This is the last chapter of the story. I know, that was pretty short, but this is how it ends.
Mal and Carlos finally arrived and were reunited with their friends, who were battling Maleficent. Well, Chad and Jay were. Ben and Evie were kinda just watching them.
The two tried their best to help fight off Maleficent, but her magic plus combat skills were too much to handle. It resulted in Carlos and Jay trapped in cages and Evie wrapped in vines. Mal got knocked out, leaving Ben and Chad to fight Maleficent. Maleficent swung her scepter at Chad, who ducked. Their fight lasted for a while. Evie, Jay, and Carlos were watching the fight, unable to do anything. Ben was about to charge Maleficent, but was stopped by a strong vine wrapping around his leg. He struggled to be free of it. Maleficent picked up her dagger and walked closer to Ben, who shielded his face with his hands. She was about to cut his hand, when Chad stepped in front of him, his arm raised up, holding his sword. The dagger instead cut Chad's hand.
"Agh!" Chad exclaimed, gripping his bleeding hand.
Maleficent quickly grabbed a hold of an empty vial and let some of Chad's blood drip into it.
"Yes! Now I can free the rest of the villains!" Maleficent said.
"Chad? Are you okay?" Ben asked.
"I'm fine," Chad answered. "It was just a scratch."
"No, it wasn't," Ben said, staring at Chad's hand.
Evie, Jay, and Carlos watched the scene in front of them. Maleficent was already mixing the blood with the other ingredients. And Chad's hand was bleeding because he stepped in front of Ben and let himself get cut by the dagger so Ben wouldn't have to be the one in pain.
"Still think Chad's a jerk?" Carlos asked.
Evie didn't answer him. She just stared at him and Ben. Then, a black bird flew into the room. Diablo. Maleficent saw him fly in and used her magic to turn him into a human.
"Diablo, take those two to the dungeon. I have no use for them anymore," she ordered.
Human Diablo nodded and grabbed Ben and Chad and began walking them away. Chad and Ben glanced at their friends' worried faces. Chad winked while Ben smiled, confusing the three. The other one stayed 'unconscious,' knowing the plan. Evie, Jay, and Carlos exchanged glances. Before they reached the exit, Ben and Chad knocked Diablo out, surprising Maleficent and the three VKs. Chad gave Ben his sword.
"Go free the others. I'll take care of Maleficent," the young prince said.
Ben nodded and rushed to cut Evie from the vines. Once he did that, he banged his sword against the locks of the cages Jay and Carlos were in. They eventually broke and he and Evie let the two out. Maleficent was about to cast the spell to free the villains from the Isle of the Lost, but was stopped by Chad, who grabbed a hold of her scepter as it glowed green. Maleficent chuckled.
"Do you really think you can stop me, boy?" she asked.
"No," Chad answered. "But this can."
He held out in front of Maleficent the same red flowers she was allergic to. She sneezed, causing her to lower her guard.
"Mal, now!" Chad yelled.
To everyone but Chad and Ben's surprise, Mal wasn't really unconscious and got up from the ground. She quickly recited a spell that would turn Maleficent back into a salamander. Green smoke surrounded Maleficent and she transformed into her salamander form. Ben found a jar nearby and trapped her in it. Evie, Jay, and Carlos stood there, confused of what happened.
"Wait, what?" Jay asked.
"Chad, Mal, and I came up with this plan after Chad noticed Maleficent sneezed when she was near this red flower," Ben explained.
Chad showed them the red flower he was holding.
"And I also figured out who really let Maleficent escape," Mal stated. "Diablo."
"Although, the real question is, how did he escape the Isle of the Lost and transform into a human?" she added.
"We'll figure it out later," Carlos answered.
While Ben, Mal, Jay, and Carlos were talking, Evie approached Chad.
"Hey," Evie said shyly. "I'm sorry for being rude to you lately."
"I forgive you. And I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier," Chad replied.
"Well, I deserved it. I was being a total-" "It's okay. I know how I was when you guys first came here. It's not your fault for being mean," Chad interrupted.
Evie smiled.
"Aww!" Ben cooed, putting his arms around Chad and Evie's shoulders. "Now you two are friends. How nice."
Mal, Jay, and Carlos stifled a laugh when they noticed how uncomfortable Chad and Evie were with Ben hugging them. Maleficent moved around in the glass jar she was trapped in, causing everyone to look back at her.
"I guess we'd better get back before it gets dark," Mal said, picking up the jar.
"I'll grab Diablo," Jay stated, picking up the unconscious human.
xXx
When they got back, Mal immediately handed her salamander mom over to the authorities while Diablo was turned back into a bird and sent back to the Isle of the Lost. Ben's parents hugged him when they saw him, worried he was hurt. Chad, who was actually the one that got hurt, went to the nurse to get his hand properly bandaged. While all that happened, Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos were talking in the girls' dorm room.
"Today was crazy," Carlos said. "Falling off the bridge, fighting off Maleficent."
"Don't forget Chad saving Ben from a dagger cutting his hand," Jay added.
"Yeah," Evie replied sadly.
"What's wrong?" Jay asked.
"I've been replaying all those times I was being rude to Chad and now I feel really bad even after I apologized," Evie explained.
"Well, you did say he belonged on the Isle of the Lost," Jay said, earning a smack on the arm by Carlos.
Evie groaned and laid down on her bed. She forgot about that part. That was probably one of the worst things she said to him.
"I messed up," Evie said.
"Majorly," Mal added.
"Yeah," Jay agreed, earning a glare from Carlos.
"You two aren't helping," Evie stated.
She sighed. Her mean behavior was so much worse than when Chad was mean to her and her friends. He even saved her from falling off a cliff and she didn't even thank him! Evie got up.
"I'm gonna go check on Chad," Evie said, walking away.
xXx
Chad was still in the nurse's office getting his hand bandaged. Thankfully, the cut wasn't too deep, but it would take a while to heal. He was relaxing in his chair when Evie walked in.
"Hi," she greeted. "How's your hand?"
"It's doing good. It'll have a scar on it once it's healed, though," Chad answered.
"But chicks dig scars," he added, his princely smile on his face.
Evie rolled her eyes.
"I'm sorry, again, about all the things I've done," she said.
"It's fine. And I'm sorry, too," Chad replied.
"Friends?" Evie asked.
"Friends," Chad agreed.
I hope this was a satisfactory ending for you guys. Just remember that Chad isn't all that bad.
