Mal's POV
Today's my birthday! At least that's what mommy says but I'm not even sure what a birthday is. All she said was that I'm one year old so I'm a big girl now. She said I'm too old for baby things such as toys and diapers and bottles so last night while mommy was asleep, I put all these baby things into a big bag and tossed them aside. Mommy also said I'm big enough to learn how to do magic because she says we have to prepare for whenever the barrier comes down and we can get our magic back to conquer Auradon.
As soon as I get up and am ready for the day, mommy makes me sit in a chair and tells me now I have to start having more magic lessons than our usual 3pm ones so she starts by making me recite some spells from a book. I of course comply because I'm mommy's bad little girl and will do anything to be the baddest villain in the world.
After I recite the spells, mommy tests me to see if I can memorise them and I get them all right, making mommy proud.
"Since you have been a good girl and it's your birthday today, I give you the freedom to finally go out around the isle on your own. You are also free from your 3pm lesson so just make sure you are back by eight for bedtime." Mommy's eyes are shining with joy and they're really beautiful. I nod and am just about to leave when mommy stops me. "Don't forget to be rotten to the core Mal." I smirk at that and leave the castle, heading towards the market to create my first acts of mischief.
As soon as I get there, I watch an amateur twice my size trying to steal a watch. Upon realising that he's distracted, I go close to him and snatch his wallet. He doesn't even realise it's missing and I slip away, watching as he finds his pockets empty and starts to attack a man standing beside him, making me smirk. I continue to bask in the joy of being small as it allows me to slip throughout the market place undetected and steal a lot more than many of the other older inhabitants of the isle.
After a while, I exit the main area of the market and find myself in front of a row of shops. I enter the first one and see it is full of food. With mommy's training, I'm able to sneak in and grab some fruits as well as other types of food and hide it in my clothes. I then exit the stall and revel in the glory of being able to get food for mommy and I, which would definitely make her proud.
I'm about to head back to the castle when I'm knocked down by a guy trying to escape from a shop a few doors down. He makes me drop some of my things and in revenge, I chase after him to get whatever he's holding. While running, I notice another boy slightly older than I am doing the same thing. I push him away because this is my revenge and his things are mine to take.
I speed up and eventually manage to trip and knock him down. I smirk and sit on his back as I empty out the treasures from his pockets one by one. By now the boy has caught up to us and is trying to take away my treasures.
"Mine!" I argue and he fights back.
"No. Mine! He stole it from my father's shop." At the word father, I freeze for a moment before shaking my head and brushing all thoughts aside.
"But I caught him so his things belong to me." I state and his eyes seem to say they have a solution.
"How about this, we split them fifty-fifty. You get half and I get another half." I'm tired of arguing so I agree. It's a lot anyway so mommy should be pleased.
Just as I'm about to leave, the boy holds me back. "What's your name?" He asks and I shrug his hands off my forearms.
"Mal." I say courtly because I really want to go back to mommy and share all my treasures with her.
"Jay." He introduces himself. "We should become friends. We work well together." He offers and I scoff because the only reason he thinks we work well together is because I did all the work. However, it is a good idea.
"We can't be friends. We're villains and villains don't have friends. They only have allies, minions, goons and knuckleheads." I remind him and he nods.
"Allies?" He offers but I shake by head, making him frown.
"Fine." He huffs. "Minion?" I agree by shaking our hands. We then decide to work together to train and steal things, as well as cause havoc on the isle. Mommy is going to be so proud of me today because not only did I steal so much, I also made a minion.
Hades' POV
It's Mal's birthday today and I really wish I was there to celebrate it with her because no doubt, Maleficent won't be. But since I can't be there with her, I've wrapped up a small present for her to show her I still love her because I really do and each day that I'm apart from her tears me from the inside.
I hand over the present to Pain and Panic to deliver to Mal. I really hope she likes it because when I found it, it reminded me so much of her that I immediately knew I had to give it to her.
As I pass it to Pain and Panic, they give me a report on what she has been up to so far. While I'm not entirely glad she's already running around the isle unaccompanied, I can't help but feel proud that she's already so grown up and independent. She's also such a fighter with a fire in her soul that tells me time and time again that she truly is my girl.
Pain and Panic POV
We head towards Maleficent's castle to do the near impossible task. No one in their right mind would even consider venturing near it but unfortunately, it was either face the wrath of Hades or Maleficent. Neither of them are good but we guess Hades would be the worst. Besides, all we have to do is place the present in Mal's room on the top floor.
We wish we still had our powers so we could fly, making this job much easier. However, thanks to this barrier we can't. So we scale the building with the present in our hands.
By the time we reach the top, our arms are tired and we feel like we could use a 100 year nap. We quickly place the package on her bed and crawl all the way down to the window where we can watch Mal and her mother, who are currently sorting out the treasures from Mal's day at the market.
Mal's POV
After I got home, mommy was so proud and said I was her 'nasty little girl', which made me really happy. She said if I continued to improve like this, by the time I'm two, I could have the whole isle at my feet, which is a really appealing idea.
Once we get everything sorted out, we eat a quick dinner made by the goblins before mommy wishes me a nasty birthday and I go to my room to get ready for bed.
When I enter however, I see a purple and bright package on my bed with blue ribbon wrapped around it. I open it and once I saw the writing at the side, tossed everything under my bed so it will never be seen again.
'I love you.'
Yeah right. If you really did love me, whoever you are, you wouldn't have never left me in the first place.
I'll never trust you again.
I never want to see you again.
You don't exist in my life.
You were just a figment of my imagination, the personification of my wish to have a dad who loves me.
You're not real.
And wishing is for good people.
Love is for good people.
I'm not good.
I'm a villain.
And I will be the worst one of all.
I hate you.
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