Evie "You know what chad you're right villains don't teach kindness or fair play but they sure as hell didn't raise us"

Audrey "what?"

Evie "you heard me on the Isle it's every man for themselves, you show weakness you die, the only reason any of us are here right now is because we've stuck together and looked out for each other"

Chad "you expect me to believe that"

Carlos "hey we lived on an isle full of psychos how do you think the children survive? Our parents definitely had nothing to do with it"

Jay "Mal can we tell them about him?"

Mal *nods* "okay"

Belle "about who?"

Mal "my brother" *looks down*

Beast "brother? But according to the most recent isle records you're maleficents only child"

Evie "her only living child, Mal had a younger brother maleficent had him killed when he was 5 because he was more human than fae"

Mal "he was thrown off the docks, I was right there but I couldn't save him, I just watched while he screamed for me, i should have done better"

Jay "Mal it's not your fault, if you'd have gone in you'd have drowned too, we tried we just couldn't get to him in time"

Mal "I should have hid him, I knew mother hated him I should have taken him to Anastasia, she would have protected him until mother calmed down, then he could have come here with me"

Chad "Anastasia? You mean"

Evie "yes chad we mean your moms step-sister, she is the only person who cares about the children's well-being on the isle if any child got hurt they went to her, if they were thrown out she took care of them, everyone of us has spent quite a few nights at her place it's one of the safest places for kids to go"

Audrey "thrown out? How can parents do that to their own flesh and blood?"

Carlos "there are worse things they can do" *looks at Mal who just nods*

Mal "I'm a Moor Faerie, like my mother"

Audrey "and? we already know you're like her"

Mal *eyes flash green for a second*"not the way your thinking, now tell me this, what is it that Moor Faeries have"

Chad "well if I remember the picture correctly, maleficent has horns"

Evie " okay well, fairy godmother maybe you could tell them what characteristics Moor Fae tend to possess"

FG "well all Moor Fae have eyes which glow when using magic are when the emotions are strong enough they could also have griffon like wings, extremely prominent cheek bones or horns, in maleficents case she had all three"

Audrey "but maleficent doesn't have wings"

Evie " she did until your grandfather burned them off in order to become king"

Audrey "what?"

Evie "yeah bet he kept that quiet" *grabs Mal when she starts to look unsteady* *whispers to Mal* "do you need to sit down?"

Mal *nods*

Evie *puts her arm around Mals waist and turns to walk to a bench*

Chad " hey you you can't just walk away after saying something like that" *reaches out and grabs Mals shoulder*

Mal *flinches and hisses in pain*

Jay "chad, let go right now, never touch her again especially her back and shoulders"

Chad * takes his hand off Mal then Evie quickly takes her to sit down* I barely touched her that can't have hurt

Jay "you heard Fairy Godmother there's three things that Moor Fae could have, Mal's Moor Fae she had one of those things which do you think it was *turns and walks to the bench with the rest of the VK's*

FG *gasps* shes been grounded

Beast "grounded?"

FG "when a faerie has their wings taken by force"

Beast "that can't be possible there's no weapons on the isle I made it so they were never any on the supply barges"

Leah "iron"

Beast "pardon"

Leah "when I married Stefan he demanded that all weapons had to be made of iron in case maleficent attacked"

no one notices Carlos has made his way back*

FG "yes that makes sense, the iron is toxic to Moor Fae it burns them, you don't think..."

Carlos "that The Mistress of All Evil had her goons pin her own daughter down and burn off her wings with a chain while the rest held us back so we couldn't get to her? Yeah she did, they left her bleeding on the ground, when we finally managed to get to her she was barely awake, we had to carry her to Anastasia's home trying to keep her conscious while Uma's crew made sure no one tried to attack us, at least when Stefan took maleficent's wings he gave her a sleeping potion, you don't even want to imagine the screams we heard that day, Mal never cries and she doesn't show pain but we thought she was going to die"

Audrey "but I still don't understand why"

Carlos "children of the isle aren't seen as children, we're seen as slaves and rats mostly, Mal was seen as an example of what happens when you make maleficent mad"

Beast "how can she do something like this to her own child"

Carlos "easily" *turns and walks back to Mal and the others who then all stand and walk away Evie and Jay on either side of Mal whose leaning on Evie*

Belle "she seems a little unsteady on her feet is that because she's supposed to have wings?"

FG "more than likely, Moor Faeries have huge wings, maleficents dragged on the floor, chances are that if she was grounded recently the her body is struggling to find balance so it's using more energy to stay upright rather than healing"

Audrey "it looks like she's using Evie as a crutch, is there anything that can be done at all"

FG "Fae can heal themselves but her wings are a different matter as they aren't in Auradon there's not much that can be done"

Audrey "nothing at all? Surely she's in pain I mean chad touched her for a second and you'd think he burned her with the way she reacted"

FG "unfortunately without her wings she can't fully heal and it can take months, sometimes years for grounded Fae to regain proper balance that's why maleficent is known for carrying a staff, she used it as support though she infused it with her magic so it wasn't seen as support"

Audrey *the only one still watching the VK's when she sees Mals knees start to buckle the Evie pick her up and Jay and Carlos move closer before they start running* I'm going to go I speak to you later Grammy *walks towards the dorms, when she gets near the girls dorm she sees jay and Carlos leaving the room when jay looks over then puts his finger to his lips*

Jay "I'm guessing you want to go in?"

Audrey "May I?"

Jay "yeah just be quiet, Mal has a hard time sleeping as it is so she doesn't need waking" * opens the door for her before walking away*

Audrey *peers inside and sees Evie sat on Mals bed while Mal asleep with her head on Evie's lap* "Evie? May I come in?

Evie *looks up at Audrey then back to Mal* sure just keep your voice down, she didn't sleep well last night and I don't want to wake her just yet

Audrey *comes in and sits on Evie's bed* "did carry her all the way up the stairs?"

Evie "you saw her nearly fall didn't you"

Audrey "I saw her knees give way then you picked her up, why didn't one of the boys?"

Evie *stroking her hair* "because she needed to be held a certain way otherwise it would cause her pain"

Audrey "I still don't understand how a parent can hurt their own child"

Evie "maleficent thought of it as showing everyone whose truly evil and teaching Mal a lesson"

Audrey *raises her voice a little* "what kind of lesson warrants what she did to her"

Evie *hears Mal whimper a little, grabs her hand with one hand and start drawing circles on it with her thumb while stroking her hair with the other* "hey your okay nothing can get you here"

Audrey *waits for Mal to settle again* "sorry"

Evie "it's fine but please you need to stay quiet now"

Audrey "Okay but..." *notices some scarring around Evie's wrist* "what happened to your wrist?"

Evie *looks at her wrist* "I didn't do this if that's what your thinking, a few months ago my mother found out that I'd fallen for and was in a relationship with someone who wasn't a prince, I wasn't allowed out for a month and to make sure I didn't try to escape she put me in shackles, the scars are from struggling"

Audrey "you were punished for love?"

Evie "you need to understand kids on the isle get punished for the simplest of reasons, Mal's reason was very similar to mine, maleficent says love is weakness and when she found out that Mal had fallen in love that's when she had her wings cut off, that was two days before we came here"

Audrey " but you couldn't tell she was in pain when you got here"

Evie " she's good at hiding things, when your from the isle you have to be, if maleficent found out who she fell for she probably be dead by now"

Audrey " what do you mean?"

Evie " Who can you fall in love with here in Auradon?"

Audrey " anyone if you love someone then no one can stop you we've always been told to follow our hearts"

Evie " well mine and Mal's mothers don't really believe that they're very old-fashioned"

Audrey "wait, do you mean?"

Evie " we've been together for nearly a year, that's why we're so protective of each other, we've seen each other at our worst and at our happiest, we've been there when no one else has"

Audrey "you really love her don't you"

Evie "so much, I was terrified I was going to lose her when maleficent's minions got her to the ground as bad as she acts she is my light and I don't know what I'd do without her"

Mal *slowly starts to get up * "you mean that"

Evie "of course I do, we didn't wake you did we?"

Mal "no I'm just achey that's what woke me"

Evie "do you want ice"

Mal *leaning on Evie's shoulder* "no, I just want this jacket and the bandage off, E, can you help me?" *starts undoing the jacket*

Evie "of course I can" *goes to take the jacket off mals shoulders then stops* "are you okay with Audrey seeing"

Audrey "I can leave if you want"

Mal "no it's fine, you probably saw me fall so you may as well see why"

Evie *grabs the jacket and gently slides it off her shoulders as Mal undoes her shirt then grabs the comforter and holds it up to her chest* (whispers in her ear) "you okay?"

Mal "just cold"

Evie *taking the shirt off her shoulders* "cold? but you never get cold even back on the isle and it wasn't exactly warm there"

Mal "I know but I'm cold now"

Audrey *notices Mal's eyes look slightly glazed over and starts to walk over to her*

Mal "what are you doing?"

Audrey "just stay still" *puts the back of her hand on Mal's forehead* "Evie, she's burning up"

Mal "what do you mean?"

Audrey "I mean it seems you've got a fever, your sick"

Mal "no I don't get sick, I can't be sick!"

Evie "Mal, look at me" *waits for Mal to face her* "it's okay, nothing bad's going to happen , you can't help it if you get sick, your body's been working so hard trying to heal you and keep you going it's probably overworked itself and that why you sick , you're exhausted Mal and your bodies trying to force you to rest"

Mal "but..."

Evie "no buts, I know you've not been sleeping and you've been in overdrive since we got here, you need to slow down, I nearly lost you once I don't want you working yourself into the ground trying to be like you where before they did what they did you need to slow down and work yourself up instead of going full speed, please can you do that? For me?"

Mal *wraps her arms around Evie* "Okay, I'm sorry"

Evie "it's okay you have nothing to be sorry for, now shall we get this bandage off?"

Mal "please" *still hugging Evie"

Audrey "do you want any help"

Evie "if you could get the scissors off my sewing desk that would be great"