All The Boys From Auradon And The Girls ’Cause They Know What's Up!

[missrecalled_mods]

Getting Ready

Finally, the path was cleared of snow enough to not just get to the docks, but also to carry stuff with them. Which meant that it was ISLE TIME! Time to go to the Isle and bring them supplies as well as to check in on everyone.

The day before the Isle visit there was still a ton to do. Many people had spent the long weeks - weeks? Months? Almost felt like years at this point! - making things to bring to those on the Isle. But their work, and thus that which they made, has been scattered all over the school. It all needs to be found and gathered into the crates that would be used to bring everything over to the Isle.

Morning of, the King seemed a bundle of energy checking and double checking everything, making sure that everyone was ready. Making sure that those who hadn't been there before were prepared for what they would encounter.

The Queen, however, was leaning back, watching everything over her coffee mug. While she might have seemed more disinterred and distant by far than the hyperactive Ben... Those who knew Mal probably caught on to the fact that she was noticing more than Ben was, and was directing him wherever he was needed most. Subtly.

She wasn't lazy, she was supervising. Clearly.

Once everything was ready, she pushed off of the wall and set her cup aside. Those watching her closely might see that she had been about to toss it over her shoulder and stopped herself at the last moment. Then she clapped her hands to get everyone's attention.

"Alright. We've done this before. Those staying back at the school get rooms ready for whoever we bring back, and make sure things are clean and neat and whatever. Those coming with us just as far as the docks, you're pulling the pallets," she said, nodding to the sledges where everything was loaded. Just without the horses to pull them. But that's what the Missrecalled were for.

"Those of us getting on the boat, if you haven't gone before, pair off with someone who has. I want everyone to know what they're doing in the way of boat safety by the time we get there. I don't enjoy fishing people out of the ocean. Alright, let's go, day aint getting any longer, folks."

Life Is Like A Boat

Once the boat was loaded, Ben made sure everyone planning to go had a life jacket on, and was ready to answer questions. Once everyone was ready, Ben gave Sylvando the signal. Off went the royal yacht, heading to the Isle.


"This will be so much easier once they clear their side of the bridge already," Mal muttered, then shook her head. "Alright, listen up. The closer we get to the Isle the worse the waves will get, and the storms... Well there are reasons beyond just the barrier that no one gets off the Isle without help from Auradon. So be sure you have a good grip on the rails. Once we're there, we are opening the barrier long enough to unload only. Keep an eye out, and stop anyone who tries to escape, and as soon as they're stopped let me know. I'll deal with it. Once the barrier is back up, we unload. We'll be there about 2 hours this time. You see anyone you know, let us know. At the end of the two hours, everyone needs to be gathered here, or you might be left behind. We'll make final decisions then who is coming back with us, then I will open the barrier just long enough for us to get back on the boat, then it will be closed once more and we'll head back to Auradon. Once on the Isle, with the barrier closed, magic will not work. Be prepared. If you have questions you can ask them. Otherwise. Chat or whatever, we've got a while because somehow they cleared the stu.... an inconvenient landing place for us."

On The Isle

(Please TL Here for Isle Shenanigans. TY)

On The Way back

The trip back from the Isle always had a different energy to it than the trip out. Between people being exhausted, and the million and three questions those on their way to Auradon for the first time might have...

Subdued, pleased, excited, scared... There were a lot of potentially new emotions swirling around, and this might be the first time some of these people have had access to their magic since their arrival. Wouldn't that be exciting?

Home Again Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Once in Auradon, the trip back to the dorm was almost a formality. It was once they got to the school that all those details that had to be put off during the boat ride had to be addressed. It was time to help the new people settle in, see if Mallia was up to making food for those who needed it, or maybe just give those from the Isle a chance to wash up, change into clean clothes, and sleep in an actual bed. Whatever it is they wanted to do, Auradon might just be the place to do it.

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Bitty Leia OTA

[princess_weia]

Getting Ready

Leia had exchanged her usual pigtails for a single braid down her back, a style Mal might recognize as her attempting to look serious. It really only went so far though, as she was still a cute little girl. A cute little girl who was fumbling a bit trying to get her life jacket on. She'd worn one before, but the ones she was used to were a bit different, and she'd always had an adult helping her.

Life Is Like A Boat

When Mal mentioned people being able to ask questions, Leia raised her hand. "How do you pick who's allowed to come back from the Isle?", she asked.

Re: Bitty Leia OTA

[aquawayfinder]

Getting Ready

Aqua came over to help her. "Thank you for coming with us to help. We all appreciate it," she said to Leia with that mix of seriousness and warmth adults could get when talking to children. "Do you have someone to partner with? To make sure you both keep each other safe?"

[princess_weia]

"I wanna help," Leia said As Aqua helped her with her life jacket. "I can't really do a whole lot sitting back at the school. And besides, there's something important I've gotta do there."

[aquawayfinder]

"Wanting to help is a very good impulse," she said as she finished fixing the jacket, down on one knee to be closer to Leia's eye line. "But you didn't answer my question," she said gently. "Who are you partnered with?"

She wished Æn'Kae was still there, she'd have someone to put Leia with, without worrying overmuch about either of them.

[princess_weia]

The jacket was still a tad big on Leia, but it fit well enough to perform its function if need be. Leia shifted it a little trying to get the bulky thing settled more comfortably. "Well... nobody yet," she admitted. "But I'll be be OK. I helped fight witches and skeletons and stuff in the Magic Kingdoms; I can handle riding on a boat."

[aquawayfinder]

"I don't doubt that, but there are a lot of reasons for having a partner. I know she's going to be busy, but you knew Mal from before, right? Why not partner with her?"

Re: Bitty Leia OTA

[missrecalled_npcs]

Life is Like A Boat

"We talk to people," Ben said, as Mal was mostly focused on the water, the storm, and the barrier. "We get an idea from the teachers, from other people on the Isle, and if anyone from their world is here, we listen to them too. And then we do our best to decide who most needs to come to Auradon, and also who would be safe to bring. Because we have to protect all of you as well."

[princess_weia]

Leia nodded thoughtfully. "OK," she said. "There's somebody I really need to bring back with me, but I'll be sure to bring her to talk to you first."

[missrecalled_npcs]

"Oh?" Ben asked. "You know someone is over there from your home?"

[princess_weia]

"Not exactly," Leia said. "At least I don't think she's from my galaxy? I don't know her right now, but she's friends with me in the future, and if we don't get her away from the barrier something really bad'll happen."

[missrecalled_npcs]

"I... am not certain I fully understand," he admitted.

[princess_weia]

"Oh good, I thought it was just me," Leia said. "I don't understand it all the way either, but this man named Gilbert appeared a while ago and said that it was really important that we get the 'Chosen' away from the barrier. He said she and I'll be friends in the future, but we're both from before that time now. It's fine for me, cause I can go back to my timeline without messing anything up, but she's different. If we don't get her away from the barrier so she can go back to being her right-time self, time is gonna explode or something."

[missrecalled_npcs]

"Gilbert.... I don't know anyone by that name. When was this exactly?" he asked, concerned.

Getting Ready

[phoenixwiz]

“You look like you’re ready to take on this trip as well. Glad that you decided to come along for the visit trip too,” Harry tells Leia as he also gets on board in the ship.

Rose and Hedwig greet her with cheerful squeaks and calm hoots. They are pretty happy to see more willing volunteers to join on the Isle trip even if the Isle does have plenty of dangers at this time.

“Have you found a partner so far today?” he asks her since this is the first time she will be visiting the Isle, even Hedwig asks her through her hoots as well.

[princess_weia]

"Yep!", Leia said. "There's important stuff to do and I wanna help." She waved cheerfully to Rose and Hedwig too. "Does Rose need a lifejacket too? I think they have some really little ones..."

[phoenixwiz]

“I have checked around the ship to find some for her and Hedwig a while ago, but there doesn’t seem to be one to be found at the moment,” Harry sighs, “But I’ll try to check again at the life jacket area just to be sure that I didn’t miss any within my sight. Even animals do need some way to stay afloat in the water. Hedwig has even admitted that she could only fly as much as she could for so long to avoid getting wet.”