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Back in Moonstone Village, Evelyn was still standing the middle of the city, watching the destruction of the Isle of the Lost through a magical globe. She can also see Mal watching from the coast of the Broken Bridge. She neither happy or angry. She just wore an emotionless look on her face. She made the globe disappear and pretended to look at a watch on her wrist as she counts down.

"And... now."

On cue, Mal teleports back to the village, with a dismal look on her face. Ben approaches her.

"Mal, what happened?" asked Ben.

"The Isle of the Lost. It's gone," said Mal.

Evie and Jay walked towards Mal.

"Mom?" Evie asked.

"Dad?" Jay asked.

After a brief hesitation, Mal said, "They're gone."

Evie started to cry. Jay comforts her. Mal looks at Evelyn, wearing a small grin on her face.

"My friends' parents lived there. Poor, innocent children as well," said Mal, slowly walking towards the ranger. "They were bad, but they have done nothing to deserve what you just put them through."

"It's too bad you killed your own mother before this," said Evelyn. "You would probably be even angrier now."

"Oh, I'm angry alright," said Mal. "You crossed the line."

"I thought I already crossed the line," said Evelyn. "Shouldn't you be re-digging Princess Sofia's grave?"

The crowd gasped and murmured after hearing this.

Mal's hands curl into fists. She was about to attack, but held herself back.

"Save that anger for the next fight," said Evelyn.

"There will be no next fight," said Mal. "Because what I'm gonna do now is turn into a dragon and burn you into a crisp."

"I'm afraid now's not the time," said Evelyn. "Look forward to seeing your trick, though."

Evelyn disappears.

"Where'd she go?" asked Lonnie.

Mal's phone rang. It was Carlos. She answers.

"Hello?"

"Um, hi, Mal," greeted Carlos. "So, how did it go?"

"Evelyn blew up the Isle," confessed Mal. "I'm sorry about your mother."

"I can mourn later. Right now, I have bigger problems," said Carlos. "One question. How is Evelyn?"

"She's trying to keep a stoic, smug look, but I can tell she's very, very, very angry," answered Mal.

"Well, that explains why she just burst into the TV station and is now trying to burn me alive," said Carlos. "Help!"

The phone call ended.

"I have to go," said Mal. "Evelyn's after Carlos."

"You're not going without me," said Evie.

"I can't ask you to do that," said Evie.

"No discussion, Mal," interrupted Evie. "He's..." Noticing that Jay is in hearing range, Evie whispers to Mal, "... my boyfriend."

"Fine, but if either one of you die, I'm not attending your funeral," said Mal.

Evie looked at Mal, offended. Mal's lips curled into a smile, revealing he was joking. Evie smiled as well.

"Okay, if we're done joking, let's get moving," said Evie.

"Wait," said Ben.

Ben walks to Mal and the two share a kiss. Everyone who saw them said "aww", touched by the moment.

"What was that for?" asked Mal.

"For luck," answered Ben.

"And in case you never see me again?" guessed Mal.

"Can you blame me for being scared?" pointed out Ben.

"I guess I can't," said Mal.

"Mal!" called Evie, trying to remind her friend of Carlos' predicament.

"Coming," said Mal.

"Wait, what about me?" asked Jay. "Carlos is my bro. I'm coming too."

"Sorry, Jay, not happening," said Mal. "You can stay here and help Ben."

Before Jay can protest, Mal takes Evie's hand and teleports both of them away.

Meanwhile, Carlos is still running from Evelyn. He left the news station and was out in an open field. He stopped running when a fireball crashed in front of him. He looks behind and saw Evelyn. She teleports in front of him. He steps back in fright as she steps forward with an angry look on her face.

"You tore apart my society!" yelled Evelyn.

"That was the plan," pointed out Carlos, still scared.

"How did you get that photo?" asked Evelyn.

"Katie texted me," answered Carlos.

"Smart pirate," said Evelyn, referring to Katherine. "A contingency just in case her blackmail fails."

"Blackmail?" questioned Carlos, confused. "Oh, I get it. She used the photo as leverage to make you do something for her and her friends."

"Unfortunately for them, their blackmail attempt only ended with them meeting a watery doom," said Evelyn.

"How could you do it?" asked Carlos. "Just because you hate us, do you have to blow us up?"

"You villains are a disease that must be cleansed," said Evelyn. "If you hadn't intervened, I would've just locked you and your friends away on the Isle and let you live."

"Then why the bomb?" asked Carlos. "Oh, wait. Never mind. You blow us up if we escape. I got it."

"What I'm curious about is why the explosion didn't consume the entire island," said Evelyn. "Instead, the blast ripped the island in half. Literally."

"Seriously? I thought for sure there was enough ammonium nitrate to create an explosion with a blast radius that's two miles larger than the entire Isle," said Carlos. "Well, I have to be honest with you. We didn't have anything to do with it. We just went to the Isle, saw the bomb, and assured our parents we'll fix it."

"Well, you can't fix it," said Evelyn. "They're dead."

"You think that's fair? Just because you suffered from the loss of your family, you think we should too?" replied Carlos.

Evelyn just smacks Carlos across the face, knocking him down. Evelyn draws her sword and activates it, ready to unleash electric power on the son of Cruella de Vil.

"Don't worry, little man. You'll be with your mother soon," said Evelyn.

Before Evelyn can strike Carlos down, a fire blast hit her sword, knocking it out of her hands. Carlos and Evelyn saw Mal and Evie nearby.

"Back off my sweet pea, metal-head," said Evie, trying to act cool.

"'Sweat pea'?" questioned Mal, embarrassed for her friend.

"What do you think I should've said? 'Snowflake'?" responded Evie.

"It fits him pretty well," said Mal.

"Girls!" called out Carlos. "I'm about to die."

"Oh, right," said Mal and Evie simultaneously.

Carlos started running away as Mal and Evie ran towards Evelyn. Evelyn sends a magical wave towards. It knocks down Evie, but Mal blocks it with a magical shield.

"Did you even consider protecting me, too?" said an irritated Evie.

"Sorry," apologized Mal.

"Turn around," said Evie.

Mal did and saw Evelyn running after Carlos. Mal looks back at Evie and offers her a hand.

"How 'bout you let me get up on my own while you save my one true love?" suggested Evie sarcastically.

"What do you see in him?" responded Mal disrespectfully.

Seeing Evie's glare, Mal said, "Kidding."

Carlos was still running from Evelyn. He was outrunning her, but was tripped by a root magically growing out of the ground. He crashed, but immediately tried to get up. Before Evelyn can get to Carlos, Mal tackled her and held her to the ground. Evelyn elbows Mal in the face and pushes her off. Mal was about to get up, but Evelyn pins her arms to the ground.

"What now? You want to kill me?" said Mal.

"No. Death is too good for you," said Evelyn. "You are gonna live and watch as I wipe out your friends one by one. I'm saving your boyfriend for last."

Evelyn punches Mal in the face before continuing to purse Carlos. As Mal tried to get up, Evie was already running past her. Mal was offended that she didn't come to help her up first.

"Thank you," said Mal sarcastically.

Carlos, meanwhile, was still struggling to get up from the crash. When he finally did, he saw Evelyn only a few seconds away from reaching him. He was gonna get up, but he was too bruised from the crash. Luckily for him, Evelyn gets hit in the head with a perfume bottle. While Evelyn falls face first into the grass, Evie helps Carlos stand up.

Evelyn was about to stand up, until Mal walked by and kicked her in the head. Evie and Carlos gasped.

"That was for doing that to me," said Mal.

Mal walks towards Evie and smacks her behind the head.

"Ow!" Evie reacted.

"And that was for leaving me on the ground," said Mal.

"Did you really have to do that to her?" asked Carlos.

"Just teaching her manners," said Mal.

"I meant to Evelyn," said Carlos.

Evie looks at Carlos, offended.

"She killed everyone on the Isle, including your mother," said Mal. "She deserves whatever comes to her."

"Even death?" asked Evie.

Mal glares at Evie. "I was blinded by rage back there, but now, I'm gonna do what I planned to do at first."

Mal walks back towards Evelyn, who is clutching her aching head.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Show me your dragon trick," said Evelyn, grunting.

"I'm not going to do that," said Mal, offering a hand.

Evelyn takes Mal's hand and gets up.

"Evelyn, there's something I have to tell you," said Mal. "Remember the time you tried to kill Sofia?"

"What about it?" asked Evelyn.

"Do you know why I hesitated after I... broke your helmet?" continued Mal.

"You only exposed one eye," reminded Evelyn.

Mal poofs up a mirror. "Look into it. Get angry and take a good look at your eyes."

Evelyn puts on her angry face and looks at the mirror. They were glowing green. Evelyn stood back in shock. Mal makes the mirror go away.

"That never happened before," said Evelyn.

"Yes, it has," said Mal. "I looked into your eye and saw it glow. Recognize the glow?"

"But how can I have the same power as you?" wondered Evelyn. "There's no way unless..."

Evelyn paused. Mal grabs hold of Evelyn's wrist. She makes her finger glow and touches Evelyn's finger. Evelyn couldn't say a word after what she just felt. Mal smiled, knowing that Evelyn knows the truth.

"You're family is not all gone," said Mal.

"We're sisters," said Evelyn.

Mal's smile grew wider.

"But how...?" Evelyn was clearly surprised.

"I don't know," said Mal. "But the magic you have in you. It's my mother's dark magic."

"But I don't recall ever using dark magic," said Evelyn.

"Except for fire," said Mal. "You never used dark magic because you never knew you had it."

"Okay, what just happened?" questioned Evelyn. "Back in the village, which was just a couple minutes ago, you said you wanted to burn me to a crisp. Now, you want us to make up because we're related?"

"I know. It's crazy. I lost my mind because I was angry," said Mal. "But now that nature just calmed my mind, I remembered what I wanted to do when we beat you. Tell you the truth."

Evelyn stopped to think. This knowledge was overwhelming her. The girl she met after the death of her family was her sister.

Mal walk near Evelyn and puts her hand on her shoulder. "Evelyn, what you did was unforgivable. You still have to go to jail and pay for your crimes, but I promise you, I can help you. You may have lost your family, but you have a chance to make a new one. Just stand down and come quietly. If it makes you feel better, I'll take you back to the castle 'not' in chains."

"For the past twelve months, I've thought of nothing but revenge," said Evelyn. "I kept on thinking why I've been acting like this. Now I know why. The darkness."

"You remembered when I killed Sofia? That was the time I embraced the darkness," said Mal. "It changed me. Turned me into the worst person I can be. You've been embracing it this whole time and you never knew it."

"I went from a happy farm girl to an angry girl in armor to a homicidal psychopath," said Evelyn. "This darkness is too much."

"You'll get used to it," said Mal. "I have."

"Okay, everybody pause and rewind!" exclaimed a surprised Carlos. "Evelyn is Mal's sister?"

"Surprised?" replied Evie.

"Yeah, I'm surprised," said Carlos. "It does explain a lot, though."

"So, if we're all good, let's take Carlos to the hospital," suggested Evie.

"Actually, I prefer the pet hospital," said Carlos. "I haven't seen Dude since... well... you know."

"What do you say Evelyn? You want come home?" asked Mal.

"I have no home," said Evelyn.

"You will if you give me a chance to help you," said Mal.

"No one can help me," said Evelyn. "If this darkness is all I have in this world, then so be it."

All of a sudden, Evelyn smacks Mal in the face, then knocks down Evie with a magical blast. She uses her magic to take back her sword. Before Carlos can run away, Evelyn freezes him in place and strikes him in the chest with her sword. She retracts her sword and Carlos falls the ground. Evie wakes up only to see what happened to Carlos.

"Carlos!" she cried.

Evie quickly tends to Carlos. Mal started to come to. She saw Carlos' current state. She saw the blood on Evelyn's sword.

"Why?" she asked. "I offered you a chance of redemption, and you just throw it at my face?"

"You destroyed everything," said Evelyn. "You turned my army against me. The public hates me. I think it's fair that I take this out on the one who ruined it."

"But Carlos is just our tech-y guy. I'm the leader," said Mal.

"I heard you say ambushing the castle was his plan," said Evelyn.

Mal was beginning to boil with anger.

"You want to see my dragon trick? Well, congratulations. Hurting my friend is a one way ticket to see the show!" yelled Mal.

Evie scoots away, along with Carlos, because she knows what's about to happen.

Mal closes her eyes and channels her inner darkness. Evelyn started to stand back when purple smoke started surrounding Mal. After the mist cleared, Mal has once again transformed into a dragon. Evelyn put on a little smile on her face. She was a little envious.

Mal didn't hesitate and just smacked Evelyn aside with her claw. She picks up Evelyn with her tail and throws her to the other side of the field. Before Evelyn can crash, Mal hits her with a fire blast. Evelyn lands hard. Her armor is cracked (and in pieces) and part of her hair is burned.

Mal flies towards Evelyn and transforms back into her human form. Evelyn was about to get up, but Mal punches to keep her down. In rage, Mal repeatedly punches Evelyn in the face. This lasted for thirty seconds. When she stopped, Evelyn has a bruise on her cheek, her nose was bleeding, and her eye was nearing to black.

"Feels good, doesn't it?" said Evelyn. "All that power. All that rage."

"I can't lie. I does feel good," said Mal.

"So what now? You still gonna let me live?" questioned Evelyn, baiting Mal to do what's necessary.

Mal hesitated to answer. When she finally spoke, she said, "For now." She gets up, but before she walks away, she casts a spell. "Night, night, goes the knight." The spell puts Evelyn to sleep.

Mal returns to Evie and Carlos. This kind of sight brings back a horrible memory. She kneels down next to them. Carlos was still alive, but he was loosing time.

"Can you do anything, Mal?" begged Evie.

"I'm sorry, E," replied Mal. "I can heal wounds, but not this."

"It doesn't matter," said Carlos. "I wasn't going to be here for long."

"What are you saying?" asked Evie.

"I never told you... about... what I-I've been hiding," said Carlos. "Sunset. Seventh day. Back... to... the afterlife."

"Seventh day?" questioned Evie.

Evie looks at the horizon and saw the sunset.

"So, once the sun sets, you'll be gone?" asked Evie.

"I'll... b-b-be dead before that," said Carlos. "At least my soul can rest in peace."

"Carlos, I'm not losing you again," said Evie. "This is... this is like the story of Ariel. Is there any way to save you?"

"You already did," said Carlos. "That kiss we shared when I died. That gave me a chance to live again."

"Then why didn't it save you this time?" asked Evie, breaking to tears.

"It's never that easy," answered Carlos.

With the little strength left in him, Carlos holds Evie's hand.

"I love you," said Carlos.

Evie couldn't say it back. She was too sad to do so. She just buried her head on Carlos' chest, crying. Carlos just closed his eyes, preparing for the inevitable. Mal was breaking into tears as well. She just went through this last year, and now, she was about to loose Carlos for good this time. She puts her arm around him and puts her lips on his forehead. She sits down on the grass and looks at the sunset.

Suddenly, Carlos started to glow. Evie noticed this and sat back up. Mal's mouth opened in shock at this sight. Bright light and sparkles surrounded Carlos. Light rained down from the sky and clouded him. When the light disappeared, Carlos woke up, but still clutching his wounded chest.

"Carlos!" Evie cried happily. "How're you feeling?"

"Alive," answered Carlos. "But I won't be for long if I don't get to a hospital and patch this wound."

"No need," said Mal.

Mal puts her hand on Carlos' chest and heals his wound. Carlos started breathing in and out over and over again afterwards. All three looked back at the sunset. The sun sets and Carlos was still breathing. The trio started to smile. Very happy to see Carlos alive, Evie gives him a big hug, unknowingly suffocating him.

"Evie, if you keep hugging me like this, you're gonna break my lungs," said Carlos.

"Sorry," apologized Evie, loosening the grip of her hug a little.

"Much better," said Carlos, hugging her back.

"I don't get it," said Evie. "How're you alive?"

"The Enchantress said an act of true love can save me," explained Carlos.

"But you've already said it. None of my kisses saved you because you can't use the same act," mentioned Evie.

"I did feel something on my forehead," said Carlos, touching his forehead.

Evie and Carlos slowly turned and looked at Mal, who was trying to avoid eye contact.

"Was that you?" asked Evie.

Mal looked at her friends. "I did tell my mother I loved Carlos as a brother."

Out of nowhere, Carlos just hugged Mal. Evie joined in. Mal started to feel suffocated, but she hugged back.

"Thanks, sis," said Carlos.

"Don't push it," warned Mal in a playful tone.

"Let's go back," said Carlos. "I'm sure the guys want to hear the good news. Speaking of 'guys', why didn't you take Jay with you? He's one of us."

"Same reason why you two don't kiss when he's in the room," replied Mal.

"You want him to be the last person to know that you and Evelyn are related," guessed Carlos. "You want to see the look on his face."

Mal nodded.

"You do realize that little game nearly cost me my life," pointed out Carlos.

Mal just pinched Carlos' cheek.

"When do you plan on telling him?" asked Evie.

"Maybe on the day we let Evelyn out of jail," said Mal.

"By the way, where's Evelyn?" asked Carlos.

"Just lying down. She's under a sleeping spell, so she won't be going anywhere," answered Mal.

"So, we did," said Evie. "The Order is extinct. Evelyn is defeated. Carlos is alive. It's all over."

Mal remembered something and uttered, "Oh..."

"Mal, what are you hiding?" asked a suspicious Carlos.

"I'll tell you guys when we get home," said Mal, smiling in an awkward fashion.

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