In front of them, were two people and some sort of swirling vortex. One of the two people in front of them had straight purple hair, jeans, a leather jacket, and boots. The other one had horns, a robe, and was carrying a scepter. In fact, she looked a lot like Maleficent, except without the green skin.
"You'll never win, mother!" the purple-haired girl said. Liv and Maddie turned to face each other. Mother? They then turned back to the scene in front of them.
"Oh Mal, you're so pathetic," the woman dressed like Maleficent said. "Do you really think a little portal will stop me? Besides, you need me."
The girl named Mal glared. "Why would I need you?"
The Maleficent - woman sneered. "Well, I'm the only one who knows what happened to your boyfriend."
Mal growled. "What?!"
"Incoming!" a voice yelled, one that was very familiar to Maddie and Liv. The next thing they knew, the girl and the woman dodged a ball of fire, smoke, and metal as it zipped into the portal.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Maleficent exclaimed as she looked around. She soon noticed Liv and Maddie staring at the two of them and walked up to them. "Who are you two?" She waved her staff in between them until it landed on Liv. "And why are you dressed like me?!"
"Oh well..." Liv started, thinking that this was just some actress that was angry at not getting the part of Maleficent. "I know you must be a little angry at not getting the part, but I'd be happy to give it..."
Just then, Joey and Parker came running up to them.
"Sorry about that!" Joey called out.
"We were just building a rocket and..." Parker started to say, but then noticed the situation in front of them. "Oh."
Maleficent merely glanced at the two boys, then returned her attention to Liv and Maddie. "How dare you insult me with this mockery?!" She slammed her staff on the ground and a green lightning bolt came out of it. Maddie and Liv dodged the bolt, but it scorched the ground in between them.
"Leave them alone!" Mal exclaimed.
"And what say do you think you have in all of this?" Maleficent questioned.
"Maddie, I think that's the real Maleficent," Liv whispered as she turned to Maddie.
"But that's impossible!" Maddie whispered back. Just then, they heard a roar. Apparently, Mal had decided to turn into a dragon.
"I knew the dragons would be coming eventually!" Joey shouted.
"Well, look at you!" Maleficent exclaimed mockingly. "You finally learned how to transform into a dragon, just like your dear old mummy!" Mal shrieked.
Maleficent smirked. "Well, if you want to fight that way..." Just then , the vortex flickered. Maleficent raised her staff and teleported closer to the vortex. "Well, this has been fun, but I really must be going now." She jumped through the vortex just as it disappeared. Mal transformed back into herself and fell on her knees. Liv and Maddie ran towards her.
"Hey, are you okay?" Maddie asked.
"Yeah," Mal said as she got up. "Where in Auradon am I?"
Maddie raised an eyebrow. "Auradon?"
"Yeah, Auradon," Mal sassily said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Liv and Maddie looked at each other, then looked back at Mal.
"You're not in Auradon," Maddie said.
Mal's eyes seemed to widen in panic. "Then where am I?"
"You're in Los Angeles... California," Liv answered.
Mal anxiously paced the living room. She had introduced herself to the twins, Liv and Maddie, who had strangely looked a lot like her, and their brothers, who had introduced themselves as Joey and Parker. They had invited her inside, but that didn't calm her down. What happened? When she was fighting her mother, she was pushed into some kind of portal. Did Maleficent merely transport her to another country, or was this another realm all together? Was Auradon far away? Did it even exist in this world? And if Maleficent had Ben...
The girl named Liv came down the stairs, no longer wearing horns and a cape. "How are you doing?"
"How am I doing?!" Mal snapped, her emotions taking over. "I'm stuck in a faraway land, my mother is probably taking over Auradon, and my boyfriend is missing, and you have the nerve to ask how I'm doing? Well, I'm doing terrible, okay!" She flopped down on the couch.
"Okay then," Liv said with a nervous giggle. Then, she walked to the couch. "You want to talk about it?"
Mal shrugged. "Not really."
" So, let me get this straight, " Parker, who had walked in with Maddie and Joey earlier. "You're from this magical..." He waved his hands for emphasis on magical. "... land called Auradon, and you can turn into a dragon."
"Yep," Mal answered , popping the p. She so wasn't in the mood for this right now. "What's so unbelievably about that?"
"Look, as much as I want to question this, now is not the time," Maddie said, stepping forward. "I just can't believe that we look so much like each other."
"I know," Liv said. "It's like mom had a triplet she never told us about."
"Or like my mom had two triplets that she never told me about," Mal said. She was already starting to feel better.
Maddie's eyes widened. "Wait... do you think..."
"It can't be... can it?" Liv asked.
"Well, we've seen our birth certificates," Maddie said.
"And since you two don't have magic..." Mal said.
" Coincidence," they all said simultaneously.
"Well, I say we make Mal an honorary triplet, and show her around town," Liv suggested.
"And I know exactly what we can do afterwards!" Joey exclaimed.