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[lordofthestrix]

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[heavyscottishaccent]

Keeping Promises

Request: "Can you do one about Dizzy coming to Auradon. Ever since the movie I have been searching for a fanfic about it and there are only a couple. I'm absolutely obsessed with Dizzy Tremaine" — by Mailani4ewa from Fanfiction.net

I did not do Dizzy justice in this. I don't know why I had such a hard time with her. Sorry if this didn't turn out well.

Dizzy gazed out of the car window, a small bag with all of her personal possessions held loosely on her lap. She had never seen so much green before. Trees and grass and flowers. All alive compared to the wilting flowers and weeds back home. She had never seen such a blue sky or even clouds so perfectly fluffy. Dizzy inwardly cursed the dense fog that stretched over the Isle. If she had known this was the view it kept away from her, Dizzy would have tried harder to get off the Island.

She smiled and reached to trace the path of the road with her finger. They were moving so fast and watching everything rush past her made her… well, dizzy! The girl shook her head, a smile seemingly etched on her face permanently as she looked expectantly at the courier who was sent to retrieve her.

"What's it like?" she asked for the dozenth time. The man sighed and shook his head before sending her a fond look.

"Like I told you, Miss Dizzy," He said as he leaned towards her with an excited glint in his eyes. "Auradon is like magic."

"The good kind, right?"

"The best kind." Dizzy giggled and nodded. She was obviously appeased. She thought back to her grandmother's shop with Evie and couldn't help but think the other girl hugely underplayed how beautiful Auradon really was. Even her television couldn't detail how magnificent this all was.

"And the food?" she asked after a moment. The man thought for a moment, bringing a hand to his chin with a soft hum.

"It taste like happiness," Gerard finally said. Dizzy's eyes shined with unshed tears. She didn't get to be happy on the Isle. Of course she had experienced happiness before; creating beautiful styles with Evie and being invited to Auradon to name a few. However, as she got older, Dizzy found herself losing those precious moments. Ever since she turned ten earlier that year, her grandmother brought it upon herself to assign Dizzy difficult chores that took her nearly all day to finish.

She didn't complain, though. She couldn't complain, more like. Her grandmother's word was law and not even Dizzy's mother could deter her. Not like Drizella would, anyways.

Dizzy's stomach gurgled at the mere thought of food. She was always hungry but there was never enough food for everyone back home to eat their fill. She was always last to get rations. Being the youngest family member did that to a person. Gerard shot Dizzy, then her aching tummy a look, before reaching into one of the bins inside the limo.

"I'm sure having one sweet before dinner wouldn't hurt," he said with a wink. The man then handed the girl an oddly shaped circle covered with a plastic film. Dizzy looked at it curiously for a moment before sending Gerard a confused look.

"What is it?" she asked after sniffing the plastic.

"Oh, honey," Gerard murmured sadly. Dizzy didn't take notice of the sympathetic words as she grabbed the twisted ends of the 'sweet' and pulled. She yelped when a small red bit fell out of the film and landed on her lap.

"I broke it," she whispered frighteningly at Gerard. "I'm sorry! Please don't send me back!"

"No, no, honey! Of course I wouldn't send you back," Gerard said quickly placating the emotional girl. He carefully picked up the red bit and pressed it into her hand. "That's candy. You eat it."

Dizzy wiped her eyes quickly and nodded her head. She was a little embarrassed at herself for being such a baby but the mere thought of going back to the Isle before even arriving to Auradon terrified her. She sniffed loudly before tentatively giving the hard candy a lick. The sudden explosion of flavor caused the small girl to gasp in surprise. She quickly dropped the whole thing in her mouth and moaned with bliss as the tangy, yet sweet, candy literally melted on her tongue.

"Is this a strawberry?" She asked around the candy. "It's red like the thing Mal eats on TV."

"It's strawberry flavored," Gerard replied. "Candy and fruit are not the same thing."

Dizzy nodded in understanding, her head bobbing up and down excitedly as she finished off the piece of candy. If all the food in Auradon was like the strawberry candy she just ate, Dizzy would die a happy little girl.

"Here," Gerard said in conspiratorial whisper. He picked up the bin of similar looking candies and motioned for Dizzy to open her bag. The girl gasped as the man tipped over the bin and watched as the all the sweets fell into her partially vacant bag. "You can save those for later."

"Thank you!" Dizzy squealed as she quickly shut her bag and hugged it to her chest. The rest of the car ride Dizzy spent firing questions to Gerard faster than he could answer. It wasn't a very long wide at all. To Dizzy, who had never been in car before, felt like she was flying with how quickly they were moving. Before she knew it, the young girl was being ushered out of the car and was left standing in front of a giant, clean building with Gerard by her side.

Dizzy spun around, her eyes flickering to every which way as she tried to take all of Auradon in at once. She could feel her heart hammering inside her chest and her cheeks ached with how wide her grin was spread across her face.

"Wow!" she squealed. "It's so pretty!"

"Dizzy?" the young girl spun around and screamed when she saw Evie standing on the steps to the building behind her. Dizzy didn't care when she dropped her bag to the ground and rushed to the other girl, tears blinding her before she fell into the other girl's arms.

"Evie!" Dizzy chanted her name through her sobs. The other girl, too, couldn't keep herself from shedding her own tears as she tried to calm her pseudo sister. Neither cared if they gained an audience during their little reunion. Once Dizzy was finally calm, Evie took a step back and held her at an arm's length to look at her. She looked the same from when she saw her on the Isle just a few short weeks ago but even then there was a certain glow about her.

"You're here!" Evie laughed before pulling her into another short hug. "You're finally here."

"We're both here!"

The elder girl felt her throat tighten again, she coughed to dispel the discomfort before turning and waving the others down. She had towards the driveway the moment she caught sight of a small figure with little pom-poms on their head. Evie almost couldn't believe Dizzy was actually in Auradon and she was definitely going to give Ben hell for not telling her beforehand.

"Welcome to Auradon, Dizzy," Ben said in greeting as he and the others finally made it to them. "I'm glad you made it here safely." Dizzy sent the King a huge smile before quickly pulling him into a hug as well. Her words of gratitude muffled in his suit jacket.

When they pulled away, Dizzy quickly said hello to the remaining VK's before returning to Evie's side.

"I thought you would enjoy having dinner with us before you go to the family we set you up with," Ben said kindly. "They are very nice and very excited to have you."

Dizzy nodded but Evie was the only one who could see she looked unhappy. The other teens looked confused when Evie asked the young girl what was wrong. It took some coaxing but she was eventually able to get it out of the child.

"I won't see Evie a lot, will I?" she whispered sadly. Ben and Evie shared a look before Evie lowered herself down to Dizzy's level.

"Pretty girl," she called with a happy smile. "I'll be there for you whenever you need me. I'm just a quick drive or phone call away."

"Yeah, Charmington is only about twenty minutes from here. And I'm sure fairy godmother wouldn't mind you visiting."

"See," Evie said. "Now that you're here, you are stuck with me."

"Swear?"

"And hope to die."