Good Is The New Bad

Hadley's POV

I was helping Evie out with some new design sketches when Mal came back from her meeting with FG, the former king and queen and Ben about our Dad nearly getting out and I knew from the look on her face that it hadn't been good and to make things even worse they'd found out the Queen of Auradon Crown and our mother's scepter was stolen from the Cultural History Museum.

"Who else knows about the crown and the scepter?" I asked her trying to wrap my head around the fact that someone was out there with our mothers scepter and with Uma still on the loose she was the most likely of suspect and I was not confidant about that.

"No one" Mal chuckled before scoffing. "I mean think about it people are scared enough as it is, we have to employ these entirely new security measures"

"Will this delay us bringing over new VK's?" Evie asked her.

"We're talking about closing the barrier for good" Mal replied and my eyes widened.

"But you said no, right" I asked her and saw her look making me frown.

"The five of us are living the dream here and we finally get to share that, I mean what can be more important than that?"

"Yeah, I know" Mal agreed but I could tell something was up with her. "I mean maybe security and peace of mind of everyone in Auradon"

"Is that what their thinking" I scoffed since they couldn't be serious. "And were they seriously thinking that no one will ever go in or out of the Isle ever again?"

"She's right, we never get to go back and see our parents?" Evie asked her.

"And what about these kids, we promised them that they could go back whenever they wanted" I cut in since I'd promised CJ that she could see her Dad, her sister...him whenever she wanted.

"Yeah I know" Mal sighed resting back on the table behind her.

"M, I am so glad that you are going to be Queen, you will be a part of these conversations you will stand up for the VK's" they smiled at each other. "Thank you for telling me" she added and I let out a small smile since Evie did have a point. "Your gonna make a great Queen" Evie smiled after they shared a small hug.

I headed out going back to my room seeing CJ sitting on my bed making me laugh and roll my eyes seeing her flipping through the Auradon welcome packets that Evie had given them upon arriving so they were all caught up with the rules and maps to know where everything is since that's one of the things I recalled from when we first arrived here, finding where everything was had been a nightmare.

"This devil device has been buzzing" she spoke up holding up my phone and I laughed a little taking it of her and looked at the screen my face falling instantly seeing I had 3 missed calls from PJ and a few texts.

Hey, I'm sorry for the other day. Call me
Hadley I really am sorry and I never meant to offend your paintings.
Please Hadley. Call me!

"Who's PJ?" CJ asked and I frowned looking up at her.

"Huh...he's a friend of mine" I replied nervously.

"He your Auradon Boyfriend?" she argued and I sighed.

"It's complicated CJ , he's just a friend though"

"Doesn't sound so complicated to me" she shrugged sitting up. "So what's his real name?"

"Peter...Junior" I replied and her eyes widened.

"Don't tell me he's a Pan!" she exclaimed.

"You could say that" I shrugged moving over to my easel getting back.

"So you left my brother for a Pan?" she asked and I rolled my eyes.

"I didn't leave Harry" I scoffed. "One we were never together, two after the last time we saw each other he pretty much told me to get lost"

"Didn't sound like that from what I heard coming out of his room that night" she replied and I turned my head to hide the blush that rose to my cheeks.

"Yeah well things went downhill from there"

"Uh-huh and that's why all of your paintings have something to do with my brother" she snarked.

"They do not!" I argued and her response was to stand and walk over to my paintings.

"My brothers beach, a romantic row boat at sunset, dark alley hook-ups...these all have nothing to do with Harry" she asked pointing out three of my paintings and I frowned unable to answer. "That's why I thought"

"There my past, my paintings are all about where I come from"

"And my brothers apart of that just admit it" she replied and I scoffed.

"Alright fine but that's all he is...apart of my past now can we stop talking about it"

"Sure, just admit that you still love my brother"

"Let it go CJ" she laughed sitting down on her cot in the corner of my room.

"Seriously though why a Pan?" she pressed and I sighed.

"He was the first Auradonian that was kind of me and we can't all be perceived in our parents shadows, just look at me I'm nothing like my mother and I've never met Peter Pan so how can I judge someone by what the stories predict them as" I replied and watched her face fall a little.

"I've only heard the stories of Neverland and Peter Pan from my Dad but I believe that he's an evil child" she spoke up after a couple seconds and I couldn't help snigger.

"Well he did cut off your father's hand...I believe that everyone has good and evil in them and it's what side of themselves that you chose to use"

"You really believe that?" CJ asked and I sighed nodding my head since I had to believe that, I wanted to believe that we all had the chance to be good inside us.

"We're not our parents CJ and we don't have to follow in their footsteps" I replied and she nodded back before we fell into a comfortable silence as I painted starting on a new one while she continued to read.

The next morning we were all heading to the enchanted lake for Jane's birthday party, I got dressed early and went upstairs to help Carlos not expecting to find Celia, Dizzy and CJ all sitting outside with plates of cake that I knew was from Jane's birthday cake and smiled at their happy faces knowing they'd never had anything like it so when they all looked at me with expressions of being caught with their hands in the cookie jar I just smiled.

"Don't let Carlos see you" I told them and they all smiled as I headed inside seeing the others packing the picnic baskets.

"Morning, got the beach towels" Carlos ran in the kitchen packing them in one of the baskets as Evie was throwing Jay some apples to pack. "I really think she's gonna like the cake you guys-" I bit back the laugh seeing his face fall when he saw the cut out in Jane's cake. "Oh no...okay who got into Jane's cake?!" he yelled and I had to turn away so he couldn't see my smile.

I left the kitchen heading towards Mal's room seeing her dressed and ready to go so we grabbed the gift that we'd gone halves on and started leaving since she had to meet up with Ben before we headed for the enchanted lake, we walked out of Evie's cottage closing the door behind us right as we heard a crack of what sounded like lightning and turned seeing Audrey walking towards us and my eyes widened seeing our mother's scepter in her hands and the Queens crown on her head along with new clothes that could be fooled for our villain style.

"I was hoping you were home" she crooned smiling towards Mal.

"Is this a joke?" Mal asked her chuckling as she saw Mom's scepter in her grasp. "What are you doing with the crown and the scepter?"

"Well I wanted them so I took them" she replied and I glared at her. "You of all people should understand that Mal" she added before kneeling down bringing the scepter towards her.

"Audrey stop!" I exclaimed knowing how dangerous Mom's scepter was in the hands of someone who didn't understand it.

"Don't use that" Mal added putting down Jane's gift on the lawn table behind her.

"I thought you liked spells" Audrey argued and I scoffed since she couldn't be serious.

"Okay, okay" Mal quickly interfered as Audrey brought the glowing green gem close to her face. "Audrey your better-"

"QUIET!" Audrey yelled cutting her off.

"It's not a toy, it's dangerous" I snapped at her.

"I want to be dangerous" she exclaimed spinning to face us. "My life was perfect until you stole it and then Auradon turned its back on me" Audrey spat leaning close to Mal before she turned around and started walking away. "It's time for a little payback"

"Audrey wait!" Mal yelled following her and Audrey spun around thrusting the scepter towards us and I was blinded by a bright light hearing Audrey's cackle as the pink smoke faded and I turned seeing she'd turned Mal into an old woman.

"You think Ben will love you now you old hag?" I felt the anger and I fade a fireball in my hand. "You'll pay the price for what you did and so will all of Auradon!" she exclaimed I growled out right as the others came running out of the cottage. "So long suckers!" she yelled right as I threw the fireball in my hand at her but she disappeared in a tornado of pink smoke.

"Whoa!" Jay exclaimed behind me and I turned seeing he'd reached towards Mal to help her but saw her. "You might wanna think of a spell for that" he pointed at her.

"There's no spell that can reverse the curse of the scepter" Mal replied in a slow and haggard voice.

"Well that's a shame" Carlos said and I hit his arm.

"Forget about me, Audrey's out for revenge and all of Auradon is in danger" Mal argued.

"What should we do?" Evie asked.

"The only thing more powerful than the scepter is..."

"Hades ember" I replied cutting Mal off and she looked at me before nodding.

"Oh like he's just gonna hand it over if you go back to the Isle" Jay argued and I sighed.

"And no one knows where his lair is" Evie added, I knew where it was but I couldn't voice that without giving up Mal and I's most biggest secret.

"I do" Celia spoke up and we all turned to her, I smiled in relief and knowing. "I'm his errand rat, I've got the key at my Dad's" she added.

"Your coming" Mal pointed at her and she groaned.

"But I just got here" Celia complained.

"Mal?" we heard Dizzy ask before she screamed pulling the twins to her sides clearly seeing Mal and CJ walked out seeing what all the commotion was.

"Whoa" she replied.

"Dizzy, CJ stay here to take care of the twins" Evie quickly said.

"We'll be right back and everything will be just fine" I told them nodding at CJ since she was the oldest and she nodded leading Dizzy and the twins inside. "Guys go get your stuff" I told the others and they ran inside to change to more Isle appropriate clothes.

"How bad is it?" Mal asked attempting a smile which was had without teeth.

"You age beautifully" Evie smiled back at her and I nodded. "Now lets just get you into something fabulous"

"Okay" Mal nodded and we headed for the door but stopped turning seeing Mal hobbling behind us barely moved a few steps, Evie turned and went back to help Mal while I sighed and moved inside heading down to my room and pulled on a pair of purple skinny jeans, a black t-shirt with a dragon print on the front and a violet purple leather jacket with a lace dragon sewn in the back and changed my earrings into my wrap around dragon ones and pulled on my combat boots before I headed up but was stopped at my door by CJ.

"You're going back to the Isle"

"CJ I don't really have time for this"

"If you see my brother, can you give him this" she held out a thin piece of paper. I sighed and took it from her nodding my head.

"I doubt I'll see him since we'll be in and out but I'll see what I can do" I replied looking down at it. "What is it?" I asked.

"Just some advice and sibling stuff" she replied and I frowned but nodded again and walked past her heading up the others seeing the others were ready themselves and waiting by our motorbikes, mine was dark purple with blue flames up the side...they all matched our own styles and colors.

We climbed on pulling our matching helmets on and kick started them driving off with Celia riding with Mal as we headed towards the coastline that overlooked the Isle since once again we were going back to the Isle of the Lost.