Though Jay's been called worse, he was very annoyed at the Auradon Prep students for continuing their dumb riot and kept throwing stuff at him. He didn't do anything about it even when he really wanted to.
Another Tourney game came up against the Agrabah Sultans. Jay shot the ball into the net and Auradon Prep won. Even though the announcer and his teammates were cheering, most of the students in the bleachers started booing.
"It seems like the crowd isn't too happy about this," the announcer said.
"What's going on?" Carlos asked to Jay.
Some of the students were shouting things like,"Bal destroyer!" or "Mal deserves better."
Mal was sitting in the bleachers. Her blood boiled as the students around her booed. She looked onto the field, staring at Jay's confused eyes.
"That's it," she mumbled to herself.
Mal stood up, and shouted, "Hey!"
Everyone stopped. All eyes were on her now.
"Stop booing Jay! He didn't do anything wrong. Our personal lives are none of your business. I really like him and if you have a problem with that, you can go cry in a corner because there's nothing you can do about it," Mal said.
When the game was over, Jay spotted Mal about to walk away from the field. He ran over to her as quickly as he could.
"Mal, wait," he said, making Mal stop and turn around to face him. "Thanks for what you said back there."
"No biggie. I just embarrassed myself in front of the whole school saying how much I like you and possibly getting detention for the rest of the speech," Mal replied sarcastically.
"Seriously though, thanks," Jay said.
Mal smiled. She doesn't ever remember doing something like this for Ben. Probably because he was loved by the school no matter what. Dating Jay was definitely going to be different.
"You're welcome," Mal said.
xXx
The next morning when Mal and Evie woke up, they tried to figure out where Carlos and Jay went with Freddie. Fernando, Freddie's servant guy, came up to the three while they were staring at the map of Auradon.
"I know where they went," he said.
"You do?" Mal asked excitedly. "Where are they?"
"Why didn't you tell us this sooner?" Freddie asked, a little suspicious.
"They made me promise not to tell anyone. But I'm going to tell you where they went anyway, because it's for their own good," Fernando said.
"What do you mean?" Evie asked.
"Maybe seeing you will calm them down from what they saw in those cards," Fernando answered.
"What is it with the cards? Nothing bad's gonna happen, right?" Mal asked.
"I don't know. They just said they needed to leave," Fernando said.
"So where did they go?" Freddie asked.
Fernando stepped closer to the map and pointed to Cinderellasberg.
"Cinderellasberg," he stated.
"I guess that's where we're going next," Mal said.
"It was nice seeing you again. Highlight of the year," Freddie said.
"Come visit us soon, alright?" Mal asked.
"Maybe," Freddie answered.
xXx
After that, Mal and Evie headed out to Cinderellasberg. That was on the other side of the country. After what seemed like forever, it was sunset and they were still driving.
"Can we please stop?" Evie asked.
"No. We can't," Mal replied.
"But we're running out of gas," Evie stated.
"We'll fuel up when we get there," Mal said.
"Mal, we're not going to arrive in Cinderellasberg for another three hours," Evie argued. "Let's just-"
Evie was cut off when the car started making noises. All of a sudden, it stopped.
"What?" Mal asked as she repeatedly stepped on the gas pedal.
"I told you," Evie said.
Mal glared at her friend, then got out of the car. Evie followed her out.
"Great. Now how are we going to get to Cinderellasberg?" Mal asked.
"I don't know. Push the car?" Evie suggested.
Mal sighed. She pulled out her spell book and began flipping through it. As she did that, a swift movement of green flashed behing them.
Evie looked back, hearing it. She began to panic, since they were in the woods and it was almost dark out.
"Mal?" she said, shakily.
"Not now, E," Mal replied.
Another swift movement flashed on the side of them, but this time it was red. Again, Evie was the only one who noticed this.
"Mal?" she said, trying to get her attention. "I think there's someone here."
Mal put her book down and scanned the area. She could see nothing but trees.
"Evie, there's no one th-"
Mal was cut off by an arrow shooting past her, hitting a tree. They definitely weren't alone.