Everyone stood frozen, staring at the scene before them. Jafar had his staff aimed at Jay, who was defenseless on his knees, the power of the staff keeping him from moving. With so much as a snap of his fingers, Jafar could kill him with no problems.

Everyone glanced among themselves, unsure of what to do.

"I said surrender." Jafar repeated. "Drop your weapons, and don't even think of trying any magic," he added pointedly to Genie nearby, "or I will kill him."

Everyone once again exchanged glances, waiting for someone else to make the call. Finally, Aladdin, who was in the thick of the fight with blood trickling from his temple, tossed his sword to the ground with a clang. The sound echoed as everyone followed his lead. Raisa growled low in her throat, amber eyes fixed on Jafar.

"That tiger moves, and she'll die, too." Jafar added casually.

Aladdin reached out and rested his hand on the tiger's back, hoping to calm her down.

"Alia, why don't you join me." Jafar suggested casually.

Alia turned her back on Shang and strolled casually to Jafar's side, looking straight ahead like a good little soldier.

"This all could have gone so much smoother." Jafar spoke, shaking his head as if disappointed. "I was only going to hypnotize Alia, have her dispose of Jay, and rule Agrabah. Nothing wrong with that. But since you all know, now you all have to die." He raised his staff, his gaze sliding over the assembled group. "Who wants to go first?"

No one spoke, a tense silence covering the room. Jafar's eyes landed on Aladdin.

"You know, I think I'll make you go last." he told the Sultan. "So you can watch everyone you love die while you're helpless to save them."

He then lowered his staff so it was inches from Jay's nose.

"And I think I'll take your son from you first, just like I did 18 years ago."

The rubies of the cobra's eyes glowed red, as if powering up for the final strike.

Then, the staff was suddenly twisted from Jafar's hand. In half a second, one end came up to slam into the back of his head, knocking him to the ground.

Everyone stared in shock.

Alia stood over Jafar, who gaped up at her while she glared down at him. She didn't hold the staff as if to shoot magic, she held it ready to bash him in the head again if she needed to.

"Wh-how-how did-?" Jafar stuttered.

"Never threaten my brother, or my family, ever again." Alia ordered tensely, glaring down at him. "Or a hit to your head will be the least of your worries."

Jay stood up, no longer contained by the staff's magic. He stared at his sister in shock for a moment before yanking her into a hug.

"How did you break free? When?" he demanded. Genie hurried over and, after giving Alia a hug, he took the staff from her and began setting things right.

"When he first threatened to kill you." Alia answered. "I knew I had to play along for a couple more minutes, to get close enough to him to get the staff."

"Well, maybe don't cut it so close next time, okay?" Jay laughed, hugging her again.

"Wow, no 'thanks for saving my life'?" Alia joked. "You're welcome."

Jay laughed, turning away and heading over towards where Genie was using the staff to get rid of the hourglass to let the girls out. Genie had already used some genie magic to cuff Jafar, and all Aladdin's guards were watching the villain.

Shang hurried over to Alia, hugging her tightly. "Alia, I-"

"I love you." Alia cut him off before cupping the back of his head with her hands and pulling him down into a kiss. After a second of shock, Shang returned it eagerly, threading his fingers into her hair and wrapping an arm around her waist.

After several moments, when both are struggling to breathe, they pulled away and rested their foreheads against each other's.

"I love you, too." Shang returned the sentiment. "So, does that mean you knew I was trying to tell you? During the fight before it ended?"

Alia smirked slightly, her eyes glimmering mischievously. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Mal, Ben, and Fairy Godmother arrived a few hours later by royal jet. They kept Jafar and Iago locked up in the palace dungeon in the meantime, using magic from Jafar's staff and Genie to keep them safely locked up. When the others arrived, Fairy Godmother added her own enchantments from her wand to ensure Jafar wouldn't be escaping. She also used her wand to bring Carpet back like he was new, and she healed Abu, who luckily wasn't injured too badly.

Sunday was largely spent discussing what should be done now, not just with Jafar but with any criminal or villain in the future. They obviously didn't want to repeat history by creating a new Isle of the Lost. Aladdin sat down in a meeting with not only Fairy Godmother and King Ben, but also several others. Mal, of course, sat in as future Queen, and she insisted on the other original VKs; Jay, Evie, and Carlos sitting in. From there, it turned into multiple larger meetings. Genie joined most of them, as he was personally involved with Jafar's attacks. Aladdin also insisted on Alia sitting in, since she was personally involved, Jay was sitting in, and she was the future Sultana. They also ended up calling in several other leaders from around Auradon like Fa Mulan and Li Shang Sr., King Triton, Hercules, Elsa, Rapunzel, Merlin, and several others.

After much discussion and debate that lasted well into the evening, they finally came to an agreement, which King Ben planned on announcing to all of Auradon the next morning. They decided that they would begin work on multiple prisons and dungeons. Most castles and kingdoms already had dungeons that they weren't using, so they just needed to be updated and fixed up. Then, several magical members of Auradon would add their own protective enchantments and spells to the dungeons to ensure any magical prisoners wouldn't be able to escape, like they did with Jafar in the dungeon.

Considering how eventful the weekend was, it was decided Jay and Alia could take an extra day at home and return to school Monday evening, in time to get back for Tuesday classes. Carlos was flown back to Auradon City so he could resume classes Monday morning, but Lonnie, Jordan, Mal, Evie, and Ben stayed the night in the Agrabah palace Sunday so Ben could give his announcement on site Monday morning. It gave Mal, Evie, Lonnie, Jordan, and Alia the chance to have a proper sleepover that they hadn't had in ages.

They talked about wedding plans, Jordan's travels, Lonnie's matches. Alia finally told them all, in detail, everything the potion had done to her. She told them about the irrational feelings of anger, the jealousy she felt toward Lonnie, Shang, and Jay when she saw how their teams accepted them so easily. She told them about the horrible nightmares where she killed her friends and family, and how part of her was numb to the horrible things she did. She expected them to be horrified, or scared of her. But they were all sympathetic. Mal especially seemed to understand better than the others, and assured Alia that the nightmares didn't make her a horrible person.

Most of their friends left on Monday, leaving Jay and Alia to take the small family jet back to their schools. Alia hugged her whole family goodbye before moving off to the side with Shang. She noticed Jay did the same with Lonnie.

"So, you're going to keep in touch this time, right?" Shang teased when they were out of earshot.

Alia rolled her eyes slightly. "I suppose I could try." she answered playfully. "But really, I will do better this time at keeping you posted on what's going on." she added more seriously. She planned on spending the next few months focusing on school, as well as her physical and emotional health. But she knew she wouldn't be able to do that alone. She would need her friends and family on occasion, which included Shang.

Shang nodded. "Good. And if you start feeling stressed or anything, let me know. I want to be able to help you when I can. Which also means," he added, grinning once again, "you need to send me your Swords schedule so I can see if I can come to any of your meets. I wanna see you whoop some pampered prince's butt."

Alia laughed. "I will keep that in mind."

Her laughter was cut off by Shang hooking an arm behind her lower back, pulling her close so he could swoop down and kiss her.

After several moments, a voice called, "Break it up already! That's my sister!"

They pulled away, Alia ducking her head slightly in embarrassment while Shang scowled over at Jay. "You've got no room to talk, dude. That's my sister." he exclaimed, nodding toward Lonnie where she stood next to Jay.

They finished their goodbyes and boarded the plane, both siblings taking seats across from each other in chairs at the same small table. Jay stopped by the mini fridge before sitting down, grabbing a couple cans of soda.

Jay sighed as he plopped down in the chair, popping the tab on the pop can. "So much for a long, relaxing weekend away from school, huh? Now we're back to studying, homework, and practice."

Alia sighed in return, holding the can between her hands on the table. "Yeah, but at least we got an extra day. Of course, that might make people more curious when I finally show up to class and practice." she admitted.

"You sure you're gonna be okay going back to school?" Jay asked worriedly.

Alia gave him a small smile. "I'll be fine, Jay. I already feel a lot better without being exposed to the potion, more like my old self. I'm not saying school's going to automatically be ten times better, but I think it'll be a bit easier without the potion dragging me down."

Jay nodded slowly. "Okay. But you'll tell me, right? You'll talk to me if you need to? I mean it, even if you have an emotional breakdown at three in the morning, call me." he insisted.

Alia chuckled slightly, but nodded in agreement. "I promise, Jay. I'll let you know if I need help."

"Any kind of help." Jay reiterated. "Any at all. If you have another nightmare; even if it's a normal, non-potion-related nightmare."

Alia rolled her eyes, but grinned fondly at her brother. "If you insist. I'm sure you'll get sick of me."

Jay smirked. "I'm always sick of you. But I'm a glutton for punishment, it seems."

Alia laughed, leaning back in her seat before taking a sip of her drink.

"So, when do you think we'll get a rematch?" Jay asked, still smirking.

Alia eyed him curiously. "What are you talking about now?"

"Swords. I don't think we have another meet against each other's schools, unless we both make it to the championships." Jay explained. "Think you'll beat me like you always do?"

Alia smirked, rolling her eyes. "Please. You're so going down."

It wasn't too long before the jet dropped Jay off at Sherwood Forest, and then Alia at Triton's Bay.

Alia went through Tuesday as she would any other day of the week since she started college. She tried to ignore the occasional stare, considering her name was mentioned Monday morning when King Ben told Auradon what happened in Agrabah. A few people approached her, but she just politely parroted what Ben said on the news, briefly confirming that she was indeed the one who took Jafar out.

For the most part, she got through the day without gaining a lot of attention. Her Chemistry class was cancelled while they tried to find a new teacher on such short notice. Alia hoped their new teacher actually knew how to teach.

When it was time for Sword practice, Alia changed into her workout clothes and entered the gym like any other day. She pulled her gloves onto her hands as she entered the gym, but when she glanced up she slowed down hesitantly.

Instead of people stretching or beginning to practice, everyone already in the gym seemed to have paused in their activities to stare at her. It looked like the whole team was already there, watching her walk in. She glanced from one person to the next, unable to really read their expressions.

"Yes?" she asked warily when no one spoke for several moments.

Dominic was the first to actually approach her, his expression pretty much the same friendly, though curious, expression he usually wore.

"Hey, so,…" he started awkwardly, "is it true? King Ben said that…that you pretty much took out Jafar?"

"Yeah. So?" Alia asked, still unnerved by all the staring.

"Is it true you bashed him in the head with his own scepter?" William Darling asked, his wide blue eyes eager for a story.

Alia blinked. That definitely hadn't been in Ben's statement. Then again, a lot of people seemed to know more than what Ben announced. That just seemed to be how Auradon worked. "Yes, that is true." she admitted.

"That's…awesome." Hunter finally exclaimed, holding up a hand for a high-five, which Alia granted, baffled.

A few others came over and congratulated Alia, or demanded answers, wanting her to give them a play-by-play of the battle. Even Elliot and Amir were eager to hear the story.

"Alright, break it up!" Harvey called out. "We've still got to practice. We've got a meet against Arendelle in two days. Pair up."

Everyone did as told, spreading out in pairs around the gym. Alia sighed, preparing to work alone when Harvey approached her.

"Wanna partner up?" he offered casually.

Alia blinked. "Sure." she answered as casually as she could in her surprise. They approached the stack of swords near the wall and Alia leaned down to grab one.

"Has your shirt always said that?" Harvey asked, sounding mildly amused.

Alia turned in confusion, looking down at her shirt. It was her SHANG LIFE t-shirt. "What? This?"

Harvey snorted, approaching her. He lightly grabbed the side of her shirt under her arm and tugged it around so she could see a section on the left back side of the shirt. "No. This."

Alia pulled it around more, trying to see what was written. In what looked like scrawled handwriting written in black marker read the words:

Shang's girlfriend

Hands and eyes off

Alia gaped for a moment before laughing slightly. "Oh, he is so going to get it." she laughed, unable to really be mad.

OoOoO

I can't remember exactly which of Alia's teammates I've already revealed the parents of. I know I already announced Harvey is Prince Hans' nephew, Elliot is Elsa's son, Amir is Prince Achmed's son, and Dominic is Doc's son. The others I think I've named are Aaron, the son of King Arthur from The Sword in the Stone, William, the son of Wendy from Peter Pan, and Hunter, the son of the Huntsman from Snow White. I know as far as numbers go, there's at least one more guy on the team, but I ran out of character ideas.

Anyway, I posted this early for the holiday, so just consider this my Christmas present to all of you. There's only a couple chapters left, unfortunately.

Merry Christmas! Let me know what you all thought of this chapter!