Descendants

Ben/Carlos

Title: Fight Evil To Save Your Love

Summary: When the Fairy Godmother sent Mal, Evie and Jay back to the Isle of the Lost it weakened the barrier just enough for Maleficent to escape. Now that she is out she will do anything to take control of the throne, even destroy its true love forever. Comes after "True Love Isn't Easy But It's Worth It"

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Chapter 1: Evil Is Returning

Carlos's Pov

It's been a week since Ben became King and I was really happy for him but I just wasn't happy with myself. All I've been thinking about since then was that I sent my best friends back to a place where we were hurt, alone and unloved. I know that they did bad things here but I blame myself. I know that we were all pushed into it by Maleficent and our parents because we wanted to prove ourselves to them and be happy for once. But me, I found something that made me happy here and they didn't. Sometimes I wish that if I had helped them find something else besides evil to focus on then we could all be together, finally happy. But now because of they were facing the most evil villain known to the world. And as much as I wanted to have them back I knew that Ben wouldn't go for it, he might have reconsidered bringing them back if it wasn't for the back that they threatened me. Ben will always be very protective of me because of that, I just hope that it didn't come back to bite him.

"Carlos?" my boyfriend called to me with worry. We were sitting in his new office at the castle, he was reading through all the laws seeing if he wanted to change anything and I was doing homework. For the last week things have been tense between us because I was upset with myself and I was mad at Ben because the De Vil part of me blamed him for losing my friends. But I never stopped loving him, I will never stop loving him.

"I'm sorry Ben" I told him once I finished my thoughts.

"You haven't done anything wrong" He said to me as he moved sit next to me on the loveseat he had in here.

"Yes I have. I've pushed you away for the past week because I blamed you for having my friends sent away but it was my idea. And the truth is it was all my fault because I could have done something to make them see that we are not our parents, that's why you brought us here in the first place. I was the only one that worked out because I have someone over here, they don't. All we had over there was our parents and even though they never really showed us that they loved us we loved them enough to try and do evil just so they could be proud of us for at least a moment. Now they are being shunned or worse by the only family they have because I stopped them. They will hate me forever and yet I never stopped loving them. I don't know what to do anymore Ben!" I finished my speech in tears and Ben immediately pulled me into him and I let my tears stain his shirt. I usually try to stay strong for Ben so that he has someone to turn to when he needs to break down but this time he stayed strong for me and I loved him even more for it.

"Carlos, I have thought about bringing them back because honestly I don't blame them for their actions. Fear can be a strong weapon, especially if it's being used by someone you care about. But I can't just ignore that even though it wasn't entirely their fault, they still did do things that were their choice. Mal tried to kill you and I don't know if I can ever trust her after that and not just because I love you, it's because she was your friend and she turned on you the moment you found your happiness" Ben confessed.

"But she only did those things because she thought that if she got the wand it would make her mother love her" I argued, I was still a little protective of them even after everything.

"I know but there are better ways they all could have handled it. They could have found a way to be happy here without having to worry about their parents approval or being hated by them for not following in their footsteps" He countered and I knew he was right but there was something else.

"Do you think that if they ever came back that they could be happy here? That they wouldn't be focused on how their parents would react to everything they did?" I pursued, I wanted to see if they could have a future here at all, even if it was just a possibility.

"If they really tried I think they could. I did notice that Evie got along with Doug better than anyone else here and I know that Jay really did love being on the team with us. If they had just made an effort to make things work then they would have"

"So what are we going to do?" I asked.

"Right now why don't we just talk to them and see where it goes from there, okay?" I nodded and me moved to our joined bedroom (his parents trusted us to sleep in the same room and not do anything, both of us weren't ready anyway) to call them with video chat. We waited a few minutes for them to answer the call but as more time went by the more worried I was that they wouldn't answer because they knew who was calling.

And just as I wen to disconnected the call was accepted and all of their faces popped up on the screen. I waited for the angry yelling and the harsh insults but they never came, they just stared at us. I took in the haunted looks on their faces and my heart sank because I knew that it meant they weren't welcomed home.

"What do you want? Did you find her?" Mal asked but without any note of bitterness, just depression.

"No, we wanted to talk to you about the possibility of coming back to Auradon" They had the most amazed and shocked looks on their faces that I have ever seen after I told them that.

"Why would you want us back? We did terrible things, we almost killed you Carlos!" Evie exclaimed with tears and Jay wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"Because I believe that your actions were caused out of fear and the influence of your parents. And the purpose of bringing you guys here was to show you that you are not your parents and that you shouldn't let them define you or control your lives" Ben told them in a very kingly manner.

"Our parents didn't tell us to kill Carlos or drag you into this. They told us to get the wand" Jay spoke up.

"But we never wanted to do it, we didn't even want to come here but we did because of our parents. If we weren't afraid of them and if we thought we didn't need to prove ourselves we never would have come. But we did and the only reason that I didn't join you was because I found something that made me forget all of that and it was Ben. And if you guys weren't so focused on the bad things then you could have seen the good things around you and stayed. Evie, we all know that Doug likes you and if you weren't so focused on becoming some prince's pet like your mom wanted then you would have realized that you like him back. Jay, you were so great on the field and you became a real part of the team and I could tell that you were really happy, you even stopped stealing. And Mal, I know things for you were the hardest because people judged you the most because of your mother. But just because she is your mother doesn't mean that you don't deserve to be happy. And I swear that if you come back one day I will not stop until you are as happy as I am" When I was done everyone was in tears, even Jay though he tried to hide them like the macho man he is. I looked over at Ben and even he was in tears. He wiped his away too and spoke up again.

"So , do you think you can that happen?" He asked them and they all shared a look that made me worried.

"We'd love to but not until she is gone and back here. I want to be as far away from her as possible" Mal said.

"What are you talking about?" I asked her and her eyes widened.

"You don't know? My mom escaped"