Carlos POV- Mal rushed out of Evie's and ran straight to Ben as they all walked up. Uma walked out and greeted Harry and Gil and soon everyone was talking it was hard to hear what was actually being said and by who.

"Okay so we all think that Audrey could be at Fairy Cottage. We have no idea where it is. Did she ever take you there?" Mal asked Ben when it quieted down.

"Every Fairy Godmother's Day. Where is Fairy Godmother when you need her?" Ben said turning to look at Jane.

"I wish I knew" Jane replied sadly clearly worried about her mom. Rayna slipped her arm around Carlos' waist and laid her head on his shoulder.

"You okay?" he asked her as he held her close.

"Yeah all good" Rayna smiled at him before she kissed his cheek.

"How bad do you think this is going to get?" Carlos asked as he started to worry about her getting hurt.

"Bad. But nothing we can't handle" Rayna assured him. Softly Carlos stroked his thumb against her waist just enjoying holding her.

"Doug go with Jane. We need to find Fairy Godmother" Ben said.

"They might need some muscle" Uma said.

"Hey" Doug replied obviously offended.

"Well I'll go" Gil said having looked down at his own muscles.

"Yeah actually I would feel better too" Evie said.

"Same" Mal chimed in.

"Actually I would too" Doug admitted.

"All right man, let's do it!" Gil said putting his arm around Doug's shoulders like they were best friends.

"Let's go Jane" Gil called as he and Doug started to walk away.

For a minute everyone silently watched them go before heading into Evie's place.

"Come on Dude" Carlos called.

Mal and Ben were the last ones to come inside. Carlos pulled up a map to Fairy Godmother's Cottage on his phone for everyone to see. The Cottage was surrounded by bushes and trees easy places to duck and hide. However the last dozen feet to the Cottage was open to anyone looking out the window so they'd have to run for it. Rayna suggested they wait until nightfall and use the darkness of shadows as better cover. Next Rayna was able to bring up the Blue prints to the Cottage on her phone and with Ben's memory of the place they realized that other than four rooms upstairs, the Cottage would be an easy search.

"I'll go in first just in case she's waiting for us" Rayna said.

"No."

"Okay." Carlos and Ben said.

Rayna took Carlos' hands and spoke softly so only he heard.

"I'm impervious to magic and most wounds. So unless Audrey can somehow turn herself into a huge dragon like Maleficent I'm the best one to go in first."

"Well when you put it like that… Doesn't mean I like it."

"I know the feeling. Watching you try to help Ben when he was a Beast scared the crap out of me but I trusted you could do it. Like you trusted me to keep him calm. Trust me on this."

"Okay but I'm going in after you" Carlos said a little louder so the others could hear.

"Deal" Rayna smiled.

They waited until the sun started to set before making the journey to the Cottage. That way they would get there when it was fully dark. Rayna led the way followed closely by Carlos then Ben and the others. Quickly they moved from tree to tree using the bushes as cover for their crouched run.

Finally they made it to the last few trees before the Cottage. Ben, Mal, Evie and Uma hid behind the trees while the boys ducked down behind a large rock. Rayna with Carlos behind her made a fast run for the metal gate and the front door.

Rayna POV- Not wasting any time for Audrey to come up with a spell, Rayna kicked in the front door. As she entered the house Mal and Ben quickly followed after Carlos as Mal had out Hades' Ember. Everyone else took their ten second que then they too entered the Cottage.

"Anything?" Ben asked. Rayna took in a deep breath.

"Scent's an hour old at least" she replied softly.

There came a banging on the door to a small alcove outside. Rayna nodded to Ben as he went towards the door. Ben looked out the small window before he lifted the bar that locked the door.

"Chad?" Ben asked surprised.

"I want my mommy" Chad said from where he sat hugging his knees.

"No!" Chad cried out recoiling from Ben who'd attempted to reach out to him.

"It's okay. What happened buddy?" Ben asked gently as he slowly helped Chad up off the ground.

Chad looked at everyone in the room fearfully. However not seeing Audrey he relaxed a little.

"Ben? Ben!" Chad said once again looking at Ben. He grabbed Ben by his jacket.

"Your face. Oh freedom!" Chad screamed and bolted for the door and out into the night screaming.

Ben shrugged but Harry started laughing hysterically. With one final look around they left the Cottage not too sure what to do next.

"All right. Let's get this Audrey chick taken care of already. What do you say girls? Time to wrap things up?" Uma said bumping her fist against Mal and Evie's.

"You know some day you're gonna have to tell me how you guys all got teamed up" Ben said smiling.

"Actually, Mal promised to let all the kids off the Isle once this is over" Evie said.

"Mal?" Ben asked softly.

"I have to tell you guys something. Um… I lied to you. The kids won't be coming off the Isle" Mal said as she turned to face them.

"What do you mean?" Jay asked.

"The program is shut down. And the barrier… will be closed for good."

"For Auradon's safety" Ben said softly clearly unhappy.

"Jewel?" Harry asked looking at Rayna.

She looked away towards Carlos who was also looking at her.

"I had no say in this. It wasn't my choice" Rayna said around the lump in her throat.

"Hold up. So we're saving your precious people and your behinds for a lie. I knew it was a mistake to trust you. You're always out for yourself" Uma said walking to stand in front of Mal.

"And you King Ben eh… you're probably just gonna throw us all back inside" Harry started getting in Ben's face only to end up sounding sad and disappointed.

"You know what? I actually thought you were brave. You're nothing but a chicken. Too scared to tell me I was never gonna see my dad again" Celia said walking towards Mal.

"Celia…" Mal said.

Celia however grabbed the Ember and tossed it into the bird bath as she walked away crying.

"No! Regain your might and ignite! No… Regain your might and ignite!" Mal yelled grabbing the Ember and attempting to relight it.

No one knew what to do they were too chocked and hurt by Mel's lie and too stunned that Celia ruined their chance to stop Audrey. Mall looked to Uma for help.

"Bummer" Uma said holding her sea shell necklace for Mal to see.

"Let's go find Gil and leave them all to rot" Uma said to Harry.

"No. Uma!" Mal cried out as Uma and Harry walked away. Neither one looked back. Evie slowly started to walk towards Mal.

"Evie…I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I just…I thought that… I was afraid to tell you. I thought I was gonna lose my best friend. But I had to do something. I had to protect Auradon" Mal said.

"Closing the barrier was your idea?" Evie asked, stunned.

"I did it for us. I did it for our life that we have here now."

"For our life? What about the kids that we left behind on that island? The kids that we promised? We were their only hope. I thought you were gonna stand up for the V.K.'s. But instead you lied to them. And you lied to Jay. And you lied to Carlos. And you lied to me. We're your family" Evie said pointing at each one of them as she barely held her tears at bay.

"You were against this?" Carlos softly asked Rayna.

"I was."

"Why, it would make your job easier" there was anger in his voice.

"I was against this because we promised the kids on the Isle. I was against this because I trust them. I was against this… because I didn't want you to never be able to see your mom again" Rayna said taking a step closer to him.

"There's nothing you can do?"

"No. Belle and Beast are scared and… I can't over rule the future Queen" Rayna said looking at Mal.

"Evie… Evie come on. I had no choice!" Mal cried as Evie turned away from her.

With a clap of thunder and lightning everyone except Mal and Rayna were turned to stone.

"No" Mal cried softly.

"Carlos!" Rayna barely held her sob back as she reached to touch his face.

Anger, rage and pain swirled inside her. She stormed up to Mal eyes glowing yellow shining with unshed tears.

"I blame you. Here's the result of your 'choice'" Rayna growled.

With a last look at Carlos Rayna left hoping to catch up to Uma and beg her to reconsider helping them. If Uma said no well… currently Rayna wasn't above killing Audrey to bring Carlos back.