Hey guys :) I'm back with another chapter for Meeting The Heroes. It's time for the one you longed the most for. Mal meets Sleeping Beauty and her prince. How will Aurora and Phillip react?
Disclaimer: I don't own Descendants.
Mal had just left from Ben's office, being done with the paperwork she helped him with. Ben had to go and talk with Fairy Godmother, so that left the purplette fairy alone. While she was walking at the halls, making a walk around the dorms, she was met with Audrey.
"Mal!" She exclaimed and rushed to hug the half-fairy, who felt her air get caught in her lungs. "Ow, ow. Easy Auds" she said teasingly. "What's with the excitement?" she asked her brunette friend.
"Um, nothing much. Chad and I went out on a date yesterday, I did my homework for Auradon History and I..." she said and she trailed off for a moment.
Mal knew something was going wrong. Audrey wasn't that bubbly since she started hanging out with her and the rest of the VK's. She looked at her pseudo-sister with an eyebrow raised. "Um, what?" Audrey asked her nervously, scratching the back of her head. "You know what. Something's off. I know you, Audrey" Mal said with a 'duh' tone.
Audrey's smile fell from her face and she looked at Mal with worry. "Mal, we need to talk" Mal couldn't help but just feel worried about what the princess wanted to tell her. It was clear to her that something bad had happened.
"Is anyone hurt? Are Evie, Jay and Carlos okay?" she asked with worry and horror. "No, Mal. Everyone's fine." Audrey said soothingly. "It's just..." she said and trailed off again.
"What?" Mal asked starting to get frustrated. The worry was something she hated to have and the princess didn't help.
"Mal, my mother is here." Audrey said and Mal frowned. What did she have to do with it, anyways? "And she wants to meet you." she completed and Mal felt her blood leave her face. Sleeping Beauty wanted to meet her? The same woman her mother cursed to a death like sleep. Mal knew this would go down.
"WHAT?" she shrieked and started shaking. "Why Audrey?" she started sweating from the horror and her eyes glowed green for a second. Audrey rushed to hug her friend tightly "It will be okay, Mal. I'm here. Everything is going to be fine." she whispered at Mal's ear. "How will this be fine, A. Your mother probably hates me. Just like your grandmother." she said and growled at the mention of the old queen. She despised the woman with all her heart. Because of her, she would have given Maleficent the wand.
"Mal, my mother isn't like my grandmother. She loves everyone. And gives second chances. An advantage for being raised by the three good fairies, I guess." Audrey said and chuckled nervously.
Mal felt insecure about this. "I don't know Audrey. What if she doesn't like me?" she said. She didn't have a good history with the Beauty's so far. Even with Audrey in the beginning, they practically hated each other. It was after the princess apologized, that the two started hanging out and now were best friends. She owed half of her Lady of the Court training to Audrey.
"Please, Mal." Audrey pouted and made a puppy eyes to the purple haired fairy. Mal cursed the moment she had this weakness with the princess. It was like she controlled your mind with that pout. She rolled her eyes and sighed "Fine."
"Yay!" Audrey shrieked and hugged Mal again. "Okay, lead the way. Where is she" she asked with nervousness. "In my dorm" she said and linked arms with Mal, and started walking there.
Few minutes later, the two girls had arrived at Audrey and Jane's room. Audrey opened the door with Mal behind her. Once they went inside, they came face to face with Sleeping Beauty herself, Queen Aurora and King Phillip.
"Mommy, Daddy. You arrived earlier." she said and hugged them both. Mal froze in fear. She had accepted to meet Aurora but she wasn't ready to meet Phillip. She was afraid of him. He was the one who killed her mother. Maleficent always told her to stay away from him.
She felt like she would started shaking but she, surprisingly, saw Phillip smiling at her. Somehow, she felt all her fear leave her body. The brown haired man seemed really sweet and warm. Not a cold-hearted dragon slayer as her mother called him.
"So Audrey, I saw you found Mal." Aurora said to her daughter and smiled warmily at the fairy. Mal remembered Evie's words on royalty and she bowed at the King and Queen.
"Mal there's not need for that. Only when in public and in front of Leah" Phillip said and chuckled. He knew what his mother-in-law and he wasn't happy with her. In fact, he was furious. Mal didn't deserve this kind of treatment and wasn't responsible for Maleficent's crimes.
"Besides, Audrey's friends are our friends, too." Aurora said to Mal and gave her hand to the fairy who took it and shook it. "It's nic to meet you. Aurora." Mal said and she was shocked when Aurora enveloped her in a hug.
"Wow, I didn't expect that." Mal said and chuckled. "Mal, just like you are not Maleficent, I am not Leah." Aurora said with a real smile. "We are not our parents, Mal." Phillip said and put a hand on Mal's shoulder. "I had arguments with my father too."
Mal winced a bit when Phillip touched her and he raised an eyebrow "Mal, what's wrong?" he asked and Audrey looked worringly at her friend. She knew what Maleficent had said to Mal about her father.
"It's nothing, Phillip. It's just...that my mother always told me you were a cold-hearted dragon-slayer who wanted to get rid of us." Mal said and Phillip gasped. He knew Maleficent controlled Mal but not like that. From that moment, he swore he would protect the young girl and never let Maleficent near her.
"I promise you, Mal. i'm nothing like that. Not all the dragons are bad. I don't hate them. And I will always protect you. You're family now." Phillip said and Aurora nodded.
Mal looked at Audrey and both smiled at each other. Mal seemed to have acceptance from Aurora and that would help her a lot. She needed that to move on. She know, though, that Queen leah would still be a problem.
Dada :P Hope you guys liked it. Coming up next is Uma meeting with Ariel, Eric, her sisters, and King Triton.
