Chapter 7
"Mal? Mal!" Ben shouted running over to her. Everyone turned and Evie rushed over to her side and said, "Mal, sweetie what's wrong?" she asked. "It hurts," said Mal. Ben looked up at Hades and said to him, "What's wrong with her?". Hades pushes Ben aside and looked over Mal. He places a hand on her chest and felt a surge of power going through his hand. He got up and said, "Its her god powers. Their awakening."
"What does that mean? Mal never showed any inkling of them," said Evie.
"Well of course she hasn't. She's been living in the mortal realm all this time," said Hades. "Now that she's here, her god powers are going through her all at once," he said. "Can you help her?" asks Ben.
"No, this is something that she must do on her own," said Hades. He kneeled over to Mal who is still in agony of the power that's surging through her. "You must control it Mal. If you don't control it then you're dead, and you don't want to be dead, do you?" said Hades. He picked Mal up and had her stand on her feet. Mal almost fell over but Evie caught her, and Hades said, "Let her go. If she can't stand on her own, then she's of no use." Evie glowered at Hades but did as she was told and let go of Mal. Hades said to Mal, "Mal, you're a daughter of a god and a fairy. Find the source of that power, find it and make it yours." Mal closed her eyes and concentrated. A few moments passed and suddenly Mal opened her eyes, which glowed green, and then a rush of purple smoke started to envelope around her and just as quickly the smoke vanished to be replaced by a flow of purple aura surrounding her entire body. Everyone looked at Mal in awe and Hades smiled. "Mal?" Evie said, taking a few steps back from her. "How do you feel?" Ben asked her. Eyes still green, Mal looked at Ben and smiled. "I feel…good. Powerful, I never felt this powerful before. Not even in my dragon form I had this type of power flowing through me," said Mal. Mal took a step toward him and she cracked the ground. "I guess I need to control it first," said Mal. Mal closed her eyes and a few seconds later the aura that's surrounding her disappeared. She opened her eyes and took a step forward. The ground didn't crack under her feet and she smiled. Ben went over to her and hugged her. "Are you alright?" he asked her. Mal nodded, "I'm fine. The power is still there, but it's under control," she said. She turned to Hades and asks him, "So I only have this power for as long as I'm in this realm?".
"Yes, a demigod is at full strength while in this realm. Their powers go back to dormant once they step out," replied Hades.
"That's a shame, I could really use this power for protecting Auradon," said Mal.
"Yeah well, you can use that power to help save your uncles and aunts," said Hades.
"Right, shall we?" said Mal. As she was about to move Ben stopped her and look at Hades. "What's your plan?" he asked Hades. Hades looked at him, "My plan?" he said.
"Please tell me you have a plan," said Ben.
"I don't have one," said Hades. Ben looked at him incredulously.
"You don't have one? How do you exactly plan on taking Cronos?" Ben asked him. Hades shrugged. Ben raised his hands up in frustration. "Ben relax, remember when we were kids and fought of my mother, Uma and Aubrey? We didn't have one, but we still managed to come out on top," said Mal.
"Yeah but this time it's different. We're about to face off against one of the original rulers of the universe and without a plan I don't think we'll come out on top. Remember, we're not fighting for ourselves this time. We're fighting for Auradon, we're fighting for our son," said Ben. Mal kissed Ben to calm him down and said, "With this new power I have, I feel like we have a chance. We can do this."
"Not alone you're not," said a voice in front of them. Everyone looked and saw standing in front of them was Hercules.
End of Chapter 7