Mal's POV

I stare out the window and watch as the largest party the isle has ever seen takes place right below me. I frown at that thought as most of the else's inhabitants are at that party, the one I wasn't invited to.

Noticing my sadness, mom comes up to me. "What's wrong pumpkin?" I just point to the party below and she shakes her head. "Parties are a waste of time. Learning how to cast spells is way better and will ensure you are prepared to rule over th world when we finally get out of this barrier." I nod in agreement but I can't help the sorrow that courses through my veins.

"I know mom. But it wouldn't have hurt to at least be invited. Then I can turn the invitation down instead of not having a choice whether to go or not." At that, I see mom's anger rise.

"How dare someone not invite my daughter to a birthday party?!" She booms from the balcony, stopping all the festivities and earning the attention of the whole isle. However no one answers her and makes mom madder. "I will only ask once again! Who is responsible for this?!"

At that moment, a little girl with blue hair and her mother step out from the party and face my mother. "We are." The older woman replies and mommy gets madder.

"Evil Queen, I should've known is was you all along." Mom then demanded everyone else go home as the party was ended. Once everyone left however, mom decided to deliver a much harsher punishment by banishing the duo into the forest and to never be seen again. I felt kinda sad for them but they were asking for it by not inviting us to the blue-haired princess' birthday party.

Once they left, I decided to call it a night and return to my room. When I do however, I spot the growing number of parcels and kick them further beneath the bed.

'He doesn't exist.' I tell myself. "He doesn't love you." I repeat these lines again and again, until they eventually form a mantra.

He doesn't exist.

He doesn't love you.

He doesn't exist.

He doesn't love you.

After a short while, I fall asleep without dreaming of him.

The next day, Jay and I meet up at out usual rendezvous before going out to create mischief and wreck havoc on the isle.

Once my eyes met his however, he looked concerned but the look went away a second later. "How upset was your mom last night?" He asked and a shrugged.

"Pretty mild if you ask me. I've seen her worst." He gives me a look of pity but I brush it off. "At least I wasn't at the receiving of it this time. In fact, I was the reason why Maleficent was so mad because I told her about them having a party and not being invited." I smirked at him. "Nothing gets Maleficent angrier than not inviting her to a party so this was a simple recipe for disaster."

Jay nods and we both agree it is time to start the main objective of our day, stealing and causing chaos that will make our parents proud. "Whoever gets the least amount of stuff is a rotten apple." I tease, causing Jay to quickly respond with an 'It's on!" before the two of us burst out of our hiding spots and darted towards our victims of the day.

Once the sun started to set, we met back at our rendezvous point and saw who is the rotten apple, Jay by the way, before dividing up our collections of the day to be more suited to our parents wants and needs.

Just as we were about to call it a day however, Jay calls me back and presses something into my hands. "Its a gecko." I plainly stated even though I was confused.

"Yes it is. But it's also from the party yesterday." I paused to let him continue. "Each of us got a pet and I realised that you didn't have one so I searched their whole castle and almost destroyed it once they had been banished. I finally found this purple gecko with green eyes and immediately thought that this would be the perfect let for you."

I smile at him as I pet the gecko. "Thank you." I tell him and we're both in our way back to our homes.

That night when mom entered the room, she saw the gecko in a little box in the corner and looked at it with disgust. "Where did you get this from Mal?" She asked as she picked the box up and preceded to turn it around and around and around.

"I stole it from Evie's birthday party place today." I lie seeing as if mom knew that it was given to me, she would have gone ballistic.

"Well then," she tipped over the box, making the gecko fall out. "I guess you wouldn't mind if I squash it then would you?" I shook my head and mom stomped on it, immediately killing it and sending shots of pain that will never be expressed coursing throughout my body.

As soon as she's done, she tells me to clean up the mess. I quickly do so as the stench of rotting meat filling the room was nauseating and the sight of blood made me want to puke.

Once I was done, mom told me to get to bed. Before my head can even touch the pillow however, mom's voice catches my attention once again.

"You don't need to live with a gecko to feel powerful. You already live with the evilest villain in the world and once this barrier is taken down, you can be the ruler of the whole world."

Hey guys, sorry this part was a bot short but it was hard to find the inspiration to write this part because it was so closely tied in with the book. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it.

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