Hey Ho Back To The Isle We Go!

Chapter Nine

VKs: Let's go, make your move
Peace or war, it's up to you
Give him up and do it now
If you don't, it's going down

Pirates: We want the wand
Or else the king is gone
Your time is running out
You should really watch your mouth

VKs: Let's go, pound for pound
We're prepared to stand our ground
Put your swords up, put 'em up
It's going down

Ben: Hey, we don't have to choose
We don't have to light the fuse
Mal, whatever you do, it's gonna be a lose-lose
There's gotta be a better way
Uma, I promise I'll give you your chance
You'll have your say

Uma: Silly king! You? Give me?
You're gonna give me a chance?
Well, not a chance

Pirates: Yo-ho, ho-oh, oh-oh, make the trade
Yo-ho, ho-oh, oh-oh, or walk the plank
Yo-ho, ho-oh, oh-oh, make the trade
Yo-ho, ho-oh, oh-oh, or walk the plank

Mal walks up to Uma, ready to give her the fake wand when Uma says,
"Hold up. This is too easy, why don't you use first? Just to make sure it work." The sea serpent smirks.
Mal huffs, "You were always the drama queen."
Evie gives me a slight nudge and cocks her head behind her. I see Dude.
"Oh and nothing too big or else Ben is fish bait," Uma says. I look at Ben and wonder how we're gonna get out of this.
Carlos whispers, "We're so dead." Evie whispers in Carlos's ear, probably about Dude. Wait! That's it! Of course. Okay we got this. Mal looks back at us and Carlos gives a slight nod towards Dude. She seems to understand, cause she looks back at Uma then turns fully towards the dog.
"Okay," she starts, "Although it seems absurd, turn your back into a word." She waves the pseudo-wand. There's silence and Uma probably doesn't believe us. Oh we are so screwed.
The fairy sneers, "Talk dog."
"Does this vest make me look fat?," the dog answers. Oh brother. There's laughter and Uma looks in disbelief. The VKs and I smile in relief.
Dude speaks again asking about bacon.
"Give me the wand," Uma yells.
I run up, "Give me Ben!" Uma stares at me for a moment,
"Harry. Bring him over." There are boos being yelled as the dark haired pirate brings him over. I see Gil talking to Ben before he makes his wave over to us. Ben is down on his knees in front of me. Uma sets her gloved arm upon his head and I glare.
"Oh," Uma and Mal hold out their hands, "Cut him loose, Harry."
The crazy pirate mumbles, "I never get to have any fun," as he cuts Ben loose. Ben grabs mine and Mal's hand as Mal gives Uma the wand.
I pull Ben towards me, saying, "Ben, go. Go."
Ben looks back as I hear Uma yell, "By the power of the sea, tear it down and set us free." Nothing happens. She caught on, cause she yells. I shove Ben more trying to get out of the docks.
Uma yells at Mal, "YOU DO NOT GET TO WIN EVERY TIME!" I'm passed a sword by and Carlos fires off some smoke bombs. Evie throws a sword to Ben and fighting breaks loose. I start fighting a boy, ducking and dodging his swings. I then push him off the dock, into the water. I look up to see Mal going against Uma. I swing my sword countering the pirates who come up to me. Jay is starting to fight Harry, Evie is with another pirate and Lonnie is handling two. Carlos is releasing smoke bombs while dodging swords.
I hear a yell as I see Gil swinging towards Ben. I run towards them as I bumped in Skyler.
"Sky," I pant.
"Is this what you wanted?," she says, swinging her sword at me.
"Sky, come on. We knew what we planned," I say to her.
She swings again at me, then she looks passed me and her eyes widen. I turn to see Jay holding Harry's hook over the railing. Harry drops his sword and hold out his hand. Jay drops it into the water.
"Harry," Sky yelled, pushing passed me, dropping her sword. Harry jumps in when she is over there. She shoves Jay and jumps into the cold water after the pirate. I look at the water then I look at Ben, and see him and Evie being overpowered. I run towards them. I push pirates over the railing and I swing my sword. I look towards the Lost Revenge and see on the boards that lead the ship to docks, Uma helping Harry out of the water. The dark haired pirate is in his knees leaning over and pulling Skyler back over. He holds her arms making sure she's okay. And once he knows that she is, he pulls her into a hug, cradling her head. He presses a kiss to her head before releasing the girl.
Once there are no pirates near us, Evie runs towards Carlos and the two of them run to Jay, telling him something. Jay grabs Lonnie and they run off the dock. Mal reaches us, and yells at us to move. I'm running, pulling Ben, when I sword comes between us. Harry. The boys have a stand off when I bump once again into Sky.
"Are you okay?," I ask her, concern laced in my voice. She nods and subtly helps me keep the pirates away from me. I look to see Ben behind a latter and Harry's sword stuck in the space between.
"Coochy, coochy coo," Ben says, tickling under Harry's chin. What? I'm maneuvering my way through pirates trying to stay on my feet.

All: Let's go, bring it on
Bring it on, it's going down
Time is running out
Bring it on, it's going down
Let's go, bring it on
Bring it on, it's going down
Time is running out
Bring it on, it's going down
Let's go, pound for pound
We're prepared to stand our ground
Put your swords up, put 'em up
It's going down
Yo-ho, ho-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Yo-ho, ho-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Yo-ho, ho-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Yo-ho, ho-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh

I hear Evie yell to Carlos about the smoke bomb, once all of us are closer to the dock entrance. Evie throws one down as we separate, I grab Ben's hand and pull him throw the entrance.

Pirates: Uma, Uma, Uma, Uma

Uma: What's my name?
What's my name?
What's my name?
Say it now!

We make it to the other side. And after a few moments, Mal meets up with us, a smirk glittering her face. We make sure everyone is alright as we put the swords in the trunk of the limo and get in. I sit next to Ben with a bit of distance between us. The air tense. The car starts moving as we make our way back to Auradon.
"I'm sorry things didn't go as planned," Ben says looking at me.
I pant, breathing heavy, "As long as you're safe, that's all that matters."
     He laughs slightly, "At least I got to see the Isle. They're my people too."  A beat. "Uma helped me see that."
      I look at him in disbelief, "Ben, Uma captured you."
     "She's an angry girl, with a bad plan," he says, "Not that different from you, when you came to Auradon, Bianca."
      I gasp and glare. I turn forward in my seat staring out the window.
      Dude says, "Awkward."
      Carlos and Evie start whispering to Dude. We go over the bridge back into Auradon. We pull up to the school. We get out of the car and walk back onto school grounds. Then Lonnie leaves.
     Jane walks up to Ben and I, "There you are. Cotillion is tonight." Her and Ben talk quietly before he turns to me,
      "Do you want to cancel?" It's a whisper, and I glance up at him.
    And I'm guessing Jane can sense the tension, "You know, I can come back."
    Ben cuts her off, "No no no. Now's fine." He looks at her, then comes back to me, "Do whatever you need to do." And the two Auradon kids keep talking.
     Evie and Mal grab my arms, "We need to talk."
     We start to walk off when Carlos says,"No."
      We look at him and Evie raise a brow, "No?"
      "You guys are always going off in a huddle. Whispering about girl talk or whatever. And Jay and I are tired of it."
      Jay interjects, "No, I'm good."
      "We're your family too," Carlos speaks, "We've been through a lot. Together. We are not stopping that now." We all look at him. "Everyone sit." The white haired boy sits in the ground. And we all follow after a minute. It's quiet. Then he speaks again, "Yeah I don't know how to start girl talk."
     Jay shrugs, "What's up?" We laugh.
    "Um," I start, "Well, um. I'm a mess, a huge mess." Small cries break loose. A hand is on my shoulder. "I mean, six months ago I was, you know, being evil. Messing with people, breaking things. And now, I'm suppose to be this Lady of the Court, like everyone expects me to. And I have no idea, on how to keep up the act." A tear rolls down my face.
      Carlos smirks and shrugs, "Then don't."
     Jay shakes his head, "See this was dumb."
     Evie stops him, "Maybe it wasn't."
     Mal grabs my hand, "Yeah, we're always going to be the kids from the Isle."
    "I tried to forget it," Evie says, "I really tried."
      Mal continues, "But those are our roots. And we all did what we had to do to survive."
      Evie nods, grabbing my other hand, "That made us who we are. And we are never going to be like anybody else here. And that's okay."
     Carlos laughs, "And we can't fake it."
    Mal shakes her head, "Yeah especially without my spell book." We laugh.
     Carlos looks at me, "B, if Ben doesn't love the real you, then he's not the one."
      Evie smiles, "I like that."
      "Give me a chance," the dog lover says.
     The blue haired princess nudges my hand, "I'm gonna make some changes to your dress. And if you're up for it, only if you're up for it, it will be waiting for you, Okay."  I nod. The girls give me a hug. The group gets up to leave while I sit on the grass still.
        But Jay stops and sits in front of me,"Come to cotillion tonight," he grabs my hand, "Alright? Dance , then if you still can't stand another day, I'll take you back to the Isle myself." I give him a nod and a smile. He smiles back and squeezes my hand. He gets up and walks away.

Welcome back guys!!! So it's been awhile. We have so close to the end of the book!!!! Yay!!! Soon I'll have the third book, up and running. Don't worry. I've been super focused on this book, the third one, and after I have a special treat for you guys. The epilogue of the series. It's a new book, that will be released once the third is over. So I hope you guys like it. See you in the next chapter.
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