Chapter 1: Realizations Lead to Change
Mal felt a part of her shrivel up and die as she listened to Ben as he called her a freak, saying she was too dangerous for him to date, let alone make her a lady of the court.
Her tears trickled down her face asked which girls would be interested in being his lady.
Why is this happening? Why? Why? Why?
Mal felt the pitying looks but ignored them in favor of looking at Jay and whispering sadly, "I want to go home. It's clear I have no place here."
Jay nodded quietly as he put a hand on her back to usher her away, followed closely by Carlos and Evie.
On her walk back to her room, Mal looked up at the night sky, taking note of each star twinkling and felt a twinge of anger. It seemed even the stars were mocking her.
Tomorrow is a new day and she felt it likely that no one would remember her after she was gone. After all, she was just the girl from the Isle who thought she could play pretend and get a happily ever after.
Mal laid awake in bed later that night, unable to sleep due to the nightmares. How she envied Evie sometimes, for having a mother not as strict, for being able to fit in so easily.
She spared her friend's sleeping form a glance before slowly getting up and sneaking over to her jacket and out the door.
After quietly closing the door and throwing her jacket on, Mal made her way towards her destination.
Breathing out slowly, she looked around before slipping through the doors and started towards what she would need while avoiding any security obstacles.
A grin made its way onto her face as she reached forward and closed her hand around what she had come for.
"If this is what I'm meant to be then I'll play my role, just with a few changes to the story."
Come on, be bold.
Change the way the story's told.
News spread quickly the next day; the museum had been broken into and the daughter of Maleficent was nowhere to be found.