Mal POV

What's it like being the most envied girl in Auradon?

Only 3 days until your coronation how does it feel?

How are people reacting to the idea of you being queen?

The voices washed over me drowning me. I was stood outside Auradon prep talking to Evie when a crowd of interviewers ran over to me and bombarded me with questions. I stumbled over my words trying to answer them all no matter how many questions I answered they just brought on more and more "Loving the new look Mal, what brought it on" that one question stood out to everyone and they all fell silent and looked up at me. The press kept pressing "I mean was I because of the coronation coming up or is it an act of defiance toward you mother and the entire isle?" "Wha-what I just wanted a new-new look that's all" I stuttered.

By now Evie had had enough." What can a girl not get her hair done without being questioned about it anymore? I mean I don't see what's the big deal it's not like she has turned orange or something so lay off her." Evie burst out.

She felt a gush of gratitude towards her best friend but couldn't tell her she had frozen. She bolted , running as fast as she could she ran to the doors rushed upstairs and burst into her dorm room.

Anyone who walked in would be completely and utterly confused the room was nice enough but memories of Mal's old life were scattered around on the pristine pink paint there was graffiti in green and purple and on the hook by the door was her favourite jacked the rugged style and art on the back would always remind Mal of home.

Where that is no one knew she had found a place for herself here. At Ben's side holding his hand on a picnic or sat next to Audrey in class talking quietly or better yet cooped up in Carlos and Jay's room panning their next big prank. She had found a home here but she would never be at home here .she still felt a pull towards the isle of the lost the place where I had grown up where I had learned everything I know.

She walked over to the mirror and looked and looked at herself, the mirror was Evies she had been given it by her mother the evil queen Mal had enchanted it to be a wall length mirror rather than the hand held one that it was originally by using the spell book her mum had given her. Her mother Maleficent who was now a lizard kept in Auradons cells but that's an whole other story.

When looked into the mirror she could only see the differences. Rather than the short wild curly violet hair she had always had she now had her hair long and straight in her natural platinum blond colour. Instead of boots jeans and her leather jacket she now wore a white sundress it green stitching meant to bring out her eyes .Her eyes the only thing that has stayed the same the same emerald eyes framed by long dark lashes that cast shadows on the cheeks.

She fell to the floor next to her bed and reached underneath grabbing a bag, inside were her old clothes the purples and the greens of home. She pulled some on now the last think she had worn on the isle ,she then packed some more clothes and summoned some food and water stuffing them into her nearly full bag.

She yanked her hair into a ponytail and pulled on her boots and lastly her jacket, the leather comfortable and familiar on her pale skin. She then went to her bedside table where she kept the most important things that she owned.

There were few things in the drawer a tattered bracelet, an old picture and a dusty book. To most people they wouldn't look like much but to her they were precious. The picture was of her, Ben, Evie, Carlos, Audrey and Jay they were sat on the balcony laughing Ben's arms around Mal and them sat on the floor. The book a diary she had wrote in since she could I held all of her good memories an the bad ones and she read it often to remind herself to be strong. Finally there was the bracelet silver with 6 charms on it, each one representing a person of her family. For Evie a Crown and Carlos a dog, Jay a snake and Audrey a dress for Ben a candlestick and for herself a cookie for we were each other's family we all needed each other and each of these were an inside joke that we shared to remind us of one another.

She put them in a small box and chucked them into her bag with her spell book.

She was being irrational and she knew that there was no need to be a coward and run away but she couldn't cope with any of this anymore. She scribbled a note to each of them and ran. She ran right into the window and flipped her feet pushing of the wall using her fall as power flipping again she finally landed and sprinted as fast as she could leaving araudon behind and wiping her tears away.

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Evie POV

She pushed past everyone in the foyer rushing to keep up with mal but the crowd swallowed me and I had to work twice as hard to get there as it was lesson time and everyone was late. She finally reached the edge of the crowd and fell to her knees pushing herself back up again she ran but ran into the fairy god mother.

"What are you doing out of class young lady "

"I-I w-was" Evie stuttered trying to catch my breath.

"You don't even have an excuse I thought you were trying to turn over a new leaf but skipping class ill jot be permitted"

"I was looking for Mal"

"Why on earth as Mal out of class as well"

"I think that she's going to try to run away"

"What, why would she do that"

"Pressure she feels like the whole world is on her shoulders all over again with the coronation coming up and she has never been known for being rational"

"That is a good enough reason to let you out of class go after her"

"Thank you miss" I called as I sprinted away.

When I reached my room I ran inside looking for Mal I only saw a pile of letters.

I heard a rustling outside I ran to the window and saw a flash of blond hair in the corner of my eye headed down to the bridge. I knew that there was no point running after her she was too fast and had a head start so instead I texted a SOS to the gang sank onto the floor and began sobbing.