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It was a strange experience to see your own body, and Heidi had to admit that she would never get over the feeling.

As she stared down the body, she felt two individuals appear behind her.

She knew one of them was Hestia, the goddess had this scent of wood smoke and toasted marshmallows to her, but she didn't recognize the second person as fast.

The second person chuckled in amusement, "Man, you really did yourself in this time."

Ah, nevermind, she knew who that was.

Heidi turned around mid-air and rolled her eyes at the god.

This was Apollo. The resident Baywatch lifeguard lookalike that had way too many kids and always seemed to be reporting more every day. It would not be an understatement to say he had dozens of kids.

Actually, that would be incredibly accurate.

The god's blue eyes sparkled in humor as he looked over her astral projection form. "...I'd be lying if I said that this wasn't cool." He said before stepping past her and towards the bed. "Sadly, I cannot admire you all day. Hestia asked me to heal your body, and I, of course, accepted her request."

Heidi's eyes halved as she could practically hear the "Like the good guy I am!" that Apollo had thought. "That's because no one can say no to Hestia." She deadpanned, her grin widening as she saw Apollo twitch.

The god ignored what she said, save for his initial twitch, and instead chose to turn his attention to her body. It only took him a few seconds along with a blinding gold light for him to do his thing.

As soon as he was done, he backed away and smirked at Heidi. "Done."

Heidi looked at her body then looked at him. "If you're done, then why am I still like this?" She asked and pointed at her astral self, her tone dry while her eyes narrowed.

Apollo blinked, a look of confusion on his face as he raised an eyebrow. "I'm not sure...Athena said that this would work." He reached over and poked her body on the head. "You feel anything?"

Heidi shot him a blank look, "No."

Apollo moved to poke her again, but he stopped as soon as he noticed her glare. "What? I wasn't gonna touch you anywhere…" He coughed as he pulled away. "...Inappropriate." He muttered with a frown before clapping his hands together and smiling brightly. "Anyway! I think I'll just be leaving now…" He made a beeline for the window.

Hestia grabbed him by his golden robe and smiled pleasantly at him. "Apollo, you will watch over her body till she awakes." She told him as she pulled him away from the window.

Apollo looked like a deer in the headlights as he blinked dumbly at the older goddess. "I will what?" He asked as his eyebrows shot up.

Heidi let out a snort as she covered her mouth, "Ooooh!"

Apollo's head whipped in her direction, causing her to start laughing as she floated up to the ceiling. "Okay-Back that up, I have to watch her body?" He asked in a stupor while looking at Hestia, one eyebrow twitching as he chuckled in disbelief. "Why me?"

"Your healing abilities surpass all other gods," Hestia answered while tilting her head.

Apollo's eyes halved, "I'm not sure if I should accept that compliment." He stated before his shoulders sagged and he sighed. "Fine. I'll watch her body."

Hestia let go of his robe, and he sulked over to a chair. He sat down and folded his arms while a pout appeared on his face.

In Heidi's opinion, the god much resembled a kicked puppy.

Hestia turned to face Heidi, her fiery eyes filled with amusement at the god's expression. "I heard what Athena said; she suggested that it may take a couple hours for you to return to your body. You'll be pulled back when it happens." She informed the bluenette.

Heidi nodded, having gotten over her laughter only moments ago, and floated back down to the floor. "So, I have a few hours to spy on people?" She asked with a smirk, having thought of all the things she could do.

Hestia chuckled as she took a step back, "You may do whatever you wish. Remember that you can contact Hermes at any time." As soon as she said those words, she disappeared in a column of vibrant red fire.

Heidi blinked as she heard Apollo sigh from his chair. Well, I suppose I could find Mal and her group. They are probably on a hunt for Audrey.

She allowed herself to float a little higher before flying out the window and taking to the skies to find Mal and Co. faster.

….

She wasn't expecting to see Uma, Harry, and Gil waltzing around with them so casually.

Heidi tilted her head at the strange sight, Why?

She had so many questions, and no one would be able to answer them unless Mal, of course, had a bit more Hades in her than Heidi thought.

Now that would be something.

The goddess descended from the sky and landed on the ground as she watched them all inspect the sleeping students.

Evie let out a quiet gasp as she kept seeing more and more students asleep. "They're asleep." She took another look around, "Everyone."

Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos immediately took out their phones and tried to get ahold of somebody. Anybody. They just needed to know how this could have happened and if anyone was still awake.

Heidi felt herself frown as she stepped towards the group. "That won't work…" She murmured, knowing well that none of them could hear her.

That is until she saw Mal's head dart up, alarm written all over her face.

Heidi froze. She...Did she hear me? I mean-she is a daughter of Hades, so maybe she can also listen to spirits. That ember certainly brought out her inner Hades. She thought, looking Mal over and seeing the little touches of blue she knew weren't there before the ember was placed in her hands.

Heidi had inherited her father's ability to detect spirits, and she mostly ignored the sight and sound of them now, but if Mal had the ability...She'd be going nuts at the sound of a random voice coming from nowhere.

Mal put her phone away and narrowed her eyes.

Heidi floated over to the purplette, circling her as she tried to get a reaction out of her. "Mal." She whispered while stopping in front of her.

The girl's green eyes widened as she heard her name, and she turned her head in the direction it came from. "Who's there?" She asked aloud, prompting everyone to look at her.

Evie looked at her in concern. "M? What's wrong?"

Uma folded her arms and shot the purplette a smirk. "Yeah, you look like you saw a ghost." She said with a chuckle and a look that irritated Mal.

Mal chose to ignore her for a moment as she blinked. "It's nothing." She said to Evie before looking directly in front of her. There was an outline of a figure standing in front of her, their body soon coming into focus for the girl.

Did his ember do this? Mal thought as she squinted at the blurry figure.

The figure reached out for her and Mal flinched at the face looking back at her.

It was...Heidi?

Mal rubbed her eyes and tilted her head. What the hell?

That's when she put two and two together. A semi-transparent glowing figure only she can see that had Heidi's face.

The purplette lifted her hand and covered her mouth as she held back the urge to scream. She's dead...He killed her.

Heidi noticed the look on her face and quickly waved her hands. "I'm not dead; dad didn't do this! This is one of the out of body experiences that people always talk about!" The bluenette said while trying to keep her voice calm.

Her words managed to calm Mal down, and the younger girl took a deep breath before shooting her a questioning look.

Heidi picked up on what Mal was trying to say, and she folded her arms. "Dad zapped me into a coma. I've still got a couple of hours before I wake up." She explained as she looked at the other VKs.

Mal's eyebrows flew up as she slowly removed her hand from her mouth. She glanced at the others before looking at Heidi again. "Audrey did this." She mouthed the words, her eyes narrowing at the woman.

"I know. She's already hit Auradon City and Auroria." Heidi paused, and her expression turned grim. "She has my ember, and she's using Kirby for something."

Mal's eyes widened, and she paled at her sister's words. "What?"

Heidi shook her head, her eyes filled with sadness. "It's true. If you were to fly up right now, you'd be able to see a castle burning to the ground." She floated a little higher as her frown deepened. "I looked into a child's memory and saw Audrey rampaging through the city...She was turning people to stone and casting several sleeping spells."

Mal's eyes shook as she looked at several of the sleeping students. It seemed impossible for one person to do all this and destroy such well-known parts of Auradon.

She turned away to face her group. "Keep searching the school; I'm going to go check the city." The purplette told them as she tried to keep a straight face.

Evie, Jay, and Carlos glanced at each other before nodding. "We'll keep an eye out for anyone," Carlos told her, his tone matching his serious expression.

Mal nodded in thanks before walking to a bright spot of the lawn. Her eyes glowed brightly while purple smoke whirled around her.

Heidi flew high up into the sky as she saw Mal emerge from the smoke as a dragon. Mal saw her and quickly joined her in the air. "There." Heidi pointed at the castle that was still burning in the distance and gazed at Mal. "It must have happened after you and the others left. I discovered it not long ago."

Mal's giant reptilian eyes widened at the sight, and she quickly looked at Heidi.

Heidi sighed and looked at her hands. "Audrey never recovered after her family initially rejected our relationship. Even though they accept us now, she still holds resentment towards them. I think that's why she went for the castle."

Mal growled softly at the answer as she looked at the city.

The city looked like it was frozen in time with statues of citizens everywhere, while the unconscious bodies of others were scattered throughout the streets.

The dragon flew over to the city before descending to the ground and transforming back. Heidi followed and landed next to Mal.

"Why would she do this?" Mal asked, a worried look on her face as she saw the terror-stricken faces of all the citizens who were unfortunate enough to be in the way.

Heidi's face reflected her sister's. "She was drawn to your mother's Scepter by her own anger and hate." She took a deep breath as she shook her head. "Seeing Ben propose to you must have crushed her."

Mal gasped softly as she remembered hearing a shrill "No!" during the proposal.

Heidi didn't respond to Mal's reaction as her eyes turned sad. "She always wanted to be queen, even when I entered her life. All I did this past year was stop her from exploding. Audrey feels like you stole her life, so seeing you up there being proposed to...Even I couldn't stop that explosion."

Mal walked over to a statue of a little girl. "Then...the reason she did this was because she's angry?" She asked quietly, closing her eyes as she sensed Heidi approaching her.

"She's angry at you, the people, the world. You became everything she wanted to be. The people cheer for you and ignore her. The world does not remember her." Heidi sighed while looking at the statue. "They cheer and adore you, Mal. They acknowledge her."

Mal shook her head and whipped around. "I never meant to steal her life! I...I love Ben, and he's the king and…" Her whispers were hushed as Heidi enveloped her in a hug.

Heidi's arms glowed a little as her magic swirled around them, allowing her to hug the girl. "I know. You didn't do it intentionally, you merely followed your heart, and that lead you to him." She pulled away as the magic was absorbed back into her body. "It's not your fault, don't listen to her if she says otherwise. Something else is in her head encouraging her to do these things."

Mal nodded and exhaled a breath she didn't know she was holding. "It's the Scepter. If the user of it allows it into their mind, it will whisper to them a plan molded after the user's desire." Mal paused in thought before narrowing her eyes. "Audrey wanted everyone to not be able to cheer so she turned them to stone and caused them to sleep." She explained while gesturing to all the bodies around them.

"And she hated her parents, so she lit their castle up in flames," Heidi said while rubbing her chin. "Did she do anything to you?"

Mal looked sour at the question. "She turned me into an old hag with the Scepter."

Heidi cracked a grin and held back her laugh so she could focus. "I think...she wanted you to be old and ugly so that if Ben ever saw you like that, he wouldn't like you anymore."

"She did say something about Ben not loving me anymore if I was an old hag," Mal informed her as she looked thoughtful.

Heidi nodded and gazed at the sky. "Everything she is doing is to try and prove that she is better than you. Better than you in looks, better than you in magic, and most importantly…" Her eyes landed on Mal as she frowned. "...Better than you at being evil."

Mal froze at the last part. "Why would she…"

"Mal, Daughter of Maleficent," Heidi stated as she began circling around her. "Destined to become Queen of Auradon. A VK on the throne, an idea never once thought of before we were brought here. In Audrey's eyes...Auradon just got a villain for a Queen."

Mal's eyes widened in realization. "Oh my god."

Heidi took to the sky, "We have to go back. Come on!"

Mal quickly transformed into a dragon and followed the woman.

Heidi closed her eyes. Audrey...I don't know where you are right now, but please, you can overcome the Scepter. I know you can.


Audrey stared at the burning palace before her with a gleeful smirk. "That's the last time the Sultana ignores my request for lunch." She whipped around and looked at the large three-headed demon dog. "Did you enjoy that?"

Kirby howled in reply, and Audrey let out a laugh as she did a twirl. "I'm glad. Now, we have to pop in and say hi to Benny Boo." She told the dog before pointing her Scepter at two statues that were on the same stone base.

She used the Scepter to lift the statues onto the dogs back before securing them with the magic. The princess floated up onto the dog's back and turned to look at the statues. "Jasmine." The Sultana's face was frozen in fear. "Aladdin." He was standing in front of his wife with a fearless look. Audrey's eyes turned dark pink. "It's been a pleasure finally meeting with you. If only we could have met on proper terms, royal to royals." She tightened her grasp on the ember.

Kirby lit up, and a circle of blue fire surrounded the princess. Pink smoke started to swirl around the area as Audrey smiled.

"Shame you had to meet with her and not me." Audrey turned away from the statues and gazed into the Scepter. "Not to worry though, soon I will be the Queen and Mal will be nothing." She laughed as the smoke towered high into the sky. "And then? Then the world will be mine. Not just Auradon, no, I deserve the world!" The princess raised the Scepter into the air. "They wanted a villain for a Queen and I sure as hell will be the villain they asked for."

Kirby let out a demonic howl at her words as more fire poured out into the desolate city that they had all but destroyed in their rampage.

"I will become the Queen they always wanted." Her eyes pulsed as the smoke began to turn faster and faster. "I will be the Queen of Mean!" She screamed before slamming the Scepter down, causing them to disappear instantly.

The city was left in silence as blue and red fire slowly spread across the homes. The people of the town were left in either an unconscious state or as a statue.

There was no one to tell what had happened to the once-great city of Agrabah, not a single soul.