Ben and Mal arrive via camels to meet Jay and Lonnie in the desert. Jane and Doug fly in on their Atlanteans craft, then Evie and Doug land shortly afterward aboard the mechanical eagle. The group wave as the eagle takes off again. Jane and Carlos tearfully recount what happened to Brent and Gwyn.
Jay combines the two pieces of the scarab; the beetle sparks to life and shoots through the air. The group follows its trail of light to a particular sand dune. The beetle dives into the sand. The Cave of Wonders rises. The sand forms the powerful feline's head and opens its mouth before the VKs revealing a staircase. Ben stands at the foot of the stairs, raising his voice he says "We only need Mozenwrath's Gauntlet, just that one thing to save the world."
"You may enter, but touch nothing else." the cave/cat growls.
The group nervously walks down the steps. They clutch each other frightfully as they walk past mountains of gold and treasure. They begin searching for the Gauntlet. Jane's hands shake uncontrollably. You could cut the tension with a knife. This is the most dangerous part of their mission. The Cave could kill them all in an instant.
Ben spots the Gauntlet resting on a pillow atop a pillar. Mal reaches cautiously for the glove. Stefan suddenly steps out of the shadows behind the pedestal. Mal gasps. Somehow he knew their plan. He jumped through time to meet them. He picks up the Gauntlet and slides his hand in. He forms a fist, turning to glare at the youths.
The heroes raise their weapons and prepare for a fight. The cave begins to rumble and shake. Holding the wand up Stefan restrains the mighty Cave of Wonders.
Mal glances over her shoulder to find her friends frozen in place. Stefan has stopped time. He begins pacing around Mal. He admires the glove on his right hand savouring the moment. In his left hand is Fairy Godmother's wand. Mal watches him intently; this might be the end for her and her friends. She doesn't notice as the lizard Maleficent crawls out of her bag.
"Long before you were born, your mother and I were enemies." Stefan begins to monologue. "I was the most powerful King, King of all men. But compared to your mother, Woah! That, that's real power, but what did she do with it? Nothing. All she ever did was torture me and my family, for what reason? An invitation to a baby shower?" Stefan says feigning shock.
"I'm not my mother. Your fight is with her. Just let my friends go." Mal pleads.
"I'll deal with your mother soon enough. She was powerful but you… even she was no match for you. I know how you stood up to her when she escaped the Isle. Think of what you could do with that power." Stefan says wickedly.
"That's not who I am. I don't want power. I don't use dark magic." Mal says firmly.
"You already do," Stefan says. He snaps his fingers and Mal's hair becomes purple. Stefan grins, he snaps his fingers again. Mal's eyes glow green. "Don't deny who you are," Stefan says stepping back into the shadows. He lets out an evil laugh. Mal's friends begin to move again. Mal clutches at her head feeling strange.
"Mal?" Evie asks concerned.
Mal becomes surrounded in purple smoke. She transforms into an enormous purple dragon. She takes flight and begins breathing fire, at her friends! She circles around them trapping them in a ring of flame.
Mal lands amongst her friends who run in panic. She swipes at them with her claws. Carlos grabs her tail trying to get her to stop.
He shouts "This isn't you Mal!"
"We're your friends!" Jane adds.
Mal raises her tail and tries to whip them with it.
Carlos and Jane duck under it and run.
Lonnie taps her sword against Mal's front claws "Hey over here!" She says.
Mal turns to face her. Jay stares Mal in the eyes and says "He is messing with your mind. You got to fight it, my father could never hypnotize someone with strong willpower."
"Just focus on us and snap out of it," Lonnie says hopefully.
Mal looks at them for a moment; she lets out a roar and swipes at them with her clawed hand. Lonnie and Jay roll out of the way, avoiding death by inches. Ben leaps forward meeting her claws with Excalibur. Ben's muscles tense as he struggles to block her mighty attack, her hand remains locked in place.
Evie and Doug stand behind Ben confidently. "Just be yourself," Evie says.
Ben meets her eyes and says calmly "It doesn't matter who your parents are, you're good Mal."
Mal stops. She blinks several times. Her eyes stop glowing.
She turns to Stefan, and lunges at him! Stefan sprouts powerful leathery wings and launches into the air avoiding the dragon's attack.
Mal takes flight after him. Mal's friends let out a cheer. All the Descendants attack at once. Carlos points his crystal at Stefan striking him with blue energy as he darts around the cave. Jane sends shockwaves out from the trident sending Stefan tumbling downward; he recovers from the fall and catches Mal with an uppercut. Mal crashes into the roof of the cave.
Doug points the ring at Stefan; he telekinetically pulls him into the ground. Ben slashes at him with Excalibur, Lonnie and Jay with their own swords. Stefan stands; he sends all three flying with a flick of his hand. Mal blankets him with a wall of fire. Everyone combines their attacks again.
Stefan stands defiantly, enduring the attacks. Jay shouts "It's not enough; we need the gauntlet as well."
Doug pulls at it with the rings magic; the gauntlet begins to slide off Stefan's arm. Suddenly it stops and slowly slides back on. Stefan casts a spell and transforms into a Hydra. He rushes at Mal biting her with his multiple heads. He throws her across the room. She lands hard. Her body puffs into smoke and she returns to normal.
Ben watches in horror. He lets out a roar and leaps at the Hydra swinging Excalibur. He begins cutting off Stefan's heads. More grow in their places. Ben loses control in a fit of rage, fur erupts from Ben's skin, horns form on his head and he becomes a full beast. Ben lands back on the ground behind Stefan. He turns to see Stefan now has 30 heads snarling at him.
In one rapid strike, Ben disappears under the Hydra's hand. There is a loud rumble as the monsters full weight comes down onto the king. He is killed instantly.
Stefan picks up Excalibur with his claws. He next whips his tail bashing into Carlos and Jane. They fall to the ground. Stefan steps on them making a crunch sound. He retrieves their crystal and Trident.
Simultaneously the heads devour Evie and Doug. One of Stefan's tongues pulls Merlin's ring from its teeth. He adds it to his collection.
He reaches down grabbing Jay and Lonnie with his two hands. He throws them in opposite directions. They collide with the sides of the cave. Lonnie hits the ground with a dull thud, after landing she lays motionless.
Jay hits a pile of treasure, gold coins cascade in all directions around his crater. Jay's impact with the metal is excruciating. His insides feel like broken glass. He opens his mouth to scream but there is no air in his lungs. He collapses.
Stefan becomes human once more. Holding all the objects aloft Stefan casts a new spell. He magically combines them all in a flash of light. He now wears a golden gauntlet, engraved with images of all the magical objects, colourful gems are embedded in the knuckles. "Finally it is mine." He says.
With all the Descendants dead he can rule the world; Stefan now possesses the most powerful magical weapon in the universe.
Maleficent looks at her daughter lying on the ground, heartbroken she slowly transforms into her original form again. She reaches out taking her child in her arms. Devastated she embraces Mal and weeps.
Stefan walks over to her. "And you…" he says. Maleficent looks up at him for a moment before returning to Mal. Stefan raises his glowing fist preparing to destroy his oldest adversary.
"I was once so angry at you," Maleficent says softly. "You cut off my wings, and I cursed your daughter in return. But then I grew to love her. I realized my mistake far too late. I wish I could take it all back."
"Don't try and apologize, because I won't accept it," Stefan roars.
Maleficent continues "I just wanted to tell you that I understand you. Power and revenge were once all I lived for. But I saw for a moment, the truth. The only real life worth living is one where you love. I loved your daughter Stefan. And I loved my own daughter." Maleficent presses her forehead to her child's. She closes her eyes waiting for Stefan.
He just looks at them.
Maleficent whispers to Mal "You taught me what love is, and that good is stronger than evil. But I was too late."
Jay opens his eyes. He takes a painful breath. He raises his head and looks around; he sees the mountain of gold and the trail he left as he slid down it. He props himself up on his elbows. Slowly he drags himself along the floor; he ignores the awful aches in his bones and his body telling him to stop.
He sees his friends lying around the cave, dead.
Stefan's back is to Jay, he is staring at Maleficent and Mal." It doesn't matter anymore," Jay thinks. "I won't last much longer." He crawls across the cave floor past hordes of treasure. If only his dad could see him now. His father had raised him all his life to seek out opportunities like this. Steal the treasure; get the magic, rule the world. Nothing else mattered, nobody else mattered. But Jay ignored all of that now. Now he crawled toward what he cared about, the only thing that really mattered.
He crawls up to Lonnie's body. Tearfully he holds her in his arms. "I'm sorry." He whispers. "I'm sorry."
The two mice Bianca and Bernard approach Jay, pushing a lamp towards him. He glances down at them. The rodents squeak at him and step backward. Jay picks up the lamp and looks at it blankly. He absentmindedly runs his hand over it. He gently releases it. It drops to the ground. He continues crying.
In a burst of energy, Genie shoots out of the lamp and begins singing.
"You ain't ever had a friend like me…" He sings.
Jay breaks down, even more, crying uncontrollably.
Genie stops singing and dancing. He leans over Jay and Lonnie. Woefully he says "I am so sorry kid, I can't…"
"Bring people back from the dead. I know." Jay finishes.
Genie clasps his hands together and looks down solemnly for a minute. He sees Stefan out of the corner of his eye when he spots the gauntlet his face changes. He leans over Jay's shoulder again. He says "If you had the legendary reality gauntlet, however, you could bring people back to life."
Stefan stands quietly, a puzzled look on his face. Maleficent meets his gaze. "Don't make the same mistake I did. You think you'll be happy when you rule the world. But it's worthless if you're alone. Be with your family again, your granddaughter"
"Leah and Aurora!" Stefan says his expression becoming warm.
Maleficent kisses Mal's forehead.
Mal's eyes open. She gets up. "You're alive," Maleficent says hugging her daughter, tears of joy welling up in her eyes.
Stefan looks down at his bare hand. He turns around to see the gauntlet on Jay's hand.
Ben, Gwyn, Brent, Carlos, Evie, Jane, Doug, and Lonnie walk up and stand beside Jay.
Jay says "I wish Stefan had no magic abilities."
Genie snaps his fingers.
Stefan's armour falls off his body. He falls to his hands and his knees. Jay points the gauntlet at him. Stefan looks up sadly at Jay. Jay shoots energy at Stefan and in an instant, he is gone.
"Did you…" Jane begins to ask.
"I teleported him," Jay says.
"To the Isle?" Ben asks.
"I figured he wanted to be with his family, so I sent him back to his time. Let's just say he did not die in his fight with Maleficent."
"The Isle isn't the perfect solution," Evie says gloomily.
"I should really do something about that." Ben thinks aloud.
Mal joins her friends.
Maleficent watches them all joyfully. "I choose good," she says. Mal and Evie wrap their arms around her. Everyone celebrates in a group hug.
"I never want to lose you guys again," Jay says.
"You still have one wish left," Carlos says.
Jay looks at the lamp, he rubs it and Genie energetically joins the group. "I wish we all stay together forever," Jay says sweetly pulling Lonnie closer.
"As a rule, I can't make people love each other," Genie says awkwardly.
"I'm confident we all have a happy ending," Evie says.
"I wish we could see how our lives turn out though?" Jay says.
Genie grants the wish. Everyone begins to see a vision of the future.
Years have passed. The Descendants are all adults. Jay and Lonnie are passionately in love, both world-famous Olympians holding gold medals in every sport, except archery.
Gwyn is unmatched in archery at every Olympics. She and Brent enjoy married life as King and Queen of the jungle. Together they constructed a super-technological utopia akin to the movie Black Panther. An entire city that exists harmoniously with nature, filled with gorillas, endangered flora, animals and people.
Evie is the world's greatest clothing designer, creating stunning fashions for all occasions. Her husband Doug works closely alongside her while fathering their seven children. Jane and Carlos both design clothing and run the company when they aren't volunteering at the Auradon Animal Shelter. Other notable employees include Dizzy Tremain and the Mad Hatter's niece Victoria.
Ben is the greatest king in history. He eventually lowered the barrier around the Isle of the Lost, transformed the slums, opened the island up to the rest of the world, and integrates a majority of the criminals back into society.
Mal is a glorious and beloved Queen, praised as the headmaster of Auradon Prep. She also strived to educate all young people, founding the world's largest public library; she beatified the kingdom with her art museum and many public murals. As well as being a great mother.
Maleficent restored her relationship with her daughter and lives nearby. She educates people about protecting the environment as well as her home the Moors. She spends what time she has with her grandchildren, singing, and working in her garden.
The Descendants are all happy and healthy and the world is a better place because of them. Everything you ever wanted to happen to the Descendants happens. The whole earth is good, peaceful, and perfect. The way John Lennon imagined it could be.
The group's vision fades away and they are left standing on the school lawn. They are teenagers again and the world is how they left it. The armies are frozen in place and the Titans are attacking Olympus.
Archimedes looks pleasantly at the team. His beak forms a smile as he nods happily at the group. "You did it!" he says taking flight from his perch. Landing gracefully on the gauntlet he takes it in his talons and carries it out of Jay's hands.
The glove starts to glow as Archimedes points it at the Titans. The Titans expressions change from anger to confusion as they are suddenly sucked into the sky by mystical vortexes. The monsters spin around and around in a blur of colour, their limbs uselessly flailing. They take their places in the stars and turn into constellations once more.
Hercules looks over at the owl and cheerfully shoots him a thumbs up, he returns to the top of Mount Olympus.
Next, the bird transports Madame Mim and all the criminals back to the Isle of the Lost; he restores the barrier, returns the magical objects to the museum, and undoes all the damage Stefan caused.
"The vision of the future that you saw is not set in stone. It is only one possibility. Your future is still up to you." Archimedes says.
Using the gauntlet he recharges the school's time circuits in case of another emergency. He then reaches the glove's magic backward in time.
"I have returned the ship to those pirates and fixed the changes you made to the timeline, all except for Stefan," Archimedes explains as he moves the Gauntlet in a flourish.
"Thank goodness!" Jane says relieved. "I felt so bad about the Atlanteans."
"Yeah, that's sort of a fixed point in the timeline. I'm not changing that." Archimedes says offhandedly.
"What?" Jane says shocked.
"Officially this whole event never happened," Archimedes says as he turns Maleficent into a lizard again.
Mal watches disappointedly, she gently picks her mother off the lawn and looks at her in her hands. "My Mother was purple, you made her green." She says to Archimedes getting exasperated.
"That doesn't matter, nobody will notice." The owl snaps back. "Besides I'm going to erase all your memories."
Before any of the VK's react the gauntlet sends out a flash of white light. Archimedes erases everyone's memories and then disassembles the Gauntlet. Each of the legendary magic relics is returned to their original times and places.
Time resumes.
Audrey briskly marches past in a huff. The group look around a little confused.
"What was I saying?" Mal asks.
Chad runs after Audrey shrieking loudly "No Audrey! Please! Don't go! We can work this out."
Fairy Godmother walks towards the group sidestepping around Chad. She begins speaking to Evie "I want to thank you again for donating your mirror to the museum Evie." Evie smiles and pulls it from her purse.
Handing it to FGM she says "Sure no problem."
FGM locks eyes with Mal and approaches her. "Remember we talked about your spellbook as well Mal?" She extends her hands expectantly.
Shaking FGM's hand Mal reaches behind her back with her other hand and pushes the book deeper into her bag.
"I left it in my dorm. I'll definitely bring it tomorrow." Mal says.
FGM stops, her face becomes annoyed and puzzled.
Jane, Lonnie, Doug, and Evie begin to discuss dresses for cotillion. Carlos walks up behind Jane. He nervously speaks up "Hey Jane?"
She turns to him.
"Ah... um." Before he can say anything a girl runs up to Jane.
"Jane. Audrey has just left to go on vacation and the decorating committee desperately needs you."
She pulls Jane away leaving Carlos standing there.
Evie and Doug rush away to start designing clothes for cotillion. Lonnie follows excitedly making suggestions.
Jay walks up and rests his hand on Carlos's shoulder. "Let's go to practice." He says. They turn and leave. Jay looks behind for a last glance at Lonnie.
He turns and winks at the camera. He remembers.
Maybe he just got lucky and his memories were not fully erased. Maybe his father had trained him from a young age to resist mind control magic. Maybe he just wasn't smart enough for his memories to be erased.
Ben kisses Mal on the cheek and apologizes "Sorry I have a council meeting in a few minutes I have to run." Mal nods and he turns away.
"Wait, Ben?" she says. He looks back. "You want to have a picnic by the lake next week?"
"Do Ogre's like cheese puffs?" he says. "I would love that. You don't have to do anything fancy you know?"
Mal wave's goodbye then nervously rests her hand on her spell book. She turns to go to class.
Some paparazzi rush up to her and begin taking pictures. Fairy Godmother promptly chases them away.
The camera flashes blind Mal for a moment.
She closes her eyes. When she opens them, they glow green.
The End.
The Pirates of the Caribbean Theme plays over the credits.
We see Brent and Gwyn have left school once again and are sailing around the world looking for adventure.