"I'm scared," Rain admits clinging on to Ben's arm
"I gathered, look she's really nice,"
"Yeah but my Mum kidnapped her and used her powers for her own personal gain - I have a feeling she won't like me."
"Am I going to appear?!" Rapunzel asks excitedly
"You'll be fine, I won't leave your side," Ben tilts her head up to look him in the eyes "Trust me,"
Lonnie links into her seat in excitement "They're just so cute,"
"Ben!" Rapunzel exclaims when they enter the room, she walks over to us and my grip on Ben's arm tightens "Hi, you must be Rain," she puts her hand out and Rain shakes it very gently
"Yes!" Rapunzel exclaims happily "I have a part!"
"Yeah," Rain gives her a nervous smile.
"Ben no offence but you're terrible at art, why are you here," Rain gives out a loud laugh with is incredibly similar to Rapunzel's own
"Iconic," Lonnie tells Rapunzel. She was the sort of royal who was very real and not stereotypical ,like Aurora and Snow white having grown up princesses.
"None taken, Rain was a little bit reluctant to come so I said I'd come with her,"
"I think I'm fine now,"
"You sure?"
"Yeah, go do whatever Prince thing you have to do," Ben kisses her and whispers in her ear
"Come find me if you need me to come back,"
"Can you all stop squealing when something like that happens?" Rain asks the room
"Why?" Evie asks sarcastically
"It's embarrassing Rain grumbles quietly
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Rain and Rapunzel are sat in the corner of the art room, where two dark blue armchairs stand comfortably.
"So why are we doing this?" Rain asks, fidgeting her thumbs together.
"I just want to get to know you is all," Rapunzel says casually
"You sure about that?" Carolos mutters, remembering what Ben said on the date about Rain's birthday
"Okay, well my name is Rain Gothel," I expected her to take her hand away but instead she looked more interested. "I'm 16, I like reading, drawing and painting and I'm Ben's girlfriend thing. Well, I guess girlfriend or something. We haven't really spoken about it,"
"Well, she does still think he's under a love spell" Doug says
"When's your birthday?"
"November 11th,"
"Natural hair colour?"
"Oh, I see where this is going," Aladdin realises
"I can't remember... maybe dirty blonde? What is this, 20 questions?" Rain laughs nervously.
"Oh come on, it's obvious Rain's your daughter!"Jasmine tells Rapunzel and Rain sinks in her chair, hiding her face from all the prying eyes.
Everyone looked between the two on screen, they did look very similar.
"and ..." she seems to be struggling to find the right words "do you know if you're Mother Gothel's biological daughter?"
"Has this got something to do with your daughter?" Rain asks, moving her leg away. "Because I don't want to be used as a replacement or for closure!"She stands up and grabs her stuff.
"Wait it's not like that!" Rain turns around and her hair starts to have an orange shimmer to it
"Oh my god," a few people mutter
"She really is -" Belle starts
"That's the only reason you let me stay, the only reason you were nice to me!" She storms out and Rapunzel lets out an exasperated sigh.
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"Hey, you okay?" Ben asks rain who has her arms wrapped around him by his locker.
"Not even close," she mutters into his shoulder.
"Oh my God Rain," Evie says as she leads the group towards them. Ben lets go of her and she spins around whilst he keeps his arms around her middle.
" What happened?" Mal asks, brushing a strand of my loose hair behind Rain's ear.
"I don't think we appreciate their friendships enough," Snow White finally speaks up
"True," Lonnie agrees
"You're the one having a meltdown every time I'm on screen with Rain," Ben teases his friend and she rolls her eyes.
"I'll explain to you guys later; I'll join you in class in a minute" as they leave, Rain looks back at Ben "I'll explain after lesson alright?" he nods and she kisses his cheek before running after the others.
Lonnie smiles and tries to contain herself but fails
"Point proven," Ben jokes
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The VK's are in Remedial Goodness when Fairy Godmother goes to stand in front of Rain's desk.
"Children, excuse me. Um, as you know, uh, this Sunday is family day here at Auradon Prep. And because your parents can't be here due to, uh, distance, we've arranged for a special treat."
She presses a button on the laptop and their parents appear. Maleficent and Mother Gothel are sat front and centre whilst the others are standing behind.
"I don't see anything, nor do I hear,"
"Oh, this is going to be brilliant," Aladdin mumbles from the back
"Kids!" Fairy Godmother beacons them forward and they stand behind her.
The Villains continue to bicker until they finally see their children.
"Evie, It's mommy. Oh! Look how beautiful. Oh, you know what they say, the poison apple doesn't fall far from the tree." The Evil Queen gushes whilst Evie just raises her hand in a wave.
"Don't you mean the weeds?" Maleficent cackles.
"Ooh! Who's the old bat?" Cruella asks putting her face incredibly close to the camera.
Fairy Godmother gasps in shock at the insult
"This is Fairy Godmother," Rain informed them.
"Still doing tricks with eggplants?"
"I turned a pumpkin into a beautiful carriage,"
"You really couldn't give Cinderella till one A.M.? I mean, really. What, the hamsters had to be back on their little wheels? -"
"Why didn't you give her until later?" Mal asks curiously
"Well, um," Fairy Godmother thinks "I had to get the consequences of magic across," she nods as if agreeing that it was an acceptable answer, clearly having thought it up on the spot.
"They were mice! They were not... they were mice. They were not..." Fairy Godmother weekly protested and she turned to Rain as she puts a comforting hand on her shoulder
"Thank you so much. Thank you."
"They were mice!"
"Hi Mom,"
"Mal! I m-m-miss you"
"You children are never far from our thoughts" Jaffar announced.
"Sure you don't mean the want," Jay mumbles quietly
"How long must mummy wait to see you?" Mother Gothel asked, putting on a fake sweet tone "you know how drained I feel when you're not here. And the stress is giving me grey hairs!"
"More proof," Cindrella whispers to Rapunzel
"You mean more grey hairs!" Maleficent cackles. Gothel smacks her arm.
"Um, there's a big coronation coming up. I think sometime probably after... that."
"When?" Maleficent asks
"Friday 10 AM" Mal answers for Rain.
"You're sure I can't see you before that? I don't know what I'll do If I don't get my hands on that magic wan..." The Evil queen hit her on her head and Gothel nudged her making her remember that the wands owner was still there " you...you little nugget that I love so much."
"Believable," Doug scoffs
"Yes, I completely understand, mother,"
"Carlos, is that a dog? Oh, yes, yes, baby, I do understand. It would make the perfect size for earmuffs" Cruella plotted. Carlos stepped forward and his grip on Dude tightened
"He's the perfect size for a pet! " she made a noise of shock "This dog loves me, and I love him. And FYI, your dog is stuffed! So, give it a rest!"
Rain side hugs Carlos as a congratulations for future him's accomplishment of standing up to his mother.
"Oh-ho! Burn" Jaffar laughed
"Oh! Why don't you go sell a toaster, you two-bit salesman!"
"People who talk to stuffed animals shouldn't throw stones"
"Oh, well, people who sell toasters shouldn't use mixed metaphors" eventually, Jay stepped forward and turned off the T.V.
"I'm so sorry" Fairy godmother consoled
"Thanks for the special treat," Jay looked to her
"Of course,"
They all walked away and grab their bags as they leave the classroom, Evie speaks up "R, M? What do you think our parents are gonna do to us? If we don't pull this off?"
"I think they will be quietly disappointed in us, but ultimately... Proud of us for doing our best." Mal suggested
"Really?" the whole row of VK's asked and a few 'Heros'
"Really?" Carlos spoke from the back
"No, I think we are definitely goners" Rain answers before leading the group forward.
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Rain and Ben are in the library on a sofa, Rain is wrapped up in Ben's arms.
"She just wanted to use me to get a form of comfort for her kid, and..." Rain pauses as she tries to get the right words "My mother has never treated me like I was related to her, she just uses me to get what she wants,"
"Some things never change," Rapunzel murmurs
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that," he pauses as if choosing his next words wisely "but...do you think there's a chance that you could be her daughter?" Rain pulls away from him
"It's what we're all thinking," Doug admits
"Why the hell would I be?!"
"Your birthday is the day she went missing, did you mom ever hint to it?" Rain stays silent as she thinks
"Yeah," She finally admits
"This is awkward," Rain tells the group as they all stare at her, she throws up a peace sign and her might-be parents smile.