Hello reader(s). I have a really bad case of writer's block, so I decided to try writing another story (this does not mean I won't update Decisions, Decisions, I'm just taking a little break). Please keep in mind that I do not own Descendants or any of it's characters, however Harper is an OC.
A teenage girl ran through the dirty, crowded streets of the Isle of the Lost. Those who spotted her saw only a flash of red and black. A large group of pirates followed, close behind her.
"Don't let that thief get away!" Harry Hook shouted to his companions.
"You won't catch me! Besides, don't you have better things to do? Like ordering around your brainless little minions?" she teased.
"And shouldn't you be yelling 'off with her head!' instead of stealing important things, Harper?" Harry scoffed, referring to a bad habit of Harper's mother, the Queen of Hearts.
"What part about 'liar' and 'thief' do you not understand, Hook?" Harper retorted.
"Hand over my hook or else!" Harry growled.
"Make me!" Harper challenged. Just then, she swiftly turned left and climbed up the wall of an old building. She cackled as she reached a high window. She knew that Harry and his crew would never enter the hideout. Mal's hideout.
Harry stopped when he reached the hideout. "You play dirty. I admire that. You know, I might actually be inviting you to join Uma's crew if you hadn't stolen the object most important to me."
"Too late, Hook!" a familiar voice yelled. Harper turned to see her friend, Jay, laughing at a very angry Harry Hook.
"Jay, I see you're still hiding yourself in that ridiculous building instead of coming down and fighting," Harry taunted.
"And you're still hiding yourself in that stupid pirate ship with your little minions," Jay shot back.
"Don't you worry, I'll get you both sooner or later! And when I do-"
"You won't!" Harper cut in, interrupting Harry.
"We'll see about that," Harry said, mockingly tipping his hat with a little bow and walking away. When he was gone, Jay turned to Harper.
"You just had to make trouble with one of the most feared pirates on the Isle, didn't you?" Jay asked.
"No," Harper gasped, faking innocence. "I created trouble with Harry."
Jay rolled his eyes as Harper laughed. "Alright, jokes aside," Jay said seriously. "You could've gotten yourself killed."
"But I got this!" Harper protested, holding up Harry's hook. "And, trust me, watching his reaction was totally worth it."
"Really, Harper? All of that just for a stupid hook?" Jay asked.
"In my defense, you were the one who taught me all those helpful stealing tips," Harper said.
Jay still looked unamused, so Harper quickly added, "Plus, we're rotten…" Harper held out her fist.
"To the core," Jay finished, bumping her fist with his own.
"I knew you would come around," Harper grinned.
"Even I'm surprised that you figured out how to get that hook. Doesn't Harry, like, guard it with his life, or something?" Jay asked.
"He tried," Harper scoffed. "But not hard enough."
Harper and Jay walked into the main room, where Carlos was busy fidgeting with some gadget, and Evie was sewing little beads she had found onto one of her red fingerless gloves. Mal, as usual, was spray painting on a nearby wall. Jay turned to talk to Mal, while Harper plopped down on the worn out couch next to Carlos, playfully ruffling his hair.
"Hey!" Carlos glared at her, attempting to fix his hair. When he spotted the hook, he stopped. "You didn't."
"I did. Whatcha' working on?" Harper asked.
Carlos shrugged. "Nothing important. I'm just messing around with some random things I found earlier this week."
"Interesting," Harper said sarcastically. Carlos rolled his eyes at his best friend, and went back to fidgeting with the device he had made. Seeing he would probably be ignoring her if she kept talking, Harper decided to go chat with Evie.
"Hey, E," Harper greeted.
Evie looked up and raised an eyebrow. "I heard you've been causing trouble with Hook again."
"Who me?" Harper asked. "Because, yeah, I was."
"What's your deal with him anyways?" Evie questioned.
Harper shrugged. "It's fun to irritate him. I can almost always get away with stealing from him. The real question is why wouldn't I always bother him?"
Evie sighed. "Harper, you should be a lot more careful."
"Ugh!" Harper groaned. "You sound just like my brother. Well, before, you know..." Harper trailed off.
"I'm sorry, Harper. With your brother dead-"
"He's not dead!" Harper yelled, interrupting her.
"Harper, you have to accept the facts. Your brother is gone," Evie told her firmly. "And that's why we have to look out for you. If we don't, who else will?"
"I can look out for myself, Evie. I don't need you guys or my brother!" Harper yelled, running down the stairs and out the door. Evie followed her down the stairs, but stopped. She was soon met by the others, who had heard the yelling.
"What was that all about?" Carlos asked. "Is Harper okay?"
Evie nodded.
"Is this about her brother again?" Jay asked. Evie nodded again. "Let's just give her a few hours to cool off before we look for her."
"While we wait, how about causing some trouble?" Mal suggested.
"That sounds like a great way to pass the time," Evie agreed.
"I'm in," Jay said.
"Me too," Carlos added.
Meanwhile, Harper had made her way to a tiny, filthy beach. Nobody else really came there, so Harper had the place to herself. She would never admit it, but she actually loved the view of Auradon. She sat down on the sand, and stared across the ocean to where she wished she could be. Harper remembered the last day she had seen her older brother at that very beach.
Two years ago, Harper had barely escaped from Uma's pirate ship. She everything she had tried to steal was taken away from her, and she only left with one thing more than she had gone in with: a deep cut on her upper right arm from Harry's hook. She didn't know it would leave a scar back then, or that she would never see her brother again after that day; at least not for a very long time.
She was sitting on the small beach when she heard footsteps. She was relieved to see that it was only her brother.
"Harper, I've been looking everywhere for you. Mom is wondering where you went." he scolded his little sister. He waited for a response, but none came. He knelt down next to her and saw tears running down her face. "Harper," he said gently. "You need to stop crying. Tell me what happened."
Harper opened her mouth, but then froze when she saw more people who looked like shadows in the distance. Her brother turned, and saw them too. "Hide." he ordered Harper. "And do not come out until it's safe."
Harper nodded and quickly ducked behind some nearly dead bushes. She cautiously watched what was happening.
"Well, look who we have here. My brother says that your little sister has been causing trouble for him," an accented voice said. As the figures moved closer, Harper recognized them as Harriet, along with a couple members of her crew. "Where's the thief?" she asked, looking around. "I want to have a little talk with her."
"Leave Harper alone." her brother said. "You do not need to be involved in all of Harry's problems. This is the Isle, Harriet!"
"Something tells me that you know where she is. Let's come to an agreement. You hand over the thief, and you can join our crew," Harriet offered.
"No deal."
Before he had time to react, Harriet's crew surrounded him. Harper couldn't see much, except a couple of the pirates dragging her brother away. "If you won't tell us where she is, we'll take you instead." Harriet cackled.
"No!" Harper screamed, jumping out of hiding. "Leave him alone!"
"Harper, run!" her brother ordered. "Get out of here!"
"I'm not leaving without you!" Harper insisted.
"I think you are." Harriet said, and some of the pirates ran towards Harper. She looked at her brother one last time before running away.
"I'm sorry!" she yelled, starting to cry again.
"I'm sorry..." Harper found herself repeating, and snapped out of her thoughts. She looked around and saw that the sun had started to set. 'Darn it! I lost track of time again!' she thought, standing up and making her way back to the hideout. When she got there, she was glad that Evie and Carlos were still there. "Hey, Evie. Carlos."
"Hey, Harper. Are you feeling any better?" Evie asked.
Harper nodded. "The beach always makes me feel better. You know, I'm surprised you guys are still here."
"Mal had to get home because her mom wanted to talk with her, and Jay had to go help his dad around the junk shop," Evie explained. "I stayed because my mom is in a bad mood."
"Ditto over here." Carlos agreed.
"At least you guys are actually allowed in your house. My mom kicked me out after what happened with my brother. And I know I shouldn't get mad at you guys for it." Harper admitted.
"I'm sorry for what happened," Evie said, wrapping an arm around her friend.
"I'll do you a favor and not tell Mal that you just apologized." Harper joked. "What is this, Auradon?"
"Looks like somebody is going soft on us," Carlos teased.
"Call me soft again, and I'll release a pack of wild dogs on you." Harper threatened, jokingly punching him in the arm.
Carlos grinned. "Aaand, she's back." His smile faded as he rubbed his aching arm. "You didn't have to punch me to get you point across, though."
"Just a reminder not to make me mad." Harper said.
"I remember what happened last time," Evie commented.
"We do not speak of last time," Harper said seriously, then started laughing.
"Anyways, where were you?" Carlos asked. "Evie and I couldn't find you."
"That, Carlos, is my little secret." Harper told him.
The three villain kids stayed in the hideout until the next morning. Harper yawned and saw the she had fallen asleep on the old, dirty couch, while Evie slept on the other side of the room.
"Morning, sleepy head," Carlos said. Harper noticed that Carlos was wide awake and making another little device.
"You guys up for terrorizing people today?" Harper asked.
Evie, now awake, smiled. "Of course we are. Let's get Mal and Jay first."
"How is your hair still perfect?" Carlos asked Evie.
"Carlos, please tell me you aren't flirting with our little blue haired narcissist over here," Harper teased.
To this, Carlos' face turned bright red. "Wha- no. Me? Flirting? Th-that's crazy! I- I would never!" he stammered.
"Dude, I was just messing with you," Harper reassured him, once again ruffling his hair.
"Harper!" he whined. "You have got to stop doing that!"
"Yeah, I'll stop doing that when pigs fly." Harper said sarcastically.
"Harper, are you bugging Carlos again?" a familiar voice asked. Harper turned and saw Jay leaning against the wall. Mal stood next to him quietly chuckling to herself.
"Who me? I would never!" Harper lied.
"Yeah, because I totally believe that." Jay rolled his eyes at her.
"Well, now that you guys are here, let's go do what we do best. And that is, as you know, create trouble," Harper said, leading the way down the stairs and into the streets. The others followed, and they split up, each looking for some mischief. Soon enough, the five were creating trouble all over the central part of the Isle. They were having so much fun that they even started singing. Everything went crazy from there: a bunch of other villain kids joined in the fun, until the end of the song, when Maleficent showed up as Mal grabbed a lollipop from a toddler.
"Stealing candy, Mal? How disappointing." Maleficent scolded her daughter.
"It was from a baby." Mal reasoned, handing the candy to her mother.
"That's my nasty little girl!" Maleficent exclaimed. The conversation really went downhill from there. First, Maleficent lectured her daughter on the differences between mean and truly evil, and then she told them that they would be going to a school in Auradon. All of them, except Mal, tried to make a run for it, but Maleficent had already prepared for that. Harper followed the others back to the Bargain Castle, where Maleficent ordered them to steal the wand.
"What's in it for us?" Mal asked.
"Matching thrones, hers-and-hers crowns." Maleficent said to Mal.
"I think she meant us," Carlos explained, pointing to all five of the villain kids. Mal still refused, leading to a sort of staring contest between her and her mother. When she lost, Mal finally gave in.
"Fine, whatever." Mal gave up.
"I win!" Maleficent said. There were more arguments from the other villains, but in the end, Maleficent got her way. They heard honking outside, and the five saw a limo to Auradon Prep. Once they were all in the car, Jay and Carlos started fighting over candy and other things they found in the limo. Mal found a remote, and pushed the button. Evie looked out the window, and exclaimed:
"Guys, look!" Evie pointed out the window.
"It's a trap!" Carlos yelled. All of them screamed and hugged each other, believing that was the end. But the fall they expected never came. They opened their eyes and saw the limo was driving across a bridge instead of falling into the murky waters below. In a matter of minutes, the limo pulled up in front of Auradon Prep.
Harper, Evie, and Mal got out first, followed by the boys who were fighting each other over yet another item that was in the limo.
"Why do you want whatever this is?" Carlos whined. "You got everything else!"
"Because you want it!" Jay said, trying to take it.
"Guys!" Mal hissed. "We have an audience!"
Just then Fairy Godmother walked out of the school, but paused when she saw Jay and Carlos. "Leave it like you found it," she lectured them. "And by that I mean just leave it."
Jay reluctantly tossed the stolen items back in the car. The introduction went rather quickly, so did the tour of the school. Mal and Evie shared a room, and the boys had their own dorm. Harper ended up sharing with Fairy Godmother's daughter, Jane. The villain kids went separate ways, agreeing to meet in the boys' room to discuss their plan to get the wand. Harper got to her new room in a couple minutes., and when she opened the door, she noticed a girl who looked very nervous.
"You must be Jane," Harper assumed.
Jane quickly nodded. "Do you talk?" Harper asked sarcastically.
"S-sorry. I've just never met a villain kid before." Jane stammered.
"If I were you, I would be scared too." Harper joked. At this, Jane laughed nervously. "So, you're Fairy Godmother's daughter, right?"
Jane nodded again. Harper continued, "Wow, you must be pretty popular."
"Not really." Jane said quietly.
"What?" Harper exclaimed pretending to be shocked. "With your mom being Fairy Godmother, and... your great..." Harper stopped to think. "Personality!" she decided.
"I-I should really go so I'm not late to class." Jane lied, quickly walking out the door.
Harper sighed, used to that kind of treatment by then. Knowing her mother, poor Jane was probably afraid that Harper wanted to chop off her head. Harper had always wondered about that obsession of her mother's. Having nothing to do, Harper went to check in on the boys. Luckily, she remembered where their room was, so she found it rather quickly.
"Looks like you're settling in well," Harper said to Carlos. "Where's Jay?"
"He said something about going to see what those Auradon brats have to steal." Carlos replied. "How bad is that Jane girl you're stuck with?"
"We talked for about a minute before she had to 'get to class'." Harper said, rolling her eyes.
Carlos looked confused. "But school is already out. It's almost four in the afternoon."
"Exactly." Harper said. "Then again, that poor girl looked like I was about to cut off her head. I may be evil, but I am not my mom."
Carlos scoffed. "Clearly none of us are as bad as our parents."
Harper glared at him and punched him in the shoulder. "Somebody isn't having a good day," Carlos grumbled.
The door opened and Jay walked in. "Hey Harper." he said casually.
"Jay." she returned. Jay started emptying his pockets, and putting a variety of stolen items on his bed. "Wow, these kids are filthy rich!" she exclaimed.
"I stole one guy's watch, wallet, and cell phone all with one handshake!" Jay bragged.
"Showoff." Harper picked up a gold bracelet with a red heart charm. "Ooh, can I keep this?" she asked. Jay shrugged and nodded, so she put it on. Mal and Evie walked in a few minutes later.
"You guys ready to blow this popsicle stand?" Mal asked. Harper, Evie, Jay, and Carlos all nodded. "Good. Because we're rotten..." Mal started to say.
"To the core." the others finished.
That is the end of Chapter 1. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. What do you think will happen? What do you want to happen? Please let me know in either a review or PM. Thanks for reading, and have a great day! :)