You and Me

Chapter 25: Safe and Sound

The limo pulled up to the castle. Standing there were Ben, Doug, Lonnie, Jane, Fairy Godmother, Belle, and Beast.

"You guys stay in here until I say it's fine to come out," Mal said before getting out. Uma nodded.

The girls were the first ones to exit the car. "Dad!" Brelyn and Elaina yelled.

"Mom!" Jacey and Cayla shouted.

All four girls ran to their Auradon-born parent. Each one embraced them tightly.

"You four really gave us a scare there," Ben said. "Don't ever pull a stunt like this again."

Brelyn frowned. "I'm sorry, dad. I-I just-"

Ben stopped his daughter from talking. "I know why you wanted to leave, and I'm very sorry for not seeing it. I'm just happy you're safe," Ben said, embracing his daughter.

"Are you okay?" Doug asked, noticing the bruise that was forming on the side of Elaina's cheek.

"Y-Yeah. I'm fine, dad. Don't worry," Elaina replied. "And don't worry about the whole phone thing. I already talked to mom about it."

Doug smiled. "And don't forget, I'm here too. You can always come to me for anything, alright?"

Elaina smiled as she nodded. "Thanks dad. I love you."

"I love you too."

Jane kept on checking Cayla's body nonstop. "Are you sure you're not hurt?"

"Yes, mom, I'm sure I didn't get hurt while on the Isle," Cayla answered.

"Are you surely sure?" Jane asked

Cayla looked up to Fairy Godmother and kind of mentally asked her what was going on. Fairy Godmother shrugged, chuckling a little at her daughter and granddaughter. "Nana, when will this stop?" Cayla asked.

"I'm sorry, Cayla," Jane began, "I was just so worried about you. You are the most important thing in your father's and my life. I just didn't want anything to happen to you."

Cayla smiled. "I'm fine, mom. I promise you I am."

"I know you are," Jane said, embracing her daughter. "I'm just glad you're back. I didn't want to lose you again."

Lonnie was hugging her daughter tightly. "I thought I was going to lose you."

"Come on, mom," Jacey said. "You know I'm strong. I'm just fine."

"I know that," Lonnie said with a smile on her face. "I'm talking about losing the relationship we have."

Jacey gave her mother a soft smile. "Mom, nothing in this world could ruin our relationship. I promise."

"They seem pretty worried," Uma told Mal.

"They were born in Auradon. What do you expect?" Mal replied. Uma chuckled.

Mal then got out of the limo, and walked up to Ben. "So, we may have brought a few people home as well," Mal said.

"Who are they? I'm sure they can stay," Ben said.

"Come on out everyone," Mal said. With that, the entire pirate crew came out of the limos nervously.

"What are they doing here?" Beast growled. "Do you not remember what she did at Cotillion?" Beast said, pointing at Uma. Belle grabbed onto his arm, telling him to calm down.

"Trust me when I say this: they've changed. They want to be able to live in Auradon in peace."

"How do we know they have changed?" Beast asked. "They chose not to come to Auradon when we gave them a chance."

"Grandpa," Brelyn said, holding onto her grandfather's arm. "Please," she pleaded.

Beast looked into his granddaughter's bright green eyes. He could tell this was something important to her. He sighed. "I-I guess we-I can tolerate them."

When Brelyn looked over to the kids of the pirates, they were all smiling. "Okay," Ben started, clapping his hands together, "So first we're gonna see where all of you could live. There are several homes here in the capital city. As for the kids, we need to get them enrolled in Auradon Prep and set in dorm rooms. Jane?"

"On it," she said, writing some notes down into her phone.

"Wait, so we don't get to live with our parents?" Greg asked.

"You will be away from your parents," Ben began, "but I promise you that you will have every access to your parents available. On weekends, you can even go home to them. Don't worry, you all will be safe and sound here in Auradon."

"Okay," Jane began, "let's get you all settled in and enrolled in some classes."

The pirate crew followed Jane as she brought them to her office. Fairy Godmother joined as well. "Okay," Fairy Godmother began, "children can go line up with Jane and get their class schedules, and adults can line up with me to discuss living arrangements."

They spent a couple of hours discussing the new lives the pirates were going to have. Jane asked each of the kids what they're ages were and their likes and dislikes. That way, she could properly place the kids in the correct grades and classes and assign them dorm rooms.

"One of our classes is called Remedial Goodness 101?" Greg asked.

"Yeah," Jane replied. "It is a class that every Isle kid took once they got to Auradon. Hey, some people don't even spend a whole year in the class. Some even passed the class before the end of the semester. Trust me, this class is easy."

"So, we get roommates?" Hannah asked.

"Yes."

"What do you know about my roommate?" Hannah asked.

"Well," Jane began."Let's just say, she's pretty close-minded, but you seem like the perfect person to open that mind up."

Hannah nodded, not really knowing what Jane meant by that, but she decided to just go with it. She was sure she would find out eventually.

After getting all the pirates settled in, they thanked Jane and Fairy Godmother for their time as they walked out to be escorted to their new homes. Uma had caught up with Jane.

"I can't believe you did this for my crew," Uma said.

"What do you mean?" Jane asked.

"It's just...you knew what I did at the Cotillion. You knew what kind of person I was."

"People can change, Uma," Jane said. "I know that. Mal was able to change, and she's was the daughter of the most evilest in the land."

"Well, I mean, I wouldn't call Maleficent the evilest but-"

"My point is, after seeing how Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos chose good after being raised to believe that everything good was bad, I was able to see that anybody could change if they had it in their heart. I can tell you've had it in your heart. You were never evil. You just wanted justice for the kids on the Isle."

"Yeah."

"And you're here now. Uma, you're so much more than you think. Your family will thrive here in Auradon."

Uma looked in front of her where Harry and Hannah were walking together. Instead of holding Harry's hand, Hannah was holding the end of his hook. Uma chuckled as she remembered Hannah doing that when she was very little. Uma chuckled. "Yeah. They will."