Mal's POV
As Uma and I turn the corner after my Evil Schemes and Nasty Plots class, I hear a crash sounding somewhere down the hall. The sound of screeches and squeals as somebody knocks into some of the furniture lining the halls, as well as the laughter that ensues, are music to my ears. The both of us laugh- no cackle, as we come up with devious ideas as to what might have happened to cause someone to be a poor unfortunate soul.
As we walk through the corridor, I find myself treading over a familiar beanie. I contemplate leaving it there but decide against it despite Uma's questioning gaze. Picking it up, I hide it between my books, wanting to keep it until the day was over just for kicks. However as I near the scene, I start to wonder what it was doing in the hallways when I've rarely seen the hat leave his head.
Upon further inspection, I realise that said boy is currently leaning against a table in the middle of a walkway, face bruised and battered, garnished with a black eye. Ignoring Uma, I start to brisk walk, trying to keep the amount of suspicion low lest I myself become a victim to such "accidents" for showing that I care.
"Well well well." I tease as I step closer. "What do we have here?" I smirk at him, making him forget his injuries and jump right back up.
"Well, we have a princess in distress and a knight in shining armour." He puffs his chest out and it takes all my strength to only let out an eyeroll and nothing more.
"Wow Jay. I didn't know you were a princess. Do you need me to help you find a frog for you to kiss so you can go off and live happily ever after?" I push him lightly, cutting him off and making him fall to the floor before walking away with Uma once again by my side.
Before we disappear from his view however, I see him looking for his hat from the corner of my eye. So of course I did what had to be done.
I fluffed it up and pulled it over my head, the crimson red of it blending nicely against my violet locks. Knowing he would be shocked, I turned around to stick my tongue out at him, letting him know I won this battle.
After turning into another hallway to get to our next class, which is the most boring one of all, Underwater Science, Uma lets put a cackle. "Boys are so incompetent. We girls should stick together and let the boys be our minions."
I give her a look that says 'seriously' and she looks back at me with sincerity shining in her eyes. "Weak." My mother would say and I completely agree. Villains are cruel and manipulative. We don't hold the smallest amount of truth and honesty in our bodies.
"You stick with your mates and I'll stick with mine." I scoff and leave her as I enter the classroom, enjoying the way that everyone cowers as I approach them and leave my usual seat vacant instead of fighting over it like they do with all the other seats. As the teacher hasn't entered yet, I tuck the beanie in properly, ensuring Jay wouldn't have an easy time getting it.
After school, I see Jay waiting at the entrance. Seeing as he didn't notice me, I jumped onto his back, making him panic for a second before calming down.
"Thank goodness I didn't chuck you off Mal." He sighs before chastising me. "You would've gotten seriously hurt."
As I gaze over his stance, I realise it is unusually tense compared to his more daily laid back style. I do not call him out on it however as I don't want to put him on the spot and make him uncomfortable. "Really? I don't think you could with those scrawny arms of yours." I tease him because he knows I'm joking. "Or else, whatever happened this afternoon wouldn't have happened."
I watch as his mood turns sour and he holds his hand in a fist, ready to punch. "It's all dumb Harry and Gil's fault. They caught me off guard."
"Well then. We better go make sure they never do that again." I give him a knowing smirk and he comforts his bruised face into a grin.
"Pushing them off the docks?" He suggested. I thought about that but after that Underwater Science, that seems like no big deal. Besides, there's other ways to prepare seafood.
"No. I got something better in mind." I tell him before pushing his hands away from my head and pulling him away from the school to go and prepare our retaliation.
Uma's POV
After school I see the guys lurking around the corner and give them good slaps on the back. "Good job boys. I think we might be closer to befriending the princess." I cheer.
The boys clap and yell in delight. "Does that mean we get free food today?" Gil asks, making me roll my eyes. Seriously, there is more to life than food. Namely power and revenge.
"Only when we get Mal on our side." I tell him. "Being Mal's school 'ally' isn't going to get us anywhere because school will be the only place we'll matter. We need to be her number one. The one closest to her. That way we will have insight on all of Maleficent's wicked schemes and our parents have their chance to be her right hand people."
Harry nods but Gil just looks confused. Either way, I carry on. "We have to continue to make Jay look weak. Once Maleficent realises how weak Mal's ally is, she'll definitely ban Mal from being with him, which will be the perfect time for us to come in."
"But then again, if Jay starts to look too weak, Mal herself might not want such a weak ally and remembering that we have always been strong and by her side, she'll recruit us herself." I smirk at the thought of the four of us, ruling the isle like no other villain kid has ever before.
With evil little grins on our faces, I lead us, the for now 'Sea Three', out the gates and into the sea edge of the isle. As we walk however, I can't help but think of the real reason I want to be Mal's friend- no ally.
Flashback starts.
Harry, Gil and I were sitting in my mother's shop when a small commotion started going on outside. Jumping off the table, my two year old legs moved as fast as I could to go witness it first hand.
I watched as two kids, both a little younger than me, beat up a man quadruple the size of both of them combined. As I watched in shock, a girl, the smaller of the two turned towards me with a snarl. "What are you looking at?" Then without missing a beat, she punched the man in the face and looted all his belongings, including an earing from a piercing that looked really fresh. It was at that moment, my admiration for the girl grew. She's younger than I am but so much stronger with enough energy to take down an army.
As I watched the pair disappear from view, leaving the poor unfortunate soul behind. I felt my mother clasp her tentacle on my back. "See that girl? That's Maleficent's daughter, Mal. One of the most ruthless and brutal villain kid on the isle. You should be more like her. Don't just sit around the shop all day doing nothing. Be useful."
I turn towards my mom. "Right now, she's the princess of this isle. If you become her ally, you could be her right hand lady and have all the power you could desire. These souls would cower before your name just like they do at hers." I grin at the thought of that. Having power on this forsaken island would mean I'm unstoppable. I'd have everything I'd eve want and need on the tips of my fingers.
"Yes mother." I watch her leave. Being an ally would also mean I get away from these boys. The only reason I hang around these boys are because they follow me like a lost puppy and make good minions. They are also the only kids my age so I don't really have a choice. The older ones are mean and the younger ones are practically babies.
That night as I sleep, I dream of how nice it would be to have an ally rather than just minions. I'd have someone to battle with and actually have an argument instead of listening to these boys agreeing with everything I say.
Once I awake, I know I have to start putting a plan into action. Being an ally isn't going to be easy. It might take a long time but it's going to be worth it.
Flashback ends.
That was 8 years ago. And it has been a very long 8 years. But soon, all the time and effort spent will be worth it as I will have the daughter of Maleficent on my side and I am going to be unstoppable. This is going to be the happiest day of my life after when I first actually got to know Mal.
Flashback starts.
I'm just done terrorising a couple of the older kids who had been bullying Gil and Harry when I hear a clap start from behind me. I turn around to see none other than the princess herself in all her purple hair glory.
"Well done." She approaches us as if it were all a test. I see the older boys scrambling to get up, lest they feel Mal's horrifying wrath. Their too slow however and Mal managed to push them down without sparing them a single glance.
"However, rather than leaving them with the 'emotional torture'," she uses her fingers to form air quotes, "you have to be a little more physical as well or they won't take you seriously." She then kicks them in their sides, making them curl up in pain.
"A little looting also never hurt anyone." She swiftly pulls our a pair of scissors from one of the boy's pockets and chucks it at them, narrowly missing their fingers. As she demonstrates the proper methods, my eyes grow wide at the chance to receive a tutorial from the princess herself.
"But for only emotional, you did alright." She gives each of them one last luck before leaving. I run to catch up with her, jumping over the bodies as I do.
"Wait!" I called out to her, making timber turn around to face me with a snarl.
"What?!" She snapped just as I fell into step beside her.
I didn't falter. "I was just thinking we could trade tips on terrorising people. You know, I tell you how to verbally hurt them and you show me how to make them hurt."
She looks contemplative for a while before a smirk graced her face. "You're alright." She doesn't say anything more and I take that as my cue to tag along. Since then Mal and I were school allies.
Flashback ends.
And now, my time is coming and I can't wait to be her first mate.
Mal's POV
"You got it?" I ask him once he arrives at the rendezvous. He nods, holding up a couple of buckets. Opening my hand, I show him the small glass bottles I managed to swipe from the Tremaine's Curl Up and Dye.
"Let's get to work." I empty out the contents of the bottles into the buckets before Jay begins stirring the mixture. Soon it turns to a disgusting pile of goop. It's smelly now but revenge will be sweet.Once it's ready, we keep our surprise and get a good night's rest to prepare for tomorrow's attack.
Once the sun was up, Jay and I head to the docks to set everything up. After we're sure everything is in position, and as it should be, we hide and wait for the time to strike.
Uma's POV
"Uma!" I awoke to mom's screams, which are usually not a good sign. I hurriedly change out of my pyjamas and rush downstairs to meet mom, who looked less then pleased. Once I reached the landing, she grabbed my ear and started pulling me towards the kitchen, near the back of the shop.
As soon as she arrived, she let go of my ear and pushed me down with force. "Where's the shrimp?!" She pointed towards an empty spot on the floor where the shrimp usually is.
"I don't know." I try, hoping that the truth will make the punishment lighter. It doesn't work.
"LIAR!" Mom yells, making me cower in fear as I watch her leave after carrying out the sentence. Once she leaves, Gil and Harry rush in and get me out of the shop. At this, I can't help but be thankful for having the boys in my life. However, having a girl would be beneficial too. When we finally reach the docks, we're about to discuss further plans to get Mal on our side when we spot two figures.
Mal's POV
As Uma and her pirate gang arrive, we know it's time to get our revenge. Jay and I jog up to the docks and quickly set everything up. We finished in the Nick of time because not a second later, we saw the two boys and their captain.
"Well well well. Look who's here." I teased as she walked over to us.
"Not as surprising to see you here." Uma called back as her crew followed her footsteps towards us.
"Yeah well. I thought it would be kinda nice to give your crew a surprise after they gave one to my minion. After all, deeds have to be returned." I saw her smile in delight and I knew it wouldn't be too long before revenge is served on a cold slimy platter.
"Why should they get the reward when I planned it?" At that, it took all my strength to stop my face from morphing into one of shock. Schooling my face to maintain it's stoicness, I continued.
"Well then. Seeing this was all Uma's master plan, Jay you handle the guys. We have a slight change of plans and Shrimpy's on me." At that, I see Jay nod and Uma's face morph into one of confusion.
"Shrimpy? Why would you call me that?!-" Sensing her distraction, I put my plan into action. I tripped the wire behind me and so did Jay, raining buckets of rotten old shrimp swimming in red dye.
"Blood! Blood! Oh my gosh I'm bleeding!" Gil shouted, jumping all over the place and hitting Harry from where he stood. Soon, the slime from the shrimp and the "blood", made them trip and fall into the sea, giving the waters a red tinge.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Uma advancing towards me, ready to get her own revenge for doing this. But as she neared me, she slipped as well, almost taking me down with her if it hadn't been for Jay's quick reflexes that caught me before I could fall. Thank evilness for that because I can't swim.
Once we saw the heads floating in the sea, and the approaching tic-toc croc with his sons, we left, laughing all the way back to our hideout.
Uma's POV
"Well well well. Look who's here." Her teasing gets louder as we get closer to the edge of the docks. Her tone is joyful, as if this day is something she has been waiting to for a while and I can't help but think that this is it.
"Not as surprising to see you here." I retorted while trying to hide the excitement in my voice.
"Yeah well. I thought it would be kinda nice to give your crew a surprise after they gave one to my minion. After all, deeds have to be returned." Her smile sends me chills but I can't help but feel jealous at the others.
"Why should they get the reward when I planned it?" Her face flashed for a second, showing the internal conflict she's never shown anyone else before. With that, I know it's my turn to be her right hand lady.
"Well then. Seeing this was all Uma's master plan, Jay you handle the guys. We have a slight change of plans and Shrimpy's on me." The sudden nickname sent me wondering. Is this how other captains christen their mates?
"Shrimpy? Why would you call me that?!-" Before I could do anything more, I felt something cold and slimy go down my back and slip into my clothes, making me shudder in both chill in disgust. Then from somewhere behind me, I start to hear shouting. I turned around.
"Blood! Blood! Oh my gosh I'm bleeding!" Gil panicked, flailing his limbs and splattering what I think is blood everywhere. As he moved about, he hit Harry and soon, the slimy mess along the docks made them slip and fall into the unforgiving seas, giving the waters a red tinge.
My anger grew. How dare she do this to my crew? At that moment, I could no longer see why I wanted to be her ally? I'm perfectly fine her with my own crew and I don't need some stop us stuck-up princess.
I knew I had to get my revenge so I scooped up what I could of the goop and started to approach Mal to make her pay for what she did. Before I could get to her however, I slip. But I won't go down alone. As I fell, I tried to get Mal down with me because I wasn't going down alone and because she can't swim so making her fall could mean drowning her and ending her for good.
I managed to trip her but unfortunately, Jay caught her and helped her up before she could fall off as well. Anger burned through my veins. How dare this princess do this to us? We will get our revenge one day and sooner or later, she will be sorry.
Just as we're about to get out of the water, I hear a familiar ticking sound and I know we're in trouble.
Hades' POV
"She did that?" I asked Pain while shaking my head, the hilarity of everything making my body shake with silent laughter.
"Yes sir." He replied and I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in my daughter. Her injury didn't damage her spirit at all. In fact, I think it made her stronger and her flames of fury larger.
"You may go." I dismissed him to go continue watching over my baby.
As I was once again dwelling in silence, a single thought made itself prominent.
'That's my girl."
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