Lex here,

This story will start during Mal's Once Upon a time song. PLEASE DONT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN DECENDANTS 3. This first chapter is the Prologue, similar to the movies where Mal talks at the beginning. It is describing all 3 films. This story will be based off movies and not books. Disclaimer, all characters belong to Disney. In future chapters I might make characters, but I will try and keep the Decentdants world as much as possible.

This chapter is in first tense but the rest will be third

Hope you enjoy

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Once Upon a Time in the Kingdom of Auradon, a girl tried harder, she tried again. Once upon a brave choice, she took a risk and used her voice. This story started because of Prince Ben, the son and heir of King Adam and Queen Belle. This girl was from the Isle of the Lost, where King Adam sent all the Villains and locked them away behind a magical barrier to keep the Kingdom of Auradon safe and peaceful. Prince Ben decided to give the Villains Kids a chance at life in Auradon, believing that they were not their parents and deserved a chance at a better life. He chose, Evie, Daughter of the Evil Queen, Carlos, Son of Cruella De Vil, Jay, Son of Jafar and myself, Mal, Daughter of Maleficent and Hades. When he chose me, he didn't know Hades was my father but I'm skipping ahead.

When we first arrived at Auradon, I hated it but also was secretly amazed by it. During our time in Auradon, Evie, Carlos and Jay seemed to find they places and loved it. I was more set on trying to steal Fairy Godmother's wand for my mother. I even gave Ben a love spelled cookie to make sure I was his girlfriend at his Coronation, where I would be next to him and in reach of the wand. It turns out in the time leading up to the Coronation, I started to get feelings for Ben. I made a chocolate muffin to revise the love spell as I thought him being madly in love with me was just too cruel when the villains would start taking over Auradon. I had planned for him to eat it after but he ate it before. I panicked that he'd broken it but it turns out the spell was broken on our first date at the Enchanted Lake. The waters washed the spell away when Ben dived in. He started to have real feelings for me that day when I jumped in to save him, even though I couldn't swim.

As we stood watching Fairy Godmother crown Ben, I was torn between staying good and grabbing the wand to go back to the Isle with my friends. The days leading up the Coronation, people of Auradon Prep had turned on us, making us out to be the villains we weren't. We decided to show them, we were rotten and planned to take the wand together and blow this popsicle stand but Ben showing me, he really had feelings for me, had me stuck in my mixed emotions.

As I struggled, the wand as snatched from Fairy Godmother by her own daughter Jane. You see in my wicked scheming, I had convinced Jane, that if her mother truly loved her she would make her pretty like she did Cinderella. I changed Jane's hair with a hair spell, the beginning but took it back when she got too confident and spoke harshly to my friends and I.

Jane couldn't control the magic and the wand shot a beam into the air, breaking the barrier around the Isle a little. I managed to get to wand from her before she hurt anyone or herself.

When I had the wand I was struggling again, Ben looking at me like I was good and he had hope in me but he could see me struggle. I told him I wanted to try to be good and he believed in me, saying in his heart he knew, I was.

I spoke to my friends and made them realise that we were not our parents and not the villains we were made out to be. They were happy here in Auradon. Evie was smart and amazing fashion designer, she didn't need a prince as her mother always told her. Carlos was happy with his dog Dude, who would have thought the son of Cruella would love a dog after being told his whole life they were vicious. Jay loved playing Tourney, not stealing like his father made him do on the Isle. And I was happy with Ben and my friends (my family).

Our happy moment didn't last long as my mother appeared, having got through the hole in the barrier. She froze everyone, apart from myself and my friends after I refused to give her the wand. I tried to convince her that love wasn't weak, it made people stronger but she wouldn't listen. My friends and I stood against her as four hearts as one, after a moment her form as a dragon turned into a lizard and the Kingdom was saved. Fairy Godmother said my mother had shrunk to the size of the love in her heart. Part of me likes to think that love is for me.

That evening we had a massive party to celebrate Ben becoming King and the Kingdom being safe again. We were all so happy but the story didn't end there.

Our story continued with Once upon a time there was a girl who fought a dragon and then that beast was me. Once upon a misspent youth she faced herself and spoken the truth. You see everything after the Coronation seemed perfect, my friends were happy. Evie had made her own business, being a fashion designer. After my dress on Coronation day caught everyone's attention, everyone wanted a dress or suit from Evie for The Royal Cotillion. Jay was the captain as the Fencing team and Carlos was happy with Dude and trying to admit to Jane he liked her. Ben and I had been traveling to meet the other royal families of Auradon, the tour was part of the lead up to The Royal Cotillion. The Royal Cotillion was a party to help Ben introduce me as a new lady of the court. Everyone was convinced we would be engaged sooner after because as Jane, Lonnie and Evie said the Cotillion as the engagement to be engaged. This freaked me out a little. I felt my whole life was planned out before me. While the others were happy, I found myself struggling being a new celebrity as Ben's girlfriend. I changed myself to try and maintain a princess-like personally. I spelled my hair blonde and tried to use my mother's spell book to help me be like a princess. Evie warned me to stop using my mother's book to solve my issues but it was so hard not to. I forgot about a surprise picnic date, I had planned for Ben. I had so much to do, I had to use the book to help make the food in time. Our date was going perfectly until Ben discovered my mother's book. I had to explain that I couldn't do it without magic, I wasn't the perfect princess everyone expected me to be. I was a villain kid, I was a girl from the Isle.

I couldn't handle the pressure anymore, I didn't belong in Auradon, I wanted to go home.

I packed up my things and took my mother with me back to the Isle where I felt I belonged.

Evie told Ben I was gone, after I left a message for her to give to him. They decided to try and find me, Evie and the others wanted to help Ben as the Isle could be a dangerous place. Ben tried to convince me to come back with them but I couldn't. I still felt I didn't belong, I loved Ben too much for him to lose the respect of his people because of me. He left me alone as I requested but I could tell I hurt him.

When I thought that was it, Ben and the others would go back to Auradon and I stay on the Isle. Ben got taken by Uma and her gang. Uma, daughter of Ursula, my rival had taken over my turf on Isle and now ruled in my place with Harry, son of Hook and Gil, son of Gaston by her side. Uma hated me since I refused to have her in my squad, I called her Shrimpy and the name stuck.

Uma offered a deal, much like her mother. We had to arm wrestle, if I won I would get Ben back but if she won I would have to give her Fairy Godmother's wand. I lost because she shocked me with her request. I had to get the wand for her or she would kill Ben.

Evie, Carlos and Jay helped me figure out a plan to save Ben. We decided to use Carlos' 3D printer to create a copy of Fairy Godmother's wand, hoping Uma would fell for it, giving us enough time to get Ben safely off the Isle.

As Carlos and Jay made the wand, Lonnie, daughter of Mulan, caught them and blackmailed them to let her help. Which lucky they accepted as like her mother, Lonnie is an amazing fighter.

We agreed to meet Uma and her gang on her boat at noon, exchanging the wand for the king. She was almost fooled by the fake wand as I tricked her into thinking it made a dog talk. Back in Auradon, Dude, Carlos dog ate a truth gummy I had made for Carlos to find the courage to ask Jane to Cotillion which made him speak. He had followed Jay and Carlos back to the Isle when they came back with the fake wand.

Once Uma discovered it was a fake, we all ended up in a sword fight. We won, causing Uma to hate me even more.

On our way back to Auradon, I lost my mother's spell book and things between Ben and I were still rocky. He told me about Uma being bitter about him choosing my friends and I to go to Auradon and forgetting about the other Villain Kids. He even invited her to Auradon but she had refused, he said she seemed a lot like me, when we first met. This caused a very silent and awkward trip back to Auradon.

When we returned I learnt to trust in my friends (my family) again after Carlos made Evie and I included him and Jay in 'girl talk'. I received amazing advice from them both and we all realised we couldn't run from our pasts as that made us who we are and family. We agreed to be honest to ourselves and each other.

In the time leading up to the Cotillion I didn't get a chance to see Ben but Jay told me to go as he promised if I couldn't handle it, he would take me back to the Isle. I would have him and the others by my side. Carlos managed to ask Jane to the Cotillion as his date and she accepted. Jay made Lonnie captain of the Fencing team, as the rules stated a captain and eight men.

Everything seemed to be working out.

I went to the Cotillion alone but I had the support of Ben's parents with Evie, Carlos and Jay waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs.

Ben arrived soon after and realised I couldn't stay mad at him, seeing him coming to join me. My happy moment was ruined when he told me, he didn't have time to explain.

Uma appeared at the top of the stairs with his beast ring on her finger. I felt my heart break as he declared to everyone on the ship that he loved Uma, in the time they spent together he realised they both had a lot in common and thought similar about the remaining Villain Kids. He announced that the barrier would be removed. They started the first dance in front of me.

Everyone was shocked and stuck by my side. Carlos wishing he never helped save Ben as he and Evie hugged me trying to comfort me. Jay was the one to lead me out and up the stairs, although heartbroken, I was thankful to have my family by my side.

Before we could leave Jane yelled to Lumiere to unveil the present Ben made for me. A beautiful stained glass display. It was us, me with my purple hair and green eyes. He had seen me for who I was all along. He understood I was still the girl from Isle and loved me all the same.

I watched how Ben's face changed looking at the present and how he stopped dancing with Uma, who was desperately trying to get Ben's attention back to her. I realised then that she had him under a love spell. I got Ben to look at me as I told him, I loved him and thanks to him, I knew what love feels like. I kissed him, hoping he'd come back to me. True loves kiss works every time. I got him back.

Uma now angry, I beat her again and broke her spell, tried to jump off the boat. I tried to reason with her, Ben offering her help in helping the Villain Kids on Isle but she was too angry to reason. She jumped overboard, her mother's sea shell necklace glowing. To everyone's surprise the water raised up as Uma appeared in the water as an octopus. She attacked the boat, lashing out with the tentacles, causing waves to crash onto board and the boat to rock.

Seeing her causing danger for the people I love, I lost control. I felt the anger rising inside me, I breathed heavily as my blood felt like it was on fire, I moved away from Ben and my friends, scared I'd hurt them. I never felt my magic like this before. I heard Ben calling for me, I saw the worried look on his face as my eyes glowed green. Earlier in the madness of reports and pressure of being a princess I felt the same but this time it was hard to control. I felt my being change and I was surrounded by purple smoke. I felt myself raise into air. Suddenly I was a dragon. The beast like my mother.

I screamed and a roar came out. After my shock passed, I dived for Uma as she called me out to fight her. I roared and shot fire at her. I was so angry at her, I felt I had this new power and this new power could have killed her. We fought against each other. I think we could have caused serious harm to each other if Ben hadn't dived in and got between us.

He tried to reason with Uma again, this time she seemed to listen. She quietly returned his ring and slipped under water. I watched Ben swim back to the boat where Jay and Carlos pulling him in.

Once he was I flew around a little trying to figure out how to turn back. I aimed for an area no one stood in front of the stained glass display. I felt my being turn back to human as I was surrounded by purple smoke again.

I looked over to find everyone looking at me. I heard Ben and others laugh as I patted areas of my dress still on fire. My dress was now like the one in the stained glass, I was thinking about it as I turned back. I smiled over at Ben as he looked at me smiling. Evie met me at the bottom of the stairs again and we laughed as she patted more smoke, both were shocked, I could turn into a dragon.

I walked over to Ben but before I could hug him, I was handed my mother's spell book, turns out Uma had found it before following us through the barrier. She used it to spell Ben. I looked at the book and then at Ben. I could see him watching me closely. I smiled and walked over to Fairy Godmother. The book belonged in the museum with all other magical artifacts.

Ben smiled at me with pride and I splashed him, starting a splash fight before we all celebrated again. Enjoying the Cotillion, now everything seemed safe again. Our story still didn't end there

Once upon a time a girl flew higher and tried to make things right. Once upon a tie that binds she changed her heart to change their minds. That's got to be my once upon a time. This Story starts at present time but first I will tell you the story until this point. After Cotillion things went back to normal, almost. I was worried Uma was coming for Ben and the Kingdom again. No one had seen her since the night of the Cotillion but Ben and I were happy. My friend were happy. Evie made enough money with her fashion business to buy her own castle and was happy with Doug, Son of Doppy. They had together since our first year in Auradon and Evie realised she didn't need a prince. She fell for Doug when he believed in how smart she could be. Carlos was happy with Jane and Dude. Jay was happy in his sports and his strong friendship with Lonnie. Everything seemed perfect.

Ben and I with the others help decided it was time to give some other Villain Kids a chance at a life in Auradon. We made VK day on the Isle, we stuck up posters and gave kids VK slips to fill in if they wanted to come to Auradon. Evie, Carlos, Jay and Myself had been working hard on this and even had streets and areas on the Isle named after us. On VK day we visited the Isle to choose four VKs to join us in Auradon. From all the applications we chose, Dizzy, daughter of Drizella and granddaughter of Lady Tremaine. She is like a little sister to Evie and one of the best hair and fashion accessory designers we know. When I had run away to the Isle she fixed my hair from blonde back to purple which was more like me. Evie even styled people with her accessories for the Cotillion. Dizzy was one of the reasons we created VK day as Evie asked Ben if she could being her over to Auradon before realise more kids needed a chance too. Ben made Evie his royal advisor to help him with this. We also chose Celia, daughter of Dr. Facilier, and Squeaky and Squirmy, the twin sons of Mr Smee. We told them to pack their things and be ready for us to pick them up in a few days. Giving us time to get things ready for them in Auradon.

The day we were due to pick them up was a big day indeed. Ben arranged for a big party outside the front of Auradon Prep, with a platform in front of Beast's statue. I thought it was to make a speech about the new VKs but it was more than that. He was handed a mic by Fairy Godmother and made a short speech about the VKs before turning to me and reminding me that this was the place we first met and how I rocked his world. He quoted part of the song he sang to me on the Tourney field when after he won a game, he burst into song about how he loved me. At the time he was under my love spell and I was shocked at the effects of the cookie. I laughed softly as he bent down on one knee and asked me to marry him, to be his queen. Of course I said yes. Little did I know this moment was about to cause a villain like we had never known. Audrey, daughter of Aurora and Prince Phillip, was watching us. Her heartbroken and dreams crushed again. When I gave Ben the love cookie, he was with Aurdrey. After the song on the Tourney field, they broke up. Leaving Audrey heartbroken. I had stolen her boyfriend. Pretty rotten of me but I didn't realise how much I had ruined at the time. I thought I had just stolen Ben from a spoilt pretty princess who would be fine anyway. But her grandmother was extremely disappointed in her for losing Ben to me. At the proposal she belittled Audrey for not being able to keep him when her mother was able to get Prince Phillip in her sleep. Ouch, even the princes and princesses could have mean relatives. She was not happy at Audrey for failing to secure the family legacy by marrying Ben. Instead he was engaged to me, the daughter of the evil fairy who ruined her daughter's childhood and sent her kingdom to sleep for years.

Ben, Evie, Carlos, Jay and I headed over to the Isle to collected the VKs after the proposal. We happily welcomed the new VKs to the limo after they said their goodbyes to their loved ones. Their goodbyes were different to ours, their loved actually seemed like they were going to miss them. The twins were even nervous to leave their father. We promised them, they could come back and visit when they liked.

As the barrier was closing behind the limo. We saw someone with shocking blue hair running towards it, desperately trying to break through. We stopped the limo when we realised it was Hades, the god of the underworld, trying to escape. The boys ran forward to fight him, but with his ember in his hand that was through the barrier, he zapped all of them backwards. I turned into my dragon form, having learnt control when I could do so after Cotillion. I roared and tried to breathe fire at him. But he was strong. I could feel him draining my powers as he zapped me. I could hear Ben calling for me as I tried to breathe fire again, I roared and beat my wings hoping to force Hades back. I heard Jay yell encouragement to me. I gave it all I could, if this didn't work I would be done for, he was draining me too much. It worked and Hades flew back inside the barrier. I landed on the boot of the limo in my human form, struggling to breath as Evie and Ben helped me down. I leaned into Ben and the others looked at me in concern, I held back tears as I explained he was draining me. The whole event was televised in Auradon and the Isle. Audrey trying to convince people, I couldn't protect them when I was struggling. The cheers when I won, broke her.

That night while Ben and I had a meeting with her parents. Audrey broke into the Museum to steal the Queen of Auradon's crown. Which she believed was rightfully hers after a lifetime of planning for it. As she was stealing it she found my mother's Sceptre, pulled in by it's magic and power.

Hades' escape attempt was causing the citizens of Auradon to panic. First my mother, then Uma and now Hades, people were starting to question Ben and his plan for the VKs, everytime the barrier was opened something bad seemed to happen because of it. After Adam and Belle turned to me for advice, I decided the best way to protect the people was to suggest we close the barrier forever, meaning no more VKs and no one going back to the Isle. I felt awful saying this as it ruined Ben and Evie's dream but it was the best way to protect the people of Auradon. My people were on the Isle but now I was soon to be Queen of Auradon, my people were now here.

I lied to Evie, when I told her how the meeting went. She was shocked that Adam and Belle could suggest closing the barrier forever and abandoning the VKs, she presumed it was them to suggested it and not me. I didn't know how to tell her.

A few days later as I arrived at Evie's to meet the other before Jane's birthday party. Audrey appeared with the crown and my mother's Sceptre. The Sceptre had clearly take over her already, it's power feeding her darkest thoughts. I tried to convince her to give it to me, the power too strong for her and the magic too dangerous. She laughed evilly and hit me with the curse of the sceptre. Turning me to an old hag, claiming that Ben would never love me now. The others ran to my aid, just in time to see Audrey before she disappeared in a cloud of pink.

The only thing that could break the curse of the Sceptre and more power than Maleficent's Sceptre is Hades' Ember.

As we discussed this, Celia informed us she is Hades' errand runner and has a key at her father's place to get into his layer. Evie, Jay, Carlos and myself planned to go back to the Isle to get Hades' ember with Celia's help. Dizzy stayed behind to look after the twins.

I spelled bikes to get us across to the Isle. Once there, I returned to normal thanks to the suppression of evil magic behind the barrier. While at Celia's fathers' Carlos turned on a TV showing that Auradon was being cursed to sleep by Aurdrey, the reporter at this time believing it is a vicious rumor as a child of the heroes can't be evil.

After leaving Celia's our bikes are stolen by Harry and Gil, causing Jay, Carlos and Evie to go after them. Celia and I headed to Hades'. Celia guided me through the tunnels of Hades' layer where he has made it seem to be dangerous by playing the noise of his dog barking. He was napping as Celia said he would. I tried to get the ember but we got caught even with Celia's cover story of canned food he was missing. Celia discovered through our interactions that Hades' is my father, having left my mother when I was a baby. I ask him to give me the ember to save Auradon, as a favor for not being in my life for 16 years. To my surprise, after a little convincing he agreed, but warned me the ember could only do so much for me as I am half Hades' and to never get it wet, if the ember goes in water it loses its power. With that Celia and I left, I made Celia promise to tell no one Hades' is my father, as the only other person to know is Evie.

While leaving the Isle, Harry and Gil jumped through the closing barrier. They laughed as they told as they crashed and ruined our bikes. This caused a fight to start between Jay and Harry. Harry knocked the ember from my hand and it fell towards the water. Lucky Uma caught it as she appeared in her octopus form. Once she joined us on land, we all come to an agreement to help Auradon, if I promise to help all the VKs still on the Isle. I promised with Evie assuring Uma that my word was good. Uma kept the ember in her jacket, not trusting me with it.

When we all got back Auradon, we found the news report was true, everyone was sleeping. Harry and Gil excitedly tried food and pickpocketed, Jay trying to stop them. He stopped Harry but let Gil eat fresh grapes after Uma reminded him that the Isle never had fresh food.

Uma and I fought for leadership over the group, she had her squad and I had my gang, we were both natural leaders and it was hard to work with one another. On our search for Ben, we got caught in a room of spelled suits of armour, animated by Audrey in her attempt to stop us. Together as the two groups fighting as one we defeated them.

Uma suggested checking where Audrey was staying. Evie, Celia, Uma and I headed to Audrey's dorm room while Jay, Carlos, Harry and Gil searched for Ben with Dude's help.

In Audrey's room, Uma found her diary in which she wrote how much I ruined her life and how she spends a lot of time at Fairy Cottage, where Flora, Fauna and Merryweather raised her mother.

We headed to Evie's to check on Dizzy and the twins, where we found them and Doug to be sleeping. This was Evie's chance for find out if her and Doug share true love, after some convincing, Evie kissed him. He woke after a little while, pretending the sleep to annoy her. Those two were so sweet. Never tell Evie I said that.

Audrey soon after, spelled Evie's to trap us inside, boarding up the windows and doors. I tried breaking her spell with my own magic but I wasn't strong enough. Uma's sea shell began to glow with magic and with her help, powers united we defeat Audrey again. This moment bonded us and we realised we are a great team. I apologised for calling her Shrimpy and not being friends before when we were younger.

The boys soon joined us after finding Ben. Audrey had cursed him to be a beast like his father after he refused her offer of marrying her instead to save the kingdom. Ben believed she was cursed as she never used to behave like this. The Audrey he knew would never have hurt Auradon. The boys found him in his beast form, Dude having tracked is smell. Jay and Gil bonding on the walk over Gil's excitement over berries on a bush. When they found Ben, he was very angry, having a splinter in his paw. Carlos managed to calm him enough to get the splinter out before Jane stopped him attacking with Enchanted Lake water in water pistol. She escaped the sleeping curse at her birthday party as she dived into the lake. The water could only do so much, leaving Ben in his human form but with a beard and fangs. The beard was kind of cute.

After Carlos gave Jane her birthday present, Jane, Gil and Doug headed to find Fairy Godmother while the rest of us headed to Fairy Cottage, Ben knowing where is was as Audrey used to take him every Godmothers' day.

At the cottage we didn't find Audrey but we found a very shell-shocked Chad, son of Cinderella. He ran screaming about being free.

As we headed to re-think on finding Audrey, I looked around at everyone, all risking their lives to save Auradon, a group of VKs being the heroes. I couldn't lie anymore. I decided to come clean to my friends and family. I admitted I was the one planning to seal the Isle forever, and that I still planned too. Celia angry at me for lying to others and lying to her about seeing her father again, snatched the ember from me and throw it in a bird bath. This caused the ember to go out and even though I tried I couldn't get it to light again. Uma and Harry angry at me too walked away, Uma feeling she was right for not trusting me at first. Evie was very disappointed in me for lying to her, Carlos and Jay. My family.

Before I had chance to explain Audrey turned Evie, Carlos, Jay and Ben to stone. Leaving me alone.

I hurried after Uma and Harry for their help but they didn't want to, they believed I got myself into this mess and I would have to get myself out alone. Standing on the grass alone, I hear Celia call out for my help. She's on top of a tower held captive by Audrey….

This is my moment, my moment to turn things around. To fight for what I believe in, to fight my family, my friends and my home. I can't let Audrey hurt one of my own. I can't let her win.

This is where this story begins

Life is not a storybook, but life unfolds in chapters

Turn the page and start to make amends

There's no pre-written guarantee of happily ever after

Step into your greatness before your story ends

So when your story ends

They'll say once a time a girl flew higher

Once upon a time she made things right

Once upon a tie that binds

She changed her heart

To change their minds

That's got to be my once upon a time

This once upon a time

I'll finally see my once upon a time

This time.