I apologize for the delay in updating, I usually update a few hours earlier at least but I was at my brothers little gender reveal party because his partner is pregnant-because of Covid he wasn't allowed in during the scan so they got it written down and neither of them found out until the party so it was kinda important and I'm gonna have a new niece in a few months so that was obviously a priority at the time. Replies to reviews: Danifan3000: Their parents were off talking with other royals so I wouldn't say it's their faults but Chad and the twins will definitely not get away without consequences. I honestly hated how Leah and Chad and Audrey weren't told off for starting the fight during Family day because it really wasn't the VK's fault, especially since Mal did try and apologize. Jeremy: It's not too far off now, there's 29 chapters overall for this fic so soon enough it'll be coming to a close, and I'm up to chapter 14 of the sequel which has more action in, and it does have one slightly shorter chapter that doesn't focus on Mal, though I prefer focusing on her.
Stoffe: The who of how Maleficent will be coming into the story will be pretty obvious very soon I have to say, and don't worry there will be more Bal moments coming up very soon.
"What on earth is going on?" Belle's voice was filled with worry, "Mal what just happened?"
"Chad, Steven and Samantha decided to corner Evie, they were being horrible to her mom... I tried to step in but they wouldn't stop so I tried to get Audrey and Carlos to get her away from them and Chad grabbed her arm and he hurt her so I pulled his hand away and then he grabbed my arm and the back of my neck and he tried to kiss me-"
"He's always been far too pushy for my liking I'm going to kill him." Adam snarled.
"Adam! As much as I understand how you feel that is not a good idea." Belle's voice was sharp, "Incase you didn't notice he's on the floor with a nose that's probably broken from our daughter."
"Good." Adam was scowling."
"I do not think you should go anywhere near them." Philip spoke up.
"I think you're right Philip." Aurora nodded, "Adam Mal handled it... but Mal, sweetie what happened to Samantha? Evie did something I know but what?"
"I'm not sure." Mal admitted, "She sprayed something at her.. but it was self defense mom, Samantha clawed at her face I saw blood. Audrey pushed her away but she was coming back for a second go she was gonna hurt Evie or Audrey. Whatever Evie did it was self defense."
"Belle." Aurora's voice was soft, "They attacked her... Mal's right."
"I... of course." Belle nodded, "It just doesn't look good-"
"She's waking up." Adam spoke up, looking towards the crowd that had gathered around Chad, Samantha and Steve.
"Right..." Belle sighed, "As long as she's okay we don't have a huge problem... well handle this Mal. You go and help your friends. Make sure Evie is okay."
"But I'm going to be the Queen soon this is a di-"
"You're not Queen yet and I know you'll just be worried about your friend if you don't go."
"We'll make sure Cinderella, Kit, Snow and Florian know what their children were actually doing-and it looks like Lonnie is going around making sure everyone else knows they started the problem too. Now go." Aurora's voice was firm.
"Thank you mom, Auntie Aurora!" she glanced back, glad to see that Ben and Jay were gone, presumably with Carlos, and with that she took off herself, running out of the gardens and heading straight past the gardens, through the courtyard and into the school building, her heels clicking as she climbed the stairs two at a time in her haste to get to the dorm room, letting herself in once she reached the room, and everyone was there, a fact that made Mal let out a relieved sigh, though the sight of Evie's bloody tear streaked face made her feel angry all over again. The crying blue haired girl was sat on her bed, Carlos and Jay sat either side of her, with Ben sat on the bed behind her, the boys holding her hands, or in Ben's case rubbing her back soothingly while Audrey wiped at Evie's face with a damp cloth.
"Oh Evie." Mal closed the door behind her and quickly made her way to Evie's bed, "Audrey let me take over, can you run and get a first aid kit?"
"Of course." Audrey nodded quickly, "I'll be back right away okay guys?" she gave Evie a gentle smile before nodding to Mal, standing up and handing Mal the cloth before heading out quickly.
"What's going to happen now?" Ben's voice was quiet.
"My mom, dad and Audrey's parents are gonna sort things out. No one will blame you guys." Mal shook her head.. "I am so sorry."
"What actually happened?" Jay frowned, "Braeden-"
"You can call me Ben now." Ben said quietly, "I told Mal on our date."
"Oh..." Jay blinked, looking taken aback for a moment before shrugging it off, "We were talking with Doug and then there was shouting and we saw you guys with Chad and the White twins."
"T-they cornered me." Evie sniffled, wincing as Mal gently wiped across the thin, but slightly worryingly deep, cuts. "I... they started saying horrible things." she shook her head, "I... I tried to just ignore them but they kept saying things and Mal tried to stop them.."
"Lonnie saw that they had Evie surrounded and I got worried." Mal admitted. "They were saying some really horrible things. I tried to get them to leave nicely but they wouldn't stop."
"Samantha ripped your dress." Evie sniffled.
"The dress was pretty but it's so not important right now." Mal stated firmly, "I could care less about the dress, what I care about is you."
"Why did it end up getting physical?" Jay frowned, "I mean as much as it was great to see Chad get knocked on his ass and he deserved it but I mean, it probably would have looked better if there wasn't so much.. y'know, violence."
"He grabbed me." Evie lifted her arm to show marks from where Chad had gripped her hand so tightly, "Mal hit his hand away so he grabbed her and-"
"And he tried to kiss me." that made Jay's eyes widen in shock and Ben tensed.
"He did what?"
"He tried to kiss me." Mal repeated, giving Ben a warning look, "I swear if you're about to go all caveman on me over the fact that he tried to kiss me I'll be pissed. Yes he's a disgusting creep and I shudder at the thought of him kissing me, but he's the one who got a broken nose. I handled it."
"He deserved it." Ben shook his head, "They all deserved it.."
"Pretty sure Steven would have attacked Mal if I didn't get between them." Carlos piped up, "And Samantha-"
"She clawed at me." Evie bit her lip "How bad is it Mal?"
"It doesn't look great." Mal admitted, biting her lip, "I don't know if it needs stitches-"
"No!" Evie's voice was panicked, "No Mal please I don't want stitches please I hate needles-"
"Is there anything else you could use?" Jay squeezed Evie's hand gently, reassuringly.
"I... there should be something in the first aid kit." Mal said after a moment, "I'm not good with healing magic or I'd try that but I can't risk making it worse."
"Thank you." Evie shook her head, "W-will they scar?"
"I don't know." Mal admitted softly, "I'm sorry Evie... god so much for people in Auradon being the good guys huh-"
"Don't." Ben shook his head, "Don't beat yourself up over this Mal. Stuff like this happens a lot more often on the Isle and... to be honest we'd have never had so much support, sure the twins and Chad are assholes but... they're not gonna make us hate it here."
"That's good." Mal sighed, "I've cleaned them as much as I can but I'll want to clean them again with an antiseptic wipe before trying to fix them up just to make sure they're clean. It'll sting though."
"T-that's okay..." Evie's smile was shaky but real. "Thank you Mal."
"What are friends for?" Mal gave a wry little smile, and a moment later Audrey came back in, tossing the first aid kit to Mal, who opened it up quickly and nodded to herself as she grabbed a wipe and ripped the packet open, carefully wiping it over Evie's skin, wincing as the other girl whimpered in pain.
"I'm sorry." Mal whispered the words, and she could hear Audrey moving around behind her, going into a drawer from the sounds of it, but she stayed focused, folding up the wipe and setting it aside once she was done and rummaging through the first aid kit.
"Let me see... ah, perfect." she pulled a little pack of butterfly stitches out of it quickly, "There are butterfly stitches, they're kind of like strips of tape that sticks the skin together so it heals better, is that okay?"
"Yeah, yeah I can handle that."
"It'll still hurt." Mal warned, "Braeden... or Audrey can one of you come here and help push the skin together?"
"I'll do it." Ben spoke up quickly, moving off Evie's bed and making his way around so that he was crouched next to Mal, and he carefully pushed the skin together on the first of the three gashes on Evie's face, and Mal gently put the stitches on, working from the middle outwards until a little row of white strips ran across the first of the scratch marks. They repeated three times,
Evie making little pained noises each time the skin was pushed together.
Once they were done Mal found a larger square of dressing and she used medical tape to use it to cover them up "And there." she said when she was done, "The dressing should protect the strips for a day or so so that the skin can start healing."
"Thank you." Evie pulled the hand that Carlos was holding free and reached up to touch her cheek gently, fingers gentle against the dressing. "I.. I really hope it doesn't scar."
"Even if it does you'll be able to stand tall knowing that you're so much better than Samantha." Mal tried to be comforting, "I really am so sorry Evie."
"It's not your fault." Evie looked down, "She... she snapped my tiara."
"Aha!" Audrey's voice drew everyone's attention and the girl twirled around, "Samantha might have snapped your tiara but I can guarantee she doesn't have one as pretty as this." she moved towards them, holding out a delicate tiara. It was a pretty thing, all sliver and delicate swirls that formed a heart at the center of it, with diamonds sparkling all over it and a saphire in the center, "I figured you'd like this one since your favorite color is blue."
"I-you... you're giving me a-"
"I have plenty." Audrey waved a hand dismissively, giving Evie a small smile, "Keep it. I'd rather know it was with someone who was gonna love it and I know you will." she moved to stand in front of Evie as Mal shifted to the side, and she carefully placed the tiara onto Evie's head, "And perfect. It suits you."
"I..." Evie's smile was slightly stronger this time "I love you guys so much."