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The guest who asked about Evie's mirror: there's a reason why she hasn't used it. I guess I thought of it and never actually wrote about it, but it's explained in this chapter.

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MAL

A sharp pain in the back of my head jolts me awake. I'm in a cold dark room with rocky walls and no apparent way out. I reach a hand to the back at my head and wince at the touch. It burns. When I look at my hand again, it's covered in bright red blood. I stare at the blood for a couple of seconds, but my focus is pulled by a blinding flash of green light. When the light fades and my sight returns there's a green orb of power floating in the middle of the dark room. It spins slowly as I circle around it. I lift one hand and reach into the green light. It grows in an instant and fills most of the small room, knocking me to the side. It slowly becomes smaller and smaller, but keeps the room from complete darkness. When it's almost nonexistent a figure stands on the other side.

"Hello Darling" my mothers face appears on the other side of the green light with an evil smile.

"Mother?" My eyes widen in shock. I don't understand.

EVIE

After classes I head to my dorm room. I'm surprised Mal isn't there when I arrive. Fairy Godmother changed her curfew a couple of days ago from 7:30 to 8:00, but since the brake up she's usually back right after her classes end. I send her a text and change to go hang out with Doug. However, when it's almost 9:00 and she hasn't texted back I start to worry. When the movie I was watching with Doug ends, I kiss him goodbye and walk back hoping that Mal's there when I open the door. She's not there. I go to Ben's room and knock at the door. It takes a few seconds, but he opens the door in his typical blue blazer.

"Hey is Mal here?" I ask like nothing's going on.

"No" he sounds disappointed and the dark circles and red eyes show he hasn't been sleeping well lately. "She's probably in your room. Remember we have an 8:00 curfew"

"Yeah" I nod, "but she's not there".

"Did you check Jay and Carlos room?" He suggests.

"No" I shake my head. Of course she could be in their room. "I just assumed she'd be here. Thanks" I smile and start to walk away.

"Wait" I spin around and Ben leaves his room. "I'll come with you"

We walk to the boys room and knock on the door. Jay opens up and I can see Carlos hypnotized with some video game in the back.

"Is Mal here?" I ask frantically.

"No" she shakes his head, "have you gone to Ben's?"

"She's not with me" Ben steps into view. We all stare at each other unsure of what to do next.

"What going on?" Carlos breaks the silence.

"Mal's missing" Jay explains and Carlos grabs his jacket.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Carlos walks past us and stands in the hall, "let's go find her".

"Won't she be mad that we're babying her?" Jay asks grabbing his jacket and closing the door.

"She might say she doesn't need help" Carlos says sternly, "but she does, and we're going to be there for her no matter what she says"

"You're right" I nod, "lets go".

We all start walking to the exit.

"Where are we going exactly?" Ben asks

"We should check your room to see if she left anything that could tell us where she is" Jay suggests, and that's exactly what we do.

There's nothing in our room. We've searched and searched and searched, but all we have found is a half eaten strawberry yogurt in Mal's bedside table. Where could she be?

A knock on the door makes us all stop. I walk slowly to the door and open it half way.

"Hello Evie" it's Fairy Godmother probably checking if Mal's obeying her curfew. "Is Mal here? I came by a 8:15 but nobody answered the door".

"Yes" I lie, "she's been asleep since pretty early. I guess she didn't hear you when you came by".

"I was worried about her" Fairy Godmother knows I'm lying, I can tell. "She never came back to class after lunch". Crap. I have to tell her.

I take in a deep breath and sigh. "Fine" I look down, "she's not here". I open the door all the way and reveal everyone in the room, "we don't know where she is".

"She never showed up to class?" Ben steps forwards. Faith Godmother shakes her head.

I can't take it anymore. When we all chose good we promised to leave everything we had that reminded us of our past behind. I guess it was a way of leaving everything about our parents and the Isle behind, and a good start to trying to be like the other kids in Auradon. Mal put the book away and hasn't touched it since. Carlos loves dogs now. Jay hasn't stolen anything since the promise. And I haven't touched the magic mirror, but I can't just sit by when Mal could be in big trouble.

I walk to my nightstand and push it out of the way. Then I kneel down and reach for a box hidden under my bed. I stare at it for a second before opening it. Inside I see Mal's book and my magic mirror.

"What about the promise?" Jay asks.

"I don't care about some stupid promise" I hold out the mirror and look at myself before speaking, "Mirror, mirror in my hand tell me where Mal's at". Everyone, except Fairy Godmother gathers around me as the mirror shows a dark scenery with Mal's unconscious body lying on the ground. "Magic Mirror not so close" I zoom out a little and now it shows the Forrest next to the school. "She's in the middle of the forrest" I say to Fairy Godmother.

Ben, Jay and Carlos look at each other before taking off without a second thought.

"Wait!" I take off after them. "You're not going to find her without the mirror".

We all run into the Forrest, politely ignoring Fairy Godmother telling us to stay put and that she would deal with this.

"Keep north" I say looking into the mirror. We've been walking in the woods for a good 10 minutes. We can no longer see the lights from the school. The only light we have is the mirror. "Stop!" I yell and the boys freeze. I look around and spot something purple on the ground. "There!" I point to Mal's body.

Ben picks her up, her limp body causing her head to hang back. "She's bleeding" Ben points out as we hurry back to camp with the help of the magic mirror. I can see the blood covering her forehead, and her hair has gone from purple to burgundy from the blood on the back of her head.

We go straight to the infirmary where Fairy Godmother awaits. Ben places Mal on a bed and we stay outside of the room.

"No" I hear Ben yell as we pace in the hallway, "I'm staying with her".

"You need to wait outside" a nurse says softly, but Ben's not having it. His hands are now fists and his breath are quick.

"I am the King" he growls, "you can't tell me what to do". He looks like his father before the spell broke, well without all the hair.

"Benjamin" I turn around to see Belle and Beast in the entryway. "You shall not speak to anyone in that tone, no matter how stressed out you are".

Ben's body seems to grow smaller from the stance he had before. His hands relax and he fixes his suit. "Sorry" he apologizes to the poor nurse and leaves the room.

Belle stares at her little boy with concern, but she doesn't mention his red eyes, dark circles, or his messy hair. "Fairy Godmother called" she says fixing Ben's suit, "what happened to Mal?"

"We don't know" I say because I know Ben won't be able to control himself. We stand in a silence so long that it would seem awkward, but under the circumstances it's kind of calming.

"She's okay" Fairy Godmother walks out of the room and we all exhale like we've all been holding our breath. "She has a cut on the back of her head and one on her hairline, but other than that she's fine" she doesn't sound too convinced.

"But..." Carlos says trying to get more information out of her.

"But there's something weird going on" she admits.

"What do you mean by weird?" I ask what everyone's thinking.

"When she got here Mal only had the two cuts I said" she explains, "but as Doc was checking her out another cut appeared on her chin, and then her arm started to bruise out of nowhere"

"So what does this mean?" Ben moves towards Fairy Godmother.

"It means she's not waking up until-" Fairy Godmother begins, but Ben interrupts her my storming into Mal's room. We all follow him and watch him grab Mal's hand.

"True love's kiss" he whispers and kisses her slowly, but Mal doesn't wake up.

"I was kind of hoping it would work" Fairy Godmother mutters, "but since it didn't it could only mean one thing" Ben is hypnotized by Mal as his eyes start to water, "There's something in her mind that won't allow her to wake up. She's stuck in her subconscious".

And that's all it takes for Ben to drop to his knees and brake out crying while still holding Mal's pale hand.