"You are the daughter of Maleficient. You are powerful. You can do magic. You are the daughter of Maleficient. You are powerful. You can do magic…"

"Is she still repeating that?" Azis asked everyone in the room. Ryder and Zouh, who were talking in a corner, just nodded their heads and went on with their conversation as if Mal's litany was background music to them. He turned to see Evie curled up to Doug on the couch both them barely looking at him before shrugging and going back to enjoy each other. He walked towards Jay and Carlos, who were with the girls playing some card games and plop into a chair.

"She is just nervous. I'm sure when the time to go on stage come she will be fine." Cora tried to reassure him, but Azis wasn't convinced. Mal had been repeating those same phrases for over half an hour and she didn't seem any calmer. They had their final rehearsal a couple of hours ago and everything went great, Mal was an astounding singer and her song was beyond perfect. He was sure that Queen Belle was going to love it, the cherry on the icing for them though was that a ton of their friends and "fans" were already there waiting for them to play. However what made them feel comfortable had freak out Mal at the end. When Azis show her all the people that were there with huge signs with their band name she had run into the dressing room and started her chanting.

Only five minutes and they would have to play and all the boys were going to the stage, all of them gave Mal a kiss on the forehead and told her to relax. The band was going to start with their own songs, the third one was going to be Mal's and then she would join them for a special surprise. Everyone except for Evie left the room to go see the guys so they could finally have some privacy. "Are you alright Mal?"

Mal gave her a look that clearly said that she wasn't and Evie gave her a hug. Evie stood and offer her hand to Mal and together they walked to stand at the side of the stage. Music Friday was the last public activity of Queen Belle's birthday celebration, the first numbers were classical music in the morning. In the afternoon, some numbers resemble what Ben and his friends did at the banquet of family day. Actually they were the first number, the guys were happy that at least Ben didn't dedicate a song to Alexandras not only for Mal's sake but because they honestly dislike how he sings, it's just ridiculous.

Finally, all the instruments were set and ready. Chip was in charge of presenting the numbers so he made his way to the middle of the stage were the guys were hidden by darkness but when the light follow him, the crowd went wild. There was no need or opportunity for him to introduce them due to all the noise so he just excused himself. Ryder moved forward to the mic and presented the band with a smirk on his face and for a second he raised his eyes to where the royals were watching. He saw a confused look on Ben's face seeing the reaction of the public for them and that made him smile.

They started playing and it was like being transported to any concert of a huge band, everybody was singing their songs. Some girls were fangirling over Ryder and Azis, sure maybe some try to do it for Zohu or Doug but Mal was sure her friends in the audience were making things clear for them. Her song was next and she saw how Ryder started walking towards her to get her on the stage. Azis started to wish Queen Belle a happy birthday so that everyone's attention was on him while Ryder walked with Mal so she could stand behind Zohu.

"We hope you liked the songs we played for you. Now a special present that you request it yourself, please everyone join me to welcome our incredible friend". He moved and the light went on to Mal she froze, but then Zohu encourages her and she turned to see him wink at her and that did it. She raised her head "Happy Birthday Queen Belle" she said and started her song. She focused herself on the crowd, Mal could see all her friends faces signing the song they heard already a few times.

"We were both young when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback starts…" She closed her eyes and when she open them again, she saw a lot of faces that seemed to love what she was singing, suddenly Azis was at her side and was acting what she was singing. Mal almost forgot that they had rehearsed that today, it was a nice touch to add some acting to the song for Belle.

By the end of it though she was so comfortable that she just let all her feelings out. She didn't care anymore if Ben notice that part of the song was just for him and how she wishes he would have behaved himself. She was living the song and everyone was cheering "Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone. I keep waiting for you, but you never come. Is this in my head? I don't know what to think. He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said..."

In the rehearsal though Azis didn't have a ring but now that she turned to sing the last verse he was there kneeling with a beautiful ring. She couldn't help it she froze for a second and Azis took a mic and started to sing the last verse just for her joined and get back into character. That was it, they were going to have long talked about this little things he kept throwing at her. The song ended and the crowd went wild chanting her name, only one more song and this would end. Mal understood now why it was so important for the guys to have this band and the hours they put into it, the way the people reacted to them was electrifying.

Ryder stepped forward and thanked everyone for coming to the celebration. He wished Queen Belle Happy Birthday and announced the last song "The next song is a brand new one that our friend Mal basically wrote in 10 minutes, even if she says denied it. We only help with the arrangements."

Mal was blushing but calmed down the second the Ryder stood by her and start playing the first notes of the song "This one is for you guys. Oh uh-huh, If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea. I'll sail the world to find you If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see. I'll be the light to guide you.."

She search the crowd for her friends, they were in the front looking shocked but happy the guys joined her for the chorus and everyone seemed on point with everything. She felt comfortable being there with them so she started to walk the stage and even playing with them. "We find out what we're made of when we are called to help our friends in need.."

The final chorus ended and then everything stop, it was done. She had made it to her first live concert without any trouble and she was thrilled, the guys were saying goodbye to the crowd they put her in the middle. They gave their backs to the crowd and joined them in clapping for Mal, she was so embarrassed yet flutter that she just curtsy and laugh. They exit the stage and were surrounded by their friends.

The four island friends move to the side and hug Mal asking her when did she had the time to write the song. "I wrote it the afternoon after the greenhouse. After our conversation about as not spending time together, I wanted to express how much you all mean to me."

From the corner of her eye, Mal saw Azis talking to some girls and she remembers the ring that was still on her left hand. She excused herself from her friends and walked right towards him ready to tell him what she was thinking. "You were great Mal" she turned and she saw Ben coming her way.

Why is everybody interrupting her when she needs to tell off Azis, why?. She thanked him and then she realized that she didn't remember if during her song for Belle she actually tried to find him on the balcony. He kept congratulating her, but his tone was a little sad, she follow his eyes and saw him focusing on the ring she was still wearing. Did he actually care that Azis gave her a ring? Her heart skip a beat, but she made herself remember he was with Alexandra now, where was she by the way?

She saw Azis and Ryder standing watching her talking to Ben, but they weren't making any move to come to them. "So, I didn't know they were this famous. I thought Azis said they were just playing around. And I certainly didn't know you could compose."

Mal didn't know what to say, she knew Azis lied because they didn't like people in Auradon, but Ben wouldn't understand that. She tried to tell him that they were embarrassed about playing in a new place so they were just discreet however he didn't seem to buy it. They talked for a while, but his eyes kept drifting to the ring, she wanted to tell him so bad that it was just a prob she just needed him to ask her about it. "So where is Alexandra?".

He seemed really uncomfortable and took a really long time coming up with something. "She is a little mad at me. Nothing mayor so she is with her mom, I think is mostly that she misses her mom." After the first part of his explanation he avoided looking her in the eyes, he always looked at her in eyes. Ben was hiding something from her about his girlfriend?. That was strange but now more than ever she needed him to asked her about the ring on her hand, she looked at him like trying to will him to asked her but nothing came up.

They talked more and were finally joined by the others, Azis had the good conscious to apologize for his little white lie. The air thicken near them and Mal could feel the presence of evil, Audrey was near. She walked towards them with Chad and two other girls all complete with a fake smile and friendly wave. "Oh guys you were all so great. Even you Mal I didn't know you could sing, maybe is magic."

She continue with her "friendly" attack for a couple of minutes waving off any attempt to being interrupted and finally commented on the ring. For the first time since Mal knew Audrey she was thankful for her big mouth, she took te opportunity to make it clear that it was just part of the act. Audrey made another acid comment and walked away, Ryder seemed like he wanted to punch her and actually asked Cora why she didn't do it. They started to argue about impossible Audrey was but Mal could only focus on the look of relieve that overtook Ben's face when she said the ring was fake.

Chip announced the end of the festival and asked everyone to join him in saying goodbye to the royals. Mal looked pointly at Ben and he seemed to snap out of a trance,"I have to go. See you in class on Monday?. Bye" He hurry to meet his parents while Mal toss Azis his ring with a smile and a wink. She loved today.

Notes:

The songs are Love Story (Taylor Swift) , Count on me (Bruno Mars). In my mind though the band played Counting Stars and Love runs out (One republic) first. No copyright infringement intended, all rights go to their owners.

KRDABC123: Oh she is going to but not for that.

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