. Ben smiled.
"I'll send messengers in the morning. She can stay with you and Evie, if you're both okay with that." he said. Mal grinned widely, jumping up.
"Completely! I have so much to do now. I'll see you at dinner." she said, kissing his cheek. Chuckling, Ben watched as his girlfriend walked away.
...
The next day, Ben and Mal were walking to the front of the school to greet Lefi when she arrived. "What should I know about Leficent?" Ben asked, looking over at his girlfriend. Mal let out a snort.
"First of all, don't call her Leficent. She hates that." she explained.
"What should I call her?" he asked.
"Lefi. She goes by Lefi." Ben nodded. "As for what you should know about her... My mom is sort of a sore subject for her. When we were six, my mom decided that Lef took too much after our father, who she considered to be weak. Maleficent wouldn't have a weak daughter, so she banished Lefi to the outskirts of the Isle." Mal explained.
"Wait, she banished her own daughter?" Ben asked. Mal nodded. "That's a little harsh." he admitted.
"More than a little bit. My mom only allowed her in town once a month to dye her blonde. Her natural hair color is green, but our mom said that she didn't deserve it. Anyway, I snuck off to see her whenever I could. Jay would sometimes come with me. I think she and Evie might have been friends, too. Evie and her mom were banished by my mom around the same time as Lef."
"You know, I still can't believe that Maleficent named her daughters Mal and Leficent." Ben commented as he and Mal made their way to go meet her sister at the front of the school.
"Yeah, well, my mom may not be as vain as the Evil Queen, but she's still pretty self-absorbed. You know how she shrunk to the size of the amount of love in her heart?" Ben nodded. "That love was for herself." she explained, coming to a stop in front of King Beast's statue.
"There's the car." Ben observed. Mal grinned when the limo came to a stop. Unable to stop herself, she ran over and opened the door, pulling her sister into a hug as soon as she stepped out of the car.
"I have missed you so much." she whispered.
"I've missed you, too." Lefi replied, smiling widely as she pulled away. Mal gave her sister a once-over.
"You dyed your hair." she commented, gently grabbing the end of Lefi's ponytail.
"Just the ends. Once I realized Mom wasn't coming back, I figured it was safe to switch it up. I didn't want to dye it completely, though. I've actually grown to prefer the blonde." Just then, Ben walked up. "Who's this?" Lefi asked.
"Lef, this is my boyfriend, Ben. Ben, this is my sister, Lefi." Ben smiled warmly.
"It's nice to meet you." he said, holding out his hand. The blonde girl stared at it for a moment before shaking it.
"You, too. Thanks for letting me come here." she said, looking over at her sister. Mal grabbed her sister's suitcase and walking, knowing that the other two would follow.
"So you're going to be staying with me and Evie." she said. Lefi paused for a moment.
"You and Evie?" the blonde asked. Mal nodded.
"I'm on my way to go finish setting up the room. Ben is going to take you to Fairy Godmother and get your schedule set up. They'll help you get your books, too. After that, Ben and I will show you around the school." she said. Lefi nodded slowly. "Okay, I'll see you soon. Have fun!"
"Okay." Waving, Lefi turned to Ben. "Lead the way."
...
An hour later, Evie was walking through the hallway. She could see that the door to the room she shared with Mal was open, but knew it was probably just her roommate. Approaching the room, she saw that Mal was, in fact, in the room. Evie frowned in confusion as she walked into her room and saw a suitcase along with a third bed. "Mal? Is someone moving in?" she asked, looking over at her best friend.
"I knew I was forgetting something." the purple-haired girl said, smiling sheepishly at her roommate. Evie placed her bag down on her bed before sitting down. "Ben invited my sister to Auradon."
"Lefi?" the blue-haired girl whispered. Mal nodded. "Lefi is moving here?"
"Yeah, isn't that great? She's with Ben and Fairy Godmother right now, getting her schedule. I came back here to get the room ready. I know I should have talked to you first, but I thought she'd be more comfortable staying in here with us. You guys were friends on the Isle, right?"
"Yeah, we were." Evie replied softly, thinking back to the years she spent with the blonde girl. Seeing the look on Evie's face, Mal made a mental note to ask her about it later. Just then, Lefi walked into the room.
"Mal, Fairy Godmother put me in all of your classes, so you're going to-" Seeing Evie for the first time in months, Lefi paused in the doorway and stared slightly. When the blonde didn't continue speaking, Evie stood up. Looking at the girl for a few minutes, she smiled as she saw the green she'd added to her hair.
"Hey, Lef." she said.
"Hi." Lefi whispered, looking down. Evie watched her for a few moments before speaking.
"It's great that you're here. You're going to love Auradon." Lefi looked around the room, noticing the aquarium on the table. Seeing the lizard inside, she took a deep breath.
"Is that Mom?" she asked. Mal nodded. "I like her better this way."
"Believe it or not, sometimes I was jealous of you." Mal admitted. Lefi looked over in confusion.
"Mal, I was banished by own mother and forced to live in a forest my entire life. What could you possibly be jealous of?" she asked. Mal sighed.
"Living with Mom wasn't exactly a dream come true." she explained, sitting down. Knowing that it wasn't the time to get into that argument, Lefi continued looking around the room. "That's your bed. We'll get you some more clothes and whatever else you need." Lefi nodded, opening her suitcase and taking out some clothes. "Those are cute. Where'd you get those?"
"That's one of my designs." Evie said, recognizing one of the shirts immediately. Lefi looked over.
"They're all yours, actually." she explained. Mal raised a curious eyebrow. "Evie used to make all of my clothes on the Isle." the blonde explained, turning back to her suitcase. As Evie watched her unpack, she couldn't help but think back to their time on the Isle. They'd been closer than close. For the longest time, they were all each other had. Biting her lip, she grabbed her phone, trying to distract herself. "Mal, you said something about a tour, right?" she asked, looking over at her sister.
"Yeah, we can go now, if you want." Lefi nodded, placing the shirt that was in her hands down. "E, do you want to come with us?"
"No, that's okay. You guys should spend some time together." Evie said. Shrugging, Mal walked out of the room. Making eye contact with the taller girl for a few moments, Lefi looked down before following her sister. When the door closed, Evie fell back on the bed, letting out huge sigh, knowing her life had just changed completely.
...
"It's beautiful here." Lefi said as they walked through the grounds. Ben smiled warmly. "So… what have you four been up to since you came here?"
"Well, Jay plays tourney now." Mal explained. Lefi raised an eyebrow. "I'll take you to the next game, you have to see it for yourself. I can't explain it."
"Okay…" Mal chuckled at the girl's confusion.
"Anyway, Carlos hangs out with the campus mutt. He's basically taken him as his own pet." Lefi laughed.
"I thought Carlos was afraid of dogs." she commented, earning a laugh from Ben and Mal.
"Turns out he's not." Lefi nodded.
"What about Evie?" she asked carefully. Mal chuckled.
"It turns out that Evie is a chemistry genius. She's also started selling her own designs. She's really talented." she said.
"She's always been smart and talented." Lefi replied softly, looking at the ground. Mal nodded.
"She's also dating Doug, Dopey's son." she added. The blonde raised an eyebrow.
"Dopey? As in one of Snow White's dwarfs?" she asked. Mal and Ben nodded. "I can't be the only one who sees the irony in that."
"You're not." Ben replied, chuckling as they continued walking. Sensing her sister's discomfort, Mal decided to change the subject.
"Let's show her the library." she suggested, sending her sister a smile. Returning the smile, Lefi followed Mal, thinking of nothing other than the blue-haired girl that had once been the most important person in her life.
"I want to talk to you about something." Fourteen-year-old Evie nodded as she closed the book she was reading. "I think I have feelings for you."
"You think?" the taller girl asked with a teasing smile.
"Eves, come on. I'm trying to be serious." Evie nodded, giving Lefi her full attention. "I like you."
"Okay." Lefi raised an eyebrow.
"That's it? That's all you have to say?" Evie chuckled. "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"
"So much." Evie whispered, a teasing smile on her face. Lefi glared.
"You truly are evil." The blue-haired girl grinned. "I need to know where you're at." the blonde whispered.
"I'm right here."
"Evie." The taller girl sighed, knowing it was time to stop playing her game. "Maybe this was a bad idea."
"No, it wasn't. I feel the same way." Evie said, grabbing Lefi's hand when she started to stand. The blonde looked at the other girl. "What do you want to do?" the taller girl asked.
"I don't know. What comes next?" Lefi asked, biting her lip. Evie thought for a moment before smiling.
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" she asked, squeezing the blonde's hand. Lefi thought for a moment.
"What exactly does that mean?" Evie shrugged.
"You know as much as I do, but we can figure it out together." she said, leaning in and kissing the blonde. "What do you say?"
"Okay. Let's figure it out together." Lefi whispered, smiling softly.