// *DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS

“Of course I do, what it doesn’t hurt to sober what one rich-beyond-reason idiot would wear to an event. Isn’t the whole purpose of these things to show off what you have, or in some cases, what you don’t have?” Eniola looked after Charna climbing through the window, there was something interesting. Eniola knee she couldn’t get herself over that unless absolutely desperate.

“Frivolous? The word is frivolous, probably.”

“Doesn’t make it any less dumb.” Charna couldn’t help but grumble as she leapt to the ground, crouching upon landing to soften the blow. “Not like they seem to dress any cheaper day-to-day, though. If anything they just dressed, bigger.”

Harry took delight in the fact that she didnt seem too scared of him, grinning widely now. He was rather interested in the girl, having seen her before but they had never spoken.

“Uma’s in hot water with ‘er mum, I get more time off now.” He mused, admittedly rather bored waiting for orders.

Originally posted by imultifandomstuff

“When is she not?” Charna couldn’t help but snort. She did feel some pity for her former roommate, but it’s not like any of their parents were particularly loving. She had tried to encourage her to maybe spend a little less time within range of Ursula’s tenticles, but apparently that had gone right over her head.

“So, what? You’re a lost little pup without your captain? Or are you actually here for a reason?”

“I like them,” Lakhi had her chin resting in her hands, only staring glassy-eyed out the window. She couldn’t wait till she was back in Auradon come Monday, and at this point was only absent-mindedly listening to Charna scoff at the idea of dances. Lakhi thought they were the height of riches, only the best people got to attend a ball. Lakhi had dreamed of being on of those people since before she could walk, “Maybe if you weren’t such an old crone…” She muttered low enough to hope Charna wouldn’t hear, letting a little waspish tone slip in.

“Of course you would,” Charna scoffed, carefully bouncing Ivah up and down in her arms. Her gaze never left the little snake, however, and her grip was firmer than usual.

She’d been called distrusting more times than she could count, but she’d found that it was generally better to trust less people and survive than trust too many people and die. So she wasn’t quite sure why Baba hadn’t followed the same philosophy. But she had also been surviving far long than she had, so maybe it was time to take a page from her book. Hopefully she wouldn’t die trying.

“I heard that.”

June rolled his eyes. Maybe he was the fool for trusting Charna would actually give him helpful advice, or maybe he just hadn’t elaborated on the situation enough for her. Still though, it wasn’t like he could tell her what he actually wanted from the princess.

“Can’t exactly steal what’s in someone’s brain. I need information, and Rhey won’t say two words to me,” Other than all the excruciatingly-worded insults, “And here’s the thing, I’m trying to find some leverage, but people here either don’t know they exist since they never leave that dumb house, or are like you. And something about you makes Rhey talk to you. I guess what I’m asking for is some leverage.”

“And that’s exactly what stealing can get you.” She sighed. Charna knowingly gave the Legume the benefit of the doubt here, but apparently she’d given him too much credit. “You want information, then give her something that she wants. If she doesn’t want anything, then you take something she already has. Frame it with some pretty words and she’ll be eating right out of the palm of your hand.”

That might have been an exaggeration, and she might have a little more respect in the self-proclaimed ‘princess’‘ eyes than June probably ever would, but she was trying to be generous here. Give him some hope and all that. Besides, you never knew, it might work. When hell froze over, sure, but depending on who you asked that wasn’t entirely impossible.

“Does such a thing exist?“ Eniola knew she wasn’t talking to anyone in particular, but Charna was talking and the thought was intriguing,”I think a three-hundred gold dress might be a bit heavy.“

Of course the news of Auradon’s latest event was irking her to no end, but she had her own problems to deal with instead of worrying about them.

Eniola, now she was hard to miss, with her cane tip-tapping along wherever she went. An less-than-fortunate ailment, but not one she could help.

“You know what I meant.” She stated, vaguely strained as she pulled herself through the small gap in the partially open window. Opening up her pockets, she left what little she had been able to grab that day in a somewhat secure location - one that wasn’t easily seen from the outside, should thieves take a peek, but should be relatively easy for the family to spot - before pulling herself back out again.

Harry had been nearby, and always the one to eavesdrop listened in on her ranting. He found himself agreeing with her, approaching with a wide grin on his face. “Are ya talkin’ about that Castle coming thing? Seems to be a popular conversation today.” He mused to her. “I’d rather dance with anyone on the Isle rather than a pretty pink princess or prince.”

Originally posted by missprongs

Harry had always been one of the few people on the Isle capable of sneaking up on her, so while she despised the slight jump she gave at the announcement of his presence, she tried her best to play it off.

“Yeah, I wonder why.” She grumbled, walking past Harry. “It’s not like that money could go to something more useful. Like, you know, making sure people don’t starve.”

Turning back to face the ‘pirate’, she couldn’t help but allow herself to have a little fun with his question. “We have better moves, that’s for damn sure. Sounds like you have someone in mind, though. Wouldn’t happen to be our little resident choir boy, now would it?”

Yea I do, I was on the Isle for a few weeks and realized I really miss @askcharredchild , @askatremaine ,and @asklejuin . I know it’s stupid but they are the closet things I have to friends there.

Harry snickered at this, finding her little jab rather funny. He wasn’t sure if she had meant it in that way but he didn’t care.

“Am I not allowed to wander from the docks?” He asked, toying with his hook. “Though I hadn’t meant to run into ye if yer worried I was stalking ya.”

Originally posted by adisneylover92things

“Didn’t think Shelly let your leash that loose, but maybe you’re more independent than I gave you credit for.”

Charna took a few, purposeful steps closer to the pirate. She didn’t want to get within range of that hook, but she couldn’t look like she was afraid of it either.

Strictly speaking, June didn’t know exactly what had caused Charna to disappear for so long, but it was no secret she helped out kids around the Isle as often as she could, going as far as to burn her Auradon acceptance letter in a fit of over-dramatic fashion. Either way, the girl was shady, and everyone knew it. She didn’t talk to anyone, didn’t trust anyone. As was expected on the Isle. He didn’t know if Charna could help, but she’d been helping herself long enough, and you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

“I want dirt on the Horned Princess,” June laid it out on the line, he wasn’t here for small talk. There were probably much smarter ways he could’ve gotten information out of Charna, but a big, doofy Legume probably wouldn’t mince words so much, “I know you’ve gotten some potions out of them in the past, I want something out of them this time, but Rhedyn thinks I’m just there to flirt with them and won’t listen to me. I need some pull.”

Now that certainly sparked her interest. “Depends what you want out of her. Having some kind of leverage usually works, but it’s hard to get a hold on something that she really wants. Stealing’s usually your best bet, but since you’re here I’m going to assume that it’s not your strong suit.”

Typically she wouldn’t hand out this kind of help freely, not to someone like June anyway. Their dad aside, the Legumes typically did quite well for themselves, and there were people who needed her attention a hell of a lot more than they did. But for that exact same reason she didn’t really keep up with them a whole lot, and if he was desperate enough to seek out the ‘demon child’ and ‘ice princess’ of the Isle, then it was probably serious.

Harry came out of his hiding spot rather easily, figuring he really had nothing to hide. He had been exploring mostly, not exactly having much to do with Uma being grounded.

“Yea but I was ‘ere for awhile but ya didn’t notice.” Harry mused with a grin, holding his hands up in defeat.

Originally posted by olivcrstark

“Or maybe I just let you stand there, like an idiot.” So maybe she’d been getting a little rusty, but that wasn’t something she was about to readily admit. Especially not to someone as potentially dangerous as Harry Hook.

“Any particular reason you flopped out of the water, or did you just want to bother me?”

Though it wasn’t a place he liked to hang around much, June found himself gravitating to the outer edges of the Isle that afternoon. After just about the worst interaction he’d had with Rhedyn in years, he decided to go to one of the other smart people he knew on the Isle. Charna’s intellgence was that of a far different caliber than Rhedyn’s, but maybe it’d be of use.

“You suck at being found,” He rolled his eyes at the girl and her knife. Though he and Charna had known each other by name for a while, she was still one of many people he considered it safer to act like a big brutish oaf around, “Hey, Yaga.”

June - or, should she say Gaston Jr. - was probably the last person she’d expected to run into out here. But as far as threats went, he wasn’t exactly one of them. Well, not towards her, anyway.

“Hey yourself, Legume.” Standing up, she made a point of putting the knife away, albeit slowly. “What do you want?”

Part of her wanted to think that he’d wandered out here by accident and just happened to run into her. The same part that hoped that people didn’t know that she’d been camping out here since the incident. But since she knew very well that the latter of those two was incorrect, it was only safe to assume that the former was as well.