The three good fairies called Dawn back to the courtyard, where she was told to tidy up after her improper departure.
But Faye, the fairy godmother in training and the princess' roommate, stayed to help her.
"You left because you were asked on a date?" The brunette questioned, puzzled while trying to focus on both her roommate and the spell book in hand.
"It was hardly an invitation," she rolled her eyes at the memory of just an hour ago, while she gathered the stray plates and cups. "More like he just expected me to fall at his feet."
"Maybe you should go," Faye suggested after closing the book with a sigh of defeat since she could not get the hang of the wand.
Dawn's brows furrowed in disgust at her roommate's words.
"'Cause," she justified while standing up, "Charming doesn't seem to like you very much."
Dawn's heart sank and she swallowed harshly; she knew the prince had no interest in her, but she insisted on winning him over so she could take over and become Queen, mostly to prove herself to her family.
Her brows lifted, creasing her forehead as an idea struck her. "He will, once he sees me with a villain."
Faye's face fell. "What?"
"Everyone wants what they can't have-.. what's forbidden." she corrected, a sly look sneaking across her face.
"A villain?" The brunette lowered her voice, the latter hardly audible as her eyes drifted to where they usually hung out. "That's who asked you out? Which one!?" she whisper-shouted.
Dawn opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by: "Hey, girls!" it was Bridget who was grinning with Ella, Red, and Chloe trailing behind.
"How's the spell!?" The pink haired girl inquired.
Faye glanced down sadly, picking the book and her wand back up, while Dawn merely glanced at the girls and Red was still surprised to be looking at her aunt.
"One wave of my wand and it's whoopsie." She waved it to demonstrate her failures.
Bridget offered a sad smile and then the tray of cupcakes to the two roommates, and Faye accepted one joyfully but Dawn held her hand up dismissively, causing Ella to roll her eyes over the mistreatment of her best friend.
Red and Chloe were distracted, meanwhile, amazed by the wand turning pink after the brunette took a bite and then sat down joyfully.
Dawn joined her roommate on the bench, disregarding the mess while Bridget took up the space by introducing the new girls to everyone who passed by.
"Charming!" Bridget greeted and Dawn perked up hearing that the prince was near, only to find him skating through.
"That's just the name people know me by," he waved it off, flashing his smile that made all of the girls at Merlin Academy melt.
Ella fought a smile as he passed by while Red shamelessly checked him out, and Dawn wore a look of determination watching as he winked at the girls and took a cupcake.
Faye shook her head in shame as Dawn stood on her feet, fixing her posture and lifting her corset upwards to show herself off, to strut over to the villains and walk past the prince confidently.
Charming nearly lost his balance and was puzzled by the princess, as were the girls.
Dawn did not look back or notice when he disregarded her and focused on the treat before skating off, she continued strutting over to the villains and her eager footsteps prompted them to turn toward the sound.
With a smirk that was both patronizing and arrogant, Hook turned his attention to the princess.
"Can't get enough of me, can you?" it was like the flirty tone and smug smile were stuck to him.
Dawn was nearly intimidated by the captain's friends all piled behind him, wearing warning looks as if trying to scare her off.
But with the motivation of wanting to win over the prince and take over the kingdom, she looked around for Charming and saw that he was nowhere in sight, so she scoffed in defeat and pressed her fingers to the captain's chest which caused him to glance down with a smirk as she pushed him back after he got too close.
The attention shifted to the new girls, Ella, and Bridget who took a chance and offered the tray of cupcakes to the villains with a broad grin and light chuckle.
Uliana took the treat with a sarcastic, "Thanks,"
"Oh, sure!" she grinned, taken aback, "Of course. Happy to-"
"For all of them," the villain enunciated, snatching the plate and surprising the pink haired girl. "I mean, flamingo feathers are, like, super rare, right?" she taunted.
"Hey!" Ella stepped in, "Give that back to her!"
"I'm sorry," Uliana yelled dismissively, "I don't speak peasant girl. I love your outfit by the way. It is just so..put together." she taunted, ripping the blue haired girl's shirt.
Her friends all laughed while Hades circled the girls warningly.
Dawn watched it all unfold with a wave of guilt washing over her; the same feeling she got when all of her other brothers ignored Hans, but just like in her family, she knew she had to put herself first.
"That was wicked, Uli." Morgie admired, "You said put together 'cause it's not!"
Uliana leaned in and mocked, "My name's Bridget and I have to bribe people with treats to be my friend because I'm such a loner!"
The villains laughed, encouraging her, while Ella and Bridget comforted each other.
"Listen, squid-face," Red intervened and Dawn's brows rose, intrigued. "Give the cupcakes back or I'll rip that magic tongue out of your throat."
"Oh, girl." Uliana scoffed sarcastically, lifting her tentacles to rip the flamingo feathers off. "I only wanted the feathers. You can have the rest."
The villains laughed and the others flinched as she lunged and broke the plate causing it to shatter on the ground.
"Wait!" Bridget stopped Uliana from ingesting the feathers. "That's too many!"
She only rolled her eyes and enjoyed them anyway with a dramatic, "Mmm!"
The pink haired girl shook her head with a distressed look. "You shouldn't have done that."
Uliana rolled her eyes and scoffed, pulling out a pocket mirror. "I'm sorry. You are just jealous of my fabulosity. Okay? You can't handle my-" Her voice was replaced by a honk that startled everyone near. She began screaming, freaking out while turning pink like a Flamingo.
"You all right, Uli?" Hook questioned sarcastically and then chuckled, "You're looking a little..pink."
Dawn was a bit taken aback watching the captain joke and how the others were amused while doing nothing to help their friend even as she screamed.
Faye noticed it as well; she rushed, wide-eyed, to the front to pull her roommate back and yell out, "Will someone help her!"
"Yeah, someone should help her." Hades' sarcastic remark earned a light shove from his girlfriend.
Morgie attempted to pull his friend back but fell to the floor while Bridget began explaining herself but Uliana's face had turned into a beak, surprising her friends and the gawking audience.
As the villain chased Bridget and everyone else trailed behind, Faye leaned in closer to her roommate, "You're better than them, Dawn. Don't get caught up in that mess. They only care about themselves."
Their eyes met and the Princess of the Southern Isles pondered before rushing to follow the crowd, causing the brunette to sigh in defeat and follow her.
They found everyone staring or nearly laughing, gathered around a pond that Uliana fell into with water from the enchanted lake that undid the feathers' damage, and they gawked at the sight.
"I will destroy her!!" Uliana screamed, stumbling out, "Tell Bridget this isn't over!"
The villains began following their friend, but Hook noticed the princess and stopped in his tracks to approach her.
"So," he smirked causing Faye to roll her eyes, but Dawn looked around for Charming. "See you at 7?"
The prince passed by as the laughing crowd separated, so Dawn perked up and grabbed the collar of the captain's shirt, intriguing him.
"Don't be late," she attempted to sound as flirty as possible and it worked on him. But Charming did not see a thing.
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