Hades' POV

I awake to soft shaking. As I turn my head to its source, I hear words float to my ears. "If you don't want to be discovered as Mal's dad, you might want to disappear for a while when Jay arrives." My thoughts are in a frenzy. Should I leave my girl or should I keep her close?

I decide that for now, I'll watch her from afar but when she gets better, she'll have the choice to include me or exclude me entirely from her life. I made that choice seven years ago, and now I have to deal with its consequences. Whatever happens is up to her now as I've lost my right to influence or change her mind.

When we hear the jingle of the bell on the door, I hide and watch as Jay slowly approaches Mal. He gingerly lifts his hand and caresses her cheek with gentleness unknown to villains. His eyes are filled with sorrow and regret and his lips murmur thousands of silent apologies as he gazes at her. My heart went out to the both of them. Sure, he isn't the ones who's hurt or anything but the guilt he feels is overwhelming and I can't help but wish to take it away from his being. As Jay continues to look over Mal, I watch over them and their one sided exchange.

Jay's POV

Mal hasn't woken up yet and though I know it's only been a few hours, it doesn't lessen the worry in my heart at the sight of her pale unconscious being in comparison with her usual more spritely and active one.

I watch her as she sleeps, wishing for her to open her eyes so that everything will be ok once again. Once she wakes up, everything will be as it should be or at least close to it. All I know is that I'm forever indebted to her and I will never let her get hurt again.

I look at the time, debating if I should go to school today when I see her head moving from side to side. She starts to mumble "Dad... Dad...", making me wonder, who actually is her dad. "Dad! I love you! Don't leave me!"

She shoots up from the bed only to collapse back a second later, a strangled cry ripping itself from her throat. Tears start to pool and trail down her face, making her unusually ashen face glisten in the dim light of the overhead lamp.

Yen Sid quickly runs over to check on her as I try to soothe her. My efforts are futile however as my experience on comforting are little to none. She suddenly jerks however and Yen Sid starts to curse. "The stitches reopened. I'm going to have to sew it shut again." I internally cursed as Mal whimpered once more, albeit this time laced with more fear than pain.

Out of instinct, my hand went to her hair and I stroked her purple locks, immediately making her lose a little of the tension in her body. "It's just going to tickle ok?" Yen Sid asked and before Mal could even nod or comprehend what he had said, he began, causing Mal to scream in pain.

Immediately a man jumped out of nowhere and ushered me out, saying children should not be in the operating room. I was about to protest but before I could, the door was slammed shut, putting me back in my position last night, standing and walking around while waiting for even the smallest piece of news. After a while of nothing, I decided it was best to go for the second half of school and return when Mal felt better.

Hades' POV

I could not bear to idly stand by as my daughter cried in pain so I did what I had to do. Once the kid was out, I went towards my girl and started humming into her ear, calming her down enough for Yen Sid to properly work on her. As soon as he was done, Mal was once again fast asleep and I couldn't help but be thankful as she would be have to feel the pain.

"What now?" I asked Yen Sid as he cleaned the instruments.

"Its up to you." He said, pausing to check for any dirt remaining. "Do you want to be in her life or not?" That makes me think. Of course I want to be in her life but would I or my attention as Maleficent says, make her softer? I don't want to make her more vulnerable to attacks. If Maleficent's ignorance and neglect caused this, what would love do?

I can't stay here anymore even though it's harder to neglect her. I can only watch her from the shadows. I can't speak to her, play with her or pamper her. My love is going to ruin her and destroy her life. I will not let my selfishness do that to her.

I have to leave now before she wakes up and makes it even harder to leave. I kiss her on the forehead again and quickly pay Yen Sid some money as a thanks. He just smiles sadly as I walk away. As I go though, I know there's something I have to do before returning home.

Jay's POV

Once school is over, I rush to Yen Sid's place, completely ignoring other's shouts and invites to create mischief and havoc on the isle. As I near the place, I see a figure with slumped shoulders leaving. However I can't determine who it is as they seem adamant to stay in the shadows and they have a dark cloak over their shoulders.

I quickly brush my thoughts of the figure as I focus on the matter at hand, better known as Mal. I burst through the doors to see her sleeping on the bed once again.

"Her stitches have been redone and if all goes well, she can go home a while after she has woken up. If she is safer here however, I have no qualms about letting her stay." I nod and thank Yen Sid as I take a chair to sit beside Mal.

EVIL LIKE ME EVIL LIKE ME EVIL LIKE ME

It's almost nightfall and I'm about to return when Mal finally starts to stir. I immediately sit up in my seat and watch as her eyes start to flutter open. Once they do however, relief fills my being and I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding.

"Thank evil you're ok Mal." I smile at her as she looks around confused.

"What happened? Where are we?" I answered as best as I could and tried not to show the guilt in my voice as I explained how she ended up here. She just smiles. "Thanks for saving me Jay."

I shook my head. "You saved me. And I will forever be in your debt." A smirk takes over her face and that's when I truly know she's getting better.

"I'll hold you to that."

Hades' POV

I head towards Maleficent's castle, wanting to know if she orchestrated this whole thing or if it was a complete accident. As I neared it, I heard screaming that would usually deter even the bravest of mortals from coming within a five mile radius of it. I however am not a mortal.

I knock on the wooden door and am surprised when Maleficent immediately opens it. I'm not surprised however when she promptly begins shouting. "OH LOOK WHO'S BACK AFTER LEAVING ME WITH A BABY TO RAISE ON MY OWN 7 LONG YEARS AGO." She crackles sarcastically.

"IF YOU WANT TO MOLD HER IN YOUR WAYS NOW, IT'S TOO LATE. I'VE CRAFTED THE NASTIEST LITTLE GIRL TO HELP ME TAKE OVER AURADON AND THE WHOLE WORLD." I shook my head at her, realising she is oblivious to yesterday's events.

"Do you know she's hurt right now?" I begin and her face morphs into one of shock. "And it's because of your minions?" Her face turns red with pure boiling rage and I can't help but be happy that I'm not at the receiving end of it.

"MINIONS!!!" The two idiots immediately come tumbling down the stairs and land outside the door. "NOT ONLY DID YOU MANAGE TO GET TAKEN DOWN BY A GIRL AND NOT STEAL ANYTHING IN THE PROCESS, THE GIRL YOU MANAGED TO HURT WAS MY DAUGHTER!!!" Their faces visibly paled as they anticipated what was to come.

"YOU ARE FOREVER BANISHED FROM MY CASTLE AND THE ISLE!!!" She sentenced them before adding on. "AND IF SHE YOU KNOW WHATS, YOU'LL HAVE HELL TO PAY." She then turns to me. "Anything you want to add?" I smile, seeing as she still thinks of me as the father, and someone eligible to hand out punishments to those who harm our daughter, to our daughter.

"LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'LL HAVE HELL TO PAY. ONLY THIS TIME, IT WILL BE IN ACTUAL HELL." The pair visibly gulp and I smirk in return before turning around to head back home.

"Wait!" I turn around to become eye to eye with the same emerald orbs I was facing just hours ago. "How is she?" At that point despite her fear being covered up really well, I knew it was there.

"She's fine. Yen Sid's tending to her." Maleficent nods and I take it as my cue to leave. As I leave though, I can't help but long to return, to be with my daughter once again and give her the love and care she, like any other kid on the isle, deserves but is deprived off. I finally reach my home and fall asleep on the couch, not having much of a choice as I never really furnished the place because there was no real reason to.

Jay's POV

After making sure she's settled for the night, I say my goodbyes and leave for home where I'll definitely be facing some backlash for the lack of treasures and late return. I put on a poker face however and walk into the shop, completely ignoring Dad's anger and yelling. I don't realise how tired I am until I fall asleep as soon as my head touches the pillow.

The next day I wake up bright and early to go see Mal. Upon entering the place, I see her soundly sleeping in the exact same spot I left her. Deciding not to disturb her slumber so she can heal faster, I pull up the chair and sit beside her, waiting once again for her to wake up.

I must've fallen asleep because when I woke up, the sun was high in the sky. I looked around trying to find out what woke me up. It can't be a clock because there is literally none here. And Yen Sid's busy somewhere else.

Realisation then dawns on my face as I realise emerald orbs are staring right at me. "Took you long enough." She smirks and I sit upright to properly face her.

"Says sleeping beauty herself." I retort, smiling as someone has finally returned to herself. Despite it only being two days, they have been the longest two days of my life and I can't help but be glad she's back in it, awake and we'll.

"Haha. Funny. Not." She retorts before trying to get up, only for the stitches to hold her down. "Dang these things hurt. Help me up?" Her arms are outstretched on an effort to sit up.

"Me? Help you? You're put of your mind." I tease her but help her up anyway, not missing the grimace however as it pulls on her stitches.

"So when we getting out of this joint?" She asks when the pain finally subsides and she's able to put a familiar smirk on her face.

"Yen Sid said you could leave a while after you woke up but you are welcome to stay if you'd like." Mal pondered at that for a moment before a sarcastic look came upon her face.

Mal's POV

"Stay cooped up in a foreign place or roam free while temporarily being with a deranged lunatic?" I questioned sarcastically before making my decision. "I'll take the lunatic of a mother thank you very much." I want to hop off the table and leave but I'm prevented from doing so by Jay, who's suddenly decided to hold me down into the table.

"You can barely get up and you want to go home?" Jay asked incredulously and I roll my eyes. I just don't understand boys, was I not clear enough?

"Yes. So let's go." I urge him to get up seeing as I will not be able to if he doesn't.

"Whatever." He says. "The only reason I'm doing this is because I'm thankful that you saved my life and I feel forever in your debt because of it." He let's out with a sigh and a quick look of regret after that.

"Then let's head home, foreverly indebted servant." I try to get off the table but the stitches won't let me so he helps me off it. "Onward march!" I command and with my arm across his shoulders and his around my waist, we begin our journey to my home.

By the time we get there, it's almost nighttime. As I move to open the door, mom is rushing down the steps faster than I have ever seen her move before.

"Where have you been?" I roll my eyes and put my hand on my hip, immediately regretting it as the touch makes the wound sting. I ignore it though and continued the face off with my mother.

"Out." I replied courtly. "Around." I try to side step her ok to get in and Jay follows but Maleficent is quick to stop us from moving any more than a couple of steps.

"Fine!" I resign myself to my fate. "Your stupid minions decided to attack me so I've been spending the past few days healing." She seems to give a knowing smirk at my surrender.

"Oh I know." She simply said as if it were old news but my curiosity peaked. "Your father told me." The shock of it all would've sent me tumbling down the few steps if it weren't for Jay's tight hold on my waist.

"But how?" Shock filled my being and I'm pretty sure it's not due to the massive amount of blood loss from a few days ago.

"You don't need to know that." She smirks and turns around, waving us off to go up the stairs.

Once we finally reach my room, the metallic stench of blood immediately fills me and it takes all of my strength not to gag as I see the soaked bed sheets. I would've cleaned them and changed them myself but going up all those stairs was already making me see stars. Thankfully Jay helped and soon I was settled into my bed.

Before he left however, he asked me a burning question. "Hey Mal, who's your dad?" At that I just shrugged, not really wanting to get into the whole topic of my absentee parent but I had no choice since Jay refused to let it go.

I sighed. "Mom's always said he's a weak mortal and I guess that's true if he abandoned me as a baby. I don't really remember him so that helps me to think that he doesn't exist." Jay nods and says goodbye, leaving me to the land of dreams.

As I slept, I dreamt that we were being attacked again but this time with more of mom's thugs and they were certainly more prepared than the last two. Finally, we were cornered, our swords and shields completely thrown off and far away from us.

Just as we were about to be annihilated however, music starts to play and a figure steps in front of us, defending us with his own skill and finally defeating the minions. I wake up for a second, still hearing the music.

After a while of finding nothing though, I gave up and fell into a dreamless sleep.

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