Greetings fellow readers and writers! Here's my latest insane project to crawl out of my imagination and I hope you like it! Okay, you might be asking why I'm starting a new story when I'm in the middle of one already. The answer is simple; I've hit a snag with Obsidian Wars 2 and was inspired to write this one. I'll keep posting new chapters for Obsidian Wars 2 whenever I can, but for now I'm focusing on this one.

This time around we're delving into uncharted territory, for me that is, for this story crosses source material I've never used before but had wanted to for some time now; Descendants and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Being a fan of Descendants and eager for the third movie, I've been wracking my brain for a fanfiction idea. But as of February 2018, I finally got down to watching JoJo. Just as I got to the awakening of The Pillar Men, an idea struck me like lightning; a vampire is unleashed upon the world of Audradon and it's up to Mal and her fellow VK's and AK's to save the world from the undead plague, with magic, Hamon, Stands and, of course, friendship as their weapons.

As usual I own nothing in this fic save original characters of my own creation, so please don't sue me, I'm only trying to tell a story I hope will be enjoyed by many. But without a doubt, there'll be those who won't enjoy it for various reasons, which is your right to, just don't bombard me with overly negative reviews or hateful trolling. As a recent victim of trollish filth, it is my opinion that those whom use the anonymity of the internet to hurt other people's feelings for their own twisted pleasure are the lowest forms of human life. As for everyone else, just remember that THIS IS FANFICTION!

And now, without further delay, the story begins…

Prolog

"We should have heard something by now," said a worried Doug as he, Lonnie, Jane, Audrey and Ben sat in a hospital waiting room, the five of them looking much worse for wear and anxious almost to the breaking point. A nearby window flashed from an approaching thunderstorm, further emphasizing the gloomy atmosphere.

Instead of their usual school uniforms or casual outfits, the young King of Auradon and his friends wore clothing better suited for combat: lightweight, formfitting yet flexible to allow freedom of movement, various leather and metal armor pieces to protect vital spots.

All five sported sporadic scrapes, bruises and bandaged cuts, while Doug's left arm was in a sling. Lonnie sat in a wheelchair with a pressure bandage around her right thigh.

"Just let the doctors do their work, Ben," said Jane as she tried not to scratch her heavily bandaged hands, "as soon as they have anything to tell us, they will."

"It's been six hours!" snapped Ben as he slammed his fist on a table, scattering a pile of magazines, "why haven't we heard anything?!" he then threw another pile of magazines to the floor, bent down and began ripping them apart.

"Okay, now you're just making a mess," said Doug.

"This whole situation is a mess!" exclaimed Ben, whom then tore a magazine in half with his teeth.

"Now he's making a mess," said Lonnie

"He's entitled," said Jane in an exhausted tone, "we all are, especially after what happened tonight."

"It's finally over," said Doug, "Bloodclaw is gone, and with it, Shadowcast."

"Are you sure?" asked Lonnie, "are we really be sure? After all the times we fought Bloodclaw and it got away, can we be absolutely certain it is truly dead? And let's not forget that Shadowcast keeps cropping up just when you think they're defeated once and for all."

"We blew up their headquarters and burned Bloodclaw," said Jane, "all of us, we saw that undead horror burn! There's nothing left of Cassandra Bloodclaw but ashes."

"Even so," said Lonnie, "we should have waited until sunrise. We should have stayed until the sun touched the ashes."

"If we stayed, then Evie and the others…" said Doug.

It was then that a doctor walked up to them, "umm…" he said hesitantly as he saw Ben's furious magazine tirade, "maybe I should come back in a while…"

"No, it's alright, doctor!" said Ben as he stood up, spitting out bits of chewed paper, "I'm alright, but…"

"Lady Mal and her fellow Islanders?" asked the doctor, "I'm afraid, your majesty, that I have good news and bad news about each of them."

"Start with the bad news for Pete's sake!" exclaimed Doug as he, Ben, Lonnie and Jane crowded around the doctor.

"Alright, alright!" said the doctor "just calm down. First thing's first, we've stabilized the four of them and they're out of danger, though they'll all need extensive time to recover from severe blood loss and physical traumas. It's a miracle they're all still alive. Though…"

"Though what?" asked Ben, "tell us the truth, please."

"They didn't come out of their ordeals unscathed," said the doctor in a serious tone, "Miss Evie suffered extreme spinal damage. I'm afraid she's paralyzed from the waist down."

"Oh God!" moaned Doug as he nearly collapsed, only to be helped up by Lonnie and Jane.

"Lady Mal and the other two are in better condition," said the doctor, "though not without sacrifice. Sir Carlos suffered severe acid burns to the right side of his face and may lose an eye. Sir Jay has extensive organ damage and will have to have a kidney removed, while Lady Mal, her left hand was infected with vampire essence. We stopped the infection before it reached further than her elbow, but her hand is already necrotizing. It will have to be amputated."

"Oh God!" moaned Doug again, while Ben, Lonnie and Jane looked just as distraught. But Audrey, she looked twice as shocked and appalled as the others put together.

"Can we…can we see them?" asked Ben hopefully.

"Yes, they're awake," said the doctor, "but only for a short time. They'll need a lot of rest and recovery in the days to come, not to mention at least one operation for each. But a few minutes won't hurt. This way please."

"This is my fault," muttered Audrey as she, Ben and the others followed the doctor through the hospital corridors to a recovery room where, on four beds hooked up to monitoring equipment, with I.V. tubes in their arms and legs and covered in bandages, some of which blood soaked, lay Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos.

"Hey guys," said Mal weakly, "how's it going? Heck of a victory party, huh?"

"Oh…baby!" wailed Jane as she rushed to Carlos's side and peppered the unbandaged half of his face with kisses, then kissed the other half through the bandages.

"Don't think losing some of your organs will excuse you from R.O.A.R. practice," said Lonnie to Jay, "as soon as your stitches heal, it's back to work, mister!"

"Are you kidding?" asked Jay, "this won't slow me down at all! In fact, I can beat you with one hand tied behind my back right now!"

"At least you can get up," said Evie, "seriously, doc, I just bruised my back or something, you can take the restraints off."

At that Doug looked at the doctor with puzzled eyes, as if asking if she didn't know the truth, to which the doctor shook his head.

"Oh, Mal, your hand," said Ben as he saw Mal's left hand covered in bandages, wincing at the smell of decaying flesh coming from it, "I should have been faster. If only…"

"If you were there you'd be bitten too," said Mal, "that thing would have gone for your throat and you'd be a vampire or a zombie thrall or worse, one of Cassandra's twisted freaks. I'm lucky that thing bit me on the bone. What's a hand compared to losing your life," she then held up her right hand, "at least it had the courtesy not to bite my drawing hand. Besides, I hear prosthetics are so advanced, it'll be like I never lost my had in the first place."

"This is so unfair," said Jane as she clutched her arms around Carlos's neck, "you're all suffering and I can't use magic to heal you."

"Magic doesn't work on vampire wounds," said Mal, "not for this kind of healing. I'm just glad our Stands and Hamon abilities..."

"What good is learning new powers if they can't save your hand?!" exclaimed Jane as she clutched Carlos tighter, earning a wince of pain from him, "Or Jay's organs?! Or Evie's back!? Or Carlos's eye!?"

"Jane," said Carlos.

"It's unfair that we couldn't use all our abilities to fight this nightmare," said Jane in a furious tone.

"Jane," said Carlos in a more urgent tone.

"And my mother," said Jane contemptuously, "my mother was no help at all! If she would just get it in her thick head that her philosophy of non-magical life skills isn't infallible, she'd be right here with her wand and you'd all be healed as soon as she'd say 'Bibbity Bobbity Boo!'"

"Jane!" said Carlos.

"In fact, I oughta get her wand right now!" said Jane, "I oughta march right into the museum and take the wand! And if my mother or anyone tries to stop me, I'll kick their butts so hard, they'll…"

"JANE!" gasped Carlos.

"What?!" snapped Jane.

"I…Can't…Breathe!" gasped Carlos.

"Oh, sorry!" exclaimed Jane as she realized she'd been choking him. She backed away and he coughed for breath.

"It'll be fine, Jane," said Evie, "we'll be fine, all of us. We'll get through this, just like we got through the evil of Cassandra Bloodclaw and Shadowcast."

"I'm still finding it hard to believe it's all over," said Jay, "those monsters and their twisted science are gone for good, while the other monster is finally dead, I mean, it was dead to begin with, but now it's gone for good."

"Just how sure are we that it's dead-dead?" asked Lonnie.

"Oh, not this again," complained Doug, "Accept it, Lonnie, it's over! Bloodclaw is gone!"

"How can we be sure?" asked Lonnie, "how can we be sure we burned all of the creature? For all we know we missed a bit and even as we speak, that bit of vampire is regenerating into another Bloodclaw."

"You want go back and check?" asked Ben in an annoyed tone, "be my guest! In fact, I'll drive you back there and you can shift through all the rubble and ashes to your hearts content!"

"Ben, chill!" said Mal, "it's alright. She's just tired."

"We're all tired," said Carlos, "and some of us are gonna be more tired pretty soon."

"Yeah, surgery, what fun," said Jay sarcastically. He then looked around the room, "hey, where'd Audrey go?"

"She was here a second ago," said Jane as she walked towards the corridor. She looked out and saw her walking towards the stairs, "there she is. Audrey! Audrey?!"

At that Jane and Lonnie hurried after Audrey. They got to the stairs and looked down, then looked up and saw Audrey running up the stairs to the rooftop.

"What's she doing?" asked Lonnie as she and Jane hurried up the stairs too, "she's not…she wouldn't…"

They reached the rooftop just as the first drops of rain from the gathering thunderclouds fell. Lonnie and Jane looked and saw Audrey standing at the railing at the edge of the room.

"Good grief, she would!" said Lonnie.

"She hasn't jumped yet," said Jane, "it's a good sign, right?" she and Lonnie cautiously walked to the railing and stood on either side of Audrey.

"Umm…nice night?" Jane asked as more rain fell on the three of them.

"At least it's a warm rain," said Lonnie as she ignored her now soaked condition.

"Yeah, wouldn't want to catch a cold," said Audrey in a distant tone.

"You're not thinking of doing anything stupid, are you?" Lonnie asked.

"Define stupid," said Audrey as she placed one foot on the railing.

"Oh, Audrey! Don't do it!" said Jane, "you've got so much to live for?"

"And what would that be?!" Audrey demanded, "thousands of innocent people dead, thousands more with ruined lives, friends mutilated for life…"

"It could be worse," said Lonnie, "it could have been much, much worse. But we put an end to it. The nightmare is over, Auradon and the world are safe," she then reached out to place a comforting hand on Audrey's shoulder.

Something fast and transparent lashed out from Audrey, forcing both Jane and Lonnie to jump away.

"Keep back," said Audrey coldly as a ghostly, plantlike humanoid female made from rose vines with whip-like arms materialized next to her, "I don't want to be responsible for any more suffering than I've already caused. I mean it! I'll harm you if you try and stop me!"

"And I'll harm you if you do try!" said Lonnie as a ghostly, humanoid Chinese dragon with orange, yellow and red scales, materialized and hovered next to her. Jane, meanwhile, took several deep breaths and a shining golden aura appeared around her body.

Audrey then calmed down somewhat and the plant woman vanished, merging into her body. "This is so stupid! My two besties want to hurt me to stop me from killing myself, while more of my friends need life-saving surgery, my ex-boyfriend has gone insane, and it's all my fault."

"We've been over this before, Audrey!" said Jane as the golden aura vanished from around her, while the humanoid dragon vanished into Lonnie, "no one blames you. But it's all over and we can go back to normal."

"Things haven't been normal since Ben first invited Mal and the others to the kingdom," said Lonnie, "but I agree. We won. Shadowcast is broken and Bloodclaw is slain. That thing is gone and never coming back!"

"Just a minute ago you were saying she may not be gone," said Audrey, "and stop calling her an it! She was a human being before…"

"We know who Shadowcast was before she became a vampire," said Jane, "but…"

"But nothing," said Audrey, "I have to do this. I have to accept responsibility. It's my fault our friends are hurt so much."

"You didn't hurt them!" said Lonnie, "it was Shadowcast that started the whole mess! And Bloodclaw, it…her…her brood of undead creeps!"

"You didn't make Bloodclaw," said Jane.

"I know," said Audrey, "but I'm just as responsible, remember? I didn't create Cassandra Bloodclaw, but I let her lose on the world."

"But you did create me," said a sinister voice barely above a whisper. Audrey, Lonnie and Jane looked around the roof and found no one.

"Oh, dearest JoJo," said the voice, "surely you know by now how stealthy I can be."

Lightning flashed at less than ten feet from the girls stood a figure wrapped in ragged bandages, wearing a motheaten cloak with the hood up. The figure's face was bandaged but its eyes glowed a sinister violet. It let lose a malicious cry that chilled Audrey, Lonnie and Jane to the bone.

"WRRRRYYYY!"

"You…" said a horrified Jane, "but…but, we burned you! You're dead!"

"That which is dead cannot die," said the figure, "but rises again, stronger than before!"

"Well…you certainly don't look strong, Cassandra," said Lonnie as she, Jane and Audrey regained their composure and courage, "in fact, you look ready to fall down any second!"

"My wounds will regenerate," said the figure, Cassandra, "but you three can relax, I have no intention of fighting you tonight. That's right, I'm leaving Auradon. I don't know when I'll be back, if I ever decide to come back. But the war against Shadowcast is over." She focused her glowing eyes on Audrey, whom flinched in fear and disgust, "enjoy your victory, dearest JoJo, you and your friends have earned it.

"As if we'd fall for that trick, Cassandra Bloodclaw!" said Audrey, "and don't you dare use my nickname!"

"But you said I could, JoJo," said Cassandra, "but if you insist on formalities, Princess Audrey, then say my true name. Or have you forgotten it?"

"As if I'll forget," said Audrey, "Elisabeth."