Watch and Learn

Chapter 16

The scene opens up on a shot of the outside of the school before quickly going into the Remedial Goodness 101 classroom.

"Children, excuse me," Fairy Godmother excitedly walked toward the VKs, who sat at their desks. "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."

"Oh gods," Evie groaned, remembering the fiasco that was the 'treat'. She didn't blame Fairy Godmother of course. There was no way she would know what their parents would act like.

"What happened?" Jane asked.

"You'll see," Mal told her, inwardly groaning at the fit Queen Leah was going to throw upon seeing her mother.

Fairy Godmother giggled and happily made her way to the front of the room where a TV had been set up. She clicked a button and Maleficent's face popped on the screen.

"Oh mother," Aurora sighed as Queen Leah jumped at seeing Maleficent's face but thankfully did not pull Audrey into her grasp. Granted, the giant face of any of the villains would be terrifying to look at.

"I don't see anything, nor do I hear," Maleficent appeared in the camera and it looked as though she was a bit too close as her entire face took up the screen.

"So that's her weakness? Technology?" Philip Jr. whispered. He didn't want to have Mal hear his question—while he may not care for Maleficent, he liked Mal. It was clear that Mal was trying to be good, even with the mission forced on her by her mother.

Fairy Godmother waved the kids over. "Kids!"

Maleficent struggled with getting the video conference to work. "Is it...is it...is ..."

"Press enter," Jafar suggested, looking very confused.

"Most powerful sorcerer in the land and can't figure out how to work a conference call," Jasmine shook her head.

"Can I please see a remote?" Maleficent asked, her voice growing louder the more irritated she became. "Is this thing on? Ugh, I hate electronic equip...oh!" The monitor turned on, giving them a view of their children.

"Can't even manage technology," Leah sniffed.

"But grandmother, why would she?" Phillip Jr. asked. "Maleficent's been on the Isle for twenty years—a lot has changed in terms of technology in that time and as Mal said in the beginning they don't even have wifi."

"Don't talk back to your elders, Phillip. A prince doesn't argue."

"And a grandmother shouldn't play favorites," Phillip Jr. muttered. He knew that if Audrey had said that, Leah would have called her the most brilliant princess in the land.

The Evil Queen exclaimed with delight upon seeing Evie. "Evie! It's mommy!" She waved to her daughter.

"Is she actually happy to see Evie?" Snow asked, shocked yet delighted that Evie had some love from her mother.

"Maybe she changed," Ferdinand told her, grabbing Snow's hand and giving his wife a smile. "Do you still want Evie to spend the summer with us?"

"I'll reach out to my step-mother," Snow told him. "Ultimately, it will be Evie's decision but my step mother is Evie's parent. She deserves to know where her daughter is."

"How will you get in contact with her?"

"I'll have to ask Ben."

Evie smiled and waved back at her mother.