𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

ONE.

TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF BLOOD, VIOLENCE AND (MILD) ABUSE

It was just a regular day for the villain kids on the Isle of the lost; they were being wicked and causing trouble wherever they went. Terrorizing people for fun, destroying property merely because they could, and pushing people down to show who were in charge.

'They say I'm trouble
They say I'm bad
They say I'm evil
And that makes me glad'

'A dirty no good
Down to the bone
Your worst nightmare
Can't take me home'

'Yeah, I've lost my mind
Hell, I'm insane
But try to stop me
It'll be in vain'

'So I've got some mischief
In my blood
Can you blame me
I never got no love'

'They think I'm callous
A low life hood
I feel so useless
Misunderstood'

'Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the baddest of them all
Welcome to my wicked world, wicked world'

'I'm rotten to the core, core
Rotten to the core
I'm rotten to the core, core
Who could ask for more
I'm nothing like the kid next, like the kid next door
I'm rotten to the, I'm rotten to the
I'm rotten to the core'

'Call me a schemer
Call me a freak
How can you say that?
I'm just unique'

'What, me a traitor?
Ain't got your back?
Are we not friends?
What's up with that?'

'I'm ticking bomb?
About to detonate?
Well, try to run
You're way too late'

'So I'm a misfit?
So I'm a flirt?
I broke your heart
I made you hurt'

'The past is past
Forgive forget
The truth is
You ain't seen nothing yet'

'Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the baddest of them all
Welcome to my wicked world, wicked world'

'I'm rotten to the core, core
Rotten to the core
I'm rotten to the core, core
Who could ask for more
I'm nothing like the kid next, like the kid next door
I'm rotten to the, I'm rotten to the
I'm rotten to the core'

The VK's finished their daily round on trouble on a small square, where Mal stole some candy from a baby. Everyone laughed when she did, but they quickly stopped when they saw two goons coming their way. Only Mal, Evie, Ruby, Jay and Carlos stayed, while the others all ran away quickly.

"Bunch of cowards! Off with your heads!" Ruby yelled after them, making them run even faster. Mal shot Jay a look and Jay quickly put his hand over Ruby's mouth, stopping her from screaming madly. Normally, Mal would've let her, but now they were about to face her mother, Maleficent.

Mal sighed and turned around, reluctantly greeting her mother who pushed her two goons away. The other four VK's watched with disinterest as Maleficent talked to Mal about teaching Mal to be exactly like her.

Ruby was tapping her foot impatiently. If she wanted to stand around and do nothing, she'd be at home. She didn't get the chance to be out on the Isle as much as the other VK's. Her mother would usually keep her locked up in the Red Castle—the rundown castle that was her home—to teach her how to be the ruler of Underland. So, when Ruby finally did get the change to go out, she liked to cause as much trouble and despair as she possibly could. Standing around and watching Mal get scolded by Maleficent really wasn't how she wanted to spend her free time away from her own mother.