Princey seemed a lot like him, though Lenox had an overwhelming desire just to fuck around. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a flask. “Being alone is primo, but you cant always be alone yknow too many dumb humans get in the way.” Lenox took a swig from his flask and coughed. “I dont call anyone pet names for affection. Why make my food seem any better than what it is. Food.”

“Touching.” Lenox chewed on his lip. People got hurt from lies big or small. However, Lenox didnt care who got hurt especially right now. “Who left a little princey pie like you alone anyway?” Lenox asked. Lenox had never met some royal like this before. They were nothing like King Benji, Lenox couldnt help the surprise that entered his head. He stood rather awkwardly, this boy wasnt gonna give him the reaction he wanted probably.

“Mmm wow an honest royal?” Lenox let himself fall from the ceiling he liked to sit on the high beams that ran across the ceilings. He wanted to unfurl his wings and instill some terror but first he wanted to see how far he could get with the prey before him. “Of course you did say you were lying didn’t you beasty boy?”

ben wished it was him, staring down at his small brother it made him want to switch places. pain was something he didn’t like to see in anyone and seeing his brother hurt like this made his whole body ache with guilt. this was his fault. “ i’m gonna move you okay? it might hurt but i’m gonna get you safety okay? “ ben’s voice was frantic as he slowly moved his arms under cas’s body. as he prepared to lift his brother, ben fought the instinct to cry - his emotions wanting to take over but he couldn’t break down, not now when his brother was hurt. 

the first thing ben thought of once he realized what was going on was his siblings. he was the eldest which meant he had to protect them and since he didn’t know where their parents were, he sprinted out into the crowd, eyes quickly scanning the area to see if he could see his brother or sister. he frantically ran around, yelling out their names as others pushed past him in a panic. this was a disaster. finally he saw him, cas on the ground and there was red all over his face. his heart dropped in his chest as he ran as fast as he could to his brother, falling to his knees as he got close. “ cas ! cas ! are you alright ?! “ he exclaimed in a panicked voice as he had to stop himself to just instinctively picking him since he didn’t know if he’d been hurt anywhere else. “ where does it hurt ? “

Cas let out a small whimper before forcing his eyes open taking a minute to realize it was Ben. “Uh... uh...” He couldnt seem to think and he blinked hard a few times as he let the hand over his ear fall to rest beside him. “Yeah... yes.” Ben had asked a question but Cas couldnt seem to concentrate with all the noise and commotion going on around them. He just wanted to disappear or maybe he wanted everything else gone for a bit. Oh how he longed to be in the library at home where it was quiet and warm. At the word hurt though, he reached up to touch his head, fingers brushing through the wetness before he brought it down to rub off the blood on the his pants. 

ezio raised a brow at their rebuttal, it didn’t seem like they completely got what he was going for but whatever, he could recover from this easily. “ well i’m not very well-versed with this author but have you ever heard of any one else named cassius that’s your age ? “ he replied with a tilt of his head, his lips parting slightly revealing his white teeth as he noticed their eyes widened in shock from his statement about his true form. ezio was about to respond back to cas when he felt something sharp jab into his stomach, causing him to lean forward and grunt loudly. “ damn, i didn’t even have to ask you to do that. “ the man smirked before realizing they’d ducked into the woods. “ oh a chase is what we have here ? “ he spoke out loud to himself before quickly teleported himself a few feet in front of where cas was running towards. 

ezio shrugged slightly, it had been a while since he had a fuck in the forest but from what he remembered the fresh air was a positive of the experience. “ this place is definitely a bit stuffy. “ the demon let his voice drop off on the last one, implying that the people were stuffy not the building itself which wasn’t wrong. there were many royals or regular auradon kids who thought they were so much better just cause of a name. “ cassius, what a fittingly unique name for someone so interesting. “ he smirked down at the kid. “ ezio nikkos, demon extraordinaire.” ezio replied before finding himself at the beginning of the path to the woods. 

the dashing man was a bit shocked by their response, especially since before they seemed so unreceptive to his advances. he thought he was being obvious, maybe this kid wasn’t very experienced in flirting and that only made ezio want to flirt with him more. something about innocence made him wanna just ruin them. “ perfect. “ they replied as they moved from the doorway so they could lead the way. “ what’s your name by the way, cause i can’t just keep calling you handsome. “

“ i would consider it a happy coincidence. “ ezio retorted as he noticed the other wasn’t liking his advances, hm - there had to be something wrong with him because he was indeed, a fucking catch of a man. “ why don’t we go to the woods then? there’s a lot open space and privacy. “ 

“How does one do that exactly?” Salem asked as he flipped his pen between his fingers? He was eyeing the festival drinks, the person talking about a micro brewing “potion” which was really just hard cider. Salem sighed this place was so boring without a little chaos and he itched for something to toy with.

“Uh... special heated cider and dry ice.” Cas replied, looking up from the drink he had been occasionally mixing in between reading his book. Belle had said this would be good for him to be out and about with the other kids but he felt like this was a punishment more than anything. Had she figured out he was the one to break her prized vase a few weeks back. 

Jacques had two things on his mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

Well, at least briefly. 

He’d never been one for leisure reading (who had the time, being this beautiful?) but he’d taken the tiny book from a random desk and was instantly hooked to the story.

“Man, who knew books were actually interesting?”

“I did.” Cas stated sharply moving to grab the book from the other. He hadn’t remembered leaving the book but apparently had forgotten it in his desk. “And Id appreciate it if you didnt go into my desk and touch my things.” 

“And that’s somehow better? They were allowed to do whatever they wanted, with no proper supervision but oh yes, of course it’s such a good idea to bring them here. Why because I’m the only who seems to care about the future of Auradon?” His eyes rolled, and a scoff escaped his lips. “Consequences? It’ll be too late by then, but fine if you don’t care have fun watching them destroy everything our families built.”