Chapter 19: Yet Another Plan
To say that Mal was pissed was an understatement. After breaking the news that both PJ and Ben were taken by Uma's crew, she was livid "if you guys wouldn't have brought him here this never would have happened. What were you thinking?!" Evie jumped in first to calm down her hot-headed friend "he would have come with or without us, we just wanted to protect him" Carlos was next "yeah and we blew it" "okay, okay what are we going to do?" Mal got even more angry "We are not doing anything. This is between Uma and me. She's a punk no offense Hadley and now I have to go get him and PJ" "woah, woah you still have to go through Harry Hook and his mates" "They won't be a problem, Carlos. If you can get through to Uma, Harry will fall into place and listen to her. Go do your thing we'll be here when you get back" "you're not coming?" "I'm the last person Uma and the crew wants to see. I don't want to screw this up for us".
We all sat in the loft in silence, finding any little thing to keep us not only entertained but distracted. It seemed like forever until Mal came back and with the worst news. Apparently, Uma wanted Fairy Godmother's wand and the only way to get the boys back was to exchange the wand for them. Figures Uma will try to dig under Mal's skin and try to take something away from her like when they were kids and Mal took everything from her. This was the revenge plan that was 10 years in the making. Part of me didn't blame Uma for all the years of feeling not good enough to be friends with Mal. That was all too familiar to me. But destroying Auradon and everyone in it was going too far. Yes, the Isle was dealt a shitty hand at the expense of Auradon, but Hadley quickly learned that the people of Auradon really had no idea what the people of Isle go through and that needed to change.
"There's no way we could ever give her the wand she's gonna destroy Auradon" all of us started bickering until Mal had a somewhat brilliant plan "wait guys your 3D printer" "yeah but the 2nd Uma tests it she's gonna know it's a fake" "well then we'll just have to get the boys out fast and make a diversion" Evie jumped up towards Mal "sick hair by the way" "want to know something? Dizzy did this" "little Dizzy shut up" the boys looked like their brains were melting at the interaction between to the two friends and I couldn't help but roll my eyes and laugh at the boys. "oh, I know I'm loving it, it's like a lot lighter" "I'm really proud of her" Jay interrupted and ended the conversation as quick as he could "Right, Carlos, Jay meet us at Pirate's Bay no later than noon. Guys losing not an option. Because were rotten-" "to the core".
As the boy's headed back to Auradon Prep, us girls made our way over to Dizzy's. Thankfully Dizzy's back was too us and she was in full concentration coming up with accessories; that would give Evie the chance to give her the ultimate surprise. "Evie? EVIE! You came back!" Dizzy instantly shot up with excitement, the two giving each other the biggest hugs. "Is it all just like we imagined?! Do they really have closets you can walk into? Have you've been to a real swimming pool? What does ice cream taste like?" "it's cold and it's sweet and if you eat it too fast you get a headache" "really? Oh, I saved your sketchbook for you!" "you did? Aww Dizzy" Mal and I exchange looks. It was sweet the relationship they had. We all looked over Evie's shoulder as she flipped through the sketchbook "I made this dress out of an old curtain and safety pins" "it reminds me of the dress you made for Mal when she meet Jasmine" "I spilled curry all over that" Mal said in a confident yet snarky tone. At this point it was healthy that she was making fun of her not so proud lady of court moments and not breaking down and running away from it. "you are totally right Dizzy this was totally the inspiration for it" "I knew it! You could take the girl out of the Isle, but you can't take the Isle out of the girl" I nodded in agreement "you got that right".
While Evie and Dizzy messed around with accessories and fabric and what not, Mal and I got a head start on smoke bombs. "Are you nervous, M?" "maybe a little, are you?" "yeah I just don't want everything to continue to screw up" "I have the same feeling. We have gone through so much hell this year" "you can say that again. Don't worry will get your King back" Mal could only give me a small smile.
Evie walked over just as we finished the that last bomb "carful, carful" "I got it. That makes 5 smoke bombs" Evie picked up a headband crown and hovered it above her head "Mal, Hadley how amazing would this look with my shredded tee and heart purse?" "very amazing" Dizzy jumped up "take it! Take a bunch!" "aww Dizzy" "it would make me so happy knowing you are wearing something of mine in Auradon, it's like me being there" I think that broke all 3 of our hearts at the same time. Why did we luck out and go to Auradon? There are so many innocent kids here that deserve their happily ever after, it's not their fault they were born on the wrong side of the bridge. Evie pulled Dizzy into a hug "I wish I could take you with me" "at least one of us had our dream come true". "Guys we should go". We headed out the door and took one last look at Dizzy. Mal glanced from the little girl to her friend and knew she needed some reassurance "she's gonna be okay" "yeah but she could be so much more".
