As Mal walked through the halls of the castle she was fuming. She didn't know how those idiots could let her mother escape like that. She knew now who had organized this and the three villains who were behind it. She couldn't wait to get her hands on them and make them pay for what they have and will do. But first she had something else to do. First she had to tell Adam everything they had found out and she was dreading it. She knew she would get blamed for this and probably be accused of helping Maleficent, even though she wouldn't even dream of harming Ben or Belle.
Before long Mal came to a stop outside Adam's study door. She was hoping he wasn't inside as she lifted her hand to knock on the door, but that was short lived when she heard a faint "Come in!" Called to her. Slowly she opened the door and her anger was quickly replaced by guilt, nerves and anticipation. She knew this conversation wouldn't go well at all.
Mal opened the door a little and peaked her head around the corner to find Adam looking stressed and Fairy Godmother looking beyond worried. Mal couldn't help but feel bad for her boyfriends father as she looked at the stress adorning his face. He was the only father figure she had ever had in her life and she was about to increase his stress tenfold. "Is this a bad time?" She asked as she stepped into the study, hoping one of them would say yes.
Both Adam and Fairy Godmother turned towards the door at the sound of Mal's voice, hope filling the acting King's eyes. "No. Of course not." He told the teen, who slowly entered the room but sat as far away from the two adults as she possibly could. "Have you found anything?" He asked, the hopefulness draining from his eyes as he watched Mal look at the floor and begin playing with Ben's signet ring. A sign she was incredibly nervous about something.
"Yes." She whispered. Mal spoke that quietly Adam only just heard her. Cautiously the purple haired teen lifted her head to look at two of the three adults she kind of admired and looked up to. "We know who abducted Ben and Belle." The half fairy stated. While Adam and Fairy Godmother wanted to begin asking questions they held back, sensing not only was the teen nervous but she was clearly unsure of how they would react to her once she had said it. It was the only reason the two could think as to why she would sit so far away from them.
"The necklace that Jane found belongs to Dr Faciller. That's why it seemed familiar to me, he wore something similar on the Isle. It had also been charmed to block anyone in the same room using magic." Mal began to explain. The more she spoke the more nervous she became, she knew she was getting closer to the part she would be blamed for and their reaction to it was extremely unpredictable. "Once we figured that out we were able to use Evie's mirror and see that Gaston and someone else had disguised themselves at Mrs Potts and Lumière, before restraining Belle and using her as leverage to get Ben to co operate."
As soon as Mal finished explaining that Adam growled loudly, making Mal flinch a little. Sure she had heard the sound before but never quite like this and without Belle Mal wasn't entirely sure how to get him to calm down. "That son of a...!" Adam shouted, between growling. "Wait until I get my hands on him! Who the hell does he think he is!" He began ranting.
"There's more." Mal stated quietly. Even though Adam was shouting he heard the teens words and turned to look at her. He hadn't stopped growling but he had at least stopped shouting. "I went to see Maleficent, hoping to get some answers. She's escaped and I think she's the one pulling the strings on all this." The half fairy told the two, tears springing to her eyes. It was only the sight of a few tears escaping Mal's eyes that stopped the acting King from shouting/ranting once more, although his growls still echoed around the room.
Adam watched as Fairy Godmother quickly sat next to the purple haired teen and pulled her into comforting, motherly embrace as he had seen Belle do to Ben when he was younger. Mal tried to resist the older fairy's embrace to start with but as more tears made their way down her face she simply stopped struggling. She didn't see the point but her eyes remained locked on Adam. "I'm sorry, Adam." Mal said, shocking both adults. But Mal didn't stop there. "I'm so sorry. I swear I had nothing to do with this but If I hadn't have asked Ben to keep Maleficent here this might not have happened. I put but Ben and Belle in danger. I'm so very sorry, Dad."
Fairy Godmother didn't know what to say and Adam was so shocked he had even stopped growling for the time being. Neither could believe the girl was apologising for this but Adam was more shocked at what Mal had called him. Of course he and Belle had told her she could call them mom and dad if she was comfortable with it but this was the first time she had ever done so. "What did you say?" Adam asked the teen.
"I said I'm so..." She began to repeat but was quickly cut off.
"No." He stated. "I mean what did you just call me?" He questioned, confusing the purple haired girl. Mal sat there thinking over everything she had said but when she replayed her last sentence in her head her eyes went wide, a few tears still leaking out of her eyes.
Mal locked her gaze onto Adam's. "I erm... I called you... Dad." She told him and watched as a smile broke out on his face briefly before he remembered what they had been talking about. A serious, annoyed and angry expression took over his face but it was softened slightly by his concern for the half fairy. But before he could talk Fairy Godmother spoke up for the first time since mal had entered the room.
"You know you have nothing to apologise for, right?" She asked the teen in her arms. Mal tried to get up but the older fairy simply refused to let her go until she understoon this. She wouldn't let the girl beat herself up over something she couldn't have stopped. "We don't blame you for any of this and you shouldn't blame yourself either."
"Fairy Godmother is right, Mal." Adam stated as he stepped closer to the two fairies, kneeling in front of them so he could see Mal's face. "You had nothing to do with what happened and you shouldn't be apologising for something you didn't do." He told the teen. Mal could hear the anger in his voice but could also hear the sincerity in his voice and she couldn't help but nod along with him. "I want to see what happened though." He said and Mal nodded once more before finally moving out of Fairy Godmothers embrace.
As the teen moved out of the room both Adam and Fairy Godmother followed her. She led them back into the library where the others were gathered around waiting for the half fairy. As Mal and Evie shared a look Mal only had one thought running through her head. Adam watching this is going to end up being bad.
Author's Note: So I know this is a little shorter then normal, I hope you guys don't mind. As always please review and let me know what you think x
