Twisting his head in pain from Carlos' scream, Jay caught a short glimpse of Mal standing under the arched doorway. He shot up from his seat and held his hand out to Mal, signalling for her to join them. Happily, Mal took a step closer to Jay, her small heeled shoes clanked against the wooded oak flooring. This alerted Evie and Carlos as they both swung their heads around to look at Mal reaching for Jay's hand. "So, you finally decided to join us then Mal?" Evie teased as she handed Mal a controller. Mal shot her a playful glare and sat down between her and Carlos.
After several long hours of gameplay, the four VK's grew tired, their voices were somewhat strained from all the screaming and cheering. Mal placed down her controller before turning to her best friends that were now slouching on the couch, their energy drained. "Thank you" Mal spoke, her voice just above a whisper,
"What For?" Evie asked what she and the other two VK's were thinking.
"For being patient with all this, I am sorry if I have made you worry or feel bad, I guess I'm just afraid" Mal replied, her head dropped down to the floor. Jay placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder, encouraging her to continue her explanation.
"I guess I'm afraid of everything changing, I don't understand how two people who hated my guts and wanted me dead months ago now want me in their home. I want more than anything for them to be my real parents, I really do, I want closure. But I don't know if I want to go through with all this and walk out of it with a broken heart. You guys, Jane, Lonnie, Doug, Fairy Godmother, Ben and his parents have all welcomed me and shown me how to be a better person, but I don't want that to change if I do go with the Beauty's. I want you guys and Ben to be my family, not a stuck up princess and a crooked old man." By the end of Mal's rant, Evie, Jay, Carlos and she were all in tears.
"If that's the way you want it Mal, we will make it happen, I promise you" a soothing voice came from the arched door. The VK's turned around to see Adam, Ben and Belle all leaning against the frame of the door, with tears in their eyes, having listened to Mal's speech. Belle slowly made her way to Mal and sat down on the laced seat next to her. She pulled Mal in for a warm motherly hug. Mal felt safe in her arms, just like she did with Ben. This is where Mal wanted to be.
Mal was the first one to break the hug. "Thank you, Belle, I am really sorry for everything. I trashed my room out of anger and destroyed your home." Mal felt tears brim her eyes as she apologised. Belle soon shushed her and told Mal that there was no Malice behind her actions.
"Mal, would you like to come upstairs with me and the boys or would you like to stay down here?" Evie asked as she arose from her seat with Jay and Carlos. Mal gave Evie an all-knowing look, she would rather stay with Ben right now. Swiftly, Evie and the boys left the room, leaving Mal in silence with Ben and Adam at the doorway and Belle at her side. Adam walked over to Mal and bent down to reach Mal's height as she sat on the chair, his knees cracking. He placed both hands on Mal's arm, Mainly for reassurance but also for balance.
"Now Mal, if you really don't want to have anything to do with Aurora and Phillip, that is your choice, no one is forcing you to befriend them. I am sure that you are fully aware that Belle and I have welcomed you and your siblings into our home as much as Ben has." He cracked a smile. "I Want what's best for you, we all do, so if you want them to stop seeing and pestering you, then I am sure a word form Ben and I will sort it all out. None of this has to be released to the Press. Mal, I am going, to be honest with you, Belle and I have come to accept you, Evie, Jay and Carlos as the children we never had, if you don't want the Beauty's as your family, please feel welcome to be part of ours." Adam brushed a stray tear away from his eye as he stood up. Belle soon pulled the young girl in for another embrace while Adam signalled for Ben to join him in his office to talk about the Beauty's.
Ben and Adam soon found their way to Adam's private office, Ben physically and emotionally drained, pulled his blue blazer off and place it on the back of one of the many seats in his father's office. Adam, drained, lounged back in his recliner chair behind his desk. Adam grabbed one of the many remotes off his desk and turned on the Tv that was hung u in the corner of the room. Both Men both shot up from their seat when they saw what was on the screen.
"Hello Auradon News, today I am currently standing outside of Castle Beauty, where the occupants, Phillip and Aurora have called for an emergency press conference. No news has been given on what the conference is about, however, it seems quite important as we can see several ambassadors from different states of Auradon here today" the Female News reporter spoke as the camera panned towards Aurora and Phillip.
"Hello People of Auroria, today my wife and I would like to mark these past few days as a momentous occasion. 16 years ago, our little girl and the rightful heir to our throne went missing, kidnapped if you will. Over the decade and a half, our family has been ripped apart, every hope we had of finding our daughter was ripped to shreds day by day.
Last week, we had a source come and bring our family so delightful news, our daughter was found. For years we have been searching and we were about to give up hope until the Lord above shined down on us and blessed us with this source. Our Daughter is happy and as healthy as can be. After visiting her yesterday and this morning, we have found that she has grown to be such a wonderful, smart, independent person. We as a family are very Proud to announce that Mal Faery is the Missing daughter, kidnapped by Maleficent all those years ago. I know this may come as a shock, but we wish that you welcome her with open arms, just as we have. Thank you" Phillip ended his speech and was about to walk off stage with his wife in hand, however, a few reporters caught his attention.
"Your Highness, if Mal was listening right now, what would you say to her?" a small man asked. Phillip walked back towards the podium and answered.
"I would tell her that my wife and I are extremely happy that we have finally found her and that we wish she would make her mind up and come home to us. That's all, thank you"
Adam turned the Tv off before Ben and he could watch the end of the news report. Both he and his son were practically growling, waiting for the beasts inside of them to irrupt. How dare they release this news to the press before consulting Mal.
Soon Mal and Belle had burst through Adam's doors. Belle's face red with anger and Mal's eyes glowed a bright emerald green, just as they had at Ben's coronation. "WHAT WAS THAT?" Mal's voice demanding as she was clearly pissed. "They had no right to do that to you Mal" Adam apologised, his beast temper slowly calming.
"Mal, honey, I am so sorry for this" Ben rushed to Mal and pulled her into an embraced but she soon broke it.
"NO BEN I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THEM TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE, I'VE HAD ENOUGH" Mal was close to screaming out her temper but was stopped when Jay, Evie and Carlos had walked through the door, all wielding 'weapons' from the kitchen. Evie quickly dropped the spatula in her hands and made her way over to Mal.
"what's going on Mal?" Evie asked as she brushed her fingers through Mal's hair to try and calm her down. Mal's only response at that moment was to point towards the Tv.
"Mother and Father dearest decided that the best thing that they could do in celebration of finding out who I was, was to throw a huge press conference with hundreds of reporters and ambassadors from 3 different states of Auradon. They lied about how much they 'loved and missed' me on live Tv and now have pretty much the whole of Auradon looking out for me to try and bring me 'home'. That's what going on!" Mal thought that in the past Maleficent only disliked Aurora and Phillip, just enough to put a sleeping curse on her, but Mal wished that she had killed them now. Mal kept balling and un balling her fists in utter anger.
Jay turned to Mal, wooden spoon in hand "I thought you all said that you had this covered, doesn't look like it" He exclaimed, waving the utensil in the air "If you had just let us handle this VK style, none of this would have had to of happened."
"Jay, if we did it VK style, none of it would have been legal." Carlos reasoned as he put down his large silver spoon, questioning himself on why himself, Evie and Jay couldn't've just picked up knifes instead. Jay grunted in response to Carlos and threw himself down on the nearest chair.
"The question now is what do we do?" Evie asked out loud.
Hey, guys, I am so sorry that I haven't updated in a couple of months but I have been stressed with school recently, I am in my last year so it's filled with exams and stuff like that. I hope to update this again soon, so look out for that. So now that we know that I'm not dead or have been kidnapped, what did you think? What will the gang do now that everyone and their mothers know about Mal's secret?