Hey everyone. it seems no matter how hard I try, these updates just get later and later so I'm really sorry. Anyway, thank you for the love guys because seriously, without you, I don't think I would have made it this far. So, onto the reviews.
Reviews:
1) DragonEmperor999:
a) Great start
-- Thank you.
b) Not bad
-- Yay!
c) COOl
-- Thank you so much.
d) Super fantastic
-- I'm glad you like it.
e) I love the Hades Parts
-- That makes me so happy because they're the parts I love to write the most.
f) Poor Mal
-- I know.
g) Wow Jafar Hades Wel like they are getting along.
--Yep, they're getting along just fine.
h) Yikes
-- I know.
i) That was fantastic and Jay Mal seem to be getting along
-- Thank you and they're more than best friends, they're practically siblings.
j) Maleficent May have been a horrible mother but at least she stayed and raised Mal
-- Yep.
k) Love the Evie Mal Meeting.
-- Thank you so much
l) That always made me cry
-- I hope that's a good thing. Thank you so much for reviewing every chapter.
2) Ellie: Are we going to see Hades reaction to Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos getting picked to go to Auradon soon?
-- It might not happen for a while as I'm planning to watch then grow first. Sorry. But I hope you enjoyed this story.
3) Fan: Can't wait for Mal to meets BenUploade the next chapther soon!
-- That might not happen for a while. Here are the next two chapters. I hope you enjoy them.
4) JEN-M:
a) Oh! I REALLY love this version of Evie's party! Maleficent is so spiteful. Angry at the Evil Queen because she still has Evie! And, way to go, Hades! You've given Maleficent the slip! And now Mal, Jay, and Evie are best friends. And now Evie's Mal's next-door-neighbor. I can't wait to see what happens in this version next!
--Thank you so much and yes she is. Hades is awesome and the three of them are going to be the best of friends.
b) M:That's so LOW of Maleficent! Crushing her baby's pet! Oh! Mal, won't you at least open what your Daddy sent you!? He loves you, Sweetie. He just thinks you're better off without him. This is also a great chapter. I love each new installment.
-- I know, talk about cruel. Mal doesn't see that because all she sees is the guy who left her. I'm so glad you love this.
5) ButterflyBaby30:
a) Great chapter
-- Thank you so much
b) Poor Evie!
-- I know. its really harsh on a six year old, especially on her birthday.
c) Awesome chapter! Poor Mal!
--Thank you and I know right. It's horrible to have to grow up quickly.
PMs:
1) DragonEmperor999: Did you see Descendants 3 Yet
--Yes I did, and I loved it so much it inspired me to write this story.
2) danifan3000: since something is going on with this website because the reviews aren't popping up, since Mal is five going on six I wonder if Hades has started home-schooling her yet?
-- The topic of Mal's education is somewhat touched upon in this chapter and although I don't explicitly give any age, I'm assuming she's around first and second grade.
Thank you for the message.Once again, thank you everyone for your reviews and I hope you enjoy the next two chapters.
Mal's POV
"Princess." I hear daddy's voice through the pits of darkness. "Its time to wake up." I feel a soft hand stroking my face and I can't help but lean into it, soaking up the warmth and love it exudes out. I start to see dim lights and eventually my eyes open to daddy staring down at me.
"Morning daddy." I mumble with traces of sleep lingering in my speech. Daddy just laughs and pulls me in for a hug. I revel in its warmth and would have fallen back asleep if daddy had pulled away a second later.
Daddy just chuckled at my drowsiness. "C'mon Princess. Go change, have some breakfast and we'll start our lessons for today." I nod and daddy pulls me in for another hug. "That's my girl." I smile and rush to get changed and ready for the new day.
Hades' POV
I can't help but laugh as I watch my little girl get ready for the day. Her joy and innocence is something that doesn't belong on the isle. She doesn't belong on the isle. If I could, I would send her to Auradon, where she would be safe and free like all the other children there. She would be far away from all the negative influences of the isle, especially her mother, and her innocence would be preserved. I would really miss her if she went, but knowing she is happy and healthy, as isle food isn't exactly the best, is enough for me.
I ponder for a while more before going to the living room where I prepare her breakfast of stale bread and slightly rotten apples. I wish I could give her better things to eat, but as it is, these are as fresh as the isle has to offer. I then hear her footsteps approaching and quickly set her food on the table.
Mal's POV
Once I'm ready, I rush down for breakfast because I'm starving. As usual, it's bread and apple slices. As I eat, I feed daddy little bites until his whole mouth is too full to talk then I tell him what Evie's mom is always telling me whenever I'm eating at her house. "Don't talk with your mouth full, young lady. It isn't very becoming." I'm always so tempted to say "becoming what" but I hold my tongue because daddy tells me I shouldn't be rude, and doing that would be very rude, so I just nod.
As we eat, daddy tells me the schedule for the day: English, Math, Science, then finally Lunch. After lunch I can decide to either take a nap or wander around the forest until Jay comes after school. Once Jay's here, then we get to the fun lessons of fighting. Daddy's always super worried during those and didn't want me to learn at all, but we live on the isle and Uncle Jafar managed to convince daddy to train Jay and I after school. Sometimes Evie joins too but only after her mom says her makeup is perfect, which is pointless seeing as we're going to get all dirty and sweaty anyway.
Once I'm done with breakfast, I get out my school books and stationary, and start working on English. After I'm done with that, I hand it to daddy and he'll check it while I do my Math. Math is getting a little trickier as I now have to do timetables but I manage with a little help from daddy. Then, I switch to Science and we get to do a project that involves making a catapult and seeing how the weight affects the time it flies and how much weight different objects can support. When we finished the project and cleared up the mess of a rotten egg that daddy said we could use since it was too old, we had lunch.
After lunch, I decide to wait for Jay since its almost 2 o'clock and Hell Hall would have let out its second graders by now. I say bye to daddy and give him a kiss on the cheek before running to the edge of the forest. Once I get there, I find my tree and climb it. From that height, I can see parts of the main isle that I'm not allowed to go into because daddy says mommy might still be looking for me. I don't remember much of mommy anymore but I know she wasn't as nice as daddy, so I don't want to be found by her and listen to daddy's instructions.
I decide to hang upside down on the tree for a while and just swing because it's fun and daddy isn't here to tell me not to. A few seconds later however, Jay arrives and I have to get down so we both can go to my house.
Once we arrive, daddy is waiting with fake swords and shields. I cheer because sword-fighting is one of my favourite styles. I haven't used a real sword yet though so I'm not sure if the real fighting is just like training like daddy says it is, with the exception of it being a little more painful.
I quickly grab my sword which is purple with green paint streaks, courtesy of yours truly, and pretend to pierce it into Jay's side. He then pretends to clutch his bleeding wound and fall backwards into his death, making the both of us crack up in laughter. Daddy cuts it short however and says we have to be serious if I ever want to be allowed to leave the forest. I put my game face on and the battle begins.
After a few hours, Jay has to go home because he has to watch his dad's shop and steak some things for a while. I don't get why we have to steal when it's wrong, but daddy says here on the isle we have no choice as we have to do it to survive. I asked daddy before if he steals during his monthly food runs to the isle central, and he admitted he does but tries not to if he can.
Sadly, I say bye to Jay but the good news is, Evie arrives a few minutes later. We quickly enter the house and decide to draw and colour pictures. I decide to draw the people I see in my dreams. Figures in clean and elegants clothes with not a hair out of place or tears in their clothes. Once I'm done drawing, Evie takes each picture and pretends to put make up on them by colouring different colours on top of their skin colours.
When we have enough characters, we create stories for each of them and imagine they're princes and princesses all the way from Auradon and are going to a fancy ball like the ones we see on the news with grown ups wearing expensive suits and gowns. One time, I asked daddy why they spend so much money on clothes and how they could do that when we have to steal even for a slice of bread. All daddy told me was that the world is unfair and it was out of my, and his, control so all we can do is make the best of it.
After the drawings had their ball, we pretended they were at a tea party, to which daddy laughed because he says tea parties should be before the ball bad not the other way around. Evie and I just ignored daddy and continued our game. We played until it was time for Evie to go home for dinner and we had our own dinner of daddy's universally famous souvlaki.
Once we cleared up, it's was still a little early so seeing as the sky was having one of its cleared days, we decided to do some stargazing. As we laid on the grass, with me curled up into daddy's side, daddy pointed out the stars and constellations in the night sky. As he pointed out some related to his complicated family tree, I asked daddy why he doesn't have one.
"Mine's just not here Mally." He said as we gazed at the stars. "Mines in the underworld where only the dead and I can see it." I frowned.
"Shouldn't constellations be for everyone to see?" Daddy just ruffled my hair.
"Yes but the stars that make up my constellation can only be found in the underworld." I frowned at that.
"That's unfair." I huffed before a thought came to mind. "Will I have my own constellation too some day?" I looked up hopefully at daddy because they were really pretty and it would be cool to have my own constellation.
"Mal, if I could, I would give you the world and everything that comes with it, including all the stars in the sky. I would string even a thousand more just for you. Do you know why?" I knew the answer but pretended I didn't just to tease daddy.
"Its because I love you so so so much and I will do anything just to make you happy." Daddy got up and spun me around in circles.
"I love you too daddy."
Hades' POV
Those words are music to my ears and are permanently etched into my memories. I hold my girl close, not wanting to let her go, let her grow up, see the real world for herself. I want us to stay in this moment forever and ever. To live in this eternal bliss and perfection. But alas, time moves on, as I'm made aware of by her yawns.
"C'mon Princess. Bed time." Despite having yawned less than a minute ago, and her eyes being barely able to hold themselves open, she protests and I can't help but give in, wanting to prolong our moment and time together before she grows up.
"Ok then." I tell her setting her back on the ground but letting her feet step on mine. "I'll teach you how to dance." She barely weighs anything and I can hardly feel the pressure her body puts on my feet as I start to move.
"First, you put your arms around my neck, and I put my arms around your waist." She does as I say albeit a bit clumsily as she's already on the brink of sleep and she's barely able to reach my neck. "Then, you let the guy lead you into a series of steps." We start to move around, stepping in a pattern.
"Why must the guy lead?" She sleepily asks and I know the motions are slowly lulling her to sleep.
"I'm not sure." I tell her and wait for her to reply when I realise she's almost a deadweight in my arms and smile. I carry her properly and make my way back to our house.
As soon as we enter her room, she starts to stir so I just shush her and lull her to sleep by humming. I lay her on her bed, tuck her in and just sit beside her for a while, wondering how did I get so lucky for the other gods to grant me a daughter so brave, beautiful and bright, like Mal.
I know in the future she's going to be someone because she's already wanting to make a change. She, like many others, know that there is something wrong with the system and questions it. But unlike the others, she wants to make a change.
I decide to just lay down beside my baby for a while and hold her close to me. Subconsciously, she moves deeper into my body and I can't help the smile that forms on my face. I stroke her sides and brush her hair out of her face as I revel in the moment for a while longer before I have to get up and settle myself down for the night.
Before I leave however, I take the record player and start a CD with lullabies to make sure she has a peaceful sleep with sweet dreams.
Once I'm done, I kiss her template and leave with a "goodnight princess".