A few hours later Evie woke up. Her body telling her she needed to get up and start her usual morning routine. But she stopped in her tracks when she looked over to Mal's seemingly empty bed. What the hell!? Evie thought to herself. Mal was never up before her. In fact most days she had to wake the purple haired girl up or she would never even get to her lessons on time so for Evie to find Mal's bed empty at 6:30 in the morning was very alarming.
"Mal!" Evie called out to the empty room hoping beyond belief the other girl was just in their adjoining bathroom but that notion was quickly squashed when there was no reply. "Mal! Are you here?" Evie asked the empty room. However, as Evie let out a little sigh of frustration she could of sworn she heard giggling coming from somewhere in the room. "If this is you idea of a joke, it's not funny, Mal!" Evie shouted quickly getting annoyed with her friends antics. Her eyes scanned the room again as she heard another giggle. That was when she saw the duvet on Mal's bed move slightly.
Evie took the couple of steps necessary to reach Mal's bed and pulled back the covers. She couldn't believe what her eyes were seeing. Curled into a ball in the middle of the bed was a small girl about one year old with purple hair. What the rotten apples is going on!? Evie thought to herself.
"Mal?" Evie asked the tiny girl whose green eyes were currently looking up at her. Upon hearing her name the little girl smiled and started clapping. It was as the girl rolled onto her back while clapping Evie realized she had no clothes on. The teenager had no idea what to do. She would need to make Mal some clothes but she would need lots of other baby things as well. Evie just wasn't sure where she would get the money from to get them or what exactly she would need. Her first thought was to ask Ben but him being the new King it didn't seem right to ask. She didn't even know who to tell. Evie quickly grabbed one of teenage Mal's smaller t-shirts and slipped it on the girl so she didn't get cold. Mal took the signal of being somewhat dressed as a sign it was okay to run around the room. Evie couldn't help but roll her eyes affectionately at the energetic one year old as she grabbed her sketch pad she kept on her bedside cabinet and started on some ideas for the small girl.
After around half an hour she had a finished idea for the girl but she still needed her measurements to make it to size. From what she had seen of Auradon children Mal was quite underweight for her age. The young girl was currently sat on the floor, having convinced Evie to give her some paper and a pencil, attempting to draw. Some things never change. Evie thought to herself.
"Mal, can you come here please." Evie called out to the toddler. Shockingly Mal came straight over to Evie and allowed the blue haired girl to lift her onto the bed.
"Who you?" Mal asked the older girl.
"My name is Evie. Can you say that Mal?" The teen told/asked the toddler.
"Ev... Ev... Evie. Evie!" the young girl had shouted her name when she finally said it without stuttering. The teen could help but smile at Mal being so adorable. But she knew she had something she needed to do. With a bit of a struggle Evie took the girls measurements and set her back down on the floor to continue drawing. Evie pulled out the material she kept for if Mal needed any new clothes and placed them on the table which held her sewing machine. As Evie got started on her designs, in her haste to help Mal, she completely forgot it was Monday and she and Mal had Goodness Class first thing.
At around 10am Evie finally stopped after having made three day outfits and a set of nightwear for the young girl. It was then she realized how quiet Mal had been and looked between the beds to find her curled up, asleep. Evie grabbed the sleep wear and moved to pick up Mal. Once Evie had laid the sleeping girl on the bed she carefully changed her clothes and laid her under the duvet but before covering her up Evie placed a towel under the girls bum. Hopefully if Mal has an accident it wont leak through. Evie thought.
As Evie tucked in Mal there was a knock at the door. The teenager turned to glare at it before looking back at a peacefully sleeping Mal. I was ready to ignore it when I heard another more persistent knock. Jesus! What the hell can be so important!? Evie spotted Mal getting disturbed by the knocking and decided to answer the door and try not to murder whoever was on the other side.
When she opened the door though she came face to face with the last person she expected to see. Fairy Godmother.
"Fairy Godmother, what brings you here?" Evie asked the head mistress trying to keep her voice down so as not to walk Mal but loud enough it wouldn't be suspicious. Evie knew how cranky teenage Mal could be when woken up she didn't want to think what toddler Mal would be like if she got woken up.
"Well you and Mal missed Goodness class this morning so I came to see if everything was okay." Fairy Godmother explained. Crap! How could I forget I had lessons today. Evie thought to herself. Evie had two options here. Promise it won't happen again or tell Fairy Godmother the truth. "Where is Mal anyway?" She asked the teenager looking over Evie's shoulder and not seeing her best friend. The blue haired teen glanced briefly at her bed to make sure the little girl was okay but Fairy Godmother must have interpreted it differently. "Evie, is everything alright? There's nothing wrong is there?" Fairy Godmother asked the torn girl in front of her. Evie was in two minds of what to do when suddenly the decision on whether or not to tell the older fairy was taken out of her hands.
"Evie?" A small, sleepy voice called out. While Evie and Fairy Godmother had been talking neither had noticed the small girl on the bed was waking up. Well I guess the cat is out of the bag. Evie thought as she took one last look at Fairy Godmothers confused face before heading to the bed and lifting the small girl into her arms.
"What's the matter, Mal?" Evie asked the girl. Mal was currently still trying to rub the sleep out of her eyes so was completely oblivious to the 'stranger' in the room.
Mal pointed back to the bed and simply said "Wet."
Evie nodded to the young girl even thought she knew Mal probably wouldn't even register her movement since she was so tired. "It's okay, Mal. We will just change it okay?" Mal sleepily nodded to the blue haired girl and snuggled into her chest in an attempt to get back to sleep. Evie ran her hands through Mal's short curls and had completely forgotten Fairy Godmother was even in the room until she spoke.
"Wait, Mal!? That's Mal? How did this happen?" Fairy Godmother asked Evie. The teen merely nodded as she didn't really know what to say about it. Evie didn't remember her wish for Mal to forget what her mother had done to her so the teen had no idea how to explain it. At the sound of another voice Mal turned her head to face the 'stranger' and looked at her with questioning eyes.
"I have no idea." Evie stated. "I went to sleep last night and everything was fine but when I woke up this morning Mal was a one year old again." Evie explained what she could remember. Evie looked down at the small girl in her arms when she felt a couple of weak tugs on her t-shirt.
"Who dat?" The girl asked.
"That is Fairy Godmother. She's very nice. Can you say hi?" Evie said to the girl. Mal made no move to talk to Fairy Godmother though. instead Mal's green eyes looked at the older woman who had come a little closer after the girl had been told who she was.
"Hi Mal." Fairy Godmother addressed the girl but as she suspected Mal didn't answer her she just turned her face back into Evie's chest. "Do you have anything for her? Do you know what your going to do?" Fairy Godmother asked the teenager. Thankfully while Evie had been sewing Mal's outfits she had thought of such questions.
"I have a few outfits I have sewn for her but other then that no. I have no idea what to do. I mean I know we have to try and turn her back but I have no idea how to take care of her." Evie explained. But the further along in her explanation she got the more Evie started to freak out.
"Calm down, Evie." Fairy Godmother told her as she walked forward and placed her hands on the teens shoulders. "I'll run into town and pick up a few things she will need and I will excuse you from classes for this week. Okay?" Evie just nodded to the older woman sensing she really didn't have a choice in the matter anyway. "When I get back I'll talk you through what you need to know and I will perform a spell that will tell us exactly how old she is. I'll be back soon." The headmistress promised before quickly leaving.
Although as Fairy Godmother left Mal decided it was time to wake up and shuffled in Evie's arms to be let down. After a couple of minutes Evie finally understood what Mal wanted but regretted it instantly as Mal began running around with a lot of new found energy. "Mal, if you keep running around like that you will hurt yourself." She told the young girl.
"No." Was the tiny girls reply as she once again ran past Evie. The teen was prepared for her to run past her this time though and was able to scoop Mal up into her arms and tickle her. As she tickled Mal Evie couldn't contain her smile at the giggles and shrieks Mal was producing. The young girl was trying, to no avail, to bat Evie's tickling fingers away.
Finally Evie hesitated a little too long between tickles and Mal manages to wiggle free and crop to the floor. Mal had landed near the bed and quickly rolled under Evie's bed as the teenager tried to pick her up again.
"Come out, Mal." Evie said to her but Mal simply replied "No." and continued to giggle. To Mal this game was amazing since Evie couldn't reach her no matter how hard she tried. Evie continued for over an hour to get Mal out from under the bed. She even pushed the bed backwards a little in order to reach her but Mal had simply shuffled backwards with the bed. Evie let out a frustrated sigh making Mal giggle even harder.
"Where's Mal?" Fairy Godmother mouthed to Evie as she transported herself into the dorm room with her arms full of bags. Evie merely pointed to the bed and Fairy Godmother understood immediately. Mal was loving the game she was playing with Evie and felt like she could keep it going but she hadn't counted on the other woman coming back.
"Mal! Come out from under that bed this instant." Fairy Godmother called out to Mal in a stern voice that made the young girl stop giggling. Mal began to shuffle towards the edge of the bed but the further she got the more upset she became. The young girl had only been playing a game and didn't understand why she was in trouble. "I'm waiting, Mal." Fairy Godmother said. Mal eventually came out from under the bed but her eyes were brimming with unshed tears making both Evie and Fairy Godmother feel bad. Mal just didn't understand what she had done wrong.
Author's Note: I hope you guys are liking this story so far. Please leave me a review and let me know what you think. x
