Ashlyn_Redonovitch

Here is a list of all of my stories! Requested stories coming soon!

Wonka

Secret In The Street

Chocolate Towel

Petit Gâteau

Panic

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

Big Red and Ashlyn Oneshots

Into The Future

Once Upon A Time Part 1

Once Upon A Time Part 2

I Missed You

A Walk Home

Tastes Like Lemon

Jealousy, Jealousy

Sha-La-La-La-La

My Belle

My Belle Part 2

Can We Share?

Date Night

Cupcake?

Talk-Talk

An Accident

An Accident Part 2

Red?!

Happy New Year!

Someone In The Crowd

Mother Said Straight Ahead

The First Call

HSMTMTS Bigger Stories

The House of Mouse

The Announcement: Chapter 1

Chapter 2: Destination: Orlando, Florida

Chapter 3: Welcome To Disney World!!

Chapter 4: Just Keep Swimming

Chapter 5: Excuse Me?

Chapter 6: That’s A Big Golf Ball

Chapter 7: Why Is It Always A Musical?

Chapter 8: At Least I’m Here With You

Chapter 9: The Mood’s Gone Anyway

Chapter 10: You…What?

Chapter 11: Happily Ever After

Chapter 12: A Change Of Plans

Chapter 13: A Photobook

Chapter 14: One Last Night

Chapter 15: The House Of Mouse

I Never Said I Hated You

Chapter 1: I Never Said I Hated You

Chapter 2: Speak Of The Devil

Chapter 3: I Don’t Have Anywhere To Stay

Chapter 4: “Um…Guys?”

Chapter 5: Ricky!

Chapter 6: Kiss Kiss

Chapter 7: Prince Charming

Chapter 8: Progress

Chapter 9: Breathe For Me, Sweetie

(Chapter 9, is where this story ends for now, but I want to finish it)

Stranger Things

A Letter To You

Chapter 1: Dear Lucas

Chapter 2: Dear Dustin

Chapter 3: Dear Steve

Chapter 4: Dear Mike

Chapter 5: Dear Will

Chapter 3: What Remains

Max Hatter x Ben’s Younger Sister! Reader

The carriage rolls through the castle gates and as I’m looking out the window I realize everything feels different, people are bowing, guards are saluting…at me.

Staff help unload the carriage and start bringing the boxes up to my bedroom. To me, it was the room I grew up in, but stepping into it now felt completely different.

Once the staff left my room, I started opening the boxes, taking out the most obvious items first, my clothes, my school books as mom pauses in the doorway.

I can sense her watching me as I place a photo of my friend group on the bookshelf. A photo of us all getting something to eat together. I see mom smile and leave me to it, but not before I could point over to the photo of Ben and I that I placed next to the other photo.

I get up and move a box closer to my desk that was already in here when I arrived. As I opened the box I noticed that it was Ben’s first crown. I took the crown out of the box, and with the utmost care, put it on the corner of my desk.

All of a sudden someone rushes into my room, interrupting my process, “hello your highness,” he says bowing.

I see mom rushing in too, “hello, darling, these are for you,” she hands a stack of papers to me. I flip through it as it’s a schedule for me for the next couple weeks; lessons, meetings, dress fittings, council sessions, meeting the Auradon council, and public appearances after the coronation.

Mom pats my shoulder as my face apparently looks overwhelmed, “kingdoms are sending letters with condolences, but I had the council send out a notice to kingdoms that we’re not responding until after your coronation. The council is already discussing coronation details.”

I stop as I hear her say that and turn around to her, “already? It seems to soon.”

Mom smiles, and gives my shoulder a squeeze, “well this isn’t exactly wanted standards, your coronation is in just a few days my darling.”

As I’m looking at her she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a fancy looking key, “here, this is yours now.”

I smile as I look at the key, “isn’t that the key to Ben’s study?”

Mom smiled at me, as she pressed it into my hand, “it’s your study now. You don’t need to go in there right now, just whenever you have the chance.”

I give her a hug as she leans into me too, “thank you, mom,” I step back and set the key next to his crown and next to the journal I took from his locker.

We hear a knock on the door and see Max standing there leaning against the doorframe, “hi, Max.”

My mom smiles, she knows I’m in good hands, “I’ll let you guys be, Max I’m assuming you’ll join us for dinner? She asked before she kisses my cheek, then she exits patting Max’s shoulder on her way out as he nods at her in acceptance.

I smile as he sits in my chair, taking in my childhood bedroom, “you’re here early, I guess you’re coming to family dinner.”

Max shrugs at me as I see his eyes catch the photo of our friend group, “yup, I guess so.”

I grab the key on my desk and show it to him as he raises an eyebrow, “it’s the key to Ben’s study,” I start explaining, “mom gave me the key. I don’t feel ready to go in, but I know the longer I hold off going in there, the more I won’t want to.”

Max stands up as he walks over, “I’ll go with you, strength in numbers, or something like that, right?” He smirks at me, already guiding me out of my room.

We walk down the long hallway for a couple of minutes as Max looks at the portraits around us, spotting one of me when I was little, “is that one you?”

I smile as I look up at the painting on the wall, I was about seven or eight in the portrait, “it is. I remember the painter being irritated because I kept unfocusing. I saw Ben run down the hallway and I wanted to follow him.”

Max let out a quiet chuckle as he mumbled, “you’ve always been trouble,” earning him a jab in the ribs with my elbow.

We stop in front of the door, as I insert the key and unlock it. As I turn the knob and step inside, I realize that nothing had changed from the last time I was in here.

His books are still on the shelves where he left them, his scribbled notes are still on the desk, and his extra jacket is still hanging over the back of the chair. In the corner, I spot a pair of purple slippers that I know Mal used to wear in here when it was just the two of them for hours on end so her feet didn’t hurt.

I feel a couple tears in my eyes as I realize this place was frozen in time, in a place where it was expecting my brother to come back home.

Moving a couple empty folders out of the way, I see letters signed from Mal. From just glancing I could see that they were about her hopes and dreams for a future Auradon.

“Hey, Y/N,” I hear Max say as he’s standing behind the desk looking down at it, “your name is on this one.

I immediately walked over as I saw my name on a piece of paper slipping out of one of his journals, “it’s for me?”

As I pull it out, I realize it’s not addressed to me…but about me.

“Things that my baby sister helped me remember; always be kind, never be afraid to laugh at yourself, have compassion, there aren’t only two sides to people they have multiple versions of themselves, it’s okay to be scared.”

I feel my hand shaking as I set the paper down on his desk…I didn’t realize that he thought he learnt those things from me. I thought I learned them from him. I keep scanning as I see something written to me on the bottom that said, “Y/N, if I ever show this to you, I will deny it, but you are the best little sister. I may not say it all of the time, but being King, knowing that I’m helping make Auradon a better place for your future keeps me going. I love you, you’ll always be my baby sister, no matter how old we get.”

Max reads it over my shoulder as I feel a tear roll down my cheek, quickly wiping it away, “I love you too, big brother,” I say out loud to no one in particular, hoping that somewhere he can hear me say it.

“He loved you, anyone who saw you guys interact could see that,” dad tells me as he walks into the office.

“Hi dad,” I sniffle out as I put the paper back on the desk wiping some more at my eyes.

“Are you guys hungry at all? Dinner is ready, but you skipped lunch so I wasn’t sure. We’re having Ben’a favorites tonight.” He asked, as he came around the desk.

I nodded at him and got up, giving my dad a hug, “yeah I didn’t eat breakfast either, I don’t feel like eating still, but I’ll try.”

Dad smiled as the three of us exit and head back down the hall when I suddenly stop, “I’m going to put this in my room quickly, you two go, I’ll be right there.”

As I walk to my room, I missed the conversation between Max and my dad…

The two continue walking through the castle halls. For a moment, neither of them say anything.

Finally, he speaks, “you’ve been spending a lot of time with my daughter.”

Max immediately answered, “yes, sir…I mean…yes.”

He smiles as he pats Max on the shoulder, “thank you for being there for her today. I have a feeling she would do the same for you.”

Then Beast adds, because he is still her father, “but if you ever hurt her—”

Max immediately put his hands up in defense, “I would never.”

I finally walk out of my room and start my own trek downstairs. As I enter everyone stands up, I just stood there as I looked at everyone. This is what we used to do for Ben, not me.

Well…almost everyone is standing. Max is sitting at the opposite end of the table next to my dad and I can see him staring down at his lap not realizing what’s happening.

As soon as I see him look up at the silence he immediately jumbles to stand up, I quietly laugh at his antics going to sit opposite of him next to my mom.

The first dinner without Ben and Mal feels really strange. There are two empty chairs where two beloved people sat every single night. Silence followed the table for a little while, no one awkwardly saying anything as Max and I kept making eye contact hoping that someone would start a conversation.

Mom’s knife scraped her plate. I pushed around my potatoes, dad mentioned something about the chefs making sure we had strawberries for dessert because they were Mal’s favorite, but no one picked up on conversation.

I looked at them, when dad sighed and pushed his plate away from him, “if we’re not hungry, we’re not hungry, let’s not force ourselves to eat. If we get hungry, we know where the kitchen is. Mr. Hatter, you are more than welcome to bring anything back to the dorm that you wish.” He stood up and exited the dining room as mom, Max, and I all looked at each other.

I help clean the plates, even though the staff try to argue with me, but I always helped…old habits die hard.

Just as we were exiting the dining room, a guard came up to me and bowed, “your highness, Mr. Hatter, I have to inform you that the gates will be closing soon.”

“Heard loud and clear,” Max tells the guard as I continue walking with him to the front door.

Before opening the door, I see Max turn to me, “you look tired.”

I laugh quietly, “is it that obvious?”

Max smiled as turned around, “only because I know you. You don’t have to pretend around me.”

Max pauses and then quietly asks, “can I still call you Princess? Everyone is calling you your highness now, I push buttons enough, don’t need to over do it.”

I nod and giggle as he smirks and brings the back of my hand up to kiss the back of it, “see you soon, Hatter.”

“See you soon, Princess.” He says as he shuts the door behind him. As I start up the stairs to my room.

I walk out onto my balcony overlooking the road up to the steps of the castle and the gate, and I can see Max walking down the path towards the gate. He must sense that someone is watching him because he turns around and looks up at me. I see him tip his hat and do his mock bow, and I can’t help but smile at him and give him a wave goodbye.

I see my dad step outside, calling his name and giving him a handshake and I can hear him asking if he will be back tomorrow.

I heard Max give his signature witty reply of if he is welcomed back. As my dad turned around to walk back inside, I see Max turn back to me and send a wink in my direction.

As I watch him actually walk out the gates this time my mom is already next to me waiting to say goodnight, “you know… I’ve noticed the Hatter boy.”

I apparently give her a judgemental expression because she shrugs her shoulders and asks, “what?”

I sigh and look back towards the gate, “you’ve noticed nothing.”

My mom laughs, and pats my cheek before saying, “well I noticed you simply smiling because he walked into the room earlier so I wasn’t sure. He seems like I good person. I think Ben would’ve liked him.”

I smile at my mom as we walk and I shut the balcony doors behind me, “I think he would’ve liked him, too.”

Chapter 2: One Last Night

Max Hatter x Ben’s Younger Sister! Reader

Y/N’s POV:

Max and I continue walking out of the garden as we approach the courtyard and see the rest of my friends gathered there.

I stop quickly before anyone notices us as I lean into Max, “thank you, I’m sorry I got my tears on you.”

Max squeezed my hand once again as he wiped a tear off of my cheek with his thumb, “you’re welcome, it’s alright. I told you I was a shoulder for you to cry on for a reason.”

As I felt Max’s thumb leave my cheek I saw Pink running towards me out of my peripheral vision. I stepped away from Max to open my arms towards her.

Pink ran into me, giving me a hug as she whispers “I’m so sorry” into my ear.

I give Pink a squeeze as I step back, “thank you, Pink, that means a lot to me.”

From behind Max, I see Felix step out from behind him, looking like he’s trying to stay strong, “I don’t know how us VK’s are supposed to do this without him and Mal, but I know if there is someone who can only make it better, it will be you.”

I smile as I look at my friends around me, forever grateful for how quickly we had all started to get along, “thank you, all of you. I don’t know what I’d do without you guys. Group hug?”

Everyone gathers in a hug around me, Max to my left and Pink to my right, as I hear other students in the courtyard start to whisper and point at me.

With no urge from anyone else, Red turns around and snaps at them for me, “She just lost her brother. Stop talking about her.”

I smile at her as Red leans back into the hug as I mouth “thank you” to her and she blows a kiss back to me.

As we are leaning all together one of the royal advisors approaches our group and is mid-bow when I turn around, “Your Highness…”

I sigh as I look at him and realize that’s how people are going to be addressing me from now on, “yes?”

“Their majesties are here waiting for you at the door,” he said pointing up to the steps where my mom and dad are standing.

“Oh, okay, thank you.” I say as I back out from the hug as I look at my friends, “I guess duty calls. I’ll see you all soon?”

I see all of them nod as Max gives my hand one more squeeze as I step away towards the stairs leading into the school.

As I’m walking, I see more people staring, but also feel my friends following behind me….I knew they couldn’t stay away for too long.

“Hi mom, hi dad,” I say as I approach them outside, they both greet me with a hug as one of the new guards for us opens the door into the hallway.

As we walk in, my fellow students stop talking. The teachers in the hallway stop talking as well. They are all looking at my parents and I… and I’ve never felt so small.

One thing I wasn’t prepared for was my classmates and teachers bowing at me. My parents nudged me to continue walking, but I realized I wasn’t just their friend anymore. I am about to be their queen.

We started to walk down the hallway and one of the first things I noticed was Ben’s old locker. No one had used it since they declared it “the King’s locker.” Except now, there were flowers all around it…and notes…

I put in his combination to his locker, the date of his birthday always the combination to any lock, and open to reveal a bunch of his old classwork and his journal. I grab it and hold it out to mom, “here, I remember us getting him this journal, you should keep it.”

Mom looked at me with a sad smile and pushed it back towards me, “no, you should keep it. Maybe it will help you feel more connected to him with the upcoming days.”

I nod as I hold it tighter to my chest, nodding, as I look inside and at the journal, “it’s so dusty.”

Dad laughed as he glanced inside too, “well, I’ll be honest, I don’t think he ever truly opened his locker all that much. He was much more of a fan of just carrying everything around.”

For the first time since the news, both of my parents laughed. A genuine laugh. As painful as it was, it was nice to hear.

“Y/N, my darling, we will need to have you move back into the castle. Your brother didn’t live in a dorm when he was King either.” My mom told me as I closed his locker, a few other things of his in my arms.

I looked at her as I felt my eyes well up with tears, “can I at least have a dorm to keep some stuff in? Pink doesn’t deserve to lose her roommate, and at least it would be someplace I can go to do my homework and take a breath if I need it.”

My mom and dad looked at each other and had another conversation with their eyes before my dad turned to me and nodded, “yes, I suppose that would be acceptable, but after tonight you will be sleeping at home from now on okay? Any of your friends can stay whenever they want, but we need you in the castle walls. I would prefer to have you there tonight…but I know you obviously weren’t expecting this, and I know the girls will take care of you.”

I gave him a hug as I thank him and give them each a kiss on the cheek, “okay, I love you both so much. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

I wave bye to them as I head to my dorm, to drop the things from Ben’s locker. I can’t believe I have one more night here, maybe I’ll be able to convince them to let me sleep here a few nights.

As I open the door to my dorm I see all of my friends sitting in there already waiting for me, “so…um, there’s no easy way to say this but-“

“We know you’re not able to stay here anymore!” Pink interrupted, putting a hand over her mouth after her outburst, “I saw Belle, I was downstairs and she told me.”

I breathed as I at least felt better that they all already knew, “so we just need to make this the best last sleepover ever! Everyone be back in 20?”

A chorus of “oh yeah!” came as they all got up and started towards the door as Pink yelled out to them, “bring a pillow…and a blanket!”

I giggled as I heard grumbles from Hazel as I started to grab my pajamas. They were a gift from Ben actually, they were red pajama pants and a white t-shirt with a rose on it…Ben knew how much I loved our parents story.

Pink got her pajamas on too, and just as we were setting up a blanket and pillow fort our door burst open with the group coming in, Hazel bringing a pillow and blanket despite her grumbling.

“Yay! Sleepover!” Pink celebrates as she throws her arms around her sister, as everyone throws their stuff down on our floor, “Y/N, are you going to join on the floor, or are you gonna sleep in the bed?”

“I’m going to join you guys on the floor, I can keep my dorm and keep some of my stuff in here so I can come in here and take a nap anytime I want, but I want one last floor sleepover with my best friends,” I said as I threw my pillow and blanket on the ground as well. “Guys, no your highness, no serious business, tonight I’m not a princess, I’m just me.” Thankfully, everyone agreed with my request.

“We should play charades! That’s what we did our first sleepover when we all became friends,” Chloe mentioned, for old times sake, a few grumbles, but some (mainly the Smees and Pink) nodding enthusiastically.

“Okay gang, let’s do our usual of girls versus guys!” Pink said as we split in half on opposite sides of the room, “ladies first,” Pink told Felix as she lightly shoved him back towards the guy’s side, I noticed Felix’s blush, but I decided to stay quiet…for now.

As the game of charades continues, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense love for the group of weirdos around me, as Max nudged me in the side.

“You having fun, Princess?” Max whispered in my ear, as I turn to face him, our faces closer together than I thought they would be.

“Yes, I am, it’s a good ending to an awful day,” I tell Max as I let out a laugh, watching Felix try to mimic the dodo birds that chased after us.

As I watch the charades go on, I feel Hazel step behind me and start to braid my hair, “playing hairdresser tonight are you?”

Hazel laughed at my comment as I felt her using her hook to part my hair and section it off, “I’m rubbing off on you, the sarcasm, I’m so proud, but yes your hair is a mess.”

I roll my eyes, as I hand her my hair tie, “oh gee, thanks.”

Hazel laughed as she grabbed my hair tie with her hook, “someone has to keep you in check and be honest with you, your highness.”

I feel Max laugh next to me as Hazel finished the braid with my hair tie, and puts a small bag of chips over my shoulder, “you need to eat. I don't care if you're not hungry.”

I smile at her as I open the bag, “thanks Hook, I appreciate it. Are any of you tired? I, personally, have had a very long day.”

Many people nod at me, as we all pile onto our floor covered with everyone’s pillows and blankets, “goodnight, I love you guys,” I say as I pull my blanket up to my chin.

Pink was on one side of me and Max was on the other, but Pink grabbed my hand and squeezed it, “one last night with the best roomie, ever.”

Everyone around me started to drift off to sleep, and I was only one who couldn’t quite get comfy. I kept tossing and turning as I tried to get comfortable on the floor.

Unable to do so, I got up, thinking a walk might help as I stepped out the door and snuck down to the gardens outside of the dorm, not realizing that I woke up a certain someone when the door shut.

I get to the flowers and take a whiff of the night air mixed with the scent of the roses. It was always so peaceful out here at night. I stand in the middle of the hedges and cross my arms from the chilly breeze.

I hear a snap behind me, and instantly know that it’s Max stepping on a twig. Next thing I knew, he was beside me, “couldn’t sleep?”

I glance at him as I look at the fireflies blinking around us, “no, too much on my mind.”

“Yeah, I can understand that. It must be a lot,” Max tells me honestly, as I feel part of the braid Hazel did start to loosen around my face.

“It is, my whole life and family has changed in the last sixteen hours. I can’t even comprehend how this has all happened. I realized that tonight I can see the castle from my dorm room, and tomorrow I’ll be seeing my old dorm from the castle window.” I say as I turned to face him.

We are both smiling, when all of a sudden I feel Max reach up and brush a loose strand of hair away from my face that has already fell out of the braid, and keeps his hand where he pushed it back.

For the first time, honestly since Wonderland, I feel myself be brave as we both quietly let out a breath and start to lean into each other. I stop inches away from him, as I glance down at his lips, when I tilt my head towards him.

And then….

“Your Highness?”

Max and I jump apart from each other as we see a royal guard stand at the entrance to the rose garden.

The guard immediately freezes as he realizes what was just about to happen in front of him and he straightens and says, “I…um…apologize for interrupting your highness.”

I quickly shake my head and pat him on the shoulder, “no, no. You didn’t interrupt anything.”

He nodded at me, as he points back inside, “your parents will not be thrilled if I tell them I found you out here, I trust, Mr. Hatter, that you’ll make sure she is safe and sound back at her dorm?”

I look over at Max as he gives a comical salute and gives a fake bow to me as he grabs my hand to lead me inside. I appreciate the guard letting us go back by ourselves but now the only thing I can think about is how we almost kissed and how he was looking at me when we almost did so.

When we got to my dorm door, we stopped. Max is about to open the door for us, but he just looked at me, as if he wanted to say something, but before I knew it, the door flung open and Red was there, ”we thought you vanished, guys they’re both here! It is sunrise!” She said to everyone inside. It getting comically quieter as the three of us step inside my dorm.

I do not want to know how long I was not able to sleep….all night apparently, “well I’m sorry to end our sleepover in chaos, I just needed some air.”

Chloe came up to me and gave me a side hug, “it’s okay, none of us know how you’re feeling right now. You do what you need, and we will be here to support you.”

I smile at Chloe as I give her a full on hug, “thank you,” I whisper into her shoulder, looking at the boxes I have to pack by midday today now, “I don’t know what to pack with me and what to keep here.”

Robbie looks at me and shrugs, “some school stuff, some clothes, keep some of those things here.”

I laugh at his very simple choices, but can’t help but agree with him, “thanks, Robbie.”

He smiled at me as he starts to gather his pillow and blanket, many of the others following suit, “okay, I guess I have to actually start, see you all later? I don’t think I’m going to join for breakfast, I need to get this ready.”

Felix nodded as he pat my shoulder, “see you later then?”

I smile and nod at him, “for sure, you can’t get rid of me.”

Everyone starts going towards the door, Pink included as she’s walking with Red for some breakfast when Max stops and turns towards me in the doorway, “you said earlier that they would be here around ten with the carriage right?” He asked as I nodded, “okay, I’ll meet you back up here then. I’ll help carry whatever boxes you have.”

I grab his hand as he turns away from me, “you don’t have to help if you don’t want to.”

Max smiled at me as he pulled my hand and kissed the back of it, making my face burn, “I know. I’ll see you in a bit.”

I try to control my face as I see him smirk and turn around trying to catch up with the others, and as he rounds the corner I shut my dorm door and sigh at the now empty floor of missing pillows and blankets, missing out on the stares of any students up early watching the must unexpected group to be sneaking back to their rooms in their pj’s with pillows and blankets.

I open one box and start packing the basic things, my pillow, blanket, toothbrush, a lot of my clothes, and my school supplies. I pack Ben’s journal and the stuff I gathered from his locker along with a photo of him and I that I had on my half of the room. I pick up the photo of my friend group and put that on the top of one of the boxes with the one where Ben and I’s was. I grab the glass rose my mom gave me, and put the boxes in front of my bed.

Ten came, and I got a knock on the doors from some of the guards of Auradon ready to move my boxes to the carriage, “do you have everything you need for right now, your highness?

I look at the boxes, and around the room, not seeing anything that I’ll need immediately, “I think this is everything.” I nod at them as they all bow and grab my boxes, Max holding the door for him as he looks at the more empty half of my room.

I see Max hold up one of my older stuffed animals, my elephant, towards me as I reach for it, and he grins at me, that half-smirk he knows catches my attention.

“The future queen sleeps with a stuffed elephant?” Max asks, pointing at it in my hands.

As I shake my head no, he just stares at me and cocks his head, “…maybe…sometimes.

I catch him smiling as he sees me put my elephant in my book bag, ready to go downstairs, “then it definitely belongs in the castle with you.”

“Well, I’m supposed to be down at the carriage, so I’ll see you soon?” I ask him as I shut the door to my dorm, feeling sad.

Max grabbed my bag from me as I turned to look at him as he shrugged, “I’m not letting you walk out of here alone, Princess.”

As we get outside and get closer to the carriage I find myself keep glancing back to the building behind me, Max pausing every single time I stop.

I see mom and dad as I grab my bag from him and he gives my hand one more squeeze, putting something in my palm.

It was a dried rose from the bush that Ben and I planted, “you picked this?” I asked him.

Max nodded as I shook my head in disbelief, “so you stole a flower?”

Max paused as he considered how to answer me before giving my shoulder a slight shove and sending me a wink my way, “don’t tell the queen, I heard she can be mean.”

I step into the carriage, across from my parents as it starts to move. I see Max alongside of it, walking beside the carriage, “see you tonight?”

Max smiles as he gives his little wave to me, pausing his steps, “see you at the castle, Princess.”

Max Hatter x Ben’s Younger Sister! Reader

TW: just a wee bit sad

Author’s note: It was nice to get back to writing, and I’ve seen people’s comments on my last post, and I’m working on them, but for now…enjoy!!

“Do you know when your brother and Mal are supposed to be back?” Chloe asks as she rushes over.

I quickly turn her way as she stops in front of me, her all blue outfit in contrast to my all yellow one, “oh, I’m not sure Chlo. Mom and dad said they just had to leave for Royal business for a few days in another kingdom. They should be back anytime now I’d imagine.”

Chloe smiled at me as Pink came running over as well, “I made these cupcakes for you, I know you’ve been missing your brother, Y/N.”

I smiled at the younger girl, taking the cupcake from her, “thank you, Pink, you’re so thoughtful. Hey!”

The cupcake got ripped out of my hand by none other than Max Hatter as he handed it to the Smee twins.

I crossed my arms as he looked back at me, “come on, Max. I thought the point of stealing was for people to not notice.” I smirk as he puts his hand over his heart in mock-offense.

“Well, you know that Hazel is in the one class she enjoys right now, Princess, someone has to feed the twins,” he smirked at me as I gave a huff and felt my face become slightly hotter at the nickname. Chloe and Pink standing there, always ready to defend me to the end as Max’s smirk got bigger at my usual reaction to his chosen nickname for me.

All of a sudden, we all heard a scream from the main building.All of our heads snapped towards the sound as Felix spoke up, “what in the world was that?”

Shrugs came from our group of HK’s and VK’s as Fairy Godmother and Principal Uma rushed down the steps as Fairy Godmother grabbed my hand, “Y/N, please come with us, quickly.”

Chloe, Red, and Pink all give worrisome glances at me as I get pulled by Fairy Godmother and Principal Uma up to her office. I get pulled in and see my mom and dad, Belle and the Beast, standing there arms wrapped around each other.

“I’m so sorry, there’s no other way to say it.” Fairy Godmother said as Uma came over and gave a side hug.

“No, it can’t be true,” you said as you buried your face in your hands.

“Y/N…I’m so sorry. We were just informed. There was a storm that overturned their ship.” Uma said as she saw the Auradon Prep flags being lowered to their half.

I look towards mom and dad to see their reactions, but they’re already crying too. Fairy Godmother is crying. Even Uma has tears in her eyes, but is trying to be strong.

“No, they have to be coming back home. I need my brother,” I cry out as I try to walk out the door only for my dad to grab my hand and pull me in a hug with my mom.

Uma stands as she goes and puts a hand on Belle’s shoulders, “we will make an announcement to the school. We will call a meeting.” Fairy Godmother nods in agreement as she is already walking over to the speaker to have every student make their way to the amphitheater.

As mom, dad, and I were in our hug, we heard the announcement asking everyone to immediately go for a mandatory all school meeting.

“Y/N, you can either be there, you can go to your dorm, or stay in here, or go anywhere you wish. You do not need to attend the meeting if you don’t want to.” Uma said as she reached out to grab my head in reassurance.

I gave her a weak smile as I nodded, “I’m not going. I’ve already heard it once, I don’t need to hear it again in front of everyone.”

Mom gave me a squeeze as I felt dad kiss the top of my head, “Y/N?”

I looked up at him as I turned around the face them, “yes, dad?”

All four of them looked at each other, having a silent conversation without me as I looked at all of them. Dad finally sighed and looked back towards me and finally spoke once again, “we will need to start getting you ready.”

I looked at him quizzically as I looked at mom, “ready for what?”

Mom gave a weak smile as she squeezed my hand and had a few more tears of her own fall, “to be queen.”

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No one’s POV:

“What is happening?” Red said as the group of them rushed over to the amphitheater.

“I don’t know, but I don’t like whatever is happening.” Pink added as all of the students of Auradon Prep were rushed inside.

Squeaky looked around as Hazel caught up with them, “should we save a spot for Y/N?”

Red made a face as she had a gut feeling you in fact would not need a seat with them, but either way, a seat was left in between Max and Chloe.

Uma stepped up to the microphone as the crowd fell silent awaiting what she was about to say. The Fairy Godmother, Belle, and the Beast walking out after her standing a couple steps back, many noting the tear stains on their faces, but no Y/N to be found.

Uma tapped the mic, “hello students, thank you for quickly getting here. We had to urgently let you know about a complexity that has come upon Auradon. As many know King Ben and Queen Mal were away doing business in another kingdom. Just a little bit ago, we had gotten a report that there was a terrible storm. Our beloved King and Queen, my friends, were lost at sea, and rescuers were not able to locate them. We ask that you all keep the family in your thoughts as we all navigate this difficult time. Classes are cancelled for the rest of today and this week to do whatever you need during this time. Thank you all” Uma finished as she stepped back, giving Belle a quick squeeze of the hand. Mal, Ben, and her had become close friends after all.

A pin drop was heard from the amphitheater as no one moved a muscle to show any signs of leaving. Some people were in shock. Others were crying.

Slowly but surely, students started to get up and leave the space. The group following suit, as they made their way down the stairs to the main area in front of the castle.

They all stood in a circle as no one dared to utter a word, until Pink did, “poor, Y/N, that must’ve been what she was called for.”

“I wonder where she was?” Hazel asked as they all looked around each other, “maybe we should split up and look?”

They all nodded and split up. Hazel and the Smee twins went to look in the Enchanted Forest. Chloe, Luis, and Red went to look in your dorm. Pink, Robbie, and Felix went to the library, and Max went to where he knew was your favorite spot.

Max rushes to your spot in the flower garden where he knows in his gut you must be. He runs through the hedges, only getting quicker when he starts seeing the red roses pop up in his line of sight.

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Y/N’s POV

I sit straighter as I hear the ground rustle as someone is getting closer.

“Y/N?” It’s Max. I know it is. As I look over towards the entrance to the hedges he stops in his tracks.

“I don’t know what to do,” I whisper as I feel the tightening feeling in my throat build up again as I glance over at Max.

He looks at me as he crouches down, putting his hand on top of mine “hey we’ve got you. You know we do. I’ve got you.”

“I’m officially the Crown Princess of Auradon, Max. Me.” I pointed to myself as I saw him tilt his head in the adorable Max way that I knew meant for me to continue, “I was never supposed to be in line. I was just Ben’s little sister. The young Princess of Auradon. My brother was all of the good of our parents combined, but what am I? I was always comfortable being in his shadow, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do without him,” I finish rambling, now looking at the sad crushed flower in my hand that I was unintentionally squeezing to shreds.

Max grabbed my hand and squeezed it, much like Principal Uma did to me an hour earlier, “well, you may not be your brother, but you’re Y/N, and that’s enough.”

I weakly smiled as I looked over at him, “I just don’t want everyone to think that I’m replacing him. His ideals, his values…Mal’s values. I’m terrified that everyone is going to compare mine to his. You know what’s even worse, Max? Ben is the one who I would go to when I felt like this. I don’t know who I am without him.”

Max stood up as he looked down at me starting to fiddle with the coin he pulled out, “well I do. You’re courageous and smart. You’re brave. You went to Wonderland against your parents and Ben’s wishes to attempt to help out in a place you knew nothing about.“

I watched him as he paced back and forth, stopping to look at me when he finished. What I wasn’t expecting to do was me standing up and crushing him with a hug as I put my face in his neck as he stood there patting my back, not anticipating the hug.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do without him, or without her,” I felt my knees buckle again, but before I hit the ground, Max caught me and brought me over to the bench.

It was at this moment that Max realized something as he was sitting there. He was looking at a grieving younger sister and his friend, and the girl he has gotten closer and been vulnerable with, not just the now crown princess of Auradon, “I know you, Y/N, you’re going to bottle it up in an hour and try to be this kingdom’s version of a perfect ruler, but being the Crown Princess doesn’t change the fact that you are still his grieving sister.”

“I just want him back, he would know what to do,” I cry as I lean my head onto Max’s shoulder. Now realizing how cold it has gotten while I’ve been out here.

Max starts to look at me and notices my slight shiver, “here, take this,” he mentions as he starts to slip off his leather coat, putting it towards me.

“Max, I can’t, you’ll be cold,” I say as I can’t help but notice his muscles flexing in his arms as he’s handing it towards me.

“Y/N…” he says to me as he drapes it over my shoulders, “take it. You can’t be cold and crying. I can’t let our princess have a cold, but I’m not leaving until you are ready to come with me. I’m not leaving you here by yourself.”

I smile at his genuineness, “I’m so glad we’ve gotten closer, Max, thank you,” I say as I lean my head onto his shoulder once more, now more warm as the scent from his jacket fills my nose. This has literally been the only good thing that’s happened all day, “where are our friends?”

Max let out a small laugh, “you always think about everyone else. They went looking for you. We all did. We were worried.”

I smiled as I looked down at my hand that I don’t think he noticed he was holding, “you all mean a lot to me. More than you’ll ever know. Y’know, I always told Mal that you were my favorite.”

I could see him smirk as he looked up at the becoming darker sky, his own cheeks heating up at my confession. “Oh, did you now? See, that’s very brave of you, Princess.”

I nudged his shoulder with my own, “oh shush…..and Max?”

He looked down at me as I started to sit up straighter, “yes?”

I smiled as I leaned in and pressed a light kiss against his cheek, “thank you for knowing where to find me. I’m glad I was a little less alone.”

I watched as his cheeks slowly but surely became crimson as he gave an awkward chuckle and looked away, “yeah no problem, Princess.”

I gave the first smile since earlier that day, and stood up as I looked around the rose bushes, “you see that astray looking rose bush over there?” Max nods as he stands up beside me, also seeing the turned crooked bush that stood out from the others, “that is one that Ben and I planted when we were younger. Mom was very upset because we were insistent to help, but neither of us knew what we were doing.”

Max smiled as he stared at the spot, “so you’ve always been insistent to do things even if you don’t know what you’re doing.”

I lightly slapped his arm in humor as I turned away, “don’t make fun of me. Thank you for helping me forget for a little while.”

“You never need to thank me, Princess, that’s what I’m here for. Humor, chaos, and an occasional cup of tea.” Max smiled as he adjusted his hat, before holding out his hand.

I, too quickly reach for it, as he cocks a brow at me while I just start walking to the entrance. “I can’t believe that now I’m going to be the future Queen of Auradon. It was always my brother’s destiny. Not mine.”

Max gave my hand a squeeze as he gave me something that will stick with me as I navigate…all of this, “Auradon doesn’t need another Ben. What Auradon needs now is its first Y/N.”

Hi anon! thank you so much for the request! Sorry they have now taken a while longer to get out. My whole family was hit with the flu, including me, and I'm not able to write much because I just keep getting headaches. Hope you like the story!

Warnings: panic attack, anxiety, slight mention of a possible ED if you squint, malnourishment

Hope you enjoy!! :)

Panic

I just finished folding more of the laundry after it finally dried, thankfully finished after the long day of doing laundry with the wash crew. We had taken so long that Scrubitt and Bleacher hadn’t let us eat for an extra hour and a half, and since we still hadn’t gotten it done, I took the rest of the load so the others could go eat. Noodle would bring me my dinner later anyway if I didn’t eat. 

It was my fault anyway, I just was going slow today. I was on barrel duty for the majority of the day, and if the first step of the laundry is slow….the rest of it is slow as well. So I automatically felt bad that I was the reason for withholding everyone’s dinner. 

Scrubitt hadn’t let me eat though, so I would just have to wait for Noodle to bring me my food in a couple hours when she could sneak it in. I was craving something though. It gets worse if I’m thrown in the coop because then you don’t get anything at all. At least I’ll have a chance tonight. If only Willy was here. Him and Noodle are getting more milk for his chocolates while they had a chance to escape before roll call. 

I knew the panic was building up, but it just felt like I could ignore it. The feeling in my stomach from how hungry I was felt like a gnawing pain, I couldn’t even focus as I just collapsed in the corner of my small room. My mind a a million thoughts, but I probably couldn’t even try to name one, all of my focus was on the half-tempting smell of the food my fellow workers were consuming. 

I hate crying, I hate it. The feeling in my chest as it gets tighter and tighter to the point I can’t breathe, I hate the feeling of uncontrollable tears that can’t stop. For some reason though, I can’t, there are no tears. Just painful attempts at a breath. 

“She’s in there. I didn’t want to disturb her, but I’m worried,” I hear Piper say as I heard two sets of footsteps down the narrow hallway, oh, it couldn’t be. I’d be too lucky. 

A light knock was on my door, but I couldn’t even begin to try to lift my head up. 

“Y/n?” The voice questioned through my door, before gently opening it. It was apparently my lucky day. “Hey what’s going on?”

“I- I can’t-” I started before my own breathing stopped me. It felt like I was being choked. 

Willy looked concerned as he examined every inch of my face, or what I could tell from where my head was on my knees. “It’s okay, you’ll be okay. Noodle, go grab a towel!” He hollered as I could see that he tried to reach out to put his hand on my shoulder. 

Apparently once he felt my trembling shoulders he decided I wasn’t well, even without me answering. As Noodle ran in with a towel, Willy instructed her to put water on it. “You’re trembling terribly, here take this.” He offered me his plum-colored tailcoat as he put it over my shoulders, as I stayed curled up in the ball. 

“Thank you,” I managed to whisper out as he tried to loop his arms under me to help me stand. 

“Of course, you know I’d do anything to help you, y/n.” He says earnestly as he guides me over to my small bed. “Here, get under the covers.”

He instructed Noodle to do something else gets that I couldn’t hear. Which I soon would understand as Noodle rushed in with the extra blanket from Willy’s own bed, as he laid it across me. It finally felt like my chest wasn’t being weighted down with a boulder, the comfort of my friend greatly easing my mind. However….

“Y/n, have you eaten anything today?” Noodle hurriedly asked when she stopped. That’s when Willy looked frantically over at me as well, as he sat on my bed. 

“No, I made everyone fall behind earlier, so Scrubitt wouldn’t let me eat.” I say as the tears started to slow, hopefully the last of the bunch as Willy slowly massaged my scalp with his hand. 

“I’m gonna go fix that, I’ll be right back.” She said as she skidded across the floor. 

Not before I let out a quiet “don’t get thrown in the chicken coop” causing the man behind me to let out a quiet laugh. 

“I was really scared when Piper said you isolated yourself in here.” Willy told me, as I tried to look up at him from where I was laying. 

“Sorry,” I told him nonchalantly, I didn’t want anyone to worry about me. 

“Don’t you dare apologize, you were having a panic attack, I just got worried. How about after you get some actual food in you, I’ll make your favorite chocolate to cheer you up?” He asked as he continued to rub my head. 

I smiled as I felt the other muscles in my body relaxed, “that sounds really nice.”