Chapter 1: The Plan
"Hi mom." The purple-haired girl named Mal spoke.
The guards parted to reveal a purple and black dressed woman with dark horns atop her head and a wooden staff in her hand. Maleficent: Mistress of all evil, and Mal's Mommy.
"Stealing candy Mal? I'm so disappointed," Maleficent frowned. Mal tried to mend the break her mother already made in her mood,
"It was from a baby," she added, holding the lollipop up with less pride than a few seconds ago. This made Maleficent grin,
"That's my nasty little girl!" she praised, making her daughter smile. The two shared the evil moment before Maleficent snatched the lollipop from Mal, spit on it and held it under her arm for a good ten seconds before handing it off to one of her goons. "Give it back to the dreadful creature," she sneered making her daughter frown in disappointment.
"Mom!" she whined.
"It's the deets, Mal that is the difference between being mean, and truly evil!" she explained, getting next to her daughter and making big hand gestures. "When I was your age, I was cursing entire kingdoms." Mal mouthed along with her mom, Maleficent not noticing.
"I'm just trying to teach you what really counts: How to be Me" the dark fairy said with her evil sneer as Mal fidgeted with embarrassment.
"I know," she mumbled, "And I'll do better." This made her friends frown; they all knew Mal wanted nothing more than to impress her mother, but Maleficent always found a way to upstage her. The blue-haired girl frowned with sympathy while the girl clad in her tiger-striped jumpsuit and black fur vest just sighed as the long-haired boy draped an arm over her shoulders and held her hand.
"Oh! There's news!" Maleficent said after that pregnant pause. "I buried the lead!" she dusted off her cape before getting into a serious position to show off the big reveal.
"You five, have been chosen to go to a different school…" the teens waited for her to finished her dramatic affect. "… In Auradon!"
And with those words the four teens tried to dash away but Maleficent's goons held on tight so they couldn't get away; the black-haired girl even clawed, hissed, and tried anything else to get free.
Seeing her friends' reactions Mal spoke, "What? I'm not going to some boarding school filled to the brim with prissy pink princesses!" she spat.
"And perfect princes" the blue-haired girl sighed dreamily, but added an "Uck!" when her friends gave her odd looks.
The long-haired boy spoke up, "And yeah, I don't do uniforms, unless its leather, you feel me?" he threw a wink at the catty girl making her grin with a blush before she added,
"Not to mention, that Auradon has absolutely no antelope. Or zebra. Not even a wildebeest!" she spat with a growl, crossing her arms and flipping her wild charcoal hair from her eyes.
The white-haired boy raised his hand, "I read somewhere that they allow dogs, in Auradon" this made the tiger-stripe clad girl widen her eyes and shiver at the thought, "Mom says they're rabid pack animals who eat boys that don't behave."
The other boy snuck up behind him and barked in his ear making him jump, earning him a laugh from his girlfriend and a whack to the stomach from the younger boy.
"Yeah, mom, we're not going." Mal overall ruled.
Maleficent smirked and put a hand on her daughter's shoulder, "Oh, you're thinking small Pumpkin." She made more arm gestures, "It's all about World Domination!"
"Knuckleheads!" she called to her goons who began to herd the five teens back to the fortress of solitude, or more specifically the loft where they all lived.
"You will go, you will find the Fairy Godmother, and you will bring me back her magic wand… Easy peasy." Maleficent explained as she filed her nails absently. The five had gone back to their humble abode they shared with their villainous parents: a Dark Fairy, a Narcissistic Queen, a Traitorous Advisor, the worst Feline Uncle/Brother ever, and the craziest Fashionista alive.
"What's in it for us?" Mal asked skeptically.
Maleficent shrugged on her throne, "Matching thrones, hers and hers crowns?" she tried.
The white-haired boy cut in, "I think she means us," he said, nervous around Maleficent just like everyone else.
The horned woman just scowled, "Oh, it's all about you and me baby," she said to Mal. "Do you enjoy watching innocent people suffer?" she asked.
Mal shrugged, "Well yeah, I mean who doesn't…"
"Then get me that wand!" Maleficent chanted like she was speaking to a child. "And you and I can see that, and more. And with that wand and my scepter, I will be able to bend both good and evil to my will!" she lifted her arms and shook them triumphantly.
"Our will." A woman with a crown and blue cape said matter-of-factly. None other than the Evil Queen herself.
"Our will, our will." Maleficent corrected herself. She turned back to her daughter, "And if you refuse, you're grounded for the rest of your life missy." She threatened.
"What? Mom!" Mal began to counter but her mother snapped her fingers in her face, leaning in close and both their eyes glowing a bright green as they had their normal stare-down. But like always Mal couldn't hold her mom's stare,
"Fine, whatever." She rolled her eyes admitting defeat as her mother grinned.
"I win," she gloated.
"Evie!" the Evil Queen called and the blue-haired girl rushed to her side. "My little evilette in training, you just find yourself a prince with a big castle and a mother-in-law wing." She explained.
"And lots and lots of mirrors!" they both finished in unison making Evie giggle happily.
She was quickly stopped by her mother, "Ah, no laughing! Wrinkles!" she scolded and Evie immediately stopped, not wanting to ruin her beauty.
A woman with wild hair and many fur pelts along her red leather coat spoke up. "Well they're not taking my Carlos, I'd miss him too much." Cruella de Vill said pinching her son's cheeks. The white-haired boy brightened at those words.
"Really mom?"
"Yes, who would touch up my roots, fluff my furs, and scrape the bunions off my feet?" she asked him as she held up her leg as Carlos cringed in disgust.
"Maybe a new school wouldn't be the worst thing." He mumbled as he dropped his mother's leg.
"Oh Carlos, they have dogs in Auradon," Cruella reminded him. He flinched at the word and turned to Maleficent,
"Oh no. I'm not going." He decided, making the mistress of evil let out a frustrated groan.
The stripe-wearing girl walked over to stand beside a man with wilder and longer black hair than her, piercing green eyes and a scar across his left eye. After he was banished from Pride Rock Scar was forced to live as a human on the Isle of the Lost, they thought he'd be less trouble that way.
"Yes well who's going to catch us dinner while my daughter is in Auradon? Certainly not any of you!" Scar complained as he held up a half-eaten chicken leg. "Only my Skylar has the nose to find such a feast!" her father had this way of making a compliment sound like a complaint.
"Thanks daddy." Skylar beamed with yet another flip of her mane.
Another man with a turban added, "Well Jay isn't going either. I need him to stock the shelves in my store!" Jafar defended as the boy with the red beany strode up beside him. The former sorcerer pulled his son aside for a moment. "What did you score?" he asked excitedly.
Jay pulled various trinkets from his clothes, none of them interesting Jafar until the teen pulled out a lamp to which his dad gasped.
"A lamp!" he grabbed the lamp and rubbed it vigorously hoping beyond hope that a genie was inside.
"Dad," Jay tried. "Dad, I already tried." He explained, causing Jafar to scowl and throw the lamp back to him.
The Evil Queen examined her daughter's pretty face, "Evie is not going anywhere until we get rid of this unibrow." Evie covered the space between her eyebrows with a look of horror.
"What is wrong with you people!?" Maleficent groaned. "People used to cower at the mention of our names! For twenty years I have searched for a way off this island. For twenty years, they have robbed us of our revenge."
Maleficent pointed to the Evil Queen, "Revenge on Snow White, and her horrible little men!"
"Ow." EQ pouted, Evie patting her shoulder in comfort.
The evil fairy turned to Jafar, "Revenge on Aladdin and his bloated genie!"
Jafar raised his wooden spoon like it was a sword with a furious expression, "I will…" he began but was held back by his son. Maleficent gave Scar a shove on the shoulder,
"Revenge on Simba, and all the Pridelanders that betrayed you!" Scar tried to roar his anger out but all that came out of his bearded mouth was coughing like he had something stuck in his throat. Skylar cringed as her dad went into a coughing fit and she patted his back.
Maleficent pointed to Cruella, "Revenge on every sneaky Dalmatian that escaped your clutches!"
"Oh, but they didn't get the baby!" Cruella grinned while squeezing her stuffed dog and laughing as it squeaked. "They didn't get the… they didn't get the baby!" she cackled like a madwoman. Both Scar and his daughter raised simultaneous eyebrows at the woman's insanity, if it was one thing Scar and his daughter shared it was their tricks and their meticulous looks.
"And I, Maleficent, the evilest of them all, will finally have my revenge on Sleeping Beauty." She sneered, going over to sit on the arm of Evil Queen's chair. "And her relentless little prince." Maleficent rolled her eyes. "Villains!" she called, each replying with a "Yes," in response.
"Our day has come!" Maleficent yelled, "E.Q. give her the magic mirror," she said smugly. The Evil Queen handed Evie a small hand-held mirror with a few missing pieces and cracks.
"This is your magic mirror?" Evie said, not sounding the least bit impressed by the ratty old piece of glass.
E.Q. sighed, "Yeah, well it ain't what it used to be. But then again neither are we," she said making Maleficent laugh. "But it will help you find things." The Evil Queen explained as her blue-haired daughter examined her makeup in the mirror, but then perked up at an idea.
"Like a prince?!" she asked excitedly.
"Like my waistline," her mother joked but Maleficent didn't look amused at all,
"Like the Magic Wand, hello!?" she said, impatience dripping from her voice.
The Evil Queen giggled slightly, "Hello," she replied, not getting it was a figure of speech.
Maleficent rolled her eyes, "My spell book, that book, I need my book." E.Q. pointed to the fridge behind her. Maleficent walked over to the refrigerator but struggled to open it. "Oh, ah, the safe yes! The safe! Queen, help me!" somehow the Mistress of Evil couldn't open a freezer.
The Evil Queen stood up and approached Maleficent at the fridge, "I can never figure this thing out." She said in frustration. The former queen pulled the latch and the freezer opened with a waterfall of fog.
"Viola." She deadpanned.
Maleficent beamed, "My spell book! Come, Mal, Come!" she ushered her daughter to stand next to her, the purple-haired girl complied without a fuss. The fairy pulled an old tattered book from the freezer, bouncing the thing in her hands due to how cold it was. "There she is… now it won't work here, but it will in Auradon." She explained before turning to the Evil Queen, "Remember when we were spreading evil and ruining lives?"
Evil Queen smiled as if remembering it fondly, "Like it was yesterday."
The dark fairy turned back to her violet-haired daughter, "And now you will be making your own memories. By doing exactly as I tell you." She explained firmly before slapping the book on Mal's chest. Maleficent walked out onto her balcony with Mal at her heels, both of them hearing the honk of a limo from Auradon already downstairs waiting for them.
"Let's get this party started," Jay said excitedly as he scooped Skylar up in his arms and set her down by the front door as she let out an excited mewl.
"I hope they have zebra in Auradon, and if not than at least a decent sized squirrel." Skylar said as she grabbed her purse that looked to be made out of hyena fur before gathering her bags.
"Carlos, come!" Cruella called for her son as the two of them began assembling his things to go to Auradon.
Maleficent placed her hands on Mal's shoulders as they looked out at the kingdom they planned to take over.
"The fate of the free world rests on your shoulders." She told her daughter, her voice then turning threatening, "Don't blow it."
She left her daughter's side to go and walk down the stairs to meet the others, but Mal stayed to stare out at Auradon a few moments longer. Noticing her daughter wasn't with her Maleficent called back,
"Mal!" and the green-eyed girl ran to catch up with her mother.
Jafar and Jay were the last ones out, "Recite our mantra." Jafar said gripping his son by the shoulder.
"There's no Team in I." Jay smirked grabbing his dad's shoulder in return.
"Oh, stop it you're making me tear up." Jafar grinned making Jay's spirit go over the moon.
Scar walked over to where his daughter was standing and loading chicken wings and other meaty items into her purse for the road. "Come along now Kitten, think about all the delicious antelope we can hunt when we take over Auradon and become lions again." Skylar grinned at the idea and purred with excitement as she and her father rushed down the stairs to greet the limo.
Jafar exited last due to many shiny things he was sneaking into his coat pockets on his way out.
Once the five teens were all packed they all loaded their bags into the trunk of the limo. Carlos sprinting towards it and into the car away from his mother who tried fluffing his hair again.
"Carlos!" she called, but he was already in the car. "Ingrate," she muttered. Jay became fascinated with the gold hood ornament and snatching it while no one was looking and presenting it to Skylar as a gift. She took it with a smile and bopped him on the nose, the limo driver seeing the ornament and becoming slightly confused.
The teens all piled into the limo, Skylar throwing her new gift into her purse before sitting on the surprisingly comfortable car seat next to Jay.
As the limo began to drive away Jafar shouted, "Bring home the gold!"
"Bring home a puppy!" Cruella added.
"Bring home a prince!" the Evil Queen continued.
"And bring home something to eat!" Scar finished, his daughter perking up at the idea of food and breaking into her meat stash, purring happily as she tore into a chicken leg.
But the meat was quickly forgotten as she, Jay, and Carlos spotted many bright and colorful types of candy and began fighting over who could grab what first. While the boys were busy fighting Skylar grabbed three lollipops and something called a Kit-Kat and began to dig into the sweet stuff while Mal just ate a lollipop that looked like blue rocks.
Evie pulled out her makeup kit and checked her face yet again, the beauty-obsessed girl looking at Mal, "You look a little washed out." She commented trying to apply blush to her face, "Let me help." She said but the violet-haired girl shooed her away looking annoyed.
"Ew, stop. I'm plotting." She explained as she fought off Evie.
"Well it isn't very attractive." She then set her makeup down and picked up a hairbrush and comb, looking at Skylar with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.
Skylar stopped eating her Kit-Kat to glare at the Evil Queen's daughter. "Evie, stay away from me with that brush. The last time I let you handle my mane it was flat for weeks!" she growled as she fluffed her thick black locks.
"But you looked so pretty," Evie sighed sadly when Skylar shook her head no. The young lioness saw Jay about to put a gum-ball in his mouth but she snatched it and ate it before he could. He was about to say something when Carlos rapidly tapped his shoulder.
"Dude, try this. It's salty like nuts but sweet like, I don't know what." He explained.
"Let me see," Jay demanded, glaring when Carlos opened his mouth to reveal a gross mush of brown stuff. Jay punched his shoulder before grabbing the sweet thing that wasn't eaten and gobbling it up in one bite, his sour expression lighting up at the amazing taste of the peanut butter cup.
He looked back at his friend and they both grinned before eating more candy.
Mal picked up a remote and started pushing random buttons when all of a sudden Evie shouted, "Look!" the teens all looked out the window to see the driver approaching the edge of a destroyed bridge, as if to drive them over the edge into the water.
"It's a trap!" Carlos shouted. The five teens then started screaming in terror in a huddled ball as they waited for doom, but when it never came they peeked open their eyes to see the limo driving across what appeared to be a golden bridge made of sparkly stuff.
"What in pride's name was that?!" Skylar demanded, pulling her head away from Jay's chest as he tried to spit her wild hair out of his mouth.
"It must be magic!" Evie exclaimed, now giddy once again.
Mal turned to the driver, "Hey," she said, getting the attention of the guy driving, "Did this button just open the magic barrier?" she demanded more than asked.
The driver sounded slightly annoyed, "No, this one opens the barrier," he said holding up a gold remote with one big red button in the center. He pointed to the remote Mal was holding with a smug expression, "That one opens my garage. And this one…" he pushed a button and the divider between him and Mal went up as she tried to smile politely.
"Okay, nasty. I like that guy." Mal smirked. The others nodded in agreement. Well, Evie and Skylar did, the boys just continued stuffing their faces with candy.
The drive to Auradon Prep took not as long as expected but seemingly not long enough. After seeing the front sign of the school 'Where Good doesn't get any Better' the teens wanted to gag. Soon they were about to be overrun with niceness, goodness, and overall boredom in the kingdom of Auradon.
As the limo finally pulled up to the school the teens saw a marching band and much enthusiasm waiting for them.
"Let's get this over with." Skylar rolled her eyes as the door unlocked itself and the marching band began to play.
